Walter Mead (1782 - 1867)

Born 21 Apr 1782 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA

Ancestors

Descendants

Died 23 Feb 1867 at age 84 in Montgomery, New York, United States

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Biography

This profile is part of the Mead Name Study.

Walter married Elsie Monell on January 12, 1807, in Greenwich, Connecticut. Together they had children:

1. Seth H. Mead 1809-1878 m. Jane McCollum
2. John 1811
3. William C 1813-1880
4. James 1815
5. Francis Mead 1819
6. Mary Brush Mead 1821-1874 m. John McCutcheon-Burr Tuttle
7. Walter J Mead 1824-1912 m. Laura Benedict-Keturah Miller
8. Allen1829-1926 m. Mary Impson

Walter died 23 Feb 1867 and was buried in Riverside Cemetery Montgomery, Orange, New York

Research Notes

They were in Shawangunk, Ulster County for the 1850 Census. 1850 Census - Shawangunk, Ulster Co., NY pg - Walter Mead, 68, farmer, CT; Elcy, 64, Orange Co., NY; William C., 35, Orange Co., NY

According to the 1855 Census they moved to Shawangunk, Ulster County in 1854.

Sources

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/50782921/walter-mead: accessed 19 September 2023), memorial page for Walter Mead (17 Apr 1781–23 Feb 1867), Find a Grave Memorial ID 50782921, citing Riverside Cemetery, Montgomery, Orange County, New York, USA; Maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651).

• 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.] New York: Knickerbocker, 1901. pg 191 [https://archive.org/stream/historyandgenea00meadgoog#page/n190/mode/2up

• "United States Census, 1810", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH2C-TNV : Thu Jul 20 23:13:13 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Mead, 1810.

• "United States Census, 1820", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHGZ-2Y8: Thu Jul 20 22:51:57 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Mead, 1820.

• "United States Census, 1840", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHYC-C9T : Thu Jul 20 20:18:07 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Mead, 1840.

• "United States, New York Land Records, 1630-1975", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:8DHH-MQ2M : 1 March 2023), Walter & Elsey Mead in entry for Oliver Helmes, 1841.

• "United States Census, 1850", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MC11-WYG : Sat Sep 16 05:15:00 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Mead and Elcy Mead, 1850.

• "New York State Census, 1855", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:K6Q4-RJG : Wed Sep 13 03:12:03 UTC 2023), Entry for Walter Mead and Elsie Mead, 1855.