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, Thomas
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Name MERIWETHER, Thomas [1, 2, 3] Birth Abt 1677 Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England
[2, 4] Gender Male Individual Event 8 Jul 1702 Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England
[5] He was the Sheriff and Justice of the Peace Residence Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England
[6] on the Rappahannock River Death Between 7 Jan 1708/09 and 10 Feb 1708/09 Tappahannock, Essex, Colony of Virginia, UK
[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
d. 9 Dec 1678, Colony of Virginia, England
(Age 47 years) Mother —?—, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1646 d. Bef 5 Mar 1694/95, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England
(Age 49 years) Family ID F93 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 WILLIAMSON, Elizabeth, b. Bef 1683, Colony of Virginia, England
d. Bef 10 May 1700 (Age 17 years) Marriage Bef 23 May 1699 Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England
[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.
MERIWETHER Master, b. Abt 1700, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England
d. 10 Nov 1708, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK
(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
d. Aft 1765, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 77 years) Marriage Between 1700 and 1707 Essex County, Colony of Virginia, England
[2] Age at Marriage He : ~ 23 years - She : ~ 11 years. Marriage Status Ended with Husband's death Children > 1.
MERIWETHER, Susanna, b. Abt Dec 1708, Essex County, Colony of Virginia, UK
d. Bef 1734, Colony of Virginia, UK
(Age 25 years)Family ID F1585 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2021
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Sources - [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.
- [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.
- [S159] Miriam Margaret (Cochrane) Hunter, Book - Four John Symes of VA, (Coshocton, OH: School Annual Publishing Co., 1986.), 19 Dec 2010, p. 58.
- [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.
- [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 - [S639] Newsletter - Meriwether Connections, 25 Jul 2015, Maury Benson, "Two Gentlemen From Essex," Vol. XXV, No. 3 (Jul - Sep 2006): p 6-8.
- [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.

