George Meade (1741-1808)

Provisions Merchant & Slave Trader, of Philadelphia

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He imported rum, sugar and slaves from the Barbados to Philadelphia. He was an agitator against the Stamp Act and signed the famous "non-importation resolution" in 1765. He served in the 3rd Battalion of Colonel Cadwalader's regiment during the Revolutionary War and as a Member of the Public Defense Association he gave $10,000 to sustain Washington's army at Valley Forge. In 1768, at Philadelphia, he married Henrietta, daughter of Richard Worsam, Eton-educated Member of His Majesty's Council in Barbados. They had ten children, all born in Philadelphia.

Parents (2)

Robert Meade

Irish Merchant in Philadelphia trading with the West Indies

c.1700-1754

Mary (Stretch) Meade

Mrs. Mary (Stretch) Meade

b.c.1720

Spouse (1)

Henrietta Constantia (Worsam) Meade

Mrs. Henrietta Constantia (Worsam) Meade

1745-1822

Children (10)

Catherine Mary Meade

Died in London, unmarried

1769-1790

Elizabeth (Meade) Ketland

Mrs. Elizabeth (Meade) Ketland

b.1770

Garrett Meade

Died in early childhood

1771-1773

Henrietta Constantia (Meade) Ketland

Mrs. Henrietta Constantia (Meade) Ketland

1772-1801

Richard Worsam Meade

of Philadelphia; Shipping Merchant, Art Collector & U.S. Naval Agent at Cadiz, Spain

1778-1828

George Stretch Meade

Died in Infancy

1774-1774

Robert Meade

Died in early adulthood at Philadelphia, unmarried

1775-1796

George Meade

Died at Port au Prince, Haiti, unmarried

1780-1804

Charlotte (Meade) Hustler

Mrs. Charlotte (Meade) Hustler; died at Barbados

1781-1801

Maria Meade

Died in childhood

1784-1798

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