I have this information regarding Oswald Meggison, Sunderland, in 1757. Can anyone tell me more about Oswald, such as his wife and family? Wondering if he had a son Robert born in 1730, who is my gggg grandfather.
1757 2nd July - Thomas Reah of Wheatley Hill, in the parish of Kello, yeoman. Release by David Reah of Sunderland, miller to Thomas Reah at the request of George Reah of Sunderland, miller, Davids youngest son of a wind corn mill in Sunderland, formerly in the possession of Oswald Meggison, together with the close in which it stands and a piece of ground 40 yards long with the houses built thereon (boundaries given); the premises to be held in trust for David Reah for the rest of his life and then in trust for George Reah on the condition that David Reah's wife Ann may occupy the new room, part of the dwelling house, for the rest of her life without rent, and subject to the following payments by George Reah: