William Mead II 1705

William Mead II, 1705–1782 (aged 77 years)

Name

William Mead II

Name: William /Mead/ II
Given names: William
Surname: Mead
Name suffix: II

Gender Male

Events of close relatives Historic events
Birth	about 1705 45 15
Marriage	Mary Brown — View this family Note: 2nd marriage for Mary as her children were listed in William Mead II's Will
English Queen	Anne from March 8, 1702 CE (March 19, 1702) to May 1, 1707 CE (May 12, 1707)
Birth of a brother	Samuel Mead between 1707 and 1717 Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Source: William & Mary Quarterly Citation details: "Some of the Meads," Vol. 10, pp. 191, 242
Birth of a brother	Robert Mead about 1710
British Queen	Anne from May 1, 1707 CE (May 12, 1707) to August 1, 1714 CE (August 12, 1714)
Birth of a sister	Pleasant Mead March 22, 1717
British King	George I from August 1, 1714 CE (August 12, 1714) to June 11, 1727 CE (June 22, 1727)
Birth of a sister	Sarah Mead about 1730
Marriage of parents	William Mead — Elizabeth? … — View this family before August 17, 1732 Maryland, USA Source: Queen Anne County, Maryland, Deeds Citation details: Book A, pp. 142-144 Note: descendants say he married at age 50
Marriage of a brother	Samuel Mead — Mary Downey — View this family August 25, 1737 Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Falls Monthly Meeting 1731-1767, Bucks County, Pennsylvania, USA Citation details: p. 185 Note: signed by all witnesses including Samuel Mead, William Mead, Mary Mead, Hannah Downey, James Downey, James Downey - Falls Monthly Meeting
Residence	1744 Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Note: when William Mead purchased from Andrew Ellett (who married Hannah Mead of Dublin Monthly Meeting in 1706) 220 acres on the Lower Makefield Township.
Marriage of a brother	Samuel Mead — Margaret Mead — View this family before 1747 Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Source: Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy Citation details: Vol. 6 Note: He remarried, Margaret Mead, apparently to his cousin, and they had several children. Margaret was examined by the Women's Meeting as to how she stood about her daughter Elizabeth going out in marriage, but Elizabeth was unswayed.
Death of a brother	John Mead 1754 Bedford, Virginia, USA
British King	George II from June 11, 1727 CE (June 22, 1727) to October 25, 1760
British King	George III from October 25, 1760 to January 29, 1820
Death of a father	William Mead
Death of a mother	Elizabeth? …
Will	June 17, 1780 (aged 75 years) Loudoun, Virginia, USA Note: probated 9 Aug 1784, mentions his "beloved wife" and children Mary Brown and her sons William, Thomas, and Joseph Rhodes; Hannah Thomas; Ann; Martha Wright; Elizabeth Potts; William Mead; and grandsons William Wright and Joseph Thomas. Executrix: wife. Witnesses: Christopher Greenup, Charles Binns, John Binns
Death	1782 (aged 77 years) Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA Address: "Greenway" Note: buried beside his parents in the Friends Burial Ground near Waterford outside Leesburg, Virginia
Burial	Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia, USA Cemetery: Friends Burial Ground

