A Hereditary Society of the Descendants of Nicholas Meriwether (1631-1678) - "Vi et Consilio"

Meriwether News

Here you’ll find short bits of news about The Meriwether Society.

We publish longer, more in-depth articles in “Meriwether Connections,” the official newsletter of The Meriwether Society. It is published quarterly and distributed to Meriwether Society members.

To receive a copies of the newsletter you must be an Associate or Regular Member of The Meriwether Society, Inc. with dues paid for the current year. Upon becoming a member, you will receive all issues for the current calendar year.

Meriwether Reunion on June 18-22, 2025 in Williamsburg, Virginia

The Meriwether Society Reunion will be held next month, June 18-22, 2025. We hope that you will join us. There are still rooms available, and we have a contractual commitment to fill them. Please make your...

Meriwether Family Tour of England – 2024

Sorry, the trip to England in 2024 is canceled. Plans are being made for a spring 2025 trip.

English connection to Nicholas Meriwether verified

Almost 370 years after Nicholas Meriwether came to the Virginia Colony, his grandparents, parents, uncles, aunts, and siblings left in England have been identified, documented, and verified!

Shuttle Columbia

Meriwether Society President Monte Monroe, archivist of the Southwest Collection at the Southwest Collection/Special Collections Library at Texas Tech, has been involved with the donation of items connected with the Columbia tragedy in 2003....

New Book: The Meriwether Family in America, Volume I

The Meriwether Society, Inc. is excited to announce the publication of the first book in The Meriwether Family in America series, “Volume I: The Colonists”. This book covers the history of the Meriwether family in...

Elizabeth Avery Meriwether

Here is a link to an interesting article on Elizabeth Avery Meriwether, wife of Minor Meriwether and mother of Lee Meriwether, author and politician. (Thanks to Woody Savage for providing us with this link!) Elizabeth Avery Meriwether (1824 - 1916)

Maurice W. Kendall Distinguished Member Award

At the 2015 Annual Meeting, the Society announced that henceforth the Meriwether Society Distinguished Member Award, the highest recognition presented by the Society, would be known as the Maurice W. Kendall Distinguished Member Award,...

Sgt. John Ordway Statue at Fort Lewis

In 2006, The Meriwether Society was a major donor to the construction of a statue of Capt. Meriwether Lewis and his dog, Seaman, which was dedicated last fall on a public park/plaza at the...

In Memorium: Gordon Meriwether

Captain Gordon Kenyon Meriwether, Jr., Ph.D., a past president of The Meriwether Society, passed away Friday, March 10 in Pensacola from complications from pneumonia. The Society expresses our condolences to his family and mourns...

The Meriwether Society, Inc. (TMSI) is a hereditary organization established by descendants of Nicholas Meriwether I (abt 1631-1678).

"Vi et Consilio"
Latin for
"With Force and Counsel"

Meriwether family motto

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