0140. Benjamin Meader (1785 – 1876)

Benjamin Meader, son of Daniel Harvey Meader (1749-1819) [0050] and Jerusha Wormwood (1751-1843), was born in Litchfield, ME [Volume I shows Kennebunk, ME] August 25, 1785 and died, probably in Pittstown, ME, April 22, 1876, in his 91st year. He was twin to Edward Meader [0139].

He married:
1) Patty Abbott. They had no children.
2) Nancy [or Mary] Newell on June 18, 1810. She was born September 4, 1792 and died August 18, 1867. They lived in Pittstown.
The children of Benjamin Meader and Nancy Newell were:
1600 i. Ada Meader, born March 11, 1811 and died October 4, 1848.
0265 ii. Olive Bly Meader, born September 2, 1813 and died in 1897.
1601 iii. Irene Rosetta Meader, born September 1, 1816 and died in January, 1870.
1602 iv. Edward Meader, born June 2, 1819 and died in May, 1893.
1603 v. Lucy Newell Meader, born September 22, 1822 and died May 24, 1874.
1604 vi. Benjamin Franklin Meader, born February 4, 1825. He married Caroline Perkins December 10, 1854.
1605 vii. Nathaniel Augustus Newell Meader, born August 15, 1827 and died June 14, 1914.
1606 viii. Mahala Maria (Matilda) Meader, born May 16, 1831 and died May 13, 1876.
1607 ix. Sarah Jane Meader, born December 9, 1837 and died May 3, 1874.
– AAMeader, #107
– WGMeader, 74