William MEAD

                   OCCUPATION:
    Carpenter & Farmer
RELIGION:
    Quaker




QUAKER RECORDS: "AT A MONTHLY MEETING HELD AT NEW GARDEN ON THE 31ST 10TH MONTH 1726, JOHN MEAD AND MARY ABRELL, BOTH OF NOTTINGHAM, APPEARED AND SIGNIFIED THEIR INTENTION OF TAKING EACH OTHER IN MARRIAGE, IT BEING THE FIRST TIME, THE MEETING APPOINTED JEREMIAH BROWN AND JOHN WHITE TO MAKE INQUIRY CONCERNING THE MAN'S CONVERSION AND CLEARNESS FROM ALL OTHER WOMEN, AND TO GIVE AN ACCOUNT AT THE NEXT MEETING, THE YOUNG MAN IS DESIRED TO BRING A CERTIFICATE FROM BUCKS COUNTY OF HIS CONVERSION AND CLEARNESS.
AT A MEETING HELD 28 NOV. 1726, JOHN MEAD AND MARY ABRELL APPEARED AND
SIGNIFIED THEIR INTENTION OF MARRIAGE FOR THE SECOND TIME AND THE INQUIRERS
REPORT THAT THEY FIND NOTHING TO OBSTRUCT THE INTENTIONS AND HE PRODUCED A
PAPER FROM HIS MOTHER AND FATHER OF THEIR CONSENT AND ALSO A CERTIFICATE FROM
FRIENDS WHERE HE WAS BROUGHT UP AS TO WHETHER HE IS CLEAR FROM ALL WOMEN THERE-ABOUTS ON THAT ACCOUNT. THEY ARE LEFT TO THEIR LIBERTY TO ACCOMPLISH THEIR MARRIAGE ACCORDING TO THE TRUTHS ORDER AND JEREMIAH BROWN AND JOHN WHITE ARE APPOINTED TO ATTEND THE MARRIAGE AND GIVE ACCOUNT TO NEXT MONTHLY MEETING AND BRING MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE ALSO TO BE RECORDED. THE MEETING OF 25 DEC. 1726, THE FRIENDS APPOINTED TO SEE THE MARRIAGE OF THESE FRIENDS GAVE AN ACCOUNT THAT IT WAS ORDERLY ACCOMPLISHED. (NOTE:ACCORDING TO THE OLD SYLE OR JULIAN CALENDER, WHICH WAS THE OFFICIAL CALENDER OF THE ENGLISH COLONIES UNTIL 1752, THE 12TH MONTH WAS MARCH, SO THAT THE MARRIAGE OF JOHN MEAD AND MARY ABRELL OCCURRED ON 2 MARCH 1726.)
MARRIAGE CERTIFICATE: SON OF WILLIAM MEAD, MARRIED MARY ABRELL, DAUGHTER OF
RICHARD ABRELL AND ELIZABETH HIS WIFE OF CECIL COUNTY, MARYLAND...MET TOGETHER IN PUBLIC MEETING PLACE IN NOTTINGHAM, COUNTY OF CHESTER, PENNSYLVANIA, ON 2 MAR 1726. RECORDED IN NEW GARDEN MONTHLY MEETING.
WITNESSES TO THIS MARRIAGE AS NOTED ON THE CERTIFICATE: RICHARD ABRELL, ELIZABETH ABRELL, LYDIA ROSS, MARY BROWNE, MIRIAM COPPOCK, ESTHER BROWN, ANN DUTTON, MARY WRIGHT, HANNAH CHURCHMAN, ELIZABETH BAYLEY, THOMAS BARRETT, SARAH BAELS, MARY ROSS, JAMES WRIGHT, JOHN ROSS, WILLIAM BAYLEY, JOSEPH JONES, JEREMIAH BROWN, KATHERINE ROSS AND OTHERS.
NEW GARDEN MM: WITNESSED MARRIAGE OF GEORGE ROBINSON OF CECIL CO. AND MARY MACKAY ON 14, 2M, 1726.
