Job Mead (abt. 1738 - 1819)

Born about 22 Mar 1738 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Husband of Mercy (King) Mead — married about 1758 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York

Descendants

Died 23 Apr 1819 at about age 81 in Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Name and Parents Job Mead ^{[1] [2] [3]} was a son of of Nathan Mead ^{[2] [3] [4]} and Elizabeth (Knapp) Mead. This source specifies Job's father as John Mead. ^[1]

Birth Job was born on 19 Mar 1735 ^[5] in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. ^[3] This date is calculated from age at death of 84 years 1 month 4 days. ^[5] These sources give the year 1735 alone. ^{[2] [3]} This source gives 22 Dec 1737, which is calculated from age at death of 81 years 4 months 1 day. ^[1]

Marriage and Children Job and Mercy King ^{[1] [2] [3] [5] [6]} were married about 1758 ^{[1] [2] [3]} in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. ^[3] The year of 1758 is an estimate from the birth of the first child.

Job and Mercy had the following children:

• Rebecca (Mead) Williams (1759-1784)
• Job Mead (1761-1838)
• Nathan Mead (1764- 1807)
• Mercy (Mead) Garnsey (1770-1847)
• Joshua Mead (1773-1823)

An alternate source lists the 5 children of Job and Mercy as Job Jr, Nathan, Joshua, Mercy and Alice.^[7]

Death Job died on 23 Apr 1819, ^{[1] [2] [3] [5]} at age 84, in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. ^{[1] [3]}

Job was buried in the Old Amenia Burying Grounds in Amenia, Dutchess, New York. ^{[5] [8]} He was buried adjacent to his wife, Mercy. ^{[5] [6]}

Military Service Job Mead was a soldier in the Revolution. He was commissioned a Captain in the New York forces from Dutchess County. ^{[2] [4]}

Census Data

1790 census^[9], Amenia, Dutchess, New York: Job Mead. Household:

• Free White Males 16 and over: 4
• Free White Females: 4
• Number of Household Members: 8

1800 census^[10], Amenia, Dutchess, New York: Job Mead. Household:

• Free White Males under 10: 1
• Free White Males 16 thru 25: 1
• Free White Males 45 and over: 1
• Free White Females 16 thru 25: 1
• Free White Females 45 and over: 2
• Number of Household Members under 16: 1
• Number of Household Members over 25: 3
• Number of Household Members: 6

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6} Mayflower Families, Volume 12. Pilgrim Francis Cooke, Ralph Van Wood Jr. compiler, General Society of Mayflower Descendants. Plymouth MA, 2014. Page 581.
2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1 2.2 2.3 2.4 2.5 2.6} Mead, Spencer P., History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont and Western Pennsylvania, from 1180 to 1900. Knickerbocker Press NY 1901. Pages 211-218.
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4 3.5 3.6 3.7 3.8} Smith, L. Bertrand, Jessie Smith: His Ancestors and Descendants. Frank Allaben Genealogical Company New York 1909. Page 92.
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Reed, Newton, Early History of Amenia (1875). De Lacey & Wiley 1975. Pages 62, 100.
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 5.5} Van Alstyne, Lawrence, Burying Grounds of Sharon, CT, Amenia and North East, NY. Walsh, Griffen & Hoyseradt, Amenia NY 1903. Page 113.
6. ↑ ^{6.0 6.1} https://www.findagrave.org/memorial/22429379
7. ↑ Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, containing biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens, and of many of the early settled families; date 1897 Publisher Chicago J.H. Beers https://archive.org/details/commemorativebio00chicuoft/page/634/mode/2up
8. ↑ https://www.findagrave.org/memorial/22429353
9. ↑ "United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XHKP-714 : accessed 10 June 2020), Job Mead, Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 122, NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 6; FHL microfilm 568,146.
10. ↑ "United States Census, 1800," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XH5T-6YM : accessed 10 June 2020), Job Mead, Amenia, Dutchess, New York, United States; citing p. 136, NARA microfilm publication M32, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 21; FHL microfilm 193,709.