Reuben Meador

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Reuben — Jane Gatewood. [Group Sheet]

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WILL OF THOMAS MEADOR

In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Meador of Essex County in the Parrish of South Farnham, being in perfect sence and memory, Praise the Almighty for the same, I do make and Ordain this my last Will and Testament, Revoking and Disanuling all other Wills heretofore written, in Manner and form as followeth, to wit:

First and Principally I commend my Soul unto the hands of Almighty God who gave it, hoping through.... the Merrits and Death of my Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free Pardon of all my Sins and Wickednesses in General and to Inherit Everlasting Life through my Savior Christ, and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently and Christianly buried, hoping at the Last Day of Judgment it shall be reunited to my soul to a happy Ressurection, and as for my worldly estate which it has pleased Almighty God to Bless me with, I give as followeth:

Item. I give unto my son John Meador a peace of land in Essex County and Parrish aforesaid, being the land on which I live, bounded as followeth---Beginning at my Cool Spring and running to a Great White Oak standing on my Spring Hill, thence across my corn field to the head of a Branch called the Poplar Spring Branch, thence Down the Branch to the Great Branch to the Main Pocoson & down the main Pocoson to the mouth of Cool Spring branch & so up the said Branch to the beginning---to him & his heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever.

Item. I give unto my son Thomas Meador Eighty Acres of land more of less beginning at a corner oak between Nicholas Faulconor and myself, thence to the Corner of the Ditch, thence down the Ditch so to the head of the Branch, thence Down the Branch the Great Branch, so up the said Branch to Harbett Waggoner's line, thence along the said line to a corner White Oak, thence along Waggoner's line to the mouty (of) Clements Spring Branch, so up the said Branch to the Main Road, so along the said Road to the Blody Oak, thence North East to a corner Hiccory by Nicolas Faulconer's fence, so to the Beginning, to him & his Male heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever, & for want of such heirs to Rubin Meador and his Male Heirs Lawfully begotten his Body forever.

Item. I give to my son Rubin Meador all the remainder part of my land belong to the Burying Place lying between the lands I gave to my sons John Meador & Thomas Meador, to him and his Male heirs Lawfully begotten his Body forever, and for want of heirs then to my son Thomas Meador and his Male heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever.

Item. I give to my son Ruben Meador my old hunting gun which was made by Peter Byram & Three good cows & calves & Desire they may not be appraised,being left him instead of money Land to him & his heirs forever. Item. I give to my Daughter Elizabeth Allen, wife of Benjamin Allen, the same feather Bed I lent her at the Day of Marriage to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give to my daughter Rachel Armstrong, wife of Ambrose Armstrong, the same Feather Bed I lent her at the Day of Marriage to her and her heirs forever.

Item I give to my daughter Sarah Meador one Feather Bed with all the furniture & c. to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give to my daughter Easter Meador one feather Bed with all the furniture & c. to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give to my daughter Frances Bell one feather Bed with all the furniture & c. to her and her heirs forever.

Item. I give to Susannah Meador forty five shillings current money to be put to her use During her life, to be paid yearly by my Executors hereafter named.

Item. I desire that all the Remainder part of my estate of what kind soever being Real & Personal and lying & being in what Place soever be Equally Divided amongst my Nine Children, viz.: John Meador, Thomas Meador, Ambrose Meador, Ruben Meador, Sarah Meador and Easter Meador, Elizabeth Allen. Rachel Armstrong, & Frances Bell, to them and their heirs forever.

Item. I do constitute & Appoint my two sons Thomas Meador & Reuben Meador full, whole & sole Executors of this my Last Will and Testament, Revoking all other will or wills heretofore by me made, & Acknowledge this my Will & no other---

In Witness wherof I have hereunto Sett my hand and fixt my Seal this 31st. day of July Anno Domi, 1758. The words being Real and Personnally interlined before signing.

Signed, Sealed, and Delivered in presence of Thomas Meador (SS) Waters Dunn William Meador Jr. Robert Sp. Coleman

At a court held for Essex County at Tappa. the 19th Day of September 1758 this Last Will and Test. of Thomas Meador dec'd. was this Day Presented in court by the Ex. herein named, who made oath thereto acc. to law, and was proved by the oaths of the Witnesses hereto, and on the notion of the Execs. admitted to Record and so Recorded. Test.

John Lee Jr., Wd Clerk" [Punctuation and paragraphing added for clarity.]

And

SOURCE: Will Book 11, Page 129, Essex County, Virginia Will Records.

IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I Thomas Meador of Essex County in the Parrish of Southfarnham Being in perfect sence and memory Praise the Almighty for the same. I do make and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament Revoking & Disanuling all other Wills heretofor Written In manner and form as following, to wit, first and Principally I Commend my Soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it hoping through the Merits & Death of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ to have full and free Pardon of all my Sins & Wickedness in General and to Inherit Everlasting Life Through my Savior Christ and my Body I commit to the Earth to be decently and Christianly Buried hoping at the Last day of Judgment it shall be reunited to my Soul to a happy Resurrection & as for my Wordly Estate which hath Pleas'd all mighty God to Bless me with I do give as followeth. ITEM I give unto my son John Meador a peace of land in Essex County Parrish aforesed being the land on which I live bounded as followeth begining at my Cool Spring & running to a great white Oak Standing on my Spring Hill Thence across my cornfield to the head of a Branch Called the Iopalor(sp?) Spring Branch Thence Down the Branch to the Grat Branch to the Main Pocoson(?sp) & down the main Pocoson to the mouth of the Cool Spring Branch & so up the said Branch to the begining to him & his heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever ITEM I give unto my son Thomas Meador Eighty acres land more or less begining at a Corner Oak between Nicolas Faulconer & myself Thence to the Corner of the Ditch thence Down the Ditch so to the head of the branch Thence down the Branch to the Great Branch so up the said branch to Harbert Waggoner's Line thence along the said line to a Corner white Oak thence along Waggoner's line to the mouth Clements Spring branch so up the said Branch to the Mainoad so along the said road to the Blody Oak Thence North East to a Corner Hickory by Nicolas Faulconer's fence so to the beginning to him & his Male Heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever & for want of such heirs to Son Rubin Meador and his heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever ITEM I give to my son Rubin Meador all the Remainder part of my Land belong(?) to the Burring place Lying Eastern the Lands I gave to my son John Meador & Thomas Meador to him & his Male Heirs Lawfully begotten his Body forever and for want of such heirs than my Son Thomas Meador & his male heirs Lawfully begotten of his Body forever. ITEM I give to my son Rubin Meador my old hunting gun which was made by Peter Bryam & those good cows & calves & Desire they may not be appraised being left him instead of money (.....?) to him & his heirs forever. ITEM I give to my daughter Elizabeth AllenAllen Wife of Benjamin the same feather Bedlent her at the Day of Marriage to her and her heirs forever ITEM I give to my Daughter Rachel Armstrong Wife of Ambrose Armstrong the same feather Bed I lent her at the Day of Marriage & to her and her Heirs forever ITEM I give to my Daughter Sarah Meador one feather Bed with all the furniture to her and her heirs forever ITEM I give to my daughter Easter Meador one feather Bed with all the furniture to her & her heirs forever ITEM I give to my Daughter Frances Bell one feather Bed with all the furniture to her and her heirs forever ITEM I give to Susanah Meador forty five shillings Current money to be put to her use During her Life to be paid by my Executors hereafter named ITEM I desire that all the Remainder part of my Estateof what kind so ever being Real and Personal and lying and being in what place soever be Equally Divided amongst my nine children Viz., John Meador, Thomas Meador, Ambrose Meador, Rubin Meador Sarah Meador, and Easter Meador, Elizabeth Allen, Rachel Armstrong, and Frances Bell to them and their heirs forever ITEM I do Constitute and Appoint my two sons Thomas Meador and Rubin Meador full whole and sole Executors to this my Last Will & Testament Revoking all other will or wills heretofore by me made & I acknowledge this my will & no other For Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand & fixt my Seal this 31st Day of July Anno Dom. 1758 The words being Rail and Personable Enterlined before assignd Thomas Meador Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of Waters Dunn William Meador Robert Sp. Coleman Admitted to Court Records 19 Sept. 1758.

Thomas married Susanna Reynolds 1698. Susanna (daughter of Cornelius Reynolds) was born 1665; died Bef 1758. [Group Sheet]

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• Name: John Meadows or Meador
• Reference Number: 9680
• Birth: 1659, Lancaster, Virginia, USA
• Death: 1721, Orange, Virginia, USA

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General Notes: It was the custom to name male children using biblical names starting with "J", at least in the Meador family. This practice continued for several generations and although it has been confusing, it does serve to identify this family.

SRC: Southern Familes Genealogies #1, 1600-1800 - Historical Southern Families Vol IV, Meador-Meadows of Essex County, Virginia.

"John Meador married Elizabeth White, daughter of Richard White. On Dec 10, 1695 he divided his land among his children. He described himself as "John Meadors, widow, in the county of Essex, for the love I have for my children by my wife to be divided equally between them, as near as I can divide it. To my son Richard Meador and my son John Meador, land by John Evans; land on the east side of great branch to my son Hope Meador; to my daughter Rachael Meador 105 acres bought of Edward Thacker also land given me by my father-in-law, Richard White, land also to daughters Elizabeth and Esther Meador. . ."