JOHN MOVED TO THE FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA, AND DEEDS ARE RECORDED THERE
IN THE 1730'S AND ONWARD: JOHN MEAD AND HIS FATHER IN LAW,RICHARD ABRILL(ALSO SPELLED AVERILL ON SOME DEEDS) SPECULATORS, OBTAINED A WARRANT FROM THE PROPRIETOR OF THE TRACT OF LAND ON THE SOUTH FORK OF THE CATOCTIN CREEK. CATSEBY COCKE GOT THE WARRANT FROM THEM AND CASHED IT IN BY TAKING A LEASE FOR 703 ACRES IN AUGUST OF 1731. (NORTHERN NECK GRANTS, FOLIO 13-13 A). COCKE SOLD THIS GRANT BACK TO MEAD (PRINCE WILLIAM CO. VIRGINIA: NOVEMBER 20, 1733 BOUGHT 733 ACRES FROM CATESBY COCKE IN CONSIDERATION OF FIVE POUNDS STERLING. ITS LOCATION WAS ON THE DRAUGHTS OF THE KITTOCKTON...SIGNED IN PRESENCE OF JOHN PEYTON, WILLIAM BOOKLEY?, AND SAMUEL SMITH.
JUNE 28, 1734 BETWEEN THOMAS THOMS, PLANTER AND JOHN MEAD, CARPENTER,
JOHN MEAD SURVEYED A ROAD TO BE BUILT BETWEEN WHAT WAS LATER KNOWN AS
BEDFORD COUNTY TO WESTERN FRANKLIN CO., VIRGINIA. HE WORKED WITH WILLIAM
MORGAN,"FROM THE FISH DAM TO THE BURYING PLACE AT THE END OF THE ROAD, IN THE
AREA OF MAGGOTY CREEK. THIS 703 ACRES OF MEAD'S WAS DIVIDED INTO TWO PARTS, THE SOUTHERN PORTION WAS 400 ACRES, COMPRISING MOST OF PRESENT DAY WATERFORD AND HOLDING THE PORTENTIAL FOR PLENTY OF WATERPOWER, AND THIS WAS SOLD TO AMOS JANNEY IN 1735-1736. THE SECOND PART OF 303 ACRES WAS SOLD IN MARCH OF 1743 TO FRANCIS HAGUE.DEED BOOK A: PAGE 11-13; INDENTURE BETWEEN JOHN MEAD, CARPENTER AND DAVID GRIFFITH OF THE SAME COUNTY, PLANTER...LAND ON BOTH SIDES OF JOSHUAS CABIN BR.147 ACRES ...WITNESSED SAMUEL MEAD AND JAMES GREEN.
FAIRFAX CO., VIRGINIA: WITNESSED DEED FOR 23 OCT 1740 BETWEEN EDWARD SLEATER OF FAIRFAX AND JACOB LASSWELL. MARY, HIS WIFE ALSO WITNESSED DEED.
PRINCE WILLIAM CO., VIRGINIA 31 JUL 1740. THOMAS JOHNS GRANTEE...502 ACRESS ADJOINING THE LANDS OF JOHN MEAD AND THE DRAUGHTS OF KITTOCKTAN.
PRINCE WILLIAM COUNTY, VIRGINIA: 27 JAN 1741. 1289 ACRES ON THE SOUTH FORK OF KITTOCKTAN, ADJOING SAMUEL JOHNSON AND COL. JOHN TAYLOE. NORTHERN NECK GRANTS E. PAGE 411. PART OF THE INDEX TO RECORDED COPIES OF LAND GRANTS ISSUED BY THE AGENTS OF THE FAIRFAX PROPRIETARY BETWEEN 1690 AND 1781 AND BY THE COMMONWEALTH BETWEEN 1786 AND 1874.
BEDFORD CO., VIRGINIA: JOHN MEAD GRANTEE, 25 MAR 1762. 300 ACRES ON THE NORTH SIDE OF GOOSE CREEK. LAND PATENT 34, PAGE 1014.
WILLIAM HENRY FAIRFAX, ASSIGNEE OF JOHN MEAD FOR WHO SURVEYED 2 APRIL 1742, 188 ACRES ON BLACK OAK THICKET. BORDERING JOHN GARRETT, THOMAS GREGG, MARKER
FRANCIS WILKS.
