Mary (Holloway) Meador (1731 - aft. 1768)

Born 1731 in Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of Jonas Meador Jr. — married about 1750 in Cumberland County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 26 Sep 1768 after age 37 in Cumberland County, Virginia

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Biography

Mary Holloway was born about 1731 in either Spotsylvania or Caroline County, Virginia. The specific location is difficult to pin down due to county formation history and her father's movements. The birth date is an estimate. Mary was the daughter of John Holloway and Hannah Spiers.

Mary married a close neighbor, Jonas Meador Jr., about 1750 in Cumberland County, Virginia. Her father had moved there in 1745.

Sister of Jane who married John Meador in 1755, also of James Holloway, who married Frances Meador, brother and sister of her husband Jonas Meador ^[1]

Death

Death: Age: 48

Date: Oct 1767

Place: Cumberland, Cumberland County, Virginia

Summer, 1767, Before Jul 1767 ^[1]

Marriage to Jonas Meador 1750 ^[1]

Research Notes

Mary was last found when she was examined in court and relinquished dower on a deed from Jonas Meador to Daniel Boatwright on 26 September 1768. ^[2] This also appears in Court Order Book of the same date. ^[3] Mary died sometime after this 26 September 1768 but prior to the death of Jonas Meador in October 1773. ^[4]

Holloway DNA Project

There is a Holloway DNA Project at Family Tree DNA.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} The Descendants of Jonas and Frances Meador of Essex, Caroline, and Cumberland Counties, Virginia pg 24 - 25
2. ↑ Deed from Jonas Meador to Daniel Boatwright, Cumberland County Deed Book 4 (1765 - 1771), p 289, FHL film 30746. Mary, wife of Jonas, relinquished her right of dower to the property 26 Sep 1768 , image here https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS4H-CQDH-2?i=458&cat=406147
3. ↑ Cumberland County Court Order Book 1767 - 1770, p 243, 26 Sep 1768, "An indenture of bargain and sale between Jonas Meador of the one part and Daniel Boatright of the other part is acknowledged by the said Jonas and ordered to be recorded and Mary wife of the said Jonas being first privily examined relinquished her right of dower in and to the land and premises conveyed by the said indenture"
4. ↑ Cumberland County Court Order Book 1772 - 1774, p. 492, 11 November 1773, "John Wilson being called upon to prove the nuncupative will of Jonas Meador deceased deposed on oath that the said Jonas Meador in the month of October last in the time of his last sickness and in his dwelling house in this county made his will . . ."

Acknowledgements (contributors)

• Thank you to Grant Glover for creating profile Holloway-282.
• Thank you to Heather Brown for creating profile Holloway-433.
• Holloway-3331 was created by Shannon Volz through the import of Higgins_Obryant_McDaniel_Volz_ (1).ged on Aug 28, 2017.