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.)

Tombstone Tuesday -- FELLOWS (3 Generations) NEW HAMPSHIRE

William Bainbridge Fellows

Born:  July 5, 1858  --  Died:  May 2, 1920

Ida Grace Scribner, wife of William Bainbridge Fellows

Born:  February 16, 1858  --  January 14, 1908

Their son, John Hibbard Fellows

John Hibbard Fellows

Born:  November 22, 1882  --  Died 1947

Ada Cary Baker, wife of John Hibbard Fellows

Born:  September 23, 1893  --  Died:  July 2, 1983

Their son, William Scribner Fellows

William Scribner "Scrib" Fellows
My uncle

Born:  November 26, 1923  --  Died April 18, 1966

Park Cemetery, Tilton, Belknap Co., New Hampshire

Tombstone Tuesday -- MANN (Part 2) of Genesee Co., New York

William Mann

Born:  1804

Died:  1851

and his wife, Azubah Hall

Born:  1807

Died  1898

Their son, Alfred Mann and his wife Sinie E. Feagles

Alfred Mann

Born:  February 08, 1834

Died:  1905, New York

His wife, Sinie E. Feagles

Born:  1835

Died:  1923, New York

Byron Cemetery, Byron, New York

Note:  This line belongs to my cousin, Claire, and she took the photos.

I Spent the Day With Him

My uncle, William Scribner "Scrib" Fellows, has been dead 44 years, and I have thought of him many times. He was married to my mother's sister, and although I hardly saw his family because they lived in another state. His unique first name, Scribner was taken from his grandmother's surname.

At age 42 year old on April 18, 1966, while at work in the morning, he called my aunt to say he wasn't feeling well and that he was coming home. But, he never arrived. All day, my aunt was frantic, and that escalated in the evening when a co-worker passed by a lake parking lot and spotted his car. Upon further investigation, it was discovered he had died at that spot.

A few days later, my aunt, the widow, and her brother from Dallas picked me up and we traveled a couple hundred miles to Tilton, New Hampshire where he was buried in the family plot, next to his father and grandparents.  It was a cold, windy April day, it was a nice cemetery on a hill with a great view. I recently went back, and when I did I couldn't find the plot. It was my husband who found the site last week.

I probably didn't meet Scrib until I was in 4th grade, but the memories are there. He was so friendly and really played with my younger cousins. I really liked him, and I think everybody did. My aunt wrote me after the funeral service saying she had over 400 notes to write.

More than anything, I remember how he loved the woods. So much so, that after his death, his mother purchased the naming rights to a New Hampshire State Forest. It is called, Scribner Fellows State Forest. My husband and I finally visited it, and I was filled with emotion, I was so proud. After the day in the forest and the cemetery, I used all my available resources to find more information about my uncle. From the below article, you can see what a remarkable person he was during his very short lifetime. The photo above was taken in the Forest, and much later in the day, we went to his cemetery where the below pictures were taken.


From Brown Alumni Monthly July 1966, page 123.  "William Scribner Fellows '49, in Middletown, Conn., April 18.  He was the chief wood technologist with Stanley Works Laboratory. He began employment at Stanley Chemical Co., East Berlin, and was transferred to the corporate laboratory in 1961. In 1962, he was granted an educational leave of absence, receiving a Master's degree in Forestry from Yale University two years later. He returned to the Stanley Works laboratory as a technologist in 1964. During World War II, he served as Cpl., USA Infantry Division. He was a member of the Forest Products Research Society, the American Forestry Association, Society of American Foresters, Society of Wood Science and Technology, and the New England Kiln Drying Association. He also was a former member of the Cromwell (Conn.) Board of Education. Barbara B. Fellows, Maple Share Rd., Middletown, is his widow."

Because I have a long line of Fellows in my tree, I recently discovered that Scrib and I were 9th cousins, once removed as well as having the niece/uncle relationship.

Surname Saturday -- FELLOWS (5 Generations) MA and CT

(My direct lines are in green.)

