Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Birthbet 1705–1710, Essex County, Virginia
MemoNot verified.
FatherFrancis Meriwether , M (~1670-1713)
MotherMary Bathurst , F (~1675-1738)
Spouses
1James Skelton 
440, M
440, MBirthabt 1700, England
Death1773, Gloucester County, Virginia
BurialUnknown, Virginia504
FatherJames Shelton , M
MotherMary Bathurst , F
Marriageca 1726, “Kippax”, Prince George County, Virginia
ChildrenMeriwether , M (ca1726-~1778)
Reuben , M (ca1728->1759)
Sarah , F (~1730-1785)
Lucy , F (1743-1789)
Bathurst , M (1744-1768)
Obituary notes for Jane Meriwether
In the “Diary of John Blair” is this paragraph, under date January 31, 1751: “Skelton set off to go up to bury his wife, having got a black coat for it.” (See William and Mary College Quarterly, VIII, p. 2)
Notes for James & Jane (Family)
Spring Garden Plantation
According to tradition it was built by James and Jane (Meriwether) Skelton in the 1750's, and on land inherited by Jane from her grandfather, Nicholas Meriwether. Descended to the eldest son Meriwether Skelton, who died about 1781, unmarried and bequeathed to his sister Sally (Skelton) Jones, wife of Col. Thomas Jones (1725-1785/6). He was clerk of Northhampton County Court. Retired to Spring Garden about 1771. The younger brother of Mrs. Skelton, Bathurst Skelton (1744-1768), married 1766, Martha Wayle (1748-1782) who married 2nd, in 1772, Thomas Jefferson.
Spring Garden was located between New Castle and Hanover Town and burned in 1784 or 1785. 505
According to tradition it was built by James and Jane (Meriwether) Skelton in the 1750's, and on land inherited by Jane from her grandfather, Nicholas Meriwether. Descended to the eldest son Meriwether Skelton, who died about 1781, unmarried and bequeathed to his sister Sally (Skelton) Jones, wife of Col. Thomas Jones (1725-1785/6). He was clerk of Northhampton County Court. Retired to Spring Garden about 1771. The younger brother of Mrs. Skelton, Bathurst Skelton (1744-1768), married 1766, Martha Wayle (1748-1782) who married 2nd, in 1772, Thomas Jefferson.
Spring Garden was located between New Castle and Hanover Town and burned in 1784 or 1785. 505