Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
NameNicholas Meriwether 282,299,300, G Grandson, M
Birthabt 1714, Hanover County, Virginia
Will Dated4 Dec 1738301
Death12 May 1739, Virginia302,303
BurialUnknown, Virginia304
Alias/AKANicholas the Younger; Nicholas, Jr.
Web LinkWhich Nicholas Married Mildred Thornton: http://meriwethersociety.org/article_archive/which_nicholas_married_mild.html
FamilySearchhttps://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/LKCH-S3V
Findagrave+https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/12886754 {MTR 1Dec22}
FatherWilliam Meriwether , M (~1688-1751)
MotherElizabeth Bushrod , F (~1690-)
Spouses
1Mildred Thornton 305,306,307, F
Birth19 or 21 Mar 1720/1, "Snow Creek", Spotsylvania County, Virginia308
Death16 Nov 1779, “Castle Hill”, Albemarle County, Virginia234
BurialWalker Family Cemetery, “Castle Hill”, Albemarle County, Virginia309
MemoNo original marker.
FatherCol. Francis Thornton Jr. , M (1682-1739)
MotherMary Taliaferro , F (~1685-1741)
Marriageabt 1738, Virginia206,301
ChildrenMildred , F (1739-ca1760)
Biography notes for Nicholas Meriwether
Known as Nicholas the Younger (also Nicholas Junior) to distinguish him from his grandfather, Nicholas II, and his uncle, Nicholas III. Many Meriwether genealogies mistakenly state that it was Nicholas III who married Mildred. That is incorrect. 206,310
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