\biohead{Francis Mead}{}{}

Francis Mead was born in (about) 1731 in Sneaton, Yorkshire, to Strangeways Mead (1690--1770) and Frances Blackbourne (1689--1761). He had five siblings: Elizabeth Mead (1719-?), Jane Mead (1719-?), Henry Mead (1721-?), Hannah Mead (1723-?) and Margaret Mead (1730--1743).

He married Elizabeth Dobson on 27 January 1768 in Sneaton, Yorkshire and they had seven children: Strangeways Mead (1769--1777), \bioref{Elizabeth_Mead}, Francis Mead (1774--1817), Truefoot Mead (?--1843), Frances Mead (1775--1819), Isabella Mead (1777--1851) and Strangeways Mead (1780--1844). Francis was a farmer.

He died on 15 October 1791 in Sneaton, Yorkshire \cite{FMeadDeath} and his gravestone in Sneaton churchyard reads:

\begin{quotation} In / Memory of / FRANCIS MEAD / who died Octbr 15th 1791 aged / 60 years / Also ELIZABETH his wife / who died Novr 13th 1818 aged / 75 years / Also STRANGEWAYS their son who died Dec\textsuperscript{r} 16th 1777 aged 9 years / Also FRANCIS their son who / died at London Decr 3rd 1817 / aged 46 years / Also FRANCES their daughter / who died Jan 18th 1819 aged 41 / years \end{quotation}