Person:Rachel Meador (8)
Rachel Meador
b.Abt 1683 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
d. Amelia 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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m. Bef 1721
  1. Jonas Jordan1725 - Bef 1785
Spouse and Children
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  1. Joanna JordanAbt 1732 -
  2. Jeremiah Terrell1733 -
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Facts and Events
Name Rachel Meador
Alt Name Rachel Meadows
Alt Name[4] Rachel Jordan
Gender Female
Alt Birth? 1680 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Birth? Abt 1683 Old Rappahannock County, Virginia
Property[1][2] 10 Dec 1694 Essex County, Virginiarec'd land from father in deed of gift
Alt Marriage 1698 Essex County, VirginiaCitation needed
to William Jordan
Marriage Bef 1721 Essex County, Virginiato William Jordan
Other[3] 17 Oct 1721 Essex County, Virginianamed in father's will
Other 1732 Caroline County, Virginia(not married)
with William Richmond Terrell, Jr.
Other[1] 1732 Caroline County, Virginiain Court with William Terrell for adultery; charges dropped
Property[1] 1739 Essex County, Virginiawith William Hutson, sold land inherited from her father to her brother Thomas
Death? Amelia County, Virginia
Other[1] 1768 Amelia County, Virginiasold land originally granted to brother Jason Meador to Jonas Jordan
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 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.

    Jonas Jordan is a speculative son, born about 1725

  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. ↑ 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)
    Vol. I.

    Will of John (3) Meador: I, John Meador of Essex County . . . . to my son Thomas Meador, one shilling.
    to my daughter Rachel Jordan, one shilling.
    to my daughter Elizabeth Armstrong, one shilling
    to my daughter Dinah Tribille, one shilling
    My five sons shall keep their own guns without appraising.
    To my daughter Mary Meador, one gold ring.
    To my son Jonas Meador a small piece of land joining upon Thomas Evinses land . . . .
    And the rest of my land I give to my other four sons, to be Equally Divided, with all my houses and orchards thereon belonging,
    and I do appoint my two sons Job Meador and Jason Meador my lawful Executors.
    I give to my son Joshua Meador one Chest not to be appraised,
    and the rest of my estate to be equally divided amongst my children
    and leave to my youngest Sons to be of age at seventeen and I do leave my son Jonas Meador to look after them three years.
    And that my will not to be in force till my decease.
    Dated 17 October 1721, John Meador Senier
    Witnesses: Samuel Waggoner, Francis F. Parris, Ann A. Bradbury
    Presented for probate Nov. 21, 1721 by Jonas Meador during the minority of the executor, with oaths by Samuel Waggoner, Francis Pierce, and Ann Bradbury.

  4. ↑ Several Ancestry Trees name both Rachel Jordan and Rachel Meador, among others, as the wife of William Terrell, giving Rachel Jordan a birth date of 1711. The same children are often attributed to both women, at the same time. Almost none give sources. The one source cited by one person (6 Oct 2014), Davis's Tidewater Virginia Families makes it clear that marriage was not involved, but gives no information regarding Rachel. If documentation is provided showing that the Rachel Jordan who was the mother of one or more children by William Terrell was born in 1711, then she is more likely to have been a daughter of Rachel Meador Jordan, rather than Rachel Meador.
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