Born about [location unknown]
Daughter of William Reed
and Mabel (Unknown) Summers
Sister of
George Read, Ralph Reed, Justice Reed, Abigail (Reed) Wyman, Michael Reed, Israel Reed, Sarah (Reed) Walker and Mary Reed
Wife of
Joseph Winn
— married
about 1664 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Rebekah Winn, Sarah (Winn) Johnson, Joanna (Winn) Knight, Abigail Winn, Joseph Winn, Josiah Winn, Timothy Winn, Hannah Winn, Rebekah (Winn) Spaulding, Anne Winn and Timothy Winn
Died about
at about age 86
in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay
Profile last modified
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Biography
Date of Birth 26 Dec 1647 estimated. No source found.
WINN. Joseph Winn, son of Edward and Joanna, among the first settlers of Woburn, was born In England; married Rebekah, daughter of William and Mabel Reed, and sister of first George Reed of Woburn, about 1664. Their children were: (1) Mebekah, born 25 May, 1665; and died 6 Apr. 1679. (2) Sarah, b. 9 Nov. 1666; md. to Ebenezer Johnson. (3) Joanna, b. ;md. to Edward Knight, 13 July, 1699. (4) Abigail, b. 18 June, 1670; died 25 June, 1670. (5) Joseph, b. 15 May, 1671. (6) Josiah, b. 15 March, 1674. (7, 8) Rebekah and Hannah, twins, b. 14 Feb. 1678-9. Rebekah m. to Timothy Spaulding of Chelmsford, 5 March, 1700. No mention of Hannah in his Will." (9) Timothy, b. ;died 22 March, 1678. (10) Anne, b. 1 Nov. 1684; died 13 Sept. 1686. (11) Timothy, b. 27 Feb. 1686-7. "Ensign Joseph Winn" died 22 Feb. 1714-J5. Widow Rebekah Winn died , 1734. [Wob. Ree. of Births, etc., etc.]
"Rebecca Winn late of Wooborn widow about the third of December last died intestate."[1]
Research Notes
2. Rebecca, daughter of William and Mabel, born probably at Muddy River, now Brookline ; married Joseph Winn of Woburn, son of Edward, who was made freeman in 1643. His son Increase, elder brother of Joseph, was the first person born in Woburn. The name Winn is said to be a corruption of Lewellyn, the name of the Welsh prince taken and slain by Edward I. Joseph Winn died Feb. 22,1714; and Rebecca died in 1734. Children, —Rebecca, born at Woburn, May 25, 1665 ; Sarah, Nov. 9, 1666 ; Joanna ; Abigail, June 18, 1670 ; Joseph, May 15, 1674
Timotby, who died March 22, 1678; Rebecca and Hannah, twins, born Feb. 14, 1679 ; Rebecca, married Timothy Spaulding of Chelmsford, March 5, 1700 ; Annie, born Nov. 1, 1684 ; Timothy, Feb. 27, 1687. [page] 96 WILLIAM READE OF WOBURN, History of the Reed family in Europe and America https://deriv.nls.uk/dcn23/9479/94790630.23.pdf
Joseph Winn, son of Edward & Joanna, among the first settlers of Woburn, was born in England; m. Rebekah, dau. of William & Mabel Reed, and sister of first George Reed of Woburn, about 1664. Their children were: (1) Rebekah b. May 25, 1665; died April 6, 1679. (2) Sarah b. Nov 9, 1666; m. Ebenezer Johnson. (3) Joanna b. ___; m. Edward Knight July 13, 1699. (4) Abigail b. June 18, 1670; d. June 25, 1670. (5) Joseph b. May 15, 1671. (6) Josiah b. Mar 15, 1674. (7 & 8) Rebekah and Hannah, twins b. Feb 14, 1678/9. Rebekah m. Timothy Spaulding of Chelmsford Mar 5, 1700. No mention of Hannah in his Will. (9) Timothy b. ___; died Mar 22, 1678?. (10) Anne b. Nov 1, 1684; died Sept 13, 1686. (11) Timothy b. Feb 27, 1686/7.
"Ensign Joseph Winn" died Feb 22, 1714/15. Widow Rebekah Winn died ____ 1734. [Woburn Records of Births, etc. ]
p.650 Woburn, Massachusetts. http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/towns/woburn/woburnhistory.txt
Sources
- Will of Rececca Winn https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89D5-9SMV?i=601&cat=263304
- The history of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. from the grant of its territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the year 1680 by Sewall, Samuelhttps://archive.org/details/historyofwoburnm00sewa/page/n685/mode/1up?q=Joseph+Winn
- ↑ Middlesex Co., Mass Probate File#25264
- Sewall, Samuel; Sewall, Charles Chauncy; Thompson, Samuel The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. Page 650
- Find A Grave Memorial# 102037608
- FamilySearch.org: ["Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:3711-6Y7 : accessed 2015-07-20), entry for Rebecca /Reed/]
- http://files.usgwarchives.net/ma/middlesex/towns/woburn/woburnhistory.txt
- Probate Index https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9DL-XG8S?i=16&cat=263304
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Could find no mention of a primary source. Many on line family trees are using 26 Dec 1647 as a date of birth. Most on line dates of birth seem to be unsourced. Secondary sources I have accessed do not address date of birth at all. So date used for profile is a search aid for the most part.
Rebecca Reed m. James M. White was born 1848