Person:Hannah Mead (4)

Her father was William Mead, who died Abt. 1683. Her mother's name was Rebecca.

From Thomas Stanton of Stonington, Conn. An Incomplete Record of His Descendants by John D. Baldwin pub 1882:

I have seen private records which make Mr. Mead a citizen of New London. This is a mistake; at any rate he lived and died in Roxbury and his will was made there in 1683. This will gave half of his estate to his wife and half to Joseph Stanton, and there was a charge of L20 against Joseph for Mead's supply of clothing, &c., to his daughter Hannah.

Their two children were named, predictably, Joseph and Hannah.

From Savage's Genealogical Dictionary

MEADE, MEADES, or MEDE, WILLIAM, Roxbury, br[other]. of Richard, had Rebecca, and d[ied]. Oct. 1683, and his wid[ow]. 8 days aft[er]. His will, made the day of his d[eath]. if the rec[ord]. be right, pro[ven]. 2 Nov. 11. foll[owing]. names only br[other]. Richard, w[ife]. Rebecca, and s[on]. in-law Joseph, Stanton, tho[ugh]. undutiful. The wid[ow]. made her will 5, pro[ven]. 15 Nov. foll[owing]. Nineteen of the name had, in 1834, been gr[aduated]. at the coll[eges]. of N[ew]. E[ngland]. of wh[om]. only one was of Harv[ard].

1. ↑ James Savage, Former President of the Massachusetts Historical Society and Editor of Winthrop's History of New England. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England, Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's. (1860-62 and Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, MD, 1965; Corrected electronic version copyright Robert Kraft, July 1994)
   Vol. 3, p. 190.