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MERIWETHER, Col. Nicholas Jr. and CRAWFORD, Elizabeth Family

m. Abt 1687

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  • MERIWETHER, Col. Nicholas Jr. Male
    MERIWETHER, Col. Nicholas Jr.

    Birth  26 Oct 1665  Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 20 Nov 1744  Goochland County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Meriwether Burial Ground, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Marriage  Abt 1687  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]  St. Peters Parish Church, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England  [1, 2, 3, 4, 5] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Father  MERYWETHER, Nicholas Sr. | F93 Group Sheet 
    Mother  —?—, Elizabeth | F93 Group Sheet 

    CRAWFORD, Elizabeth Female
    CRAWFORD, Elizabeth

    Birth  Abt 1667  Assasquin Plantation, James City County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 11 May 1762  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Father  CRAWFORD, Capt. David Sr. | F1486 Group Sheet 
    Mother  —?—, Jane | F1486 Group Sheet 

    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     
    Spouse  BUSHROD, Elizabeth | F91 
    Marriage  Abt 1710  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, Col. David Sr. Male
    + MERIWETHER, Col. David Sr.

    Birth  1690  Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  25 Dec 1744  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Meriwether Burial Ground, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  HOLMES, Anne | F1527 
    Marriage  Abt 1712  King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, Anne Female
    + MERIWETHER, Anne

    Birth  Bef 15 Jul 1694  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christening  15 Jul 1694  St. Peters Parish Church, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Mar 1785  Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  JOHNSON, Thomas | F1593 
    Marriage  Abt 1712  St. Peters Parish Church, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  COSBY, John | F1635 
    Marriage  Abt 1751  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, Nicholas III Male
    MERIWETHER, Nicholas III

    Birth  4 Jul 1699  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christening  6 Aug 1699  St. Peters Parish Church, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Between 5 Jun 1714 and 8 Apr 1721   
    Burial     

    MERIWETHER, Elizabeth Female
    + MERIWETHER, Elizabeth

    Birth  20 Jun 1703  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Christening  3 Jul 1703  St. Peters Parish Church, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  4 Jan 1732/33  James City County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  BRAY, Thomas | F1595 
    Marriage  Aft 8 Apr 1721  St. Peters Parish Church, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, Jane Female
    + MERIWETHER, Jane

    Birth  Abt 1705  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Bef 1 Sep 1757  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial    Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  LEWIS, Col. Robert Sr. | F1597 
    Marriage  Abt 1725  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

    MERIWETHER, Mary Female
    MERIWETHER, Mary

    Birth  Abt 1707  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  Abt 1745  King William County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  AYLETT, John | F1607 
    Marriage  Between 8 Apr 1721 and 14 Mar 1733/34  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  COBBS, Samuel | F1637 
    Marriage  Abt 1744   

    MERIWETHER, Sarah Female
    + MERIWETHER, Sarah

    Birth  Abt 1712  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location
    Death  2 Jul 1733  Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location
    Burial     
    Spouse  LITTLEPAGE, Edmund | F1594 
    Marriage  Abt 1730  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location

  • 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 116-119, 233-234, 350, 360.

    2. [S1133] Charles Barnett Lampkin Jr., Book - Descendants of John Crawford, (Miami, Florida: Acme Press Inc., 1970.), 30 Jul 2018, p 4-6, 23-24.
      Book - Descendants of John Crawford      		 Book - Descendants of John Crawford


    3. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I2, Nicholas Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources.

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

    5. [S607] Alexander Brown, Book - Cabells and Their Kin (Internet Archives), (Cambridge, MA: The Riverside Press, 1895.), 1 Mar 2015, p 189.


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