0026. Jonathan Meader (1747 – 1825)

Jonathan Meader, son of Daniel Meader (1698-1751) [0010] and Elizabeth Allen (b.1709), was born on Nantucket September 5, 1747 and died October 5, 1825. He married Lydia Allen in 1777, daughter of Jedediah Allen and Sarah Peasley, born September 15, 1757 and died January 15, 1839. They settled in Rochester, NH.

The children of Jonathan Meader and Lydia Allen were:
1341 i. Timothy Meader, born July 25, 1780 and died in 1819.
1342 ii. David [or Daniel] Meader, born May 9, 1781 and died September 23, 1823 [or in 1824 according to the gravestone at Meader Heritage Farm].
1343 iii. Ruth Meader, born January 31, 1785 and died July 12, 1815.
0075 iv. James Meader, born November 30, 1777.
1344 v. Lydia Meader, born March 19, 1800.