Susannah Kidder Everard, Lady Everard

Lady Everard
Born	Susannah Kidder 1683 Essex, England
Died	1739 Essex, England
Spouse	Sir Richard Everard, 4th Baronet
Children	4
Parent	Richard Kidder (father)
Relatives	Richard Kidder Meade (grandson)

Susannah Kidder Everard, Lady Everard (1683–1739) was a British aristocrat, heiress, and society hostess. Her husband served as the Governor of the Province of North Carolina from 1725 to 1731.

Biography

Lady Everard was born Susannah Kidder in 1683 in Essex to The Rt. Rev. Richard Kidder, who served as the Bishop of Bath and Wells, and Lady Elizabeth Jane Kidder.[1][2] Her father died during the Great storm of 1703 after being struck by a falling chimney at the Bishop's Palace.[1]

She married the aristocrat Sir Richard Everard, 4th Baronet, who served as the governor of the Province of North Carolina from 1725 to 1731.[3][4] They had four children:

• Sir Richard Everard (d. 7 March 1742), succeeded his father to the Everard baronetcy, but died unmarried.[1]
• Sir Hugh Everard (d. 1745), succeeded his elder brother to the baronetcy, but also died without issue at which point the baronetcy became extinct.[1]
• Anne Everard, married George Lathbury
• Susannah Everard, married David Meade of Nansemond County, Virginia.[5] One of her children was Richard Kidder Meade, aide-de-camp to George Washington.[4]

During her husband's term as governor, the family resided in Edenton, North Carolina.[1] They were unpopular with the local gentry.[1] Her husband was removed from the Carolinian governorship in 1731, following the sale of the province from the Lords Proprietor back to the British Crown, and they moved to Nansemond County, Virginia before returning to London.[1]

She died in 1739 in Much Waltham, Essex.

References

1. "Sir Richard Everard, Baronet, Governor of the Colony of North Carolina, 1725-1731, and His Descendants in Virginia, by Marshali DeLancdy Haywood" (PDF).
2. Powell, William S. (1986). "Everard, Sir Richard". Dictionary of North Carolina Biography. University of North Carolina Press.
3. Burke, John; Burke, John Bernard (1844). A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Extinct and Dormant Baronetcies of England, Ireland, and Scotland (2nd ed.). London: John Russell Smith. p. 190.
4. Haywood, Marshall De Lancey (October 1898). "Sir Richard Everard". Publications of the Southern History Association. 2 (4): 328–339.
5. "Susannah Everard Meade (Mrs. David Meade, 1712-1774) – Colonial Virginia Portraits".