Granger’s overall ancestry is 99.5% European, about 3/5 British & Irish, with 1/6 from French and German ancestors in the 1800s, and the remainder from Iberians, Scandinavians, and Eastern Europeans, and perhaps one Native American ancestor, in the 1700s.
Granger’s direct paternal ancestor arrived in America from England in 1634, settling in old Rappahannock County, Virginia. His name was given as Mead, Meads, and Meader and his son changed the spelling to Meador. They were offshoots of the Meadows family.
The Meadows coat of arms originated at Wytnesham, Norfolk County, England in 1188. It consists of a sable (black) shield with an azure (blue) chevron. The shield is divided into three sections. On two of these is a pelican plucking its breast with its beak, leaving a gules (red) spot of blood. This is a symbol of self-sacrifice, arising from a myth that pelicans wounded themselves to feed their young in times of famine. On the third section of the shield is a statant (standing) lion, a peaceful but wary stance symbolizing the guarding of home and country. The motto below the shield, Mea dos virtus, translates as, “My gift is virtue.”
Meador Manor 