Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Birthabt 1714, New Kent County, Virginia
Deathabt 1745, King William County, Virginia
Anst File#GDK9-KR5
FatherNicholas Meriwether , M (1665-~1744)
MotherElizabeth Crawford , F (~1670-<1762)
Spouses
1John Aylett 
, M
, MBirthabt 1705, “Fairfield”, King William County, Virginia57
Deathabt 1744, “Fairfield”, King William County, Virginia57
FatherCol. William Aylett , M (1683-<1733)
MotherAnn , F (-?)
Marriageca 1725, Hanover County, Virginia
No Children
Biography notes for Mary Meriwether
Mary Meriwether
Mary is believed to have been born about 1714 in St. Paul's Parish, New Kent County, the last of the children born to Nicholas and Elizabeth. She grew up in a stable, relatively wealthy household. She is known to have married John Aylett, a gentleman of Hanover County. He predeceased her, though she also had died, without issue, by about 1745.
Mary is believed to have been born about 1714 in St. Paul's Parish, New Kent County, the last of the children born to Nicholas and Elizabeth. She grew up in a stable, relatively wealthy household. She is known to have married John Aylett, a gentleman of Hanover County. He predeceased her, though she also had died, without issue, by about 1745.
Notes for Mary Meriwether
BIRTH
Nicholas and Elizabeth were living in Saint Paul's Parish, New Kent County, at the time that Mary was born. No parish records or family Bible entries recording her birth or christening have been located.
Nicholas and Elizabeth were living in Saint Paul's Parish, New Kent County, at the time that Mary was born. No parish records or family Bible entries recording her birth or christening have been located.
Notes for Mary Meriwether
MARRIAGES
In addition to the known and proven marriage to John Aylett, some researchers have her also married to a Samuel Cobbs. One researcher states she married Samuel Cobbs in 1727 and he died shortly afterwards, with the marriage to John Aylett occuring about 1732. No evidence has been found of such a marriage, however, so The Meriwether Society does not currently list it. Other researchers state she married Samuel Cobbs after the death of John Aylett, though she appears to have died within two years of John's death. Note that Mary Lewis, daughter of Jane Meriwether and Robert Lewis, did in fact marry a Samuel Cobbs. Perhaps there is the confusion.
Some researchers also state that Mary married a James Lasley and had issue, but this is not supported by the evidence that she died without issue.
In addition to the known and proven marriage to John Aylett, some researchers have her also married to a Samuel Cobbs. One researcher states she married Samuel Cobbs in 1727 and he died shortly afterwards, with the marriage to John Aylett occuring about 1732. No evidence has been found of such a marriage, however, so The Meriwether Society does not currently list it. Other researchers state she married Samuel Cobbs after the death of John Aylett, though she appears to have died within two years of John's death. Note that Mary Lewis, daughter of Jane Meriwether and Robert Lewis, did in fact marry a Samuel Cobbs. Perhaps there is the confusion.
Some researchers also state that Mary married a James Lasley and had issue, but this is not supported by the evidence that she died without issue.
Notes for Mary Meriwether
DEATH
While an exact date and place of death are not known, two facts establish the probable date range:
First, Mary is apparently living in 1743 when her husband John died. Although no will has been found for John, in 1744 the land that he had inherited reverted to his brother Phillip and sister Jane and her husband Phillip Buckner, as was stipulated if he died without issue.
Second, the land (Allens Creek Quarter) that John and Mary had been given by Nicholas II in 1734 also had the stipulation that it would revert to her brothers William and David if she died without issue. Between 1745 and 1747, documents show that William and David had obtained the land.
Supporting this, George Wood Meriwether wrote: "Mary Meriwether married Mr. John Aylett. She died without issue, 1745, and the farm of 1,140 acres, with certain slaves deeded to her by her father Nicholas, was, in the event of her death without issue, to be equally divided between her brother, David, my great grandfather, and her brother William, which was effected the following year." 34
So it seems probable that Mary died about 1744 or early 1745 in King William County, where she had lived with John Aylett.
While an exact date and place of death are not known, two facts establish the probable date range:
First, Mary is apparently living in 1743 when her husband John died. Although no will has been found for John, in 1744 the land that he had inherited reverted to his brother Phillip and sister Jane and her husband Phillip Buckner, as was stipulated if he died without issue.
Second, the land (Allens Creek Quarter) that John and Mary had been given by Nicholas II in 1734 also had the stipulation that it would revert to her brothers William and David if she died without issue. Between 1745 and 1747, documents show that William and David had obtained the land.
Supporting this, George Wood Meriwether wrote: "Mary Meriwether married Mr. John Aylett. She died without issue, 1745, and the farm of 1,140 acres, with certain slaves deeded to her by her father Nicholas, was, in the event of her death without issue, to be equally divided between her brother, David, my great grandfather, and her brother William, which was effected the following year." 34
So it seems probable that Mary died about 1744 or early 1745 in King William County, where she had lived with John Aylett.
Marriage/Wedding notes for John & Mary (Family)
It is not known when or where Mary and John Aylett married, but it likely was in Hanover County where her parents lived and her father was a vestryman in St. Paul’s Parish. Accepting that Mary was around age eighteen when she married, it can be postulated that they were married around 1725, plus or minus a couple of years.
Notes for John & Mary (Family)
In 173_, Nicholas II deeded land known as "Allen Creek Quarter" to John and Mary. He also signed an indenture with John Aylett "husband of my daughter". These prove the marriage of John Aylett and Mary Meriwether.
The couple appeared to have lived their life together in King William County. In 1733, John’s father, William, devised a portion, about 700 acres, of the large Fairfield plantation to John and his heirs. The property was entailed and upon John’s death, before 1744, he and Mary not having children, the property reverted to John’s brother, William. While their home initially may have been at Fairfield in the Pumunkey Neck of King William County, St. John’s Parish, by 1734/5 they were living in that part of the St. John’s Parish that became St. Margaret’s Parish in 1721.
The couple appeared to have lived their life together in King William County. In 1733, John’s father, William, devised a portion, about 700 acres, of the large Fairfield plantation to John and his heirs. The property was entailed and upon John’s death, before 1744, he and Mary not having children, the property reverted to John’s brother, William. While their home initially may have been at Fairfield in the Pumunkey Neck of King William County, St. John’s Parish, by 1734/5 they were living in that part of the St. John’s Parish that became St. Margaret’s Parish in 1721.