_____________________________
|
_Agilolf ____________|
| |
| |_____________________________
|
|
|--Chrodald
| (.... - 0624)
| _Garibaldi of LOWER BAVARIA _+
| |
|_Theudelinde ________|
(.... - 0625) |
|_Waldrada of LOMBARDS _______+
_Morgan AUBREY __________________+
|
_Jenkin AUBREY __________________|
| |
| |_[Elizabeth] Alice LLOYD ________+
|
|
|--Hopkin AUBREY
|
| _Owen {Thomas} ap Owen GRIFFITH _
| |
|_Gwendoline verch Owen GRIFFITH _|
|
|_Mawd MORGAN ____________________
_Gwerystan ap GWAITHFOED _+
| (0954 - ....)
_Cynfyn ap GWERYSTAN _____|
| |
| |_Nest verch CADELL _______+
| (0742 - ....)
|
|--Rhiwallon ap CYNFYN
| (1025 - 1070)
| _Maredudd ap OWAIN _______+
| | (0938 - 0999)
|_Angharad verch MAREDUDD _|
(0982 - ....) |
|__________________________
_Carlo Emanuele III DE SAVOIE _____________+
| (1701 - 1773) m 1724
_Vittorio Amadeo III DE SAVOIE __________|
| (1726 - 1796) |
| |_Polyxena VON HESSEN-RHEINFELS-ROTTENBURG _
| m 1724
|
|--Giuseppe DE SAVOIE
| (1766 - 1802)
| _Felipe V DE BOURBON ______________________+
| | (1683 - 1746)
|_Maria Antonietta Ferdinanda DE BOURBON _|
(1729 - 1785) |
|_Isabella Elizabeth FARNESE _______________+
_John KNIGHT ________+
| (1470 - ....)
_John KNIGHT ________|
| (1490 - 1581) |
| |_Elizabeth SMYTHES __
|
|
|--George KNIGHT
| (1510 - 1596)
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________
_Edward KNIGHT ______+
| (1590 - ....)
_Giles KNIGHT _______|
| (1614 - ....) |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Thomas KNIGHT
| (1662 - 1748)
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth WILLIAMS _|
|
|_____________________
_Charlemagne MARTEL ___+
| (0742 - 0814) m 0771
_Louis I "The Pious" MARTEL _|
| (0778 - 0840) m 0794 |
| |_Hildegarde ___________+
| (0758 - 0783) m 0771
|
|--Adele (Aelis) of MARTEL
|
| _Ingeramne of HESBAYE _+
| | (0753 - ....)
|_Ermengarde HESBAYE _________|
(0778 - 0818) m 0794 |
|_______________________
_Thomas "The Elder" MEADES _
| (1612 - 1658)
_Thomas MEADOR ______|
| (1638 - 1664) m 1658|
| |_Sarah _____________________
| (1600 - 1655)
|
|--John, MEADOWS
| (1658 - 1721)
| ____________________________
| |
|_Sarah HOSKINS ______|
(1637 - 1672) m 1658|
|____________________________
[182]
From the book "Our Colonial Meador Ancestors" by Victor Paul Meadors
"As indicated in the preceding chapter on (2) Thomas Meador,
no documentation has been found to show explicitly that
Thomas Meador, orphan, and Thomas Meador the Younger are one
and the same. This includes the lack of evidence to define
that John Meador, the son of Thomas Meador, orphan, and John
Meador, the only son of Thomas Meador the Younger and Sarah
Meador, were the same. Nonetheless, as pointe out in that
chapter, it appears that those facts which are known fit
better with the conclusion that Thomas Meador, orphan, was
also known as Thomas Meador the Younger. In the same sense,
the known facts point quite conclusively that the John
Meador who was the son of Thomas and Sarah Meador was the
same John Meador, son of Thomas, orphan, who inherited the
grants on Hoskins Creek.
