Sarah (Unknown) Awbrey (abt. 1636 - aft. 1672)

Wife of Thomas Meador — married about 1653 in Lancaster, Virginia [uncertain]

Wife of Henry Awbrey — married about Apr 1662 in (Old) Rappahannock (Essex) County, Virginia

Descendants

Died after 1672 after about age 36 in (Old) Rappahannock County, Virginia

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Biography

Sarah was a Virginia colonist.

Uncertain Origins

The wife of Thomas Meador, and the mother of his children, was named Sarah, as evidenced in two documents she signed on 13 April 1662, prior to her remarriage.^[1] Sarah is thought to have been born by 1637, based on the estimated birth date of her husband and estimated date of their marriage. There is as yet no known actual record of her birth.

Without known documentation, Sarah’s family name has previously been given as Hoskins, and, by some, she has been said to be the daughter of Bartholomew Hoskins and Dorcas Isham. This claim to her parentage has been disproven. As a result, her last name at birth as “Hoskins” is also in doubt. (See Attribution of Hoskins Surname in Research Notes, below.)

New research has revealed a more likely origin for Sarah. Her first husband's first appearance in records was on 31 Jan 1653/4, when Lambert Lambertson named him as co-owner of his plantation:

Know all men by these pr:sents y't I Lambert Lamberson of Rapahanock in ye County of Lancaster doe acknowledge my selfe to be indebted to Ja: W'mson ye sume of 4500 lbs of tobacco & caske to be p'd upon ye 8th daye of 8'ber next ensueinge ye date hearof at one intyre paym't upon ye plantacon of ye sd Lam Lamberson & Tho: Meader & for ye true p:formance whereof I doe acknowledge to have delivered to ye aboves'd Ja: W'mson three Cows & one yearling Calfe now in ye possession of ye sd Tho: Meader & also ye halfe of three servants alsoe in ye possession of ye aboves'd...^[2]

Thomas Meador was not financially involved with any of Lambertson's transactions involving the plantation tract,^[3] so it is reasonable to propose that his partial ownership of the plantation might have come from a marriage to Lambertson's daughter. This premise is strengthened by the fact that Lambertson was still financially involved in Thomas & Sarah's affairs from affar,^[4] more than two years after he had sold the plantation and "absented" Lancaster County.^[5][6]

Marriages and children

Thomas Meador, son of Ambrose Meador

Identifying Thomas Meader as husband of Sarah is possible through a deed made by Sarah and her second husband Henry Awbrey^[7].

...Know yee that I Henry Awbrey & Sarah my Wife for a valluable consideration to us paid doe graunt & make over for us & o'r heires all o'r Right tytle Claime & Interest of three hundred acres of land lying in the County of Rapp'a on the North side of the said River of Rapp'a unto Francis Gowre his heirs Exec's Adm's & assignes for ever w'ch Land was formerly the Land of Thomas Medor of Mr. James Williamson as by a Deed of Sale under the hand & seale of the said Williamson mor plainely appearth scituate Lying & adjoyning unto & upon the Land of Thomas Robinson w'ch Land the said Robinson likewise purchased of the above said Ambrose Medor being parte of one thousand acres of land bought of the said Williamson To Have & to Hold the said three hundred acres of Land unto him the said Francis Gowre w'ch the said Gowre is now seated upon & possest withall unto him & his heires for Ever with all Right & Priviledges thereunto belonging... In Witness whereof wee the p'ties abovesaid have hereunto sett o'r hands & seales this fifteenth of Aprill one thousand six hundred & seaventy