JOHN MEAD OF PRINCE WILLIAM CO., 1289 ACRES IN SAID COUNTY SURVEYED BY AMOS JANNEY ADJ CAPT SAMUEL JOHNSON. MEAD'S LAND ADJ. S BRANCH OF KITTOCKTAN, WILLIAM FAIRFAX ESQ., COL. JOHN TAYLOR, GOOSE CREEK. 27 JAN 1741.
JOHN MEAD TO DAVID GRIFFITH...LEASE 16 FEB. 1742...147 ACRES BRANCH COMMONLY
KNOWN AS JOSHUAS CABIN BRANCH...PART OF 703 ACRES PURCHASED BY JOHN MEAD FROM
CATESBY COCKE. WITNESSED BY SAMUEL MEAD.
DEED BOOK A: PART 2; INDENTURE 19TH MARCH 1743 BETWEEN JOHN MEAD AND FRANCIS
HAGUE...SELLS LAND IN FAIRFAX....CONTAINING 333 ACRES.
AND HENRY BALLINGER OF PRINCE GEORGE COUNTY IN MARYLAND, PLANTER OF THE OTHER
PART....ONE HUNDRED ACRES TRACT ...LYING IN THE PARISH OF TRURO IN THE COUNTY
OF PRINCE WILLIAM AND ON THE BRANCHES OF KITTOCKTAN RUN...ADJOINING LAND OF
RICHARD WOOD. WITNESSES AMOS JANNEY, JOHN GORDON, AND RICHARD ABRILL DATED 14 NOVEMBER 1744.
1744 VOTED FOR COL. JOHN COLVILLE AND CAPTAIN LAWRENCE WASHINGTON IN POLL.
NOTED IN MAJOR LAWRENCE WASHINGTON'S COPY OF POLLS IN FAIRFAX CO., VA JUNE 13, 1748 AND IS IDENTIFIED AS BEING IN VIRGINIA MILITIA.
JOHN IS NOTED IN ORANGE COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WITH HIS FATHER IN LAW, RICHARD ABRILL, WHERE HE PURCHASED CLOTH FROM AN ESTATE. WILL BOOK I PG.139.
JOHN MEAD AND HENRY BALLINGER...DEED BOOK A: PAGE 272-274; SOLD 100 ACRES
PART OF 600 ACRES GRANTED BY PROPIETOR'S OFFICE TO RICHARD WOOD, IN FAIRFAX
COUNTY.
JOHN MEAD TO RICHARD POULTNEY...DEED BOOK A: PAGE 198-200; SALE OF CATTLE
WITNESSED BY SAMUEL MEAD. 17 MAY 1744.
26 MAR.1744: JOHN MEAD AND BALLENGER TO JOSEPH MAGEAH...LEASE 17 MAR 1743.
FAIRFAX DEED BOOK B: PAGE 215-216...INDENTURE NOVEMBER 1746 BETWEEN JOHN MEAD
AND NICHOLAS OSBORN...SELLS 240 ACRES ON SOUTH BRANCH OF KITTOCKTON.
THE MAYO SETTLEMENT IS BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN MADE BY PENNSYLVANIA SETTLERS
IN WHICH A ROAD WAS ORDERED TO BE BUILT FROM WHAT IS NOW BEDFORD COUNTY
VIRGINIA FROM THE FISH DAM ON OTTER RIVER THROUGH THE MEADOWS ON TO MAGOTTY
CREEK, TO THE BURYING PLACE AT THE END OF THE ROAD...JOSEPH RENFRO, WILLIAM
MORGAN AND JOHN MEADE WERE APPOINTED SURVEYORS TO LAY OFF AND CLEAR THE ROAD.
JULY 1754 BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA: ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN MEADE IS GRANTED WM. MEADE WHO MADE OATH ACCORDING TO LAW AND ENTERED INTO BOND WITH HENRY HAYES ACCORDING TO LAW.
COURT HELD FOR BEDFORD COUNTY AUGUST 26, 1754, ON ACCOUNT AGAINST THE ESTATE
OF JOHN MEADE DECEASED SWORN TO AND TO BE CERTIFIED.
