Hi,
I have now had a chance to look through what I can find on HALS. The marriage records match what I had already found. Apart from them, I can't see anything that obviously relates directly to the members of the family that I am looking for.
The entries for the wills in particular are interesting, however, showing as they do that many members of the Weedon and Mead families in the area were labourers or husbandmen, some were shopkeepers or members of other trades and one or two were yeomen or gentlemen.
Working from the parish records, I have also traced a possible family tree for Elizabeth Weeden who married William Mead back a little further. As I wrote before, I think that her parents might have been Ralph Weeden and Mary Bateman who married in Aldenham in 1716. Ralph's parents might have been Richard Weeden and Abigail Wren(t)ch who married there in 1687 and her parents might have been Thomas Wren(t)ch and Abigail (Abygale) Luke who married in Aldenham in 1664. These two seem to have died in 1687 and 1704. I can see a record showing that administration of Thomas's will went to Abygale, and I can see an Canterbury will for Abygale. This is a little annoying in that it mentions her daughter Abigail but not the first or family name of her husband, so it doesn't entirely confirm the family relationship. The children and others mentioned in the will, however, match what I can see from the parish records. The Abygale leaving this will plainly had some money. How much she had is not clear, but she was more likely to have been the widow of a yeoman or tradesman than a husbandman.
I have yet to find any plausible leads about William Mead(e). If anyone out there has actively researched this family, then I would dearly like to make contact with you and get some pointers.
Alan