"On that basis, it would appear that this John Meador
probably was born about 1658, because he apparently was of
legal age August, 1679 . Thus he probably was about 4 or 5
years of age at the death of his father. Barring evidence
to the contrary. it must be presumed that John spent his
childhood with his mother Sarah and his step-father, Henry
Awbrey, on Awbrey's plantation on the upper reaches of
Hoskins Creek. AS noted in the preceding chapter his mother
gave him a yoke of oxen and a gun. Marks for these oxen
were registered , and marks for a black heifer were
registered later for "John Meadors, son of Thomas Meadors of
Hoskins Creek . The two registrations are essentially the
same, except that the left and right sides of the cattle are
interchanged. The strong similarity between the marks also
would support the view that John Meador, son of Thomas,
orphan, and John Meador, son of Thomas and Sarah, were the
same.
"For clarity it would be noted here that the records indicate
that only two John Meadors were living in the area of the
Northern Neck at this time. The one named above
unmistakably was the son of Thomas Meador, orphan, who held
the two grants on Hoskins Creek. The other, a much older
man, was the son of Ambrose Meador and was born about 1633.
Records of this latter John are found on Peumansend Creek in
St. Mary's Parish, an area now part of Caroline County and
quite distinct from the area on Hoskins Creek in South
Farnham Parish where John, the son of Thomas, orphan, lived.
"Of course, John could not occupy the grant lands of his
father while a child, but apparently he did so upon
attaining adult status. This seemingly coincided with his
marriage to Elizabeth White, the daughter of Richard and
Addra White. Record of the date of this marriage has not
been found, but it must have been between July, 1677 and
February, 1678. On the first date, Elizabeth was still
single when she signed as witness to a deed , while on the
latter date she and John Meador were deeded the plantation
of her father, Richard White, "out of kindness and
affection" for the care and maintenance of himself and his
wife for the remainder of their lives .
"Richard White had come from England before December 12,1654,
as on that date he was granted 500 acres in Lancaster County
"opposite Nanzemond Towne", an Indian village . Certainly
of some means, he had paid for his own passage and that of
six others; the headright grants made to him in 1658 were
for Richard and Adria White, their son Thomas, and four
others . His status is also indicated by the sale of 1500
acres on the south side of the Rappahannock River to Robert
Taliaferro in 1666 which had been granted by Governor
Berkeley the year before. In 1658 he shared with Evan Davis
and Samuel Mann a grant for 1000 acres , and in 1664 he
received the grant for 300 acres on the north side of
Hoskins Creek which became his home plantation. This
ground was opposite the grant lands of John Meador on the
south side of the creek. In 1670, White sold 130 acres to
John Waggoner . His last record was March 3,1690 , when he
signed as witness to a deed.
"The relationship between Richard White and the numerous
other White families in the area has not been established,
nor has his connection, if any, to the Whites prominent in
the early history of the Puritan Church. Richard and Addra
(Adria, Audry) White had at least two children, Thomas and
Elizabeth. Thomas was evidently born before the voyage from
England, as his father claimed headright for him. He was
slain by Indians in a raid on the plantation in 1661 (see
the chapter on Indian raids). Elizabeth seems to have been
born after the passage to the colony, perhaps in about the
same period as John Meador. Richard White described himself
as a cooper (maker of tobacco casks).
"Soon after his marriage, John Meador sold the 320 acre grant
of his father to Ebenezer Stanfield , which was inherited
by Rebekah Stanfield, and when she married John Williams,
Jr. they sold it to James Fullerton . It never again was
in the possession of the Meador family. John Meador made
the 450 acre grant lands his home plantation, and this was
the land later inherited by his children and grandchildren.
"In 1689, John purchase from Edwin Thacker of Middlesex
County and additional 105 acres which adjoined the 450
acre plantation on the south. He also received and
additional 190 acres adjoining this 450 acre tract for the
transportation of four persons to the colony . And for the
transportation of one more, and additional headright grant
of 50 acres on April 21,1690 which adjoined his own land and
that of Henry Awbrey on the main "swamp" of Hoskins Creek.
