Sarah Hoskins [15046]

  General Notes:

These presents witnesseth that I Sarah Meader widdow wife of Thomas
> Meader the younger lately deced in the County of Rappahanock I Sarah
> Meader do bind and oblige myself my exrs. or adms. to confirme unto my
> son John Meader sone unto Thomas Meader lately deced one yoak of oxen
> & one gun seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my son John
> Meader when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed
> unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader one red cow called Cherry & her
> cow calf & increase to my aforesaid daughter only excepting the male
> of the catle to fall unto me the abovesaid Sarah Meader untill my
> daughter be full eleven years of age & after the expiracon of the
> aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my eldest daughter Susanna
> Meader. Item I give unto my youngest daughter Mary Meader daughter of
> the abovesaid Thomas Meader one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her
> increase to my youngest only the male excepted to fall unto I the said
> Sarah Meader untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age &
> after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall
> unto Mary Meader & if it shall please God that my eldest daughter
> shall dye in her inority that all her catle & their increase shall
> fall unto her sister Mary Meader and likewise in case it should pleas
> God that my youngest daughter Mary Meader should dye in her minority
> that her catle unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader & furthermore in
> case that my youngest daughter Mary Meader her heiffer should miscarry
> before she comes to perfeccon that there shall another heiffer or cow
> of the same age & her increse to be made good as aforesaid to my
> duaghter Mary Meader these premises to be recorded in Court the first
> or second courte ensuing the date hereof by any person that I the said
> Sarah Meader shall lappoint always provided that there be severall
> markes nominate & recorded for the abovesaid Childrens Catle them &
> their increase. In confirmatcon I Sarah Meader bind my self myheirs
> for the performance this above menconed & no other act nor deed as
> Witness my hand this thirteenth day of Aprill 1662.
>
> These presents testifieth that I Sarah Meader late wife of Thomas
> Meader deced in the County of Rappa. oblige my self to give and allowe
> unto my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect
> as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a
> peice Education in learning according as the Country doth aford. In
> Confirmacon whereof I Sarah Medr. do bind & oblige myself my heirs or
> assignes for the performance of this above menconed as witness my hand
> & seal this 13th day of Aprill 1662 to write read to to cast accompt
>
> Recorded July 12, 1662 Deed Bk 1656-1664, p 187-188

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In that grant, it is stated that it was being made to Thomas Meador, Orphan, son of Thomas Meador, deceased. As no such father and son pair (both named Thomas) existed in the family of Ambrose Meador, it must certainly have been that Thomas Meads who died in 1655 and his son Thomas. The further descent of this 450 acre tract (Rappahannock Co Deed Book 5, p. 261 and Deed Book 6, p. 98) through John Meador is very clear. This grant adjoined the grant of Henry Awbrey on Hoskins Creek, and particularly the portion given by Henry to his son Richard Awbrey. It is most logical that Thomas Meador, Orphan, and Thomas Meador the Younger were the same, and that Sarah Meador, the widow of Thomas Meador the Younger, who made provision for her son 'John Meador of Hoskins Creek,' was the wife of Henry Awbrey and the mother of Richard Awbrey. Thus the conclusion is virtually inescapable that Sarah was the mother of both John Meador and Richard Awbrey, making them half-brothers. This would explain why Richard called John Meador his 'brother' in his will

Sarah married Thomas Meador Jr. [15045] [MRIN: 4981], son of Thomas Meador [15047] and Sarah Unknown [15048], in 1658 in Lancaster County, Virginia. (Thomas Meador Jr. [15045] was born in 1638 in Northumberland County, Virginia and died on 13 Apr 1662 in Rappahannock Crown Colony, Virginia.)

Sarah next married Henry Awbrey [34076] [MRIN: 11514] about 1661. (Henry Awbrey [34076] died in Sep 1694 in Virginia.)