_Hermanus COLE (KOOL) _+
| (1740 - 1813) m 1760
_Samuel COLE ________|
| (1765 - 1843) |
| |_Margaret SWARTWOUT ___+
| (1736 - ....) m 1760
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|--James COLE
| (1812 - ....)
| _George WELSH _________+
| | (1757 - 1837)
|_Rachel WELSH _______|
(1783 - ....) |
|_Nancy CANNON _________+
(1763 - 1834)
[501] Married Harriett Sophronia Hitchc
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_Anshcitil DE BESSIN _|
| (0992 - 1031) |
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|--Ranulf DE BESSIN
| (1017 - ....)
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|______________________|
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_Ambrose MEADES _____|
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|--John MEADOR
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|_____________________|
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As mentioned above, Ambrose Meador had two sons, John and
Thomas. John signed as witness to the will of Robert Payne
in 1671 . At that time, he gave his age as 38, so
apparently he was born before March, 1633. Since he was not
listed as being with his parents in the headrights, his age
here would indicate that Ambrose and his wife arrived in
Virginia at least before March, 1633.
John Meador married twice, the first time to Janne (or Jane)
Coombes, who was perhaps the daughter of Archidale Coombes
(mentioned above as marrying the widow of William Underwood,
Jr.). This cannot be established. In any case, Joanne
Coombes was certainly the sister of Abraham Coombes. In two
deeds by Abraham, we learn that John Meador had two children
by Joanne. In the first deed, September 11,1668 , Abraham
gave a calf to John Meador, Jr.. In the second, October
16,1683 , it is seen that John Meador is named as brother-
in-law and is deceased by that date; and that John Meador,
Jr. is also deceased in his minority. This caused Abraham to
decree that the bequest (now two cows and two calves) should
go to Mary Meador, sole sister of John Meador, Jr. while
John, Jr. was the godson of Abraham Coombes, Mary was the
goddaughter of Robert Payne. In his will of 1671, Payne
names Mary as such and gives her a foal mare. There appears
to be no further information about her. But from this we
know that John Meador, son of Ambrose, had two children,
John, Jr. and Mary, of whom only Mary was living in 1683.
ohn Meador's wife, Joanne Coombes, seemingly died before
1672, as about that time John married a second time, to a
Susannah____?. Susannah was a very colorful woman . While
still in her teens, she married twice before, once to a
Brooks, the to Job Virgett . By each of these husbands she
had one child, and had outlived both husbands. Taking John
Meador as her third husband, she had one child by him, Thomas
Meador, born about 1673. After the death of John and some
years later, she married William Davis, by whom she also had
one child, and outlived Davis as well. Her will in 1699
named Thomas Meador (her son) as executor. Of particular
interest is the fact that this Susannah is an ancestor of
President Truman. Her oldest child, Elizabeth Brooks,
married Richard Shipp. Many generations later, the Shipp
name became one of the two names which supposedly were Harry
S. Truman's middle name (the other was Solomon, after his
grandfather Young). In actuality, the initial was conferred
for both names, but was a contraction of neither. We note,
too, that in his will Susannah's son, Thomas Meador, named
Richard, Thomas and Josiah Shipp as legatees .
ohn Meador, son of Ambrose, was a large landowner. As
indicated above, he inherited from his father the 400 acres
(or 420 acres) called Accokeek plantation, on the north side
of the Rappahannock above the mouth of Totuskey Creek. He
traded this land in 1663 to Robert Tomlin 16 for 500 acres
near Peumansend Creek in Sittenbourne Parish in what is now
Caroline County. This 500 acres was later inherited by
John's son Thomas, and eventually sold by Thomas to Job
Virgett and Josiah Shipp both of whom were relatives of
his mother, Susannah. John Meador also received a grant of
625 acres on April 22,1670 for the transportation of 13
people to the colony, which grant was sold to Symon Miller .
is greatest grant by far was for 4200 acres, which he shared
with Henry Peters, on April 17,1667 . Recipients of such
large grants have been termed "favorites" of Governor
Berkeley. This grant, one of the largest in the area, was on
Peumansend Creek in present Caroline County, several miles
west of the Lancaster County area (now Richmond County) where
Ambrose Meador had first settled. This large grant of 4200
acres is now encompassed within the bounds of the A. P. Hill
Military Reservation along U.S. Highway 301 north of Bowling
Green, Virginia. These lands were the subject of many
ensuing deeds by both John and his son Thomas as the grant
was divided, sold, and resold many times in the next few
years.
t is difficult to determine whether John ever moved to
occupy this land on Peumansend Creek. Rappahannock County,
the predecessor of several subsequent counties along the
Rappahannock, included both sides of the river until 1692.
