Capt. Stephen Mead

A Patriot of the American Revolution for New Jersey with the rank of Private.    DAR Ancestor # A076796

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

http://collectornuts.com/mead.pdf

Stephen Mead (Mar. 2, 1729 - July 22, 1779), son of Jeremiah, grandson of Joseph, great grandson of Joseph, second great grandson of William, said to be born in Greenwich or Wilton in Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, and to have died in the Battle of Minisink at Miniskink Ford in the American Revolution.

Asserted to have married firstly Mary Inman (Apr. 3, 1742 - 1801), daughter of Elijah Inman and Susannah, born in Glocester in Providence County, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, and died in Wantage, Sussex County, New Jersey.

Asserted to have married secondly Rachel Sanford (b. July 23, 1733) on Oct. 31, 1751 in Greenwich. Born in Redding in Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony, and dying in Connecticut.

(Should be reversed.)

Notes that Stephen Mead is described as a military lieutenant and captain, and was said to be a prominent man in the town affairs of Redding, Connecticut. Elected as the first town clerk in 1767, and held additional offices in his political career. Took part in a committee in 1768 that set bounds of the district. In Goshen, Orange County, New York, Stephen Mead is listed on a monument located in the church yard that honors those who died at the Battle of Minisink.

All children have been asserted to have been by Rachel as Mary Inman may or may not have been Stephen's wife. Actual children are unknown to the author of the source. Children asserted as:

• 1. Jeremiah Mead (b. Mar. 22, 1752), married Ruth Reed (b. c1752)
• 2. Ezra Mead (b. c1754)
• 3. Hanna Mead (b. c1756)
• 4. Esther Mead (b. c1759)
• 5. Thaddeus Mead (b. c1761)
• 6. Ebenezer Mead (Nov. 27, 1763 - Aug. 25, 1835) born in Wantage and died in Elmira, Chemung County, New York.
• 7. Stephen Mead (b. c1768)