Will of Samuel Meredith[1]
Dated: 6 August 1808
Codicil: 30 November 1808
Proved: 16 January 1809
Amherst County, Virginia
Son: Samuel - Kentucky lands
Grandson: Samuel Meredith Garland - money to David S. Garland for education of grandson
Wife: Jane
Son: William
Daughter: Mary May
Daughter: Jane H. Garland
Daughter: Sarah Armistead - to William B. Hare in trust for Sarah
My grandchildren Sarah Armistead - land (4-5 acres) deeded to William Armistead on 20 April 1801 - if she has heirs who become 21
Children of daughter Jane H. Garland
Codicil: Son, Samuel Jr - gold watch
Executors: son in law David S. Garland and son-in-law William Armistead
Witnesses: James Woods, James Garland, Bartlett Thompson and John Hendron
Daughters of the American Revolution Records
MEREDITH, SAMUEL
Ancestor #: A077589
Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): COLONEL
Birth: 1732 HANOVER CO VIRGINIA
Death: 11-22-1808 AMHERST CO VIRGINIA
Service Source: JOURNAL OF THE COUNCIL OF THE STATE OF VA, VOL 1, P 236
Service Description: 1) 1ST BATT OF MINUTE MEN IN 1776
RESIDENCE: 1) County: HANOVER CO - State: VIRGINIA
On 22 December 1808, when he was about seventy-six, Samuel died of unknown causes in Amherst County, Virginia, and is buried at Winton Plantation in Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia,
From Findagrave.com
Col Samuel Garland Meredith, Jr.
Birth: 1732 Hanover County, Virginia; Death: 22 Dec 1808 (aged 75–76) Amherst County, Virginia, USA; Burial: Winton Plantation, Amherst, Amherst County, Virginia, USA. Memorial #: 50094293.
Bio: ~Son of Samuel Meredith (1689 – 1762) and Margaret Braithwaite (1690 –1768) Transcribed (with original errors and typos) from an undated and un-sourced family clipping by Elizabeth Meredith Wayland Tierney. I believe it to have been a response to a letter to the editor of the Times Dispatch in Richmond, VA, on December 20, 1903, regarding the genealogy of the Winston Family, which was submitted by J. Powell Garland. His published letter is available online, though I haven't yet found this particular letter in the Times Dispatch archives.
Merediths. The following can be added to the Meredith article of the 14th instant: Samuel Meredith, Sr., of Hanover county, Va., had issue by his first wife: Elisha, John, Pleasant, George, Ruth, William and Samuel, Jr. By his second wife, Margaret, there was no issue. He died April 14, 1762, and on September 30th following his widow became the second wife of Dr. William Cabell, the ancestor of the Virginia family of that name. She died February 26, 1768, without issue. Ruth daughter of Samuel Meredith, Sr., married Samuel Jordan, Jr., of Seven Islands, Va. Samuel Meredith, Jr., was born in Hanover county, Va., 1732, and was captain in Colonel William Byrd's regiment, 1768, and for his services was granted to him July 11, 1774, 2,000 acres land in Kentucky. In 1775 he was captain of an independent company from Hanover county, which on May 2d he resigned in favor of his brother-in-law, Patrick Henry, and accepted a lieutenancy in the company. He was a member of the convention of May, 1776, and in 1778 he subscribed 500 pounds to old Washington Henry College, in Hanover town, and for several years was president of the Board of Trustees. In 1779 Governor Thomas Jefferson confirmed to him the Kentucky lands granted in 1774, and that same year he purchased the home of Joseph Cabell, near New Glasgow, Amherst county, called "Winton," and moved there. Colonel Meredith had long been a vestryman of St. Paul's parish, Hanover county, and the vestry on December 29, 1780, "elected a vestryman in room of Samuel Meredith, gent, who was removed out of the parish." Colonel William Cabell, in his diary January 12, 1781, states, "Lieut-Col. Samuel Meredith my