Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
NameCol. William Young 491, M
Birth19 Nov 1729, Essex County, Virginia490
Death05 Mar 1782, Essex County, Virginia490 Age: 52
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Spouses
1Elizabeth Smith , G Granddaughter, F
Birth25 Dec 1737, Essex County, Virginia490
Death10 Jan 1792, Essex County, Virginia490 Age: 54
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FatherFrancis Smith , MZ7V-29, M (1705-~1762)
MotherLucy Meriwether , MZ7V-S3, F (~1711-~1741)
Marriage30 Nov 1755, Essex County, Virginia490
ChildrenElizabeth Smith , F (1767-1822)
 Anne Elizabeth , F (-?)
 Mary , F (1764-)
Research notes for Col. William Young
NAME: Thacker and others have William Long.492,493

Others claim William Young was born in Lancaster, England, and married second a Miss Daingerfield.
Research notes for Elizabeth (Spouse 1)
There is a possibility that she is also the “Elizabeth Young” who married William Smith, son of Thomas Ballard Smith and father of Maj. Meriwether Smith. This is the only way that John Smith “T” and Maj. Smith could be 1st cousins, as they claimed.

DEATH: Neal has 24 Feb 1792

John Webb states her name was Nancy and she married a Mr. Lee, who died shortly after the marriage. 489
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