INVENTORY IS LISTED IN BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 1 PAGES 194-195.
THE WILL ADMINISTRATOR WAS WILLIAM MEAD. MENTIONED ARE RICHARD KANNON,
JOHN THOMPSON, WM. MORGAN, WILLIAM CALLAWAY, AND MATTHEW TALBOT; "BY THE SALE OF JOHN MEADS ESTATE". RETURNED ON 28 NOVEMBER 1758.
BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA DEED BOOK 1, PAGE 10. (1754-1762) INVENTORY AND
APPRAISEMENT BY HENRY HAYNES, JOHN RICHARDSON AND STEPHEN INGLISH, APPRAISERS, DATED 19 AUGUST 1754. LISTED: HOUSEHOLD FURNISHINGS, LIVESTOCK, FARM EQUIPMENT, AND OTHER TOOLS INCLUDING "TURNER'S TOOLS".
DEED BOOK A: PAGE 194: JOHN MEADE'S ESTATE TO WILLIAM MEAD LISTED THE OUTLAY OF ESTATE. AT COURT HELD AT BEDFORD COUNTY, NOV. 28, 1758. THE ACCOUNT OF
ADMINISTRATION OF THE ESTATE OF JOHN MEADE WAS RETURNED INTO COURT BY WILLIAM
MEADE THE ADMINISTRATOR.
A QUESTION OF A FOURTH SON NAMED JOHN IS POSSIBLE IN THIS LINE. LIVING IN THE SAME AREA WITH SONS, WILLIAM AND ROBERT IS A JOHN MEAD WHO WAS GRANTED TO KEEP AN ORDINARY IN THE HOME OF JOHN TALBOT WHO GAVE BOND. (BEDFORD COUNTY COURT DATED MARCH 23, 1762). ALSO, AT A COURT HEARING IN BEDFORD COUNTY, FEB. 28,1770, " JOHN MEAD CAME INTO COURT AND TOOK THE USUAL OATHS TO HIS MAJESTY'S PERSON AND GOVERNMENT AND REPEATED AND SUBSCRIBED AND TOOK THE OATH AS UNDERSHERIFF. ON AUGUST 24, 1773, JOHN MEAD WAS GRANTED TO KEEP AN ORDINARY AT THE HOME OF COL. WILLIAM MEAD'S HOUSE IN THE TOWN OF NEW LONDON. THIS JOHN WOULD BE TOO OLD FOR SON OF COL. MEAD AND INCIDENTS OCCURRED AFTER DEATH OF THIS JOHN WHO DIED IN 1754. THERE WAS ALSO JOHN MEAD IN HANOVER COUNTY, VIRGINIA WHO WAS PRESENT IN THE VESTRY PARISH BOOK IN 1759.
                  

                   BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA: WILL BOOK #1 PAGE 182 132: MARTHA DARKE OF FALLS
TOWNSHIP, WIDOW: 7 MARCH 1725-1726. PROVED 26 DEC 1732. FRIEND SAMUEL BEAKES,
EX. BROTHER JOHN WORRALL OF COUNTY OF CHESTER 30 F. MARY DARKE 20F. COUSINS
(NIECES) ELLIN, ELIZABETH AND MARTHA, DAUGHTERS OF THOMAS WORRALL, 150F. MARTHA DAUGHTER OF ROBERT THOMAS OF NORTH WALES 10 F. MOST OF ESTATE LYETH IN THE HANDS OF OTHERS. WITNESSES: HENRY MARGERUM, SAMUEL COOMB, JANE MARGERUM, TRUSTEES. LETTERS GRANTED TO WILLIAM MEAD. WILL SEALED AND DELIVERED IN THE PRESENCE OF WILLIAM FRY AND MS. LANGHORNE. SIGNED BY
WILLIAM MEAD WITH HIS MARK "O" BY MARY DARK WITH HER "X" AND JAMES DOWNEY
BY HIS SIGNITURE. BUCKS CO., PA., CORONERS RECORDS: 3 JUNE 1726. PARTICIPATED IN JURY AT
MAKEFIELD, PA. ABOUT DROWNING INCIDENT. OTHER PARTICIPANTS IN JURY INCLUDED
JOHN NEELD, THOMAS STACKHOUSE, HENRY JANNEY AND OTHERS. CORONER WAS JONOTHAN
WOOLSTON. IF THIS WAS WILLIAM JR. HE WOULD BE OF LEGAL AGE IN 1705.