Signed Sealed & DD

Henry Awbrey

Sarah [her mark] Awbrey

in the presents of

John Awbrey

Tho: [his mark] Jenkins

Jno [his mark] Evans

Ambrose Meader made a deed over to his son Thomas Meader August 30, 1658 for 300 acres^[8]. On the same day Thomas Meader sold 150 acres of this land to Richard Tomlynson^[8]. Two months later, Oct 30, 1658, Thomas sold the other 150 acres to Lambert Lamberson^[9]. Lambert Lamberson immediately sold the 150 acres to Robert Sisson^[10]. Robert Sisson divided the tract selling 75 acres to John DeYoung in 1659^[11] and the other 75 to Jenkin Hall in 1660^[12]. Richard Tomlynson sold his 150 acres to Francis Gower in 1661^[13]. In 1664 Francis Gower purchased the 75 from John DeYoung and wife Elizabeth^[14], then in 1666 he purchased 75 acres from Thomas Colly "being that part thereof that was formerly purchased by Jenkin Hall of Robert Sison"^[15]. Thus Francis Gower now owned the 300 acres sold by Thomas Meader in 1658.

Why would Henry and Sarah Awbrey have an interest in this particular 300 acres of land? For someone to have a vested interest in the whole 300 acres, their claim would have to reach back prior to August 30, 1658, as the land was at that time divided in half, with one half being further divided in half^[8][9]. It is also of note that the deed only mentions Thomas and Ambrose Meader, James Williamson, who sold the land to Ambrose Meader, and James Robinson an adjoining landowner. It is silent on all of the other men who had owned the land since Thomas Meader sold it, an indication that their prior interest in the land had nothing to do with this transaction. Thomas and Sarah appear to have been married prior to 1658, as in April 1662 Sarah Meader, widow of Thomas Meader, the younger^[16], lately dec'd, made deeds of gift to their 3 young children^[17]. Sometime after Francis Gower purchased the last 75 acre tract in 1666 and before April of 1670 either Francis Gower or Henry and Sarah Awbrey must have realized that Sarah, as the widow of Thoms Meader, still had an interest in the land. When a married man sold land, it was the normal practice for the wife to relinquish her dower interest so that title would pass free of her potential future claim. If she failed to do so and eventually outlived her husband, she could claim her one-third from whoever owned the land at the time. ^[18][19][20]. Sarah did not sign the deed from Thomas Meader to Lambert Lamberson^[9]. The signature area is missing from the deed to Richard Tomlynson but her name does not appear in what remains of text of the deed^[8]. We see from the other deeds involving this land, that it was common practice, at this time in Rappahannock, for wives to join their husbands on the deed. If they did not, they provided a relinquishment of dower to be recorded in court. In fact, the deed recorded right after the Thomas Meader deed to Richard Tomlynson includes a dower relinquishment statement Mary Stewart the wife of Henry Stewart^[21]. As the widow of Thomas Meader, Sarah, if she had not relinquished her dower, had a 1/3 interest in the 300 acres now owned by Francis Gower, so it was beneficial for Francis Gower to pay Henry and Sarah Awbrey to get them to relinquish her rights - as now Henry as her new husband, also had an interest in the land. There is no other person other than the widow of Thomas Meader, son of Ambrose, who would have had any established legal right to the whole of the 300 acres.

Husband Thomas Meador, Children John, Susanna, and Mary

Their children, as indicated in Sarah’s declaration of April 1662, included:^[1]

1. John Meador; mar Elizabeth White
2. Susanna Meador; mar Phillip McGuire
3. Mary Meador; mar Col. Francis Gouldman.^[22]

Husband Henry Awbrey, son Richard Awbrey

Sarah is presumed to have married, as her second husband, Henry Awbrey, probably in April 1662, just after signing the declaration of her obligation to the children of her first marriage.^[1] There is no known record of the marriage, but such a declaration was consistent with an impending marriage when one of the parties to the marriage had minor children from a previous marriage.^[23] Henry Awbrey was a near neighbour of Sarah and Thomas Meador.

Henry Awbrey as Sarah’s second husband is supported by the will of Henry’s son Richard, in 1697,^[22] in which he referred to Sarah’s children John and Susannah as “brother” and “sister”, implying that they were either half-siblings or step-siblings.

On 27 February 1664, Henry Awbrey appointed his wife Sarah as his attorney to collect debts due him in his absence.^[24] His appointment of Sarah as his attorney is not an indication of a marriage date, only that they were already married at that time.

