_John KNIGHT ________+
| (1668 - ....)
_John KNIGHT ________|
| (1680 - 1762) m 1729|
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Jordan KNIGHT
|
| _Daniel EPPS ________
| | m 1681
|_Elizabeth EPPS _____|
(1712 - 1863) m 1729|
|_Elizabeth JORDAN ___+
(1690 - ....) m 1681
_Thomas MEADOR ______+
| (1638 - 1664) m 1658
_John, MEADOWS ______|
| (1658 - 1721) m 1694|
| |_Sarah HOSKINS ______
| (1637 - 1672) m 1658
|
|--Jason MEADOWS
| (1704 - 1774)
| _Henry AUBREY _______+
| | (1623 - ....)
|_Miss AUBREY ________|
(1678 - 1721) m 1694|
|_Mary _______________
[188]
Could have been March 3, 1774.
Jason Meador was born between 1704 and 1707 in Essex County, Virgina.
Jason was probably the twin of Job. In his father's will, he is named
as one of the two youngest sons of John, and "to be of age at
seventeen, and I do leave my son Jonas Meador to look after them three
years." His father's will also stated that his "sons shall keep their
own guns." Also his father's will stated that his remaining land to
be divided equally between Jason and his brothers, Thomas, Joshua and
Job.
ason married Elizabeth, the daughter of William and Ann Stone, between
1730 and 1731. To them were born seven dhildren, four boys and three
girls: Jason Jr, Lewis, Job, Thomas, Drucilla, Mariah, and Zilphia.
omewhere along the way, Jason met up with Edward Moberly and was
evidently a close neighbor to him for some time. Jason's four sons all
married daughters of Edward Moberly, and one of Jason's daughters
married a son of Edward.
ason followed family members to Caroline, Amelia, and Bedford Counties
in Virgina. he followed his borhter, Jonas, into Caroline County,
where his name appears in several of the few surviving court records.
The deed has been lost, but in 1739, he purchased property in Caroline
County from James Powell.
e was a convert to Quakerism. For his refusal to bear arms, and for
not attending the local Anglican Church, along with his brother, Jonas,
he was fined and denied the use of his horse for one year. This charge
was dismissed. The pacifist nature of his beliefs resulted in his
being fined for fefusing to bear arms. Some property ws seized in lieu
of the fine.
n 1745, he was chosen to be Elizabeth Turner's guardian.
n January 12, 1747, Jason was granted a patent in Amelia County of 551
acres of land at the head of Sandy Creek.
lways on the frontier, Jason next went to the lands near the Blue Ridge
Mountains in 1751, purchasing 200 acres on the Little Otter River.
Jason purchased an additonal 300 acres in 1757. He would have appeared
to have settled down; but at this juncture, wanderlust took over and he
was off to pioneer new lands again, this time in South Carolina. He
sold his 500 acres in Bedford County and joined a trek to Fairfield
district, South Carolina.
n about 1759-1760, Jason's family and the family of Edward Moberly
formed a wagon train and trekked to Craven County, South Carolina, to
that portion later incoporated as Fairfield County.
ason died in 1774 in South Carolina.
ason Meador, with his probable twin brother Job, was one of
the youngest sons of (3) John Meador. With his brother he
was named by his father as co-executors of his estate.
However, since they were under legal age, this office was
performed for them by their elder brother, Jonas, who signed
the inventory for the estate account in their stead43 .
With his brothers he was to share in this estate, but deeds
to this effect are not found in Essex County records.
ason followed his brother Jonas into Caroline County, where
his name appears in several of the few surviving court
records. The deed has been lost, but in 1739 he purchased
property in Caroline County from James Powell . A convert
to Quakerism, he was fined along with Jonas for not
attending the local Anglican Church, St. Margaret's46 ,
which charge was dismissed. But the pacific nature of his
beliefs resulted in his being fined for refusing to bear
arms; some property was seized in lieu of the fine, and he
was deprived of the use of his horse for one year . In
1747 he assisted Jonas in clearing a road , and 1745 was
chosen by Elizabeth Turner as her guardian . It should be
noted that the Turner and Meador families continued to be
closely related and intermarried through further migrations,
even into Smith and Sumner Counties in Tennessee in the
1800's.
n January 12,1747 Jason Meador was granted a patent in
Amelia County of 551 acres of land at the head of Sandy
Creek. This grant was sold to John Wright in 1751 . The
subsequent division and sales of this patent involved many
of the Meadors and related families in the area, including
Benjamin, Jeremiah, Ambrose, Henry, and Joel Meador, and
well as John Wright and Jonas Jordan. The relationship of
many of these families has not yet been established.
lways on the frontier, Jason migrated west to lands near
the Blue Ridge Mountains in 1751, purchasing 200 acres on
the Little Otter River from Jeffris Crowley . This area
was then in Lunenberg County, but was incorporated into
Bedford County upon its formation in 1754. Jason purchased
an additional 300 acres from Crowley in 1757 . He would
appear to have settled down; but at this juncture wanderlust
took over and he was off to pioneer new lands again, this
time in South Carolina. He sold his 500 acres in Bedford
County and joined a trek to Fairfield District, South
Carolina.
ason married Elizabeth Stone, the daughter of William and
Ann Stone, about 1730-1731. To them were born seven
children, four boys and three girls. Somewhere along the
way Jason had met up with Edward Moberly and was evidently
close neighbors to him for some time. In any case, the four
sons all married daughters of Edward Moberly, and one
daughter of Jason married Moberly's son. In about 1759-
1760, the two families formed a train and trekked to Craven
County, South Carolina, to that portion later incorporated
as Fairfield County. The saga of this move and following
events has been chronicled by George A. Hill in his "Hill
and Hill/Moberly Connections of Fairfield County, South
Carolina" in 1961.
he present authors will make no attempt to follow this
family further, as this is still the subject of much
research by countless descendants. (4) Jason left an
extensive lineage throughout the southern states, which has
not yet been assembled and published in comprehensive fo
[740]
Anson County, NC, Will Book 1, page 16, dated March 3, 1774. Named in
Will: Lewis, Jason, Jobe, Mariah.
_Lawrence MIZELLE ____+
| (1653 - 1694)
_Luke III MIZELL ____|
| (1680 - 1748) |
| |_Elizabeth ___________
|
|
|--Luke IV MIZELL
| (1706 - 1770)
| _William W. CHARLTON _
| |
|_Sarah CHARLTON _____|
(1680 - 1749) |
|_Susannah SMITHWICK __
[235]
Ora Mizell writes:
"Among the notables in early Georgia history (in Effingham County - one
of the original eight counties in that state - from 1774 to 1788 were
David, William and Luke Mizel
[627] Murdered by a Swedish adventurer, Count Koenigsm
_Samuel WIMBISH _____+
| (.... - 1790) m 1763
_John D. WIMBISH ______|
| (1790 - 1863) m 1809 |
| |_Mildred MARTIN _____+
| m 1763
|
|--Adeline WIMBISH
| (1812 - ....)
| _David BRIDGES ______
| |
|_Anna Jane C. BRIDGES _|
m 1809 |
|_Martha _____________