 Abt 1713 - Bef 1757 (~ 44 years)
-
| Name |
MERIWETHER Thomas [1] |
| Birth |
Abt 1713 |
New Kent County, VA  |
| Gender |
Male |
| Death |
Bef 25 Jun 1757 |
Louisa County, VA |
| Notes |
- I am looking over some of the documents I have on my ancestors, who served in the Revolutionary War, and took note of the signatures. For some reason they just jumped out at me, and I thought they would be of interest to the list.
The Document I have is from Ambrose Lewis, who is the brother of my direct ancestor Charles Lewis. Ambrose and Charles served in the Revolutionary War as Seamen and Foot Soldiers. The document I have is a certification that Ambrose Lewis, is entitled to the proportion of land allowed a Sailor of the State Navy for three years service, and it is signed (it looks like December, or September), 21st 1783. There are two signatures, one is Thomas Meriwether, and the other is Benjamin Harrison. I believe this is the Thomas Meriwether who married his cousin Jane Meriwether.
Benjamin Harrison was the governor of Virginia at that time. Ambrose Lewis went to Washington DC after his pension was suspended. It was there that he petitioned the senate to have his military service at the Battle of Camden SC added to the record. He finally won, but his land bounty certificate was used by his heirs.
This short document has quite a bit of historical information on it.
Anita
Col. David Meriwether married Ann Holmes and had a son, Thomas. This Thomas Meriwether married Elizabeth Thornton, and had 11 children, including Lucy Meriwether , the mother of Meriwether Lewis. Ann also gave birth to Colonel Nicholas Meriwether (the first Meriwether to live at Cloverfields with his wife, Margaret Douglas) (Anderson, 1984) , Francis, David, Mary, Elizabeth, Sarah, Ann, Mildred, Thomas, and Jane. You will notice by now that the Meriwether family tended to recycle the same name every generation, and occasionally more than once a generation. This has become very confusing to genealogists. Many have confused which Nicholas married who, and who exactly was Meriwether Lewis' grandfather. This presentation streamlines the family to list those who directly pertain to the explorers to clarify the connections.
|
| Person ID |
I7849 |
Booth Family |
| Last Modified |
22 Aug 2013 |
| Father |
Col. MERIWETHER David, b. Abt 1690, James City County, Virginia d. 25 Dec 1744, Louisa County, VA (Age ~ 54 years) |
| Mother |
HOLMES Anne, b. 19 Dec 1695, King and Queen Court House, King and Queen, Virginia, USA d. 11 Mar 1735, Gwathmey, Hanover, Virginia, USA (Age 39 years) |
| Marriage |
1713 |
New Kent County, VA |
| Family ID |
F718 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Family |
THORNTON Elizabeth d. Yes, date unknown |
| Children |
| | 1. MERIWETHER Lucy, b. 4 Feb 1752, North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA d. 1837, North Garden, Albemarle, Virginia, USA (Age 84 years) |
|
| Family ID |
F3079 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
| Last Modified |
11 Jul 2009 |
-
-
| Sources |
- [S1048] The Meriwether Family, (http://www2.vcdh.virginia.edu/lewisandclark/students/projects/homesteads/genealogy/meriwethers.html), accessed Jul 1, 2009) (Reliability: 2).
|
|
|
