Deliverance Mead (1728 - 1785)

Born 4 May 1728 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Abigail (Howe) Mead — married 11 Jan 1759 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Descendants

Died 3 May 1785 at age 56 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Deliverance was born May 4, 1728^[1] and was baptized on 9 June 1728 at the Second Congregational Church in Greenwich, Connecticut, the son of Ebenezer Mead.^[2]

Marriage

Deliverance married June 11, 1759 to Abigail Howe, the daughter of Capt. Isaac Howe.^[1]

Children

Children:^[1]

1. Elizabeth b April 19, 1760; mar Job Lyon
2. Sarah Mead, b Nov 7, 1761
3. Rachel Mead, b Aug 25, 1763; m 1) Whitman Mead, 2) Richard Mead
4. Hannah Mead, b Aug 10, 1765
5. Jabez b Feb 13, 1767 died 29 Oct 1769
6. Robert b Nov 22, 1768
7. Mary b Mar 25, 1771 died 11 Nov 1776
8. Huldah b Feb 26, 1773
9. Ephraim b Mar 15, 1775
10. Jabez b Aug 22, 1777
11. Zenas b Dec 10, 1779

Death & Legacy

Deliverance died May 3, 1785.^[1]

Notes

Abstract of Probate Records of the District of Stamford, County of Fairfield, and State of CT, 1729-1802 by Spencer P. Mead, L.L.B. of the New York Bar.: Mead, Deliverance, late of Greenwich, will dated June 18, 1779, probated May 28, 1785, mentions his wife Abigail, and children Robert, Ephraim, Jabez, Elizabeth, Sarah, Rachel, Hannah and Huldah and provided for an unborn child. Executors: his wife, and brother Jared Mead. Witnesses: Daniel Banks, Jonas Mead, and Lemuel Rich, pg 739. Inventory taken June 2,1785, by Nehemiah Mead and Abraham Mead, and filed July 5, 1785, page 750. Jan 1, 1787, account filed and distribution ordered according to his will, pg 840.

Mead, Deliverance, late of Greenwich, Oct. 19, 1789, estate distributed to his children: Robert, Ephraim, Jabez, Zenas, Elizabeth, wife of Job Lyon, Sarah Mead, Rachel, wife of Whitman Mead, Hannah Mead, and Huldah Mead and to his widow, Abigail Mead, pg 249.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Mead, Spencer P. (1901) History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut ... New York: Knickerbocker, Archive.org (Page 255).
2. ↑ Mead, Spencer Percival. (1913) Abstract of Church Records of the Town of Greenwich. Archive.org Page 37.

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• Mead, Spencer Percival. Abstracts of Records and Tombstones of the Town of Greenwich (1913) Page 105