Amos Thompson Mead Sr (1760 - 1827)

Born 4 Aug 1760 in Dutchess, County, New York

Ancestors

Husband of Ann Harrison — married about 1785 in Dutchess, County New York

Descendants

Died 24 Mar 1827 at age 66 in Marcellus, Onondaga, New York, United States

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Biography

Amos Thompson Mead (Jonathan, Jonathan, Jonathan, John,William)

Amos Thompson Mead was also known as Amos Mead (grandfather) during his lifetime, as he was the first in a series of three Amos Thompson Meads.^[1]

Amos Thompson Mead was from the "John Line, Jonathan Branch" as delineated by S. P. Mead page 300 in referring to the descendants of William Mead.^[2]

Origins

Amos Thompson Mead was born on August 4, 1760 in Nine Partners, Dutchess County, New York to Lt. Jonathan Mead III and Sarah Thompson. ^[3]

Early Years

Amos spent his early years at Nine Partners. Amos served in the Dutchess County Militia in Capt. Talmedges Company, Colonel Hopkins Dutches County Regement. Assignment of Land Bounty march 18, 1783 Vol. 22, folio 48. His father served as a Lieutenent in the Revolutionary War as well. After 1779, Jonathan and Sarah removed to North Norwich area to claim lot 15 of the New York Military Tract.^[3] They settled on the east side of the Chenango River, opposite Plasterville, between present-day Norwich and North Norwich, in Madison (formed 1806), and Chenango (formed 1798) County.^[3] Many of their children, (now adults) also came to live in Chenango County. Amos was among them, and the others were: John, Samuel, Thompson, Ruth, Rachel, Sarah and Rebecca.^[3] Eventually most of them moved on to points west; a couple of them stayed.

Family

Amos married August 19, 1784 at Dutchess County to Ann Harrison.^[3]

In the 1792, Amos and Ann moved, with his family, to the North Norwich area. Amos bought property there, and they settled in a house just west of the cemetery, near the village of North Norwich. Beginning in 1803, he kept a tavern for some years, (he sold in 1816). According to Doherty, this was the first tavern in town. All of his brothers also kept tavern in North Norwich, (though not at the same time).^[3]

Amos and Ann had one son, Amos T. Mead Jr, who was born in North Norwich. According to the Chanango County Historical Society, this was the first child born in that town:

The first birth was that of Amos Mead, Jr., September 12, 1794^[4]

Child:

1. Amos T. Mead b Sept 12, 1794 Norwich; mar Ann Purdy, daughter of Steven Purdy.^[2]

During the early part of the 1820's, Amos Mead Sr. removed to Marcellus, Onondaga County.^[1] Amos Jr. was married to Ann Purdy by this time, and they also settled in Marcellus. Amos Mead III was born in 1823 to Amos T. Mead Jr. and Ann Purdy.^[1]

Death and Legacy

Amos Mead Sr. and his wife Ann remained at Marcellus the rest of their lives. Amos died there March 24, 1827 per personal biography of Amos Thompson Mead III printed in Biographical and Potrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County NY^[3]

Source as to Amos Mead's date of death:

According to Butler F. Dilley, In the Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County NY, Amos Mead Sr died in Marcellus in 1827.^[1]

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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Edson, Obed, Hon., and Dilley, Butler F., ed., Biographical and Portrait Cyclopedia of Chautauqua County (Pgs 427-8) Philadelphia: John M. Gresham, 1891, accessed online May 1, 2014
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} 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. (Pg 300) New York: Knickerbocker, 1901, accessed online May 5, 2014
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6} Doherty, Frank J. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Dutchess County, New York. An Historical and Genealogical Study of All the 18th Century Settlers in the Patent, Vol. XIII. Pub: Doherty, Frank J. , 2017. 1075 pages.
4. ↑ Child, Hamilton History of North Norwich, New York, accessed online May 1, 2014

See also:

• Mead, Daniel M. A history of the town of Greenwich, Fairfield county, Conn. A history of the town of Greenwich, Fairfield county, Conn., with many important statistics. New York : Baker & Godwin, 1857.

Acknowledgments

• Thank you to Lynn Mead for creating Mead-1451 on 19 Nov 13. Click the Changes tab for the details on contributions by Lynn and others.