Elizabeth (Meadors) Armstrong (abt. 1685 - bef. 1749)

Born about 1685 in Essex County, Virginia

Ancestors

Wife of John Armstrong — married before 1721 in Essex, Virginia [uncertain]

Descendants

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Biography

Natal Family

Elizabeth is the daughter of John Meador and Elizabeth White.^[1] Although her birth date is not known, it was probably in the 1680s, in Essex County, Virginia. (Some undocumented sources suggest she was born about 1685.)^[2]

Siblings :	Richard
	Thomas
	Rachel (Jordan)
	John
	Elizabeth (Armstrong)
	Hope
	Ester (Bourne)

Elizabeth's mother died before the end of 1649, and on 10 December 1694, her father, anticipating a second marriage, made a deed of gift to the children of his first wife, each of them receiving a parcel of land.^[3][4]

Marriage and Children

Elizabeth married John Armstrong sometime before 1721. On 17 October 1721 she is mentioned by her married name in her father's will, in which she received one shilling. (The will was entered into probate on 17 November 1721, in Essex County, Virginia.)^[5][6]

Elizabeth and John had two known children, Ambrose Armstrong (born about 1718) and John Armstrong, (born after 1728).)^[7]

Elizabeth is not mentioned in husband's will. Presumably she died before he did (about January 1749.)^[8]

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 Trickey and Sam Sparacio. Record abstracts of Essex County, Virginia (McLean, Virginia : Antient Press, 1991), Volume 3, "1694-1695"

• Dorman, John Frederick. Essex County, Virginia, deeds and wills no. 13, 1707-1711, (Washington [District of Columbia] : J.F. Dorman, 1963)

• Person:Elizabeth Meador (15), WeRelate.org

• "John Armstrong (15117)" Lively Roots Created 17 June 2012, accessed 20 Jan 2016
  NOTE: Does not cite any sources

1. ↑ Meador and Meador, Our Meador families in colonial America
2. ↑ Lively Roots
3. ↑ Sparacio and Sparacio, Record Abstracts of Essex County, Vol. 3, p. 7
4. ↑ Land Grants - John and Thomas Meador, June Bork, 18 Feb 2001, in RootsWeb Archiver, accessed 20 Jan 2016
5. ↑ Meador and Meador, Our Meador families in colonial America
6. ↑ Dorman, John Frederick. Essex County, Virginia, deeds and wills no. 13, 1707-1711, p 83
7. ↑ Meador and Meador, Our Meador families in colonial America
8. ↑ Meador and Meador, Our Meador families in colonial America

Source Notes

Sparacio, Record Abstracts of Essex County, Virginia, Vol. 3 (1694-1695), p. 71

Know all men by these presents that I John Meador, Senior, Widoer, in ye County of Essex in ye Pish: of South Phernm for ye love I bear to my Children that I had by my Wife, Elizabeth Meador, deced. I doe hereby give them such persell of land that I shall set downe severall by their selves all ye land that I have ye West side of a Branch that goeth by ye Great Branch. I do give to my son; Richard Meador and my Son, John Meador, it shall be divided as I shall see fit between them s near as I can divide it to they & their heires lawfully begottin of their owne bodies for ever, a parcell of land begining at a Cold Spring by my Orchard Fence & runing West & by North till it meets with ye Great Branch so along ye Great Branch till it comes to ye main Swamp of ye Creeke, then downe ye Swamp till it comes to ye Cole Spring Branch then up ye Branch where it began being a long neck of land I do give it to my son, Thomas Meader and his heirs lawfully begotten ofhis body forever; a parcell of land begining at my uppermost line by John Evans land to ye head of a branch at a marked white Oake and runing down ye branch till it meets with ye Maine Swamp ye branch being crooked, all ye land that I have within my bounds on ye East side of that Branch being a great deal of Old Fields belonging to it, & I doe give that to my Son, Hope Meador, and his heires lawfully begottin of his own body for ever I doe give to my Daughter, Rachell Meador, One hundred and five acreas of land that I bought of Mr. Edwin Thacker to she and her heires for ever; a parcell of land lyeing into Necks the North side of the Creek which my Father in Law, Richard White, gave to me by Deed of Gift, I doe by the virtue of that Deed of Gift, I do give to my Daughter, Elizabeth Meador, ye Second Neck & my Daughter, Esther Meador, the Neck that has ye houseing and orchards to them and their heirs lawfully begotten of their owne bodyes forever, the land given to my sons and daughters never to be sold nor disposed of but to remaine from heir to heirs as long as there van be one of ye Meadors found alive, if it be ye Lords will to call any of my Sons or Daughters before me, an any of them should dye before me, ye land of the Deed to returne to me againe to my disposeing. I doe reserve and except to my selfe Timber upon any parte of ye land for my owne use as long as I live. As Witness my hand and seale this tenth day of December, 1694.

Rec Feb 11, 1694

Dorman, John Frederick. Essex County, Virginia, deeds and wills no. 13, 1707-1711, p 83

In the Name of God Amen. I, John Meador of Essex County, being sick and weak in body, but of sound mind and perfect memory, blessed be God, therefore do make and ordain this to be my last Will and Testament in the manner and form follow:

First and principally, I commend my sould into the hands that giveth, hoping by the meritorious death and passion of my Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ, to receive full pardon and forgivemness of all my sins and offences, and a joyful resurrection in the last day; and my body to be decently buried at the direction of my executors hereafter named. And as for my worldly goods:

Item. I give to my son Thomas Meador, one shilling

Item. I give to my dau Rachell Jordan, one shilling

Item. I give to my dau Elizabeth Armstrong, one shilling

Item. I give to my dau Dinah Tribille, one shilling

Item. My desire is that my five sons shall keep their own guns without appraising.

Item. I give to my daughter Mary Meador, one gold ring.

Item. I give to my son Jonas Meador a small piece of land joing upon Thomas Evinses land and running up to the church road that goes from my house, then up a (long?) road a small course until it comes to a vale that goes to ye branch, so down the branch till it comes to the forks of the branch where it begins, and from the forks to ye first beginning. And the rest of my land I give to my other four sons, to be Equally Divided, with all my houses and orchards thereon belonging, and I do appoint my two sons Job Meador and Jason Meador my lawful Executors.

Item. I give to my son Joshua Meador one Chest not to be appraised, and the rest of my estate to be equally divided amongst my children and leave to my youngest Sons to be of age at seventeen and I do leave my son Jonas Meador to look after them three years. And that my will not to be in force till my decease.

Wit: Samuel Waggoner, Francis Pierce, Ann Bradbury