Elizabeth MEAD: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1705 - 1783 (78 years)

Generation: 1

Elizabeth MEAD was born on 2 Nov 1705 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Lieut. Benjamin Daniel MEAD and Sarah WATERBURY); died on 17 Nov 1783; was buried in Peck Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Family/Spouse: Theophilus PECK. Theophilus was born in 1702; died on 7 Nov 1783; was buried in Peck Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Children:

Eunice PECK was born on 9 Apr 1735 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 9 Jul 1828 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Knapp Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield Co. Connecticut.

Generation: 2

Lieut. Benjamin Daniel MEAD was born on 07 May 1667 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (son of John MEAD and Hannah BROWN); died on 27 Feb 1745/46 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Notes:

Name:
Benjamin Mead was an officer in the local militia and served a term as Surveyor for Fairfield County. Reports of his action in the French and Indian War are misleading, as he died before the Seven Years' War war started. That said, that global war was only part of an ongoing conflict in Europe from 1689-1763 that had combat ramifications in North America on at least 4 occasions when wars were officially declared. In addition to having names these wars also had numbers under the rubrique of "Intercolonial Wars," much as we have numbered "World Wars"-- since the individual wars had different names in Britain than on the Continent, the numbering system helped keep things (somewhat) straight. Finally, the Intercolonial Wars, as they were called in Europe, were called the French And Indian Wars in North America.
Benjamin Mead was old enough to have fought in any of the first three of these, King William's War or War of the League of Augsburg (1st Intercolonial) and Queen Anne's War or War of the Spanish Succession (2nd Intercontinental) being the most likely. So in this sense, any action he saw during those wars makes him a veteran of the French and Indian Wars.

Benjamin married Sarah WATERBURY on 15 May 1700 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA. Sarah (daughter of Jonathan WATERBURY and Eunice BUXTON) was born on 05 Aug 1677 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 27 Feb 1745 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah WATERBURY was born on 05 Aug 1677 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (daughter of Jonathan WATERBURY and Eunice BUXTON); died on 27 Feb 1745 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; was buried in Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.

Other Events and Attributes:

Birth: 15 Aug 1677, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Death: Bef 1708

Children:

Keziah MEAD was born about 1714; died after 1785 in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA.
Eliphelet MEAD was born on 14 Mar 1704 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 22 Oct 1796; was buried in Quaker Ridge Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.
1. Elizabeth MEAD was born on 2 Nov 1705 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA; died on 17 Nov 1783; was buried in Peck Cemetery, Greenwich, Fairfield Co., Connecticut.