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Jared, of whom further. 12. Captain Abraham,
born December 14, 1742, died December
24, 1827; married Keziah Howe.
(V) Jared Mead, son of Ebenezer (2)
and Hannah (Brown) Mead, was born
December 15, 1738, and died May 8, 1832.
He married, December 10, 1775, Lydia
Smith, daughter of Daniel Smith, born
December 8, 1754, died January 27, 1824.
Children: 1. Zetta S., born January 14,
1777, married Ebenezer Mead. 2. Daniel
S., of whom further. 3. Lydia, born August
11, 1781, married Ellison Lockwood.
4. Alma, born July 26, 1783, unmarried.
5. Hannah, born May 25, 1788, married
Deacon James Mead. 6. Jared, born September
28, 1791, married Anna Arm-
strong. 7. Alvin, born November 30,
1794, married Eliza Peck.
(VI) Daniel S. Mead, son of Jared and
Lydia (Smith) Mead, was born Novem-
ber 20, 1778, and died December 21, 1831.
He married, January 16, 1806, Rachel
Mead, daughter of Joshua Mead, born
September 2, 1779, died January 10,
1859. Children: 1. Zetta, born March
16, 1807, died 1861, unmarried. 2.
L. Adelia, born June 2, 1808, died 1827,
unmarried. 3. Adaline, born October 3,
1809, died 1810. 4. Daniel S., born April
9, 181 1, married Huldah Mead. 5. Ada-
line, born August 31, 1812, died 1828. 6.
R. Elizabeth, born October 13, 1814, married
(first) Odle Close, (second) David
B. Mead. 7. Jared, born July 25, 1816,
married Clarinda McFarland. 8. Edwin,
born October 27, 1819, married Maria
Reynolds. 9. S. Merwin, of whom fur-
ther.
(VII) S. Merwin Mead, son of Daniel
S. and Rachel (Mead) Mead, was born
October 5, 1823. He married, May 20,
1851, Elethea Reynolds, born May 4,
1826, died April 28, 1890. Children: 1.
Mary Louisa, born February 24, 1853,
married, May 15, 1873, Alexander B.
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Brush, of New Fairfield, Connecticut (see
Brush line). 2. Daughter, died in in-
fancy. 3. Ella R., born July 17, 1857, died
1896, unmarried. 4. George M., born Au-
gust 14, 1859, married Georgia E. Graves.
5. Anna R., born September 25, 1861, married
Nelson B. Mead. 6. Gertrude, born
August 23, 1863, unmarried. 7. Joshua
R., born January 8, 1866, died 1885. 8.
Ada B., born June 12, 1869.
ANDERSON, Captain Carl A.,
Oyster Grower, Legislator.
There are many huge industries in
Connecticut, but the unique one is under
the deep seas. There are about 64,000
acres of privately planted oyster beds in
Connecticut and 5,000 of natural beds.
One of the oldest growers of oysters in
Connecticut is Captain Carl A. Anderson,
of Norwalk. Captain Anderson was one
of the organizers of the J. & J. Ellsworth
Oyster Company, which owns about 600
acres of oyster grounds, and during the
season employs on an average of one hun-
dred men. Captain Anderson was born in
Frederichald, Norway, December 30,
1865 son of Hans and Beathe (Olsen)
Anderson.
Hans Anderson, father of Captain Carl
A. Anderson, was born in the same place
in 1834, and was reared on a farm. He
lived to be seventy-six years of age, and
learned the trade of tailor, which he followed
the greater part of his life. He
married Beathe Olsen, a native of the
same town, and they were the parents of
six children. Two of the sons came to
America and one, Hans Anderson, Jr.,
died in East Norwalk, Connecticut, leav-
ing two sons, Harry and Carl A.
Carl A. Anderson attended school until
he was fourteen years old, and then left
his native home to ship as a cabin boy.
As the years passed he was promoted,