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Elizabeth Mead¹

• Birth*: Elizabeth was born on 2 November 1705.¹
• Marriage*: Elizabeth married Theophilus Peck on 5 February 1728.¹
• Married Name: As of 5 February 1728,her married name was Peck.¹
• Death*: Elizabeth died on 17 November 1783 at age 78.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Sep 2006

Elizabeth Jane Mead

• Father: Selah Mead b. c 1783
• Mother: Sarah Wilson b. c 1790, d. bt 1860 - 1870

• Birth*: Elizabeth was born on 4 March 1817, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹
• She was the daughter of Selah Mead and Sarah Wilson.
• Photo Link*: RELATED PHOTO(S): Photo of Gansey Family Register.
  
• Marriage*: Elizabeth married Solomon Seekins Guernsey, son of Ezra Garnsey Jr. and Lannah Bennett, on 14 February 1833, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, by Rev. Ebenezer Washburn.²
• Married Name: As of 14 February 1833,her married name was Guernsey.
• (Witness) Census: Elizabeth Jane Mead appeared on the census of 1840 in the household of Solomon Seekins Guernsey at Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, (See record of Solomon Seekins Guernsey for details.).
• (Witness) Census: Elizabeth Jane Mead appeared on the census of 1850 in the household of Solomon Seekins Guernsey at Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, (See record of Solomon Seekins Guernsey for details.).
• Death*: Elizabeth died on 18 August 1900, Port Chester, Westchester, New York, at age 83, of cancer, while living in the home of her son, Newman Alexander. 2 May 2005: I (HPKilpatrick) received death information from the Village of Port Chester, handwritten on a form by the clerk, Carma Stanley, as follows: "Name: Elizabeth J. Guernsey, Date of Death 8-18-1900, Local Register # 1538, Place of Death: Townsend Street, Port Chester, age at death 83, Place of Burial: Greenwich, Ct, Birthplace, Port Chester, Father's Name Seely Mead, b. Greenwich, CT, Mother's Name Hannah Mead, b. Greenwich, CT. Medical Attendant O.J. Stafford, M.D., Cause of Death Cancer of Womb."^3,4
• Burial*: Elizabeth was buried, Christ Church Cemetery, Lot 10 1/2, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, Note on Selah Mead's plot listing, Christ Episcopal Church, says "Mrs. Elizabeth Mead Guernsey, buried 1900, granddaughter: Mrs. Milton P. Tilley, Gerrish Lane, New Canaan, CT."
  (Note by compiler: Winifred Holly Tilley moved to Gerrish Lane in the 1950's. Probably she told David B. Tilley where Elizabeth was buried, when he was researching in the 1950's, and he or they went to Christ Church and gave the above information.) Jean Treddenich of the church looked in some old ledgers for a mention of the burial of Elizabeth Jane or Solomon, but did not find them listed.^4,5

• Last Edited: 7 Nov 2005

Elnathan Mead

• Father: Samuel Mead b. c 1673, d. 1713

• Birth*: Elnathan was born on 11 February 1698, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.¹
• He was the son of Samuel Mead.¹
• Marriage*: Elnathan married Sarah Lyon circa 1722, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.²

• Last Edited: 4 Sep 2006

Elnathan Mead

• Father: Elnathan Mead b. 11 Feb 1698
• Mother: Sarah Lyon b. c 1701

• Birth*: Elnathan was born circa 1729, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.
• He was the son of Elnathan Mead and Sarah Lyon.

• Last Edited: 12 Aug 2006

Emily Mariah Mead¹

• Father: Charles E Mead b. 1831
• Mother: Clara Miller¹ b. 1831, d. 28 Mar 1912

• Birth*: Emily was born on 11 April 1854.¹
• She was the daughter of Charles E Mead and Clara Miller.¹
• (Witness) Census: Emily Mariah Mead appeared on the census of 4 August 1870 in the household of Reuben Mead at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, (See record of Reuben Mead for details.).²
• Marriage*: Emily married Chauncey Mead Scott in 1875, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, This looks very possible to be the marriage of Clara's Emily. Will check further.³
• Married Name: As of 1875,her married name was Scott.³
• (Witness) Census: Emily Mariah Mead appeared on the census of 25 June 1880 in the household of Chauncey Mead Scott at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, (See record of Chauncey Mead Scott for details.).⁴
• Death*: Emily died on 22 May 1914 at age 60.¹
• Burial*: Emily was buried, Woodland Cemetery, Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.³

• Last Edited: 3 Jun 2007

Eunice Mead¹

• Father: Elnathan Mead b. 11 Feb 1698

• Married Name: Her married name was Lyon.¹
• Marriage*: Eunice married Caleb Lyon, son of Thomas Lyon.¹
• Birth*: Eunice was born in 1720.¹
• She was the daughter of Elnathan Mead.
• Death*: Eunice died on 9 April 1803.¹

• Last Edited: 4 Sep 2006

Fanny Mead

• Father: Joseph Mead b. 18 Dec 1760
• Mother: Hannah Mead b. 28 Mar 1764

• Birth*: Fanny was born in 1799.
• She was the daughter of Joseph Mead and Hannah Mead.

