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Saturday, September 18, 2010

Surname Saturday -- MEAD (5 Generations) MASSACHUSETTS

Descendants of GABRIEL MEAD

Generation No. 1

1.  GABRIEL MEAD was born 1589 in Lydd, Kent, England, and died May 12, 1666 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts.  He married JOANNA FREWIN July 17, 1628 in Henley on Thames, Oxon, England.  She was born 1603, and died 1683.
     
Children of GABRIEL MEAD and JOANNA FREWIN were:
                   i.    ABELL MEAD, b. December 16, 1629, Henley on Thames, Oxon, England; d. December 20, 1629, Henley on Thames, Oxon, England.
2.               ii.    LYDIA MEAD, b. Abt. 1632; d. Aft. 1666.
3.              iii.    ISRAEL MEAD, b. Abt. July 02, 1639, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. August 06, 1714, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
4.              iv.    EXPERIENCE MEAD, b. November 1641, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1674.
5.               v.    SARAH MEAD, b. Abt. 1643, Henley on Thames, Oxon, England; d. Aft. 1666.
                 vi.    PATIENCE MEAD, b. Abt. 1646; d. May 22, 1670; m. MATHIAS EVANS, April 28, 1669, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. 1684.
6.             vii.    DAVID MEAD /S, b. Abt. May 07, 1650, Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1715.

Generation No. 2

6.  DAVID MEAD /S (GABRIEL MEAD) was born Abt. May 07, 1650 in Dorchester, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1715.  He married (1) HANNAH WARREN September 24, 1675 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of DANIEL WARREN and MARY BARRON.  She was born July 04, 1658 in Watertown, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1711 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.  He married (2) MARY GOBLE September 01, 1713 in Concord, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS GOBLE and MARY GOBLE.  She was born in Charlestown, Suffolk Co., Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1713.
     
Children of DAVID MEAD /S and HANNAH WARREN were:
9.                i.    HANNAH MEAD, b. September 17, 1676, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. July 24, 1739, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
10.             ii.    DAVID MEAD, b. Abt. 1678, Cambridge, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. February 25, 1767, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
11.            iii.    HOPESTILL MEAD, b. January 04, 1679/80, Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. August 09, 1750, Lexington, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
                 iv.    MARY MEAD, b. July 1683, Billerica, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
                  v.    SARAH MEAD, b. October 24, 1688, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
                 vi.    SUSANNA MEAD, b. October 11, 1690, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
12.           vii.    BENJAMIN MEAD, b. January 19, 1693/94, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. January 23, 1773, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 3

 12.  BENJAMIN MEAD (DAVID MEAD /S, GABRIEL MEAD) was born January 19, 1693/94 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died January 23, 1773 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married SUSANNA THOMPSON March 21, 1721/22 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of JONATHAN THOMPSON and FRANCES WHITMORE.  She was born July 06, 1699 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died October 18, 1760.
     
Children of BENJAMIN MEAD and SUSANNA THOMPSON were:
20.              i.    BENJAMIN MEAD, b. January 29, 1722/23, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. 1749.
21.             ii.    SAMUEL MEAD, b. December 24, 1724, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. June 01, 1814, Harvard, Worcester Co., Massachusetts.
                 iii.    JOHN MEAD, b. December 23, 1726, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
                 iv.    SUSANNA MEAD, b. August 16, 1735, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

Generation No. 4

 20.  BENJAMIN MEAD (BENJAMIN, DAVID MEAD /S, GABRIEL MEAD) was born January 29, 1722/23 in Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts, and died Aft. 1749.  He married HEPHZIBAH.  She died Aft. November 19, 1740.
     
Children of BENJAMIN MEAD and HEPHZIBAH (__) MEAD were:
                   i.    HEPHZIBAH MEAD, b. July 26, 1743, Woburn, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.
28.             ii.    DAVID MEAD, b. November 19, 1749, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. Bef. 1784, New Ipswich, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.

Generation No. 5

 28.  DAVID MEAD (BENJAMIN, BENJAMIN, DAVID MEAD /S, GABRIEL MEAD) was born November 19, 1749 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died Bef. 1784 in New Ipswich, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire.  He married ELIZABETH / BETSEY JOHNSON October 21, 1773 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of WILLIAM JOHNSON.  She was born November 07, 1751 in Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died March 19, 1799 in Dublin, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire.
     
Children of DAVID MEAD and ELIZABETH JOHNSON were:
                   i.    ELIZABETH "BETSEY" MEAD, b. October 11, 1774, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. April 15, 1868, Glover, Orleans Co., Vermont; m. SOLOMON WOODS, March 19, 1797, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; b. October 14, 1772, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; d. October 29, 1837, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire.
                  ii.    MARY "POLLY" MEAD, b. 1777, Lynn, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. July 19, 1813, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; m. ABEL WILDER, January 08, 1797, Keene, Cheshire Co., New Hampshire; b. August 11, 1770, Templeton, Worcester Co., Massachusetts; d. April 03, 1862, Bridport, Addison Co., Vermont.
                 iii.    DAVID MEAD, b. 1779, New Ipswich, Hillsborough Co., New Hampshire; d. Bet. 1850 - 1860, of Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. FAITHFUL PRIEST, December 22, 1804, Sullivan County, New Hampshire; b. Abt. 1782, Marlborough, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts; d. August 10, 1865, Danvers, Essex Co., Massachusetts.


(My direct lines are in green.)