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Robert Mead (abt. 1748 - abt. 1825)

Robert Mead aka Meade
Born about in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvaniamap
Ancestors ancestors
Son of and
Brother of and
Husband of — married 30 Dec 1769 in Bedford County, Virginiamap
Descendants descendants
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Died about at about age 77 in Harold, Floyd County, Kentucky, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Robert Mead performed Patriotic Service in Virginia in the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
Robert Mead is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A076779.

Robert Mead/e, son of John Mead and Mary Abrell, was born 1748 in Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. He died in 1825 in Harold, Floyd County, Kentucky. He married Hannah Rhodes on 30 Dec 1769 in Bedford County, Virginia. They had 16 children.[1]

Robert's wife, Hannah, was formerly a Quaker, but was "disowned" at the Fairfax Monthly Meeting of Quakers on 30 Dec 1769 for marrying out of unity.[1]

Some of their children include:

Note that Solomon, Jonathan, and Priscilla Akers (above) are all siblings as well.

From TribalPages.com:

He dealt in real estate in Bedford County, Virginia 1785-1801. Lived on 1,600 acres on Goose Creek or its tributaries in Bedford County, Virginia, which he acquired from his brother William Mead for 16,000 pounds of tobacco.

He conveyed to his brother-in-law, Joseph Rhodes of Bedford County, Virginia, 636 acres of land on the branches of Rock Castle Creek, a branch of Goose Creek on 4 Jul 1786.

Robert moved his family to the head waters of the Big Sandy River in Floyd County, Kentucky in 1801. Settled on the waters of Mud Creek, which empties into the Levisa Fork just below the Town of Harold. Robert brought a few slaves from Bedford County, Virginia to work on a cabin on or near the mouth of Little Mud Creek, Floyd County, Kentucky. These slaves assisted Mead in erecting the cabin and clearing a small area around it. When the task was completed, Robert Mead and his slaves went back to Virginia and returned with his family to their wilderness home.

Robert was appointed surveyor of a road from Graham's Shoals to the Gap of Mud. Served as juror in the case of Campbell vs. Branch.

This establishes his patriotism, and renders his descendants eligible for membership in various revolutionary societies. His residence on Goose Creek in Bedford County, Virginia is described in a deed of 20 Sep 1800 as containing 350 acres of land beginning where Mead's line joins George Cundiff, and along his line as it runs to James Ayres line, thence along said Ayres line to Azariah Doss line, thence along his line to a dividing line that is to be run between said land and land formerly sold by said Mead to John Claytor, thence along said dividing line to a dividing line between said Mead and John Newlon, thence with said Newlon's line to the beginning. By deed of 4 July 1786 Robert Mead and his wife Hannah conveyed unto Joseph Rhodes of Bedford County, Virginia, 636 acres of land on the branches of Rock Castle Creek, a branch of Goose Creek. Robert is buried at Mud Creek, Harold, Floyd County, Kentucky.

Research Notes

Residence 1820 Floyd, Kentucky, United States. [5] 1810 Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky, United States. [6]

Sources

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Krause, Herbert and Carolyn Krause, Our Cup Runneth Over: Our Story for Our Children and Their Children. AuthorHouse, 2013 GoogleBooks, #144 & #145.
  2. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriages, 1803 - 1829 (file no. 2 - 656)," File 45, Solomon Acres and Metilda Mead, 27 February 1812; digital images, (FamilySearch: accessed 10 April 2018); citing Floyd County Courthouse, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library microfilm 2,109,935, images 66 and 67 of 926.
  3. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriages, 1803 - 1829 (file no. 2 - 656)," File 44, Jonathan Acres and Kittie Mead, 19 May 1812; digital images, (FamilySearch: accessed 10 April 2018); citing Floyd County Courthouse, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library microfilm 2,109,935, images 65 and 66 of 926.
  4. ↑ Floyd County, Kentucky, "Marriages, 1803 - 1829 (file no. 2 - 656)," File 229, Eli Mead and Siller Acres, 7 November 1811; digital images, (FamilySearch: accessed 11 April 2018); citing Floyd County Courthouse, Prestonsburg, Kentucky; Family History Library microfilm 2,109,935, images 316 and 317 of 926.
  5. ↑ Source: #S1165532778 1820 U S Census; Census Place: Floyd, Kentucky; Page: 32; NARA Roll: M33_22; Image: 41
  6. ↑ Source: #S1165532806 Year: 1810; Census Place: Floyd, Floyd, Kentucky; Roll: 6; Page: 104; Image: 00118; Family History Library Film: 0181351
  • Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Robert Mead", Ancestor # A076779.

