Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Birth30 Jan 1662/3 or 1663/4, Gloucester County, Virginia448
BurialBushrod Family Cemetery, Mount Holly, Westmoreland County, Virginia450
Will Proved30 Mar 1720, Westmoreland County, Virginia167
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Will notes for John Bushrod
Name: John Bushrod
Description: Decedent
Date Signed: 26 Jan 1719
Prove Date: 30 Mar 1720
Daus. Apphia Fauntleroy and Elizabeth Meriwether 20 shillings each;
dau. Hannah Bushrod 1 negro, £100, 12,000 lbs. of tobacco when 17 years of age;
dau. Sarah 1 negro, £100 and 12,000 lbs. of tobacco when 17 years of age;
son Richard land;
son John land and 13 slaves when 19 years of age;
son Thomas 900 acres of land, 14 slaves, stock, silver etc;
to wife Hannah the plantation whereon I live and she to be exx.
Description: Decedent
Date Signed: 26 Jan 1719
Prove Date: 30 Mar 1720
Daus. Apphia Fauntleroy and Elizabeth Meriwether 20 shillings each;
dau. Hannah Bushrod 1 negro, £100, 12,000 lbs. of tobacco when 17 years of age;
dau. Sarah 1 negro, £100 and 12,000 lbs. of tobacco when 17 years of age;
son Richard land;
son John land and 13 slaves when 19 years of age;
son Thomas 900 acres of land, 14 slaves, stock, silver etc;
to wife Hannah the plantation whereon I live and she to be exx.
Notes for John & Hannah (Family)
Most genealogies state that Hanna was born in 1677. That seems unlikely if she married John Bushrod in 1688.
Notes for John & Hannah (Family)
Children: Richard, John, Aphia, Elizabeth, Hannah, Sarah.
Named in John's 1719 will: Apphia Fauntleroy, Elizabeth Meriwether; following are underage: Hannah, Sara, Richard, John, and Thomas Bushrod.
Named in John's 1719 will: Apphia Fauntleroy, Elizabeth Meriwether; following are underage: Hannah, Sara, Richard, John, and Thomas Bushrod.