John Meader, III

Birthdate may have been: 1660

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https://ancestors.familysearch.org/en/LXQK-Y7Y/john-meader-1660-1736
John Meader
Male
about 1660–2 November 1736

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Brief Life History of John
When John Meader was born about 1660, in Portsmouth, Rockingham, New Hampshire, United States, his father, John Meader Jr., was 36 and his mother, Mrs. Abigail Meader, was 33. He married Sarah Follett in 1680, in New Hampshire, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 2 November 1736, in Oyster River, Durham, Strafford, New Hampshire, British Colonial America, at the age of 77.
Spouse

John Meader
Male
1660–1736

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Male

Sarah Follett
Female
1654–1725

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Female

Marriage
1680
New Hampshire, United States
Children (5)

Abigail Meader
Female
1681–1737

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Female

Joseph Meader
Male
1681–1759

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Male

Nicholas Meader
Male
1682–1767

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Male

Elizabeth Meader
Female
1684–1737

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Female

Sarah Meader
Female
1685–1725

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Female

Spouse

John Meader
Male
1660–1736

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Male

Agnes Wakeham
Female
1680–1737

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Female

Marriage
5 April 1735
Parents

John Meader Jr.
Male
1625–1715

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Male

Mrs. Abigail Meader
Female
1629–1673

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Female

Siblings (7)

Hannah Meader
Female
1657–1681

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Female

John Meader
Male
1660–1736

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Male

Srgt. Joseph Meader
Male
1664–1739

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Male

Elizabeth Meader
Female
1665–1704

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Female

Sarah Meader
Female
1668–1719

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Female

Nathaniel Meader Sr
Male
1671–1704

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Male

Nicholas Meader
Male
1673–1694

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Male

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meader-24

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Inherited his father's property and was a farmer and weaver. He was a member of the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company of Boston (seems unlikely he was a Quaker). His wife, Sarah Follett, was (according to Bryon M. Herrington of Cambridge, N. Y. on October 1 of 1966 in a family history I have) kidnapped by Indians and taken to Canada with four of her children. She and three of the children were ransomed back by John. One daughter remained in Canada and married a Frenchman.

I, Joseph Mahay, in 2008, can find no other verification of this event. I have read some histories of the Indian attacks in 1704 and later and earlier in the Oyster River area. The family is mentioned and if fact one of John's brothers was definitely killed by Indians and another brother was probably killed by Indians, but there is no mention of the kidnapping. This is some mention of others who were kidnapped and one woman with the last name of Hanson was kidnapped with 3 children. Now, there were other unnamed people mentioned as kidnapped and killed during these time roughly from King Phillip's war, 1675 and 76 untill the time of the French and Indian War in 1757 with a lot of events around the time of 1704 (Queen Anne's War) between the French and English. So, there is a possibility that the events did take place. They are not, however listed on the official Meader Family website and you would think they would be.

By the way, it would be relatively easy to check this info on the net at the Meader Family web site.

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Note by Robert Hanscom -- 3 June 2015:

In 1721/22, John Meader gave his age as 66, suggesting a birth year of 1655. I have changed it from c1660 to 1655.