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Gen Everard D. Meade

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Gen Everard D. Meade Veteran

Birth
Nansemond, Suffolk City, Virginia, USA
Death
Sep 1802 (aged 53)
Amelia County, Virginia, USA
Burial
Amelia County, Virginia, USA Add to Map
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Everard Meade was the third son of David and Susannah (Everard) Meade, was born October 1, 1748.
He spent a large part of his young years at school in England, returning to Virginia about 1764.
He was a soldier of the Revolution, a Captain in the Second Virginia Regiment, Major and from 1778 to the close of the war aide-de-camp on the staff of General Benjamin Lincoln. He was a member of the Virginia convention of 1788 and one of the notable men of his day.
After the war he became Major General of the Militia.
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Some of his and Mary Egglestons' children were:
1. Seth Hodijah Baylies Meade, b. 2 Mar 1789, Amelia Co., VA
2. Mary Susanna Meade, b. 1 Oct 1791, Amelia Co., VA
3. Benjamin Lincoln Meade, b. 17 Dec 1793, Amelia Co., VA
4. Charles Gennet Meade, b. 4 May 1796, Amelia Co., VA
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Everard was first married to Mary Thornton when he was 18 years old and they lived at "The Hermitage" in Amelia County, VA.
Some of their children were:
1. David Meade, b. 10 Jan 1768, North Carolina?
2. Sarah Meade, b. 16 May 1770, North Carolina?
3. Richard Everard Meade, b. 1 Nov 1778, Amelia Co., VA.
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This cemetery is located at "The Hermitage", the Meade home in Amelia County, VA.
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Everard Meade was the third son of David and Susannah (Everard) Meade, was born October 1, 1748.
He spent a large part of his young years at school in England, returning to Virginia about 1764.
He was a soldier of the Revolution, a Captain in the Second Virginia Regiment, Major and from 1778 to the close of the war aide-de-camp on the staff of General Benjamin Lincoln. He was a member of the Virginia convention of 1788 and one of the notable men of his day.
After the war he became Major General of the Militia.
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Some of his and Mary Egglestons' children were:
1. Seth Hodijah Baylies Meade, b. 2 Mar 1789, Amelia Co., VA
2. Mary Susanna Meade, b. 1 Oct 1791, Amelia Co., VA
3. Benjamin Lincoln Meade, b. 17 Dec 1793, Amelia Co., VA
4. Charles Gennet Meade, b. 4 May 1796, Amelia Co., VA
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Everard was first married to Mary Thornton when he was 18 years old and they lived at "The Hermitage" in Amelia County, VA.
Some of their children were:
1. David Meade, b. 10 Jan 1768, North Carolina?
2. Sarah Meade, b. 16 May 1770, North Carolina?
3. Richard Everard Meade, b. 1 Nov 1778, Amelia Co., VA.
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This cemetery is located at "The Hermitage", the Meade home in Amelia County, VA.
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Gravesite Details

A son David Meade & Susanna Everard



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