| Father | Smith Mead (b. 15 December 1756, d. after 5 March 1842) |
| Mother | Martha Mead |
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| Birth | 1801 | Henry Mead was born in 1801.1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Isaac Howe Mead |
| Mother | Mary Elizabeth Mead |
| Biography | "Spencer Percival mead, a Maintainer and Life Member of the New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, died at the Fifth Avenue Hospital, New York City, Jan. 7, 1935. Funeral services were held at the home of his brother, Ephraim Mead, 240 Milbank Ave.l, Greenwich, Conn. on January 9. Mr. Mead was a descendant of one of the oldest and most prominent families of Greenwich, Conn. He was born on March 23, 1863 at the old Mead homestead at Meads Point, Greenwich, son of Isaac Howe Mead and his wife Mary E., daughter of Zophar Mead. He was a descendant of William Mead who received a grant in Stamford, Conn. in December, 1641. His line of descent was William, John, Ebenezer, Deliverance, Isaac Howe, Spencer Percival Mead. The "Mead Family" was compiled and published by Mr. Mead in 1901 and he was also the author of "Ye History of Greenwich". He graduated from New York Law School in 1893 and was a member of the New York Bar. He was a member of the Society of Colonial Wars, the Sons of the American Revolution, and of the Masons. Mr. Mead was survived by three brothers, Ephraim, Thomas Merritt and Amos H. Mead."1 | |
| Birth | 23 March 1863 | Spencer Percival Mead was born on 23 March 1863 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. |
| Death | 7 January 1935 | He died on 7 January 1935 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Ephraim Mead |
| Mother | Azuba Mead |
| Son | Spencer Percival Mead (b. 23 March 1863, d. 7 January 1935) |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Zophar Mead |
| Mother | Mary Seaman |
| Son | Spencer Percival Mead (b. 23 March 1863, d. 7 January 1935) |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Stephen Holly (b. 23 August 1804, d. 2 July 1853) |
| Mother | Emeline E. Reynolds (b. about 1814) |
| Son | Edward L. Holly (b. 1869) |
| Daughter | Josephine Holly (b. 1869, d. 1887) |
| Daughter | Emma Constant Holly+ (b. 1871, d. 1965) |
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| Birth | 1837 | Edward Payson Holly was born in 1837 in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 |
| Baptism | 4 November 1837 | He was baptized on 4 November 1837 at Second Congregational Church in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.2 |
| Census | 13 August 1860 | He appeared in the census 13 August 1860 at Stanwich Road in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Edward is listed as: age 23, last name spelled "Holley", Farmer, Real Estate valued at $17,000, and personal estate of $3,000. With Emiline A., age 52, and Abigill (sic) Mead, age 78.3 |
| Marriage | 16 October 1866 | He and Josephine Lyon were married on 16 October 1866 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, S.R. Lyon and James Trowbridge, witnesses.4 |
| Census | 3 August 1870 | He appeared in the census 3 August 1870 at Stanwich Road in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Edward is listed as: age 33, farmer (spelled Holly), Real Estate $22,000, Personal estate $1650. With Josephine, age 21, Edward, age 1, and Josephine, 3 months. Also in household, Abigail Mead, age 89; Emaline Holly, age 62; Deborah Ferris age 56; Frank Ferris, age 5; James Nealy, age 30, Laborer, born in Ireland; Mr. Carl, age 29, Laborer, born in Germany; George Elly (?), age 28, Farm Hand, born in England; William Harrington, age 22, born in England.5 |
| Residence | 1873 | As of 1873 Edward lived at Holly Farm, Stanwich Road, in Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, He built " a three-story boardinghouse on the family farm. The Second Empire-style mansion had twenty bedrooms and two dining rooms, where fifty-four persons could be seated at meals."6 |
| Newspaper Item | 13 May 1880 | According to the 13 May 1880 edition of the New York Times, New York City, New York County, New York, , in the Classified Advertising section: "COUNTRY REAL ESTATE: For Sale To Close an Estate, by order of the executors, the "Holly Farm" of 33 (88?) acres, in town of Greenwich, Conn., with three-story Mansard-roof house of 25 rooms; barn, carriage-house, &c.; 1 1/2 miles from Cos Cob, and 2 1/4 miles from village depot. HOMER MORGAN, No. 2 Pine St.7 |
| Census | 2 June 1880 | He appeared in the census 2 June 1880 at 101 39th St. in New York City, New York County, New York. Edward is listed as: Edw'd P. Holley, age 40, Farmer, Retired, with Josephine C., age 28, wife, Housekeeping, and 11 boarders and 3 servants. Their children are in Greenwich with his mother.8 |
| Newspaper Item | 2 July 1880 | According to the 2 July 1880 edition of the New York Times, New York City, New York County, New York, , Classified Advertising Section: "Country Board: Greenwich, Conn. -- "HOLLEY FARM," 10 minutes from Coscob depot; reduced rates. Call for particulars at No. 101 East 39th st., from 10 till 2." Since this was the address where Edward Payson was living in 1880, he was evidently acting as agent for the owner at the time. I have not researched the deeds for the farm, but Susan Larkin's "Cos Cob Art Colony" says that the holders of four mortgages on the farm had foreclosed in 1877, and that they rented back for some time period.9 |
