0153. Patience Meader (1809 – 1866)

Patience Meader, daughter of Micajah Meader (1769-1850) [0060] and Sarah Robinson (1777-1849), was probably born in Albion, ME May 10, 1809 and died March 2, 1866. On June 1, 1831 she married Benjamin Jepson of China, ME, born July 24, 1809 and died December 4, 1882, brother of her sister Rebecca’s husband Jedediah and son of John and Lydia Jepson, both then deceased. They lived in China.

The children of Patience Meader and Benjamin Jepson were:
i. Elijah D. Jepson, Born January 9, 1833.
ii. Benjamin F. Jepson, born August 27, 1838.
iii. Lydia R. Jepson, born May 14, 1844.