small sword, nicely silver mounted." Colonel Meredith was then in service with the Amherst militia. In 1785-6, Governor Patrick Henry granted him additional lands in Kentucky for services in the French and Indian War. He was also one of the trustees of Warminster Academy from 1791, and was long a justice of the peace, when the justices sat on the county bench, and for some years before his death was the presiding justice, and was also high sheriff in 1807. His will was dated August 6, 1808. He was buried at "Winton," and such was the great esteem and affection in which he held his mother-in-law, Jane Henry, that he requested to be buried at her feet, and this is the only designation of the grave of Mrs. Henry, the mother of the orator and patriot, Patrick Henry. The old Cabell building still stands, and the old family burying ground unenclosed, save by a most dilapidated fence, which, like most private grounds where the property passes out of the family, is left to neglect and decay. The tombstone of Colonel Samuel Meredith bears this inscription: " Here lie the remains ofCol. Saml. Meredith,Who departed this life Dec. 22, 1808.Aged 76 years." By his side is buried his wife, Jane Henry, and at her feet is the grave of her daughter Jane, wife of David S. Garland. Besides Mrs. Henry, there are four other members of the Henry family buried at Winton. M. H. G.Lynchburg, Va.
Family Members: Spouse: Mary Jane Henry Meredith (1738-1819); Children: Sarah Meredith Armistead (1770-1829), Mary Jane Henry Meredith Garland (1776-1855).[2]
Published Meredith Info
Samuel Meredith, Sr., of Hanover county, Va., (had issue by his first wife)
Elisha, John, Pleasant, George, Ruth, William and Samuel, Jr.
By his second wife, Margaret, (there was no issue).
Samuel Meredith, Jr., was born in Hanover county, Va., 1732, and was captain in Colonel William Byrd's regiment, 1768, and for his services was granted to him July 11, 1774, 2,000 acres land in Kentucky. In 1775 he was captain of an independent company from Hanover county, which on May 2d he resigned in favor of his brother-in-law, Patrick Henry, and accepted a lieutenancy in the company. He was a member of the convention of May, 1776,
Extracted from Rootsweb.Ancestry.
Samuel M. MeredithPrefix: Col.Sex: MBirth: Abt 1683 in Hanover,VADeath: 4 APR 1762 in St. Pauls,Hanover,VA
Extracted from: FamilySearch.org
Samuel Meredith, Sr., b. 1689, p.b. Liberty Hall, New Kent Co., VA, d. 30 Sep 1762
Father: Robert Meredith
Mother: Unknown; Spouse: Margaret
Meredith is an old Virginia name, and in Wales the family, of which the Virginia branch is an offshoot, claims descent from Eunydd Gwerengwy, a chieftain of North Wales and head of one of the fifteen tribes. Rowland Meredith of "Alington" who lived early in the fifteenth century, was one of the first to assume the name.
Julian, Walter and Philip Meredith were in Virginia in 1635, and there was a land grant to Thomas in New Kent Co. in 1656 and in Lancaster Co. to John in 1652.
Philip Meredith bought land in Northampton Co. after 1649, and upon his death left three daughters: Elizabeth, m. Paul Marsh; Mary, m. Ralph Hinman; and Eleanor, m. George Drewit.
George Meredith, b. 1640, d. 1734, his wife Alice and son George, b. 1698, d. 1728, are buried in the colonial churchyard at West Point, VA.
Descended from some of these, was Samuel Meredith Sr., b. 1680-1700, d. before 1762 of the Parish of St. Paul's and the county of Hanover, VA, whose widow, Margaret, m. 1762 Dr. William Cabell. Miss Meredith, who married John Collier, is believed to have been his sister or niece.
Samuel Meredith Sr. had issue: Elisha, whose son Elisha, b. 13 Oct 1783, m. Sarah Bolling Cabell; Col. Samuel, patriot and Revolutionary officer, m. Jane, sister of Patrick Henry.