John was born about 1658 married Elizabeth White. Elizabeth died on August 17, 1694. John married second unknown Awbrey. On December 10, 1695, in anticipation of a second marriage, John made a deed of gift to his seven children He is listed in court records in Essex County, Virginia as John Meador Senior. John and his family lived in Farnham Parish of Essex County, Virginia on the south side of the Rappahannock River. His will was probated November 23, 1721 in Essex County. Will: "I give to my son Thomas Meador one shilling; I give my daughter, Rachale Jodan, one shilling; to my daughter Elize Armstrong, one shilling; to my daughter Dinah Tribbile, one shilling; my desire is that my five sons shall keep their own guns without appraisal. I give to my daughter Mary Meador one gold ring. I give to my son Jones Meador a small piece of land joining upon Thomas Evan's and running up to church road that goes by my house then up a long road a small course until it comes to the fork of the branch where it began and from the fork to the first beginning and the rest of my land I give to the other four sons to be equally divided with all my houses and orchards thereon belonging and I do appoint my two sons Jobe and Jason Meador my executor. I give my son Joshua Meador one chest not to be appraised and the rest of my estate to be equally divided among my children and I do leave my two youngest sons to be of age at seventeen and I do leave my son Jonas Meador to look after them for three years and that my will not be in force 'til my decease as witness by my hand and seal this 17th day of October, 1721. Estate 3, 1717-22 C. 7283, pp. 284-5.

John married Elizabeth White [15043] [MRIN: 4979], daughter of Richard White [15058] and Addra Unknown [20693], about 1677. Elizabeth was born in 1660 in Essex County, Virginia and died on 17 Aug 1694 at age 34.

John married Elizabeth White 1677, Essex, Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Richard White and Addra (Unknown)) was born 1659, Essex, Virginia, USA; died 17 Aug 1694, Essex, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet]

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• Reference Number: 9758

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These presents witnesseth that I Sarah Meader widdow wife of Thomas
> Meader the younger lately deced in the County of Rappahanock I Sarah
> Meader do bind and oblige myself my exrs. or adms. to confirme unto my
> son John Meader sone unto Thomas Meader lately deced one yoak of oxen
> & one gun seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my son John
> Meader when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed
> unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader one red cow called Cherry & her
> cow calf & increase to my aforesaid daughter only excepting the male
> of the catle to fall unto me the abovesaid Sarah Meader untill my
> daughter be full eleven years of age & after the expiracon of the
> aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my eldest daughter Susanna
> Meader. Item I give unto my youngest daughter Mary Meader daughter of
> the abovesaid Thomas Meader one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her
> increase to my youngest only the male excepted to fall unto I the said
> Sarah Meader untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age &
> after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall
> unto Mary Meader & if it shall please God that my eldest daughter
> shall dye in her inority that all her catle & their increase shall
> fall unto her sister Mary Meader and likewise in case it should pleas
> God that my youngest daughter Mary Meader should dye in her minority
> that her catle unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader & furthermore in
> case that my youngest daughter Mary Meader her heiffer should miscarry
> before she comes to perfeccon that there shall another heiffer or cow
> of the same age & her increse to be made good as aforesaid to my
> duaghter Mary Meader these premises to be recorded in Court the first
> or second courte ensuing the date hereof by any person that I the said
> Sarah Meader shall lappoint always provided that there be severall
> markes nominate & recorded for the abovesaid Childrens Catle them &
> their increase. In confirmatcon I Sarah Meader bind my self myheirs
> for the performance this above menconed & no other act nor deed as
> Witness my hand this thirteenth day of Aprill 1662.
>
> These presents testifieth that I Sarah Meader late wife of Thomas
> Meader deced in the County of Rappa. oblige my self to give and allowe
> unto my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect
> as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a
> peice Education in learning according as the Country doth aford. In
> Confirmacon whereof I Sarah Medr. do bind & oblige myself my heirs or
> assignes for the performance of this above menconed as witness my hand
> & seal this 13th day of Aprill 1662 to write read to to cast accompt
>
> Recorded July 12, 1662 Deed Bk 1656-1664, p 187-188

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In that grant, it is stated that it was being made to Thomas Meador, Orphan, son of Thomas Meador, deceased. As no such father and son pair (both named Thomas) existed in the family of Ambrose Meador, it must certainly have been that Thomas Meads who died in 1655 and his son Thomas. The further descent of this 450 acre tract (Rappahannock Co Deed Book 5, p. 261 and Deed Book 6, p. 98) through John Meador is very clear. This grant adjoined the grant of Henry Awbrey on Hoskins Creek, and particularly the portion given by Henry to his son Richard Awbrey. It is most logical that Thomas Meador, Orphan, and Thomas Meador the Younger were the same, and that Sarah Meador, the widow of Thomas Meador the Younger, who made provision for her son 'John Meador of Hoskins Creek,' was the wife of Henry Awbrey and the mother of Richard Awbrey. Thus the conclusion is virtually inescapable that Sarah was the mother of both John Meador and Richard Awbrey, making them half-brothers. This would explain why Richard called John Meador his 'brother' in his will

Thomas married Sarah Hoskins 1658, Lancaster, Virginia, USA. Sarah (daughter of Bartholomew Hoskins and Mira Dorcas Isham) was born 16 Sep 1637, Plymouth, Plymouth, Massachusetts, USA; died 1672, Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, USA. [Group Sheet]

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Richard — Addra (Unknown). [Group Sheet]

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