William Mead1,2,3

M, b. before 27 December 1592, d. 1663
FatherPriscilla Mead b. b 22 Jul 1548, d. b 8 Aug 1606
MotherDorothy Grey b. c 1555
     William was born in Watford, Hertfordshire, England. He was christened there on 27 December 1592 in St. Mary Church.4 William married Philip (?) circa 1620 in England. In April 1635, William left from Lydd, County Kent, England aboard the ship, "Elizabeth", bound for New England. He was accompanied to America by his brothers: Gabriel & David. They arrived in 1635..5 They first settled in Wethersfield, Connecticut & later in Stamford where William received a home & five acres of land on the 7th of December 1641. William's wife, Philip, died on 19 September 1657 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, leaving him a widower.6 William departed this life in 1663 in Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut.

Family

Philip (?) b. c 1605, d. 19 Sep 1657
Children

Citations

  1. [S472] Spoencer Percival Mead, History & Genealogy of the Mead Family: of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New York, Western Vermont, and Western Pennsylvania from AD 1180 to 1900, pages 7-8
    page 10 - his two sons by 1658 had removed to Hempstead, Long Island.
  2. [S77] Copied from the manuscript record of the late Rev. Theodore A. Leggett by A. Hatfield Jr., Early Settlers of West Farms, Westchester County, New York [Copied from the manuscript record of the late Rev, Theodore A. Leggett].
  3. [S457] Robert Charles Anderson, The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633 Volume I -III.
  4. [S2448] George L. Remington, The English Origins of William Mead of Stamford, Connecticut, page 4 -William Mead s/o Prisilia Mead christened 27 December 1592, St. Mary Church, Watford, Hertfordshire.
  5. [S1752] The Great Migration: Passengers of the Elizabeth, 1634 & 1635: left from - www.geni.com/projects/Great-Migration-Passengers-of -the-Elizabeth-1634-1635/4789.
  6. [S2447] Lucius Egbert Weaver, A Genealogy of a Branch of the Mead Family, page 11.