Benjamin Mead

Brief Life History of Benjamin

When Benjamin Mead was born on 18 March 1701, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, his father, Lieutenant Benjamin Mead, was 33 and his mother, Sarah Waterbury, was 23. He married Martha Ferris about 1728, in Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 9 sons and 7 daughters. He died on 22 October 1783, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, at the age of 82, and was buried in Mead Plot, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States.

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Family Time Line

Benjamin Mead
1701–1783
Martha Ferris
1708–1797
Marriage: about 1728
Benjamin Mead III
1729–1815
Phebe Mead
1738–1758
Stephen Mead
1742–
Jeremiah Mead
1744–
Thaddeus Mead
1730–1803
Martha Mead
1732–1809
Sarah Mead
1735–1822
Elizabeth Mead
1737–1813
Sylvanus Mead
1739–1780
Gideon Mead
1741–
Mary Mead
1743–1822
Rachel Mead
1745–1821
Dr. William Mead
1747–1829
Hannah
1748–
Edward Mead
1749–
Edmund Mead
1753–1799

Sources (25)

  • Benjamin Mead, "Connecticut, Births and Christenings, 1649-1906"
  • U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560 - 1900
  • Benjamin Mead, "Find A Grave Index"

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World Events (3)

1753

Oldest Grave seen in memorial list

1775

Post office est. July 26, 1775

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

Name Meaning

English:

topographic name for someone who lived by a meadow, from Middle English mede ‘meadow’ (Old English mǣd), or a habitational name from one or more of the many places so named, such as Meads in Harford (Devon).

perhaps from Middle English mede ‘mead, alcoholic drink of fermented honey and water’, possibly denoting one who was fond of the drink or who made or sold mead. Compare Meader .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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