0023. Nathaniel Meader (1741 - 1828) Gender: M
Born: February 23, 1741 in Nantucket, MA
Died: May 11, 1828 - burial: gravestone at the Meader Heritage Farm
0023. Nathaniel Meader (1741 - 1828)
Nathaniel Meader, son of Daniel Meader (1698-1751) [0010] and Elizabeth Allen (b.1709), was born on Nantucket February 23, 1741 and died May 11, 1828. [According to the gravestone at the Meader Heritage Farm, Nathaniel died in 1821.] On November 6, 1770, at Dover, NH, he married Mary Hanson, daughter of Solomon Hanson and Anne Varney. She died January 5, 1822.
Mary Hanson\'s parents were born in 1718 and 1719. Solomon Hanson was the great-grandson of Thomas Hanson, the original settler of Dover.
The young couple lived in Rochester. Nathaniel Meader\'s will, dated November 9, 1818, names his wife Mary, his sons Jedediah and Otis, and his daughters Anne Canney and Elizabeth Locke.
The children of Nathaniel Meader and Mary Hanson, all born in Rochester, were:
0064 i. Anne Meader, born March 15, 1772 and died December 12, 1852.
0065 ii. Jedediah Meader, born December 26, 1775 and died February 9, 1866.
0066 iii. Elizabeth Meader, born July 6, 1781 and died after 1818.
0067 iv. Otis Meader, born April 21, 1792 and died July 25, 1833.