Benjamin Mead was an officer in the local militia and served a term as Surveyor for Fairfield County. Reports of his action in the French and Indian War are misleading, as he died before the Seven Years' War war started. That said, that global war was only part of an ongoing conflict in Europe from 1689-1763 that had combat ramifications in North America on at least 4 occasions when wars were officially declared. In addition to having names these wars also had numbers under the rubrique of "Intercolonial Wars," much as we have numbered "World Wars"-- since the individual wars had different names in Britain than on the Continent, the numbering system helped keep things (somewhat) straight. Finally, the Intercolonial Wars, as they were called in Europe, were called the French And Indian Wars in North America.
Benjamin Mead was old enough to have fought in any of the first three of these, King William's War or War of the League of Augsburg (1st Intercolonial) and Queen Anne's War or War of the Spanish Succession (2nd Intercontinental) being the most likely. So in this sense, any action he saw during those wars makes him a veteran of the French and Indian Wars.
∼FROM ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS AND TOMBSTONES OF THE TOWN OF GREENWICH
OLD CEMETERY AT COS COB. March, 1908.
Benjamin, d. Feb, 22, 1746, in 8lst yr.
Obadiah, d. Apl. 27, 1759, in 40th yr.
I believe this is the original burial for Benjamin, but he was later removed along with his marker to be in a larger plot with his family.
Benjamin Mead was old enough to have fought in any of the first three of these, King William's War or War of the League of Augsburg (1st Intercolonial) and Queen Anne's War or War of the Spanish Succession (2nd Intercontinental) being the most likely. So in this sense, any action he saw during those wars makes him a veteran of the French and Indian Wars.
∼FROM ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS AND TOMBSTONES OF THE TOWN OF GREENWICH
OLD CEMETERY AT COS COB. March, 1908.
Benjamin, d. Feb, 22, 1746, in 8lst yr.
Obadiah, d. Apl. 27, 1759, in 40th yr.
I believe this is the original burial for Benjamin, but he was later removed along with his marker to be in a larger plot with his family.
Benjamin Mead was an officer in the local militia and served a term as Surveyor for Fairfield County. Reports of his action in the French and Indian War are misleading, as he died before the Seven Years' War war started. That said, that global war was only part of an ongoing conflict in Europe from 1689-1763 that had combat ramifications in North America on at least 4 occasions when wars were officially declared. In addition to having names these wars also had numbers under the rubrique of "Intercolonial Wars," much as we have numbered "World Wars"-- since the individual wars had different names in Britain than on the Continent, the numbering system helped keep things (somewhat) straight. Finally, the Intercolonial Wars, as they were called in Europe, were called the French And Indian Wars in North America.
Benjamin Mead was old enough to have fought in any of the first three of these, King William's War or War of the League of Augsburg (1st Intercolonial) and Queen Anne's War or War of the Spanish Succession (2nd Intercontinental) being the most likely. So in this sense, any action he saw during those wars makes him a veteran of the French and Indian Wars.
∼FROM ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS AND TOMBSTONES OF THE TOWN OF GREENWICH
OLD CEMETERY AT COS COB. March, 1908.
Benjamin, d. Feb, 22, 1746, in 8lst yr.
Obadiah, d. Apl. 27, 1759, in 40th yr.
I believe this is the original burial for Benjamin, but he was later removed along with his marker to be in a larger plot with his family.
Benjamin Mead was old enough to have fought in any of the first three of these, King William's War or War of the League of Augsburg (1st Intercolonial) and Queen Anne's War or War of the Spanish Succession (2nd Intercontinental) being the most likely. So in this sense, any action he saw during those wars makes him a veteran of the French and Indian Wars.
∼FROM ABSTRACTS OF RECORDS AND TOMBSTONES OF THE TOWN OF GREENWICH
OLD CEMETERY AT COS COB. March, 1908.
Benjamin, d. Feb, 22, 1746, in 8lst yr.
Obadiah, d. Apl. 27, 1759, in 40th yr.
I believe this is the original burial for Benjamin, but he was later removed along with his marker to be in a larger plot with his family.
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