Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
NameJames Skelton 
440, M
440, MBirthabt 1700, England
Immigrationabt 1723, Virginia
Death1773, Gloucester County, Virginia
BurialUnknown, Virginia504
OccupationPhysician; planter
Public Office FactSheriff, Hanover County (1729; 1742–43); Justice of the Peace, Hanover County.
Web LinkWoodhouse-Meriwether-Bathurst-Skelton-Gilliam: http://gilliamsofvirginia.org/Prince%20George/Skelton.etc/Skelton.etc.html
OfGoochland County, VA.
Findagrave•https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/77039369
FatherJames Shelton , M
MotherMary Bathurst , F
Spouses
1Jane Meriwether 280,174,500,501, Granddaughter, F
280,174,500,501, Granddaughter, FBirthbet 1705–1710, Essex County, Virginia
MemoNot verified.
FatherFrancis Meriwether , M (~1670-1713)
MotherMary Bathurst , F (~1675-1738)
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)
Biography notes for James Skelton
James Skelton
It is believed that James Skelton arrived in Virginia before 1723. On 14 June 1739 he became Sheriff of Hanover County and was made Justice of the Peace there on 10 June 1741. He was reappointed Sheriff on 11 June 1742.
It is believed that James Skelton arrived in Virginia before 1723. On 14 June 1739 he became Sheriff of Hanover County and was made Justice of the Peace there on 10 June 1741. He was reappointed Sheriff on 11 June 1742.
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