Nicholas Meriwether II

Virginia planter, lived 1665-1744

Col. Nicholas Meriwether II amassed a large quantity of land, at one point owning about 33,000 acres. In 1735 he built his plantation, [which became] "The Farm", in Goochland (now Albemarle) County, the site of which is now the city of Charlottesville, Virginia. His will, one of the longest recorded in Virginia, was witnessed by Peter Jefferson, father of Thomas Jefferson. Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether II & Elizabeth Crawford are eligible for membership in the Magna Charta Dames or to the Barons of Runnymede

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Family

William Meriwether Virginia planter born 1688 in James City County

• eldest child ('88→?)

Nicholas Meriwether He built "Clover Fields" in 1760

• great-grandson ('36→?)

James Meriwether

• grandson ('29→?)

David Meriwether Colonial Virginia

• second son ('90→?)

William Meriwether Youngest child of Col. David Meriwether and Anne Holmes

• grandson ('30→?)

Francis Meriwether II Colonial Virginia

• brother ('67→?)

Elizabeth Crawford Colonial Virginia

• wife

Jane Meriwether Lewis Colonial Virginia; grandmother of explorer Meriwether Lewis

• daughter ('05→?)

Nicholas Meriwether I Jamestown colonist

• father ('65→?)