Amos Mead, M.D.

From Descendants of William Mead: Working file of Mary Lou Cook, updated 4 June 2011

http://collectornuts.com/mead.pdf

Amos Mead (Feb. 22, 1730 - Feb. 24, 1807), son of Ebenezer, grandson of Ebenezer, great grandson of John, second great grandson of William, said to be born and died in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, buried in the Second Congregational Church Cemetery.

Asserted to have married Ruth Bush (Oct. 8, 1731 - Mar. 5, 1791) on Jan. 1, 1753 in Greenwich in a ceremony officiated by Rev. Todd. She was daughter of Justus Bush and Ann Hayes.

Asserted to have been listed as a surgeon of Greenwich at Ticonderoga in October 1759 under the command of Col. Thomas Hobby. Served in the 3rd Connecticut Regiment in the French and Indian War, mustering in early spring 1759.

Grandson Col. Thomas A. Mead said to have had in his possession in 1880 his powder-horn as a souvenir.

Asserted to have served in a prominent position during the Revolutionary War and represented his town a great many times in the Colonial Legislature, as well as after the adoption of the U.S. Constitution by Connecticut in the late 1780s. Was part of the convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution.

The Barbour Collection notes that he had slaves named

• York,
• Eber,
• Cuff, and
• Flora (b. Dec. 17, 1787).

Children asserted to be:

• 1. Richard Mead (Sept. 5, 1753 - Apr. 20, 1826) born and died in Greenwich.
• 2. Thomas Mead (Apr. 7, 1755 - Apr. 14, 1775) born in Greenwich.

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From the Gilder Lehrman Collection:

http://www.gilderlehrman.org/collections/c932e32c-2570-4b37-88fb-88...

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC01450.169.02

• Author/Creator: Wyllys, George (1710-1796)
• Place Written: Hartford, Connecticut
• Type: Document signed
• Date: 11 May 1780
• Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 31 x 21.5 cm.
• Summary of Content: States that Mead advanced Lieutenant James Hughes two hundred dollars Continental currency to raise a company for the defense of Greenwich. The next year Hughes defected to the enemy, leaving Mead with only a promissory receipt. The assembly resolves to pay Mead seven pounds ten schillings out of the treasury to cover this expense. Mead signs acknowledging receipt of the money. Written at ”A General Assembly of the State of Connecticut.”
• People: Mead, Amos, 1730-1807., Wyllys, George, 1710-1796.
• Historical Era: American Revolution, 1763-1783
• Keywords/Subjects: Revolutionary War, Military History, Recruitment, Finance, Government & Civics, Loyalist
• Sub Era: The War for Independence
• Background: Amos Mead was a doctor from Greenwich, Connecticut. He served in in the American Revolution and in the Connecticut state legislature., George Wyllys was secretary of the colony of Connecticut for sixty years, during which he attended every session of the legislature. Also was town-clerk of Hartford from 1730 until his death, became a captain of militia in 1738, and held a commission of lieutenant-colonel in the French and Indian War.

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Text of the document by the Connecticut convention that ratified the U.S. Constitution:

http://avalon.law.yale.edu/18th_century/ratct.asp

Ratification of the Constitution by the State of Connecticut; January 8, 1788. (1) In the Name of the People of the State of Connecticut.

We the Delegates of the People of sd State in general Convention assembled, pursuant to an Act of the Legislature in October last, Have assented to and ratified, and by these presents do assent to, ratify and adopt the Constitution, reported by the Convention of Delegates in Philadelphia, on the 17th day of September AD. 1787. for the United States of America.

Done in Convention this 8th day of January AD. 1788. In witness whereof we have hereunto set our hands.

