0147. Jesse E. Meader (1802 - 1881)
Born: 1802
Died: 1881
0147. Jesse E. Meader (1802 - 1881)
Jesse E. Meader, son of Lemuel Meader (1771-1839) [0056] and Mary Kimball (1779-1845), was born December 12, 1802 in Rochester, NH and died in Dover, NH July 11, 1881. On October 8, 1832 he married Hannah D. York. of Rochester, who was born November 2, 1811. He was a Free Will Baptist minister, ordained at Barnstead, Belknap, NH in 1830. In 1854 and 1855 he was a Selectman. He retired to Dover. He was generally called "Elder Meader," as was the custom in the early days of the Free Will Baptists.
Five of the six children of Jesse Meader and Hannah York died within the period of 1861-1871, ten years before their father's death.
The children of Jesse Meader and Hannah York were:
1613 i. Mary Jane Meader, born September 20, 1833 and died June 4, 1861.
1614 ii. Jasper T. Meader, born July 13, 1835 and died October 15, 1871.
0272 iii. David F. Meader, born July 6, 1837 and died April 13, 1892.
1615 iv. Rebecca S. Meader, born March 23, 1839 and died March 3, 1864.
1616 v. John Freeman Meader, born April 14, 1841 and died April 1, 1870.
1617 vi. Herbert A. Meader, born January 20, 1845 and died June 7, 1871.