Maj. Meredith Helm, I

From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~helmsnc/helms-7.html

Meredith Helm was given the right to take up 150 acres of land on November, 1724 in Spotsylvania County, Va. Conkwright wrote that the site was probably in the part of Spotsylvania County, which was split off to partially make-up Orange County. When it was established in 1734, and she thought it likely to have been in the part of Orange County which was partially taken-up to make Frederick County when it was established in 1738. Meredith was in Frederick County as early as 1739 when he signed a petition there. November 11, 1743, Meredith, as one of the 13 Justices, sat on the first County Court. He continued as a justice of Frederick County until his death in about 1755.

There were, apparently, at least two unrelated Helm(s) families in Winchester/Frederick County in the 18th century. Georg Helm (Sr.), who is buried in Mt. Hebron Cemetery, Winchester, VA, belongs to (one of) the other one(s). He was German or of immediate German ancestry, probably from the Beerfelden area of Hesse, and belonged to the very rare Y-DNA haplotype J-M319. The British Helm(s) families are mainly variants of R-M269. Coincidences like this do happen, and must be watched out for.

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FamilySearch: Family Tree Major Meredith Helm I Birth  about 1692 • Goosnargh, Lancashire, England, United Kingdom Death  11 November 1768 • Winchester, Virginia, United States Parents  Elizabeth • Leonard Helm I Spouse  Anne Carroll Children  George Helm • Jane Helm • Joseph HELM • Joseph Helm • Leonard Helm • Meredith Helm II • Thomas Erskine Helm Sr. • Thomas Helm • William Helm

Lead confidence: 5 https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/L6G4-3CS

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Meredith /Helm/ birth: 1685 death: June 1756 Thomas /Helm/ birth: 1687 death: 27 October 1746 Leonard /Helm/ birth: 1695 death: June 1759 Ann /Helm/ birth: 1700 death: 26 May 1756 Mary /Helm/ birth: 1705 death: Joseph /Helm/ birth: 1710 death: 27 October 1746 Mayberry /Helm/ birth: 1710 death: August 1790 Christopher /Helm/ birth: 1712 death: Bridget /Helm/ birth: 1714 death: 1758

Elizabeth Calmes /Meredith/ birth: 1672 Goosnargh parish,,Lancashire,England death: 6 November 1745 ,Frederick,Virginia,USA more spouse: Leonard /Helm/ birth: 1660 marriage: 1684 death: 6 November 1745