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John Mead 1540 – 1590 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 1540

Birth Location: Cheshunt, Hertford, England

Death Date: about 1590

Death Location: Gravely, Hertford, England

Father: Richard Meade

Mother: Agnes Parish

Spouse(s): Lady Gouldhurst, Katheryn Webster

Children(s): Lady Meade

John Mead was born in 1540 in Cheshunt, Hertford, England, the child of Richard Meade and Agnes Parish. John Mead married Lady Margaret Gouldhurst, Katheryn Webster, and had children including Lady Mary Meade. John Mead passed away in 1590 in Gravely, Hertford, England.

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Biography

  • John Mead was born in 1540 in Cheshunt, Hertford, England, the child of Richard Meade and Agnes Parish.
  • John Mead married Lady Margaret Gouldhurst, Katheryn Webster, and had children including Lady Mary Meade.
  • John Mead passed away in 1590 in Gravely, Hertford, England.

Immediate Family

Parents

Richard Meade
1512 – 1555
Birth Location: Clavering, Essex, England
RM
Agnes Parish
1512 – 1555
Birth Location: Hertfordshire, England
AP

Spouses(s)

Lady Gouldhurst
1515 – 1560
Birth Location: Rickmansworth, Hertfordshire, England
LG
Katheryn Webster
1540 – 1600
Birth Location: Morland, Westmorland, England
KW

Children(s)

Lady Meade
1559 – 1604
Birth Location: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
LM

John Mead's Ancestors

Self
John Mead
1540 – 1590
Birth Place: Cheshunt, Hertford, England
Parents
Richard Meade
1512 – 1555
Clavering, Essex, England
Agnes Parish
1512 – 1555
Hertfordshire, England
Grandparents
Baron (Thomas Meade VI of) Clavering
1480 – 1557
Clavering, Essex, England
Joan
1498 – 1548
Wedmore, Somerset, England
Great-Grandparents
2nd-Great-Grandparents

John Mead's Descendants

1.
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John Mead (1540 – about 1590) m. Lady (Margaret) Gouldhurst (1515 – 25 Oct 1560) m. Katheryn Webster (20 November 1540 – about 1600)
  1. 1. Lady (Mary) Meade (1559 – December 1604) m. Thomas Whittemore (24 Aug 1572 – 1649)
    1. 1. Aester Whittemore (9 Mar 1576 – )
    2. 2. Abaraham Whittemore (25 Nov 1576 – 13 Jun 1617)
    3. 3. Hannah Whittemore (4 Sep 1580 – abt 1790)
    4. 4. Nathanael Whittemore (14 Jun 1584 – 13 Jun 1597)
    5. 5. John (Thomas) Whitmore (6 Jan 1589 – 11 Oct 1648)
    6. 6. Margaret (Whitmore) (Whittmore) (1592 – 1628) m. Robert ((Marsh)) Thomas (25 Dec 1592 – 1628)
      1. 1. Elizabeth Thomas (1613 – abt 1799)
      2. 2. Margaret (Elizabeth) Thomas (1628 – 1681) m. Captain (John II (Convers) Fox of St.) Dunstan (1626 – 16 April 1682)
        1. 1. Edward Fox (1640 – 1715)
        2. 2. Anne Fox (1640 – 1652)
        3. 3. Sarah Fox (1640 – )
        4. 4. Sarah Fox (1640 – 1640)
        5. 5. Isaac Fox (1642 – 1642)
        6. 6. Joseph Fox (1644 – 1644)
        7. 7. John (, First) Fox (1646 – 1652)
        8. 8. Jane Fox (1648 – 1715)
        9. 9. Jane Fox (1648 – 1715)
        10. 10. William ((Thomas)) Fox (1650 – 1715)
        11. 11. Henry (Fox, Justice of King William) County (11 Nov 1650 – 17 Nov 1714)
        12. 12. John Fox (1652 – 1687)
        13. 13. John, (Second) Fox (1652 – 1715)
        14. 14. Jane Fox (18 Feb 1655 – 1715) m. R (D) Johns (1640 – 20 Mar 1703)
        15. 15. Anne Fox (1665 – 1709)
        16. 16. Mary Fox (1673 – 12 Sep 1746)
    7. 7. John (Thomas) Whittemore (2 Jan 1592 – 25 May 1661)
    8. 8. Elizabeth Whittemore (3 Nov 1594 – 1598)
    9. 9. Samuel Whittemore (12 Nov 1598 – 26 Dec 1598)
    10. 10. Mary Whittemore (1604 – )
    11. 11. Sarah Whitmore (14 Apr 1616 – )

John Mead's Timeline

6 Records

1535
1535
Birth of John Mead in Somerset, England
Somerset, England
1540
January 1540
Birth of John Mead in Somerset, England
Somerset, England
1540
1540
Birth of John Mead in Cheshunt, Hertford, England
Cheshunt, Hertford, England
1590
January 1590
Age 50
Death of John Mead in Gravely, Herefordshire, England
Gravely, Herefordshire, England
1590
about 1590
Age 50
Death of John Mead in Gravely, Hertford, England
Gravely, Hertford, England
1611
12 Oct 1611
Age 71
Death of John Mead in Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England
Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1535
    Event Place: Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: January 1540
    Event Place: Somerset, England

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 1540
    Event Place: Cheshunt, Hertford, England

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 12 Oct 1611
    Event Place: Hitchin, Hertfordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: January 1590
    Event Place: Gravely, Herefordshire, England

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: about 1590
    Event Place: Gravely, Hertford, England
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