John Meader, son of Joseph Meader (1681-1759) [0005] and Charity Nason (b.1682), was born on Nantucket November 16, 1713, lived there all his life and died there April 5, 1797, in his 84th year. He settled in the south part of the island, known as Newtown, on Orange Street. He is listed in the 1790 Census as living in Sherburn, Nantucket, with one other adult male and two females in his house-hold, presumably a married child and spouse.

The "Old Meader House" owned by him at Podpis was originally owned by a Swain, who built it, and it was among the first erected on the island. In 1900 it was the oldest house extant on Nantucket. After the Swains, it was owned by John Meader, and the place was called the "Hannah Meader Farm" after his second wife. It was a great resort for pleasure seekers in those early days. The farm and its owners became widely known and were frequently visited. After John Meader the farm was owned by Barzillai Coffin, and later by Prince Gardiner, when it became known as the "Prince Gardiner Farm."