Thomas Meador

1612 - 1655  (42 years)

• Name	Thomas Meador
  Birth	24 Dec 1612	Bristol, Gloucestershire, England   [1]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1636	, , Virginia, USA   [2, 3, 4]
  Married	1651
  Residence	, Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA   [2]
  Death	6 Jun 1655	, Essex, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Burial	Meade, Essex, Virginia, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I16988	Master
  Last Modified	7 Sep 2015

  
  

  Father	Ambrose Meador,   b. 1 Sep 1580, , Hampshire, England d. 1670, , Essex, Virginia, USA (Age 89 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Wellstead,   b. 1580, Bere Regis, Dorset, England d. 1655, , , , England (Age 75 years)
  Marriage	1612	, , , England
  Family ID	F6386	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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

  
  

  Family 2	sarah combs meades,   b. 1600, , , , England d. 1655, , Essex, Virginia, USA (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1635	, , Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F6385	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	5 Sep 2015

  
  

• Event Map		Birth - 24 Dec 1612 - Bristol, Gloucestershire, England Marriage - 1630 - , , , England Marriage - Abt 1635 - , , Virginia, USA Arrival - 1636 - , , Virginia, USA Residence - - , Elizabeth City, Virginia, USA Death - 6 Jun 1655 - , Essex, Virginia, USA Burial - - Meade, Essex, Virginia, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• 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

  [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S765] Ancestry.com, Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666, (Ancestry.com Operations Inc). [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. [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.