Henry Awbrey may have had a previous wife and older children, although information about them is sketchy.^[25] However, no living children of a previous marriage were minors at the time of his marriage to Sarah, as he made no declaration of obligation to minor children at that time.

Henry Awbrey did make a deed of gift to his minor son Richard on 24 Jun 1675, however, at which time he indicated that Richard was not yet fourteen years of age.^[26] In other words, Henry’s son Richard was born after 1661, and after the time of Henry’s marriage to Sarah. If he had been born before Henry and Sarah’s marriage, Henry would have made a similar deed of gift at that time.

Based on documentary evidence, and the dates of those documents, Sarah appears to be the mother of Henry Awbrey’s son Richard Awbrey. Claims to the contrary seem to be based on a confusion of which records are pertinent to which event, to a lack of attention to the dates of those documents that are pertinent, and perhaps other reasons.^[27]

Death

Sarah continued to appear as Henry Awbrey’s wife in 1670, when she co-signed a deed of sale; and again in 1672, when she co-signed another deed of sale.^[7] Sarah’s signature on the latter deed has apparently been interpreted as a date of death, without explanation. There is no reason to do so.

Sarah did die before Henry Awbrey. In his will, in 1694, Henry named his wife Mary, not Sarah, so Sarah died sometime between 1672 and 1694. As already noted, Henry’s deed of gift to his minor child Richard in 1675 probably signalled Henry’s remarriage. A speculative date of death for Sarah, therefore would be about 1674.

Research Notes

Attribution of Hoskins Surname for Sarah

As of 1983, Meador and Meador (“Meador families in colonial America”, p. 48) indicated that Sarah’s last name at birth was unknown. By the late 1990s, Sarah was being reported, without documentation, as Sarah Hoskins.^[28] By 2000 there was already speculation that her parents may have been Bartholomew and Dorcas (Isham) Hoskins,^[29] although in the early 2000s there were some who preferred William and Ann (Hindes) Hoskins as her parents.^[30] By the mid-2000s, Sarah Hoskins, daughter of Bartholomew and Dorcas (Isham) Hoskins seems to have become the accepted, if not documented standard.^[31]

In January 2007, the question of sources was raised when it was pointed out that there did not appear to be any connection between Bartholomew Hoskins of Lower Norfolk County and his heirs, and the Meador heirs of [Old] Rappahannock County.^[32] This led to the actual citation of a record for the Bartholomew Hoskins family, and the suggestion that Bartholomew’s son-in-law was named Thomas Meares, and that therefore he could not be the father of the Sarah who married Thomas Meador.^[33]

Sources

• Meador, Victor P. (Victor Paul), and Bernal M. Meador. Our Meador families in colonial America: as found in the records of Isle of Wight, Lancaster, (old) Rappahannock, Richmond, Essex and Caroline Counties, Virginia. (Independence, Missouri: V.P. Meador, 1983)

• Sparacio, Ruth and Sam Sparacio. Deed & will abstracts of (old) Rappahannock County, Virginia. (McLean, Virginia: R & S. Sparacio, Antient Press. 1989-1990)

• Warner, Charles Willard Hoskins. Hoskins of Virginia and related families: Hundley, Ware, Roy, Garnett, Waring, Bird, Buckner, Dunbar, Trible, Booker, Aylett, Carter, Upshaw. (Warner, Tappahannock, Va.: unknown, 1971), Page 13

Footnotes

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} (Old) Rappahannock, Virginia, Book 2, pp. 247-248.
   • Transcriptions of Sarah's deed of gift, date 13 April 1662, to her children; also her statement of obligation provided by Sparacio and Sparacio; Deed Abstracts of Old Rappahannock County, Virginia (Part II of 1656-1664 Transcript), pp. 5-6:
     

