Amos Mead (1730 - 1807)

Born 22 Feb 1730 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Ruth (Bush) Mead — married 1 Jan 1753 (to 5 Mar 1791) in Ebenezer Mead Homestead, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Husband of Martha (Coggeshall) Mead — married 13 Jan 1795 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 24 Feb 1807 at age 77 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Dr. Amos Mead (Ebenezer,Ebenezer,John,William)

Origins

Amos Mead was born February 22, 1730 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[1][2] He was a son of Ebenezer Mead and Hannah Brown.^[1]

Associations

Eliphalet Mead wrote his will 10 January 1781 at Greenwich, and it was witnessed by Amos Mead as well as Silas Mead and Silas Mead, Jr.(Page 705)^[3]

Slaves Associated with the Mead Family

York b July 4, 1784

Eber b May 8, 1786

Cuff b June 17, 1786

Flora b Dec. 17, 1787^[4]

Rose, dau Milly, b Jan 17, 1790

Lewis, dau Job, b June 21, 1791^[5]

Listed in the Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830, in Greenwich, is a York Mead, married, age 36-55, 6 members of his family.^[6]

Family

Amos married January 1, 1753 at Greenwich in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Todd, to Ruth Bush (Oct. 8, 1731 - Mar. 5, 1791).^[4][2] She was daughter of Justus Bush^[2] and Ann Hayes.^[4]

Children of Amos and Ruth:^[1]

1. Richard b Sept 5, 1753; mar 1) Sarah daughter of Nehemiah Mead 2) Rachel daughter of Deliverance Mead and widow of Whitman Mead.
2. Thomas b 1755, d 1775

Note, Abner Mead, born ca 1747, is sometimes called a son, but Amos would have been only seventeen. Also, this was six years before the marriage to Ruth Bush. This relationship is only suspected, as it has been suggested the father of Abner was named Amos Mead, and lived at Greenwich, during this time.^[3][7]

Mills-Fitch House

Amos and his family lived for a time in the Mills-Fitch house in Greenwich.^[8] Built about 1711 and still standing, it was a simpler, colonial style at the time.^[8] The house was next occupied in 1764 by the Close family.^[8]

French and Indian War Service

Amos served in 1759 as a surgeon for the Third Connecticut Regiment.^[1] He served during the expedition to Crown Point and at Fort Ticonderoga. Spencer P. Mead reports a descendant had in his possession a powder horn owned and carved by Amos Mead. This horn was carried with his flintlock pistol during the campaign. Apparently there is no official record of his service, but Spencer P. Mead had seen the original commission, sealed and signed by the Governor of Connecticut.(p 51)^[1]

Amos served with his second cousin, Thaddeus Mead, of Norwalk, son of Benjamin and Martha Ferris Mead. He was Captain of the Ninth Company in the Third Connecticut Regiment.(p 49)^[1]

Connecticut Ratifier of US Constitution

Amos represented Greenwich in the Connecticut legislature for many years.^[4] On the 12 November, 1787, the town of Greenwich voted to send Amos Mead, Esquire and Colonel Jabez Fitch as their delegates to the Connecticut Constitutional Convention. The town further voted to have their delegates cast votes to ratify. Amos was a signer of the Connecticut ratification of the United States Constitution.^[9]

Death and Legacy

Amos died February 24, 1807 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.^[1]

Amos was buried at the Second Congregational Church Cemetery in Greenwich. The inscription reads:

Mead, Amos, M. D., Surgeon, 3rd Conn. Regiment, French and Indian War; a retifier[sic] of the Federal Constitution; b. Feb. 22, 1730, d. Feb. 24, 1807.^[10]

Research Notes

" Amos Mead, 7th. son of the Second Ebenezer, was a physician by profession, and was a surgeon of the 3rd. Connecticut Regiment during the French and Indian War, and his Grandson, Col. Thomas A. Mead has now (1880) in his possession a powder horn, a rich souvenir of those terrible days. He was a prominent man during the Revolutionary war and represented his town a great many times in the Colonial Legislature, and after the adoption of the Constitution of the United States was a member of that noble body of men who adopted the Constitution. He married Ruth Bush. Their children were, Richard, born sept, 1753, and Thomas, who died soon after he had completed his college course in 1773. Dr. Amos was a member of the Congregational Church of Greenwich. He died Feb. 1807." ^[11]

Fairfield Co., CT Probate records pg 159 : Amos Mead late of Greenwich. Letters of Administration issued to Richard Mead and dower set out for his widow, Martha Mead (Coggeshall) May 6, 1808

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} 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. (Pages 49, 262) New York: Knickerbocker, 1901, Web accessed July 15, 2014
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2} Barbour, Lucius B., transcriber, Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Greenwich, Page 44) (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Web accessed July 27, 2014
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8 : The Mead Family (Vol 8, Pages 705, 725) New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors, Web accessed July 15, 2014
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3} Angel, Ben M., manager "Amos Mead, M.D.", Citing The Barbour Collection, Updated August 5, 2013, Web accessed July 27, 2014
5. ↑ Brown, Coralynn, transcriber and contributor, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., CT Vital Records From Barbour 1640-1848 USGenWeb Project January 2, 2003, accessed October 10, 2014
6. ↑ (Online database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2006), (Free Negro Heads of Families in the United States in 1830, Together with a Brief Treatment of the Free Negro, by Carter G. Woodson, originally pub. by The Association for the Study of Negro Life and History, Inc., Washington, DC, 1925). (Page 2), Web accessed July 27, 2014
7. ↑ Hazen, Tracy Elliot., and Jacobus, Donald L., The Hazen family in America, a genealogy (Page 100) Thomaston, Conn., R. Hazen 1947., Web accessed July 15, 2014
8. ↑ ^{8.0 8.1 8.2} Nova, Susan, Greenwich Landmarks Series Greenwich Historical Society 2014, accessed October 10, 2014
9. ↑ TeachingAmericanHistory.org "Connecticut Elects 168 delegates for State Convention", Web accessed July 27, 2014.
10. ↑ NEHGS [Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections.] Page 92880 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2002.), Web accessed July 19, 2014
11. ↑ History of Fairfield co. Conn, by Hamilton D. Hurd...1881 pgs 396-398

• Mead, Spencer P. Abstract of Church Records of the Town of Greenwich (1913) Page 38

See also:

• White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
• Mead, Spencer Percival. Abstracts of Records and Tombstones of the Town of Greenwich (1913) Page 66
• Greenwich, Conn. Marriages, 1785-1791, by Dr. Amos Mead, Justice of Peace of Greenwich, Conn. (Connecticut State Library) Page 3
• https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/27551520