WILLIAM WAS A RESIDENT IN BUCKS COUNTY PENNSYLVANIA AS NOTED IN THE DEED FOR
HE KNOWLES TRACT, UPPER MAKEFIELD TOWNSHIP. A DEED OF ANDREW ELLET, LATE OF MAKEFIELD, BUCKS COUNTY, PENNSYLVANIA DATED JULY 22, 1744, CONVEYED TRACT TO WILLIAM MEAD ON JULY 22, 1744. WILLIAM PENN HAD CONVEYED THE 320 ACRES 93 FR. IN MAKEFIELD ON SEPTEMBER 20, 1701. THIS INDENTURE WAS WITNESSED BY ANDREW ELLET, THE YOUNGER, TO WILLIAM MEAD IN CONSIDERATION OF 400 POUNDS FOR 220 ACRES IN MAKEFIELD ON 14 MAY, 1747.
NOTE: HANNAH MEAD MARRIED ANDREW ELLET IN 1706...? THE RELATIONSHIP.
MM 1734, PAGE 49:WILLIAM MEAD DESIRE TO BE JOINED WITH FRIENDS. THEREFORE THIS MEETING APPOINTS JAMES DOWNEY AND MAHLON KIRKBRIDE TO ENQUIRE HOW WILLIAM HATH BEHAVED HIMSELF TO MAKE REPORT TO NEXT MEETING.
RELIGION: APPLIED FOR MEMBERSHIP INTO SOCIETY OF FRIENDS AND "BEHAVED HIMSELF
ACCORDINGLY...ENTERED INTO MEMBERSHIP AT FALLS MONTHLY MEETING DATED 5 JAN 1735.
HE WITNESSED MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH WARDER AND ELIZABETH WORRELL, HIS SISTER IN
LAW, WITH HIS WIFE, ELINOR (ELLEN) MEAD, ON AUGUST 1735.
1745,22 JULY: BUCKS CO., DEEDS BK. 7, PAGE 198. WILLIAM MEAD OF BUCKS, PA.,
TOOK OUT A MORTGAGE PAYABLE TO SAMUEL PARR OF PHILADELPHIA, MERCHANT, BINDING WILLIAM MEAD TO PAY 718 POUNDS IN THREE PAYMENTS OF 354 POUNDS EACH FOR 220 ACRES OF LAND IN MAKEFIELD, BUCKS, LAND BORDERING DELAWARE RIVER AND HENRY MARJERUMS LAND. RECORDED 4 NOV 1745. SATISFACTION RECORDED 25 SEP 1753.
5/12/1746/7 FALLS QUAKER MEN'S MINUTES: WILLIAM MEAD COMPLAINS AGAINST BENJAMIN COMBE FOR KEEPING HIM OUT OF SOME MONEY DUE HIM.
1747, MAY14. BUCKS CO., PA. DEED BOOK 9, PAGE 81. WILLIAM MEAD, LATE OF MAKEFIELD, BUCKS PA, YEOMAN TO HEZEKIAH ANDERSON, THE LAND PURCHASED OF ANDREW ELLET, ONLY CHILD OF ANDREW ELLET ON 22 JUL.1744. ORIGINAL GRANT WAS TO ANDREW ELLET. LAND IS BY DELAWARE RIVER BORDERING HENRY MERJERUMS LINE AND BY THE LANDS OF RICHARD HOUGH.
2/2/1746: WILLIAM MEAD REQUEST CERTIFICATE FOR HIMSELF, WIFE, AND FAMILY TO VIRGINIA.
WILLIAM MEAD, BROTHER OF JOHN MEAD, ASSIGNEE OF SAMUEL PEDRICK OF PRINCE
WILLIAM FOR WHOM SURVEYED 19 JUNE 1741...ON BRANCE OF TUSKORORA CC...MARKER
JOHN MEAD.
