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MERIWETHER, Thomas Douglas

MERIWETHER, Thomas Douglas

Male Abt 1713 - Abt 1756  (43 years)   Has 66 ancestors and 28 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name MERIWETHER, Thomas Douglas  [1, 2] 
    Birth Abt 1713  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Gender Male 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 60282281 
    Land-Purchaser and then Seller 21 May 1738  Orange County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [3] 
    purchased from John HADDOCK, 200 acres, in the fork of the Rappahannock River and Mountain Run, which he gave to his daughter, Elizabeth Meriwether, 
    • Role: Purchaser and then Seller
      Col. Francis THORNTON Jr. was living in Caroline County. On the same date, Thomas and Elizabeth MERIWETHER, living in Hanover County, sold this land to Francis THORNTON III of Spotsylvania County, Elizabeth's brother, for £60. Located at 38.4513N and -77.7628W, this land before 1734 was in Spotsvlvania County, was in Orange County in 1738, and present day it is in Culpeper County.
    Death Abt Dec 1756  Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Age 43 years 
    Burial Meriwether Burial Ground, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1] 
    Address:
    Meriwether Burial Ground
    Route US 250E
    Albemarle County, Virginia
    USA 
    Person ID I3805  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 17 Aug 2025 

    Father MERIWETHER, Col. David Sr.,   b. 1690, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 25 Dec 1744, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Mother HOLMES, Anne,   b. 19 Dec 1695, King and Queen County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Mar 1735/36, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 40 years) 
    Family ID F1527  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family THORNTON, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1720, Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef Oct 1774, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1735  Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4] 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 22 years - She : ~ 15 years. 
    Children 
    >  1. Male MERIWETHER, Nicholas,   b. 7 Sep 1736, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Dec 1772, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 36 years)
    >  2. Male MERIWETHER, Dr. Francis,   b. 31 Oct 1737, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Jan 1803, Oglethorpe County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years)
    >  3. Male MERIWETHER, David,   b. 2 Sep 1739, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1 Sep 1806, Wilkes County, Georgia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    >  4. Female MERIWETHER, Mary,   b. 4 Apr 1742, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Abt 1800, Rockingham County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)
    >  5. Female MERIWETHER, Elizabeth,   b. 3 Mar 1744/45, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 14 Sep 1812, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)
    >  6. Female MERIWETHER, Sarah,   b. 26 Nov 1746, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location
    >  7. Female MERIWETHER, Anne,   b. 1 May 1750, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 5 Aug 1782, Louisa County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
    +  8. Female MERIWETHER, Lucy,   b. 4 Feb 1751/52, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Sep 1837, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)
    >  9. Female MERIWETHER, Mildred,   b. 25 Jul 1753, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 11 Jul 1826 (Age 72 years)
     10. Male MERIWETHER, Thomas,   b. 5 Nov 1755, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Nov 1755, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 0 years)
    +11. Female MERIWETHER, Jane,   b. 8 Apr 1757, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1833, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years)
    Family ID F1529  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1713 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1735 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsLand-Purchaser and then Seller - purchased from John HADDOCK, 200 acres, in the fork of the Rappahannock River and Mountain Run, which he gave to his daughter, Elizabeth Meriwether, - 21 May 1738 - Orange County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt Dec 1756 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - Address:
    Meriwether Burial Ground
    Route US 250E
    Albemarle County, Virginia
    USA - - Meriwether Burial Ground, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA    		 Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • Sources 
    1. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015<, Memorial #60282281, Thomas Meriwether.

    2. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I4, Thomas Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    3. [S639] Newsletter - Meriwether Connections, 18 Feb 2021, Wells, Kathy Cave and McStravick, Jennifer, "Looking at Multiple Counties and Multiple Sources to Prove a Fact," Vol. 40 (No. 1, January-March 2021): p 6-9.
      Original source:  Organe County, VA Deeds, 1738, p 336-343.
      Deed - Orange Co., VA - Francis Thornton II      		 Deed - Orange Co., VA - Francis Thornton II


    4. [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.


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