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2005

Frank Mead¹

• Father: Theodore Mead¹ b. c 1829, d. 8 Aug 1886
• Mother: Margaret (?)¹ b. Nov 1837

• Birth*: Frank was born in November 1870, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, , Birth date in 1900 census conflicts with age 4 in 1870 census.^1,2
• He was the son of Theodore Mead and Margaret (?).¹

• Last Edited: 7 Aug 2005

Hannah Mead¹

• Father: Nathaniel Mead Jr./III¹ d. b Sep 1818
• Mother: Elizabeth Smith¹ b. 24 Sep 1739, d. a 1785

• Birth*: Hannah was born on 28 March 1764.¹
• She was the daughter of Nathaniel Mead Jr./III and Elizabeth Smith.¹
• Marriage*: Hannah married Joseph Mead, son of Seth Mead and Deborah Disbrow, on 17 March 1784, Horseneck, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹
• (Witness) Will: She was mentioned in the will of Nathaniel Mead Jr./III on 16 December 1805 at Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.²

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Hannah Mead

• Father: Joseph Mead b. 18 Dec 1760
• Mother: Hannah Mead b. 28 Mar 1764

• Birth*: Hannah was born on 7 May 1793, Greenfield, Saratoga, New York.
• She was the daughter of Joseph Mead and Hannah Mead.
• Married Name: As of 1813,her married name was Tanner.
• Death*: Hannah died on 15 November 1876, Antwerp, Van Buren, Michigan, at age 83, Based on Rootsweb WorldConnect submission of Susan Adkins.

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Hannah Mead¹

• Father: Seth Mead¹ d. 27 Sep 1766
• Mother: Deborah Disbrow¹

• Birth*: Hannah was born on 8 June 1765, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹
• She was the daughter of Seth Mead and Deborah Disbrow.¹

• Last Edited: 11 Feb 2005

Hannah Mead¹

• Father: John Mead b. c 1628, d. 5 Feb 1698/99

• Birth*: Hannah was born circa 1659.¹
• She was the daughter of John Mead.¹
• Married Name: As of 12 July 1677,her married name was Scofield.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2006

Hannah C. Mead¹

• Father: Theodore Mead¹ b. c 1829, d. 8 Aug 1886
• Mother: Margaret (?)¹ b. Nov 1837

• Birth*: Hannah was born in 1873, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, , 1900 census says Sep. 1876.^1,2
• She was the daughter of Theodore Mead and Margaret (?).¹

• Last Edited: 3 Sep 2005

Henry Mead

• Father: Elnathan Mead b. 11 Feb 1698
• Mother: Sarah Lyon¹ b. c 1701

• Birth*: Henry was born in 1738.
• He was the son of Elnathan Mead and Sarah Lyon.¹
• Marriage*: Henry married Elizabeth Denton, daughter of Humphrey Denton, on 10 September 1775, 2nd Congregational Church, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.²
• Biography*: 25 February 1779: On the occasion of General Putnam's ride down Put's Hill, and the Tories' takeover of the town, "The citizens hung about the village as near as they dared, hiding in the swamps and byplaces during the whole day, taking advantage of every opportunity, by some daring feat, to secure prisoners, and even fire upon the enemy.
  About an hour after the arrival of the body of Tories, Gov. Tryon with his full force of about twelve hundred men, took full possission of the town. He made his quarters at the house of Mr. Henry Mead, who then kept a public house on the present site of the residence of Miss Sarah Lewis and Mrs. Mason. The soldiers, meantime, separated themselves into squads, and pillaged every house in the neighborhood; a large body of them visited Coscob, where they destroyed the salt-works which were upon Bush's Point, a small sloop, and a sloop's storehouse. A party of them also entered the house of Daniel and Joshua Smith, which was situated a little way south of the present parsonage of the Second Congregational Society."³
  
• Biography: 1787: Frederick Hubbard writes, "Lewis and Mason Streets are named after two prominent old-time families. One of the most interesting spots in the Borough, rife as it is with historic memories, is the northeast corner of Putnam Avenue and Lafayette Place, where the Rev. Dr. Lewis lived, and which was subsequently owned by his daughter, Mrs. Mary E. Mason, and his grandson, Theodore L. Mason, M.D.
  
  "Before the war of the Revolution, this corner and many acres besides belonged to Henry Mead. He was the landlord of a Colonial tavern which stood near the junction of the main country road and the road to Sherwood's Bridge, now Glenville. Here he entertained, in such style as the times permitted, Gen. Putnam, Gen. Lafayette and other Revolutionary notables.
  
  "Times were hard in Greenwich after the close of the war and Henry Mead struggled along for a few years and then moved with his family to New York City. As far as is known, none of them returned.
  
  "He sold the old homestead or tavern in 1787 for three hundred and twenty pounds. The land, bounded northerly by the highway and what is now the Lenox House property and westerly by the road to Piping Point, now Greenwich Avenue, was purchased from Amos Mead and Henry Mead, respectively..."
  
