David Mead (1701 - 1766)

Born 10 Oct 1701 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Close) Mead — married 21 May 1731 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 24 Sep 1766 at age 64 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

David Mead was born in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, on October 10, 1701, to Ebenezer Mead and Sarah (Knapp) Mead. ^[1] On December 6, 1724, he purchased land from his father Ebenezer. ^[2] On May 21, 1731, he married Sarah Close in Greenwich, Fairfield County. ^[3] David Mead passed away on September 24, 1766 ^[4] and his will, written on June 23, 1761, was probated on October 7, 1766, in Stamford, Fairfield County. ^[5]

Their children: ^[6]
Sarah, b. Feb. 21, 1734.
David, b. Dec 11, 1736, killed in the Revolutionary War.
Joseph, b. ____ 1739
Daughter, b. ____, m. _____ Palmer, and had Sarah.
Rebecca, b.
Ruth, b.

Sources

1. ↑ White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002. "Greenwich Vital Records, 1640-1848, page 217.
2. ↑ Mead, Spencer P., LL.B., "Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich, County of Fairfield and state of Connecticut." Camden, Maine: Picton Press, 1992, originally published in 1911, page 470.
3. ↑ Mead, Spencer P., LL.B., "History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont and Western Pennsylvania." New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901, page 298.
4. ↑ Mead, Spencer P., LL.B., "History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont and Western Pennsylvania." New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901, page 298.
5. ↑ Mead, Spencer P., LL.B., "Abstract of Probate Records for the District of Stamford, County of Fairfield, and State of Connecticut, 1729-1802." privately published, 1919, Vol 3, page 83; held by Midwest Genealogy Center, Independence, MO.
6. ↑ Mead, Spencer P., LL.B., "History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont and Western Pennsylvania." New York, NY: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901, page 298.