Joseph Meader, son of Joseph Meader (1753-1820) [0042] and Elizabeth Gould (1756-1814), was born September 22, 1788, probably in Rochester, NH, and died January 28, 1864, in his 76th year. On October 25, 1810 he married Mehitable Varney, daughter of Isaac Varney and Lydia Rogers of Sandwich, NH, where his family was living at the time. She was born December 5, 1789 and died February 2, 1862.
| i. | Mary Meader, born November 1, 1811 and died March 12, 1815. | |
| 0216 | ii. | Valentine Meader, born August 5, 1815 and died May 22, 1880. |
| 0217 | iii. | Mercy (or Mary) Meader, born April 18, 1817. |
| 0218 | iv. | Joseph Hanson Meader, born September 19, 1823. |
| 0219 | v. | Charles Meader, born August 9, 1831 and died March 28, 1875. |