Person:John Meador (27)
John Meador
b.Bef 1694 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
d.14 May 1720 Essex County, Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. Bet Jul 1677 and Feb 1678
  1. Richard MeadorAbt 1678 - Bef 1716
  2. Thomas Meador1680 - 1758
  3. Rachel MeadorAbt 1683 -
  4. Elizabeth MeadorAbt 1685 - Bef 1749
  5. Hope Meador1690 - Bef 1721
  6. Esther MeadorEst 1692 - Bef 1721
  7. John MeadorBef 1694 - 1720
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  John MeadorBef 1694 - 1720
  • W.  Sarah GregoryAft 1681 - Bef 1720
  1. Susannah MeadorAbt 1719 -
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Facts and Events
Name John Meador
Alt Name John Meadows
Gender Male
Alt Birth? Abt 1684 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Birth[1] Bef 1694 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Property[1][2] 10 Dec 1694 Essex County, Virginia
Marriage to Sarah Gregory
Death[3][1] 14 May 1720 Essex County, Virginia
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 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).

    Elizabeth White Meador died before the end of 1694. On 10 December 1695, John Meador, anticipating a second marriage, made a deed of gift dividing the bulk of his land among his children: Richard, Thomas, John Jr., and Hope, Rachel, Elizabeth and Esther.
    John Meador, son of John and Elizabeth White Meador, was born shortly before 1694, was about 30 yrs old when he died
    Memorandum of the verbal will of John Meador Jr. who deceased May 14, 1720 at his own dwelling house in the county of Essex
    to my daughter Susannah Meador all of my whole estate, but if my daughter Susannah Meador dye before she comes of age or marries, then I will that sd. estate be equally divided between William Bourne and Thomas Meador & John Armstrong & William Jordan.
    William Bourne and Thomas Meador be my executors and that they take care of my sd. daughter.
    Witnesses: Jno. Allen, Rchd. R. Gregory, Ann A Bradbury
    Recorded 18 May 1720

    [Note: William Bourne, John Armstrong and William Jordan are his brothers-in-law]

  2. ↑ Land Grants - John and Thomas Meador, June Bork, 18 Feb 2001, in RootsWeb Archiver
    accessed 18 Aug 2014.

    1694 Dec 10 - Essex Co, VA - Deeds & Wills (1692-5), p.332
    Know all men by these presents that I, John Meador Senior widower, in ye
    county of Essex in ye Parish of South Farnham, for ye love I bear to my
    children that I had by my wife Elizabeth [White] Meador deceased, I doe
    hereby give them such parsell of land that I shall set downe severall by
    themselves. . . . .
    my son Richard Meador and my son John Meador . . . .
    my son Thomas Meador . . . .
    to my son Hope Meador. . . .
    my daughter Rachell Meador. . . .
    my daughter Elizabeth Meader. . . . & my daughter Esther Meader. . . .
    The land given unto my sons and daughters never to be sold nor disposed of but to ramaine from heir to heir as long as there can be one of
    ye Meaders found alive, . . . .
    Witness my hand and seale this tenth day of December, 1694.. /s/ John Meader (Seale)..
    Wit: Mary (X) Gorbell, Joseph (F) Calloway

  3. ↑ Hieronymus, Goldie Smith. Descendants of Nathaniel Smith, Knox/Whitley County, Kentucky: son of Elijah Smith, Revolutionary War patriot from New Jersey and Virginia. (Arlington, Virginia: G.S. Hieronymus, 1982)
    p. 81.

    John Meadows, m1. 1677 Elizabeth White, d/o Richard White of Rappahannock, VA, d. bef 10 Dec 1694, Essex, VA
    Children: John (d. 15 May 1720)

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