The Cochrane & Allied Families

Cochranes from Scotland to Colonial Virginia (c 1760), to Kentucky (1811), to Kansas (1859) and beyond. Allied families to the United States from England, Scotland, Ireland and Switzerland.

MERIWETHER, Col. William Sr. and BUSHROD, Elizabeth Family

m. Abt 1710

Family Information

  • MERIWETHER, Col. William Sr. Male
    MERIWETHER, Col. William Sr.

    Birth  Abt 1688  Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Between 29 Aug 1748 and 30 Sep 1751  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Marriage  Abt 1710  [1, 2, 3 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK  [1, 2, 3Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  MERIWETHER, Col. Nicholas Jr. | F92 Group Sheet 
    Mother  CRAWFORD, Elizabeth | F92 Group Sheet 

    BUSHROD, Elizabeth Female
    BUSHROD, Elizabeth

    Birth  Abt 1690  Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death    Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Father  BUSHROD, John Sr. | F314 Group Sheet 
    Mother  KEENE, Hannah | F314 Group Sheet 

    MERIWETHER, Nicholas "The Younger" Male
    + MERIWETHER, Nicholas "The Younger"

    Birth  Abt 1714  Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  12 May 1739  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Clover Fields Cemetery, Keswick, Albemarle, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  THORNTON, Mildred | F90 
    Marriage  Abt 1738  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, John Male
    MERIWETHER, John

    Birth  Abt 1716  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  1791  Henrico County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  BOWELS, Mary | F1616 
    Marriage     

    MERIWETHER, Capt. Thomas Sr. Male
    + MERIWETHER, Capt. Thomas Sr.

    Birth  Abt 1718  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  29 Aug 1794  Columbia County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  LEWIS, Jane | F1618 
    Marriage  Abt 1750  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, Richard Male
    MERIWETHER, Richard

    Birth  Abt 1719  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 14 Oct 1766  Ardee, Louth, Leinster, Ireland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Meriwether Burial Ground, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, William Jr. Male
    MERIWETHER, William Jr.

    Birth  13 Sep 1720  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  13 May 1740  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     

    MERIWETHER, Jane Female
    MERIWETHER, Jane

    Birth  1721  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Aft 1742   
    Burial     

    MERIWETHER, Sarah Female
    + MERIWETHER, Sarah

    Birth  1724  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Feb 1780  Hanover County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  PIERCE, John | F1619 
    Marriage  Abt 1747  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, Mary Elizabeth Female
    + MERIWETHER, Mary Elizabeth

    Birth  Abt 1726  Goochland, Goochland, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Sep 1808  Mecklenburg County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  MARABLE, Matthew | F1620 
    Marriage  Between 1744 and 1755   

  • Sources 
    1. [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 29 Jun 2021, p 233-234.

    2. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I109, William Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    3. [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 35.


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