Lemuel Meader, son of Daniel Meader (1698-1751) [0010] and Elizabeth Allen (b.1709), was born January 31, 1733 on Nantucket. He served in the French an Indian Wars and was with Colonel Timothy Bedell’s Rangers when they surrendered at “The Cedars” above Montreal. He was taken prisoner with quite a large number of others. They were recovered by the American Army and taken in two boat loads. He served during the Revolution as a private in the New Hampshire Troops and is said to have died in the Army during the early Revolution.

The records [History of Durham, I, 279] showing that he married Sarah Worth in about 1757 may be incorrect. Nicholas Meader [0018], who also served in the Revolutionary War, married a Sarah Worth and named a child Sarah, which Lemuel Meader did not do.