  The property was acquired by Dr. Isaac Lewis, for many years pastor of the Second Congregational Church. Hubbard continues, "Upon acquiring the property he at once proceeded to remove the Herry Mead house, and as the church then had no parsonage, he built a fine Colonial mansion about seventy-five feet back from the corner....It was built in the summer of 1786, but was not an old-fashioned sweep-back, because the Colonies had become independent, and the necessity for a one-story house, which is said to have been exempt from taxation by the Crown, no longer existed."
  
  (The date of 1786 conflicts somewhat with the date of 1787 as the sale of the property, and also with that of the deed record.).⁴
  
• Property Extract*: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 17 July 1789 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £155, 6 shillings and ten pence New York money, received of Isaac Lewis, Clerk of Greenwich, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land Isaac Lewis, Witness(es): in Greenwich, bounded southerly by his own land, westerly by the road leading to Piping Point so-called [note: became Greenwich Avenue], northerly in part by land belonging to Isaac Holmes Jun'r, late of Greenwich, dec'd and in part on land of Capt. John Hobby, and easterly by land of John Hobby, containing ten acres, one rood and seventeen rods..⁵
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 15 February 1791 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £110 current lawful money of New York, received of Richard Mead of Greenwich, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich lying below the Post Road and "bounded North by the home lot of Edmund Mead where Isaac Weed now dwells, East by the road that leads to Henry & Alexander Griggs, South by Seymour's land and West by Amos Mead's land" containing fivie and a half acres, Witness(es): Rachel Mead, Amos Mead.
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 25 April 1791 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £189 New York money, received of Peter Mead, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich in the West Society containing 27 acres bounded East by the highway leading from Horseneck meeting house to the Round Hill, Southerly by land of Nathaniel Mead Jun'r in part and partly by land of Zaccheus Mead, Westerly by land of Peter Mead and Northerly "by land I this day sell to Stephen Holmes in part and partly by my own land and partly by a drift way of one rod wide, thirtysix rods from the highway Westerly which driftway is adjoining land of George Moor, reserving and excepting to me, my heirs and assigns, the use and improvement of said tract of Round Hill the first day of April next, Witness(es): Amy Fitch, Jabez Fitch.
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 25 April 1791 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £44 9 shillings New York money, received of Stephen Holmes of Greenwich, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich in the West Society containing six acres one rood and sixteen rods bounded Northerly, Easterly and Southerly by his own land, and Westerly by land of Peter Mead in part and partly by land of Jeffrey Felmeter "with the privilege to pass and repass to said land in a driftway from the road from Horseneck to Round hill and George Moor's land, Witness(es): Peter Mead, Jabez Fitch.
• Property Extract: Henry was involved in a property transaction on 2 February 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: in his capacity as Administrator on the estate of his brother, "Know Ye, that I Henry Mead of Greenwich...Adm'r on the estate of Abraham Mead late of said Greenwich dec'd and by direction of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford and for the consideration of the sum of forty seven pounds, five shillings lawful money received to my full satisfaction of Job Lyon of said Greenwich, do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said Job Lyon a certain tract or parcel of land situate lying and being in said Greenwich north of the Mile & half line in said Greenwich and east of the North street road and is in quantity nine acres be the same more or less and the same is bounded west by land of Jeremiah Mead and Jonah Mead, north by Edmund Mead's land, east by Titus Mead's land in part and by lnad of said Job Lyon and by said Jeremiah Mead's land, south by said Job Lyon's land in part and by land of Jonah Mead." Witnesses Jared Mead and Ebenezer Mead.⁶
• Property Extract: Henry was involved in a property transaction on 20 February 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: in his capacity as Administrator on the estate of his brother, "Know Ye, that I Henry Mead of Greenwich...Adm'r on the estate of Abraham Mead late of said Greenwich dec'd and by direction of the Court of Probate for the District of Stamford and for the consideration of the sum of 22 pounds, 10 shillings lawful money received to my full satisfaction of Stephen Mead of Fredericktown in the County of Westchester, New York, do give, grant, bargain, sell and confirm unto the said Stephen Mead the one third part of a certain lot of land" in Greenwich in the West Society, in Cosscob so-called, with the one third parts of the buildings thereon and bounded Northerly by lands of George Lockwood, Easterly by the Myanos river, Southerly by land in possession of Nathaniel Peck and Easterly by the Main Country Road. Witnesses Jabez Fitch, Elnathan Close.
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 5 March 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £50 New York money, received of George Moore of Greenwich, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich in the West Society containing six acres two roods and thirty-eight rods, bounded Northerly by his own land in part and partly by land of Abraham Heusted, Easterly by land of George Moore, Southerly by land of George Moore in part and partly by his own land, and Westerly by land of Jeffry Felmette, Witness(es): Wm A. Thompson, Nathaniel Hibbard.
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 7 March 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £238 15 shillings New York money, received of Jared Mead of Greenwich, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich in the West Society below the main Country road and bounded west by the road that goes from the Main Country road to Pipen point, Northerly in part by the Rev'd Isaac Lewis' land and in part by John Hobby's land, east by Jared Mead's land, south by land of the heirs of John Grigg, dec'd, containing fifteen acres three roods and 27 rods, Witness(es): Ebenezer mead, Isaac Mead.
• Property Extract: Henry was involved in a property transaction on 22 March 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: £38 15 shillings New York money.⁷
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 22 March 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £40 New York money, received of Nathaniel Hibbard, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich in the West Society containing six acres bounded Westerly by land of Justus Sackett, Northerly and Easterly by Abraham Heusted's land, and Southerly "by land I this day sell to Nathaniel Finch", Witness(es): Nathaniel Finch, Jabez Fitch.⁸
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 5 April 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £22 six shillings & 8 pence New York money, received of Stephen Holmes, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich containing four acres one rood and 35 rods more or less and bounded Southerly by land of Peter Mead, Westerly by land of Stephen Holmes in part and partly by land of Jeffry Felmette and Northerly and Easterly by land of George Moore, "excepting and reserving liberty for Jeffry Felmett to pass and repass through said land with teams, etc., to and from his land running up Easterly by said George Moor's land about halfway and then to turn and go Easterly to said Jeffry Felmett's bars, he putting up all bars and fences after him, Witness(es): Lydia Fitch, Jabez Fitch.
• Property Extract: Henry was involved in a property transaction on 11 April 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: £130 New York money.
• Property Extract: Henry was Grantor in a property transaction on 25 June 1792 at Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, as follows: for the consideration of £50 nine shillings and nine pence New York money, received of Jeffry Felmeter, Grantee, Henry sold to Grantee a certain parcel of land in Greenwich in the West Society containing eight acres and eight rods bounded Easterly by his own land, Southerly by land of Stephen Holmes, Westerly by land of Jeffry Felmeter in part and partly by land of John Mead and Northerly by his own land "with liberty to pass and repass with teams, carts, etc. to and from said land from the road leading to Pecksland in the Driftway reserved in the land I sold to Peter Mead also through my said land lying Easterly of said land in the most convenient place, he putting up all bars and fences, Witness(es): Jabez Fitch,Nathaniel Hibbard.⁹
• Directory: As of 1810 Henry was listed in the New York City, New York directory at Walnut as cartman.¹⁰
• Directory*: As of 1816 Henry was listed in the New York City, New York directory at 345 Washington.¹¹
• Death*: Henry died on 16 October 1816, New York City, New York, New York.
• Obituary*: The Columbian 17 October 1816 Obituary: "Last evening, in the 78th year of his age, Mr. Henry Mead. His friends and acquaintance, and those of his son, Dr. Henry Mead, are requested to attend his funeral on Friday afternoon, at 8 o'clock, from the house of his son, Mr. Artimus Mead, between Grand and Hester, in Rundle, street. "

