| 词条 | Matthew Mead (politician) |
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|name=Matthew Mead |office=Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk |term_start=May 1779 |term_end=October 1779[1][2] |predecessor=Stephen St. John, Clapp Raymond |alongside=Samuel Cook Silliman |successor=James Richards, Clapp Raymond |term_start2=May 1780 |term_end2=May 1782 |predecessor2=James Richards, Clapp Raymond |alongside2=Stephen St. John |successor2=Stephen St. John, Samuel Cook Silliman |birth_date={{birth date|1736|08|20}} |birth_place=Norwalk, Connecticut |death_date={{death date and age|1816|02|26|1736|08|20}} |death_place=Wilton, Connecticut[3] |residence=Norwalk, Connecticut |spouse=Phebe Whelpey |children=Mary, Thaddeus, Joseph, Elizabeth, Lucy, David, Matthew, James, Aaron, Xenophon, Roswell, Sallie |branch=Connecticut Militia Continental Army |rank=Lieutenant Colonel[4] |unit=Ninth Regiment, Fourth Brigade, Connecticut Militia[4] |battles=French and Indian War {{*}}Battle of Ticonderoga American Revolutionary War {{*}}Battle of Germantown |commands=Eighth Regiment of Connecticut Fifth Regiment of Connecticut }} Matthew Mead (August 20, 1736 – February 26, 1816) was a Lieutenant Colonel who served on George Washington's staff in the American Revolutionary War. He was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1779, May and October 1780, May and October 1781. Early life and familyHe was born on August 20, 1736 in Norwalk. He was the son of Jeremiah Mead and Hannah St. John.[5] Mead enlisted in the army on September 8, 1755 as a private in Captain Samuel Hanford's Company, French and Indian War.[5] In 1758 he was Quartermaster of the 4th Regiment in the expedition against Crown Point and Ticonderoga. He married Phebe Whelpey on February 7, 1759 in Wilton.[5] In 1773 he was commissioned Captain of the Wilton company in the Norwalk, Connecticut Militia. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was commissioned Captain of the 5th Regiment of Connecticut, Continental Line.[5] In 1777 he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Regiment. In that year he was in the Battle of Germantown, Philadelphia. He commanded the 8th Regiment of Connecticut, Continental Line, at Valley Forge. He resigned his commission on 25 May 1778 after the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge, where he was quartered with his Regiment and was on the staff of General Washington.[5] He served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1779, May and October 1780, and May and October 1781. References1. ^{{cite book|title=Roll of State Officers and Members of General Assembly of Connecticut, from 1776 to 1881: With an Appendix Giving the Congressional Delegates, Judges of the Supreme and Superior Courts, and the Date of Incorporation of the Cities, Boroughs, and Towns|author=Connecticut. General Assembly|date=1881|publisher=Press of the Case, Lockwood & Brainard Company|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=ul0EAAAAYAAJ|accessdate=2015-06-25}} {{s-start}}{{succession box|title=Member of the2. ^{{cite book|title=An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651: Delivered in the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, July 9, 1851|author=Bouton, N.|date=1851|publisher=S.W. Benedict|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=YCgBAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA79#v=onepage|page=79|accessdate=2015-06-25}} 3. ^{{cite book|title=Lineage Book - National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution|author=Daughters of the American Revolution|date=1919|volume=48|publisher=Daughters of the American Revolution|url=https://books.google.co.uk/books?id=t2oZAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA143#v=onepage|page=143|accessdate=2015-06-25}} 4. ^1 {{cite web|url=http://www.connecticutsar.org/patriots/mead_matthew.htm|title=Captain Matthew Mead - Sons of the American Revolution, Connecticut|publisher=connecticutsar.org|accessdate=2015-06-25}} 5. ^1 2 3 4 {{cite web|url=http://collectornuts.com/mead.pdf|date=4 June 2011|title= Descendants of William Mead|author=Mary Lou Cook|accessdate=2015-07-12}} Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk |before=Stephen St. John |before2=Clapp Raymond |with=Samuel Cook Silliman |after=James Richards |after2=Clapp Raymond |years=May 1779 – October 1779}}{{succession box|title=Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk |before=James Richards |before2=Clapp Raymond |with=Stephen St. John |after=Stephen St. John |after2=Samuel Cook Silliman |years=May 1780 – May 1782}}{{s-end}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mead, Matthew}} 6 : 1736 births|1816 deaths|Connecticut militiamen in the American Revolution|Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives|Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut|Military personnel from Connecticut |
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