The Cochrane & Allied Families
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LEWIS, Col. Robert Sr.
1704 - Bef 1765 (61 years) Has 48 ancestors and 26 descendants in this family tree.
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Name LEWIS, Robert [1, 2, 3] Prefix Col. Suffix Sr. Birth 1704 Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
[1, 2] Christening Aug 1704 Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1] Gender Male Land-Purchaser 1727 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK [4, 5, 6, 7] that he was granted, 13,762 acres - Role: Purchaser
This tract included the future site of "Castle Hill" plantation, ___________. This tract is in Albemarle County today, created in 1744.
In 1734, he sold to Robert LEWIS, his son-in-law, for 5 schillings and natural love, 1500 acres of the 1727 tract.
Individual Event 25 Apr 1734 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK [8] Based on his Father-in-law, Nicholas MERIWETHER, paying him £100, Robert LEWIS promised to give each of his 5 children (Robert, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Jane and Ann) when they became of age, a slave, Will-Heir and Executor 12 Dec 1743 Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK [9] - Role: Heir and Executor
"To my Son-in-Law Robert Lewis 1500 acrs of Land whereon he now lives, as will appear by a Deed in Hanover Court." "Item - To Son-in-Law Mr. Robert Lewis, ffifty Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain."
"To Granddaughter, Judith Littlepage, 459 acres in King William County, over against my Son William Meriwether's Plantation; also Eleven Negro Slaves now on said land. If she should die without heirs or her heirs should die without heirs, I give and bequeath unto my Son William Meriwether the aforesaid 459 acres of Land; also I do give unto my two Sons William Meriwether and David Meriwether the aforesaid Negro Slaves and their increase, equally to be divided betwen them.
"To my Grand Daughter, Judith Littlpage, two malatto boys by name Charles and Jamey to be delivered to her at her marriage or when she shall come of age of twentyone years, and her heirs, and (in case of failure of heirs) to my Grand Son John Meriwether and his heirs forever.
"To my Daughter, Ann Johnson, Land and Plantation whereon she formerly lived on the East side of the branch that parts it and the Land I bought of Edward Hicks, being about 630 acres, during her natural life, at her decease to my Garnd son William Johnson, son to the above Daughter Ann, and to his heirs, and (in case of failure of such heirs) to my son William Meriwether.
"To my Daughter, Ann Johnson, my Plantation commonly called and known by the name of Roundabout together with Thur Hundred acres of Land, etc.
"To my Grand Son Nicholas Lewis the son of Mr. Robert Lewis my Plantation and land whereon I now live, Containing by Patent 1020 acres, together with 119 acres, part of a greater Tract bought of Thomas Graves to be laid off in the most Convenient manner and joyning to the Thousand and Twenty aforementioned, etc.
"To my aforesaid Grand Son Nicholas Lewis one Negro boy about six years of age to be Delivered at the Division of my Slaves hereafter mentioned, also 20 head of neat Cattle and 20 head of Hoggs from the Plantation whereon I now live, and 10 head of Cattle and 10 head of Hoggs from off the Plantation whereon Robert Dalton formerly lived, etc.
"To my Grand Son Richard Meriwether Son of my Son William Meriwether, 700 acres of Land in Goochland, part of 819 acres bought of Thomas Graves.
"To Son David Meriwether my ffork Plantation he now lives on together with 400 acres of Land.
"To Mildred Meriwether, Daughter of Nicholas Meriwether, deceased, one Negro Girl of about her own age, to be delivered to her at the Division of my Slaves.
"To my Loving Wife Elizabeth Meriwether One hundred Pounds Sterling money of Great Britain together with what new Goods and plate I shall have in my house at my death.
"To my Son-in-Law Robert Lewis 1500 acrs of Land whereon he now lives, as will appear by a Deed in Hanover Court.
"I Lend to my Loving Wife Elizabeth Meriwether twelve working Negroes and two Negro Girls, she having her choice, as also all my household goods and 90 head of neat Cattle and 90 head of Hoggs, Young and Old, and all my working horses, with four Choyce breeding mairs during her natural life and at her Deth I do give and bequeath the above mentioned 14 Negroes and their increase to be equally Divided between my Seven Grandsons and three Granddaughters, Viz.: John Meriwether, Thomas Meriwether, and Richard Meriwether, Jane Meriwether, Sarah Meriwether, and Mary Meriwether, Sons and Daughters of William Meriwether, and to Nicholas Meriwether, ffrances Meriwether, James Meriwether, William Meriwether, Sons of David Meriwether, and their heirs forever.
