Nathaniel Mead (1728 - 1814)

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Descendants

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Biography

Nathaniel Mead (John, John, John, William) was born in 1728. He was a son of John Mead and Elizabeth Lockwood.

Family

Nathaniel married^[1]

1. Charity Bush married in 1759. ^[1]
2. Hannah (Seymour) Hobby, widow of David Hobby, (b Oct 3, 1753)

Children:^[1]

1. Jasper b 1760 m Sarah, daughter of Titus Mead
2. Nathaniel b about 1762
3. William b Abt 1764, Greenwich, CT
4. Charity
5. Rachel
6. Betsy
7. Anna

Death and Legacy

Nathaniel died in 1814.^[1]

1804 Aug 22 Will of Nathaniel Mead, and Charity, his wife, late of Greenwich names children: Jasper, Nathaniel III, William, Charity, wife of Joshua Knapp, Rebecca, wife of Shubal Knapp, and Anna, wife of Gilbert Totten.

Research Notes

1. Nathaniel b - the book alignment can be confusing - this is probably meant to be the son of William - Page 196-197

Note: According to Spencer P. Mead, both Nathaniels lived to be married, so why use the name twice? Not sure these children are correct.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} 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.] (Page 193-197) New York: Knickerbocker, 1901. https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00meadgoog/page/192/mode/2up?

Additional sources of information, not footnoted:

• Hurd, D Hamilton, History of Fairfield county, Connecticut, J. W. Lewis & co., Philadelphia 1881, accessed online December 30, 2013.

• Mead, Daniel M. A history of the town of Greenwich, Fairfield county, Conn., with many important statistics. New York : Baker & Godwin, 1857, accessed online December 30, 2013.