Our family heritage had its beginnings 1776 when Enoch Mead of Greenwich, with his bride, Jemima, discovered Long Pond, now called Waccabuc, on their horseback wedding trip. They fell in love with the rolling, wooded land, not long before an Indian hunting ground, and later acquired a large tract around the lake.

The photograph below of the Mead Memorial Chapel in Waccabuc New York was taken by William Mead in February of 2003.

Sarah Frances Studwell was born on February 6th 1838 to John Jay Studwell and Elizabeth LaFarge Moore, who were married on September 18, 1836.  She was named for her father's only sister, Sarah, but was called by her full name of Sarah Frances by her parents.