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Descendants of Thomas atte Mede


Generation No. 11


      323. John11 Meade (Thomas10 Mede, Sir John9, Sir Thomas8 Meade, Thomas7, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1652 in Wendon Loftes, Essex, and died 1715. He married Jane Wardour 1672, daughter of William Wardour.


      Children of John Meade and Jane Wardour are:
  372 i.   Thomas12 Meade, born 1674 in Wendon Lofts, Essex; died 1675.
  373 ii.   Jane Meade, born 1675 in Wendon Lofts, Essex. She married John Whaley.
  374 iii.   John Meade, born Abt. 1676 in Wendon Lofts, Essex.
  375 iv.   Margaret Meade, born Abt. 1678 in Wendon Lofts, Essex. She married William Pytches.


      326. Elizabeth11 Windham (Elizabeth10 Mede, Sir John9, Sir Thomas8 Meade, Thomas7, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1650. She married William Finch , Viscount Maidstone 1666, son of Heneage Finch and Mary Seymour.


Notes for William Finch , Viscount Maidstone:
In 1666, William Finch, Viscount Maidstone, eldest son and heir of Heneage Finch, second Earl of Winchilsea, was studying at Cambridge. When an outbreak of plague stuck the city, he escaped with his teacher and uncle, the Reverend John Talbot, to Norfolk. They stayed about 250 yards from Felbrigg hall, home of Talbot's aunt, Elizabeth Mede Windham Chamberlain and Elizabeth Windham, her teenage daughter with her first husband.
When the son and heir of the Earl of Winchilsea moved in next door, mother and daughter saw this as an opprtunity too good to be missed - even though William Finch was only fourteen years old. The girl's mother actively encouraged the courtship, and the pair were married almost immediately by John Talbot.
William later claimed that he had been tricked into the marriage -and that it had never been consumated. William's father wrote in a letter, "My son swears that he was made drunk by their putting wine into his beer and that as soon as the gentlewoman's mother went out of the chamber he took his clothes and ran out of the room . . . nor doth he know whether she be a man or a woman."
Apparently he did find out eventually if his wife was a man or a woman, since they had a daughter, Marianne, born in about 1670, and a son, Charles, born in 1672, about 4 months after his father's death in the Anglo-Dutch War. This infant was the heir to the title, and eventually he became the third Earl of Winchilsea.
Charles died without issue and the title reverted to Heneage Finch, his uncle.


      Children of Elizabeth Windham and William Finch are:
  376 i.   Marianne12 Finch, born 1670.
  377 ii.   Charles Finch , Third Earl of Winchilsea, born 1672.


      328. Joseph11 Mead (Joseph10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1657. He married Sarah Reynolds, daughter of Jonathan Reynolds and Rebecca Husted.


      Children of Joseph Mead and Sarah Reynolds are:
  378 i.   Sarah12 Mead, born 1696. She married Benjamin Stebbing.
  379 ii.   Joseph Mead, born 1698.
  380 iii.   Theophilus Mead, born 1700. He married Abigail Westcott.
+ 381 iv.   Jeremiah Mead, born 1702.
  382 v.   Zachariah Mead, born 1704.
  383 vi.   Nehemiah Mead, born 1706.
  384 vii.   Israel Mead, born 1708.


      329. Daniel11 Mead (Joseph10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1659.


      Child of Daniel Mead is:
  385 i.   John12 Mead, born 1684.


      330. Elisha11 Mead (Joseph10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born Abt. 1661.


      Children of Elisha Mead are:
  386 i.   Joshua12 Mead, born 1684.
  387 ii.   Moses Mead, born 1686.
  388 iii.   Elisha Mead, born 1688.
  389 iv.   Daniel Mead, born 1690.
  390 v.   Ezekiel Mead, born 1692.
  391 vi.   Joseph Mead, born 1694.
  392 vii.   Justus Mead, born 1696.


      336. John11 Mead (John10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1658. He married Ruth Hardy 1681, daughter of Richard Hardy.

Notes for John Mead:
The wedding of John Mead and Ruth Hardy, by the Rev. Jeremiah Peck, is the earliest one recorded in the Greenwich town records. In 1687 John Mead was elected constable.



      Children of John Mead and Ruth Hardy are:
+ 393 i.   John12 Mead, born 1682.
  394 ii.   Jonathan Mead, born 1684.
  395 iii.   Elizabeth Mead, born 1687.
  396 iv.   Nathan Mead, born 1691.


      337. Joseph11 Mead (John10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1660.


      Children of Joseph Mead are:
  397 i.   Jeremiah12 Mead, born 1698.
  398 ii.   Jacob Mead, born 1700.
  399 iii.   Rebecca Mead, born 1702. She married Abraham Rundle.
  400 iv.   Elizabeth Mead, born 1704.
  401 v.   Hannah Mead, born 1705.


      338. Hannah11 Mead (John10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1661. She married John Scofield.


      Children of Hannah Mead and John Scofield are:
  402 i.   Samuel12 Scofield, born 1678.
  403 ii.   John Scofield, born 1680.
  404 iii.   Ebenezer Scofield, born 1685.
  405 iv.   Nathaniel Scofield, born 1688.
  406 v.   Mercy Scofield, born 1690.
  407 vi.   Mary Scofield, born 1694.
  408 vii.   Susannah Scofield, born 1698.


      339. Ebenezer11 Mead (John10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1663 in Greenwich, and died 1728. He married Sarah Knapp 1691, daughter of Caleb Knapp and Hannah Smith.

Notes for Ebenezer Mead:
Ebenezer became the landlord of the Old Tavern in Greenwich starting in 1696. The Old Tavern stood on the same site for almost 200 years.


      Children of Ebenezer Mead and Sarah Knapp are:
+ 409 i.   Ebenezer12 Mead, born 1692 in Greenwich, Conn; died 1775.
+ 410 ii.   Caleb Mead, born 1694.
  411 iii.   Sarah Mead, born 1696. She married Jonathan Hobby 1711.
  412 iv.   Hannah Mead, born 1698. She married John Hobby 1716.
  413 v.   Jabez Mead, born 1700.
  414 vi.   David Mead, born 1702. He married Sarah Close 1734.
  415 vii.   Abigail Mead, born 1704. She married Isaac Holmes.
  416 viii.   Susanna Mead, born 1706. She married Moses Husted.
  417 ix.   Jemima Mead, born 1708. She married Moses Knapp.


      340. Jonathan11 Mead (John10, William9, Richard8, Reginald7 Meade, Thomas6, Thomas5 Mede, Thomas4, Sir Thomas3, Thomas2, Thomas atte1) was born 1665. He married Martha Finch 1688, daughter of Samuel Finch and Mary Hoyt.


      Children of Jonathan Mead and Martha Finch are:
+ 418 i.   Jonathan12 Mead, born 1689.
  419 ii.   Sarah Mead, born 1691. She married Jonathan Waterbury 1713.
  420 iii.   Martha Mead, born 1693. She married Stephen Holmes.
+ 421 iv.   James Mead, born 1696.
  422 v.   Isaac Mead, born 1698.
+ 423 vi.   Timothy Mead, born 1701.
  424 vii.   Mary Mead, born 1704. She married Benjamin Waterbury.
  425 viii.   Hezekiah Mead, born 1705.
  426 ix.   Rachel Mead, born 1708.


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