"Thus we see that by the early 1690's John Meador held at
least 1095 acres of land centered on the grant of 450 acres
and straddling Hoskins Creek just upstream from the location
now called Cheatwood Millpond (see map).
"Apparently Elizabeth White Meador, John's wife, died before
the close of 1694. Anticipating a second marriage and
wanting to ensure their rights of inheritance, John made a
deed of gift on December 10,1695 , dividing the bulk of his
holdings among his children. Through this deed, we learn
that he had by this time sons Richard, Thomas. John Jr.,
and Hope; and daughters Rachel, Elizabeth and Esther. These
lands were "never to be sold or disposed of, but to remaine
from heir to heir as long as there can be one of ye Meadors
found alive". However, we will see that within a few years
the major portion of these lands passed into other hands.
"The firstborn son of John and Elizabeth was Richard, named
for his grandfather White. He is first named in a deed of
gift by Abraham Coombe on October 16,1683 (previously
reviewed in the chapter on Ambrose Meador). In adult life,
Richard followed the "cooper" profession of his grandfather
as well. The order of birth of the other children cannot be
determined.
"All left heirs to receive their share of these undivided
lands except Hope, who died before 1721 without issue. The
150 acres given to him would appear to have been the
easternmost portion of the 450 acre grant, and reverted to
his father upon his death. It is not clear whether (3( John
retained a portion of the 1095 acres for himself, or if it
was all deeded to those children he had by Elizabeth.
"Widower John Meador then married a second time, but the name
of this second wife cannot be determined. To this second
marriage were born two more daughters and four more sons
(making thirteen children in all). They were Dinah, Mary,
Jonas, Job, Jason and Joshua. It has been suggested that
the latter two were twins, because of the statement in
John's will that "they are to be of age at 17", seemingly
implying that they were of the same age.
"Nearing 63 years of age, John Meador became aware of his
approaching death, and made his will October 17,1721 . It
was presented in court for probate November 21,1721. The
will recognized the surviving children of his first marriage
with token bequests of a shilling apiece to Thomas, Rachel
and Elizabeth. The other children by Elizabeth White,
namely Richard, John Jr. and Esther, as well as Hope, had
preceded him in death. Of the children of his second
marriage, Dinah received a shilling and Mary a gold ring.
Jonas was to receive a small piece of land, with the
remaining lands to be equally divided among the four
surviving sons. The disposition of these lands will be
covered more thoroughly in the discussion of each of these
children which follows.
"The last resting place of John Meador and his family is at
the present writing unknown. A visit to the old plantation
now reveals no trace of the houses of cemeteries that once
may have been there. The lands are now occupied by a large
wheat field and by thick woods. A thorough exploration of
the area may reveal the remnants of these early ancestors
which is not apparent to the casual visitor. But certainly
this wheat field of today must be the very ground once
cleared by our ancestor, John Meador, planter, and the lands
upon which he grew tobacco and Indian corn three hundred
years ago.
"JOHN MEADOR'S DEED OF GIFT
"Know all men by these presents that I, John Meador Senior,
widower, in ye county of Essex in ye Parish of South
Phernam, for ye love I bear to my children that I had by my
wife Elizabeth Meador deceased, I doe hereby give them such
persell of land that I shall set downe severall by
themselves. All ye land that I have on y West side of a
branch that goeth by ye name of a great branch I do give to
my son Richard Meador and my son Hohn Meador it shall be
divided as I shall see fit between them as near as I can
divide it to they and their heirs lawfully begotten of their
owne bodies for ever. A parcell of land beginning at a Cole
Spring by my orchard fence and runnung West and by north
till it meets with ye great branch, so along ye great branch
till it comes to ye maine swamp of ye creeke, them downe ye
swamp till it comes to ye Cole Spring branch, then up ye
branch where it begun, being a long neck of land, I do give
to my son Thomas Meador and his heirs lawfully begotten of
his owne body for ever. A parcell of land beginning at mu
uppermost line by John Evans land by ye head of a branch at
a marked white oake and running downe ye branch till it
meets with ye maine swamp ye branch beeing crooked all ye
lands that I have within my bounds of ye east side of that
branch being a great deal of old fields belonging to it I
doe give to my son Hope Meador and his heirs lawfully
begotten of his body for ever. I doe give to my daughter
Rachell Meador one hundred and five acres of land that I
bought of Mr. Edwin Thacker to she and her heirs for ever.
