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Thomas Meador

Male 1612 - 1655  (42 years)


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  • Name Thomas Meador 
    Birth 24 Dec 1612  Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Gender Male 
    Arrival 1636  , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 4
    Married 1651 
    Residence , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 6 Jun 1655  , Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Burial Meade, Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I16993  Master
    Last Modified 7 Sep 2015 

    Father Ambrose Meador,   b. 1 Sep 1580, , Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1670, , Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 89 years) 
    Mother Elizabeth Wellstead,   b. 1580, Bere Regis, Dorset, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1655, , , , England Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 75 years) 
    Marriage 1612  , , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6387  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah Meador,   b. 1600, , , , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1670, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years) 
    Marriage 1630  , , , England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
    +1. Thomas Meador,   b. 1638, Virginia Beach, Independent Cities, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1662, , Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 24 years)
    Family ID F4341  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 27 Aug 2019 

    Family 2 sarah combs meades,   b. 1600, , , , England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1655, , Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 55 years) 
    Marriage Abt 1635  , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F6386  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 5 Sep 2015 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 24 Dec 1612 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1630 - , , , England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - Abt 1635 - , , Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsArrival - 1636 - , , Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - - , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 6 Jun 1655 - , Essex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Meade, Essex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • Thomas Meador was born on 24 Dec 1612 in Bristol Suffolk England, and died on 6 Jun 1655 in Essex County Virginia at age 42.

      He arrived in the new world 1 Jun 1636 using the headright system. Thomas settled on land about 50 miles north of Jamestown on a part of the Charles River, Northumberland, Lancaster, Rappahannock, and Essex counties as each was established. He married, and between 1635-37 Thomas Jr. was born. Thomas did well raising tobacco and paid passage for others claiming their land.

      The Will of Thomas Meads/Meador
      The last will and testament of Tho. Meads (Meador) made the 5th. day of March (54.) Imp nt. I do bequeath my body to the Earth & my soul to God that gave it. I do make my wife my sole & absolute Excr. I do give to my wife and Daughter Mary this planation that I now live upon and all the land on this side of the Creek, and the sd. plantation not to be my Daughter's 'till after my wife's decease. I do give to my two sons Thos. & John Meads all the land that is on the west side of the Creek provided that they pay unto my two Daughters Margaret & Joyce out of the s. land two thousand pounds of tob. & cask at their day of marriage, and in case eithre of the(m) die that the sd. tob. to belong to the survivor. I do give unto my wife & sons & my Daughters above mentioned all my goods and chattels after my debts are paid and that they shall be equally divided amongst them. I do give to my Daughter Anne all the cattle that belongeth to her which is about five head of cattle, and likewise I do give unto her one shilling in money. This is my last will and testament as witness my hand the day & year above written.

      Witness:
      Thomas Mead
      Rawleigh Travers
      John Richardson
      Edward Bradshaw (by his mark)
      pbat 6 da. Juny 1655

      GRANTEE Meads, Thomas. grantee. DATE 7 September 1654. Location: County location not given. Grantee(s): Meads, Thomas, and John Phillips. Description: 1000 acres on the south side of the Freshes of Rappa: River about 16 Miles above Nanzemum Towne. Source: Land Office Patents No. 3, 1652-1655, p. 376 (Reel 2).

      Thomas married Sarah Unknown about 1635 in Virginia. Sarah was born about 1600 in England and died about 1655 in Virginia about age 55.

      Children from this marriage were:
      37 F i. Susannah Meador [15467] was born about 1636.
      38 M ii. John Meador [15468] was born in 1637 in Lancaster County, Virginia.
      + 39 M iii. Thomas Meador Jr. [15045] was born in 1638 in Northumberland County, Virginia and died on 13 Apr 1662 in Rappahannock Crown Colony, Virginia at age 24.
      40 F iv. Mary Meador [15052] was born about 1640. Mary married Richard Hobbs. Richard was born in 1644 and died in 1683 at age 39.
      41 F v. Margaret Meador [15049] was born about 1642.
      42 F vi. Joyce Meador [15050] was born about 1644 in Lancaster County, Virginia.
      43 F vii. Anne Meador [15051] was born about 1646.

      General Notes: SRC: Historical Southern Familes, Vol IV, Meadors-Meadows of Essex County, Virginia, pg 131

  • Sources 
    1. [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a GraveĀ® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).

    2. [S765] Ancestry.com, Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc).

    3. [S747] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Place: Virginia; Year: 1636; Page Number: 223.

    4. [S747] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Place: Virginia; Year: 1636; Page Number: 49.