• Last Edited: 16 Sep 2006

Henry Mead

• Father: Henry Mead b. 1738, d. 16 Oct 1816
• Mother: Elizabeth Denton b. 1748, d. 13 Apr 1810

• Birth*: Henry was born in 1778 , (based on obituary).
• He was the son of Henry Mead and Elizabeth Denton.
• Biography*: 1810: To the next name in American porcelains it is a leap of forty years. Mentioned in 1810 as 'of New Haven', a certain 'Henry Mead, physician' appeared in the New York directory for 1816-17. This was the alleged maker of a solitary all-white vase [Plate 19, Clement's Own Pioneer Potters] on the evidence of a paper label: Finished in New York 1816. A little late then, 'In 1819 the manufacture of Porcelain . . . was commenced in New York by Dr. H. Mead' [J. Leander Bishop, History of American Manufactures]. No less confusing, the doctor's obituary notice [1843] said that 'he commenced at Jersey City'.
  
  http://www.noteaccess.com/APPROACHES/DecorativeAA/PAmerican2.htm.
  
• Directory*: As of between 1816 and 1817 Henry was listed in the an unknown place , an unknown place directory at Grand n. Corlaer's-hook market as physician.
• Directory: As of between 1821 and 1822 Henry was listed in the New York City, New York directory at Broome n. Goerck as M.D.
• Death*: Henry died in 1843.
• Obituary*: Farmer's Cabinet 3 March 1843 Obituary: (excerpted from the Journal of Commerce) "Fate of Genius. The Coroner held an inquest on Monday, at the New York City Hospital, on the body of Dr. Henry Mead, aged 65, a native of Connecticut. The deceased was formerly Alderman of the Tenth Ward, and afterwards Collector of the Thirteenth Ward. He had been a man of wealth and fashion, (to use his own words) a practising physician in this city, a man of genius and enterprize, being the first who ever manufactured porcelain or china ware in this country, which he commenced at Jersey City, the first who ever made pins here, and the first who ever refined camphor, in this country. He had lost his wife some four years ago, she having been drowned in a cellar. He had become greatly reduced in circumstances and was very destitute. He went to the City Hospital on Friday to lodge. He became delirious and was attacked with convulsions on Saturday, refused medicines, and died about 3 o'clock on Sunday morning. A post mortem examination was executed by Dr. Wetherspoon, and the jury found that the deceased died of inflamation of the brain."

