0060. Micajah Meader (1769 – 1850)

Micajah Meader, son of Benjamin Meader (1736-1827) [0022] and Patience Varney Hanson (1741-1825), was born, probably in Rochester, NH, on August 24, 1769 and died June 16, 1850, in his 81st year. He married Sarah Robinson, born in Vassalboro, Kennebec, Maine December 28, 1777 and died September 11, 1849, in her 72nd year. Since he is listed in the 1790 Census as probably a member of his father's household at that time, he was probably not married then.

Sometime between the 1790 Census and the summer of 1791 he moved to Lewiston, Maine, probably to join his brother Tobias [0059]. His Removal Certificate from the Dover Monthly Meeting was Issued on August 20, 1791 and sent to the Durham Monthly Meeting. He lived on a farm near his brother's for a while, and then he moved away, perhaps after marriage, probably to Albion.

The children of Micajah Meader and Sarah Robinson were:
1204 i. Rachel Meader born August 7, 1800.
1417 ii. Judith Meader, born December 31, 1801.
1418 iii. Huldah Meader, born March 3, 1804 and died September 13, 1822.
1419 iv. Rebecca Meader, born October 29, 1805 and died in 1891.
1006 v. Hanson Meader, born July 13, 1807 and died October 12, 1881.
0153 vi. Patience Meader, born May 10, 1809 and died March 2, 1866.
1007 vii. Stephen Meader, born November 30, 1811.
1422 viii. Hannah Meader, born December 8, 1816 and died January 25, 1882.
1423 ix. Miriam Meader, born March 9, 1819 and died September , 9, 1822 in her 4th year.
1424 x. Margaret Meader, born May 25, 1821 and died September 25, 1823 in her 3rd year.