Hannah Meed (Mead) one of my 2x Great Grandmothers
Edward
Kipp
Hannah
Meed (Aug. 11, 1770 - Mar. 24, 1859) my 2 x Great grandmother
m. Isaac
Kipp on August 29, 1790, probably Nine Partners Patent, North East, Dutchess
County, New York.
The
family story is that Isaac Kipp (Nov. 1, 1764 - Aug. 6, 1846 - family bible)
(the elder), my gg grandfather, came from Dutchess County, New York. He settled in Upper Canada in October 1800. He may have come to Upper Canada because of
the offer of land made by Governor Simcoe in the early 1790's, as did many
prominent people such as Thomas Hornor, who founded Blenheim Township, Oxford
County, Ontario in 1793. He may also
have known about Hornor's Governor's Road Settlement (Princeton, Ontario) if he
was from N.Y. State, since Hornor was from the area of Princeton, N.J. The Hornor family was Quaker and had connections
with Long Island families.
The 1851
Census of Canada West, East Oxford Township, Oxford County has listings for two
of his sons, Isaac and David. Isaac said
he was born in N.Y. State. David said he
was born in the U.S.A. Isaac the elder
and three of his older children Jonathan, James and John were dead by then so
they are not on the Census.
The 1790
Census of the United States has an Isaac Kipp and wife (no children) living in
Northeast, Dutchess County, N.Y. They
were living next to Jonathan Meed and family. There is no Isaac Kipp and family there in the
1800 Census. There were many Quaker
families in this area.
The 1800
Census of the United States has an Isaac Kipp and wife living in Rensselaerville,
Albany County, N.Y. They have children:
3 males to 10 and 1 male 10 to 20. If
this is my family, there is one son missing.
It is
possible that Isaac and Hannah moved from Dutchess County sometime after 1790, crossed
the Hudson River by ferry, stopped in Albany County near Rensselaerville and
were recorded in 1800 US Census and then proceeded across New York State by
established routes to cross the Niagara River and then proceeded across Upper
Canada to Oxford County. They could also
have taken a lake boat and landed along Lake Erie and proceeded inland to
Oxford County.
Hannah
Meed
Hannah
Meed was living with her youngest son Daniel in Burford Township, Brant County,
Ontario in the 1851 Census for Canada West. She indicated she was born in the U.S.A.
The
family bible indicates that Isaac Kipp and Hannah Meed were married August 29,
1790. This Bible was the property of the
Richard Titus Kipp family (a son of Hannah and Isaac).
If they
did come from Dutchess County, Northeast Town, there are several Mead families
listed in the early records. In the 1790
Census, Nathaniel Mead is four above and his brother Jonathan Mead is next to
Isaac Kipp on the Census list.
The original
Mead family history is History and
Genealogy of the Mead Family of Fairfield County, Connecticut, Eastern New
York, Western Vermont and Western Pennsylvania from A.D. 1180 to 1900, by
Spencer P. Mead, 1901. There is a later book
written by Lucius Egbert Weaver, which was a supplement to the book by Spencer
Mead, Genealogy of a Branch of the Mead Family, with a history of the family
in England and in America and appendixes of the Rogers and Denton families, by Lucius Egbert Weaver. Rochester. NY. 1917.
P. 23. (Internet Archive).
In his book, Weaver indicates that Jonathan (b cir 1745 married Ruth
_____) had eight children including one daughter “Anna.” Some of the names of the children tended to be
nicknames so there is a possibility that Anna is Hannah.
The Settlers
of the Beekman Patent, by Frank Doherty lists what appears to be the same
Jonathan Mead (b cir 1736 and married to Sarah (Alling) Thompson. The Settlers of the Beekman Patent, Vol.1-8 (Online
database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society,
2013), (Orig. Pub. by Frank J. Doherty, Pleasant Valley, NY.) Vol. 8. pp. 697-738. Doherty lists nine children all of whom are
mentioned in Jonathan's will. Hannah is
not mentioned. However, there is a break
between John b. 1765 (married to Rhoda Titus) and Samuel b. 1774, of 9
years. Hannah could fit into this time
slot.
Jonathan’s
brother Nathaniel Mead’s eighth child, a son, was named Richard Titus (b 1787).
Nathaniel was born in 1750 and married
first Hannah Lamb born Feb. 1, 1753 daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth (Dillis)
Lamb. We do not have a marriage date for
this couple but they could have married as early as 1770.
Hannah
and Isaac Kipp named their first son born in Upper Canada in 1808 Richard Titus
Kipp (their ninth child). Note that
there are two references to the Titus surname in the families of Jonathan and
Nathaniel.
There is
much confusion about the various Jonathan Meads in published books and on the
internet. While some circumstantial
evidence is provided above, proof is still required as to who is the father of
Hannah Meed born Aug. 11, 1770.
1. Edward
Kipp
2. Lorne
Bernice Kipp (b Sept. 3, 1901) - Gobles, Oxford Co. ON, Canada (m Phyllis Link)
3.
William Henry Kipp (b Oct. 1, 1862) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Canada West (m
Ida Caroline W Schultz)
4.
Benjamin Kipp (b Mar. 26, 1811) - Burford Twp, Brant Co., Upper Canada (m
Elizabeth Force)
5. Hannah
Meed (b Aug. 11, 1770) - New York (m Isaac Kipp)
6.
Jonathan Mead (cir 1736) – Milan, Dutchess Co., NY (m Sarah Thompson)
