Samuel Barnum Mead (1799 - 1880)

Born 18 Oct 1799 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Died 11 Nov 1880 at age 81 in Hancock, Illinois, United States

Biography

This biography was auto-generated by a GEDCOM import.^[1] It's a rough draft and needs to be edited.

A petition was filed by Jonathan Mead, Jr on 7 April 1813 to be appointed Guardian of his minor children to manage the inheritance from their uncle John W. Barnum which included land in Westchester. Children named were: Samuel B. aged 13, Pru Caroline aged 11, Rachel aged 9, Horace aged 7, Mary Ann, aged 5, Silas K. aged 3, and Alfred aged 1. "Said infants, by the death of their uncle, John W. Barnum, late of the town of North Salem, in the county of Westchester, Deceased, became possessed of certain real and personal estate and said infants, by reason of their minority, are incapable of managing...^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ Mead-1856 was created by Patrick Barnum through the import of Samuel MD.ged on Dec 5, 2014. This comment and citation can be deleted after the biography has been edited and primary sources are included.
2. ↑ "New York Probate Records, 1629-1971," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89HT-3Q6P?cc=1920234&wc=Q7R6-T3J%3A213305501%2C213582901 : 28 May 2014), Westchester > Estate papers 1813 no 1-71 > image 254 of 538; county courthouses, New York.

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