Warner Broaddus' Genealogy


Nicholas MERIWETHER I was born in 1631 in Wales. He died on 17 Dec 1678. He married Elizabeth WOODHOUSE.

Elizabeth WOODHOUSE [Parents] was born about 1630. She married Nicholas MERIWETHER I.

They had the following children:

  M i Nicholas MERIWETHER II was born on 26 Oct 1667. He died on 12 Dec 1744.

Henry WOODHOUSE II [Parents] was born about 1600 in Bermuda. He died in 1655. He married Mary or Judith.

Emigrated to lower Norfolk, VA when 30 y.o. and was member of the House of Burgesses from Norfolk 1647-1652, and Commissioner of that county. Member of the vestry of the old church at Lynnhaven.

Mary or Judith.Mary married Henry WOODHOUSE II.

They had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth WOODHOUSE was born about 1630.

Robert ANDERSON Sr. [Parents] was born about 1640. He died in 1712. He married Cecilia MASSIE about 1662.

Cecilia MASSIE [Parents] was born about 1640. She married Robert ANDERSON Sr. about 1662.

They had the following children:

  M i Cpt. Robert ANDERSON Jr. was born in 1663. He died in 1716.

David CRAWFORD died in Assaquin, New Kent Co., VA.

He had the following children:

  F i Elizabeth CRAWFORD was born in 1671/1672. She died in 1753/1762.

Col. David MERIWETHER [Parents] was born in 1690 in New Kent Co., VA. He died on 25 Dec 1744 in , Louisa, Virginia. He was buried in Dec 1744 in East side of Rivanna River, next to his father. He married Anne HOLMES in 1712/1713 in Near, Charlottsville, Louise County, Virginia.

Anne HOLMES was born in 1695 in , King & Queen, Virginia. She died on 11 Mar 1736 in , , Virginia. She married Col. David MERIWETHER in 1712/1713 in Near, Charlottsville, Louise County, Virginia.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Waller LEWIS was born in 1717 in , , Virginia. She died in 1793.
  M ii Nicholas MERIWETHER was born on 11 Dec 1719 in , Louisa Co., Virginia. He was christened on 11 Feb 1719 in , , Va. He died on 3 May 1758 in Will Proved, Goochland Co., Virginia. He was buried in May 1758 in Goochland Co., , , Va..
  F iii Sarah MERIWETHER was born on 12 Feb 1724 in , Louisa Co., Virginia. She died on 5 Sep 1725 in , Louisa, Virginia. She was buried in Sep 1725 in Louisa Co., , , Va..
  M iv David H. MERIWETHER was born on 5 Oct 1726 in , Louisa Co., Virginia. He died about 1777 in , , Ga. He was buried in , , England.
  M v James MERIWETHER was born on 1 Jun 1729 in Louisa Co., Va.. He died in 1799 in , Louisa, Virginia. He was buried in 1792 in Albemarle Co., , Va..
  M vi William MERIWETHER was born on 25 Dec 1730 in Louisa, Virginia. He died on 24 Dec 1790 in Jefferson Co., , , Ky.. He was buried in Dec 1790 in Jefferson Co., , , Ky..
  F vii Anne MERIWETHER was born on 11 Nov 1721 in , Louisa, Virginia. She died in 1792 in Spotsylvania County Virginia.
  M viii Thomas MERIWETHER was born in 1713/1714. He died in 1756.

Dr. John Taliaferro LEWIS of Mulberry Green [Parents] was born about 1750 in VA. He married Susannah WARING on 3 Dec 1782 in VA.

Susannah WARING [Parents] was born about 1750. She married Dr. John Taliaferro LEWIS of Mulberry Green on 3 Dec 1782 in VA.

Mentioned in Captain Roger Jones of London and Va, antecedents and des. By L.H. Jones. Albany, 1891. (295p.):140

also Seldens of Va. & allied fams. By Mary S. Kennedy. New York [1911] (2v.):94(?)

They had the following children:

  M i Warner LEWIS of Lewis Level was born about 1801.

Col. Francis WARING [Parents] 1 was born on 23 Jul 1717. He died in 1771 in Gouldsberry, Essex Co., Va. He married Lucy COCKE.

_Virginia Genealogies_, by Rev. Horace Edwin Hayden, [Clearfield, 1891] , p.116:

"Francis Waring's will, dated Oct. 31, 1770, prov. Oct. 21, 1771, gives to son Thomas Gouldman the land he lives on, son William the tract bought of Samuel Thompson and Wm. Meggott named "Cockeland," and next to land of Sam'l Henshaw and Henry Garnett, and his lot No. 3, in Beaufort town; son Henry land bought of Augustine Broughman's Estate, next to that of Theophilus Travers, Griffin Broughman and Wm. Waring and his lot No. 5 in Beaufort town. Grist mill to be sold to pay his debts. Land in K. and Q. left him by his father, Col. Thomas Waring, 1200 a., to be sold for same purpose, Rest of his Est. to his seven children equally i.e., dau. Ball, dau. Robb, Thomas Gouldman, Wm. W., Henry W., Eliz. Ball, Lucy Robb, Ann W., Susannah W. Sons Thos. and Wm. and Spencer M. B. and Jas. Robb, Ex'rs. Robb P. Waring, Jno, Walsh, Wit."

_Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography_, Lyon Gardiner Tyler, [Balt. Gen. Pub. Co., 1915], Vol. I, p. 352:

"Waring, Francis, son of Col. Thomas Waring, was colonel of the Essex County militia, and burgess for Essex in 1758-1761, 1761-1765, and 1766-1768; was one of the signers of the Northern Neck protest against the Stamp Act. He died in 1771."

Lucy COCKE [Parents] was born in 1716. She married Col. Francis WARING.

They had the following children:

  M i Thomas Gouldman WARING was born about 1740 in Gouldsberry, Essex Co., Va.

In _Virginia Soldiers of 1776_, p. 850, appears the statement: "Executive Dept. May 8, 1838. The heirs of Thomas Waring allowed land for his service as a Capt. in the Contential Line for three years. David Campbell, Gov."

Col. Thos. Waring of Goldsberry, Essex Co. was with Washington at Trenton and Princeton. (R.S. II.5,1881). Capt. Thomas Waring was commis'd ensign 5th Va. Bat., Sep. 22, 1776, by John Hancock. His heirs were allowed 4,000 acres land May 17, 1839 for 3 years services (Rep. 1063.27 Cong. 2d Sess. p. 36 Do. 457, 28th Cong. 1st Sess. p. 138)

In Thomas Waring's will, St. Anne's Parish, Essex Co., VA, he makes bequests to his two sisters, Anne Latane and Susanna Lewis. He also states, "If my nephew Warner Lewis lives to age 21 and will relinquish and make over to his tow brothers, John and Joseph Jones Lewis and sister Lucy Lewis all right and claim to the land devised to him by his father, Doctor John Lewis, then I give to him my plantation Gouldsberry. Otherwise, I give Gouldsberry to my two nephews, Henry W. Latane and Joseph Lewis and their heirs. My sister Susanna Lewis' four children, John, Lucy, Warner and Joseph..." Tappahannock Court, Essex Co., 19 Dec 1803, the will was recorded. Teste, John P. Lee, Clerk.
  F ii Susannah WARING was born about 1750.

Col. Charles LEWIS of Cedar Creek [Parents] was born on 20 Feb 1729 in Warner Hall, Gloucester, VA. He died in 1805 in Port Royal, Caroline, VA. He married Lucy TALIAFERRO about 1750 in VA.

Lucy TALIAFERRO [Parents].Lucy married Col. Charles LEWIS of Cedar Creek about 1750 in VA.

They had the following children:

  M i Dr. John Taliaferro LEWIS of Mulberry Green was born about 1750.

Francis THORNTON was born on 4 Jan 1682 in , Stafford, Virginia. He died on 6 Feb 1737 in Snow Creek, Frederick, Virginia. He married Mary TALIAFERRO in 1701 in , Spotsylvania, Virginia.

Mary TALIAFERRO was born in 1703 in Powhattan Plant., Essex Co., Va.. She married Francis THORNTON in 1701 in , Spotsylvania, Virginia.

They had the following children:

  M i Francis THORNTON was born in 1714 in , Essex, Virginia. He died on 11 Nov 1748.
  M ii John THORNTON was born in 1707 in Fredricksburg, Spotsylvania, Va. He died on 11 Mar 1779.
  M iii Reuben THORNTON was born in 1711 in Fredricksburg, Spotsylvania, Va. He died in 1768 in , , Virginia. He was buried in 1768.
  F iv Mildred THORNTON was born on 21 Mar 1721 in Of, Albemarle, Virginia. She died on 16 Nov 1778 in Of, Albemarle, Virginia.
  F v Mary THORNTON was born in 1700 in Fredricksburg, Spotsylvania, Va. She died in 1757.
  F vi Elizabeth (Mary) THORNTON was born in 1718/1722. She died in 1757.
  M vii Reuben THORNTON was born in 1723 in Spotsylvania, Virginia.
  F viii Sarah THORNTON was born in 1708 in , Essex, Virginia.

Harmon Hiner SEYBERT [Parents] was born on 12 Apr 1850. He died on 27 Aug 1934. He was buried in Montery Mem. Cemetary, Monterey VA. He married Sarah Virginia ARBOGAST on 24 Jun 1880.

Other marriages:
BYRD, Alice Schultz (Mother Byrd)

Sarah Virginia ARBOGAST [Parents] was born on 25 Sep 1854 in Crabbottom (Bluegrass), VA. She died on 31 Oct 1920 in Seybert Hills Farm, Monterey, VA. She was buried in Montery Mem. Cemetary, Monterey VA. She married Harmon Hiner SEYBERT on 24 Jun 1880.

They had the following children:

  F i Mary Madge SEYBERT was born on 1 Sep 1882. She died on 27 Oct 1959.
  F ii Clara Hester SEYBERT was born on 12 May 1881.
  M iii Louie Hiner SEYBERT was born on 23 Jan 1884.
  F iv Lena Eston SEYBERT was born on 11 Aug 1885.
  F v Bonnie Catherine SEYBERT was born on 1 Jun 1887. She died on 22 Oct 1973. She was buried in Phildelphia.
  F vi Sallie Virginia SEYBERT was born on 6 Feb 1889.

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