| Newspaper Mention | 4 March 1882 | The 4 March 1882 edition of the Greenwich Graphic, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, reported Mr. Holly has hired the house formerly occupied by George J. Smith at Cos Cob where he will keep summer boarders.10 |
| Newspaper Mention | 17 June 1882 | The 17 June 1882 edition of the Greenwich Graphic, Greenwich, Fairfield County, Connecticut, reported Mr. Edward Holly is giving the old Smith house a new coat of paint preparatory to taking boarders for the summer.10 |
| Death | 1913 | He died in 1913 |
| Last Edited | 26 December 2016 |
| Father | Solomon Lyon |
| Mother | Hannah Rundle |
| Son | Edward L. Holly (b. 1869) |
| Daughter | Josephine Holly (b. 1869, d. 1887) |
| Daughter | Emma Constant Holly+ (b. 1871, d. 1965) |
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| Birth | 1848 | Josephine Lyon was born in 1848 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.2 |
| Marriage | 16 October 1866 | Edward Payson Holly and she were married on 16 October 1866 in Bedford, Westchester County, New York, S.R. Lyon and James Trowbridge, witnesses.3 |
| Newspaper Mention | 8 January 1885 | The 8 January 1885 edition of the Port Chester Journal, Port Chester, Westchester County, New York, reported "Mrs. E. P. Holley returned on Monday from a visit to her sister, Mrs. Edward Raymond, at Bedford, NY." |
| Death | 1916 | She died in 1916 |
| Obituary | 25 April 1916 | 25 April 1916, Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, Greenwich News and Graphic Obituary:. "Mrs. Edward P. Holley: Josephine Lyon Holley, who died at the Greenwich Hospital on April 20th, from complications following pneumonia, was the wife of the late Edward Payson Holley, and the daughter of Solomon and Hannah Rundle Lyon of Bedford, New York. On her mother's side she was a descendant of the Rev. George Phillips, who settled at Watertown, Mass, in 1632, and on her paternal side a descendant of Thomas Lyon, who settled at Fairfield, Conn., in 1632 and who married Martha Johannah Winthrop, granddaughter of Governor Winthrop of Massachusetts. The funeral services were held at her late home and attended by a large number of her relatives and friends. The Rev Charles Taylor, pastor of the 2nd Congregational church of which Mrs. Holley was a member for nearly fifty years, officiated. Mr. Taylor's remarks were those of a close friend. He said in part: "It was here, in the midst of her loved ones and in the changing and ever increasing circle of friends that came and went, that she wove that wonderful fabric of character and service which all shall treasure as a priceless possession. Here was a love that calculated not the cost of sacrifice, nor ever implied that it had a cost. The unselfishness of her daily life was so habitual and natural to her that it almost made necessary the perspective of death to fully appreciate it. The simplicity, frankness and common-sensibleness of her spirit might disguise to the casual observer the essential divinity which abides in these homely virtues, but the initiated recognized that in these resided one of the secrets of her power.""4 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Daughter | Virginia Keeler+ (b. August 1862, d. 5 December 1925) |
| Marriage | Matthew Keeler and Mary Wiggins were married, date unknown1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Daughter | Virginia Keeler+ (b. August 1862, d. 5 December 1925) |
| Marriage | Matthew Keeler and Mary Wiggins were married, date unknown1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Daughter | Mary Webb+ (b. 12 March 1740/41, d. before 15 November 1815) |
| Birth | 28 July 1707 | John Webb was born on 28 July 1707 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 |
| Marriage | about 1738 | He and Mary Holmes were married about 17381 |
| Research Note | John and Mary had children: Mary Webb b: 12 MAR 1739/40 in Stamford, CT John Webb b: 4 DEC 1741 in Stamford, CT Stephen Webb b: 21 AUG 1743 in Stamford, CT Jonas Webb b: 3 DEC 1746 in Stamford, CT Gilbert Webb b: 23 MAR 1748/49 in Greenwich, CT Martha Webb b: 15 DEC 1750 in Stamford, CT Chloe Webb b: 17 OCT 1752 in Stamford, CT Abigail Webb b: 9 APR 1759 in Stamford, CT Have not researched.1 | |
| Death | 1775 | He died in 1775 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1 |
| Probate Extract | 5 December 1775 | John was listed in a probate extract on 5 December 1775 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut. Webb, John, late of Stamford, will dated Oct. 3, 1775, probated Dec. 5, 1775, mentions his children John, Gilbert, Martha, Chloe, Abigail, Jonas, Mary, wife of Abraham Holly, and Stephen. Executor his son John. Witnesses Benjamin Webb, Jr., Sarah Webb, and Benjamin Weed, page 222. Webb, John, late of Stamford, inventory taken by Benjamin Weed and Hezekiah Weed, and filed Apr. 30, 1782, by John Webb, executor, page 270.1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Stephen Holmes (b. about 1689) |
| Mother | Martha Mead (b. 11 December 1693) |
| Daughter | Mary Webb+ (b. 12 March 1740/41, d. before 15 November 1815) |
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| Birth | about 1720 | Mary Holmes was born about 1720 at Horseneck in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.1 |
