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Mary Francis Taliaferro 1686–1741 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 11 May 1686

Birth Location: Powhattan Plantation, Essex, Virginia, United States

Death Date: 1 August 1741

Death Location: Snow Creek, Essex, Virginia, United States

Father: John ancestor

Mother: Sarah I

Spouse(s): Colonel II

Children(s): Elizabeth Thornton

Mary Francis Taliaferro was born in 1686 in Powhattan Plantation, Essex, Virginia, United States, the child of John I Taliaferro Son Of Robert The Ranger Hob Qualifying Jamestowne Society Ancestor And Sarah Smith Married John Taliaferro I. Mary Francis Taliaferro married Colonel Francis Thornton Royal Militia Ii, and had children including Elizabeth Thornton. Mary Francis Taliaferro passed away in 1741 in Snow Creek, Essex, Virginia, United States.

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Biography

  • Mary Francis Taliaferro was born in 1686 in Powhattan Plantation, Essex, Virginia, United States, the child of John I Taliaferro Son Of Robert The Ranger Hob Qualifying Jamestowne Society Ancestor And Sarah Smith Married John Taliaferro I.
  • Mary Francis Taliaferro married Colonel Francis Thornton Royal Militia Ii, and had children including Elizabeth Thornton.
  • Mary Francis Taliaferro passed away in 1741 in Snow Creek, Essex, Virginia, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

John ancestor
1656–1720
Birth Location: Essex County, Virginia, USA
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Sarah I
1659–1720
Birth Location: York County, Virginia, USA
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Spouses(s)

Colonel II
1682–1737
Birth Location: Fall Hill, Gloucester, Virginia
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Children(s)

Elizabeth Thornton
1713–1774
Birth Location: Snow Creek, Spotsylvania, Virginia, United States
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Mary Taliaferro's Ancestors

Self
Mary Taliaferro
1686–1741
Birth Place: Powhattan Plantation, Essex, Virginia, United States
Parents
John I Taliaferro, son of Robert The Ranger, HOB, qualifying Jamestowne Society ancestor
1656–1720
Essex County, Virginia, USA
Sarah (Smith, married John Taliaferro) I
1659–1720
York County, Virginia, USA
Grandparents
Robert (I Taliaferro, son of Francis IMM England to) Virginia
1626–1687
Stepney, Middlesex, England
Sarah Grimes
1626–1673
Igtham, Kent, England
Great-Grandparents
Bennett Hale
1589–1642
Francis Taliaferro
1589–1647
William Sr
1600–1655
2nd-Great-Grandparents
*John \Haie
1557–1623
Margery BINGHAM
1556–1586
Joane Graye
1562–1617
Bartholomew (Taliaferro)
1530–1601

Mary Taliaferro's Descendants

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Mary (Francis) Taliaferro (11 May 1686–1 August 1741) m. Colonel (Francis Thornton (Royal Militia)) II (4 Jan 1682–6 February 1737)
  1. 1. Elizabeth Thornton 1713–1774 m. THOMAS Meriwether 1713–1756 m. Colonel (Robert LEWIS of) Belvior 1704–1765
    1. 1. Francis Meriwether 1737–1803 m. Martha (G.) Meriwether 1743–1819
      1. 1. Dr. (Nicholas Lewis) Meriwether 1782–1863 m. Eliza Yeomans 1802–1863 m. Mary (Ardis Polly) deYampert 1789–1838
        1. 1. Charles (Lewis Mathews) Meriwether 1816–1866 m. Frances (Celia "Fannie") Baldwin 1825–1866
        2. 2. Nicholas Meriwether 1819–
        3. 3. William (Lucius) Meriwether 1825–1900
        4. 4. James (Bradley de Yampert) Meriwether 1806–1868
        5. 5. Francis (David) Meriwether 1808–1833
        6. 6. Nicholas Meriwether 1810–1818
        7. 7. Thomas (George) Meriwether 1812–1891
        8. 8. GEORGE (MATHEWS) MERIWETHER –1873
      2. 2. nicholas meriwether 1761–1833
      3. 3. Mildred (Malinda) Barnett 1772–1852
      4. 4. Lucy Howard 1775–1850
      5. 5. Elizabeth (Thornton) Mathews 1767–1846
      6. 6. Margaret (Jameson) Bradley 1776–1819
      7. 7. D (Ann aka Nancy) Meriwether 1778–
      8. 8. Nancy (Ann) Meriwether 1784–1831
      9. 9. Lewis (Bourbon) Meriwether 1760–
      10. 10. Mary Meriwether 1764–1833
      11. 11. Valentine (Ham) Meriwether 1779–1858
      12. 12. Martha Meriwether 1768–1805
      13. 13. Sarah MERIWETHER 1778–1852
      14. 14. Charlott Glenn 1791–1851
      15. 15. Thomas Meriwether 1763–1803
      16. 16. Mildred Meriwether 1780–1846
      17. 17. Mary Meriwether* 1770–
      18. 18. Elizabeth Meriwether 1772–1827
      19. 19. Valentine (Ham) Meriwether 1779–1858
      20. 20. Margaret MERIWETHER 1772–1819
      21. 21. Mildred (Malinda) Meriwether 1772–1852
    2. 2. Thomas MERIWETHER 1755–1755
    3. 3. Mary Meriwether 1742–1800
    4. 4. Mildred (Thornton) Meriwether 1753–1826
    5. 5. Sarah Meriwether 1746–1812
    6. 6. Jane ("Pretty Jane") Meriwether 1757–1833
    7. 7. David MERIWETHER 1739–1806
    8. 8. Col. (Nicholas) Meriwether 1736–1772
    9. 9. Lucy Marks 1751–1837
    10. 10. Anne ((Nancy Ann)) Meriwether 1750–1782
    11. 11. Elizabeth MERIWETHER 1744–1812

Mary Taliaferro's Timeline

2 Records

1686
11 May 1686
Birth of Mary Francis Taliaferro in Powhattan Plantation, Essex, Virginia, United States
Powhattan Plantation, Essex, Virginia, United States
1741
1 August 1741
Age 55
Death of Mary Francis Taliaferro in Snow Creek, Essex, Virginia, United States
Snow Creek, Essex, Virginia, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 11 May 1686
    Event Place: Powhattan Plantation, Essex, Virginia, United States

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 1 August 1741
    Event Place: Snow Creek, Essex, Virginia, United States
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