Descendants of WILLIAM FELLOWS

Generation No. 1

1.  WILLIAM FELLOWS (NOBLE) was born Abt. 1610 in Foxton, Leicestershire Co., England, and died Bet. November 29 - December 21, 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married MARY AYRES Abt. 1637 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of MR. AYRES.  She died Aft. November 29, 1676.

     

Children of WILLIAM FELLOWS and MARY AYRES are:

2.                i.    ISAAC FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1637; d. April 06, 1721, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

3.               ii.    EPHRAIM FELLOWS, b. March 1640/41; d. Aft. 1713, Prob. Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    SAMUEL FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1643; d. Bet. April 14, 1712 - December 11, 1713, Rowley, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    MARY FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1646; m. JOSIAH BROWNE, February 23, 1666/67, Reading, Middlesex Co., Massachusetts.

                  v.    JOSEPH FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1650; d. Abt. 1693; m. RUTH FRAIL, April 19, 1675, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1729.

                 vi.    ELIZABETH FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1653; d. Aft. November 29, 1676.

                vii.    ABIGAIL FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1655; d. Aft. 1722; m. SAMUEL AYRES, April 16, 1677, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

               viii.    SARAH FELLOWS, b. July 26, 1657, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. Aft. February 03, 1722/23.

Generation No. 2

2.  ISAAC FELLOWS (WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born Abt. 1637, and died April 06, 1721 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married JOANNA BOREMAN January 29, 1671/72 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS BOREMAN.  She was born Abt. 1646 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died March 20, 1731/32 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of ISAAC FELLOWS and JOANNA BOREMAN were:

                   i.    ISAAC FELLOWS, b. November 27, 1673, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

4.               ii.    SAMUEL FELLOWS, b. February 08, 1675/76, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1707, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

3.  EPHRAIM FELLOWS (WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born March 1640/41, and died Aft. 1713 in Prob. Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.  He married (1) MARY Bef. 1666 in Salisbury / Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.  She died February 23, 1670/71 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.  He married (2) ANNE CROSS Bef. 1685 in Ipswich, MA / Plainfield, CT, daughter of ROBERT CROSS.  She was born 1651, and died Aft. 1710.

     

Children of EPHRAIM FELLOWS and MARY FELLOWS were:

                   i.    WILLIAM FELLOWS, b. 1666, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. April 12, 1737, Prob. Portsmouth, New Hampshire; m. ELIZABETH RUST, December 07, 1693, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts.

5.               ii.    JOHN FELLOWS, b. Abt. 1668, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. October 20, 1748, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    MARY FELLOWS, b. February 1670/71, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; m. (1) NATHANIEL HOVEY, Abt. 1693, Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts; d. 1696; m. (2) JOHN BROWN, Aft. March 31, 1696, Newbury / Salisbury, Essex Co., Massachusetts; b. 1678.

     Children of EPHRAIM FELLOWS and ANNE CROSS were:

                 iv.    ELIZABETH FELLOWS, b. September 14, 1685.

                  v.    ANNA FELLOWS, b. February 26, 1692/93.

Generation No. 3

4.  SAMUEL FELLOWS (ISAAC, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born February 08, 1675/76 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died 1707 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  He married DEBORAH SANBORN November 15, 1698 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  She was born 1681, and died 1725 in Hampton Falls, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

     

Child of SAMUEL FELLOWS and DEBORAH SANBORN was:

6.                i.    ISAAC FELLOWS, b. January 20, 1699/00, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. 1773, Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

5.  JOHN FELLOWS (EPHRAIM, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born Abt. 1668 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died October 20, 1748 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.  He married RACHEL VARNEY October 14, 1692 in Chebacco (Ipswich), Essex Co., Massachusetts, daughter of THOMAS VARNEY and ABIGAIL PROCTOR.  She was born Abt. 1676 in Ipswich, Essex Co., Massachusetts, and died Bef. 1731 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

     

Children of JOHN FELLOWS and RACHEL VARNEY were:

                   i.    VARNEY FELLOWS, b. March 25, 1694, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                  ii.    NATHAN FELLOWS, b. September 1696; d. September 24, 1732, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; m. PRISCILLA WARREN, January 29, 1729/30, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iii.    ISSAC FELLOWS, b. September 01, 1696, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. August 26, 1755, Tolland, Tolland Co., Connecticut; m. ABIGAIL HUTCHENS, November 09, 1721, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                 iv.    RACHEL FELLOWS, b. October 22, 1698, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; m. WAIT HERRICK, June 26, 1741.

                  v.    ABIGAIL FELLOWS, b. May 13, 1701, Windsor, Hartford Co., Connecticut; m. SAMUEL HALL, January 04, 1719/20.