Similarly, Sittenbourne Parish (where John termed himself a
resident ) also included both sides of the river from 1661
to 1683. Thus, the reference to John as a resident of the
Sittenbourne Parish and Rappahannock County are far from
definitive. It is evident that his son, Thomas, occupied
these grant lands. While he signed himself as of
Sittenbourne Parish in early deeds, after the creation of St.
Mary's Parish about 1689 Thomas lists himself in that Parish.
Other indications also confirm that Thomas lived on these
grant lands along the Peumansend Creek.
e might pause here to note how this creek received its
rather odd name. The heavy forests and constant Indian
threats had forced the colonists to settle originally along
the banks of the rivers and larger navigable streams. But
this then left prey to the pirates and privateers who cruised
the rivers plundering isolated settlements. Beginning about
1650, conflicts increased between the Dutch, who had settled
New Netherlands, and the English, who eventually took it over
as New York, lasting well into the 1680's. These conflicts
merged into the Dutch-English War during that period. Some
of the military acts and harassments of the Dutch against the
English led to Dutch privateers becoming a major menace along
the waterways of the English colony. One such privateer by
the name of Peuman was pursued up this previously unnamed
creek by irate Virginia settlers until his boat became
stranded in the shallow waters, at which point his pursuers
dispatched him - hence the name of "Peuman's End', according
to a legend recounted by T. E. Campbell .
oday, the U.S. Geological Survey maps label the main part of
this stream "Mill Creek" and apply the name "Peumansend" only
to the southern branch. However, where the main stream
crosses under U.S. Highway 17, just before it enters the
Rappahannock River, roadside signs identify it as "Peumansend
Creek". Perhaps once the entire stream was known as
"Peumansend".
ohn Meador, son of Ambrose, apparently died about 1683 20 ,
leaving a will which has not survived 30 . In this will,
besides bequests to his son Thomas of his remaining lands,
John gave an unspecified amount of land to Mary Denby, wife
of John Walker. The relationship between John Meador and
Mary Denby has not been determined. Also, it is unknown what
dowry John may have left to his widow, Susannah.
homas, the son of John and grandson of Ambrose, was born
about 1673, as he was of legal age by 1695. Nevertheless, it
was not until 1698 that he married , becoming the second
husband of Susannah Reynolds, the widow of Thomas Goss and
mother of John and Sarah Goss. By her there was one son,
John Meador, born between 1700 and 1706. Susannah is last
found in 1705 , but apparently died within the next few
years. At the writing of his will in 1717, Thomas is found
to be married to Ann Sallis. In that will, John Sallis is
named as Thomas's brother-in-law. The will , written
January 29,1717, was probated January 31,1717. Ann, his
widow, then married Thomas Ayers.
review of the marriages and descendants of the above John
Meador, son of Ambrose, leads to the conclusion that the only
possible direct descendants of John would be through his
daughter, Mary, of whom nothing is presently kno
_Francis REGAN ______+
|
_Joseph REGAN _______|
| |
| |_Jane GROSS _________+
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|--Joseph, Jr. REGAN
|
| _____________________
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|_Elizabeth GAD ______|
|
|_____________________
[73]
Register of Deeds Office, Bladen County, NC, Deed Book 19, page 566.
3 Dec., 1753 Register, records a sale of 200 acres of land on the
Southside of the Great Swamp or Big Swamp to Joseph Regan,
_Mr. TOMPKINS _______
|
_Harley TOMPKINS ____|
| |
| |_Lucile MEADOWS _____+
|
|
|--Amy TOMPKINS
|
| _____________________
| |
|_Barbara ____________|
|
|_____________________
_Gewis VON SAXONY ___+
| (0383 - ....)
_Esla VON SAXONY ____|
| (0411 - ....) |
| |_____________________
|
|
|--Elesa VON SAXONY
| (0439 - ....)
| _____________________
| |
|_____________________|
|
|_____________________