Capt. David Meriwether
© The Meriwether Society, Inc.
Capt. David Meriwether, sometimes known as "Sailor David" in family genealogies, was born in Virginia but lived in England while a sailing master, the last few years on the York sailing between Bristol, England, and Virginia. He married Mary Weaver in 1743 in Herfordshire, England, and they had seven known children: James (died in infancy), Jenny (stayed in England), Elizabeth Mariah, Thomas, James, David and William. All but the first James and Jenny moved to America at some point.
David died at sea aboard the York, seven days out of York Town, Virginia, enroute to Bristol, England, and was buried at sea.
Contact The Meriwether Society (meriwethersociety.org) for a more detailed biography.
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The Boston Gazette (Boston, MA), 2 July 1759
Capt. Meriweather who arrived here last Friday, in 8 weeks and 2 days from Bristol, we have an English Print of the 28th of April, from which we have extracted the following . . .
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The Pennsylvania Gazette, 26 May 1768
Bristol, March 5, Sailed, The York, Merriweather, for Virginia.
Boston News-Letter and New England Chronicle, 13 October 1768
A letter from Capt. Brown, who is arrived at North Carolina from this place, mentions that on his passage thither, the 19th of August, in Lat. 38. 30. Long. 69. 46 he met with the ship York, Capt. Merriweather, bound from Virginia to Bristol, who in the morning of that day left his main and mizen mast, in a violent gale of wind, or rather, hurricane, and then lay as a wreck upon the water.
∼TMSI [105]: M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
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TMSI [105] M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether
© The Meriwether Society, Inc.
Capt. David Meriwether, sometimes known as "Sailor David" in family genealogies, was born in Virginia but lived in England while a sailing master, the last few years on the York sailing between Bristol, England, and Virginia. He married Mary Weaver in 1743 in Herfordshire, England, and they had seven known children: James (died in infancy), Jenny (stayed in England), Elizabeth Mariah, Thomas, James, David and William. All but the first James and Jenny moved to America at some point.
David died at sea aboard the York, seven days out of York Town, Virginia, enroute to Bristol, England, and was buried at sea.
Contact The Meriwether Society (meriwethersociety.org) for a more detailed biography.
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The Boston Gazette (Boston, MA), 2 July 1759
Capt. Meriweather who arrived here last Friday, in 8 weeks and 2 days from Bristol, we have an English Print of the 28th of April, from which we have extracted the following . . .
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The Pennsylvania Gazette, 26 May 1768
Bristol, March 5, Sailed, The York, Merriweather, for Virginia.
Boston News-Letter and New England Chronicle, 13 October 1768
A letter from Capt. Brown, who is arrived at North Carolina from this place, mentions that on his passage thither, the 19th of August, in Lat. 38. 30. Long. 69. 46 he met with the ship York, Capt. Merriweather, bound from Virginia to Bristol, who in the morning of that day left his main and mizen mast, in a violent gale of wind, or rather, hurricane, and then lay as a wreck upon the water.
∼TMSI [105]: M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
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TMSI [105] M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether
Capt. David Meriwether
© The Meriwether Society, Inc.
Capt. David Meriwether, sometimes known as "Sailor David" in family genealogies, was born in Virginia but lived in England while a sailing master, the last few years on the York sailing between Bristol, England, and Virginia. He married Mary Weaver in 1743 in Herfordshire, England, and they had seven known children: James (died in infancy), Jenny (stayed in England), Elizabeth Mariah, Thomas, James, David and William. All but the first James and Jenny moved to America at some point.
David died at sea aboard the York, seven days out of York Town, Virginia, enroute to Bristol, England, and was buried at sea.
Contact The Meriwether Society (meriwethersociety.org) for a more detailed biography.
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The Boston Gazette (Boston, MA), 2 July 1759
Capt. Meriweather who arrived here last Friday, in 8 weeks and 2 days from Bristol, we have an English Print of the 28th of April, from which we have extracted the following . . .
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The Pennsylvania Gazette, 26 May 1768
Bristol, March 5, Sailed, The York, Merriweather, for Virginia.
Boston News-Letter and New England Chronicle, 13 October 1768
A letter from Capt. Brown, who is arrived at North Carolina from this place, mentions that on his passage thither, the 19th of August, in Lat. 38. 30. Long. 69. 46 he met with the ship York, Capt. Merriweather, bound from Virginia to Bristol, who in the morning of that day left his main and mizen mast, in a violent gale of wind, or rather, hurricane, and then lay as a wreck upon the water.
∼TMSI [105]: M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
~~~
TMSI [105] M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether
© The Meriwether Society, Inc.
Capt. David Meriwether, sometimes known as "Sailor David" in family genealogies, was born in Virginia but lived in England while a sailing master, the last few years on the York sailing between Bristol, England, and Virginia. He married Mary Weaver in 1743 in Herfordshire, England, and they had seven known children: James (died in infancy), Jenny (stayed in England), Elizabeth Mariah, Thomas, James, David and William. All but the first James and Jenny moved to America at some point.
David died at sea aboard the York, seven days out of York Town, Virginia, enroute to Bristol, England, and was buried at sea.
Contact The Meriwether Society (meriwethersociety.org) for a more detailed biography.
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The Boston Gazette (Boston, MA), 2 July 1759
Capt. Meriweather who arrived here last Friday, in 8 weeks and 2 days from Bristol, we have an English Print of the 28th of April, from which we have extracted the following . . .
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The Pennsylvania Gazette, 26 May 1768
Bristol, March 5, Sailed, The York, Merriweather, for Virginia.
Boston News-Letter and New England Chronicle, 13 October 1768
A letter from Capt. Brown, who is arrived at North Carolina from this place, mentions that on his passage thither, the 19th of August, in Lat. 38. 30. Long. 69. 46 he met with the ship York, Capt. Merriweather, bound from Virginia to Bristol, who in the morning of that day left his main and mizen mast, in a violent gale of wind, or rather, hurricane, and then lay as a wreck upon the water.
∼TMSI [105]: M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether (1631–1678) & Elizabeth (?)
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TMSI [105] M1226 — G-Grandson of Nicholas Meriwether
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