GRANTED LAND IN FAIRFAX COUNTY, VIRGINIA SURVEY F-175, "WILLIAM MEAD OF PENSYLVANIA 640 A IN FAIRFAX COUNTY. SURVEYED BY AMOS JANNEY FOR SAMUEL PENDRICK. ADJ TUSKARORA, WILLIAM CHANDLER, WILLIAM NORRIS. 22 JUNE 1744.
IN 1745 HE MADE COMPLAINTS AGAINST JOHN MEAD IN FALLS M.M., PENNSYLVANIA.
ON 4 APRIL 1746, HE REQUESTED CERTIFICATES OF REMOVAL FROM FALLS M.M. IN PA. TO VIRGINIA FOR HE AND HIS FAMILY. WILLIAM AND HIS FAMILY BECAME RESIDENTS OF LOUDOUN COUNTY.
26 DEC. 1749, HE WAS PAID 200 POUNDS OF TOBACCO FOR KILLING TWO WOLVES.
24 SEPT. 1752 ORDERED WITH JOSEPH MCGEACH, SAMUEL MEAD, AND SAMUEL MOBLEY, TO
INVENTORY AND APPRAISE THE ESTATE OF THOMAS EVANS, DECEASED.
1752 WAS DEFENDENT AND CODEFENDENT IN VARIOUS COURT ACTIONS.
WITNESSED DEED FAIRFAX COUNTY BOOK D: PAGES 115-119...BETWEEN JOHN KENNEDY AND ANN HIS WIFE AND FRANCIS HAGUE DATED 3RD MAY 1753.
FAIRFAX VA. PAGES 124-128: INDENTURE 30 MARCH 1755 BETWEEN WILLIAM SHREVE OF
EAST NEW JERSEY AND WILLIAM HOLMS OF THE COUNTY OF FAIRFAX, MILLRIGHT, PRESENCE OF WILLIAM MEAD AND MOSES RHODES.
VIRGINIA COURT ORDERS: SEP 14 1757: P.22. WILLIAM ROBBINS, PLTF AGAINST WILLIAM MORLAND AND WILLIAM MEAD.
OCT 12, 1757. P. 33. MICHAEL HALL PLTF AGAINST WILLIAM MEAD AND JOHN POULTNEY.
NOV 8 1757. PAGE 42. BILL OF SALE FROM SAMUEL MEAD TO WILLIAM MEAD AND JOHN POULTNEY.
MAR 15, 1758. PG.78. DEBT CASE AGAINST WILLIAM MEAD AND JOHN POULTNEY
APR 12,1758. DEBT CASE AGAINST WILLIAM MEAD AND JOHN POULTNEY
NOV 14 1758. WILLIAM MEAD PAID FOR TWO WOLF HEADS.
NOV 14, 1758. TWO TITHABLES AS NOTED IN HISTORIANS GUIDE TO LOUDOUN CO., VA.
FEB 13, 1759. LOUDOUN CO., COURT ORDERS. WM MEAD ETAL TO APPRAISE ESTATEOF JOHN RATCLIFF, DEC.
APR 16, 1759. COURT ORDERS, THEFT BY WM. MOORE OF WILLIAM MEAD'S PROPERTY.
APR 10, 1759. WILLIAM MEAD APPOINTED OVERSEER OF ROAD IN ROOM OF JOHN MOSS.
MAY 14, 1760. COURT ORDERS WILLIAM MEAD, PLTF. VS. JOHN AND MARGARET DAVIS,DBT.
MAY 15, 1760. EARMARK OF WM.MEAD RECORDED: ONE SLIT AND UNDERKEEL AND OVERKEEL IN LEFT EAR.
FEB 11 1761. WILLIAM MEAD, OVERSEER OF ROAD.
APR. 11 1764. WILLIAM MEAD SUMMONED TO APPEAR; COMPLAINT OF MARY HOWMAN. CONTINUED AND DISMISSED 15 JUNE 1764.
