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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 [4] |
Gender |
Male |
Death |
27 Feb 1745/46 |
Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [4] |
Burial |
Old Burying Ground, Fairfield, Fairfield Co., Connecticut [1] |
Person ID |
I38497 |
Main Tree |
Last Modified |
9 Nov 2021 |
Father |
John MEAD, b. Abt 1634, England d. 05 Feb 1698/99, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 65 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Mother |
Hannah BROWN, b. 1638 d. 13 Nov 1700, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 62 years) |
Relationship |
Birth |
Marriage |
10 Jul 1657 |
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [4] |
Family ID |
F09165 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Family 1 |
Sarah WATERBURY, b. 05 Aug 1677, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 27 Feb 1745, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 67 years) |
Marriage |
15 May 1700 |
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA [2, 3, 5] |
Children |
| 1. Keziah MEAD, b. Abt 1714 d. Aft 1785, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 72 years) [Birth] |
| 2. Eliphelet MEAD, b. 14 Mar 1704, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 22 Oct 1796 (Age 92 years) [Birth] |
+ | 3. Elizabeth MEAD, b. 2 Nov 1705, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA d. 17 Nov 1783 (Age 78 years) [Birth] |
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Family ID |
F09996 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
Last Modified |
9 Nov 2021 |
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Sources |
- [S02329] Find A Grave Website.
- [S4955] Connecticut Ancestry 2008 November Vol. 51 No. 2.
- [S12768] The American Genealogist 1951 Vol. 27.
- [S03262] RootsWeb: World Connect - Stamford, CT Familes (1641-1935) by Barbara Kaye.
- [S03428] The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records: Stamford.
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