John Reed (1660 - 1733)

Born 1660 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Elizabeth (Holden) Reed — married 21 Mar 1682 (to 1703) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Husband of Abigail (Baldwin) Reed — married 4 Dec 1705 (to 9 Mar 1733) in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Descendants

Died 9 Mar 1733 at about age 73 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony

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Biography

Birth and Parents

John Reed was born in Massachusetts.

John, the second son and second of seven children of Ralph Reed and Mary Pierce was born in 1660 at Woburn, Massachusetts.

John was a weaver. He bought a lot of land from his father-in-law, Henry Baldwin in Woburn near the line of Billerica on which he moved and settled. It was afterwards occupied by his descendants, Isaiah Reed and others.^[1]

Marriages and Children

John was married twice. He married 1) Elizabeth Holden (1662-1703), the daughter of Richard and Martha (Fosdick) Holden on 21 March 1682 at Woburn, Massachusetts.^[2] They had four children born at Woburn:

1. 'Daughter' Reed (b. say 1683; d. Dec 1711, Woburn, MA)
2. John Reed (b. 22 Mar 1684; d. 27 Jun 1723, Woburn, MA) ^[3]
3. Ralph Reed (b. 6 Sep 1686; d. 1 Mar 1775, Woburn, MA)^[4] m. Mary Pierce (1691-1775)
4. Elizabeth Reed (b. 25 Feb 1690; d. 17 May 1764, Simsbury, CT)^[5] m. 5 Feb 1712 at Cambridge, MA, Ebenezer Holden (1690-1756)

Elizabeth (Holden) Reed died in 1703 in her 41st year at Woburn, Massachusetts.

John married 2) Abigail Baldwin, the daughter of Henry and Phebe (Richardson) Baldwin on 4 December 1705 at Woburn, Massachusetts.^[6] They had three children born at Woburn:

1. Susanna Reed (b. 13 Sep 1706; d. )^[7]
2. Henry Reed (b. 13 Jun 1708; d. )^[8] m. Rebeka (Unknown) (1710-)
3. Amos Reed (b. 25 May 1710; d. )^[9]

Death

John Reed died on 9 March 1733 in his 73rd year at Woburn.^[10]His will is dated 20 July 1732.^[11]A copy of the Probate page indicates that his will was entered into Probate in April 1733 and that his son, Henry Reed, served as Executor. Names included in the will were wife Abigail, sons John, Ralph, Benjamin, and Henry, daughter Elizabeth (Reed) Holden and her five children.

Sources

1. ↑ Reed, Jacob Whittemore. History of the Reed family in Europe and America. Boston, MA: John Wilson and Son, 1861. Page 69. https://archive.org/details/historyofreedfam1861reed/page/68/mode/2up
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-S8W : 20 May 2022), John Read or Reed, 21 Mar 1682; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-WFQ : 20 May 2022), Eliza. Read in entry for John Reed, 22 Mar 1684; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
4. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-43F : 20 May 2022), John Read in entry for Ralph Reed, 5 Sep 1686; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
5. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-C3P : 20 May 2022), John Read in entry for Elizabeth Reed, 25 Feb 1690; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
6. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHVV-436 : 20 May 2022), Abigail Baldwinn in entry for John Read or Reed, 4 Dec 1705; citing Marriage, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
7. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-VDD : 20 May 2022), Abigail Read in entry for Susanah Reed, 13 Sep 1706; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-K6N : 20 May 2022), Abigail Reed in entry for Henry Reed, 13 Jun 1708; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4NV-KBB : 20 May 2022), John Reed in entry for Amos Reed, 25 May 1710; citing Birth, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
10. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHXJ-42T : 20 May 2022), John Reed, 9 Mar 1733; citing Death, Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011120.
11. ↑ Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871. Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014. (From records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives. Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org) https://www.americanancestors.org/DB536/i/14466/18530-co1/263977604

Acknowledgements

• Biography written in full with inline sourcing, profile connected to mother (Mary Pierce) and second wife (Abigail Baldwin) following extensive research by Baldwin; Holden ancestor Carol Baldwin PhD RN on 15 August 2022.