Martha (Weeks) Mead (1703 - aft. 1776)

Born 14 Dec 1703 in Long Island, Nassau, New York

Ancestors

Wife of Timothy Mead Sr — married 28 Feb 1723 in Greenwich, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 1776 after age 72 in Vermont [uncertain]

Problems/Questions Profile managers: S Willson [send private message], Cynthia B [send private message], and Trevor Thompson [send private message]

Biography

Martha Weeks Mead

Origin

Martha was born on 14 December 1703, a daughter of Philip Weeks and Martha Hoyt.^[1] The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York: An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, ten volumes. 1990–2003).

Uncertain Information, Only Marriage and Mother of All Children

According to Spencer P Mead, in his 1901 History and Genealogy of the Mead Family ..., "[Timothy] married Feb. 28, 1723, 1st Martha Weeks; 2nd Sarah Bouton and had:" and listed the children.^[2] Numerous websites have copied this information, and it has been incorporated into many "trees" online.  The year 1733 is often listed as the year of the second marriage, but Spencer P. Mead did not give a date.^[2] No dates were included, other than the "first" marriage to Martha Weeks.^[2]

More modern and well-researched sources, for instance Doherty in Beekman Patent and Lucius Barnes Barbour in Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection), do not record the marriage to Sarah Bouton at all.^[1][3]

Therefore, the profile for Sarah Bouton has been disconnected from Timothy Mead and his children.

Timothy had seven children,^[2] or possibly eight according to Doherty in Beekman Patent. All the sources accessed in preparation of this profile listed Martha Weeks as the mother of all of Timothy's children.

Marriage

Martha married only once, and Timothy Mead also married only to Martha.

Martha married by Rev Richard Sackett, at Greenwich Connecticut on February 28, 1723, to Timothy Mead (b 22 April 1701), son of Jonathan and Martha (Finch) Mead.^[3]

Children

All seven are listed as the children of Martha Weeks and Timothy Mead: Martha was the mother:^[2]

1. Timothy born January 7, 1724^[4]
2. Martha b Sept 6, 1726^[5]
3. Zebulon (Zebulom) October 5, 1729^[6]
4. James August 25, 1730, (Martha is listed as mother)^[7]; mar Mercy Holmes
5. Stephen April 23, 1734, (Martha is listed as mother)^[3][8]; mar Polly White^[3]
6. Ezra Oct 9, 1737, (Martha is listed as mother)^[3][9] mar Tryphena Burton^[2]
7. Tameson Nov 26, 1739, (Martha is listed as mother)^[3][10]
8.  ?Rachel mar Josiah Gale 25 December, 1766 at Amenia. According to Frank Doherty in Beekman Patent, she was a daughter of Timothy and Martha Weeks.^[1]

To New York

Timothy removed from Horseneck with his family by 1746 to Nine Partners, in Dutchess County, New York and located a few miles from his cousin, Nathan.^[2] Timothy paid taxes in the Crum Elbow Precinct there through June 1761.^[1] In 1765, he was on the tax list in Amenia, Dutchess County, New York.^[1]

To Vermont

In 1769, Timothy removed to Rutland County, Vermont with his five sons and one daughter.^[2] Mead (1901) wrote that, "These were the first white people that ever settled in Vermont," but what he probably meant is they were the first English; there were French people there even earlier.  Timothy is considered the patriarch of the Vermont Meads.^[2] We do not know whether Martha was living at this time or not.

American Revolutionary War Military Service

Timothy served with Ira Allan's regiment in the Vermont Militia during the American Revolutionary War, considered part of the Green Mountain Boys.^[11] The only wife to receive widow's pension, according to the Daughters of the American Revolution, was Martha, (no Sarah Boulton).^[12] So Martha was living at least at the time of the end of the Revolutionary War.

Death and Legacy

We do not have a date of death for Martha Weeks.

Timothy's will was probated on December 04, 1784 in Vermont (probably Rutland County)^[13]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4} Doherty, Frank J., The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, V.1-8, Vol 8, Pgs 704-05 (Online database accessed December 21, 2014: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2013)
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6 2.7 2.8} 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 318-366) New York: Knickerbocker, 1901, Web accessed June 2, 2014
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5} Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (The Barbour Collection) (Vol Greenwich, Pages 54-5) New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors, From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928, Web accessed June 2, 2014.
4. ↑ Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 20 May 2014), Timothy Mead in entry for Timothy Mead, 07 Jan 1724; citing; FHL microfilm unknown.
5. ↑ Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 20 May 2014), Timothy Mead in entry for Martha Mead, 06 Sep 1726; citing; FHL microfilm unknown.
6. ↑ Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 20 May 2014), Timothy Mead in entry for Zebulom Mead, 05 Oct 1729; citing; FHL microfilm unknown.
7. ↑ Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 20 May 2014), Timothy Mead in entry for James Mead, 25 Aug 1730; citing; FHL microfilm unknown.
8. ↑ Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 20 May 2014), Timothy Mead in entry for Stephen Mead, 23 Apr 1734; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
9. ↑ Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 20 May 2014), Timothy Mead in entry for Ezra Mead, 09 Oct 1737; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
10. ↑ Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906, index, FamilySearch (accessed 20 May 2014), Timothy Mead in entry for Tameson Mead, 26 Nov 1739; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
11. ↑ Volume: 202; Sons of American Revolution Membership Number: 40322.
12. ↑ "Timothy Mead, Sr.", Web accessed June 11, 2014
13. ↑ some facts taken from writing of Mary Lou Cook

See also:

• Sons of American Revolution Member number 46432