• Last Edited: 16 Sep 2006

Henry Mead¹

• Father: Smith Mead¹ b. 15 Dec 1756, d. a 5 Mar 1842

• Birth*: Henry was born in 1801.¹
• He was the son of Smith Mead.¹

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2006

Hibbard Mead¹

• Father: Reuben Mead¹ b. 13 May 1802, d. 2 Feb 1886
• Mother: Sarah Reynolds¹ b. 15 Oct 1807, d. 10 Dec 1878

• Birth*: Hibbard was born in 1847.¹
• He was the son of Reuben Mead and Sarah Reynolds.¹
• Milit-War*: He served in the military on 27 August 1862 in Company H, 28th Infantry Regiment, Connecticut,
  Information on the Regiment from ancestry.com:
  
  Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident:      2
  Officers Died of Disease or Accident:      3
  Enlisted Killed or Mortally Wounded:      14
  Enlisted Died of Disease or Accident:      94
  
  Regimental History
  CONNECTICUT
  TWENTY-EIGHTH REGIMENT C. V. INFANTRY.
  (Nine Months.)
  
  WRITTEN BY LIEUTENANT-COLONEL W. T. BATCHELLER, LATE OF THE
  TWENTY-EIGHTH CONNECTICUT VOLUNTEERS.
  
  THE Twenty-eighth was the last Connecticut regiment
  organized under the call for nine months volunteers. It was
  recruited in the Fourth Congressional District, and was
  composed of only eight companies: five companies from Fairfield
  County and three companies from Litchfield County. Samuel P.
  Ferris of Stamford, a graduate of West Point, was commissioned
  Colonel, holding the office during the entire service of the
  regiment, and was a great favorite with the men.
  
  The Twenty-eighth rendezvoused about September 15, 1862,
  at New Haven, and was in tents and barracks at Camp Terry about
  two months. November 15th the regiment was mustered into the
  service of the United States, and three days later took leave
  of New Haven and Connecticut by boat. On the next day,
  November 19th, the regiment went into camp at Centerville, on
  Long Island, for ten days only, as it broke camp November 29th,
  and six companies went on board steamer "Che Kiang," with a
  portion of the Twenty-third Connecticut, under command of
  Colonel Holmes. The two companies not on the "Che Kiang" were
  sent by steamer, and joined the regiment after many
  disagreeable experiences.
  
  The "Che Kiang" sailed from New York on the 3d of
  December, 1862, and had a very rough passage, encountering a
  terrible storm off Hatteras, but reached Ship Island safely on
  the 12th. The regiment remained only long enough to recover
  from sea-sickness, and then re-embarked and sailed from Ship
  Island December 17th. On December 19th it landed at Camp
  Parapet at Carrollton, La., but remained there only for a short
  time, leaving for Pensacola, Fla., on the 20th, and arriving
  there on the 22d.
  
  At Pensacola the Twenty-eighth made a long and pleasant
  stay. The various companies were quartered in houses abandoned
  by the owners when the Confederates evacuated the place. Drill
  and guard duties occupied much of the time, but the work was
  just about enough for health, and the salubrious winter climate
  added to make the sojourn of the regiment here memorable, and
  this the most pleasant of any of its stopping-places.
  Expeditions into the interior and along the coast were
  occasionally made, serving to break the monotony of camp and
  guard duty, and once in a while the cry of "Steamer coming!"
  would cause the boys to hurry to the housetops in order to
  catch a glimpse of the welcome visitor; but too often the cry
  was only raised by some practical joker. When the steamer came
  with the mail there was a busy time, reading the "news from
  home," and, until the steamer's departure, writing to friends
  and loved ones.
  
  Pensacola was evacuated March 20th, and the Twenty-eighth
  moved to Barrancas and into tents. Camp duties were about the
  same here as at Pensacola, an occasional expedition serving to
  give variety to camp life.
  
  May 10th the regiment left Barrancas by steamer, and on
  the 12th landed at Brashear City, La., and left there without
  regret on May 23d, arriving at Springfield Landing May 25th,
  and at Port Hudson on May 26th. While at this place, and until
  the surrender was made by the Confederates, the Twenty-eighth
  was continually under fire, and assisted in all the various
  siege operations and in the trenches. In the assault on June
  14th it furnished one hundred of the two hundred and fifty men
  for the storming party or "forlorn hope." Its loss in killed
  and wounded was severe in this engagement. At the surrender
  the Twenty-eighth moved inside the fortifications and remained
  at this place until its departure for home on August 7th.
  Several died on the way home, having become enfeebled by the
  climate and by disease previous to embarking for Connecticut.
  The route home was via Mississippi River to Cairo, and thence
  by rail.
  
  On August 28th the survivors were mustered out at New
  Haven.
  
  ENGAGEMENTS.
  
  Siege of Port Hudson, La., May 27 to July 9, 1863.
  Port Hudson, La., June 14, 1863.
  
  
  Battles Fought
  Fought on 22 Mar 1863 at Pensacola, FL.
  Fought on 22 May 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.
  Fought on 14 Jun 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.
  Fought on 17 Jun 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.
  Fought on 21 Jun 1863 at On March To Jackson, LA.
  Fought on 4 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.
  Fought on 6 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.
  Fought on 15 Jul 1863 at Port Hudson, LA.
• Death*: Hibbard died on 10 August 1863, per Ancestry.com American Civil War Soldiers database.

