Francis Meader, son of John Meader (1713-1797) [0012] and Hannah Stewart (1736-1798), was born on Nantucket March 11, 1746 and died in Industry, Maine July 25, 1832, in his 87th year. On November 7, 1768 he married Mary Holly from Martha’s Vineyard, who was born May 24, 1751. They lived for a time at Edgartown, probably until after the 1790 Census, which shows Francis living there with one other adult male, four young males and three females. Later they moved to Farmington, Franklin, Maine, a portion of which town was incorporated in the town of Industry.
Francis Meader served as a private in Captain Benjamin Smith's Company, Massachusetts Troops, during the Revolutionary War.
| 1346 | i. | John Meader, born June 19, 1772 and died at sea in 1794. |
| 0077 | ii. | Francis Meader, born July 28, 1774. |
| 0078 | iii. | Christopher Pease Meader, born August 3, 1776 and died in 1814. |
| 1347 | iv. | Joseph Meader, born June 22, 1779 and died at sea in February, 1800. |
| 0079 | v. | Anna Meader, born October 24, 1782 and died in 1870. |
| 0080 | vi. | William Meader, born February 1, 1785 and died in 1880. |
| 0081 | vii. | Mary Meader, born January 26, 1787. |
| 0082 | viii. | Henry Meader, born July 4, 1789 and died December 4, 1867. |
| 0083 | ix. | Judith Meader, born March 15, 1792. |
| 1348 | x. | Deborah Meader, born March 15, 1792, twin to Judith. She died March 22, 1793. |