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Lieut Benjamin Daniel Mead
Birth 	7 May 1667
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death 	22 Feb 1746 (aged 78)
Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial 	
Old Burying Ground
Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Memorial ID 	69628855 · View Source

Benjamin Mead was an officer in the local militia and served a term as
Surveyor for Fairfield County. Reports of his action in the French and Indian
War are misleading, as he died before the Seven Years' War war started. That
said, that global war was only part of an ongoing conflict in Europe from
1689-1763 that had combat ramifications in North America on at least 4
occasions when wars were officially declared. In addition to having names
these wars also had numbers under the rubrique of "Intercolonial Wars," much
as we have numbered "World Wars"-- since the individual wars had different
names in Britain than on the Continent, the numbering system helped keep
things (somewhat) straight. Finally, the Intercolonial Wars, as they were
called in Europe, were called the French And Indian Wars in North America.

Benjamin Mead was old enough to have fought in any of the first three of
these, King William's War or War of the League of Augsburg (1st Intercolonial)
and Queen Anne's War or War of the Spanish Succession (2nd Intercontinental)
being the most likely. So in this sense, any action he saw during those
wars makes him a veteran of the French and Indian Wars.

Family Members
Parents

    John Mead
    1634–1699

    Hannah Potter Mead
    1636–1700

Spouses

    Rachel Brown Mead
    1680–1726 (m. 1716)

    Sarah Waterbury Mead
    1677–1745

Siblings

    Ebenezer Mead
    1663–1728

    Hannah Mead Scofield
    1664–1728

    Jonathan Mead
    1665–1726

Children

    Benjamin Mead
    1701–1783

    Eliphelet Mead
    1704–1796

    Elizabeth Mead Peck
    1705–1783

    Keziah Mead Howe
    1707–1808

    Obadiah Mead
    1719–1759

    Nehemiah Mead
    1721–1791

    Mary Mead Mead
    1724–1787

    Hannah Mead Mead
    1726–1815

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Rachel Brown Mead
Birth 	1680
Rye, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death 	1726 (aged 45–46)
Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA
Burial 	Unknown
Memorial ID 	70323381 · View Source

Rachel and Benjamin were married 20 Jun 1716 at Fairfield Co, CT, and they
were the parents of:

Rachel/30 May 1717 (Mrs Nathan Osborne); 2) (Mrs Solomon Close)
Obadiah/20 Feb 1719 m. Lois Todd
Zebediah/16 Aug 1720
Nehemiah/1721 m. Sarah Knapp
Mary/1724 (Mrs Silas Mead)
Hannah/1726 (Mrs Peter Mead)

Family Members
Spouse

    Benjamin Daniel Mead
    1667–1746 (m. 1716)

Children

    Obadiah Mead
    1719–1759

    Nehemiah Mead
    1721–1791

    Mary Mead Mead
    1724–1787

    Hannah Mead Mead
    1726–1815

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