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Mewburn and Meaburn

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Warmest greetings! I'm glad you have found us. This is a website devoted to the Family Tree for all Mewburns and Meaburns - though the ones who appear here are not the living.

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The Tree
The Tree contains a record for almost every Mewburn ever born in England; pretty much all those from Canada; and a high proportion of those from Australia and New Zealand. Privacy restrictions mean that the end point for these records is about 75 years ago. There are, nevertheless, more recent ones on a separate database and also in the tree. They are ones that have been found along the way or notified to me by correspondents - but they have not been systematically gathered. Many of those born within the last 75 years will still be alive. Where these living people are recorded in the Tree their existence will be indicated but no name or other details will be available for any of them.

The Tree will always be developing and improving. It is forever work in progress and is the product of a learning process to discover family linkages, relationships and stories. So if you are a Mewburn/Meaburn or a descendant, or just knowledgable about them, I'd love to hear from you and would welcome feedback and input to make the Tree more nearly complete and to add stories to the story of this fascinating family.

If you are an American Mewborn please accept my apologies, you are not in this tree. However your ancestors may be in another tree at https://mewborn.one-name.net/index.php where the first seven generations of descent from Thomas Mewboorn of North Carolina are captured. Though I am a sceptic I'd love to see some proof that the Mewborns are related to the Mewburns/Meaburns/Meburns. Please get in touch if you think there is evidence-based proof.


Using the Tree

If you wish to explore or discover details of your own branch of the family then searching from a known Mewburn/Meaburn ancestor, such as a grandfather, will give the best results. Use the search facility at the far top right of this page.

You could also start at the top of the Tree itself and explore forwards in history from there. To do that, carry out a search for 'Concestor Meburn' then rummage around after that. Concestor Meburn is the top of the Tree and is of course a dummy record, no one ever had such a name! There are quite a number of other dummy records in the Tree and they provide a rough categorisation of historical groupings of Mewburn and Meaburn lines. There are many early fragments and, as yet, it has not been possible to work out how they have been related. The dummy records are a substitute for linkages and mostly group the fragments by location. See what you can make of it.

You will also find quick links to the start of the Mewburn and Meaburn lines in the Site Menu to the left of this page.



Features

Most Wanted - I am looking for more information about your Mewburn ancestors. Can you help?

The Rev. James Mewburn of Acomb (1762-1807) kept a diary. Where is it now? Last heard of around 1920.

Check out:

- Pocahontas, on this site.

- Francis Mewburn 1748, apothecary/surgeon, and his medical descendants.

- Francis Mewburn 1785, the first railway solicitor; instrumental in the creation of the Stockton and Darlington railway.

- Maj. Gen. Sydney Chilton Mewburn CMG, 1865, Canadian cabinet minister.

- William Mewburn 1724, of Eston, diarist

- William Mewburn 1764, son of William of Eston, trader at Virginia and slave owner

- Simon Mewburn 1709, and the Acomb line.

- Thomas Mewburn 1768, slave owner, British Guiana.

- John 1762 and Barak 1800 Mewburn, London silversmiths.

- Joshua Mewburn 1817-c1855, Pākehā-Māori.

- John Clayton Mewburn 1840, patent lawyer and founder of Mewburn Ellis LLP.

- Anthony Meaburn c1688 of Pontop, Roman Catholic recusant.

- John Ambler Meaburn 1782, shipowner, Boston, Lincs., ancestor to today's Tasmanian Meaburns.

- John Mewburn 1810, convict transportee; ancestor of many Australian Mewburns.

- William Mewburn 1817, stockbroker; Methodist benefactor; Deputy Lord Lieutenant of Oxfordshire.

- Robert Wilkinson Mewburn 1827, convict transportee; Mandurah schoolteacher, Western Australia.

- Thomas Mewburn Crook 1869, sculptor.

- Edward Mewburn Walker 1857, Provost of Queen's College, Oxford.

Descendant Report - A complete descendant report for Concestor Mewburn from the underlying Family Tree Maker database is accessible as a pdf in the 'Documents' area. This runs to over 1400 pages (over half of which consists of the source references). The report covers the first 15 generations, though 3 are of dummy records used to link all branches into a single notional tree.

Articles and papers - Over the years a number of articles and papers relating to the Mewburns have been published. Copies of these in pdf format have been placed in the Documents area. These items are:

1. Seeking Mewburn. Journal of One-Name Studies. 11(7), pp. 28-30. 21.

2. Mewburn ‘Diaries’ Unearthed. Genealogist’s Magazine, 31(5), pp. 178-181. 22.

3. The Mewburn Voyage to Canada, 1832, Families, Journal of the Ontario Genealogical Society, 54(3), pp. 14-32. Toronto, Canada. 23.

4. What’s in a (Mewburn) Name. Journal of One-Name Studies, 12(4), pp. 14-15. 24.

5. A Man Called Tulip. Northumberland & Durham Family History Society Journal, 41(1), pp. 10-12. 25.

6. Mewburn: London Silversmiths. The Journal of Genealogy and Family History, 1(1), pp. 1-12. http://dx.doi.org/10.24240/23992964.2017.030101. 27.

7. Transported to America: George Mewburn 1770. Journal of One-Name Studies. 13(1), pp. 13-15. 28.

8. Joshua Mewburn – Accidental pioneer of 1833 and Pākehā-Māori. The Journal of Genealogy and Family History, 2(1), pp. 37-51. http://dx.doi.org/10.24240/23992964.2018.1234514 29.

9. A Disputed Will. Journal of One-Name Studies. 13(5), pp. 10-12. 30.

The Book

A scholarly book has been written - "Mewburn and Meaburn: a history". This deals with all members of the family and their origins from earliest times. Sources for facts are thoroughly cited so the book contains over 4,300 references. It extends to 648 pages but the references take up about 200 of those. The book is well illustrated and contains about 138 family trees. For data protection reasons the book does not deal with living family members. However, it does come close to the present day so it should be relatively easy to determine where you fit in if you are a current descendant. Copies of the book will be placed in appropriate archives and a pdf version has been placed in the Documents section of this site and is free for you to download.



Contact Us

If you have any questions or comments about the information on this site, please contact us. We look forward to hearing from you.

Latest News
24 Jun 2015 - Started to create this site.

09 Mar 2024 - Latest version of the tree uploaded.

A history of the Mewburn silversmiths has been published! See them at this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.24240/23992964.2017.030101

A history of Joshua Mewburn's life as a Maori has been published! See it at this link: http://dx.doi.org/10.24240/23992964.2018.1234514

Note: This site makes no use of the Photos, Histories, Cemeteries, Headstones or Reports features that appear in the left hand menu. There is, though, a great array of Sources. Documents contains a huge descendant report covering the entire family descent.