Lieut. Benjamin Daniel MEAD

Male 1667 - 1746  (78 years)


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  • Name Benjamin Daniel MEAD  [2, 3
    • 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.
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    Prefix Lieut. 
    Birth 07 May 1667  Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Gender Male 
    Death 27 Feb 1745/46  Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Burial Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Person ID I38497  Main Tree
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2021 

    Father John MEAD,   b. Abt 1634, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 05 Feb 1698/99, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 65 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Mother Hannah BROWN,   b. 1638   d. 13 Nov 1700, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years) 
    Relationship Birth 
    Marriage 10 Jul 1657  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Family ID F09165  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Sarah WATERBURY,   b. 05 Aug 1677, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 27 Feb 1745, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years) 
    Marriage 15 May 1700  Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2, 3, 5
    Children 
     1. Keziah MEAD,   b. Abt 1714   d. Aft 1785, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 72 years)  [Birth]
     2. Eliphelet MEAD,   b. 14 Mar 1704, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 22 Oct 1796 (Age 92 years)  [Birth]
    +3. Elizabeth MEAD,   b. 2 Nov 1705, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 17 Nov 1783 (Age 78 years)  [Birth]
    Family ID F09996  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 9 Nov 2021 

    Family 2 Rachel BROWN,   b. Abt 1680, Rye, Westchester, New York, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Marriage 20 Jun 1716  [4
    Family ID F10004  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 07 May 1667 - Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 27 Feb 1745/46 - Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Sources 
    1. [S02329] Find A Grave Website.

    2. [S4955] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 November Vol. 51 No. 2.

    3. [S12768] The American Genealogist 1951 Vol. 27.

    4. [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.

    5. [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.