JUNE 14, 1764, LOUDOUN CO., VIRGINIA:MARY CONNER, "AN ORPHAN OF ELEVEN YEARS
OLD THAT 26TH DAY OF DECEMBER LAST (1763) IS BOUND TO WILLIAM MEAD. BOOK B,
PAGE 373.
WITNESSED MARRIAGE OF WILLIAM BAKER TO MARY JANNEY AT FAIRFAX MM, VIRGINIA IN APRIL 1765. HE ALSO WITNESSED MARRIAGE OF JOSEPH PARKER TO ELISAH EBLEN AT FAIRFAX MEETING IN APRIL 1765 WITH WILLIAM MEAD JR, ELIZABETH, SARAH, BENJAMIN. MEAD
WITNESSED DEED LOUDOUN COUNTY BETWEEN JASON MORLAND AND CHARLES BINNS IN BOOK
"C" PAGES 164-165. 30 DAY 1769 AND RECORDED 15 AUG. 1769.
OCCUPATION: FARMER . LOUDOUN BOOK E. PAGE 272-273...KNOW ALL MEN
THAT I, MAHLON KIRKBRIDE, OF LOWER MAKEFIELD, IN COUNTY OF BUCKS AND PROVINCE
OF PENNSYLVANIA, YEOMAN, FOR DIVERS GOOD CAUSES AND CONSIDERATION THEREUNTO
MOVING HAVE MADE AND IN MY PLACE DEPUTED MY FRIEND WILLIAM MEAD, OF COUNTY,
LOUDOUN, YEOMAN, MY TRUE AND LAWFUL ATTORNEY TO LET ANY PART OF MY LAND IN
SAID COUNTY FOR LEASE FOR ANY NUMBER OF YEARS NOT EXCEEDING FIFTEEN YEARS..
POWER OF ATTORNEY WAS PROVED AND ORDERED TO BE RECORDED.
FAMILY: LETTERS FROM WILLIAM MEAD AND SAMUEL MEAD TO PLEASANT SATTERTHWAITE
DATED 31ST OF ELEVENTH MONTH OF 1747/8 DIRECTED TO WILLIAM SATTERTHWAITE AND
SIGNED...AFFECTIONATE BROTHER...LOVE TO THEE AND MOTHER...I REMAIN THY LOVING
BROTHER.
CAMERON PARISH RECORDS:TITHABLE RECORDS, PAGE 15, WILLIAM MEAD, 3 TITHABLES.
MAY 12, 1766, LOUDOUN CO., VIRGINIA:IS APPOINTED AS SURVEYOR OF THE ROAD ALONG THE CAROLINA ROAD FROM LEESBURG SOUTH TO THE "SICOLAN" REPLACING FRANCIS ELGIN. BOOK C. PAGE 77.
TO WILLIAM MEAD TO LEARN THE TRADE OF A "MALSTER".
RESIDENCES:PENNSYLVANIA AND VIRGINIA. WAS ON TITHABLE LIST 1771 FOR SHELBURNE LOCATED IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA AND THE TAX LISTS OF 1782-1787 OF LOUDOUN COUNTY, VIRGINIA.
D.A.R. RECORD NUMBER 127512: "WILLIAM MEAD WAS A PATRIOT AND A MEMBER
OF THE COMMITTEE OF SAFETY OF BEDFORD COUNTY, VIRGINIA, WHERE HE DIED. HE WAS BORN IN WALES". (I HAVE QUESTION OF HIS BIRTHPLACE).
