Rachel (Mead) Deforest (1780)

Born 16 Mar 1780 in Ridgefield, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States

Ancestors

This profile is part of the Mead Name Study.

Biography

Rachel and Seth were married at the New Canaan Church but Seth joined the new Canaan, Fairfield county, Connecticut Church on Feb 6, 1820, and was baptized as an adult on that day. On Feb 25, 1820 the following children of Rachel and Seth were baptized: Caroline, Clarissa, Cynthia, Harriet, Rachel and Samuel. Son Seth was baptized Nov 30, 1823.^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ Ancestry.com. Volume 075 New Canaan, Connecticut, U.S., Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: 2013.Original data:Connecticut. Church Records Index. Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Connecticut. https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/3032/images/41107_620303988_0366-00116?treeid=&personid=&hintid=&queryId=031099556ada899192bfa586287721fb&usePUB=true&_phsrc=yRD1818&_phstart=successSource&usePUBJs=true&_ga=2.78870420.1857931414.1618253447-1188373.1616005538&pId=610079

• "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F7WK-CRV : 7 January 2020), Rachel in entry for Rachel Mead, 1780.
• "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QP7V-C1XM : 21 September 2019), Rachel Weed in entry for Seth Defrees, ; citing Marriage, , Compiled by Lucius A. and Lucius B. Barbour, housed at State Library, Hartford, Connecticut; FHL microfilm 008143429.
• Rockwell, Kenneth W., The Heirs of Two Men Named Gamaliel Northrup, both of Ridgefield, Connecticut, Connecticut Ancestry (Connecticut Ancestry Society, Inc., Stamford, Conn., Feb 2013) Vol. 55, No. 3, Page 117.