Individual Details

Nicholas was named in Will of his grandfather. Received 2000 acres.
Suggested wives include Mary Pryor or Frances Morton. If he was ever married to Mary Pryor it must have been a brief early marriage. The will of John Morton Jordan names his half sister as Frances [Morton] Meriwether; after the death of Nicholas Meriwether she married Samuel Pryor Jr. of Goochland Co. Son George's will left his mother Frances Pryor an annual stipend; will signed 7 Jul 1775.

Louisa Co VA Deed Book: A, Page: 520, Grantor: Nicholas Meriwether, Date: 28-Aug-1753
Nicholas Meriwether of Fredericksville parish Louisa and Frances his wife to Abraham Venable, Robert Lewis, Charles Barrett, Thomas Paulet, John Starke, Thomas Ballard Smith, Thomas Walker, Thomas Meriwether, Robert Anderson, David Mills, Tyree Harris, William Johnson, Gent. the present Vestrymen of Fredericksville parish for ?400 paid by the vestry on behalf of the parish for 400 acres adjoining the dividing line between Nicholas Meriwether and Thomas Meriwether, Jr. near a road, side of the mountains, being part of a larger tract formerly granted by patent to Nicholas Meriwether, grandfather of the above said Nicholas Meriwether and by his last will and testament devised to afsd. Nicholas. Sig. Nicholas Meriwether, Frans. Meriwether


WorldConnect database of the Meriwether Society, Inc.
He served as a Colonel on the staff of Major General Edward Braddock in the French & Indian Wars. In June, 1755, the general was mortally wounded near Ft. Duquesne, near present day Pittsburg, and reportedly fell into Col. Meriwether's arms. Upon Nicholas' return, General Braddock's sister, Lady Braddock, presented Col. Meriwether with a scarlet coat embroidered in gold as a token of regard. A nephew of Col. Nicholas, Nicholas Meriwether (1726-1772), the son of Thomas Meriwether & Elizabeth Thornton, was also present at the battle and for many years his descendants mistakenly thought he was the recipient of the coat.
The Meriwethers and Their Connections, Author: Nelson Heath Meriwether
Publication: Artcraft Press, Date: 1964
Detail: Reprinted in 1991 by The Meriwether Society, Gateway Press
p. 302 (According to Richard Cocke Vaughan)


Nicholas' will was dated 21 Jan 1753, proved in Goochland Co, 18 Jul 1758.
FindAGrave.com shows the grave of Frances, Payne Family Cemetery, Dahlgren, King George Co. But the data re her grave gives her parents as Alvin Morton & Mary Mountjoy which is incorrect. The Meriwether Society states his burial place is unknown.

Birth	11 Feb 1719/20	New Kent County, Virginia
Marriage	Ca 1740	Virginia - Frances Morton
Death	3 May 1758

Spouse	Frances Morton (1720 - 1775)
Child	Nicholas Meriwether (1741 - 1741)
Child	John Meriwether (1742 - 1742)
Child	Reuben Meriwether (1743 - 1794)
Child	George Meriwether (1745 - 1782)
Child	Anne Meriwether (1747 - )
Child	Nicholas Meriwether (1749 - 1828)
Child	Mary Meriwether (1752 - 1786)
Child	Frances or Francis Meriwether (1754 - 1757)

Father	David Meriwether (1689 - 1744)
Mother	Ann Holmes (1695 - 1736)
Sibling	Thomas Meriwether (1714 - 1756)
Sibling	David Meriwether (1716 - 1772)
Sibling	Francis "Frank" Meriwether (1717 - 1793)
Sibling	Ann Meriwether (1721 - )
Sibling	Sarah Meriwether (1724 - 1725)
Sibling	James Meriwether (1729 - )
Sibling	William Meriwether (1730 - 1790)