Caleb MEAD

Male 1694 - 1733  (38 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Caleb MEAD was born on 14 Jan 1693/4 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (son of Ebenezer MEAD and Sarah KNAPP); died in 1733 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Caleb married Mary HOLMES between 16 Feb 1715 and 1716 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Mary (daughter of Stephen HOLMES and Mary HOBBY) was born about 1695 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 28 Dec 1748 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Ebenezer MEAD was born in 1663 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (son of John MEAD and Hannah BROWN); died in 1728 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Ebenezer married Sarah KNAPP in 1691 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Caleb KNAPP and Hannah SMITH) was born on 18 Jan 1669/70 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1728 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Sarah KNAPP was born on 18 Jan 1669/70 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Caleb KNAPP and Hannah SMITH); died in 1728 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Ebenezer MEAD was born on 25 Oct 1692 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 03 May 1775 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. 1. Caleb MEAD was born on 14 Jan 1693/4 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1733 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    3. Sarah MEAD was born on 19 Oct 1695 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1769 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Hannah MEAD was born on 08 Nov 1698 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1769 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Jabez MEAD was born on 10 Jun 1700 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1769 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. David MEAD was born on 10 Oct 1701 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 24 Sep 1766 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Abigail MEAD was born on 13 Sep 1704/5 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died between 1769 and 1777 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    8. Jemima MEAD was born in 1708; died before 1766 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    9. Susannah MEAD was born on 28 Feb 1709 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1763 in Bedford, Westchester Co., New York; was buried in Old Bedford Cemetery, Bedford, Westchester Co. New York.
    10. John MEAD was born in 1711 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    11. Alpheus MEAD was born about 1713 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  John MEADJohn MEAD was born about 1634 in England (son of William MEAD and Martha DAVIS); died on 05 Feb 1698/99 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    John married Hannah BROWN on 10 Jul 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of unknown BROWN) was born in 1638; died on 13 Nov 1700 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Hannah BROWN was born in 1638 (daughter of unknown BROWN); died on 13 Nov 1700 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    Children:
    1. Hannah MEAD was born in 1664 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut; died in 1728 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut; was buried in North Stamford Cemetery, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    2. John MEAD was born on 15 Aug 1658 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 12 May 1693 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    3. Joseph MEAD was born on 02 May 1660; died on 24 Feb 1724/25.
    4. 2. Ebenezer MEAD was born in 1663 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1728 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Jonathan MEAD was born about 1665; died in 1713 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Lieut. Benjamin Daniel MEAD was born on 07 May 1667 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Feb 1745/46 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    7. Nathaniel MEAD was born between 1668 and 1673 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 04 Feb 1701/02.
    8. Samuel MEAD was born about 1671; died in 1713.
    9. Abigail MEAD was born about 1673.
    10. Elizabeth MEAD was born about 1675.
    11. Mary MEAD was born about 1679.
    12. David MEAD was born about 1681.

  3. 6.  Caleb KNAPP was born on 20 Jan 1636/37 in Watertown, Massachusetts (son of Nicholas KNAPP and Elinor LOCKWOOD); died on 12 Dec 1674 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: Between 20 Jan 1635 and 1636, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • Birth: 20 Nov 1636, Watertown, Massachusetts
    • Death: Between 4 Mar 1674 and 1675, Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut

    Caleb married Hannah SMITH on 26 Mar 1660 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Hannah (daughter of Henry SMITH and Hannah UNKNOWN) was born about 1640 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in Jun 1685. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Hannah SMITH was born about 1640 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut (daughter of Henry SMITH and Hannah UNKNOWN); died in Jun 1685.
    Children:
    1. Caleb KNAPP was born on 24 Nov 1661 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after 1717 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    2. John KNAPP was born on 25 Jul 1664 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 05 Apr 1749 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    3. Moses KNAPP was born about 1666 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 30 Oct 1753 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Samuel KNAPP was born about 1668 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1739 in Danbury, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. 3. Sarah KNAPP was born on 18 Jan 1669/70 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died in 1728 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Hannah KNAPP was born about 1672 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died after Oct 1707 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.


Generation: 4

  1. 8.  William MEADWilliam MEAD was born about 1600 in England; died in 1663 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

    William married Martha DAVIS about 1625 in England. Martha was born in 1604 in England; died on 19 Sep 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 9.  Martha DAVIS was born in 1604 in England; died on 19 Sep 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. Joseph MEAD was born about 1630 in England; died on 03 May 1690 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    2. Martha MEAD was born about 1632 in England; died in 1675 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    3. 4. John MEAD was born about 1634 in England; died on 05 Feb 1698/99 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

  3. 10.  unknown BROWN
    Children:
    1. 5. Hannah BROWN was born in 1638; died on 13 Nov 1700 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Tomac Burying Ground, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
    2. Mary BROWN was born about 1634.

