Caleb Mead^[1]

1694 - 1733  (38 years)

• Name	Caleb Mead
  Birth	14 Jan 1694	Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	1733	Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Probate	19 Apr 1733	, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [3]
  Person ID	I35553	Master
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2019

  
  

  Father	Ebenezer Mead,   b. 11 Feb 1663, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 1728, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 64 years)
  Mother	Sarah Knapp,   b. 18 Jan 1670, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 19 Nov 1746, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 76 years)
  Marriage	1691  [4, 5]
  Family ID	F8502	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Mary Holmes,   b. 1695, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 28 Dec 1748, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 53 years)
  Marriage	1716	Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
  Children	1. Caleb Mead,   b. 28 Oct 1716, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. Jan 1798, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 81 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Mary Mead,   b. 2 Jan 1720, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 26 May 1800, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 80 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. Jeremiah Mead,   b. 13 Feb 1727, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 5 Feb 1815, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 87 years)  [Father: natural]   4. Titus Mead,   b. 15 Sep 1729, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 10 Sep 1812, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 82 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F8501	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 14 Jan 1694 - Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Marriage - 1716 - Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Death - 1733 - Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Probate - 19 Apr 1733 - , Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  CALEB 10 MEAD (E BENEZER9 , J OHN8 , W ILLIAM7 , P RICILLA6 , R ICHARD5 M EADE , T HOMAS4 , T HOMAS3 M EDE , T HOMAS2 , T HOMAS1 ) was born January 14, 1693/94 in Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT, and died 1733 in Greenwich, CT age 39. He married MARY HOLMES February 1715/16 in Greenwich, CT, daughter of STEPHEN HOLMES and MARY HOBBY . She was born Abt. 1695 in Greenwich, CT, and died December 28, 1748 in Greenwich, CT 30. Notes for CALEB MEAD : Caleb purchased land on January 15, 1718/19 from Daniel Banks, Greenwich, CT. Mead, Caleb, late of Greenwich, blacksmith, will dated Apr. 19, 1733, probated Dec. 4, 1733, mentions his wife Mary, and children Caleb, Jeremiah, Titus, Mary, Sarah, Abigail, and Jemima. Executors his brothers Ebenezer Mead and Jabez Mead. Witnesses Theophilus Peck, Eliphalet Mead, and Hezekiah Reynolds, page 52. Apr. 7, 1741, Jeremiah Mead, son of decedent, made choice of Caleb Mead to be his guardian, page 152. In the Name of God Amen the Nineteenth Day of April in the year of our Lord 1733 I Caleb Mead of the Town of Greenwich in the County of Fairfield Colony of Connecticut being very sick and weak in Body But of Perfect Mind and Memory Thanks be to God for it Therefore Calling to mind the Mortality of My Body & Knowing yt it is appointed for all men once to Die Make & Ordain this My Lest Will & Testament that is to say first & principally I give & Recommend my soul into Earth to be Buried in a Christian Like and Decent Maner at Resurection I shal Receiv ye same by the Mighty power of God. And as Touching My Worldly Estate where with it hath pleased God to Bles me in This Life Imprimis That my funeral Charges Be paid and My just Debts out of ye Moveables Except a Debt Contracted with my honored father for the payment of which I order my executor to sell all my right of land at a place caled Corks purchase on ye west side of Byram River and if that answer not the debt the remainder to be paid out of my real estate or moveables as my Executors think beft. Item I given unto my Dear & well beloved wife Mary Mead the one third of all my estate in moveables to be at her disposal & ye third part of my house & Land during the time she remains a widow. Item I give unto my Dutiful & well beloved son Caleb Mead all My Blacksmiths tools One Hundred pounds in the Building & the rest of my right in land & real estate to be equally divided between my Three Sons Caleb Mead, Jeremiah Mead & Titus Mead that Lyeth in Connecticut & New York Government. Item I give unto my dear and loving children Mary Mead, Sarah Mead & Abigail Mead & Jemima Mead each of them the sum of seventy pounds Currency Money of Connecticut to be paid unto them When and as They Each of them come of age To be paid out of moveable estate But if the Moveables should not be Sufficient to perform ye sd sum to be Made out of the Lands or my firm estate equaly at the Discretion of my Executors. Item furthermore I do ordain consitute & Apoint my true trusty & well beloved brethren Ebenezer Mead & Jabez Mead Both of the Abov sd Greenwich to be my sole Executors of this My last Will and Testament & I do hereby uterly Disalow Revoke and Dissanul all other wills Legacys or Executors In Witness Whereof I have Hereunto set my hand & Seal - Caleb Mead - Signed Sealed published and pronounced & Declared by sd Caleb Mead as his last Will & Testament in presence of us the subscribers: Theophilus Peck, Eliphalet Mead, Heseaha Reynolds - Probated Stamford Dec. 4, 1733, Stam. Prob. Rec., Vol. 1-52 Children of CALEB MEAD and MARY HOLMES are: 89. i. LIEUT. CALEB 11 MEAD, JR. , b. October 28, 1716, Horseneck, Fairfield Co, CT; d. January 1798, Horseneck, Fairfield Co, CT. 90. ii. STEPHEN MEAD , b. September 26, 1718, Stamford, CT; d. Bef. 1733. iii. MARY MEAD , b. January 02, 1719/20; m. SILAS MEAD , August 07, 1745, Greenwich, CT; b. Abt. 1719. Notes for MARY MEAD : The Greenwich records show: Silas Mead married Mary Mead [dau. of Caleb Mead] Aug 7, 1745. iv. SARAH MEAD , b. December 31, 1722; m. EPENETUS HOLMES , February 03, 1743/44, Greenwich, CT; b. October 30, 1722, Greenwich, CT. v. ABIGAIL MEAD , b. February 12, 1724/25. 91. vi. JEREMIAH MEAD , b. February 13, 1726/27, Greenwich, CT; d. February 05, 1815, Carmel, Putnam Co, NY age 88. 92. vii. TITUS MEAD , b. September 15, 1729, Greenwich, Fairfield Co, CT; d. September 10, 1812, Greenwich, CT. viii. JEMIMA MEAD , b. Abt. 1731.

  
  

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