Father: Robert Meredith b: 1645
Marriage 1 Nancy Anne Eppes b: 3 Feb 1695 in King and Queen, VA
Married: 1707
Children:
Elizabeth Meridith b: 1709/1711 in Hanover,VA
Cassandra Meredith b: 1718 in Halifax, VA
Samuel Meredith b: 1732 in Hanover, VA
Marriage 2 Margaret Braithwaite b: Abt 1698 in VA
Land Grants:
In 1779 Governor Thomas Jefferson confirmed to him the Kentucky lands granted in 1774, and that same year he purchased the home of Joseph Cabell, near New Glasgow, Amherst county, called "Winton," and moved there.
Colonel Meredith had long been a vestryman of St. Paul's parish, Hanover county, and the vestry on December 29, 1780, "elected a vestryman in room of Samuel Meredith, gent, who was removed out of the parish." Colonel William Cabell, in his diary January 12, 1781, states, "Lieut-Col. Samuel Meredith my small sword, nicely silver mounted."
Colonel Meredith was then in service with the Amherst militia. In 1785-6, Governor Patrick Henry granted him additional lands in Kentucky for services in the French and Indian War.
He was also one of the trustees of Warminster Academy from 1791, and was long a justice of the peace, when the justices sat on the county bench, and for some years before his death was the presiding justice, and was also high sheriff in 1807. His will was dated August 6, 1808. He was buried at "Winton," and such was the great esteem and affection in which he held his mother-in-law, Jane Henry, that he requested to be buried at her feet, and this is the only designation of the grave of Mrs. Henry, the mother of the orator and patriot, Patrick Henry. The old Cabell building still stands, and the old family burying ground unenclosed, save by a most dilapidated fence, which, like most private grounds where the property passes out of the family, is left to neglect and decay. The tombstone of Colonel Samuel Meredith bears this inscription:
Burial:
Here lie the remains of
Col. Saml. Meredith,
Who departed this life Dec. 22, 1808.
Aged 76 years.
By his side is buried his wife, Jane Henry, and at her feet is the grave of her daughter Jane, wife of David S. Garland. Besides Mrs. Henry, there are four other members of the Henry family buried at Winton.
M. H. G.
Lynchburg, Va.
The DAR has recognized Samuel with Ancestor #: A077589
Burial: Winton Plantation, Clifford, Amherst County, Virginia
Extracted from The Winton Manor House Preservation Society, Summer Edition 2016
Colonel Samuel Meredith (1732-1808) -- Residence: Winton Plantation, Amherst County, Virginia, from 1779 to his death in 1808
Around 1779-1780, Colonel Samuel Meredith, step brother of Joseph Cabell, received the Winton Plantation in lieu of a debt owed him by John Powell. Colonel Meredith, a childhood friend of the Henry family, married Patrick Henry’s sister Jane. Colonel Meredith was held in esteem by many due to his impressive service during the French and Indian War. Early in the Revolutionary War he commanded a company in the First Battalion of Minute Men. He resigned his commission as Captain allowing Patrick Henry to lead these same men, in what some sources credit, as the event starting the Revolution. During his ownership of Winton an impressive mantle was built for the Parlor’s fireplace. After the war Meredith served in Amherst as a Justice of the Peace, High Sheriff, and Presiding Justice. [3]
Comments
Nancy Eppes must be Samuel Meredith Jr's mother, since Nancy did not die until 1765. And Samuel Jr. was born in 1732.
Sources
↑ Davis, Bailey Fulton. 1998. The wills of Amherst County, Virginia, 1761-1865. Easley, S.C.: Southern Historical Press.
↑ P Fazzini (46565936), maintained by: Glendora (46931045), “Col Samuel Garland Meredith, Jr,” Find A Grave: Memorial #50094293. Accessed 18 April 2018.
Meredith-2141 was created by Tony Armes through the import of MEREDITH_GED.ged on Jan 8, 2017.
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