7.              vi.    JOHN FELLOWS, b. March 03, 1703/04, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. Aft. August 30, 1757, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                vii.    ANNE FELLOWS, b. 1710.

               viii.    MARY FELLOWS, b. 1712.

 Generation No. 4

6.  ISAAC FELLOWS (SAMUEL, ISAAC, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born January 20, 1699/00 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died 1773 in Exeter, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  He married ABIGAIL SLEEPER, daughter of ARON SLEEPER and ELIZABETH SLEEPER.  She was born April 17, 1700 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died November 09, 1779.

     

Child of ISAAC FELLOWS and ABIGAIL SLEEPER was:

8.                i.    SAMUEL FELLOWS, b. October 22, 1722, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. April 1805, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.

7.  JOHN FELLOWS (JOHN, EPHRAIM, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born March 03, 1703/04 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died Aft. August 30, 1757 in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.  He married JERUSHA DOUGLAS October 22, 1728 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, daughter of WILLIAM DOUGLAS and SARAH PROCTOR.  She was born April 26, 1706 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died in Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of JOHN FELLOWS and JERUSHA DOUGLAS were:

                   i.    WILLIAM FELLOWS.

                  ii.    EZRA FELLOWS, b. April 09, 1730, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

9.              iii.    RACHEL FELLOWS, b. January 31, 1732/33, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. (Prob.) Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    SARAH FELLOWS, b. September 28, 1733, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut.

                  v.    JOHN FELLOWS, b. July 07, 1735, Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut; d. August 01, 1808, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

 Generation No. 5

8.  SAMUEL FELLOWS (ISAAC, SAMUEL, ISAAC, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born October 22, 1722 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire, and died April 1805 in Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire.  He married JUDITH WATSON May 28, 1745 in Kensington, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire. 

     

Child of SAMUEL FELLOWS and JUDITH WATSON was:

                   i.    STEPHEN FELLOWS, b. January 17, 1748/49, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. October 15, 1830; m. HANNAH SARGENT; b. August 17, 1749, Hampton, Rockingham Co., New Hampshire; d. October 20, 1832.

9.  RACHEL FELLOWS (JOHN, JOHN, EPHRAIM, WILLIAM, NOBLE) was born January 31, 1732/33 in Plainfield, Windham Co., Connecticut, and died in (Prob.) Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.  She married JOHN HOLMES January 21, 1750/51 in Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut, son of JOHN HOLMES and MARY HARRIS.  He was born Abt. 1729 in Colchester, New London Co., Connecticut, and died Aft. 1783 in Egremont, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

     

Children of RACHEL FELLOWS and JOHN HOLMES were:

                   i.    ELIZABETH HOLMES, b. August 14, 1751, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; d. November 04, 1829, Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada; m. MOSES WESTOVER, December 02, 1767, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; b. March 24, 1743/44, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; d. November 23, 1826, Sutton, Brome Co., Quebec, Canada.

                  ii.    ASA HOLMES, b. March 02, 1754, Salisbury, Litchfield Co., Connecticut; d. of Milo, Yates Co., New York; m. (1) TABITHA FULLER; d. 1782; m. (2) ELIZABETH (PAINTER) CARVER.

                 iii.    RACHEL HOLMES, b. December 31, 1758, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                 iv.    JOHN HOLMES, b. December 31, 1760, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts; d. May 12, 1849, New York; m. (1) RUTH FOWLER; m. (2) ESTHER WILCOX ENSWORTH.

                  v.    LUCY HOLMES, b. July 02, 1763, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.

                 vi.    ROSWELL HOLMES, b. May 27, 1768, Sheffield, Berkshire Co., Massachusetts.