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On March 11/07 we received an email from Vance Mead, a native of Greenwich,
Connecticut who is presently living in Helsinki, Finland. Vance is one of the
most active Mead(e) family researchers. He advised that the following excerpt on
Roland Price Meade & his family from Vermont was published over 100 years
ago in 1901 by Spencer P. Mead in his book "History and Geneaology of
the Mead Family: of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western
Vermont and Western Pennsylvania, from A.D. 1180 to 1900",
New York Knickerbocker Press 1901
"Franklin Mead, born Nov 1804 married Rachel Price and they had:
Roland P. Mead, b. 1837, d. 1879, "removed to Red
River Settlement, B.N.A. and had a large family, but no information could be
obtained."
Phebe N. Mead, b. Feb 1842, m. Henry Bolt of Elmira NY
Benjamin F. Mead, b. Nov 1843, m. Ada Savory, "removed to Canada."
He said there is not much more in the book about Roland's immediate family,
but it goes back to William Mead of Stamford, Connecticut, Roland's great,
great, great, great, great grandfather.
He also advised that to obtain more information on this publication: Google
"history and genealogy of the mead family" spencer and you'll get 50
or so hits, including places where you can buy reprints and CD copies, also
available online at Ancestry.com, and a library service saying where it's
available. Nothing in Canada, but it is in Minnesota, Michigan and North Dakota,
among others.
Vance Mead will be writing a comprehensive story on William Mead, Roland’s
great, great, great, great, great grandfather, William Mead, the English adventurer who became a founder
of Stamford, Conn., and the progenitor of the Mead family in America.
It is scheduled for publication on April 1, 2007, on the internet at http://www.meadnewsletter.com/www.meadnewsletter.com.
Thank you Vance!
*TITLE: 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 Spencer P. Mead AUTHORS: Mead,
Spencer Percival, 1863- PUBLISHED: New York : Knickerbocker Press, 1901.
SUBJECT:
Mead, William, fl. 1640 -- Family
Mead family PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: vii, [1], 471 p., 1 leaf, 73 p., [15] leaves
of plates : col. coat of arms, plates, ports. ; 25 cm. NOTES: "Genealogical
index to the genealogy of the Mead family published in 1901, by Spencer P. Mead,
New York, 1907."--73 p. at end of text.
Below are the first 8 generations of the Mead(e) family in North
America, directly
descending from William Mead of Stamford, Connecticut (Generation 1) to
Roland Price Meade (Generation 8). The five children of Roland Price Meade
(Generation 9) are
listed on the left. Click to find their family genealogy records (Generation
9 to the present).
The site is constantly being updated. Information will be posted as
received.
Please click on Person Sheet tab above to
submit information on your family. Any stories and pictures you would like
to share are welcome!
GENERATION 1
William Mead
Birth: abt 1602,
England
Death: 1663,
Stamford, Fairfield, Conneticut, USA
Father: Richard
Mead
Mother: Francis
Mead
William is believed to have sailed to America in April of 1635 on the ship
"Elizabeth".
Spouse(s): Phillippa, Martha Davis Barker. *There is some confusion as
to the clarity of William’s wife(s).
Children:
 Mary (1621-1626)
JOHN (1634-1699)
Martha (born 1632-)
Joseph
Note: Martha was the subject of a well documented, controversial legal
case in 17th Century New England, which eventually involved her brothers and
initiated their decision to leave Stamford. (Person Sheets will be posted on
this site for John’s sister and brother, Martha and Joseph)
GENERATION 2
John Mead
Birth: 1634, Lydd, Kent, England
Death: 5 Feb 1699, Greenwich,
Connecticut, USA
Spouse: Hannah Potter
Birth: 8 Sep 1636, New Haven,
Connecticut
Death: 13 Nov 1700, Greenwich,
Connecticut
Father: William Potter (1608-1684)
Mother: Francis Child
Marriage: 10 Jul 1657, Stamford,
Fairfield, Connecticut
Children:
JONATHON (1664-1727)
John (1658-)
Joseph (1660-)
Ebenezer (1663-)
David (1665-)
Benjamin (1666-)
Nathaniel (1669-)
Samuel (1673-)
Hannah (1661-)
Abigail (1675-)
Mary (1678-)
GENERATION 3
JONATHON Mead
Birth: 5 Jan 1664, Greenwich, Conneticut
Death: 1727
Spouse: Martha Finch
Birth: 19 Jun 1672, Stamford,
Conneticut, U.S.A.
