Family:Richard Meador and Mary Burke (1)

Marriage[1]	1798	Essex, Virginia, United States
Alt Marriage[3]	1807	Essex, Virginia, United States contradicted by other events and sources

Comment

All three sources (Embry-Overton-Meadors-Hanks Family Tree, Victor Meador, and Virginia Marriages) are derivative. The work of simstn1 (Embry-Overton-Meadors-Hanks Family Tree) and Victor Meador is based on reference to original sources, seems to be well founded, and is independently consistent. The index of Virginia Marriages appears to be flawed, a not uncommon occurrence with Ancestry.com indexes. Unfortunately, it is the source most often cited.

1. ↑ Embry-Overton-Meadors-Hanks Family Tree, by simstn1, in Ancestry.com. Public Member Trees: (Note: not considered a reliable primary source)
   Mary Burke, accessed 5 Oct 2014.

   Source: Virginia Marriages, Book D37 page 264

2.   Meador, Victor P. (Victor Paul), and Bernal M. Meador. Our Meador families in colonial America: as found in the records of Isle of Wight, Lancaster, (old) Rappahannock, Richmond, Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia. (Independence, Missouri: V.P. Meador, 1983)
   p. 75.

   In 1801 Richard and his wife Mary sold property in Essex County, Virginia [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 35, p. 365, 28 Feb 1801]

3. ↑ Dodd, Jordan, and Liahona Research. Virginia Marriages, 1851-1929.

   Name: Richard Meador
   Spouse's Name: Mary
   Marriage Date: 1807
   Marriage Place: Old Rappahannoch and Essex Counties
   Comment: Mary, dau. of Richard Burke<\Gen:Name>
   Book: D 37
   Original Source Page: 264