0089. George B. Meader (1780 - 1836) Gender: M
Born: 1780
Died: 1836
0089. George B. Meader (1780 - 1836)
George B. Meader, son of Nicholas Meader (1754-1836) [0035] and Rachel Allen (1756-1842), was born on Nantucket November 2, 1780 and died “of lingering consumption and dropsy” June 4, 1836, six months before his father. He apparently spent his life on Nantucket.
He married three times:
1) Phebe Elkins, daughter of John Elkins "from England" and Sarah Mayo, on February 5, 1801. She died childless on November 17, 1801, in her 19th year.
2) Abigail Elkins, sister to his first wife, on July 2, 1802. She was born August 7, 1786 and died September 21, 1813, aged 27 years, 1 month.
The children of George Meader and Abigail Elkins were:
1483 i. Phebe Meader, born October 22, 1803.
0188 ii. George Meader, born in 1805 and died May 6, 1871.
3) Sarah C. Lumbart, daughter of Abisha Lumbart and Hepsabeth Coffin, on October 2, 1814.
The children of George Meader and Sarah Lumbart were:
iii. Alexander Meader, born February 22, 1815 and died June 24, 1822 on Nantucket.
1484 iv. Sarah Meader, born October 5, 1816.
1485 v. Harriet Meader, born October 27, 1819 and died September 6, 1884.
1486 vi. Deborah L. Meader, born in 1821. On November 15, 1840 she married Cyrus Field of Weymouth, MA. Barney records says his name was Tirrell.
vii. Unnamed son, born in August, 1823 and died October 8, 1825.
1487 viii. Eliza L. Meader, born in December, 1825. She married Thomas P. Young.
1488 ix. Adaline Meader, born in March, 1829.
- [AAMeader, #72]
- [Barney Records, 183]
- [NHA, V:443; II:320]
- [NEHGR, 100:189]