A parcell of land lyeing into the neck the north side of the
Creek which my father in law Richard White gave to me by
deed of Gift I doe by the virtue of that Deed of Gift I doe
give to my daughter Elizabeth Meader ye second neck & my
daughter Esther Meader the neck that has ye housing and
orchards to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their
owne bodies for ever. The land given unto my sons and
daughters never to be sold nor disposed of but to remaine
from heir to heir as there can be one of ye Meaders found
alive, if it ye Lords will to call any of my Sons or
Daughters before me and any of them shall dye before me, ye
land of ye deed to returne to me again to my disposing. I
doe reserve & except myself Timber upon any parts of ye land
for my own use as long as I live as Witness my hand and
seale this tenth day of December, 1694.
John Meader (Seale)
ealed and dtd. in the
presents of us
Mary (x) Gorbell
Joseph (F) Calloway
t a court held for Essex County Febry. ye 11th anno Dom.
1694 the within named John Meader appeared and acknowledged
the within specified contents to be his Real Act and Deed,
ye same was ordered to be recorded.
WILL OF JOHN MEADOR (SENIOR)
"In the Name of God, Amen. I, John Meador of Essex County,
being sick and weak in body, but sound mind and perfect
memory, blessed be God, therefore do make and ordain this to
be my Last Will and Testament in the manner and form
following:
"First and principally, I commend my soul into the hands that
giveth, hoping by the meritorious death and passion of my
Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, to receive full pardon and
forgiveness of all my sins and offences, and a joyful
resurrection in the last day; and my body to be decently
buried at the direction of my executors hereafter named.
And as for my worldly goods:
"Item. I give to my son Thomas Meador, one shilling.
"Item. I give to my daughter Rachell Jordan, one shilling.
"Item. I give to my daughter Elizabeth Armstrong, one
shilling.
"Item. I give to my daughter Dinah Tribille, one shilling.
"Item. My desire is that my five sons shall keep their own
guns without appraising.
"Item. I give to my daughter Mary Meador, one gold ring.
"Item. I give to my son Jonas Meador a small piece of land
joining upon Thomas Evinses land and running up to the
church road that goes from my house, then up a (long?) road
a small course until it comes to a vale that goes to ye
branch, so down the branch till it comes to the forks of the
branch where it begins, and from the forks to ye first
beginning. And the rest of my land I give to my other four
sons, to be Equally Divided, with all my houses and orchards
theron belonging, and I do appoint my two sons Job Meador
and Jason Meador my lawful Executors.
"Item. 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.
Witness my hand and seal this 17th, day of October, yr 1721.
Teste: John Meador Senior
(Seal)
amuel Waggoner
Francis F Poarris (Pierce?)
Ann A Bradbury
resented for probate Nov, 21,1721 by Jonas Meador during
the minority of the executor in the said will mentioned,
with oaths by Samuel Waggoner, Francis Pierce and Ann
Bradbury.
"INVENTORY OF (3) JOHN MEADOR, SR.
