The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1879-01-17
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tem IA VIZ nrii II snsv..,ts sHk'h
w the Wnsis 49, 'issnylru' thiN
offensive v"Hstis 4 the ,s.ss,selelss,
Anil shsit consequent eani i init
est In shs hemss ansi telnslnttilr I
thsli fathers @'iii a,ipslrt. liz IN
sh~ lnruir~ ,ns.s fFunlly ,iH,l.si Ms
We rfnr'as, however. III pl,s *eiur
u Tie t,sults II eut ~ntk, hoping ID
be corrected wn.n ". 49, ,.is fat
wtuaR and booking far further infet.
,na,ipn 10 make ~. family leeotl -
tcsnrlrir ~ possible.
William Mrni. III tire~n~ lch, fnIr
0rll County, c.nn. was born la
England, somewhere about the ssaf
len. l, was M mrnn famil. fium
which hr rni,s,. rInti W which Hrs
IN the esl~srner ~ ''rna, III arms.
which ~ar onl, allowed III families IL
dis,in.tion This "cnat ~ arms" Is
In hernldty described thus, "sn. a
chwv. brt . pei Or. snln gu" which
being translated into plain English
stgniilrs "a chrsron hcswcrn three
pclicai's. gold, picking themselves,
tue whole on n black field The
meaning 81 II IL. that the Pelican WAS
the distinctive feature " tho Mca,l
family. y wns n symbol among the
Egyptians W tlr -four pnsrrnul duties,
viz Generation, llrtel walton. Edn.
cation. Good Example. all ~ which
have been fully ~aeniplincd In th.
history ~ the family Among those
with whom tll. family WAS connect
% In England, nrc IL ~ found such
names M DR. Richard Mead. physi.
clan 10 King George H. aud Rev.
Matthew Mead. father Of preceding. y
distinguished non .conforlniss divine
who WAS elected from his living In
1854.
Tradition has II that three brothers
cam. over 10 this country, one Of
whom settled near Boston; another
William, first aetiled ~ Hampstead
i. l., and then cnue 10 Greenwich.
tho other went South, Tradition Ia
possibly correct regarding the first
two, Gabriel M / william. but OF the
other. We have ~ yet no trace. 'rhr
date of the migration II nlso involved
u obscurity. William McAd'r family
Say 4 D.. i642 Gnbriei's makes Il
sWUy wv yVWs 'htitFT,
Limiting ourselves now To this
family of Williams Mcui W. Ind that
~ brought with him u ihir country,
two SOM, Joseph and John. ~ 10.
seph. little Inns heretofore be~n
known by the family. Tradition NJ.
sertlnH that he either died young. ~
" he lived went 10 iii. south and hc.
eAmr thu ancestor III that family
which gives \ linnI - 10 tha flainr,
"Msade," Bni W. have found tina,
Tint family were originally from Ire.
land and wore formerly Roman Cath.
ollcs. Grn. Geo. y, Meade belonged
20 this line ~ the Joseph above
mentioned. We find In the Hampstead
records the following
''Joteph Mead isiA. Ind \ mi'el eows, isss. u
Ma assistant Jurits tDr u.
AsDyase firm stamford ~ VAR irid als,,l,
procuring mlnlstrr tor Hsinl,~isadl
ntsh letters from tirnprtcAd ~ tie Hsy,
NJ, 1kiinan.h
II, m tradition states. the boys were
respectively II md 10 years If nge
when they came to this country,
then Joseph was III l',a3. IN years piI
thus showing h. did not dir Young
Then another question comes III to br
srtiled ii he 70 South m sometimes
stated. We a.serf thnt h. did hot,
aud these nrc orr REASONS, His bro
ther John made n Will In iCDG, which
Will wns witnessed by one Xnehnrlah
MrAd. There wins no ZnchnfIuh
Mead la Johns family ~ that early
date, The inference In. for wnnt II
further proof. TINT hn wns Il snn II
Joseph, Hut wna Joseph living NJ
this time, " rather had b. lived long
enough In Greenwich 10 have u son
old enough 10 be witness ~ 4 wilir
IN Huntingdon History ~ stamford.
Page u 10 which, ~ Arc largely III.
debted Tor Information N these early
tim.s.J w nnd Jpreph M~Mt Ii LIDO
testified ~ New Haven, that he WIS
born In i63O. lie was Therefore ~
years OBJ ~ thnt time, and had not
vsm1rrd South, The same plae.
states TINT ~ went u Greens III.
having sold his hoii-e md lind. IN
stamford. savage IN Ills "isiograph.
lcAl Dictionary ~ New England"
quoted nlso by Huntington. state.
that Joseph was representative Iii iile
Colonial Assembly from Hrrrnwi.h
Tor thu years i,t;0 70 iE7i Thi, put
ten yests more 10 hi- life making
him II years ~ aye. aud rcfnteh tie
tradition thHt hr die,I young,
noing IN with our records We ind
4 list = ~ PROJECTORS ~ Hrern~i.h
of 1914 Among them Joseph Mend.
Although John Mrnd. hal u sDn IL.
aAnh Art tfsfA ,,s,.s sAua q ~ ala .....t..sl