  4. 12.  Nicholas KNAPP was born on 16 May 1592 in Wells-Next-Sea, Wells, Norfolk, England (son of John KNAPP and Martha BLOIS); died on 16 Apr 1670 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Name:
    "Connecticut Ancestry": Nicholas Knapp was in Watertown, Massachusetts by 1 March 1630/31, when he was fined for sellin some "water of noe worth nor value" as a cure for scurvy. Since this was wintertime when no ships made the Atlantic voyage, it is likely that he had arrived well before this time, perhaps during the summer of 1630. Anderson estimates that he was born by about 1606, based on the estimated date of his marriage. He died at Stamford between 15 and 27 April 1669/70, the dates of his will and his inventory. The family name was generally spelled KNAP until about 1800....

    His first wife and mother of his children, who died in Stamford on 16th day, 6th month (16 August) 1658, was named Eleanor (?). He married (2) at Stamford on 9 March 1658/59 Unica (?) (Buxton) (Brown), widow of Clement Buxton and Peter Brown. Since she was not mentioned in his will, she is presumed to have died before 1670.

    The standard 'KNAPP GENEALOGY" is full of error and must be used with caution. It does, however, contain some interesting historical and biographical information, including a list of the lands of Nicholas Knapp in Watertown, and a complete transcription of his will. He appears to have left Watertown about May 1646, since he sold all the land he had received from the town there to Bryan Pendleton on the 6th day 3rd month 1646, and another acre of meadow (purchased separately in 1645) to Edward Garfield on the same date. According to one Stamford historian, he was briefly in Rye, New York, and nearby Greenwich before arriving in Stamford about 1649.

    For some unknown reason, the Stamford Town Records do not contain a complete listing of the lands of Nicholas Knapp as they do for many other early residents. He is, however, mentioned regularly as an adjoining landholder in many of the other residents' summaries. the Town Records do contain an interesting purchase on 26 September 1651 by "nickels Knape" of Elias Bailey's house and home lot of 1 1/2 acre, purchased earlier by Bailey from John Coe, and adjacent to land already in Knapp's possession. Both Bailey and Coe left Stamford for Long Island, along with many other Stamford people.

    Nicholas Knapp and his stepson Clement Buxton, son of his second wife Eunice, "the aforesayd Nichlas Knap haveing by and with the mariage of ye Widdow Busxton administrered upon ye estate of Clement Buxton, deceased" made an agreement on 8 March 1666/67 and recorded 31 January 1667/68, the young man having reached his majority, that he (Buxton) would receive title to his father's house and property in return for granting Knapp and his wife the life use of the house and 1/2 of the barn and home lot. On the following day (March 1666/67) Nicholas Knapp added an additional detail to the agreement in which he gave "unto Clement Buxton a beding in ye house wch I now am resedent in and what conveniancy I can conveniantly acommodate him with all for stoedge (storage) of what necisary things he have to put in so that it may be understood I grant him this priveledge as long as I shall live in the house. This my agreement made 9th March 1666.

    Then, within a year on 19 October 1668, Nicholas Knap purchased the house and 1 1/2 acre homelot of Daniel Simpkins of Stamford for the price of "two oxen and one cow in hand resived & for full satisfaction." This homelot was between the homelots of Richard Scofield on the south and Thomas Lawrence on the north and bounded by the highway on the east and the mill lot on the west.

    His will was dated at Stamford on 15 April (2nd Month) 1670, probated 21 October 1670, and named his children Moses, Timothy, Caleb, Joshua, Sarah Disbrowe, Hanna, Lidea, and Ruth. Sarah Buxton and Eunice Buxton are called daughters in law, and are left property out of the effects of their father Clement Buxton. His son Joshua Knapp was named executor and the will was witnessed by John Weed and Eleazer Slason. The inventory was taken 27 April 1669/70 by John Holly and Clement Buxton, and filed 31 October 1670.

    Nicholas married Elinor LOCKWOOD. Elinor (daughter of Edmund LOCKWOOD and Alice COWPER) was born in Oct 1609 in St. Mary Parish-Bures, Co. Suffolk, England; died on 16 Aug 1658 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connnecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  5. 13.  Elinor LOCKWOOD was born in Oct 1609 in St. Mary Parish-Bures, Co. Suffolk, England (daughter of Edmund LOCKWOOD and Alice COWPER); died on 16 Aug 1658 in Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connnecticut.

    Notes:

    Name:
    Lockwood family.com - DESCENDANTS OF ELINOR LOCKWOOD -

    States the following regarding Elinor:

    Arrived on Arbella with Edmund and Robert, as did Nicholas Knapp. She may have previously been married to a "Disbrow."
    The Genealogy of Nicholas Knapp by Dr. A.A. Knapp says that Elinor is the daughter of Edmund Lockwood, sister to Robert and Edmund. The Knapp genealogies also list Elinor as daughter of Edmund, sister to Robert and Edmund.

    Another Knapp says:
    From Frederick Harry Knapp on January 5, 1999: "ELINOR, CALLED 'LOCKWOOD', 'DISBROW', & 'WATERBURY'

    "Elinor, first wife of Nicholas Knapp of Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts and Stamford, Fairfield Co., Connecticut, has been called "Lockwood', "Disbrow" and at times, "Waterbury", in older genealogies. No known record supports such claims!

