Gen. Everard Meade

General Everard David Meade

DAR Ancestor #: A076672
Service: VIRGINIA
Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE, MAJOR
Birth: 10-1-1748 NANSEMOND COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Death: ANTE 4-28-1803 IN AMELIA COUNTY, VIRGINIA
Service Source: HEITMAN, HIST REG OF OFFICERS OF THE CONT ARMY DURING THE WAR OF THE REV 1775-1783 P387; ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS VOL 1, PP 61, 64; BLW #2063-300
Service Description:1) ALSO CAPT,AIDE DE CAMP; RENDERED MATERIAL AID

SPOUSES:

1) MARY THORNTON
2) MARY EGGLESTON WARD

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Everard Meade was the third son of David and Susannah (Everard) Meade, was born October 1, 1748.
He spent a large part of his young years at school in England, returning to Virginia about 1764.

He was a soldier of the Revolution, a Captain in the Second Virginia Regiment, Major and from 1778 to the close of the war aide-de-camp on the staff of General Benjamin Lincoln. He was a member of the Virginia convention of 1788 and one of the notable men of his day.

After the war he became Major General of the Militia.

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Some of his and Mary Egglestons' children were:

1. Seth Hodijah Baylies Meade, b. 2 March 1789, Amelia County, Virginia
2. Mary Susanna Meade, b. 1 October 1791, Amelia County, Virginia
3. Benjamin Lincoln Meade, b. 17 December 1793, Amelia County, Virginia
4. Charles Gennet Meade, b. 4 May 1796, Amelia County, Virginia

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Everard was first married to Mary Thornton when he was 18 years old and they lived at "The Hermitage" in Amelia County, Virginia

Some of their children were:

1. David Meade, b. 10 Jan 1768, North Carolina?
2. Sarah Meade, b. 16 May 1770, North Carolina?
3. Richard Everard Meade, b. 1 Nov 1778, Amelia County, Virginia

This cemetery is located at "The Hermitage," the Meade home in Amelia County, Virginia

Everard Meade was the third son of David Columbus and Susannah Meade (Everard), was born on October 1, 1748.

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He spent a large part of his young years at school in England, returning to Virginia about 1764. He was a soldier of the Revolution, a Captain in the Second Virginia Regiment, Major and from 1778 to the close of the war aide-de-camp on the staff of General Benjamin Lincoln. He was a member of the Virginia convention of 1788 and one of the notable men of his day. After the war he became Major General of the Militia.