"To Mary Lewis, Daughter of Mr. Robert Lewis, a Negro Girl of near her own age, &c.
"Unto Mildred Lewis, Daughter of Mr. Robert Lewis (similar bequest).
"Unto Robert Lewis, Son of Mr. Robert Lewis, Negro Boy of near his own age.
"Unto Isabella Lewis, Daughter of Mr. Robert Lewis, Negro Girl . . .
"Unto Nicholas Meriwether, Son of my Grandson Thomas Meriwether, a Negro boy about his age.
"Item [This paragraph is crossed out]: I do give and bequeath unto my Gr. Daughter Elizabeth Bray, two Negro Boys, by name, Tom son of old Tom that I bought of James Blackwell, and Tom son to Tom and Doll his wife, to be delivered to her at her marriage or when she shall come to full age, and if she should die before marriage or before she shall come to Twenty-one years of age that said two Negro boys to my Grand Son Nicholas Lewis . . .
"October, 1743 - I have delivered these two to Mr. Philip Johnson, her husband.
"Item - Unto John Meriwether, Son to my Son William Meriwether, 2000 acres of Land that is Laid of_ next his Brother Nicholas Meriwether deceased, Including where his Quarter is built.
"Item - Unto my Grandson ffrances Meriwether, Son to my Son David Meriwether, all that Land that lies between Mr. Robert Lewis's line and Nicholas Meriwether deceas'd line, being about 1600 acres more or less.
"Item - Unto my Grandson James Meriwether, Son to my Son David Meriwether, 1150 acres on Beaverdams, where old Toby lives . . .
"To my Grandson William Meriwether, Son to my Son David Meriwether, 1270 acres that lies between Mr. Robert Lewis's line and Capt. Tho. Meriwether's line, being the place where old Jack lived, etc.
"Item - To my Grandson, Thomas Meriwether, Son to my Son William Meriwether, after my Wife's Death, all the land that I have below Nicholas Meriwether's line of my first Mountain survey to Mr. Robert Lewis's line that he bought of Capt. Christopher Clark, to him and his heirs forever.
"To my Grandson, William Meriwether, son to my Son David Meriwether, 450 acres that his ffather had a Quarter on.
"Item - To my Grandson Richard Meriwether, Son to my Son William Meriwether, my quarter and Land where Negro Jemy lives, that I bought of Edward Hix, with some more Land added to it in all about 300 acres -
"Item - To Catharine Holladay, Daughter of Capt. William Holladay, who now lives with Mr. Bick ----- (mutilated), of King William County, 26 shillings Current money, to be delivered to her when she arrives at the age of twenty-one years or marries.
"Item - To Jane Lewis, daughter of Mr. Robert Lewis, Twenty-five Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain.
"Item - Unto my Seven Grans Sons and three Grand Daughters, Viz.: John Meriwether, Thomas Meriwether, Richard Meriwether, Jane Meriwether, Sarah Meriwether and Mary Meriwether, Sons and Daughters of my Son William Meriwether, and ffrances Meriwether, James Meriwether and William Meriwether, Sons of my Son David Meriwether, all of my Negro slaves that I have not yet disposed of Equally to be divided between them and their heirs forever. Also I give and bequeath unto my Ten Grand Children (above named) all my Stocks of Hoggs & Cattle, Horses and Mairs, not yet disposed of, to be Equally divided between them . . . Slaves to be laid off into two equal Lotts to be divided amoung the said Ten Grandchildren when the first comes to lawful age, &c. At the Death of my Wife my aforesaid two Sons and my Son-in-law, Mr. Robert Lewis, to divid Negroes, Stock, and household goods left at her Death, the said ten Grandchildren to draw equal Lotts as aforesaid &c. Slaves already delivered to certain Grandsons to be reckoned in the final division.
"To Grand Son, John Meriwether, son of my Son William Meiwether, two other Negroes now in his possession, these also to be reckoned in the final settlement.
"Item - To Son-in-Law Mr. Robert Lewis, ffifty Pounds Sterling Money of Great Britain.
"Item - Estate not to be brought to an appraisement. Wife Elizabeth Meriwether, and Son-in-Law Mr. Robert Lewis, Exx. and Excr.
"Dated 12th Day, December, 1743. Nicholas Meriwether (Seal)
Wit.: Pet. Jefferson, Samuel Dalton, George Taylor, Chas. Lynch
"Recorded at a Court held for Goochland Co., Nov. 26, 1744. Hon. Wood, Clk."