    EXTANT RECORDS IDENTIFY HER AS 'ELINOR' ONLY, AND ANCESTRY UNKNOWN. Her origin and ancestry remain unknown, though no doubt her origin was England. Many early publications state she was born at Combs, Co. Suffolk, England, though do so without benefit of supporting evidence. At best we can say 'she was (of) England."

    Please see LOCKWOOD FAMILY.com website for more arguments on the known last name of Elinor. As of this writing 2012, I am leaving the last name of Elinor as UNKNOWN.

    Children:
    1. Jonathan KNAPP was born in Nov 1631 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 27 Dec 1631 in Watertown, Massachusetts.
    2. Timothy KNAPP was born on 14 Dec 1632 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died before 1685 in Rye, Westchester Co., New York.
    3. Joshua KNAPP was born on 05 Jan 1634/35 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died before 27 Oct 1684 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. 6. Caleb KNAPP was born on 20 Jan 1636/37 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died on 12 Dec 1674 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. Sarah KNAPP was born on 05 Jan 1638/39 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachsutts; died in 1681 in Rye, Westchester Co., New York.
    6. Ruth KNAPP was born on 06 Jan 1640/41 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; died after 1702 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Hannah KNAPP was born on 06 Mar 1642/43 in Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 11 Dec 1694 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    8. Moses KNAPP was born on 6 Aug 1645 in Watertown, Massachusetts; died in 1756 in Peekskill, New York.
    9. Lydia KNAPP was born on 08 Jun 1647 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 09 Dec 1716 in Stratford, Fairfield Co.,Connecticut.

  6. 14.  Henry SMITH was born in England (son of Thomas SMITH and ? UNKNOWN); died on 05 Jul 1687 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.

    Notes:

    Name:
    "Connecticut Ancestry": Henry Smith was among the first group of settlers that came from Wethersfield to Stamford in 1641. It has been claimed that he was the "son of Thomas Smith of st.Mary Adermanbury England," adn was born in 1619 but this origin is not yet considered proven. "The History of Ancient Wethersfield" claims that he was the son of a Samuel Smith, but without further explanation. Robert Louer (author "The Smith Families of Stamford, Connecticut") has described these and other theories of the Henry Smith origin in more detail that will not be repeated here. Henry Smith died at Stamford, probably shortly after he made his will there on 4 July 1687.

    The name of his first wife ha been given as Hannah ?, but not proven, perhaps an assumption based on the name of their oldest daughter. Sometime after the death of Francis Andrews at Fairfield 1662, he married (2) Ann/Anna (?) Andrews, widow of Francis Andrews. On 21 January 1664, Henry Smith confirmed a prenuptial agreement with his wife that discussed legacies in he former husband's will to three of her youngest children, Rebecca, Ruth and Abraham. She actually had a total of 10 children with her first husband, namely Hanna, Elizabeth,John, Thomas, Mary, Ether, Rebecca, Jeremiah, Abraham and Ruth. Ann's death was recorded at Stamford "the second week of June 1685".

    "The lands of Henery Smith" in Stamford were entered in the town records on 26 March 1650, and included a houe and home lot of 1 1/2 acres bounded by Edward Jessup (N), common land (S), a highway (W), and the lands of Jeffrey Ferris and Thomas Hyatt on the East (E). Other lands recorded at the time were 5 acres + 3 acres of upland in the North Field, and 3 acres of meadow in the South Field. At a later time, 3 additional acres of upland in the North Field wrwe recorded on this same page of the town records as having been purchased from Edmund Lockwood in 1653.

    The General Court (Assembly) of Connecticut granted Henry Smith 80 acres of land on 11 May 1671 "upon the acco' of his seruice at the Pequit warre." The town of residence was not noted, but we assume this was our Henry Smith of Stamford.

    The will of "Hennery Smith" (who made his H mark in a feeble hand) was dated 4 July 1687 and witnessed by Joseph Garnsey and Abraham Ambler at Stamford. His son John Smith and his grandson John Knapp jointly received "my house and housing and home lott," to be equally divided. His grandson John Knapp was to pay all just debts and funeral charges. "All the other of my estate" was given to his daughter Hannah Lawrence, "expecting ye other of my children to be satisfied with what they have already received: my estate being so small."

    Henry married Hannah UNKNOWN before 1642. Hannah was born about 1612 in England; died before 1674 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  7. 15.  Hannah UNKNOWN was born about 1612 in England; died before 1674 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    Children:
    1. 7. Hannah SMITH was born about 1640 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in Jun 1685.
    2. Samuel SMITH was born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut; died in 1658.
    3. Daniel SMITH was born in abt. 1648 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 03 Mar 1739/40 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    4. Rebecca SMITH was born in 1653 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    5. John SMITH was born about 1656 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 03 Nov 1711 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    6. Mary SMITH was born in 1658 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
    7. Abigail SMITH was born in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.