• Last Edited: 3 Jun 2007

Isaac C. Mead¹

• Father: Lewis C. Mead¹ b. 1793, d. 24 Jan 1867
• Mother: Susan Tice¹ b. 1804, d. 27 Oct 1886

• Birth*: Isaac was born on 24 August 1844, New York City, New York County, New York.¹
• He was the son of Lewis C. Mead and Susan Tice.¹
• Death*: Isaac died on 21 January 1852, New York City, New York County, New York, at age 7.¹
• Burial*: Isaac was buried on 25 January 1852, Green-Wood Cemetery, Lot 5189, Section 85, Brooklyn, Kings County, New York.²

• Last Edited: 24 Sep 2006

Jasper Mead¹

• Father: Nathaniel Mead¹ b. 1728, d. 1814
• Mother: Charity Bush¹ b. 27 Mar 1729

• Birth*: Jasper was born on 25 July 1760, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.¹
• He was the son of Nathaniel Mead and Charity Bush.¹

• Last Edited: 3 Apr 2006

John Mead¹

• Father: William Mead¹ b. c 1592, d. c 1663
• Mother: Philip (?)¹ d. 19 Sep 1657

• Birth*: John was born circa 1628, Hertfordshire, England.¹
• He was the son of William Mead and Philip (?).¹
• Marriage*: John married an unknown person circa 1655.¹
• Death*: John died on 5 February 1698/99.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2006