Will-Heir and Executor 2 Mar 1753 Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK [10] - Role: Heir and Executor
"Item: I do give & bequeath all the rest of my Estate to be Equally Divided between my Daughter Ann Cosby, my son in law Col.o Robert Lewis & my grandson Richard Meriwether son of my son William Meriwether to them & their heirs."
"Forever Lastly I do constitute appoint & ordain Col.o Robert Lewis Execut.r of this my last will & Testament as witness my hand & seal this 2.nd day of March 1."
"In the name of God amen I Elizabeth Meriwether of the Parish Fredricksvile and County of Louisa in the Colony of Virginia Knowing the uncertainty of this Life do make & ordain this my last will & Testament in manner & form following I do give my Soul to Almighty god who gave it to me hoping throug the __me__ of my blessed Saviour Jesus Christ to obtain pardon & Remission for all my sins & my body to be Decenly Intered at the Direction of my Executor hereafter named but not with any pompos shoe & as for my worldly estate which it hath pleased almity God to bless me with I give it as followeth after all my just Debts be paid.
"Item: I do give and bequeath unto my grandson Robet Lewis son of Col.o Robert Lewis the Plantation whereon I now live together with the three Hundred Acres of Land I Bought of Mrs. Jane Chapman to him & his heirs forever.
"Item: I do give and bequeath unto my grandson Robert Lewis son of Col.o Robert Lewis six hundred acres of Land I took up my self joining the land I bought of Mrs. Jane Chapman to him & his heirs forever
"Item: I do give I bequeath unto my Grandson Robert Lewis son of Col.o Robert Lewis Four hundred acres of Land I Bought of James Lawlery to him & his heirs forever
"Item: I do give & bequeath unto my Grandson Robert Lewis son of Col.o Robert Lewis six cows & calves & six sows & pigs to him & his heirs forever
"Item: I do give & bequeath all the rest of my Estate to be Equally Divided between my Daughter Ann Cosby, my son in law Col.o Robert Lewis & my grandson Richard Meriwether son of my son William Meriwether to them & their heirs
"Forever Lastly I do constitute appoint & ordain Col.o Robert Lewis Execut.r of this my last will & Testament as witness my hand & seal this 2.nd day of March 1753
Elizabeth Meriwether
Signed sealed
I acknowledged In presence of us: Henry Tate, James Lasley, Mary Lasley, John Daniel
At a Court held for Louisa County on the 11.th Day of may 1762. This will was this day proved in open court by the Oaths of James Lasley, Mary Lasley And John Daniel witnesses thereto & by the court admitted to Record & is Recorded
Teste James Littlepage Cl: C
Death Bef 21 Dec 1765 Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 2] Age 61 years Burial Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1] Person ID I3970 Cochrane Genealogy Last Modified 30 Jun 2021
Father LEWIS, Col. John "Councillor" III, b. 30 Nov 1669, Colony of Virginia, England d. 14 Nov 1725, Warner Hall - Warner Family Home, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 55 years) Mother WARNER, Elizabeth, b. 24 Nov 1672, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, England d. 5 Feb 1719/20, Warner Hall - Warner Family Home, Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 47 years) Family ID F1555 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family 1 MERIWETHER, Jane, b. Abt 1705, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Bef 1 Sep 1757, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 52 years) Marriage Abt 1725 New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK [1, 11] Age at Marriage He : ~ 21 years - She : ~ 20 years. Marriage Status Ended with Wife's death Children > 1. LEWIS, John, b. 31 Aug 1726, New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 21 Jan 1788, Caswell County, North Carolina, USA (Age 61 years)+ 2. 
