Genealogy & History
The first Meads to find their way to Mead Street were Enoch and Jemima Mead.
They were married in Greenwich in 1776. Both the Mead and Studwell families settled in Greenwich, Connecticut and as the story is told in The History of the Mead Family 1180-1900 by Spencer P. Mead, “He and his bride as a wedding tour took a trip to Massachusetts on horseback. On their return journey one horse going lame at Lake Waccabuc, N.Y. they decided to go no further and settled about one-half mile south of Lake Waccabuc on the New York and Albany Post Road.
He built a log cabin in the meadow near Elmdon’s spring, and here was born their son Solomon. A new house was built during the Revolutionary War known as “Elmdon”.
When history comes alive, it can be magical. It can help us understand who we are and who we want to become. Welcome to our site for documenting our stories. If you find some interesting connections, or have something to contribute, please let us know!
In 2004-2005 some of us were engaged in looking through ephemera that had been left in the Mead family chapel for years. All of that ephemera has since been donated to the Westchester Historical Society, along with funds for them to catalog and store it. But before it left our hands, we documented much of it for ourselves and created a book to present our story.
Below are some links to stories from our histories. We hope that you enjoy them.
Mead Street is a mile long. It runs north between Bedford and South Salem, and was part of the New York and Albany Post Road, over which the old coaches passed daily. The original mile stones tell this story – one by the fence near Fair Acre Farm Barn, one by the entrance to Golf Lane, one on the Mountain Road near Crooks Corner, left hand side of the road.
Here in the first quarter of the nineteenth century were eight comfortable houses on as many flourishing arms occupied by the members of this family, all bearing the family name, so the road became known as Mead Street.
Below are at least some of the surnames of people on our tree.
We make every effort to document our research. If you have something you would like to add, please contact us.
