William Mead (an English Quaker)

Not the same as William Mead, Sr.

"Baptised at Soulbury, Bucks on 14th November 1627. Went to London as a young man and entered into prosperous business as linen draper in Fenchurch Street. Admitted to the freedom of the Merchant Taylors Company on 9 Jan 1655 or 1656 by patrimony in virtue of his fathers membership. Admitted to the livery in 1658. Acted as Master in 1706. Lived at a house in Highgate. Captain in the London Trained Bands, a military body now represented by the Honourable Artillary Company. Joined the Society of Friends before 1670 and held a leading position among them. Came to America with William Penn, founding father of Pennsylvania and the American Quakers. Was arrested with Penn for preaching in the street. Purchased the estate of Goosehays about 1684, which was about three miles from Romford, Essex. Died there at Goosehays. Buried at Friends Cemetery, Barking." source = https://sites.google.com/site/meadfamilyhistory/home/counties/bucks'''

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Mead, William, son of Richard b. 1627 Soulbury, Buckinghamshire, England d. 1713 Goosehays, Romford, Essex, England m. Fell, Sarah 1681 d. 1714

married (earlier (1st). Lawrence, Mary who d. 1679

William and Sarah's son ..Mead, Nathaniel, Sir b. 1684 ; d. 1760 m. Scawen, Martha, Lady Mead

William and Mary's son ..Mead, Jonathan b. 1679 ; d. 1680

• Important note of April 1, 2016: The William Meade of Goosehays, England who married Sarah Fell only had one child who lived to maturity: Nathaniel... later Sir Nathaniel. I am disconnecting all the other children Please do no reconnect... {source: the biography of Margaret Fell by Isabel Ross see tree. Then compare to the documentation at the MEAD FAMILY OF BUCKINGHAMSHIRE . ~• Michael M. van Beuren, vol. curator 4/1/2016
• 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 serjeant-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.

• 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.

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