Born before in Weymouth, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay
[uncertain]
Ancestors [uncertain]
Daughter of William Reed
and Esther (Tomson) Reed
Sister of
Mercy (Reed) Ford, Mary (Reed) Allen, William Reed, Ester (Reed) Hersey, John Reed, Jacob Reed and Sarah (Reed) King
Wife of
Nicholas Porter
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Nicholas Porter Jr., William Porter, Bathsheba (Porter) French, Daniel Porter, Susanna Porter, Job Porter, Esther (Porter) Fobes, Abner Reed Porter and Sarah Porter
Died [date unknown]
[location unknown]
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Biography
Bathsheba Reed was born pre-1682[1] at Weymouth, Suffolk County (Norfolk after 1793), Massachusetts, a daughter of William Reed and Esther Tomson.[2] Her birth date is an estimate, based on her marriage by about 1698.
She married probably in Weymouth about 1698 to Nicholas Porter, born probably in Weymouth about April 1671; died in Bridgewater 31 December 1770, aged 99 years 8 months; son of John and Deliverance (Byram) Porter.[3][2][4]
Children of Nicholas and Bathsheba:[3][5] [6]
- Nicholas, b 27 Oct 1699, Weymouth
- William, b. 19 Aug 1702, Abington
- Bathsheba, b. 17 Sep 1707, Abington
- Daniel, b. 15 Jun 1708, Abington
- Susanna, b. 20 Mar 1711, Abington
- Job, b. 6 Jun 1713, Abington
- Esther, b. 20 Jun 1716, Abington
- Abner, b. 27 Nov 1718, Abington
- Sarah, b. 3 Apr 1722, Abington; d. 25 Jun 1798, aged 76 years, unmarried.
Sources
- ↑ Roser, Susan E. "Mayflower Births and Deaths: From the Files of George Ernest Bowman at the Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Volumes 1 & 2." Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc., 1992. Cooke. pg 388
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Reed, John Ludovicus, (1901) The Reed Genealogy: Descendants of William Reade of Weymouth, Massachusetts from 1635 to 1902, Vol 1. Archive.org (Vol 1, Pages 13-14).
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Wood, Ralph V., Francis Cooke of the Mayflower: the first five generations (Camden, ME: Picton Press, 1999), pp. 217-8, 556. (Link by $ubscription.).
- ↑ Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700. NEHGS Boston, AmericanAncestors.org (Vol 2, Page 1215).
- ↑ Weymouth (Mass.) (1910) Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 ... Vol 1, Births. Boston: NEHGS Archive.org (Vol 1, Pages 218).
- ↑ NEHGS, Vital Records of Abington, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston : New England Historic Genealogical Society, at the charge of the Eddy Town-Record Fund, 1912), pp. 171-3.
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Categories: Mayflower Orphan | Mayflower Family Member | Estimated Birth Date
The following page ( p. 218) lists their children as: Nicholas b. 26 Oct 1700; William b. 19 Aug 1702; Bathsheba b. 17 Sep 1707; Daniel b. 15 Jun 1708; Susanna b. 20 Mar 1711; Job b. 6 Jun 1713; Esther b. 20 Jun 1716; Abner b. 27 Nov 1718; and Sarah b. 3 Apr 1722; d. 25 Jun 1798, aged 76 years, unmarried.
Later, on Page 556 of the same book, it references their daughter, Bathsheba, stating that "Bathsheba Porter, born probably in Abington 17 September 1707, died probably in Abington before 11 January 1745/6. Bathsheba married in Abington 17 April 1729, as his second wife, David French born in Weymouth 20 November 1698, died probably in Abington after 7 February 1774..."
The children of David and Bathsheba (Porter) French are listed as: David, born about 1730; baptized 1731; Mary born 16 Apr 1731; Sarah born 4 March 1733; Bathsheba [twin] born 22 Apr 1734; Joshua [twin] born 22 Apr 1734; William born 29 July 1736; Mercy born 9 July 1739; Abner baptized 26 April 1741; Tabitha baptized 12 September 1742."
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