See also:

  • FamilySearch Person: LBZ5-KTP
  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/171347376/robert-mead : accessed 31 March 2022), memorial page for Robert Mead (1750–Jan 1825), Find a Grave Memorial ID 171347376, ; Maintained by Mary Wilhelm Hinchman (contributor 47042015) Burial Details Unknown.
    • No primary sources.




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Williams-69356 Ken Williams
Source: North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000

Name: Robert Mead Gender Male Birth Date1750 First Marriage Date1770 Death Date1825 Father John Mead Mother Mary Abrell Spouse Hannah Rhodes Children: Benjamin Mead; Robert Mead; Rhodes Mead; Moses Mead; William Mead; Samuel Mead; Eli Mead; Kitta Mead; Edy Mead; Matilda Mead

posted on Mead-3942 (merged) by Ken Williams
Carl Rhodes
Mead-3942 and Mead-411 do not represent the same person because: Different parents of individual
posted by Carl Rhodes
Weddington-53 Eric Weddington
Mead-3942 and Mead-411 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profile. Same wife. Same DAR ancestor. Same death. Conflict on birth year (but close) and location that needs resolution.
posted by Eric Weddington
Weddington-53 Eric Weddington
Mead-3942 and Mead-411 do not represent the same person because: Parents needs to be resolved first.
posted by Eric Weddington
Weddington-53 Eric Weddington
Mead-3942 and Mead-411 appear to represent the same person because: Duplicate profile. Same wife and data. Parents on Mead-3942 were removed as they were incorrect.
posted by Eric Weddington
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An opinion from one whose grandfather was Carl Arvil Mead from Washington County, Indiana. I think in studying family history that one has to decide between Mead and Meade. It does appear to me that the Mead/e bloodline from Virginia to Floyd County, Kentucky changed from Mead in VA and Meade in KY. I suspect adding the "e" was a sort of an attempt at elevation in the surname/person. By the time Robert moved to Indiana, the spelling moved back to Mead. For my purposes, I go with Mead [as my grandfather spelled] it. By having one spelling - Mead - this helps my indexed database. I could, if I wanted to. go into that much detail and only put the Mead/e family into the spellings as usually given, but I am more interested in the efficiency of one Mead spelling in my genealogy database - always keeping in mind the surname could be Meade. I am not willing to do this with Carl Mead's wife, Mary Florence Stephenson. The Stephenson surname spelling has always remained consistent except in some military listings, including the name chopped off to Stephens or Stevens. In this case, the spelling of Stephenson seems to predominate in records and I have maintained that always with the caveat the surname could be spelled Stevenson, Stevens, or Stephens, I keep Stephenson as the predominate name.
posted on Meade-1886 (merged) by [deleted]
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Jeanne Howell
Meade-1886 and Mead-411 appear to represent the same person because: Per wikitree policy, each individual should only have one profile shared between family members. These two profiles have some differences, but they are obviously the same person. Any differences need to be noted in the biography section with appropriate source citations given.
posted by Jeanne Howell
Marie (Fortner) Keeton
Mead-411 and Meade-140 appear to represent the same person because: Robert Mead-411 and Robert Mead-140 do seem to be the same person, and parents also match. Mead-411 already shows connection to sons, Samuel and Rhodes J, the later of which I am a descendant.
posted by Marie (Fortner) Keeton

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