| Marriage | about 1738 | John Webb and she were married about 17381 |
| Death | 24 February 1761 | She died on 24 February 1761 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Daughter | Mary Holmes+ (b. about 1720, d. 24 February 1761) |
| Son | Stephen Holmes (b. 6 September 1726) |
| Birth | about 1689 | Stephen Holmes was born about 1689 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 |
| Marriage | 7 September 1710 | He and Sarah Green were married on 7 September 1710 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1 |
| Marriage | 27 February 1718/19 | He and Martha Mead were married on 27 February 1718/19 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut,1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Birth | 1688 | Sarah Green was born in 1688 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 |
| Marriage | 7 September 1710 | Stephen Holmes and she were married on 7 September 1710 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1 |
| Death | before 1717 | She died before 17171 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Jonathan Mead (b. about 1665, d. 1713) |
| Mother | Martha Finch (b. about 1659, d. after 1713) |
| Daughter | Mary Holmes+ (b. about 1720, d. 24 February 1761) |
| Son | Stephen Holmes (b. 6 September 1726) |
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| Birth | 11 December 1693 | Martha Mead was born on 11 December 1693 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.1 |
| Marriage | 27 February 1718/19 | Stephen Holmes and she were married on 27 February 1718/19 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut,1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | John Mead (b. about 1628, d. 5 FEB 1699/1700) |
| Mother | Hannah Potter |
| Daughter | Martha Mead+ (b. 11 December 1693) |
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| Birth | about 1665 | Jonathan Mead was born about 1665.2 |
| Marriage | about 1690 | He and Martha Finch were married about 1690 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, I need to research this marriage -- or rather the parentage of this Martha Finch. Samuel Finch and Sarah Hoyt also had a Martha of similar age who married a Mead. I need to make sure this is the right one.2 |
| Research Note | According to the Stamford Families database, Jonathan and Martha had 8 children, Sarah, Martha, James, Isaac,Timothy, Mary, Hezekiah and Rachel, between 1691 and 1708. I have not researched this.2 | |
| Death | 1713 | He died in 1713 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut,2 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Joseph Finch (b. about 1633, d. 1714) |
| Mother | Ruth Hardy (b. about 1633, d. before 20 November 1727) |
| Daughter | Martha Mead+ (b. 11 December 1693) |
| Birth | about 1659 | Martha Finch was born about 1659.1 |
| Marriage | about 1690 | Jonathan Mead and she were married about 1690 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, I need to research this marriage -- or rather the parentage of this Martha Finch. Samuel Finch and Sarah Hoyt also had a Martha of similar age who married a Mead. I need to make sure this is the right one.1 |
| Death | after 1713 | She died after 17131 |
| Last Edited | 21 January 2018 |
| Father | John Finch (b. about 1595, d. 5 September 1657) |
| Mother | Martha |
| Daughter | Martha Finch+ (b. about 1659, d. after 1713) |
| Birth | about 1633 | Joseph Finch was born about 1633 in England.1 |
| Marriage | 23 November 1674 | He and Elizabeth AustIn were married on 23 November 16741 |
| Research Note | According to Stamford Families database, Joseph had two children, Sarah and Martha, by his first wife, and six children by his second wife, Joseph, Samuel, Jonathan, Abigail, Benjamin, Elizabeth. I have not researched this.1 | |
| Marriage | about 1697 | He and Ruth Hardy were married about 1697 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, This was the second marriage for both parties. Ruth was the widow of John Mead, Jr.1 |
| Death | 1714 | He died in 1714 in Greenwich, Fairfield, England,1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Birth | about 1653 | Elizabeth AustIn was born about 1653 in Connecticut.1 |
| Marriage | 23 November 1674 | Joseph Finch and she were married on 23 November 16741 |
| Last Edited | 21 January 2018 |
| Father | Stephen Holmes (b. about 1689) |
| Mother | Martha Mead (b. 11 December 1693) |
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| Birth | 6 September 1726 | Stephen Holmes was born on 6 September 1726 in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut.1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |
| Father | Charles H. Holly (b. 31 July 1826, d. 16 July 1907) |
| Mother | Sarah E. Searles (b. 1830) |
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| Birth | 16 May 1850 | John William Holly was born on 16 May 1850 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 |
| Marriage | 28 November 1871 | He and Josephine Ferris were married on 28 November 1871 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,2 |
| Death | 7 January 1924 | He died on 7 January 1924 in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut,1 |
| Burial | He was buried at Long Ridge Union Cemetery in Stamford, Fairfield County, Connecticut.1 |
| Last Edited | 22 December 2016 |