John Mead¹

• Father: William Mead¹ b. c 1592

• Birth*: John was born circa 1628.²
• He was the son of William Mead.¹
• Will*: John left a will on 16 March 1696 at Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, Posted to Mead Researchers Yahoo Group Email list by Wanda Mead Campbell:
  FIRST WILL OF JOHN MEAD I, dated March 16, 1696:
  KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I JOHN MEAD, SENIR, of grenwich in ye Collonie of Conecticut for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue & beare towards my naturall Sonn John Mead of ye Towne of grenwich & Colonie aforesd, have giuen & granted & do by these presents fully Clearely and absolutely giue & grant unto my sd Sonn John Mead now deseased for his Sonn John Mead my grandsonn a sertaine Per-sale of Land and meadow Lying & being in grenwich bounded by ye Land yt I John Mead Senir. bought of John Bowers north & a line drawn from ye north east corner of ye Land I bought of Angell Heusted Jr. to a grate rock Lying in ye frunt fence, all ye Lands lying within this Compas with ye house as it is bounded:
  Ye frunt of sd Land being Bounded upon thee hyewaye west, the Reare upon ye sea South East. Upon these considerations following I giue & grant fully Clearely and absolutely ye above mentioned lands to him, his heaires & asignes: Imprimis, yt hee fully Confirme yt contract yt was betwene his father & his Unckle Ebinezer Mead; 2lly yt hee pay to his Brothers Jonathan & Nathan Mead when they come to be of eage five pounds to Each of them & to his Sister Elizabeth Mead fortie Shilings; Item, I giue & fully grant unto ye aforesd John two acres in ye home lott insted of yt which ye sd John his father, now deseased, had of me in ye Southfeild disposing of yt in ye Southfeild, as I see Convenient.
  FURTHER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I John Mead Senir, aforesd for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue & beare toward my Naturall Sonn Joseph Mead of ye Towne of grenwich haue giuen & granted & by these presents do fully Clearely & absolutely giue & grant unto my sd Sonn Joseph Mead his heaires & Asignes a sertain Persale of Land & meadow, lying in Myanos neck estemed seven acres be it more or Les, as it is Bounded; Item, I giue unto my sd Sonn Joseph Mead, his heaires & asignes, three acres of Land in Stanfford Southfield near ye uper gate be it more or Les, as it is Bounded.
  FURTHER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I John Mead Senir, aforesd for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue and beare toward my Naturall Sonn Ebinezer Mead of ye Towne of grenwich aforesd haue giuen & granted & by these presents do fully, Clearely & absolutely giue & grant unto my sd Sonn Ebinezer his heaires & asignes a Persale of meadow in ye Hosack meadow, estemed two acres & an halfe be it more of Les, ye Bounds being known to ye sd Ebinezer.
  FURTHER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I John Mead Senir, aforesd for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue & beare toward my Naturall Sonn Jonathan Mead of ye Towne of grenwich aforesd haue giuen & granted & by these presents do fully Clearely & absolutely giue & grant unto my sd Sonn Jonathan his heaires & asignes an home lott Layd out to mee at horseneck and all my Lands lying within horse neck feild & a Persale of Land containing three acres more or Les, Lying at ye South East End of ye Widow Hows Lott.
  FURTHER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I John Mead Senir, aforesd for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue & beare towards my Naturall Son David Mead of ye Towne of Bedfford now in ye government of New Yorke, haue given & granted & by these presents do fully Clearely & absolutely giue & grant unto my sd Sonn David Mead his heaires & asignes my whole acomidation Lying & being at Bedfford both Lands & meadows as it was granted to me.
  FURTHER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I John Mead Senir, aforesd for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue & bear towards my Naturall Sonn Benjamin Mead of ye Towne of grenwich aforesd, haue giuen & granted & by these presents do fully Clearely & absolutely giue & grant unto my sd Sonn Benjamen those Persales of Land & meadows hereafter exprest, viz.: five acres of Land at Stickling brock as it is Layd out to mee, and all my Lands & meadow Lying & being at that place Commonly Cauled Coscob, as it is Layd out to mee & ten acres of upland above ye Road aded now to ye five.
  FURTHER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I John Mead Senir, aforesd for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue & beare towards my Naturall Sonn Nathaniell Mead of ye Towne of grenwich aforesd haue giuen & granted & by these presents do fully Clearely & absolutely giue & grant unto my sd Sonn Nathaniell, his heaires & asigns an acre & Twentie rods of meadow in ye Southfeild, as it is Bounded; Likewise seven acres of Land Lying at a place cauled Croch; also two Thirds of my Lands, as it shall be Layd out of that Estate in Patrigs List.
  FURTHER KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, yt I John Mead Senir, aforesd for ye Love goodwill & afection which I haue & beare toward my Naturall Sonn Samil Mead of ye Town of grenwich haue giuen & granted & by these presents do fully Clearely & absolutely giue & grant unto ye sd Samil Mead, his heaires & asignes all my Houseing with ye Orched: Item, all of my Lands on ye East Side of ye Hyewaye by my House both meadow & Land & Plowing Land, Bounded by ye grate Rock yt lyeth in ye fence of ye Land of my Grand Sonn John Mead & upon a Streight line to ye North East Corner of ye meadow Land I John Mead aforsd Bought of Angell Heusted Jur.: Item, all my Land upon Elizabeth neck, as it is bounded: Item, all my alotment in Ye Long meadow & all my meadow Lying by James Ferris, as it is Bounded, & ye peace of Land I bought of Clement Buxton Lying in Stanfford Southfeild as it is Bounded & my alotment in Stanfford Eastfeild in Shipan, which my father Potters, as it is Bounded; also yt Persale of Lane I had of ye ouerseers of my father Potters Estate Lying within Stanfford bounds, frunting by ye Hye waye, by ye South feild, as it is Bounded.
  FURTHER KNOW yt aforesd housing, Land & meadows I do frely giue to him sd Samil my Sonn, his heaires & asignes as aforesd, also a Persale of Land Lying by Gershom Lockwood, Bounded by ye Hye waye, next west upon ye Land of my Grant Sonn John Mead South East, which Persale of Land was not mentioned before. Provided yt ye sd Samil his heaires and asignes do well & honarably maintaine his mother with a Convenient roome in ye house such a roome as she shall cheuse, & with such other Things as may be Sutable for her Comfortable Subsistence during her widdowhood & that hee pay out to his brother Nathaniell aforesd Twentie pounds in Provesion paye as it paseth from man to man amoungst us. Beginning ye Payment of it after my Desease & Paying five Pounds pr annum till tis Payde.
  IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto sett my hand & Seale this 16 of March 1695-96.
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  SIGNED 7 SEALED IN PRESENCE OF US:
  SALLOMON TREAT,
  ZACKARIAH MEAD.
  These aboue Writen Deads & seuerall Grants of Lands on both sides of this Paper was acnowlidged by ye granter John Mead Senir to bee his act & deed this 24 of March 1697, in Stanfford before mee.
  JONATHAN BELL,
  Commissioner.
  SECOND WILL OF JOHN MEAD I, also dated March 16, 1696:
  WHEREAS, I, JOHN MEAD SENIR of grenwich in ye Collonie conecticut though at present in reasonable helth, yet being sencable of my bodyly weakness and Infirmities of ould eage and not Knowing the daye of my departure out of this world do make this my Last Will & Testament in manner and form following:
  First: I Comit my Soul into ye hands of Allmity God hopeing for Saluation from the Riches of His Grace through the allone merrits of Jesus. Also I Comit my body to ye Earth decently to be buried and there to rest unto the Resurection of the Just. And for my wuldly Est. boath Reall and personall, I dispose of it as followeth:
  Imprimis: All my just debts and funerall Charges being paid by my wife whom I make my Sole Executrix of my will and I do will and bequeath unto my Eldest Sonn John Mead the Just Sum of five Shillings, besides what I haue alredy Giuen him to be paid by my Executrix.
  2lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my Sonn Joseph Mead ye Just sum of five Shilings besides what I haue already giuen him to be paid by my Executrix.
  3lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my Sonn Ebinezer Mead ye Just sum of five Shilings besides what I haue already giuen him to be paid by my executrix.
  4lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my Sonn Johnathan Mead ye Just sum of five Shilings besides what I haue already giuen him to be paid by my Executrix.
  5lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my Sonn Dauid Mead ye Just sum of five Shilings besides what I haue already giuen him to be paid by my Executrix.
  6lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my Sonn Benjamen Mead ye Just sum of five Shilings besides what I haue already giuen him to be paid by my Executrix.
  7lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my Sonn Nathaniell Mead ye Just sum of five Shilings besides what I haue already giuen him to be paid by my Executrix.
  8lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my Sonn Sam'll Mead ye Just sum of five Shilings besides what I haue already giuen him to be paid by my Executrix.
  9lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my daughter Hannah Scoful ye full & Just sum of five Shilings to be paid by my Executrix.
  10lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my daughter Abagaile ye Just sum of five Shilings to be paid by my Executrix.
  11lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my daughter Mary ye Just sum of five Shilings to be paid by my Executrix.
  12lly: My will is and I do will and bequeath unto my dear and loueing Hannah Mead all my Estate Reall and Personall which I haue not disposed of to my Children Either by Will or gifts. She paying the seuerall Legacies as before Exprest for her Comfortable Subsistanc in this world and to be wholly at her disposal to distribute.
  Lastly: My will is that my Sonns Joseph, Ebinezer, and Benjamen be ouerseers to se yt this my Last Will & Testament be fully & Carefully performed to see yt there mother be provided for.
  IN CONFERMATION yt this is my Last Will & Testament, I haue hereunto Sett my hand and Seale this 16 of March, 1695-96.
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  SIGNED & SEALED IN PRESENCE OF US:
  SALLOMON TREAT
  ZACKARIAH MEAD.
  The aboue writen Will was acnolidged by John Mead Senir, to bee
  his own free act & deed this 24th March, 1697, in Stanfford before
  me.
  JONATHAN BELL.
  Commissioner.
  
