Major
Everard
Meade
Born in Nansemond, Suffolk, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of David Meade
and Susannah (Everard) Meade
Brother of
Anne (Meade) Randolph, Mary (Meade) Walker, David Meade, Richard Kidder Meade, Andrew Meade and John Meade
Husband of
Mary (Thornton) Meade
— married
about 1766 [location unknown]
Husband of
Mary (Eggleston) Meade
— married
15 Feb 1788 in Virginia, USA
Descendants 
Father of
David Meade, Sarah (Meade) Eggleston, Richard Everard Meade, Seth Hodijah Baylies Meade, Mary Susannah Meade, Benjamin Lincoln Meade and Charles Gennet Meade
Died
at age 53
in Amelia, Virginia, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 21 Dec 2015
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Biography
Major Everard Meade served with Virginia Line during the American Revolution.
Everard Meade is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A076672.
:Everard Meade (1748–1802)
- Educated at Harrow, England
- Aide-de-camp to General Lincoln
- 1767 built the Hermitage in Amelia County, Virginia
- 1776 commissioned Captain in the second Virginia regiment
- 1778 commissioned Major, served to the end of the Revolutionary war.
- post war, appointed commander and Major General of the Virginia Militia.
- 1780 appointed aide-de-camp on the staff of General Benjamin Lincoln ok
- received land grants from Virginia for his revolutionary services.
- House of Delegates 1780–81 and 1782–83
- State Senate 1794 -1798
- General of Virginia Militia in 1794 and commanded during campaign against rebellion in western Pennsylvania ("Whiskey Rebellion")
- buried at "The Hermitage" the Meade Family home and cemetery, Amelia County, Virginia [1]
Sources
- https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A076672
- The Chaumiere Papers - an autobiography by David Meade [2]
- A Meade genealogy by D.C. O'Driscoll
- http://dcodriscoll.pbworks.com/w/page/46946798/Meade_%28I%29
- http://founders.archives.gov/documents/Jefferson/01-31-02-0423
- http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/amelia/cemeteries/meade.txt
- Personal letters in Meade Collection at University of Virginia Library Rare Book Libarary
- Record of the Births of the Children of Everard Meade
Description Record of the Births of the Children of Everard Meade, as found in Amelia County Judgments, April-June, 1796
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- "Find A Grave Index," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QVVF-1FZ5 : 10 September 2021), Everard D. Meade, ; Burial, , Amelia, Virginia, United States of America, Meade Family Cemetery; citing record ID 11392015, Find a Grave, http://www.findagrave.com.
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Dan Culp Esq.
Dan Culp Esq.
Hello to the Meade family from a descendant of a member of his company in the 2nd Virginia, Thomas Taylor (abt.1752-1839)!
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