Matthew Mead

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 family He was born on August 20, 1736, in Norwalk. He was the son of Jeremiah Mead and Hannah St. John. Mead enlisted in the army on September 8, 1755, as a private in Captain Samuel Hanford's Company, French and Indian War. 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.