"Essex Co. Will Book 3, p. 287
cows & yearling
2 barren cows
1 young stear & hefer
6 head of sheep
1 horse & mare
1 dozen new spoons
? doz. old ditto
3 pas. forks & 6 of spire
2 towells
2 pare of sheares
25 new pewter
parcell of old iron
42 old pewter
1 chest & lumber
parcell shoemakers tools
chest & caine
parcell of books
chest & box
parcell of candle stubbs
2 mills baggs
parcell of tinn
1 feather bed & furn.
ditto
ditto
parcel of earthenware
parcell of glass bottles
parcell of old lumber
2 lanterns
parcell of old spools
Lord 2 bolts
2 spinning wheels
parcell of segitt bootes
collar & hames
parcell of small sillards
parcell of olifford
drinking glass
2 parcell of lasts
looking glass
parcell of coopers & carpenters tools
curing panse & steall
1 warming pan & sinior
2 old pads
3 pare of old wool cards
16 lb. wool
parcell of baskoft
1 linen wheel
4 new hames
pare of porbett comperios
1 old chest & lumber
1 gunn & 1rowring rod
parcell of nails
2 old mills baggs
2 bushells of soft joynte
parcell of bowels & trays
4 old barrells
parcell of old chairs & table & furniture
1 skillett
2 pare of fire tongs &
fire shovells
1 spitt
2 sadles & bridles
2 potts
parcell of planks
1 cutting knife
parcell of banded leather
pare old baltol
eddy hook
1 brass cord
2 raw hides
parcell of old umblott
old table
2 shott baggs & powder horns
1 cart & wheales
parcell of earthen ware
1 hive of beases
copper pott
old grinder
2 frine pans
parcell of old carque &
1 spiro mortar
basrolls
106 pott iron
parcell of cotton
parcell of old pott iron
1 lines & harness
his own waring cloaths
5 bushels of wheat
parcell of money scales & rule
parcell of canhooks
2/6 cash
1 small auger
parcell of mall lumber
6 years of caterloons
pare of large scales stuff
parcell of lumber
"THE INDIANS and BACON'S REBELLION
"From the founding of the Jamestown Colony in 1607, relations
with the local Indian tribes had been a continuing problem.
Resentment of the encroachment upon their traditional tribal
lands had led to much unrest among the Indians. The
massacres of 1622 and 1644 took a great toll of the
colonists. As the migration to the New World increased, the
pressure for additional land caused the settlers to force
the Indians from more and more areas. Despite many treaties
with the natives and restrictive laws by the Jamestown
authorities, the occupation of outlying areas continued.
"For a time, white settlement was forbidden above the
Pamunkey River; later this prohibition was only for the land
above the Piscattaway and Totuskey Creeks. But many
settlers filed claims upon the choice river front lands, and
by 1646-1650 (as detailed in the first chapter) grants were
being given along the Rappahannock River on these areas.
The river valley was occupied principally by the
Rappahannock Indians, with a few villages of Mattaponi,
Moratticoes, Totuskeys, Portobagoes, and others. These
tribes were forced into the forested lands behind the mile-
deep grants. Behind the grants to James Williamson, William
Underwood, and the land of Thomas Meads and others on the
east bank of the river, the Rappahannock Indians had
villages at Totuskey Creek, Cat Point Creek, and the present
site of Warsaw.
"Tension between the settlers and the Indians remained high,
and there were recurring raids, for which the nearby
Rappahannocks received most of the blame. In February,
1654 , a small army was raised, with 100 men from Lancaster
County, 40 from Northumberland, and 30 from Westmoreland to
meet the threat. They met at the plantation of Thomas
Meades on the eastern shore, and were to march from thence
to the village of the Rappahannocks (probably near Warsaw)
to ensure peace, without provoking hostilities. The outcome
is not recorded, but the Rappahannocks seemingly caused no
trouble.
"Not so with the Doegs, the Susquahannocks, and the Senecas
(from Maryland), whose numerous raids into the northern
colonies caused great hardships during the 1660's and
1670's. One such raid took place in 1661 at the plantation
of Richard White (who later became the father-in-law of (3)
John Meador). White's plantation lay on the north side of
Hoskin's Creek, opposite that of John Meador. Though
Richard White and his wife Addra escaped, their son Thomas
White and two men were brutally murdered. An account of the
results of this raid, as viewed by a committee of twelve
men, forms a gruesome record .
