A Record of the Mead family

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Microfilm of typescript (carbon copy, 131 leaves) at the National Library of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Washington, D.C.

Contains an inventory and settlement of the estate of John Meade, 1754-1758, William Meade, administrator; deeds of William Meade, planter, Bedford County, Virginia, 1754-1785; statement by by William Meade, 1784, declaring his intention of moving to Georgia, and appointing Edmond Winston his attorny; and other Meade/Mead deeds and court documents in Bedford County, Virginia, ca. 1750-1790 -- Memoranda as to some of the Mead ancestors of Charles E. Borden of Wilmington, N.C.

The Mead ancestors of Charles E. Borden were of English origin and were not related to the Meade families who were the ancestors of Rev. William Meade, Protestant Episcopal Bishop of Virginia, or General George Gordon Meade. Rev. Meade's ancestor, Andrew Meade (ca. 1680-1745) emigrated from Ireland, settled first in New York, and then migrated to Nansemond County, Virginia. General Meade's ancestor, Robert Meade (d. 1754), was born in Ireland, married in Barbadoes, and died at Philadelphia.

Charles E. Borden was a descendant of Richard Mead of Mursley, Buckinghamshire, England, through his second son, Rev. Matthew Mead (1629-1699). Rev. Mead's great grandson, Col. William Mead (1737-1805) was born in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, the son of John and Mary Arbrell Mead. He migrated to Virginia with his father, ca. 1746. He served with the militia and the contental army during the Revoltionary War. He married twice and was the father of thirteen children, 1752-1782. Most of the family moved to Georgia in 1785. Children and grandchildren listed lived in Georgia, Mississippi, Missouri, Alabama, and elsewhere.

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