| Matthew Mead | |
| Office: | Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk |
| Term Start: | May 1779 |
| Term End: | October 1779[1] [2] |
| Predecessor: | Stephen St. John, Clapp Raymond |
| Alongside: | Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Successor: | James Richards, Clapp Raymond |
| Term Start2: | May 1780 |
| Term End2: | May 1782 |
| Predecessor2: | James Richards, Clapp Raymond |
| Alongside2: | Stephen St. John |
| Successor2: | Stephen St. John, Samuel Cook Silliman |
| Birth Date: | 20 August 1736 |
| Birth Place: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Death Place: | Wilton, Connecticut[3] |
| Residence: | Norwalk, Connecticut |
| Spouse: | Phebe Whelpey |
| Children: | Mary, Thaddeus, Joseph, Elizabeth, Lucy, David, Matthew, James, Aaron, Xenophon, Roswell, Sallie |
| Branch: | Connecticut Militia Continental Army |
| Rank: | Lieutenant Colonel[4] |
| Unit: | Ninth Regiment, Fourth Brigade, Connecticut Militia |
| Battles: | French and Indian War Battle of Ticonderoga American Revolutionary War Battle of Germantown |
| Commands: | Eighth Regiment of Connecticut Fifth Regiment of Connecticut |
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.
He was born on August 20, 1736, in Norwalk. He was the son of Jeremiah Mead and Hannah St. John.[5]
Mead enlisted in the army on September 8, 1755, as a private in Captain Samuel Hanford's Company, French and Indian War.[5] 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.[5]
In 1773 he was commissioned Captain of the Wilton company in the Norwalk, Connecticut Militia. At the outbreak of the Revolution he was commissioned Captain of the 5th Regiment of Connecticut, Continental Line.[5] In 1777 he was made Lieutenant Colonel of the 5th Regiment. In that year he was in the Battle of Germantown,Philadelphia. He commanded the 8th Regiment of Connecticut, Continental Line, at Valley Forge. He resigned his commission on 25 May 1778 after the winter of 1777-78 at Valley Forge, where he was quartered with his Regiment and was on the staff of General Washington.[5]
He served as a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk in the sessions of May 1779, May and October 1780, and May and October 1781.