Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Will Dated11 May 1740748 Age: 19
Military ServiceRoyal Navy?
FatherWilliam Meriwether , M (~1688-1751)
MotherElizabeth Bushrod , F (~1690-)
Never married
Notes for William Meriwether Jr.
William was serving on board the HMS Colchester at the time of his death. The date of his death was recorded as 13 May 1740, in the log of the Colchester, but 12 May in his grandfather’s Bible. The Colchester may have been a particularly bad ship on which to serve, as the log records many deaths and desertions.
Death
“Mr. William Meriwether my grandson Departed this Life ye 12th day of May in the year of our Lord 1748 [sic] on board the Colechester man of war. Capt. Simons Commander.”
Death
“Mr. William Meriwether my grandson Departed this Life ye 12th day of May in the year of our Lord 1748 [sic] on board the Colechester man of war. Capt. Simons Commander.”
Will notes for William Meriwether Jr.
Will of William Merryweather, Jr., mariner, of H.M.S. Colchester.
Signed: 11 May 1740
Proven: 23 January 1741
Named: William Merryweather, father.
Signed: 11 May 1740
Proven: 23 January 1741
Named: William Merryweather, father.