   pp. 187-188 THESE PRESENTS Witnesseth that I SARAH MEADER Widdow Wife of THOMAS MEADER the Younger lately deced in the County of Rappahanock I SARAH MEADER do bind & oblige myself my Exrs. or Admrs. to confirme unto my Son JOHN MEADER Sone unto THOMAS MEADER lately deced one yoak of Oxen & one gun Seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my Son JOHN MEADER when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed unto my Eldest Daughter SUSANNA MEADER one red Cow called Cherry & her Cow Calf & increase to my aforesaid Daughter only excepting the male of the catle to fall unto me the abovesaid SARAH MEADER untill my Daughter be full Eleven years of age & after the expiracon of the aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my Eldest Daughter SUSANNA MEADER. ppItem I give unto my youngest Daughter MARY MEADER Daughter of the abovesaid THOMAS MEADER one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her increase to my youngest only the male Excepted to fall unto I the said SARAH MEADER untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age & after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall unto MARY MEADER & if it shall please God that my Eldest Daughter shall dye in her minority that all her Catle & their increase shall fall unto her Sister MARY MEADER and likewise in case it should please God that my youngest Daughter MARY MEADER should dye in her minority that her Catle unto my Eldest Daughter SUSANNA MEADER & furthermore in case that my youngest Daughter MARY MEADER her heiffer should miscarry before she comes to perfeccon that there shall another heiffer or Cow of the same age & her increase to be made good as aforesaid to my Daughter MARY MEADER these premises to be recorded in Court the first or second Courte ensuing the date hereof by any person that I the said SARAH MEADER shall appoint always provided that there be severall marks nominate & recorded for the abovesaid Childrens Catle them & their increase. In confirmacon I SARAH MEADER bind my self my heirs for the performance this above men coned & no other act nor deed as Witness my hand this Thirteenth day of Aprill 1662
   SARAH [T] MEADER
   in presence of ABRAHAM COOMBE, WILLM. CLAWSON
   p. 188 THESE PRESENTS Testifieth that I SARAH MEADER late Wife of THOMAS MEADER deced in the County of Rappa. oblige my self to give & allowe unto my Children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a peice Education in learning according as the Country doth aford. In Confirmacon whereof I SARAH MEADR. do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignes for the performance of this above menconed as witness my hand & seal this 13th day of Aprill 1662 to write read & to cast accompt
   SARAH [T] MEADER
   in presence of ABRAHAM COMBE, WILLM. CLAWSON
   Recordatr. 12th July Ao. Dom 1662 Teste me WA. GRANGER Cl Cur Com Rappa

