The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-02-21

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any rate large tamil. "A MAIDS ~
out sAhlsA ttaee thsil Aacrstis h
Wilton. and ~ Tar ~ must believe
tradition lii the main. eettvct ARaiil
~ metlee the han,lln. down in~ nains
In the family though IN this rMss u
duts III, .ainn thrrnRh ths oldest son
but mal~ frequently through the
SECOND Very few hlstntical facts
have t~.~n gwen thr writer. from this
line. W. HUI In our frseArehcs that
. portion " this family aud descent
vent eru,n Wilton IL lsrdding anu
NidRctlcld and from thence 10 Ouch.
ess county. New York,
/ jonathan. fourth sun uf John u
seems 10 have hnd but one child, w,
n large family exists which tfNcca
| their desv.n, from him. \ great
grandson Of his Wis hrnty Mead
Whv lived, II ~ mr. CORRECTLY infcl m
ed, on The northeast corner opposite
the present INV hotel ih OtccAwicll
village. NJ married hrrt Elizabeth
Denton, after her death Mary Weed.
Thts family VI Jonathan svelns -
have scattered more rapidly than
any ui the others. w ilnd many VI
tLc descendants In Northern NV
York -wncre II has beeu Nniurin. ~
said ~ onr III the Mcnd'r thut II "
| ownct u tMiiu up there, hr would
Acli IL. II hc couldn't sell II, hr would
gSrc IL away. Alu " ~ couidn't give u
away. Ac Mouid ran auav and ,ears
II. hv would get rid of II SOMEHOW /
Allu ucscllLes Mivnt VI II M hnN iilu
"thlus eapslui VI cath ~ sLr Acla,
Joi.uti.All, svcund son VI Sunh a..
had nll.c cililutcM. tAr, wsir III.
tlaat., valilcs. Asts..v, lil.I ..l.,, ~ .
kiMi,. e,AiAn, Martha. MLt.. .ua
lsAcilcl,
Ney early III Tho last crttMy
Timothy M.au lett hoisrL.ck h.a
ncttl.u III u place III ltucI. ~ county
: eallcu Mae fAitAtts. 4ciIs.Lk ~,
nAtuc tom tAe " gll.ll h4inLti u
s.lti.i., PROM h.ic ~ t.tnussd I,
Ciittciilen county, Vermont, t1kint
MltA Allia dive svna, va. liH.utn.
james, ot.tlltA H.. Duiuh. Az.a. 49,.
QUE unuHhtet WAusc hanae 10 Au'
KNOWN.
timothy II, was blessed with 1
gvuu.y isaay-. ~ ~. ". ~ hi.d ~ vi
gitlh. Ihc yuunEc ron. isthel, hsc.
frequently ~ boast ,Lat ~ NAs I
srcGuiH suii. bat Mns ns Frequently
certified that there were Ritlr III b.,
tween who broke tho ciisin,. JAn..
III this family. Ind thlihen chilutrh
Jlr held the position of Colonel "
the Revolutionary WAT, aud MAs bOIi
In Duchess county, from whence II,
removed with his father md fnmls
lhr first hight H. spent IN Rutland
hr And Ills wifs occupied IN lhdlni
wlgwAm on III" L,llikr u Otter creek
Ia SHORT distance hrlow Centre Iiui
land, the Indians kindly sAcatlnk II
and giving them permission ~ oeru'
10y IL. His wife died M tlie advanced
uHc " w. She wnr thc mother u
tiir iltst English child born III Hut,
land. stephen the third son, AMd
eleven children.
| Zcbnlon thr fourth had eleven, and
Ezra the NTH had thirteen. Illus ~
one family nloLr ~ md no l.ss than
sixty two immediate descendants.
Professor Mcnd, III Ahdpvat Tho.
logical Seminary. II derived from
Ezra of this family.
Our readers Gun now beRIn II sec
the obstacles tlAt liz IN our why. u.
/ W. .ildrnyur To ferret Dnt NIL I'll,
whereabouts II the family. Only ii
few culnc to light III \ time. II II
only recently that VIZ were placed ol'
the track IT Alice Mead, tienernl
John Meals oldest granddaughter
who married Peter Mead. and vi
vi. was the mother 81 .Wclvc rlil'
dlcn. some III whom arr now living
with these children W. tind Il curious
fact which In some what unusu Al .vcll
III the lntcr. marriages III thu Meade
Their father and mother were Nesds
Peter and Alice. Their grandfather
Md grandmother, Peter and Hannah
Their grcat grandfather and grca,
grandmother Peter md Hannah
Mrud. und yet n0ue Wsrr nearly re-
tdlrM.
W. have uuw taken the first three
sons u John !. family Our ncs,
Will give some Acel unit VI Ebunezcr.
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