Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families - Person Sheet
NameCol. John Taliaferro 183, 4DMZ-BM, M
Birth1684, Virginia600
MemoSome say Essex County, which did not exist until 1692.
Birth1687, Virginia601
Death03 May 1744, James City County, Virginia
ResFactSettled at "Snow Creek" in 1707;
OccupationBurgess for Spotsylvania 1720, Vestryman of St. Georges Parish, 1725.
FlagsVolume 1
FatherJohn Taliaferro , 4DMX-ZR, M (1656-1720)
MotherSarah Smith , 4DMZ-0W, F (~1666->1720)
Spouses
1Mary Catlett 183, CNBL-PV, F
Birth1687
Death1744
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FatherJohn Catlett , M
Marriage22 Dec 1708, Virginia601,602
ChildrenWilliam , M (1726-1798)
 Lucy , F (~1731-)
Research notes for Col. John Taliaferro
^ISSUE: Also Mary, who married Judge Joseph Jones.
Research notes for Col. John Taliaferro
-Commissioned Lt. Col. Orange County, VA Militia on 5-4-1756
-His 2nd wife was his first-cousin-once-removed

Sources:
-The Family Register of Nicholas Taliaferro William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 2nd, Ser., Vol. 1, No. 3. (Jul., 1921), pp. 145-166.
-Taliaferro Times Newsletter internet site
-The Papers of George Washington, Colonial series, vol. 2, p. 90, Univ. of VA Press, Charlottesville, VA
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