2. ↑ Lancaster, Virginia, Deed & Will Book 1, p. 136
3. ↑ Lancaster, Virginia, Deed & Will Book 1, pp. 250-251.
4. ↑ Lambertson, no longer a resident, flipped land to Robert Sisson by his attorney, John Sherlocke, just a few days after purchasing it from Thomas Meador.
   • (Old) Rappahannock, Virginia, Book 2, p. 52
5. ↑ Power of Attorney to Sherlocke, Lanc 1:109
6. ↑ Thomas Meather complaint, Lanc 1:110
7. ↑ ^{7.0 7.1} Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1668-1672 Vol 4 page 298-299. image 174. https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89P6-3NX6?i=173
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2 8.3} August 30 1658 - Ambrose Meader to "my son" Thomas Meader 300 acres "being a part of one thousand acres conveyed unto me Ambrose Meader by Mr James Williamson". Adjoining land recently sold to Thomas Robinson. Thomas Meader of Rappahannock to Richard Tomlynson of Rappahannock. "lately given and granted" [missing text] "Thomas Meader by Ambrose Meader" With part of the page missing only the words "fifty acres" is visible but from later deeds it appears to have been 150 acres. Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 45. image 45 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3D14
9. ↑ ^{9.0 9.1 9.2} October 30, 1658 Thomas Meader to Lambert Lamberson 150 acres. Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 51. image 48 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-36SK
10. ↑ October 1658 John Sherman, for Lambert Lamberson, to Robert Sisson 150 acres. Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 51. image 48 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-36SK
11. ↑ December 26, 1859 - Robert and Ayme Sisson to John DeYoung "one half part of a parcel of land containing one hundred & fifty acres". While parts are missing the deed recites the chain of title from Ambrose Meader to Thomas Meader for three hundred acres, the deed from Thomas Meader to Lambert Lamberson, who then by his attorney John Sherlock, sold the land to Robert Sisson. Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 101-102. image 73 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3D1G .
12. ↑ Robert and Amy Sison to Jenkin Hall "seventy five acres being a part of three hundred acres of land sold and conveyed unto me by John Sherlock being true and lawfully attorney for Lambert Lamberson". Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 155-156. image. 100 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3DTH
13. ↑ December 24, 1661 - Richard Tomlynson to Francis Gower 150 acres "said Tomlynson my heirs or assigns or by from or under the before named Thomas Meader & Ambrose Meader". Richard Tomlynson, Judah Tomlynson. Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 228-229. image 136 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3D2F
14. ↑ April 9 1664 John and Elizabeth DeYoung to Francis Gower 75 acres. Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 410. image 211 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3DND
15. ↑ Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 3 page 196-197 . image 341 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3688
16. ↑ The words "the younger" could have been used here to identify which of the two deceased Thomas Meader/Meades she was the widow of. Thomas Meades died circa 1655.
17. ↑ Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 247-248. image 146 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3DGG?i=145&cat=413447
18. ↑ Bob's Genealogy Filing Cabinet Article Dower and curtesy. Section titled Relinquishment of Dower. https://genfiles.com/articles/dower-and-curtesy/
19. ↑ “Virginians … some time before 1674, had adopted a system of ‘bargain and sale’ procedure for land transactions. Both bargain-and-sale and fine-and-recovery transactions required the private examination of the wife to ascertain if she agreed to the sale. If a husband sold land without his wife’s agreement, she could, at his death, return to claim a third of the family’s real estate and possess it during her lifetime. Purchasers would be wary of acquiring land if they realized the seller’s widow might return to haunt them for the ‘thirds’ to which she was entitled during her lifetime. To solve this problem, a buyer could require the seller’s wife to renounce her dower rights at the time the land was sold. In order for the sale to be valid, the wife had to renounce her claims and agree that she did so without compulsion. The courts developed a procedure to examine the wife privately (with her husband absent) to verify that she granted her consent to the sale without his compulsion.” A CAVALIER ATTITUDE: AN ESSENTIAL PRIMER ON COLONIAL VIRGINIA GENEALOGY by Jeffrey Thomas Chipman on May 30, 2011, https://tao221.wordpress.com/2011/05/30/a-cavalier-attitude-an-essential-primer-on-colonial-virginia-genealogy/ citing Linda L Sturtz Within Her Power, Propertied Women in Colonial Virginia published by Taylor & Francis2013 p. 45
20. ↑ For further reading see The William and Mary Quarterly Vol. 39, No. 1, The Family in Early American History and Culture (Jan., 1982), pp. 114-134 (21 pages) Published by: Omohundro Institute of Early American History and Culture. Free to read at JSTOR; https://www.jstor.org/stable/1923419
21. ↑ See the release of Mary Stewart recorded in court right after the deed of Thomas Meader to Richard Tomlynson; Rappahannock County, VA Deeds 1656-1664 Vol 2 page 46. image 45 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9P6-3D14
22. ↑ ^{22.0 22.1} 1679 Will of Richard Awbrey
    • Essex, Virginia, Deeds & Wills 9, pp. 127-128.
    • Meador, Victor P. & Meador, Bernal M., Our Meador Families in Colonial America, 1983, pages 38-39 of 186 total pages:

    When Richard Awbrey made his will, which was probated October 11, 1697, he named John Meador as "brother." ...Richard Awbrey also named as "sister" Susannah McGuire, the wife of Phillip McGuire, both of whom were witnesses to his will. A bequest was also made to Francis Gouldman (it has been thought possible that Mary, the younger daughter of Thomas and Sarah Meador, could have married Gouldman, whose wife was named Mary). Thus we find that at least two of the children of Thomas and Sarah Meador, John and Susannah, are named by Richard Awbrey as "brother" and "sister." Actually, it would appear that they were his half-brother and half-sister.

