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Jeremiah Mead (1702 - 1741)

Jeremiah "of Norwalk" Mead
Born in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, British Colonial Americamap
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Husband of — married about 1724 [location unknown]
Descendants descendants
Died at age 39 in Wilton, Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
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Biography

Jeremiah Mead (Joseph,Joseph,William)

Origins

Jeremiah was born in 6 August 1702 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[1][2] Jeremiah was a son of Joseph Mead and Sarah Reynolds.[2] Two of his brothers were Nehemiah Mead of Norwalk and Theophilus Mead.

Family

Jeremiah married 1723/4 Hannah St. John.[1]

Children of Jeremiah and Hannah:[1][3]

  1. (Capt.) Thaddeus Mead, b Nov 18, 1726, killed in the Fr & Indian War; mar Rebecca Betts
  2. Stephen Mead b 2 March 1729, mar Mary Inman (poss. 2nd)
  3. Hannah Mead b June 7, 1731; mar 1) David Dunning, 2) Timothy Keeler
  4. Jeremiah Mead b June 9, 1733; mar Johanna (Dungan) Scribner
  5. (Lt. Col.) Matthew Mead b Aug 20, 1736 Norwalk; mar Phebe Whelpley
  6. Phebe Mead b Feb 1737 or c. 1740 (Mead p 150); mar Seth Raymond
  7. Sarah Mead b Dec 4, 1740 or c. 1742 (Mead p 150)

Death and Legacy

Jeremiah died in 1741 at Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut.[1] or 1742.[2]

Record of Death[4]

Jeremiah left 1/3 of his estate to wife, Hannah.[1] Executors were his brother-in-law, Daniel St. John, and brother, Nathaniel Mead.[1]

Connecticut, Wills & Probate Records, 1609-1999 > Fairfield Vol 9-10 pg 112 : I, Jeremiah Mead of Norwalk in County of Fairfield, CT do make my will. To my beloved wife Hannah, 1/3 of my moveable estate and half of property in Norwalk and Greenwich to use while she raises my children until they arrive at age, and she continues to be my widow. To my sons Thaddeus, Stephen, Jeremiah and Matthew all my holdings and lands in Norwalk and Greenwich, except 1 west lot, to be equally divided between them only Thaddeus shall have 50£ more than his equal share and my eldest son Thaddeus shall have liberty to take his share first - the rest as they come to age. To my daughters Hannah, Phebe and Sarah, 100£ as they turn 18 or marry. I appoint my brother-in-law Daniel St. John, Jr. and my brother Nehemiah Mead, both of Norwalk, my excutors. Signed Dec 2, 1741. Proved Jan 22 1741/42 [5]

Sources

[1] [2] [3]

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 Elston, James S., Two Revolutionary Stephen Meads of Fairfield County: Joseph Mead (c. 1657 - 1714) and Son Jeremiah American Ancestors in The American Genealogist, New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, April, 1968 (Vol 44 (1968), Pages 65-75) accessed online January, 20, 2014.
  2. 2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8 (Vol 8, Page 699) (Online database accessed November 4, 2015: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013)
  3. 3.0 3.1 Mead, Spencer P. History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont, and Western Pennsylvania, from A.D. 1180 to 1900. (Pages 126-50) New York: Knickerbocker, 1901, Archive.org accessed November 7, 2015
  4. Records of births, marriages, and deaths, 1776-1901
  5. “Probate Records, v. 9-10, 1741-1755”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-9922-6W9Y : 9 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627281, image 67-70, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 9, 1741-1748, Page 112-118.

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