Joseph Meader, son of Joseph Meader (c.1730-1784) [0024] and Abigail Varney Fry (1741-1784), married Betsey Leighton of Farmington December 4, 1808 and lived at Alton, Belknap, NH. He was apprenticed to Lemuel Meader [0021] to learn the carpenter's trade. Later he moved to Bangor, Maine.