_Reginald DE ST ALBERICO _________+
|
_William DE ST ALBERICO _|
| |
| |_Isabel DE TONBRIDGE-FITZGILBERT _+
|
|
|--Thomas AUBREY
|
| _William GUNTER __________________
| |
|_Joan GUNTER ____________|
|
|__________________________________
_Jesse COLLINS ______+
| (1759 - 1838) m 1802
_Enoch Edward COLLINS ________|
| (1807 - 1877) m 1858 |
| |_Sarah KEEN _________
| m 1802
|
|--Minnie COLLINS
| (1873 - 1884)
| _____________________
| |
|_Temperance Starling HAYWOOD _|
(1840 - ....) m 1858 |
|_____________________
[429] Minnie died at age 11 from the bite of a poisonous sna
_Abraham COLSON _____+
| (1800 - ....)
_Abraham COLSON _____|
| (1838 - 1905) m 1869|
| |_Kiziah KING ________
|
|
|--Wallace Glen COLSON
| (1888 - 1954)
| _John PEARCE ________+
| | (1808 - 1879) m 1831
|_Mary Keziah PEARCE _|
(1850 - 1905) m 1869|
|_Mary MIZELL ________+
(1811 - ....) m 1831
[23]
From his obituary: Mr. Colson was a lifetime resident of Tampa and was
sales manager for Ray B. Cralle Co. He had been employed by that firm
since 1916 and had been associated with the automitive industry since
1904. He was a veteran of World War I and a charter member of American
Legion Post no. 1
_François I DE LORRAINE _+
|
_Charles III DE LORRAINE _|
| (1543 - 1608) |
| |_Christine OLDENBURG ____+
|
|
|--Henri DE LORRAINE
| (1563 - 1624)
| _________________________
| |
|_Claude DE FRANCE ________|
|
|_________________________
__
|
_Claffo of LOMBARDS _|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Zucchilo of LOMBARDS
|
| __
| |
|_____________________|
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|__
_Thomas MEADOR ______+
| (1638 - 1664) m 1658
_John, MEADOWS ______|
| (1658 - 1721) m 1677|
| |_Sarah HOSKINS ______
| (1637 - 1672) m 1658
|
|--Thomas MEADOR
| (1680 - 1758)
| _____________________
| |
|_Elizabeth WHITE ____|
m 1677 |
|_____________________
[193]
From the book "Our Colonial Meador Ancestors" by Victor Paul Meadors:
"One of the best documented children of (3) John Meador is
his second son, Thomas Meador. In large part this is due to
the details left by Thomas in his will. The limited
remaining facts on his surviving children have been the
subject of many interpretations by erudite fellow
genealogists. Careful study of these records has added
little additional knowledge of this family.
"While the order of birth of the children of (3) John Meador
cannot be determined, Thomas was certainly born in the
1680's. Seemingly he was named after his grandfather, (2)
Thomas Meador. He is first mentioned in the deed of gift
that his father made in 1694 to the children of his first
marriage . In that division of property, Thomas was given
a portion bounded by the Cold Spring, the Great Branch
(which also bounded the property given to Richard and John
Jr.) and the main run of Hoskins Creek. (see map). The
land given to Thomas was probably 100 acres, as this was the
amount noted on the rent (tax) roll in 1715. The property
remained in the possession of Thomas and his descendants for
nearly a hundred years.
"Thomas married Elizabeth Wood sometime before 1718, when
Elizabeth and her brothers John and Thomas Wood disposed of
some of the property they had inherited . She is not
mentioned again in records until 1734, when she was witness
to a deed. She apparently did not survive her husband.
"Thomas was named as a potential beneficiary of one-fourth of
the estate of his brother, (4) John Jr., in his will in
1720 , of which Thomas was also named Executor (a task that
occupied over 20 years). But there is no indication that
Thomas of the others named in that will ever became actual
beneficiaries of John Jr.'s estate. The deed of gift by (3)
John had specified that the lands given should return to the
father for disposal if the recipient should die; but it is
seen that the property given to John Jr. is in the hands of
(5) Richard, son of (4) Richard, the oldest brother, who had
already passed away in 1716. Records are lacking to support
the actual transfer of ownership, but perhaps the rules of
primogeniture then in effect resulted in this succession of
ownership. In any case, it would appear that Thomas did not
receive the inheritance from (4) John Jr. as specified in
the will.
