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MERIWETHER, Thomas

MERIWETHER, Thomas

Male Abt 1677 - 1709  (32 years)   Has 11 ancestors and 2 descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name MERIWETHER, Thomas  [1, 2, 3
    Birth Abt 1677  Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Gender Male 
    Individual Event 8 Jul 1702  Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [5
    He was the Sheriff and Justice of the Peace 
    Residence Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [6
    on the Rappahannock River 
    Death Between 7 Jan 1708/09 and 10 Feb 1708/09  Tappahannock, Essex, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Age 32 years 
    Person ID I737  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 12 Apr 2022 

    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 1 WILLIAMSON, Elizabeth,   b. Bef 1683, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 10 May 1700 (Age 17 years) 
    Marriage Bef 23 May 1699  Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 4
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 22 years and 5 months - She : 16 years and 5 months. 
    Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death 
    Children 
       1. Male MERIWETHER Master,   b. Abt 1700, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 10 Nov 1708, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 8 years)
    Family ID F1584  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2021 

    Family 2 —?—, Susanna,   b. Abt 1689, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Aft 1765, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years) 
    Marriage Between 1700 and 1707  Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years - She : ~ 11 years
    Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death 
    Children 
    >  1. Female MERIWETHER, Susanna,   b. Abt Dec 1708, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Bef 1734, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 25 years)
    Family ID F1585  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 30 Jun 2021 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Abt 1677 - Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Bef 23 May 1699 - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Between 1700 and 1707 - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsIndividual Event - He was the Sheriff and Justice of the Peace - 8 Jul 1702 - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - on the Rappahannock River - - Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 7 Jan 1708/09 and 10 Feb 1708/09 - Tappahannock, Essex, 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, 300-301.

    2. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I117, Thomas 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 300-301.

    5. [S491] Magazine - VA Magazine of History & Biography (JSTOR), 15 Jul 2020, "Public Officers in Virginia, 1702, 1714," April 1894, Vol. 1, No. 4, 361-377; JSTOR (https://www.jstor.org/ : accessed 15 July 2020).
      Essex County, p 365.
      Public Officers in Virginia
      Public Officers in Virginia


    6. [S639] Newsletter - Meriwether Connections, 25 Jul 2015, Maury Benson, "Two Gentlemen From Essex," Vol. XXV, No. 3 (Jul - Sep 2006): p 6-8.


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