Samuel Meader, son of Samuel Meader (1765-1843) [0130] and Molly (Mary) Downs ( – ), was sparsely recorded. He was born July 30, 1805 in Caledonia, VT and died March 26, 1882. He lived in Danville, Vermont. He married Mary Harriman, born at Danville, VT daughter of Peabody and Lydia Harriman January 14, 1808 and died at Marshfield October 22, 1886 [Volume II shows Polly Harriman, or Hannum]. W. A. Burt says she was born in Newbury, VT and that he died in 1881. Granville Carleton Meader [0380] said Samuel Meader was "a military man," "a captain."
| 1807 | i. | Mary Jane Meader, born in 1828. |
| 1808 | ii. | Robert Meader, born June 17, 1831. |
| 1191 | iii. | Charles C. Carlton Meader, born July 26, 1833. |
| 1810 | iv. | Alonzo Meader, born October 15, 1835. |
| 1053 | v. | Horace Meader, born May 26, 1838. |
| 1813 | vi. | Sarah Meader, born March 16, 1840. |
| 2659 | vii. | Ann Meader, born about 1842. |
| 1055 | viii. | Samuel Meader, born October 1, 1843. |
| 1054 | ix. | Ockley or Oakley Meader, born August 9, 1849. |
| x. | Warren Meader, who died December 2, 1851 age two. |