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Capt. Thomas Meriwether1,2,3

ID# 949, (1714 - 1756)
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Parents:

  • Father: David Meriwether
  • Mother: Anne Holmes

Key Events:

  • Born: in 1714 in New Kent Co., Virginia.4,5
  • Married: Elizabeth Thornton in 1735 in Virginia.6,7,8
  • Died: in 1756 in Fredericksville, Louisa Co., Virginia.9,5

Children with Elizabeth Thornton:

  • Nicholas H. Meriwether+ (1736 - 1772)
  • Francis Meriwether+
  • David Meriwether+
  • Mary Meriwether+
  • Elizabeth Meriwether
  • Sarah Meriwether
  • Anne Meriwether
  • Lucy Meriwether+
  • Mildred Thornton Meriwether+
  • Thomas Meriwether
  • Jane Meriwether+

Citations

  1. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998.
  2. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 14.
  3. Genealogical Publishing Co., Genealogies of Virginia Families - William and Mary Quarterly, vol III, pg 389, extract from 1st Series, Vol. XI (1902) pp 39-47, 146, shows title Capt.
  4. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year, county, and state.
  5. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 14, shows year.
  6. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows year and state.
  7. Meriwether, Minor, Meriwethers and Minors, pg 14, shows married.
  8. Genealogical Publishing Co., Genealogies of Virginia Families - William and Mary Quarterly, vol III, pg 389, extract from 1st Series, Vol. XI (1902) pp 39-47, 146, shows her as his widow when she remarried.
  9. Freeman, Deborah Anne Cobb, Family File "David and Deborah.GED," 31 Jul 1998, shows bef. 28 Jun 1757, town, county, and state.

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