Samuel
Mead
Born in Greenwich Fairfield County Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Joseph Mead
and Katherine (Lockwood) Mead
[spouse(s) unknown]
[children unknown]
Died
at age 73
in Chenango County New York, USA
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Sep 2010
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Biography
This profile is part of the Mead Name Study.
Matross Samuel Mead served with Lamb's Continental Artillery Regiment (1777), Continental Army during the American Revolution.
Samuel Mead (Joseph, Jacob, Joseph, John, William)
Origins
Samuel was born September 21, 1756 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA.[1] Samuel was a son of Joseph Mead and Katherine Lockwood. [1]
Family
Married Lois Summers born March 21, 1756, at New Milford Litchfield County, Connecticut.[2] Their wedding took place on the 12th or 13th of October 1780, in New Milford, Litchfield County.
Lois applied for widow's pension in 1838 from New York. Apparently friends and family were required to give affidavits signifying that they had attended the wedding, in order for Lois to receive her widow's pension.
Revolutionary War Service
Samuel served in the Continental Army from Connecticut.[3]
Death and Legacy
Samuel died July 30, 1830 at Chenango County New York, USA. He is buried at Gospel Hill Cemetery, Guilford, Chenango County, New York. [4] with his wife, Lois.
Sources
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Greenwich, Page 53) (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928, Web accessed May 23, 2014.
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Lois Summers Mead (21 Mar 1756–27 May 1838), Find A Grave: Memorial #78317456, citing Gospel Hill Cemetery, Guilford, Chenango County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Gail Seeley (contributor 47194454) .
- ↑ Revolutionary War Soldiers accessed online 3/28/14
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 20 October 2019), memorial page for Samuel Mead (21 Sep 1756–30 Jul 1830), Find A Grave: Memorial #78317769, citing Gospel Hill Cemetery, Guilford, Chenango County, New York, USA ; Maintained by Gail Seeley (contributor 47194454) .
- Service Record of Samuel Mead, shared by Fold3.com
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