Jared Mead (1738 - 1832)

Born 15 Dec 1738 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Lydia (Smith) Mead — married 10 Dec 1775 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 8 May 1832 at age 93 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

• Jared Mead was born 15 Dec 1738 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He was the son of Ebenezer Mead Hannah Brown. "Jared Mead was the 10th son in a family of 12 children and was born in the Greenwich, Conn, in the same house where he always lived through a long and honorable life, and died June 8. 1832. He was a farmer by occupation, and owned his fathers farm...He married Lydia, daughter of Daniel Smith, and had 7 children...all of whom are now dead (1880) except for Alvan. Both Mr. and Mrs. Mead were members of the Congregational Church of Greenwich, Conn. Mrs. Mead died May 27, 1827."^[1]

Jared married Lydia Smith on 10 Dec 1775 in Greenwich, Connecticut. Jared and Lydia had 7 children: ^[2]

1. Zette Mead
2. Lydia (Mead) Lockwood
3. Alma
4. Daniel Smith Mead
5. Hannah (Mead) Mead
6. Jared
7. Alvan Mead

• Jared passed away 8 May 1832 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States.

Death & Legacy

1824 May 20 Will of Jared Mead, late of Greenwich, names his children Daniel Smith, Jared, Alvan, Lydia Lockwood, Alma, Hannah - wife of Jonas Mead, grandchildren of Zette, deceased wife of Colonel Ebenezer Mead. Owned land in Greenwich, OH. Executors: sons Daniel and Alvan. 1832, Aug 24 Probated. Son Daniel being now deceased, Alvan received Letters.

Sources

1. ↑ History of Fairfield Co, Conn. by Hamilton D. Hurd, 1881 pg. 398
2. ↑ * 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 by Mead, Spencer Percival, 1863- Publication date 1901 pg 267 https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00meadgoog/page/266/mode/2up

• U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current Birth, Marriage & Death Name Jared Mead Spouse Lydia Mead Father Ebenezer Mead Mother Hannah Mead Birth 15 12 1738 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA Death 8 05 1832 - Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Find A Grave Memorial# 25211351 URL findagrave
• North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000 Stories, Memories & Histories Name Jared Mead Spouse Lydia Smith Birth 1738 - Greenwich, Conn Death 1832 - Greenwich, Conn Marriage 1776 Gender Male.
• Mead, Spencer Percival. Abstracts of Records and Tombstones of the Town of Greenwich (1913) Page 68.
• Hurd, D. Hamilton. History of Fairfield County, Connecticut with Illustrations and Biographical Sketches of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers (J.W. Lewis & Co., Philadelphia, 1881) Page 398.
• https://www.geni.com/people/Jared-Mead/6000000021790284133