Mary Meade

" William Mead married and lost his first wife, Mary Lawrence, in 1679. A child, Jonathan, died in 1680. In 1681 he married Sarah Fell, fourth daughter of Thomas Fell. Judge Fell died in 1658, and Margaret Fell his widow was married in 1669 to George Fox. Mead by his marriage with Sarah became Fox's stepson. She was beautiful, an eloquent preacher and a good Hebrew scholar and was the correspondent of Penn and Barclay. She died at Goosehays on 9th June 1714. George Fox was a frequent visitor at Highgate and at Goosehays, and in his Journal frequently refers to Mead. Mead by his will left to Nathaniel Mead, his "dear and only child," his estates in London, Middlesex, Kent, Essex and Surrey, and many legacies to the poor among Quakers and others.

Sir Nathaniel Mead, Knight, the only surviving son of William Mead, was born in March 1684, was entered at the Inner Temple, was called to the bar and became a sergeant-at-law. He was elected M.P. for Aylesbury in 1714 and was knighted by George I. He sold the Goosehays estate. He died on 17th April 1760, at his house in Litchfield Street, London. He had two sons, Robert and William. Both died in infancy and were buried at Romford. His widow Martha, Lady Mead, died in 1779 and was also buried at Romford. "