Jonathan S Mead (1715)

Born 10 Nov 1715 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah (Guernsey) Mead — married 1743 in Dutchess, New York Colony

Descendants

Died [date unknown] in Dutchess, New York, United States

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Biography

Jonathan S. Mead (Jonathan,John,John,William) was born in 1715.^[1]

Note: Use of the "S" as a middle initial is a convention applied to avoid confusion with the many other Jonathans in this extended Mead family. Whether it was ever used in his lifetime is not known.

Incorrect Information

Wife: Wife was Sarah Guernsey.

Unfortunately, Spencer P Mead's 1901 work contained errors, among which was the assertion that Jonathan's father Jonathan Mead, had died without issue. As a result, Mead wrote that Jonathan's cousin, Jonathan Mead (Jonathan,Jonathan,John,William), married Sarah Guernsey.^[2] Lucius E. Weaver tells us that Mead subsequently corrected his error, and in Weaver's book, Genealogy of a branch of the Mead family ..., the missing members of the family are documented.^[1]

Origins

Jonathan was born in Greenwich, Connecticut _______ 10, 1715.^[1] He was a son of Jonathan Mead and Esther Butler.

Family

Jonathan and Sarah Guernsey were married in 1743.^[1]

Children:^[1]

1. Jehiel b 1744
2. Jonathan b 1745
3. Nathaniel b 1750
4. Hannah b 1752

Death and Legacy

Jonathan died in Dutchess County, New York,^[1] Death date is not known.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5} Weaver, Lucius E. Genealogy of a branch of the Mead family with a history of the family in England and in America and appendixes of Rogers and Denton families. Rochester, New York: 1911, accessed online 1/29/2014
2. ↑ Mead, Spencer P. History and Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont, and Western Pennsylvania, from A.D. 1180 to 1900. New York: Knickerbocker, 1901, accessed online 1/29/2014.

Additional sources of information, not footnoted:

• Anderson, Robert C., "Great Migration Study Project, Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to N.E. 1620-1633" Vols I-III, accessed online at New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors Page 669, 12/22/2013

• Beekman Patent, The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vols. 1-8 [Dutchess Co., NY] "The Mead Family" (Vol 8, Pages 697-738 ) New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestorsfound online and accessed December, 2013

• Dilley, Butler F. "Biographical and portrait cyclopedia of Chautauqua County" New York: 1891

• Hurd, D Hamilton, "History of Fairfield county, Connecticut", J. W. Lewis & co., Philadelphia 1881, accessed online 12/30/2013

• Prindle, Paul W. "Some Early Finch-Mead Problems," New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors in The American Genealogist, New Haven, CT: D. L. Jacobus, 1937-present, 1972,(Vol 48, Pages 93-99)found online and accessed December, 22, 2013

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