The Cochrane & Allied Families

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MERIWETHER, William Jr.

MERIWETHER, William Jr.

Male 1720 - 1740  (19 years)   Has 68 ancestors but no descendants in this family tree.


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  • Name MERIWETHER, William  [1
    Suffix Jr. 
    Birth 13 Sep 1720  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Death 13 May 1740  New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location  [1, 2, 3
    • He died at sea abord the "Colechester", a man of war.
    Age 19 years 
    Person ID I749  Cochrane Genealogy
    Last Modified 9 May 2019 

    Father MERIWETHER, Col. William Sr.,   b. Abt 1688, Surry County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 29 Aug 1748 and 30 Sep 1751, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 60 years) 
    Mother BUSHROD, Elizabeth,   b. Abt 1690, Westmoreland County, Colony of Virginia, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F91  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 13 Sep 1720 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 13 May 1740 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I23059, William Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources.

    2. [S1187] Deanie Fincher, Research Report - Descendant Report - William Meriwether, 9 May 2019, p. 3.

    3. [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 3.


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