23. ↑ Meador and Meador, p. 37.
24. ↑ (Old) Rappahannock, Virginia, Deed Book 2 (copy), p. 428.
    • Sparacio and Sparacio. Deed & will abstracts of (old) Rappahannock, pt.2 p.353-354 provide a transcription:

    pp. 353-354 BE IT KNOWN unto all men that I HENRY AWBERRY of HOSKINS CREEK in the County of Rappa. which is in Virga. have made & in my stead constituted my welbeloved Wife SARAH AWBRY my true & lawfull Attorney irrevocably for me & in my name & to my use to ask & receave all & singular such debts sums of money of tobacco as are or shall be due unto me sd HENRY AWBREY by any person whatsoever giveing unto my sd Attorney for me & in my name to answer the suit or complaint of any persons that shall be commenced agst me & upon trial thereof to satisfie & discharge taking sufficient discharges for the same likewise giving my sd Attorney full power for me to sue arrest implead condemn & imprizon every persons as are or shall be indebted unto me & at her will & pleasure such persons out of Prizon to deliver & upon receipt of any Sums of Money or Tobacco to my use to be received of any persons as aforesaid acquittances or other lawfull discharges to make seale & deliver & every other thing which shall be requisite to be done about the premises the same to do as fully as I my self might do if I were there personally present holding firme & stable all & whatsoever my sd Attorney shall do about the premises Given under my hand this 27th day of February 1664
    HEN: AWBREY
    in presence of JOHN GREGORY, JOHN AWBREY, RALPH FLETCHER

25. ↑ Meador and Meador, pp. 37, 39
26. ↑ (Old) Rappahannock, Virginia, Deed Book 5 (copy), p. 287.
27. ↑ See Ariciu, Meador Family for the assertion that Richard is not Sarah’s son. That claim must be read in the context of a totally confused genealogy for the early Meador family and a curious selection of supporting documentation.
28. ↑ Sarah Hoskins-VA,charlotte redden July 23, 1998. Hoskins Surname Forum, GenForum. Accessed 21 Mar 2016
    Sarah Hoskins, “International Genealogical Index (IGI)”, FamilySearch., accessed 21 Mar 2016.
29. ↑ Re: Sarah Hoskins VA ca 1650's, 20 Mar 200, Hoskins Surname Forum, Genform, accessed 21 Mar 2016.
30. ↑ Sarah Hoskins (AFN 4K7F-MRT), Pedigree Resource File, FamilySearch. Accessed 21 March 2016
31. ↑ Ferren, Jerry, “Re: (Hoskins) Sarah Hoskins (1637 - 1672)”, 7 Sep 2006. Hoskins-L Archives 2006-09, 1157639398, RootsWeb Archiver. Accessed 15 Aug 2022.
    NOTE: Most of the text appears to quoted directly from Meador and Meador, “Our Meador family in colonial America.”
32. ↑ “Meador-Hoskins”, from Andrew Duncan, 22 January 2007, Meadows-L Archives, 2007-01>1169491110. Accessed 15 Aug 2022
    “Re: Meador-Hoskins” , from Andrew Duncan, 25 January 2007, Meadows-L Archives, 2007-01>1169778130, accessed 15 Aug 2022
33. ↑ “Re: Meador-Hoskins”, by Janet [Ariciu], 28 January 2007, Meadows-L Archives, 2007-01>1170003282, accessed 15 Aug 2022. Her reference is:
    Hoskins, Carles Willard. Hoskins of Virginia and related families.

Andrea (Stawski) Pack Notes

These are my notes: I am not erasing them. This is our family heritage... of Walter Pack Sr.

Married: 1658 Thomas "Orphan" MEADOR b: in Charles Parish, York, VA d. 4/1662 in Rappahannock (Old), VA.

Thomas's parents were:

Immigration: before 1635 Occupation: Appointed Constable. In this role he was a negotiator with the Indians in 1655.

Mother: Sarah YATES

Children of Thomas "Orphan" Meador + Sarah Hoskins:

• 1. Dorothy MEADOR
• 2. John MEADOR Sr.
• 3. Thomas MEADOR
• 4. Susannah MEADOR
• 5. Mary MEADOR

++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Sarah's 2nd marriage: after 1662 to Henry Awbrey.

