inviting his creditors to a meeting at the George and Vulture Tavern, Cornhill, London, to take consideration of the state of his affairs. The value of his estate when probated was estimated to be under £7,500. His will listed no spouse or child, but a brother and sister were among the beneficiaries. Perhaps his wife, the former Mary Ann Guilliband, whom he married in 1796, was already deceased. Legacy A number of places in the Pacific Northwest bear the name of Meares: Cape Meares, Oregon Meares Island, located in the entrance of Clayoquot Sound, British Columbia. Meares Point, British Columbia Meares Bluff, British Columbia Meares Glacier, Alaska Meares Passage, Alaska Meares Island, Alaska Meares Point, Alaska Port Meares, Alaska Felice Island, British Columbia, named for Meares' ship Felice Strait, Alaska, also named for Meares' ship See also Fenis and St. Joseph Lot's Wife (crag) References Further reading Biography at the Dictionary of National Biography (1885) McDougall, Walter A. (1993). Let the Sea Make a Noise: A History of the North Pacific from Magellan to MacArthur. BasicBooks. Robert J. King, "John Meares: Dubliner, Naval Officer, Fur Trader and would be Colonizer", Journal of Australian Naval History, vol.8, no.1, March 2011, pp. 32–62; also at Alexandro Malaspina Research Centre Research Papers http://web.viu.ca/black/amrc/index.htm?home.htm&2 1756 births 18th-century explorers Royal Navy officers English explorers Explorers of British Columbia Explorers of Oregon Fur traders Navigators People from County Dublin 1809 deaths