John Mead and Catharine Foster

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Husband John Mead ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 22 Jul 1756 - Hudson, Columbia Co, NY 1 4
     Christened: 
           Died: Jun 1819 1
         Buried: 

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         Father: Darius Mead (1728-1791) 2 5 6 7
         Mother: Ruth Curtis (1734-1794) 2 7

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       Marriage: 15 Dec 1782 - Northumberland Co, PA 3

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Wife Catharine Foster ^{3 8}

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            AKA: Katharine Forster 4
           Born: 1759 3
     Christened: 
           Died: 1843 3
         Buried: 

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         Father: Robert Foster (      -      ) 9
         Mother: 

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Children

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1 M William Mead ^{10 11}

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           Born: 23 Dec 1784 - Lancaster, Lancaster Co, PA 11
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           Died: 19 Sep 1852 - Brokenstraw Twp, Warren Co, PA 11
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Susan Davis (1784-1865) 8
           Marr: 1807 8

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2 M John Mead ^{10 12 13}

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           Born: 28 Aug 1786 - Sunbury, Northumberland Co, PA 12 13
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           Died: 4 Nov 1870 - Warren Co, PA 12
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         Spouse: Sally Hoffman (1793-1856) 14
           Marr: 12 Oct 1808 or 1809 - Meadville, Crawford Co, PA 15 16

         Spouse: Sarah E. Ireland (      -      ) 16

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3 F Polly Mead ¹⁰

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           Born: 26 Oct 1790 13
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           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: John Camp (      -      ) 10 13

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4 M Joseph Mead ¹⁰

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           Born: 1796 17
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           Died: 1879 - Warren Co, PA 17
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Ann Carr (1798-1873) 13

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5 M Asahel Mead ^{10 13}

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           Born: 
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           Died: Bef 1885 - Missouri
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Susan Micker (      -      ) 13

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6 M Chambers Mead ^{10 13}

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           Born: 15 Jul 1800 13
     Christened: 
           Died: 1883 13
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         Spouse: Nancy Harris (      -      ) 13

         Spouse: Hannah Sample (1799-1869) 13

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General Notes: Husband - John Mead

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He was born at Hudson, New York, and removed with his parents to Wyoming, [Pennsylvania?,] thence to the north branch of the Susquehanna. He accompanied his brother David to the valley of French Creek, being also one of the original nine who made the first permanent settlement in Crawford County, in the spring of 1788. In the fall of the latter year he returned with his brother to Sunbury, and brought out his family. His land was a tract immediately above Vallonia, and his cabin stood on the west bank of French Creek, just east of the fair grounds, and between the stream and the ravine. Here he lived with his family, excepting during the dangerous period, from 1791 to 1794 inclusive, which he spent near the block-house of his brother, or at Franklin, working on his farm whenever the state of the times would allow him to prosecute his labors. With the close of Indian hostilities, he was enabled to devote all his energy to the improvement of his land, and being a very quiet, retiring man we hear nothing of him in connection with public affairs.

He grew to manhood in Sunbury, North-umberland County, Pennsylvania, where he married and had issue. He later moved to west-ern Pennsylvania, where both he and his wife died. [GPHAV, 868]

1 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 174.

2 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.

3 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 311.

4 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 136.

5 Editor, History of Venango County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Brown, Runk, & Co., Publishers, 1890), Pg 62.

6 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 306.

7 Charles A. Babcock, Venango County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Co., 1919), Pg 728.

8 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg lxvii.

9 Emma Siggins White, Genealogical Gleanings of Siggins and Other Pennsylvania Families (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1918), Pg 382.

10 Editor, The History of Crawford County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Warner Beers & Co., 1885), Pg 175.

11 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg xli.

12 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 868.

13 Spencer P. Mead, History and Genealogy of the Mead Family (New York: The Knickerbocker Press, 1901), Pg 314.

14 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 869.

15 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg 405.

16 J. S. Schenck, History of Warren County, Pennsylvania (Syracuse, NY: D. Mason & Co., Publishers, 1887), Pg lxvi.

17 Emma Siggins White, The Kinnears and Their Kin (Kansas City, MO: Tiernan-Dart Printing Co., 1916), Pg 219.