"When (3) John died in 1721 , Thomas was the only son of the
first marriage of John who still survived. (4) Richard, (4)
John Jr., and (4) Hope Meador had already deceased, and
apparently his sister, (4) Esther Bourne, had already died
as well. But by John's second marriage four more sons had
been added to the family, and John's will acknowledged this
fact by providing that "my five sons shall keep their own
guns".
"Jonas Meador, oldest of the sons by John's second wife,
received a small piece of the land still retained by John,
while the rest was divided equally among the four other
surviving sons. This obviously included (4) Thomas, who
received also one shilling as a token bequest. It is not
clear how such land Thomas received from this divided
bequest, nor just where it was located. Of all the lands
obtained by (3) John Meador through inheritance, by gift, or
by purchase or grants, there may be some 90 acres or so
unaccounted for in the deed of gift of 1694. If so, this
may have been the land divided by his will among the five
sons then surviving.
"Numerous records over the next 35 years attest to Thomas
Meador's activities in signing inventories, wills, and
appraisals. There are too numerous to list. But in 1743 he
was named by his niece, (5) Susannah Meador (daughter of
John Jr.) to oversee her inheritance . (see the next
chapter). Also, he was named Executor of the estate of
Richard Armstrong on 1751 , a duty which he refused .
"In 1734 Thomas purchased 70 acres of the original 450-acre
grant from his nephew, (5) William Meador . Then in 1739
he purchased from his sister, (4) Rachel Jordan, and William
Hutson (both of Caroline County) the 105 acres left to her
by their father, (3) John Meador . This tract had been
purchased by John from Edwin Thacker in 1687. The acreage
was then divided in half and Thomas sold one half to William
Allen . Ten years later, the sale of this portion of John
Clements by Zachariah Allen, son of William, was
acknowledged by Thomas Meador .
"Thomas died in 1758, and his detailed will was probated
September 19,1758 (see copy). In it, he names four sons
and five daughters: John, Thomas, Ambrose, Reuben, Sarah,
Easter (Esther), Elizabeth, Rachel, and Frances. Three of
these sons, John, Thomas, and Reuben, were willed portions
of the plantation lands, and the daughters received a
feather bed apiece. Only Ambrose was accorded no bequest,
other than an equal share in the personal property. There
was no explanation. From this will, we learn that the
"burying place" was on the portion given to Reuben. The
personal estate left by Thomas included 4 slaves, 5 cows, 2
horses, 40 barrels of corn, sheep, hogs, and a fiddle .
"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 hath 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 to 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 of 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 such 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.
igned, 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 clarit
_Schuyler Grant MEADOWS _+
| (1868 - 1959)
_John Schuyler MEADOWS _|
| (1903 - 1988) m 1930 |
| |_Mary Alice WIMBISH _____+
| (1873 - 1944)
|
|--Alan Schuyler MEADOWS
|
| _________________________
| |
|_Doris Louise CALDWELL _|
m 1930 |
|_________________________
__
|
_ DOUGLAS ___________|
| |
| |__
|
|
|--Elizabeth MONTAGU DOUGLAS SCOTT
|
| __
| |
|_____________________|
|
|__
_Pepin II DE HERISTAL ___+
| (0635 - 0714)
_Childebrand "De Heristal" I AUSTRASIA _|
| (0678 - 0751) |
| |_Alpaide AUSTRASIA ______
|
|
|--Sigibert ROUERGUE
|
| _________________________
| |
|_Rolande _______________________________|
|
|_Bertha of MEROVINGIANS _
_Domongart (Eugene VI) ___+
| (0630 - 0692)
_Findon (Eochaid II) "Rianamhail" DALRIADA _|
| (0660 - 0697) |
| |__________________________
|
|
|--Eochaid III SCOTLAND
| (0695 - 0733)
| _Ainftech PICTS __________
| |
|_Spondana of the PICTS _____________________|
(0487 - ....) |
|_Daughter of STRATHCLYDE _+