William Mead^[1]

1600 - 1663  (63 years)

• Name	William Mead
  Birth	1600	Lydd, Kent, England   [2, 3, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Arrival	1641	, , Connecticut, USA   [5]
  Death	12 May 1663	Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2, 3]
  Burial	Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I35577	Master
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2019

  
  

  Family	Martha Baker Davis,   b. Oct 1604, Lydd, Kent, England d. 19 Sep 1657, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 52 years)
  Marriage	1625	Lydd, Kent, England   [4]
  Children	+ 1. Joseph Mead,   b. 25 Apr 1630, Lydd, Kent, England d. 3 May 1690, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 60 years)  [Father: natural]   2. Martha Mead,   b. 8 Nov 1632, Lydd, Kent, England d. 17 May 1696, Newtown, Long Island, New York, USA (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural] + 3. John Mead,   b. 1634, Lydd, Kent, England d. 5 Feb 1699, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years)  [Father: natural]
  Family ID	F8504	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Feb 2019

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 1600 - Lydd, Kent, England Marriage - 1625 - Lydd, Kent, England Arrival - 1641 - , , Connecticut, USA Death - 12 May 1663 - Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Burial - - Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Histories

  Mead Family pg 2

  
  

• Notes

  William Mead - family history (9th Great Grandfather to Swansons) "William Mead, born in England, about 1600, probably sailed from Lydd, County Kent, England, in the ship, Elizabeth, Captain Stagg, April 1635, for the Massachusetts Bay Colony; first settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut; removed to Stamford, Connecticut, in 1641, where he died about 1663. His wife died at Stamford, Sept. 19, 1657. Their children were: Joseph, Martha, and John. Joseph and John settled in the town of Greenwich. See "History & Genealogy of the Mead Family", Spencer Mead." THE MEAD FAMILY The Mead Family of Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Conn. was originally from England, and came to this country shortly after the Mayflower had landed its load of Pilgrims on the shores of Massachusetts. It has generally been the tradition in the family that two brothers came over; that one stopped at the Eastward, while the other came to Horse-Neck. That two brothers or possibly three, came over is very probable, as it would not be natural for one to come alone, could he find a relative to join him in his adventures. In the "History of Lexington, Mass." we find that Gabriel Mead was one of the earliest settlers of that place, as also David. The dates of their arrival, and of William of Horse-Neck (or rather Stamford) agree with one another, leading to the conclusion that all three were near relatives; furthermore the Coat-of -arms of both branches is identical, which is almost proof positive. It is not fully detemined from what part of England the Connecticut family came; but searches that have been made there seem to show a starting place somewhere near London, possibly Greenwich, Co. Kent. The first record of any Mead in Fairfield Co. is the following in Stamford Town Records: "Dec. 7, 1641, William Mayd received from the town of Stamford, a homelot and 5 acres of land." This William was undoubtedly the ancestor of the Fairfield Co. Meads. His wife died Sept. 19, 1657. We have record of three children. Joseph, born in 1630, the ancestor of the Ridgefield and North Fairfield Co. Meads; Martha, who married John Richardson, of Stamford, and John, the ancestor of the Horse-Neck Meads. The two sons, Joseph 2 and John 2, seem to have migrated (though if proved only a temporary sojourn) to Hempstead, L. I. John 2 removed from Hempstead, L. I. to Greenwich (Horse-neck) in 1660. It was in this village that he purchased land; the date of the deed is Oct. 26, 1660, and is as follows, verbatim et literation. These presents witnesseth an agreement made between Richard Crab of Grenwich, on ye one side & John Mead of Hemstead on Long Island on ye other side, viz: ye sd Richard Crab hath sould unto ye sd John Mead all his houses & Lands yt sd Richard Crab hath in Grenwich with all ye Apurtenances. Rights & Privileges & Conveniences yt doth belong unto ye sd houses & lands or shall here after belong unto them namely ye house yt Rechard Crab liveth in. Ye house yt Thomas Studwell liveth in with ye Barne yt is on ye other side of ye hyewaye; also ye home lott ye house stands on being bounded with a fence about them Lying on ye North west side against ye home lott also Eightene Acres of Land in Elizabeth neck more or less being bounded on ye sea on ye East ans south east and a fence on ye west norwest & ye north. Also ye Rig (ridge?) with five acres of Meadow Lying in it more or les. Ye rig being bounded by ye Sea on ye south east. Williamses Land on the east & a fence on ye northwest. Ye hye waye & hubert (Hubbard?) & angell Husted land on ye west; also three acres of meadow in ye Long meadow & one acre of Meadow by ferris bounded by Jeffere Ferris land on ye southwest and ye Cove on ye west and northwest: ye hyewaye on ye East & northeast & five acres of meadow in myanos neck. All these above spesiffied I do acknoledge to have sould unto ye above sd John Mead. His heaires & asignes fully & freely to be posses forever & for ye just & full performance hereof I have hereunto subscribed my hand Ann 1660 October 26 Daye. Richerd Crabb

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=156037712&pid=579 [S751] Ancestry.com, U.S., Find a Grave® Index, 1600s-Current, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S887] Ancestry.com, Colonial Families of the USA, 1607-1775, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.). [S32] Yates Publishing, U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2004.), Source number: 300.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: GRG. [S747] Ancestry.com, U.S. and Canada, Passenger and Immigration Lists Index, 1500s-1900s, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc), Place: Connecticut; Year: 1641; Page Number: 193.