• MATTHEW GRISWOLD President:
• JEREH WADSWORTH, JESSE ROOT, ISAAC LEE, SELAH HEART, ZEBULON PECK jur, ELISHA PITKIN, ERASTUS WOLCOTT, JOHN WATSON, JOHN TREADWELL, WILLIAM JUDD, JOSEPH MOSELY, WAIT GOODRICH, JOHN CURTISS, ASA BARNS, STEPHEN MIX MITCHELL, JOHN CHESTER, OLIV ELLSWORTH, ROGER NEWBERRY, ROGER SHERMAN, PIERPONT EDWARDS, SAMUEL BEACH, DANIEL HOLBROOK, JOHN HOLBROOK, GIDEON BUCKINGHAM, LEWIS MALLET Jr, JOSEPH HOPKINS, JOHN WALTON, RICHD LAW, AMASA LEARNED, NATHAN DAUCHY, JAMES DAVENPORT, JOHN DAVENPORT Junr, WM SAML JOHNSON, ELISHA MILLS, ELEPHT DYER, JEDA ELDERKIN, SIMEON SMITH, HENDRICK DOW, SETH PAINE, ASA WITTER, MOSES CLEAVELAND, SAMPSON HOWE, WILLM DANIELSON, WM WILLIAMS, JAMES BRADFORD, JOSHUA DUNLOP, DANIEL LEARNED, MOSES CAMPBELL, BENJAMIN DOW, OLIVER WOLCOTT, JEDEDIAH STRONG, MOSES HAWLEY, CHARLES BURRALL, NATHAN HALE, DANIEL MILES, ASAPH HALL, ISAAC BURNHAM, JOHN WILDER, MARK PRINDLE, JEDIDIAH HUBBELL, AARON AUSTIN, SAMUEL CANFIELD, DANIEL EVERITT, HEZ: FITCH, SAML HUNTINGTON, JED HUNTINGTON, ISAAC HUNTINGTON, ROBERT ROBBINS, DANTE FOOT, ELI HYDE, JOSEPH WOODBRIDGE, STEPHEN BILLINGS, ANDREW LEE, WILLIAM NOYES, JOSHUA RAYMOND Junr, JERH HALSEY, WHEELER COIT, CHARLES PHELPS, NATHANIEL MINOR, JONATHAN STURGES, THADDEUS BURR, ELISHA WHITTELSEY, JOSEPH MOSS WHITE
• AMOS MEAD
• JABEZ FITCH, NEHEMIAH BEARDSLEY, JAMES POTTER, JOHN CHANDLER, JOHN BEACH, HEZH ROGERS, LEML SANFORD, WILLIAM HERON, PHILIP BURR BRADLEY, JOSHUA PORTER, BENJN HINMAN, EPAPHRAS SHELDON, ELEAZER CURTISS, JOHN WHITTLESEY, DANL NATHL BRINSMADE, THOMAS FENN, DAVID SMITH, ROBERT McCANE, DANIEL SHERMAN, SAMUEL ORTON, ASHER MILLER, SAML H. PARSONS, EBENR WHITE, HEZH GOODRICH, DYAR THROOK, JABEZ CHAPMAN, CORNELIUS HIGGINS, HEZEKIAH BRAINERD, THEOPHILUS MORGAN, HEZH LANE, WILLIAM HART, SAML SHIPMAN, JEREMIAH WEST, SAMUEL CHAPMAN, ICHABOD WARNER, SAMUEL CARVER, JEREMIAH RIPLEY, EPHRAIM ROOT, JOHN PHELPS, ISAAC FOOT, ABIJAH SESSIONS, CALEB HOLT, SETH CROCKER

State of Connecticut, ss. Hartford January ninth, Anno Domini one thousand, seven hundred and eighty eight. The foregoing Ratification was agreed to, and signed as above, by one hundred and twenty eight, and dissented to by forty Delegates in Convention, which is a Majority of eighty eight.

Certified by MATTHEW GRISWOLD President.

Teste JEDIDIAH STRONG Secretary-

(1) Reprinted from Documentary History of the Constitution, Vol. II (1894), pp. 87-89. Back

Source:

• Documents Illustrative of the Formation of the Union of the American States.
• Government Printing Office, 1927.
• House Document No. 398.
• Selected, Arranged and Indexed by Charles C. Tansill

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Parents Ebenezer Mead 1692-1775 Hannah Brown 1691-1746

Married Ruth January 1, 1753 Greenwich, Connecticut children Richard 1753-1826 Thomas 1755-1775

Married Martha January 13, 1795 Stamford, Connecticut

During French and Indian War Amos was a Surgeon for 3rd Connecticut Regiment. A ratifier of the Federal Constitution* Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 21 2019, 17:12:38 UTC