  
  
  
• Death*: John died on 5 February 1698/99, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.²

• Last Edited: 30 Apr 2006

John Mead¹

• Father: John Mead¹ b. c 1628, d. 5 Feb 1698/99

• Birth*: John was born circa 1657.¹
• He was the son of John Mead.¹
• Marriage*: John married Ruth Hardy on 27 October 1681, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.¹
• Death*: John died on 12 May 1693, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2006

John Mead¹

• Mother: Abigail Mead¹

• Birth*: John was born on 24 January 1753, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.¹
• He was the son of Abigail Mead.¹
• Death*: John died in 1820, Norwich, Chenango County, New York.¹

• Last Edited: 12 Nov 2006

John H. Mead¹

• Father: Theodore Mead¹ b. c 1829, d. 8 Aug 1886
• Mother: Margaret (?)¹ b. Nov 1837

• Birth*: John was born in June 1872, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, , Birth date in 1900 census conflicts with age 9 months in 1870 census. This makes me think the 1870 census is probably more correct than the 1900 dates for this family.^1,2
• He was the son of Theodore Mead and Margaret (?).¹

• Last Edited: 3 Sep 2005

Jonathan Mead¹

• Father: John Mead² b. c 1628, d. 5 Feb 1698/99

• Birth*: Jonathan was born circa 1665.¹
• He was the son of John Mead.²
• Marriage*: Jonathan married Martha Finch, daughter of Joseph Finch and Ruth Hardy Mead, circa 1690, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹
• Research Note*: According to the Stamford Families database, Jonathan and Martha had 8 children, Sarah, Martha, James, Isaac,Timothy, Mary, Hezekiah and Rachel, between 1691 and 1708. I have not researched this.¹
• Death*: Jonathan died in 1713, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹

• Last Edited: 15 Oct 2006

Joseph Mead¹

• Father: Seth Mead d. 27 Sep 1766
• Mother: Deborah Disbrow

• Birth*: Joseph was born on 18 December 1760, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.^1,2
• He was the son of Seth Mead and Deborah Disbrow.
• Marriage*: Joseph married Hannah Mead, daughter of Nathaniel Mead Jr./III and Elizabeth Smith, on 17 March 1784, Horseneck, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹

• Last Edited: 31 Dec 2006

Joseph Mead¹

• Father: William Mead¹ b. c 1592, d. c 1663
• Mother: Philip (?)¹ d. 19 Sep 1657

• Birth*: Joseph was born circa April 1624, Hertfordshire, England.¹
• He was the son of William Mead and Philip (?).¹
• Baptism: Joseph was baptized on 25 April 1624 at Watford, Hertfordshire, England.¹
• Death*: Joseph died on 3 May 1690, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹

• Last Edited: 19 Mar 2006

Joseph Mead

• Father: William Mead b. c 1592
• Mother: Philip (?) d. 19 Sep 1657

• Baptism*: Joseph was baptized on 25 April 1624 at Watford, Hertfordshire, England.¹
• He was the son of William Mead and Philip (?).
• Note*: Per Gordon L. Remington's 1998 article in The American Genealogist, Joseph and Mary "were the ancestors of the Mead family of Norwalk, Ridgefield, and north Fairfield Co., Conn."¹
  
  
• Death*: Joseph died on 3 May 1690, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, at age 66.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2006

Joseph Mead¹

• Father: John Mead¹ b. c 1628, d. 5 Feb 1698/99

• Birth*: Joseph was born in April 1661, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹
• He was the son of John Mead.¹
• Research Note*: Per Paul Prindle, the birth year is in question. I have not checked the Stamford Town Record reference, vol. 1, p. 19.²
• Death*: Joseph died in 1725, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut.¹

• Last Edited: 29 Apr 2006

Joshua Mead

• Marriage*: Joshua married Mary Mead.
• Birth*: Joshua was born on 3 April 1774.

• Last Edited: 2 May 2006