"The ninth day of September, Anno Domini 1661. We, the
undersigned, being impaneled and sworn to Enquire into the
deaths of the Englishmen lately murthered at the house of
Richard White in the freshes of Rappahannock County, we went
up to the said plantation and viewed the bodies and found
the body of (....) ..amelly massacred in the house of the
aforesaid White (....) his skull splitt on the forehead down
to the (....) his skull beaten in the side of the head over
the eyes. Moreover near the door of the said house we found
the body of Thomas White, Sonn of the aforesaid Richard
(....) striped naked with his skull beaten in over the eye,
also we found the skull of Daniel Pignell Servant to the
lord Richard White beaten in the side of the head with and
ax as we conceive by the bigness of the hole in the skull,
also we found that part of the body of the said Pignell was
carried away with Varment but the hind quarters from the
loins we found dragged in a swamp by which said consequences
of the said action, and by the examination of an English
Servant of the said Whites named John Evans that escaped out
of the house at that tome when the murther was committed we
do all agree in our verdict that it was the Indians, also by
the report of an Indian of Nanzemum named George, a great
man of the said towne, that went with us to the plantation
the same time when we viewed the dead bodyes -- he told us
that the same day that the murther was committed he found
the footing of divers Indians going from the said
plantation".
"Perhaps 300 settlers were killed in these raids. Demanding
protection, the settlers petitioned the Jamestown Government
for arms, forts, and soldiers. From Rappahannock County was
sent a "Petition of 15 Grievances" signed by, among others,
Henry Awbrey and Col. Thomas Gouldman. They begged that
"the war was the heathen...may be prosecuted effectually
and managed in such sort that some Counties may not be
totally ruined whilst others live in...peace and quietness,
whilst poore Rappahannock lies ableeding whose number of
people murthered and estates destroyed can find no parallel
in Virginia...for wile we are tending corn to feed our wives
and children, the Indians...would butcher us in our fields,
they being so frequent about us that we dare not stir from
our plantation" .
"Governor Berkeley ordered the colonists to band together,
ten men to a house, and ordered a 500-man army raised to
defend the frontiers. To support this army, a tax of 500
pounds of tobacco per poll was levied. This was a very dear
tax, as in that year (1676) there had been a severe drouth
and crop failure. An army of 250 men was raised under the
command of Major Thomas Truman of Maryland and Col. John
Washington of Virginia, but proved ineffective against the
hit-and-run tactics of the Indians.
"Dissatisfaction with these measures led the colonists to
raise a volunteer army of their own, and a wealthy, cocky
newcomer from England, Nathaniel Bacon, was chosen as their
leader. Bacon's request to the Governor for a commission to
lead this army was refused, so he determined to set out on
his own. With his little army he raided some "tame"
Pamunkeys, then assaulted some friendly Occaneeches, killing
30 of them. Governor Berkeley declared him a rebel,
whereupon Bacon seized Jamestown and forced Berkeley to
grant him a commission. Bacon then issued a "Declaration of
the People", which has since been hailed as democracy"
proclaimed a hundred years before the American Revolution.
Protesting the colonial government even more than the Indian
situation, Bacon decried the unjust taxation, the favoritism
shown by the authorities, the monopoly of trade, and the
poor defense of the colonies.
"Governor Berkeley fled to lands east of the Potomac River,
but his fortunes soon changed and returned to Jamestown.
Bacon then laid siege to the town, recapturing it, and
burned it. Thus matters stood when Bacon died in October,
1676, and support for his "rebellion" faded away . The
colonists had been severely divided over support for Bacon
or for the royal governor, and this division was pronounced
in the outlying colony of Rappahannock County. In reprisal,
Governor Berkeley seized much of the property of the rebels,
and awarded the loyalists with huge grants of land. Some of
the seized property was later returned by the courts, but 23
rebels were hung.
