William Mead and Ruth Hardy

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Husband William Mead ¹

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           Born: Abt 1600 - ? England
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt 1663 - Stamford, Fairfield Co, CT
         Buried: 

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         Father: [Father] Mead (      -      )
         Mother: 

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       Marriage: Abt 1625

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Wife Ruth Hardy ¹

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           Born: 
     Christened: 
           Died: 19 Sep 1657 - ? Connecticut 1
         Buried: 

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Children

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1 M Joseph Mead ²

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           Born: 1630 - England 2
     Christened: 
           Died: 3 May 1690 3
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Mary Brown (      -      ) 3

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2 F Martha Mead ²

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           Born: 1632 - England 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Richardson (      -      ) 2

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3 M John Mead ¹

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           Born: Abt 1634-1636 - England
     Christened: 
           Died: 5 Feb 1696 or 1699 1
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Hannah Potter (      -      ) 1
           Marr: Abt 1657

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General Notes: Husband - William Mead

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In company with his brother, John Mead, he emigrated from England to America about the year 1640.

He was the immigrant ancestor of the Connecticut Mead family, and is said to have been a brother of Gabriel, ancestor of the Massachusetts family. It is thought that the two brothers with their families sailed from Lydd, county Kent, England, in the ship “Elizabeth,” Captain Stagg, April, 1635. William seems first to have settled at Wethersfield, Connecti­cut. His name is on the list of those who re­ceived home lots and land in Stamford, Con­necticut, in 1641, when many went from Wethersfield to that place. He received five acres of land and a home lot.

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General Notes: Wife - Ruth Hardy

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Another source states that she died in 1651.

1 Samuel P. Bates, LL.D., Our County and Its People, A Historical and Memorial Record of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (W. A. Fergusson & Co., 1899), Pg 135.

2 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 723.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 442.