WILLS: RECORDED IN LOUDOUN COUNTY, BOOK 31 PAGE 23...ACKNOWLEDGES WIFE, ELLEN; LEAVING HER " USE OF THE TRACT OF LAND WHERE I NOW LIVE EXCEPT FOR THE PART THAT I SHALL LEAVE TO MY DAUGHTER MARY BROWNE HEREAFTER... TO HOLD TO HER MY SAID WIFE TOGETHER WITH THE USE OF ALL MY PERSONAL ESTATE DURING HER NATURAL LIFE...TO MARY BROWNE THAT TRACT OF LAND WHERON MOSES RHODES DIED AND WHICH WAS SURVEYED FOR HER BY JOHN HOUG CONTAINING ABOUT TWO HUNDRED ACRES ADJOINING THE KITTOCKTAN MOUNTAINS ...AFTER HER DECEASE I GIVE AND DEVISE THE SAID TRACT TO SONS, WILLIAM AND THOMAS RHODES OR THEIR HEIRS...THEY PAYING THEIR BROTHER JOSEPH, THE SUM OF TEN POUNDS...GIVE DAUGHTER MARY ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE, ONE LARGE SILVER SPOON TO BE DELIVED HER AFTER THE DECEASE OF HER MOTHER...TO DAUGHTER, HANNAH THOMAS, ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE, ONE LARGE SILVER SPOON AND ONE NEW ONE TO BE DELIVERED AFTER THE DECEASE OF HER MOTHER, DAUGHTER ANN THOMAS ONE BED AND FURNITURE WHICH IS NOW IN HER POSSESSION AND AT HER MOTHER'S DEATH, ONE LARGE SILVER SPOON AND SET OF SMALL SPOONS...DAUGHTER MARTHA WRIGHT...ONE LARGE SILVER SPOON AND ONE NEW ONE AFTER THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER, ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE, NOW IN HER POSSESSION, ELIZABEH POTTS, ONE LARGE SILVER SPOON AND SET OF SMALL ONES TO BE DELIVERED TO HER AFTER THE DEATH OF HER MOTHER. ETC...I GIVE AND DEVISE UNTO MY SON WILLIAM MEAD (AFTER HIS MOTHER'S DEATH) THE PLANTATION NOW IN HER POSSESSION, TO HIM, HIS HEIRS AND ASSIGNS FOREVER, ONE FEATHER BED AND FURNITURE, THE RESIDUE OF MY SILVER SPOONS, MY SHORT GUN AND MY SILVER WATCH...HE IS TO PAY MY GRANDSONS WILLIAM WRIGHT AND JOSEPH THOMAS, THE SUM OF TWENTY POUNDS EACH UPON THEIR ARRIVING AT 21 YEARS OF AGE...ALL THE RESIDUE OF MY ESTATE AND MONEY TO EQUALLY DIVIDED AMONG MY FOUR DAUGHTERS; HANNAH, ANN, MARTHA, AND ELIZABETH, OR IN ANY CASE OF EITHER OF THEIR DEATHS TO THEIR LEGAL REPRESENTATIVES; BUT MY WILL IS THAT THE SHARE DEVISED TO MY DAUGHTER HANNAH, IN THIS CASE NOT IMMEDIATELY TO BE PAID TO HER BUT SHALL BE RETAINED IN THE HANDS OF MY EXC. AND DELIVERED TO HER IN PORTIONS AS SHE MAY STAND IN NEED THEREOF.
LEGENDS OF LOUDOUN BY HARRISON WILLIAMS: A WAR IN 1732 BETWEEN THE CATAWBAS OF THE CAROLINAS AND THE DELAWARES RESULTED IN A TERRIBLE TOLL AMONGST BOTH TRIBES AT THE TIME OF A LOCAL BATTLE. THE DELAWARES WERE TOO FAR FROM THEIR HUNTING GROUNDS SO THEY BURIED THEIR DEAD AND ERECTED MOUNDS OVER THE DEAD. THE MOUNDS AND MANY HUNDRED ACRES OF SURROUNDING LAND WERE ACQUIRED BY THE MEAD FAMILY WHO LATER BUILT GREENWAY, THE FAMILY HOMESTEAD. THE FAMILY LEGEND STATES THAT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE A BAND OF INDIANS CAME THROUGH THE FOREST AND CONDUCTED WEIRD MOURNING RITES AND OFFERED FOOD AND ARROWS FOR THEIR SLAIN COMPANIONS. OVER THE YEARS THE MOURNING RITES CONTINUED UNTIL ONLY ONE WARRIER CAME TO PAY HIS RESPECTS. THE MEAD FAMILY TRADITION ALSO STATED THAT ON THE ANNIVERSARY OF THE BATTLE, SOUNDS OF CONFLICT CAME FROM THE INDIAN MOUNDS ALTHOUGH NO ONE COULD BE SEEN.