Francis Meriwether 'married, prior to 1704, Mary Bathurst, daughter of Lancelot Bathurst, fifth son of Sir Edward Bathurst of England. ... After the death of Francis Meriwether, his widow married the Hon. John Robinson, of Virginia; and after her death, the lands of Francis Meriwether in Essex county which she had held as dower were divided among his children, all of which appears now among the records of Essex county.'