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MERIWETHER, Francis Sr.

MERIWETHER, Francis Sr.

Male Abt 1670 - Abt 1713  (43 years)   Has 11 ancestors and 6 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name MERIWETHER, Francis  [1, 2, 3] 
    Suffix Sr. 
    Birth Abt 1670  Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4, 5] 
    Gender Male 
    Education England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    FindaGrave Memorial ID 14946569 
    Inheritance 1678  Jamestown, James City, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    inheritance of the "Island House" from his father 
    Occupation Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2] 
    Merchant 
    Occupation Apr 1692  Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    County Clerk 
    • He also served as a county justice, coroner and burgress.
    Residence Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    on Piscataway Creek 
    Death Abt Mar 1712-1713  Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Age 43 years 
    Burial Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [6] 
    Person ID I734  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 28 Feb 2023 

    Father MERYWETHER, Nicholas Sr.,   b. Bef 9 Aug 1631, Little Walsingham, Norfolk, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 9 Dec 1678, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 47 years) 
    Mother —?—, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1646   d. Bef 5 Mar 1694/95, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years) 
    Family ID F93  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family BATHURST, Mary,   b. Abt 1675, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 2 Aug 1738, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 63 years) 
    Marriage Bef 1 Nov 1695  Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4] 
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 25 years and 10 months - She : ~ 20 years and 10 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Children 
    >  1. Female MERIWETHER, Mary,   b. Abt 1696, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 Oct 1750, Richmond County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 54 years)
       2. Male MERIWETHER, Francis Jr.,   b. Abt 1697, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 22 Jan 1699/00, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 3 years)
    >  3. Female MERIWETHER, Elizabeth,   b. Between 1701 and 1706, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 2 Feb 1722/23 and 10 Jan 1730/31, Prince George County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 22 years)
    >  4. Female MERIWETHER, Jane,   b. Between 1705 and 1710, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 22 Jul 1760, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years)
    >  5. Female MERIWETHER, Lucy,   b. Between 1708 and 1713, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 21 Oct 1740 and 22 Dec 1743, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 32 years)
       6. Male MERIWETHER, Thomas,   b. Between 19 Jan 1709/10 and 10 Jan 1712/13, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 10 Jan 1730/31 and 16 Mar 1730/31, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 20 years)
    Family ID F1582  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1670 - Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsEducation - - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsInheritance - inheritance of the "Island House" from his father - 1678 - Jamestown, James City, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - Merchant - - Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsOccupation - County Clerk - Apr 1692 - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on Piscataway Creek - - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 1 Nov 1695 - Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Abt Mar 1712-1713 - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
     = Link to Google Earth 

  • 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, 268-270.

    2. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I116, Francis 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. 58.

    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 268-270.

    5. [S646] Minor Meriwether, Book - Lineage of Meriwethers & Minors, (1895; reprint, n.p.: The Meriwether Society, Inc., 2003.), 9 Aug 2015, Revised Meriwether Colonial Generations: p 1.

    6. [S141] Cemetery Records - Find A Grave, (http://www.findagrave.com: n.d.), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015<, Memorial #14946569, Francis Meriwether.


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