Father: Samuel Finch
Mother: Mary (Sarah)? Hoyt
Marriage: 1688
Children:
TIMOTHY (1701-1790)
GENERATION 4
TIMOTHY Mead
Birth: 22 Apr 1701, Greenwich,
Conneticut
Death: 1790, Greenwich, Conneticut
Spouse: Martha Weeks
Birth: 14 Dec 1703, Greenwich,
Conneticut
Death: 1769, Greenwich, Conneticut
Father: Phillip Weeks (1677-)
Mother: Martha Hoyt (1661-)
Marriage: 28 Feb 1722
Children:
COL. JAMES (1730-1804)
Zebulon
GENERATION 5
Col. James Mead
Birth: 25 Aug 1730, Horseneck, N.Y.
Death: 19 Jan 1804
Spouse: Mercy Holms
Birth: 7 Apr 1731, Nine Partners,
N.Y., U.S.A.
Death: 10 May 1823, Nine Partners,
N.Y., U.S.A.
Children:
JAMES (1773-1813)
Sarah (1753-)
James the 2nd (1754-1773)
Abner (1756-1813)
Samantha (1757-1814)
Stephen (1759-)
Mercy (1761-)
Dorcas (1763-)
Hannah (1764-1821)
Dimeas (1766-)
Tameson (1768-)
William (1770-)
GENERATION 6
James Mead
Birth: 1773
Death: 1813
Spouse: Phebe Smith
Birth: 1773
Death: 1850
Children:
FRANKLIN (1804-1859)
GENERATION 7
Franklin Mead
Birth: 30 Nov 1804
Death: July 18 or 19, 1859
Spouse: Rachel Price
Birth: abt. 1808-1815, Rutland,
Rutland, Vermont
Death: 16 Jul 1877, Weston,
Windsor, Vermont
Marriage: about 1836, Rutland,
Rutland, Vermont
Children:
ROLAND PRICE (1837-1879)
George Hackstaff, b.April 2, 1838
James, b. September 25, 1839,
Greenfield IN
George Smith, b.October 20, 1840
Phebe N. Mead, b. Feb 1842, m.
Henry Bolt of Elmira NY
Benjamin Franklin Mead, b. November
11, 1843, m. Ada Savory in 1970, "removed to Canada."
GENERATION 8
8.1 Roland Price Meade
Birth: 10 Apr 1837, Vermont, United
States (not clear if he was born in Rutland, Vermont or in Weston, Windsor,
Vermont)
Death: 1879, Winnipeg, Manitoba,
Canada
Burial: Brookside Cemetary, Winnipeg,
Manitoba, Canada
Spouse: Mary Rachel Ashford, baptized
March 30, 1850 (source: HBC Archives), daughter of James Ashford, British Army
pensioner
Marriage: July 31st, 1866, St. John's
Anglican Church, Winnipeg; Priest: W.H. Taylor; Witnesses: Anne White,
Jane Bruce, George Groat
Children:
Roland Franklin (Franklin)
Mary Rachel
William Richard
Allan Douglas
George
8.2
George Hackstaff Mead
Birth: April 2, 1838
8.3 James Mead
Birth: September 25, 1839, Greenfield, IN
8.4 George Smith
Birth: October 20, 1840
8.5 Phebe Narcissa Birth:
February 19, 1842 Spouse:
Henry Bolt of Elmira NY Children:
Taken from the 1880 census, Elmira, Chemung Co. NY
Maud Bolt, age 11
Lily Bolt, daughter, age 6
Harry Bolt, son, age 2
8.6 Benjamin F. Mead
Birth: November 11, 1843,
Port Dover, Canada, West Spouse:
Ada Savory (sometimes documented as Adra) Occupation:
Carpenter
Children:
Myrtie Bell, b. July 15, 1871,
d. October 11, 1871
William Abner, b. February 8,
1873, d. 1958
Mary May Evelyn, b. July 5,
1875, d. 1956
Frank Mead, b. April 19, 1878,
d. 1894
Alpha David , b. November 11,
1880, Elmira NY, d. August 22, 1955, Buffalo NY, m. Elizabeth Brandt Rogers,
b. July 25, 1889, d. July 6, 1931, Buffalo NY
Ernest Perry, b. 1883
Blanche Emily, b. 1885, d. 1921
Albinos P., b.1893, d.1932
Genevieve Harriet Hazel, b.1898
*For more information on Benjamin F. Mead's descendants, see Donald Ray
Johnson's documentation in the
Meade Family Submissions section.
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