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and left eight sons and three daughters. The fourth son was Ebenezer 

 Mead, who was born in 1663, and married Sarah Knapp, of Stamford. 

 Their son was Ebenezer Mead, of Greenwich, who was born October 

 25th, 1692, and died May 3d, 1775. His fifth son was the Rev. Solo- 

 mon Mead, born at Greenwich in 1726. Mr. Mead was a classmate of 

 the celebrated missionary John Brainard at Yale in 1746, and graduated 

 A. M. there in 1748. At the age of twenty-six we find him settled at 

 Salem. The upper part of Westchester County was almost a wilder- 

 ness when Mr. Mead undertook the task of planting an independent 

 society in this place ; and for some time, we are informed, he was in the 

 habit of riding up weekly from Greenwich on horseback. His first resi- 

 dence stood on the property of Mr. William Hoyt, near the home of his 

 late grandson, the late Richard Mead. But a few years before his 

 death he removed to the residence of his son, Martin Mead, now owned 

 by Uriah Slawson. By his first wife Hannah Strong** he had issue 

 Andrew Mead, who married Elizabeth Bouton. Their son is the pres- 

 ent Benjamin Strong Mead of Lewisboro, and a daughter Theodocia, 

 who married Mr. Matthew Smith. By his second wife, Hannah Clark, 

 he had two sons : 1. Clark Mead, who married Lois, daughter of Bena- 

 jah Gilbert, and left two sons, Merlin Mead and the late Richard Mead 

 of Lewisboro. 2. Martin Mead of Lewisboro, who married Polly, 

 daughter of Timothy Clark. 



" Besides a small parsonage, this church holds an extensive glebe, 

 consisting of about thirteen acres of improved land and seventy of wood- 

 land. In December 1751 the so-called " Proprietors" donated and re- 

 leased to the first Presbyterian or Independent minister that should be 

 settled and ordained in the town of Salem two certain tracts or pieces 

 of land lying on the Lower released ten miles of the Oblong or Equiva- 

 lent land, which is yet undivided, &c., &c, as follows: 



DEED FROM TWENTY-SIX SIGNERS AND SEALERS TO FUTURE 

 WOULD BE PRESBYTERIAN OR INDEPENDENT MINISTERS 



OF SALEM. 



" To all Christian people to whom these presents shall come, greeting. Know 

 ye that we the signers and sealers of this instrument for and in consideration of 

 our love and good will to and for the inhabitants of Salem, in the County of 

 Westchester and Province of New York, and for the advancement of the Re- 

 deemer's interest among them, have by these presents donated and quited, and 

 do by these presents freely, fully and absolutely donate, release, and quit our 

 claim in and unto two certain tracts or pieces of land lying on the Lower re- 



a In his register Mr. Mead says, " January 1, 1755, Myself was married to Mrs. Hannah 

 Strong 01 Stamford. (She departed October 20,1761." 



