Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
Colonial Meriwether Families Tree - Person Sheet
NameWilliam Fauntleroy 
322, M
322, MBirth27 Jan 1713, Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia
Death1793, Naylor's Hole, Richmond County, Virginia
FatherCol. William Fauntleroy , M (1684-1757)
MotherApphia Bushrod , F (~1694-1759)
Notes for William Fauntleroy
William Fauntleroy was married first to Elizabeth Ball. They had one daughter, Elizabeth. She declined proposals by a young George Washington.
“Elizabeth Fauntleroy, who became the wife of Mr. Adams, of James River, after having refused her hand to the patriot Gen. Geo. Washington. I remember reading in the Louisville Courier Journal, in the spring or summer of 1875, what purported to be a copy of a letter from Gen. Washington to a young Fauntleroy, in which he expressed the hope that “Miss Betsey’s mind” would be more favorably disposed toward him upon his return. There is a letter in the possession of Governor Lee, of Virginia, from Geo. Washington, dated May 20th, 1752, and addressed to “William Fauntleroy, senior, Esq., in Richmond,” in which he says, “I was taken with a terrible pleurisy, which has reduced me very low, but purpose as soon as I recover my strength to wait on Miss Bettie in hopes of a reconsideration of her former cruel sentence, and to see if I cannot obtain a decision in my favor. I have enclosed a letter to her, which I should be much obliged to you for the delivery of it.” 765
“Elizabeth Fauntleroy, who became the wife of Mr. Adams, of James River, after having refused her hand to the patriot Gen. Geo. Washington. I remember reading in the Louisville Courier Journal, in the spring or summer of 1875, what purported to be a copy of a letter from Gen. Washington to a young Fauntleroy, in which he expressed the hope that “Miss Betsey’s mind” would be more favorably disposed toward him upon his return. There is a letter in the possession of Governor Lee, of Virginia, from Geo. Washington, dated May 20th, 1752, and addressed to “William Fauntleroy, senior, Esq., in Richmond,” in which he says, “I was taken with a terrible pleurisy, which has reduced me very low, but purpose as soon as I recover my strength to wait on Miss Bettie in hopes of a reconsideration of her former cruel sentence, and to see if I cannot obtain a decision in my favor. I have enclosed a letter to her, which I should be much obliged to you for the delivery of it.” 765
Notes for William & Margaret (Family)
William and Margaret are said to have had 12 children:
Apphia, William, Moore, John, Griffin Murdock, Jane, Molly, Sally, Joseph, Henry, Robert and Apphia.
Apphia, William, Moore, John, Griffin Murdock, Jane, Molly, Sally, Joseph, Henry, Robert and Apphia.