Children

• 1. Richard AWBREY
• 2. Mary AWBREY

Deed (see also Footnote 1, Sparacio and Sparacio. Deed & will abstracts of (old) Rappahannock, pp. 187-188)

These presents witnesseth that I Sarah Meader widdow wife of Thomas Meader the younger, lately deced in the County of Rappahanock I Sarah Meader do bind and oblige myself my exrs. or adms. to confirme unto my son John Meader, sone unto Thomas Meader lately deced one yoak of oxen & one gun seaven foot by the barrell to be delivered unto my son John Meader when he comes of age & furthermore I give as my full act & deed unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader one red cow called Cherry & her cow calf & increase to my aforesaid daughter only excepting the male of the cattle to fall unto me the above said Sarah Meader untill my daughter be full eleven y ears of age & after the expiracon of the aforesaid years male & female to fall unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader. Item I give unto my youngest daughter Mary Meader daughter of the above said Thomas Meader one Black heaffer named Slippey she & her increase to my youngest only the male excepted to fall unto I the said Sarah Meader untill my youngest Daughter be fully nine years of age & after the Expiracon of the aforesaid nine years male & female to fall unto Mary Meader & if it shall please God that my eldest daughter shall dye in her minority that all her catle & their increase shall fall unto her sister Mary Meader and likewise in case it should pleas God that my youngest daughter Mary Meader should dye in her minority that her catle unto my eldest daughter Susanna Meader & furthermore in case that my youngest daughter Mary Meader her heiffer should miscarry before she comes to perfeccon that there s hall another heiffer or cow of the same age & her increse to be made good as aforesaid to my daughter Mary Meader these premises to be recorded in Court the first or second courte ensuing the date hereof by any pers on that I the said Sarah Meader shall l appoint always provided that the re be severall markes nominate & recorded for the above said Childrens Catle them & their increase. In confirmatcon I Sarah Meader bind my self my heirs for the performance this above menconed & no other act nor deed as Winess my hand this thirteenth day of April 1662. These presents testifieth that I Sarah Meader late wife of Thomas Meader deced in the County of Rappa. oblige my self to give and allowe unto my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a peice Education in learning according as the Country doth aford. In Confirmacon whereof I Sarah Medr. do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignes for the performance of this above menconed as witness my hand & seal this 13th day of April 1662 to write read to cast accompt. Recorded July 12, 1662 Deed Book 1656-1664, p 187-188 These presents testifieth that I, Sarah MEADER, late wife of Thomas MEAD ER dec'd. in the County of Rappa. oblige myself to give & allow my children a sufficient & compleat maintenance in every respect as all other ought to do and further more to give them four years a piece Education in learning according as the Country doth afford. In confirmation whereof I Sarah MEADER do bind & oblige myself my heirs or assignees for the performance of this above mentioned...In presence of Abraham COMBE and William CLAW SON. /s/ Sarah (+) MEADER Recorded July 12, 1662 (Old Rappahannock County Deed Abstracts 1656-166 4, Part II, Ruth & Sam Sparacio, The Antient Press, McLean, VA) (See COMBS -MEADOR Family) The above records were in contemplation of widow, Mrs. Sarah Meadors upcoming marriage to her second husband, Henry Awbrey/Aubry. Second or third marriages often required a "Marriage Contract," to insure the heirs of a first marriage, their inheritance. 1664 Feb 27 - Old Rappahannock Co, Va - (1656-1664), pt.2 p.353-354: I, Henry Awberry of Hoskins Creek in County of Rapp. which is in Virginia have made and in my stead my well beloved wife Sarah Awbry my lawful attorney irrevocably for me and in my name and for my use to ask and to receave all debts sums of money or to bo: as shall be due unto me Henry Awbrey by any person whatsoever /s/ Hen. Awbrey. Wit: /s/ John Gregory; /s/ John Awbrey {brother of Henry; and /s/ Ralph Fletcher