Sarah (Fell) Meade (abt. 1642 - 1714)

Born about 1642 in Swarthmoor, Lancashire, England

Ancestors

Wife of William Mead — married 28 Jun 1681 in London, England

Died 9 Jun 1714 at about age 72 in Goosehayes, Essex, England

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Biography

Sarah was a Friend (Quaker)

Birth and Parentage

Sarah Fell was born in 1642, the daughter of Thomas Fell and Margaret Askew.^[1] Until her marriage, she spent much of her life at her parents' home, Swarthmoor Hall, Lancashire.^[2]

Quakerism

She joined the Quaker movement with her mother and sisters in 1652.^[3] In 1663 she, her mother, her sister Mary and others visited Quaker meetings, travelling to much of England.^[4]

She was present at Lancaster assizes, Lancashire when her mother and George Fox were tried and sent to prison in 1664 for their Quaker ways.^[5] Subsequently she went to London to join her sister [[Fell-1383|Margaret}] and brother-in-law John Rous in pleading for her mother.^[6]

Household Accounts

For many years Sarah managed the accounts, and much of the business, of Swarthmoor Hall.^[7] and her account book survives. It is one of the most systematic and substantial sets of private accounts to have survived from the period.^[8]

Marriage

Sarah married William Meade on 28 June 1681 at Devonshire House without Bishopsgate, London. He was described as a citizen and merchant tailor of London in the Quaker marriage record.^[9] They had a son, Nathaniel Meade. ^[10]. He died without issue.

Death

Sarah died on 9 June 1714 and was buried on 14 June 1714 at Barking, Essex.^[11]

Sources

1. ↑ Isabel Ross, Margaret Fell, genealogical table inside end-cover
2. ↑ Isabel Ross, Margaret Fell, passim
3. ↑ Isabel Ross, Margaret Fell, pp. 26-27
4. ↑ Isabel Riss, Margaret Fell, pp. 158-159
5. ↑ Isabel Ross, Margaret Fell, p. 170
6. ↑ Isabel Ross, Margaret Fell, 179
7. ↑ Isabel Ross, Margaret Fell, p. 258ff
8. ↑ Fell, Sarah. & Penney, Norman. The Household Account of Sarah Fell of Swarthmore Hall, Cambridge University Press, 1920, Internet Archive
9. ↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Marriages 1578-1841, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Devonshire House, Houndsditch, London: Marriages, ref. RG6/974, FindMyPast and accompanying image
10. ↑ Sir Nathaniel Mead, Knight, was entered at the Inner Temple. Called to the bar and became sargeant-at-law. Elected M.P. for Aylesbury in 1714. Knighted by George I. Sold Goosehays estate, which was his father's. He died at his house in Litchfield Street,London, England.
11. ↑ England & Wales, Society Of Friends (Quaker) Burials 1578-1841, LONDON AND MIDDLESEX: Monthly Meeting of Ratcliff and Barking: Burials, ref. RG6/1107, FindMyPast and accompanying image

See also:

• "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/N12Y-DP6 : 30 December 2014), Sarah in entry for Nathanael Meade, 04 May 1684; citing , reference P 116; FHL microfilm 817,383.
• England & Wales, Quaker Birth, Marriage, and Death Registers, 1578-1837 1 citation provides evidence for Name, Birth, Burial, Death
• Name: Sarah Meade Event Type: Burial Birth Date: abt 1642 Death Date: 1 Jun 1714 Death Age: 72 Burial Date: 1 Aug 1714 Burial Place: Barking, Middlesex, England Meeting: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex Burial Age: 72 Piece Description:Piece 0331: Quarterly Meeting of London and Middlesex: Burials (1699-1723)
• Wikipedia: Sarah Fell
• https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L5R2-S4G
• History of the Manuscript owned by Margaret Fell Fox and her daughter, Sarah Fell Meade. Originally published in 1920, this book contains the annotated account book of Sarah Fell, the step-daughter of George Fox, the founder of Quakerism. Fell kept the family accounts in this book from 1673 to 1678, and the result is an interesting look into the economy of a gentleman's household immediately following the Restoration, as well as evidence of the role played by women in household management. This book will be of value to anyone with an interest in daily life in the late seventeenth century.
• Find A Grave: Memorial #156499311