Date differences

Family with parents
father	Links Birth: 1660 31 — Stepney, London, Buckinghamshire, England Immigration: before March 12, 1704 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Marriage: before August 17, 1732 — Maryland, USA Death: Religion: minutes speak of meeting at the home "of our aged and infirm friend, William Mead," some years prior to his death in Loudoun County, after it was divided from Fairfax County. — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: B78FD453199BD90495E01F8EB4F832C55943 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Elizabeth? … John Mead William Mead II Samuel Mead Robert Mead Pleasant Mead Sarah Mead William Mead 1660– Birth: 1660 31 — Stepney, London, Buckinghamshire, England Death:
mother	Links Birth: about 1690 Marriage: before August 17, 1732 — Maryland, USA Death: Religion: received on certificate Falls Monthly Meeting — June 6, 1735 — Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Unique identifier: B78FD453199BD90495E01F8EB4F832C55943 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Mead John Mead William Mead II Samuel Mead Robert Mead Pleasant Mead Sarah Mead Elizabeth? … 1690– Birth: about 1690 Death:
Marriage	Marriage — before August 17, 1732 — Maryland, USA
-29 years elder brother	Links Birth: about 1703 43 13 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Immigration: 1730 — Fairfax, Virginia, USA Occupation: carpenter and landowner — 1732 — Fairfax, Virginia, USA Death: 1754 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Burial: New London, Bedford, Virginia, USA Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships John Mead 1703–1754 Birth: about 1703 43 13 — Bedford, Virginia, USA Death: 1754 — Bedford, Virginia, USA
3 years himself	Links Birth: about 1705 45 15 Marriage: Will: June 17, 1780 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: 1782 — Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA Burial: Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: 8BDA3BB778214C5EAB3B2D613E34F454C804 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Brown William Mead II 1705–1782 Birth: about 1705 45 15 Death: 1782 — Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
13 years younger brother	Links Birth: between 1707 and 1717 57 27 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Immigration: 1730 — Fairfax, Virginia, USA Marriage: August 25, 1737 — Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Milit-Beg: between 1739 and 1743 — Falls Township, Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Unique identifier: A636CA6EE526597499B9AF15CA1EC8D10ECB Marriage: before 1747 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Immigration: 1747 — Fairfax, Virginia, USA Religion: 10 mo. 4, letter sent to Virginia from Falls, telling of misconduct of Samuel Mead — April 10, 1760 — Frederick, Virginia, USA Death: 1784 — Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey, USA Unique identifier: 9EB9A69BA5E4CDB48D5F20F89DCCAB25AEC4 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Downey Benjamin Mead Elizabeth Mead Rachel Mead Samuel Mead Jr. Family with spouse Margaret Mead Sarah Mead Richard Mead Ruth Mead Margaret Mead Jr. Samuel Mead 1707–1784 Birth: between 1707 and 1717 57 27 — Bucks, Pennsylvania, USA Death: 1784 — Pittsgrove, Salem, New Jersey, USA
4 years younger brother	Links Birth: about 1710 50 20 Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Robert Mead 1710– Birth: about 1710 50 20 Death:
7 years younger sister	Links Birth: March 22, 1717 57 27 Death: after 1787 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Pleasant Mead 1717–1787 Birth: March 22, 1717 57 27 Death: after 1787
14 years younger sister	Links Birth: about 1730 70 40 Death: Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Sarah Mead 1730– Birth: about 1730 70 40 Death:

Family with Mary Brown
himself	Links Birth: about 1705 45 15 Marriage: Will: June 17, 1780 — Loudoun, Virginia, USA Death: 1782 — Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA Burial: Waterford, Loudoun, Virginia, USA Unique identifier: 8BDA3BB778214C5EAB3B2D613E34F454C804 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse Mary Brown William Mead II 1705–1782 Birth: about 1705 45 15 Death: 1782 — Leesburg, Loudoun, Virginia, USA
wife	Links Birth: Marriage: Death: Unique identifier: 8BDA3BB778214C5EAB3B2D613E34F454C804 Links ⚶ Relationships Ancestors Compact tree Descendants Family book Fan chart Hourglass chart Interactive tree Pedigree Pedigree map Relationships Family with spouse William Mead II Mary Brown – Birth: Death:
Marriage	Marriage — —

Show all notes
Marriage	2nd marriage for Mary as her children were listed in William Mead II's Will
Residence	when William Mead purchased from Andrew Ellett (who married Hannah Mead of Dublin Monthly Meeting in 1706) 220 acres on the Lower Makefield Township.
Will	probated 9 Aug 1784, mentions his "beloved wife" and children Mary Brown and her sons William, Thomas, and Joseph Rhodes; Hannah Thomas; Ann; Martha Wright; Elizabeth Potts; William Mead; and grandsons William Wright and Joseph Thomas. Executrix: wife. Witnesses: Christopher Greenup, Charles Binns, John Binns
Death	buried beside his parents in the Friends Burial Ground near Waterford outside Leesburg, Virginia
Note	sold the 220 acres in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, to Hezekiah Anderson and moved to Fairfax County, Virginia

Research links

Australia 2

Belgium 1

Rijksarchief België

Germany 10

International 21

Italy 1

Banca Dati dei Caduti e Dispersi (link only)

Netherlands 24

Poland 1

Szukaj w Archiwach (tylko link)

Russia 11

Ukraine 7

United Kingdom 2

United States 2

Extra information

Unique identifier

560D37A54C4492F46917A9242F4354D6207A

Last change

October 2, 2009 – 06:55:23

Author of last change: barbaracorner

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Family with parents
father Parents Matthew Mead Wife of Matthew Mead …	William Mead 1660–
mother	Elizabeth? … 1690–
elder brother	John Mead 1703–1754
himself	William Mead II 1705–1782
younger brother Family Mary Downey Benjamin Mead Elizabeth Mead Rachel Mead Samuel Mead Jr. Family Margaret Mead Sarah Mead Richard Mead Ruth Mead Margaret Mead Jr.	Samuel Mead 1707–1784
younger brother	Robert Mead 1710–
younger sister	Pleasant Mead 1717–1787
younger sister	Sarah Mead 1730–

Family with Mary Brown
himself	William Mead II 1705–1782
wife	Mary Brown –

Descendants

William Mead II(1705–1782)
- Mary Brown
  - No children