Greenwich During the Revolutionary War: A Frontier Town on the Front Line is the current exhibit open to the public at the Greenwich Historical Society.
The exhibit opened on October 16, 2024. It is set to close on March 9, 2025.
However, we have received word that the exhibit has been extended to April.
Bringing to life the experiences of people in Greenwich during the Revolutionary War, this dynamic exhibition presents the stories of Patriots and Loyalists, free and enslaved men and women choosing side and deciding what liberty meant to them.
Original materials from the Revolution belonging to Greenwich Historical Society, as well as other museums and archives, illustrate the experiences of a community on the front line of the American Revolution.
Abraham Mead (1742-1827) was born in Greenwich and at the age of fourteen was apprenticed to potter Adam Starts, Connecticut's first stoneware potter. Mead Opened his own pottery in Horseback and trained other potters in the trade.
A captain in the militia, he served along with family members Capt. Matthew Mead and Col. John Mead in the battles in and around New York City, including Brooklyn and the retreat from Harlem Heights. Captaincies. Mead was also a member of the Committee of Safety. Local legend suggests that at least twice the British tried to ambush and kill Mead, but both times he successfully evaded the enemy.
On exhibit (pictured above) is one of his pottery jars, late 18th century, as well as a receipt dated 1796. Both items are in the Greenwich Historical Society Collections.
This receipt shows that Cart. Abraham Mead paid tuition to Davis Bush's son-in-law, Henry Grigg, who may have operated a private school.
Abraham Mead is buried in one of the Mead family plots in the New Burial Grounds Association Cemetery next to the Second Congregational Church at 139 East Putnam Avenue, Greenwich.
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