BIOGRAPHY: Notes for THOMAS SR. MEADOWS:
Will of Thomas Meadows, Sr.:
BIOGRAPHY: 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:
BIOGRAPHY: First and Principally I commend my Soul unto the hand of Amightly God who gave it, hoping through...the Merrits and Death of my Lorn 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 Christainly buried, hoping at the Last Day of Judgment it shall be reunited to my soul to a happy Ressurection, as for my worldly estate which it has pleased Almighty God to Bless me with, I give as followeth:
BIOGRAPHY: Item. I give unto my son John Medor 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.
BIOGRAPHY: 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 o 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.
BIOGRAPHY: 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.
BIOGRAPHY: 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.
BIOGRAPHY: 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.
BIOGRAPHY: 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.
BIOGRAPHY: Item. I give to my daughter Sarah Meador one Feather Bed with all the furniture & c. to her and her heirs forever.
BIOGRAPHY: Item. I give to my daughter Frances Bell one feather Bed with all the furniture & c. to her and her heirs forever.
BIOGRAPHY: Item. I give to Sasannah Medor forty five shillings current money to be put to her use During her life, to be paid yearly by my Executors hereafter named.
BIOGRAPHY: 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 by Equially Divided amongst my Nine Children, viz: John Meador, Thomas Meador, Ambrose Meador, Ruben Meador, Sarah Medor and Easter Medor, Elizabeth Allen. Rachel Armstrong & Frances Bell, to them and their heirs forever.
BIOGRAPHY: Item. I do constitute & Appoiint my two sons Thomas Meador & Reuben Medor 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...
BIOGRAPHY: In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and fixt my Seal this 31st. day of July Anno Domi, 1758.
BIOGRAPHY: Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Thomas Meador (SS)
Waters Dunn
William Meador, Jr.
Robert Coleman
BIOGRAPHY: At a court held for Essec County at Tappahannock the 19th Day of September 1758 this Last Will and Testament 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.
Mirrage: Thomas, married ELIZABETH WOOD 1705 in Virginia. She was born Abt. 1680 in Virginia, and died Bef. 1758 in Essex County, Va..
Children of THOMAS MEADOWS and ELIZABETH WOOD are:
i. Susannah6 Meador, b. Essex County, Virginia.
ii. Reubin Meadows, b. Abt. 1709, Essex County, Virginia; d. January 24, 1778.
. iii. Thomas Jr. Meadows, b. Abt. 1711, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1776, Cumberland County, Va..
iv. Rachel Meador, b. 1713, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1758; m. Ambrose Armstrong, Bef. 1758; d. November 20, 1768.
v. Sarah Meador, b. 1715, Essex County, Virginia.
vi. Esther Meador, b. 1717, Essex County, Virginia.
vii. John Sr. Meador, b. Abt. 1718, Virginia; d. 1774.
viii. Ambrose Meador, b. Abt. 1730, Essex County, Virginia; d. September 28, 1795, Bedford County, Virginia.
ix. Frances Meadows, b. 1721, Essex County, Virginia; m. William Bell; b. Abt. 1720.
x. Elizabeth Meador, b. 1732, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1770.
All: 9. THOMAS SR.5 MEADOWS (JOHN SR.4, THOMAS "ORPHAN"3, THOMAS2 MEADES, PATRIARCH1) was born Abt. 1680 in Essex County, Virginia, and died July 31, 1758 in Essex County, Va.. He married ELIZABETH WOOD 1705 in Virginia. She was born Abt. 1680 in Virginia, and died Bef. 1758 in Essex County, Va..
All: Notes for THOMAS SR. MEADOWS:
Will of Thomas Meadows, Sr.:
All: 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:
All: First and Principally I commend my Soul unto the hand of Amightly God who gave it, hoping through...the Merrits and Death of my Lorn 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 Christainly buried, hoping at the Last Day of Judgment it shall be reunited to my soul to a happy Ressurection, as for my worldly estate which it has pleased Almighty God to Bless me with, I give as followeth:
All:
I give unto my son John Medor 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.
All: 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 o 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.
All: 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.
All: 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.
All: 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.
All: 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.
All: I give to my daughter Sarah Meador one Feather Bed with all the furniture & c. to her and her heirs forever.
All: I give to my daughter Frances Bell one feather Bed with all the furniture & c. to her and her heirs forever.
All: I give to Sasannah Medor forty five shillings current money to be put to her use During her life, to be paid yearly by my Executors hereafter named.
All: I desire that all the Remainder part of my estate of what kind soever being Real & Personal and lying & being in what Place soever by Equially Divided amongst my Nine Children, viz: John Meador, Thomas Meador, Ambrose Meador, Ruben Meador, Sarah Medor and Easter Medor, Elizabeth Allen. Rachel Armstrong & Frances Bell, to them and their heirs forever.
All: I do constitute & Appoiint my two sons Thomas Meador & Reuben Medor 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...
All: In Witness whereof I have hereunto Sett my hand and fixt my Seal this 31st. day of July Anno Domi, 1758.
All: Signed, Sealed and Delivered in presence of
Thomas Meador (SS)
Waters Dunn
William Meador, Jr.
Robert Coleman
All: At a court held for Essec County at Tappahannock the 19th Day of September 1758 this Last Will and Testament 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.
Children of THOMAS MEADOWS and ELIZABETH WOOD are:
i. Susannah6 Meador, b. Essex County, Virginia.
ii. Reubin Meadows, b. Abt. 1709, Essex County, Virginia; d. January 24, 1778.
. iii. Thomas Jr. Meadows, b. Abt. 1711, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1776, Cumberland County, Va..
iv. Rachel Meador, b. 1713, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1758; m. Ambrose Armstrong, Bef. 1758; d. November 20, 1768.
v. Sarah Meador, b. 1715, Essex County, Virginia.
vi. Esther Meador, b. 1717, Essex County, Virginia.
vii. John Sr. Meador, b. Abt. 1718, Virginia; d. 1774.
. viii. Ambrose Meador, b. Abt. 1730, Essex County, Virginia; d. September 28, 1795, Bedford County, Virginia.
ix. Frances Meadows, b. 1721, Essex County, Virginia; m. William Bell; b. Abt. 1720.
x. Elizabeth Meador, b. 1732, Essex County, Virginia; d. 1770.