Jared Mead, died May 8, 1832, aged 93 years. The epitaph reads: Blessed is the man that lives by the Lord and who knows who the Lord is. Buried in the New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery next to the Second Congregational Church, Greenwich.
The epitaph on the gravestone of Whitman Mead, family plot off Cliffdale Road, North Greenwich. Died January 29, 1795,aged 29 years. The body must ascend to earth above/iit came by the spirit to God who gave it.
The epitaph from the Benjamin Mead III gravestone at the family plot off Cliffdale Road, North Greenwich. Benjamin Mead, Esqr. Died March 5, 1815, aged 85 years, 6 months and 17 days. My flesh fhall flumber in the ground/Till the last trumpet joyful founds/Then burst the chains with fweet furpise/And in my Faviour's image rise. (Note: original spellings used.)
The gravestone of Dr. Amos Mead, New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery, next to the Second Congregational Church, Greenwich Connecticut. See S.P. Mead's 'Ye Historie of Ye Town of Greenwich,' page 145.
A stone rubbing of the epitaph of Benjamin Mead III, buried in the family plot in North Greenwich off Cliffdale Road. A picture of the gravestone is included in this album. See: http://picasaweb.google.com/meadburyinggrounds/Epitaphs#5249430556454090706
Jared Mead, who perished on the Hudson River in the sinking of his Schooner the JONATHAN BORAM by the steamer Francis R. Skiddy. Died October 14, 1852, aged 36 years & 3 mo's. Husband thou art gone to rest/ Thy toils and cares are o'er/ And sorrow pain and suffering now/ Shall ne'er distress thee more.
