Ebenezer Mead V (1778 - 1845)

Born 3 May 1778 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

Husband of Lotte S Mead — married 29 Nov 1798 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Husband of Elizabeth (Holmes) Mead — married 28 Oct 1807 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

Descendants

Died 1 Oct 1845 at age 67 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

m1. Zetta Mead

m2. Elizabeth Holmes

Ebenezer Mead V was born in Greenwich on March 2, 1778, the eldest son and fourth child of Ebenezer Mead Nancy Mead.

He married 1st He married Lotte Mead (Zetta) on November 29, 1798, the daughter of Jared Mead, on November 29, 1798,^[1] and they had 4 children together:

1. Hannah
2. Almira
3. Ebenezer
4. Emaline

He married second on October 28, 1807, Elizabeth Holmes ^[2]the daughter of Jabez Holmes, and they had 7 children:

1. Mary Elizabeth Mead born 13 Aug 1808 - died 8 Sep 1830
2. Enoch Mead
3. Zetta Mead Day born 20 Feb 1812 - died 6 Aug 1846
4. Lydia Ann Mead born 8 Aug 1813 - died 16 Nov 1834
5. Nancy Mead born 6 Mar 1815 - died 18 Feb 1817
6. Nancy Mead born 6 Jan 1817 - died 14 May 1821
7. Theodore Holmes born 23 Jul 1821 - died 18 Jan 1876

Ebenezer Mead was a major during the War of 1812, in the 9th Regiment of the Connecticut Militia. At the appearance of the British fleet under Commodore Hardy off the eastern end of Long Island Sound, Major Ebenezer Mead was detailed to guard the coast. He had his forces stationed at several of the most strategic points near Greenwich. Through his diligence the enemy was unable to affect a landing and finally withdrew from the Sound. He was a Colonel of the 9th Regiment from 1816 to 1820.

The will of Ebenezer Mead, colonel, late of Greenwich, is dated November 3, 1842, and was probated Oct. 13, 1845. It mentions his second wife Elizabeth, and children Hannah, wife of Seely Mead, Almira Mead, Emeline, wife of Daniel Krutzer, Zetta, wife of Ebenezer Day, Rev. Ebenezer Mead, Rev. Enoch Mead, and Theodore H. Mead. The executor was his son Theodore Mead. The witnesses were James Waring, Robert Clark, and Joseph Ferris. An inventory was taken by Titus Mead and Jabez Mead, and filed Dec. 6, 1845. He is buried in the Second Congregational Church Cem., Greenwich, CT.

Sources

1. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPSC-HBK9 : 15 April 2022), Ebenezer Mead in entry for Lotte Mead, ; citing Marriage, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.
2. ↑ "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPS2-N385 : 15 April 2022), Ebenezer Mead in entry for Betsey Holmes, ; citing Marriage, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272233.

• James R Mead, SAR application, Ancestry.com

• Mead, Daniel M., A History of the Town of Greenwich, Fairfield County, Conn. (Baker & Godwin, New York, 1857) Page 281

• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP3R-L2NS : 15 April 2022), Ebenezer Mead, ; citing Birth, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008272240.

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F778-SZB : 7 January 2020), Ebenezer Mead, 1778.

• Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/29674835/ebenezer-mead: accessed 30 July 2022), memorial page for COL Ebenezer Mead V (2 Mar 1778–1 Oct 1845), Find a Grave Memorial ID 29674835, citing New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA; Maintained by 47117651 (contributor 47117651).

• 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 by Mead, Spencer Percival, 1863- Publication date 1901 pg 222-224 https://archive.org/details/historyandgenea00meadgoog/page/222/mode/2up