Timeline

Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
Y/M/D Description Association Composition Place Locale Food Event
1789/11/11 William Meade is born in White Post to Colonel Richard Kidder Meade. Born Meadea White Post, VA
1790/00/00 Built for Colonel Richard Kidder Meade. The Meade family live in the log house at Meadea while their larger home, Lucky Hit, is being built, circa 1790. Home Lucky Hit White Post, VA
1790/00/00 Built for Colonel Richard Kidder Meade. The Meade family live in the log house at Meadea while their larger home, Lucky Hit, is being built, circa 1790. Home Meadea White Post, VA
1798/00/00 At age seventeen, William Meade enters Princeton and two years later graduates with honors. He was also the Valedictorian of his class. Education Nassau Hall, Princeton University Princeton
1810/01/31 Mary, daughter of lay reader Philip Nelson, marries William Meade. Groom
1811/00/00 Reverend William Meade, Rector of Christ Church, 1811-1813 Vocation Christ Church Alexandria
1811/02/24 Bishop James Madison of Virginia ordains William Meade to solemnly execute the office of Deacon in the Church of God. Vocation Bruton Parish Church Williamsburg
1811/04/00 In the spring of 1811, Rev William Meade becomes an assistant to Frederick Parish's longtime rector, Rev Alexander Balmain of Scotland. Rev Meade would serve as the priest in charge for 25 years. Vocation Old Chapel Millwood, VA
1817/07/03 Rev Meade's wife Mary gives birth to three sons before dying on 3 July 1817. She is buried at Old Chapel, as later would their sons Philip Nelson Meade (1811-1873) and Francis Burwell Meade (1815-1886). Widow Old Chapel Millwood, VA
1820/12/16 Thomasia, daughter of Thomas Nelson of Yorktown and Hanover marries William Meade. Groom
1829/10/30 Founded in 1742, the current Christ Episcopal Church, is designed by Robert Mills and completed in 1828. Suffragan Bishop William Meade consecrates the Christ Church in Winchester. Vocation Winchester Historic District Winchester
1832/06/28 Augusta Parish Church is consecrated for worship Vocation Christ Church Glendower Keene
1833/06/00 Bishop Meade, Judge William Leigh of Halifax and Francis Key begin administering the will of John Randolph which free his c 400 slaves. They fought for a decade through Virginia courts to enforce to provide the freed slaves land to support themselves. Executive Slavery In America
1834/00/00 St Paul's is consecrated by Bishop William Meade. Vocation St Paul's Episcopal Church Haymarket
1836/05/20 Meade's wife Thomasia, passes away on 20 May 1836. She was buried at Fork Church in Hanover County. Widow Fork Church Doswell
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