"At this time our ancestor, (3) John Meador, was less than
ten years old, and records do not reveal the details of how
his step-father, Henry Awbrey, fared during these times.
But it is a matter of record that Col. Thomas Goodrich and
his son Benjamin were supporters of Bacon, for which they
were fined 50,000 pounds of tobacco each and ordered to
recant before the court with a rope about their necks. This
Col. Goodrich did, but with a token cord instead of a rope,
to demonstrate his contempt for the Governor's orders.
Since the county court (of which Henry Awbrey was a member)
permitted this display, it probably concurred.
"Some support for Goodrich came from Col. Thomas Gouldman
(father of Francis Gouldman, who married (3) Mary Meador).
Gouldman proposed that half the debt be paid by selling to
the government 50 acres of land near Hobb's Hole for the
establishment of a warehouse center and shipping port. As
Burgess for Rappahannock County, Gouldman used his influence
in the Jamestown Assembly and the port was established.
Joining in the venture also were Henry Awbrey, Col. William
Loyd, and Col. William Stone. The port was called "New
Plymouth", after the Puritan colony in New England, a
testimony to continuing Puritan influence in the area, and
was so known until 1705, when it was renamed Tappahannock in
honor of the Indian villages that had once stood there. It
is still the county seat of Essex County. Thus, some of the
families allied to the Meadors were influential in founding
this city .
"Meanwhile, the Rappahannock Indians had fled from their
villages behind the settlers on the east bank of the river
to sanctuary several miles upstream. In their absence, the
lands were taken up by white settlers, and the Indians could
not return. Decimated and broken, though having remained
peaceful during the whole affair, their cause was championed
by Henry Awbrey, the senior member of the county court.
Enlisting the help of about a dozen settlers, they were
relocated, probably on Henry Awbrey's large grant lands,
where there is a place which is till called Indian Neck.
There is also a Rappahannock Indian church at Beasley; and
there are reports that traces of an Indian settlement have
been found on the Meador plantation , but no records have
been found to this effect.
"Participating in the resettlement in January, 1684 were
Henry Awbrey, who served as overseer and go-between as well
as furnishing his boat; Robert Tomlin, Jr., who supplied a
sloop and a smaller boat; and several men including (3) John
Meador. John was reimbursed by the court for 9 days service
and the use of his horse .
"THE OTHER CHILDREN OF (3) JOHN MEADOR
"The greatest disappointment of the present research in the
Eastern Virginia counties has been the lack of additional
information developed about the remaining children of John
Meador. It had been hoped that connections would be found
to the many Meadors of the late 1700's and 1800's whose
parentage is as yet unknown. But beyond those lineages
already established, of Dinah, Jonas, and Jason Meador, no
additional lineages have been documented. Perhaps the loss
of records in Caroline and King and Queen Counties has
contributed in part to this lack of data. The later moves
to Cumberland |County have been well documented, but
research in surrounding counties of Amelia and Prince Edward
perhaps will reveal the links now missing; but that is
another project and not within the province of the present
wor
_Khosrov II-III PAHLAV _+
| (0285 - 0339)
_Bambishn PAHLAV ____|
| (0320 - 0348) |
| |________________________
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|
|--St. Nersch Souren PAHLAV
| (0335 - 0373)
| ________________________
| |
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|________________________
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|
_Leonard PERRY ______|
| |
| |_____________________
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|
|--Earl PERRY
|
| _Harvey MEADOWS _____+
| | (1844 - 1903) m 1867
|_Nell MEADOWS _______|
|
|_Margaret COLE ______+
(1848 - 1893) m 1867
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|
_Mr. TOMPKINS _______|
| |
| |_________________________
|
|
|--Virginia TOMPKINS
|
| _Schuyler Grant MEADOWS _+
| | (1868 - 1959) m 1889
|_Lucile MEADOWS _____|
|
|_Leila Elizabeth MCRAE __+
(1869 - 1901) m 1889