We don’t know the name of the wife of Ambrose Meador, of the Rappahannock and mother of his two known children, Thomas Meador, of South Farnham Parish & John Meador, of Peumansend Creek.

One site claimed that his wife was Elizabeth Welstead, daughter of William Welstead. She was born in Devonshire in c.1585. Elizabeth DID marry a Meadors, but his name was Thomas, and he was from Dorset, son of Thomas Meader and Johan Chadwicke. Perhaps the many children attributed to Ambrose were actually children of Thomas Meador and Elizabeth Welstead. Certainly, none of the extra children are mentioned in any of the documents relating to Ambrose Meador's time in Virginia.

References

• http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=fredebail... (dead link)
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meador-296#Ambrose_Meador.E2.80.99s_O...
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Meador-296#Confusion_of_Thomas_Meador...
• https://wc.rootsweb.com/trees/139298/I89212/-/individual (Dead link)
• https://www.ancestry.com/genealogy/records/ambrose-meador-24-2t3g3j4
• https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Ambrose_Meador_(3) AJM's 12th G.G.M.
• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via son Thomas Meade (or Meador) by SmartCopy: Oct 7 2015, 16:04:34 UTC
• Meador Genealogy - From IOW to Cumberland Co VA (revised Apr 2025) (document attached)