LEWIS, Jane, b. 1 Jan 1727/28, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 1794, Pittsylvania County, Virginia, USA (Age 65 years)> 3. LEWIS, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1729, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Bef 1757 (Age 27 years)> 4. LEWIS, Anne, b. Abt 1731, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Virginia, USA > 5. LEWIS, Mary, b. Abt 1732, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 1813, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 81 years)> 6. LEWIS, Col. Nicholas, b. 19 Jan 1733/34, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 8 Dec 1808, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 74 years)> 7. LEWIS, Robert Jr., b. Bef Apr 1734, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 7 Apr 1781, Granville County, North Carolina (1776-1789) (Age 47 years)> 8. LEWIS, Mildred, b. 1 Sep 1737, Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 1825 (Age 87 years)9. LEWIS, Isabella, b. Bef Dec 1743, Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Bef 1757 (Age 13 years)> 10. LEWIS, Charles, b. Abt 1744, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 26 Feb 1779, Charlottesville, Albemarle, Virginia, USA (Age 35 years)> 11. LEWIS, Sarah, b. Abt 1745, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Yes, date unknown+ 12. LEWIS, William, b. Abt 1748, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. 14 Dec 1779, Albemarle County, Virginia, USA (Age 31 years)Family ID F1597 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2021
Family 2 THORNTON, Elizabeth, b. Abt 1720, Snow Creek - Thornton Family Home, Spotsylvania County, Colony of Virginia, UK d. Bef Oct 1774, Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK (Age 54 years) Marriage Abt 1761 [1, 3, 12] Age at Marriage He : ~ 57 years - She : ~ 41 years. Family ID F1636 Group Sheet | Family Chart Last Modified 30 Jun 2021
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Event Map 
Birth - 1704 - Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Christening - Aug 1704 - Gloucester County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Marriage - Abt 1725 - New Kent County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Land-Purchaser - that he was granted, 13,762 acres - 1727 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Individual Event - Based on his Father-in-law, Nicholas MERIWETHER, paying him £100, Robert LEWIS promised to give each of his 5 children (Robert, Nicholas, Elizabeth, Jane and Ann) when they became of age, a slave, - 25 Apr 1734 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK Will-Heir and Executor - 12 Dec 1743 - Hanover County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Will-Heir and Executor - 2 Mar 1753 - Louisa County, Colony of Virginia, UK 
Death - Bef 21 Dec 1765 - Colony of Virginia, UK 
Burial - - Albemarle County, Colony of Virginia, UK = Link to Google Earth
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Sources - [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 29 Jun 2021, p 233-234.
- [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I349, Robert Lewis; Various Meriwether Society sources.
- [S646] Minor Meriwether, Book - Lineage of Meriwethers & Minors, (1895; reprint, n.p.: The Meriwether Society, Inc., 2003.), 9 Aug 2015, Revised Meriwether Colonial Generations: p 2.
- [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 3 Jul 2022, p 175-192.
- [S495] John H. Gwathmey, Book - Twelve Virginia Counties, (1937; reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2006.), 7 Aug 2013, Hanover County: 93.
- [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 28 Mar 2020, S. O. Southall, "Records of Hanover County," (Series 1) July 1912, Vol. 21, No. 1, p 51; digital images, JSTOR.com (https://www.jstor.org/stable/1922081?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents : accessed 28 March 2020).
William & Mary Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No. 1 - [S639] Newsletter - Meriwether Connections, 16 May 2025, Guy Meriwether Benson, "Castle Hill, Home of Dr. Thomas Walker," Vol. XXXIV (No. 1, Jan-Mar 2015): p 9-10.
Meriwether Connectiions - Castle Hill - [S1164] Magazine - William and Mary College Quarterly - Series 1 & 2 (JSTOR), 28 Mar 2020, S. O. Southall, "Records of Hanover County," (Series 1) July 1912, Vol. 21, No. 1, p 52; digital images, JSTOR.com (https://www.jstor.org/stable/1922081?seq=1#metadata_info_tab_contents : accessed 28 March 2020).
William & Mary Quarterly, Vol. XXI, No. 1 - [S657] Eugenia G. and Preston G. Glazebrook, Book - Virginia Migrations Hanover Co., Vol. II, (1949; reprint, Baltimore, MD: Genealogy Publishing Company, 2000.), 15 Aug 2015, Will of Nicholas Meriwether, Gent.: p 68-70.
- [S656] Nelson Heath Meriwether, Book - Meriwethers & Their Connections (Ancestry), (N.p.: n.p., 1964.), 15 Aug 2015, p 60-1.
Transcribed from Louisa County Will Book 1, 1746-1761, p 49. - [S635] The Meriwether Society, Inc., Society - Meriwether, ((http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~meriweth/ : 2015)), 10 Jul 2015, accessed 10 July 2015), ID #: I114, Jane Meriwether; Various Meriwether Society sources.
- [S562] W. Winston Cochrane IV, Personal Estimate - Cochrane, W. Winston IV, 9 Aug 2015.
- [S1195] Maurice Wesley Kendall and Guy Meriwether Benson, Book - Meriwether Family In America, (Baltimore, Maryland: For The Meriwether Society by Otter Bay Books, 2015.), 29 Jun 2021, p 233-234.