John Read (1646 - bef. 1728)

Born 23 Sep 1646 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Holloway) Read — married about 1672 in Marshfield, Massachusetts [uncertain]

Descendants

Died before 27 Jun 1728 before age 81 in Windham, Connecticut

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Caution: Multiple John Reads

Robert C. Anderson in his Great Migration, warns that there were multiple William Reads living in Boston and Weymouth at the same time, and that their biographies are so confused that Anderson chose not to deal with the problems. (Page 30)^[1] He said the works of Pope and Savage "muddled the records."^[1] The one work he recommends is by Donald Lines Jacobus, The Granberry family and allied families, including the ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry".^[1]

Both of these William Read/Reed(s) had sons named John, this one profiled here was born in 1646 at Boston, and the other John Reed was born in 1649, probably at Weymouth and married Bethiah Frye (Jacobus, pp 299, 302).^[2] In addition, a third John Reed was born in 1674 at Weymouth. Caution will be of great benefit, especially in merges of duplicate profiles.

Biography

John Read AKA Reed, Reade (he is called "Read" by both Anderson and Jacobus)^[3][2]

Origin

John was born 23 September 1646 at Boston, Massachusetts and was baptized there on 27 September 1646.^[3] He was the sixth and last child of William Read and Susanna (Hayme) Read.^[3]

By the time of John's birth in 1646, the family was living at Boston (though they had first settled at Weymouth).^[3]

His mother, Susanna (Hayme) Read, died at Boston on 12 October 1653 [BVR 42].^[1] His father married 20 March 165[3/]4 at Boston, as his second, to 2) Ruth Crooke.

Family

John's elder brother, Josiah Read, married John's wife's younger sister, Grace Holloway in November, 1666 (recorded in both Marshfield, Massachusetts and Norwich, Connecticut where they settled).^[2] Possibly John met Hannah Holloway through his sister-in-law, Grace.

John married twice.

• John married about 1672, as his first, to Hannah Holloway, daughter of William and Grace (Unknown) Holloway of Marshfield, Massachusetts.^[2] Their marriage record has not been found, but is proved by a deed, 6 September 1673 at Marshfield, in which Hannah, as "Hanna Read (sometimes Hannah Hollaway) wife to John Read of the Towne of Norwich" gave land of her late father's to the town of Norwich, Connecticut.^[2] Her date of death is unknown.^[2]
• John married by 1694 (and probably much earlier), as his 2nd, to Sarah Unknown.^[3] The record of this marriage has not been found.

Children (from John's will, uncertain who is the mother, except the youngest, who was certainly Sarah's, and they may have all been Sarah's):^[2]

Daughters:

1. Sarah Read b. ca. 1680; mar. 24 April 1700 Isaac Hall.
2. Mary Read b. ca. 1682, d. 7 March 1763; mar. 3 Dec 1702 Robert Hebard.
3. Constance "Constant" Read; mar. David Fuller.
4. Christian Read b. ca. 1689, d. 27 Sept. 1721; mar. 5 May 1709 John Flint.

Sons:

1. John Read; mar. (1) Mary Branch, 14 March 1711/12 at Windham, (2) Apr 27, 1721 at Windham, Hannah Palmer.^[4]
2. Thomas Read b. ca. 1688 [Norwich?]; mar. 1) Feb. 22, 1711/2 Rebeckah Palmer,^[4] 2) Esther Webb.
3. Nathan/Nathaniel Read b. 9 March 1696, d. 3 April 1696 (mother was certainly Sarah).

Norwich, Connecticut

John and Hannah removed to Norwich soon after their marriage, as early as 1673.^[2]

Windham, Connecticut

On 24 October 1694, John (with consent of his wife, Sarah) sold his property at Norwich, including his dwelling, to Moses Firgo (Fargo), and the family removed to Windham, Connecticut.^[2] In May, 1703, John was listed as one of the proprietors of the land which was to become Windham.^[2]

Death and Legacy

John's will was dated 14 September 1724 and was recorded 27 June 1728.^[5][2] There is a John Read who died March 4, 1727 at the age of 81 years (would certainly fit with this John Read).^[6]

John's daughter, Christian (Read) Flint, was deceased at the time, but he mentioned her two children in his will.^[2] Wife, Sarah and son, John, were his executors.^[2]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} Anderson, Robert C., Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. Pages 24-30 (Online database. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009, accessed August 24, 2014
2. ↑ ^{2.00 2.01 2.02 2.03 2.04 2.05 2.06 2.07 2.08 2.09 2.10 2.11 2.12} Jacobus, Donald L., and Waterman, Edgar F., The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry ..." (Page 297-301, 302) Hartford: E. F. Waterman, 1945, HathiTrust.org accessed January 27, 2015
3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1 3.2 3.3 3.4} Anderson, Robert C., Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. Page 27 (Online database accessed January 27, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009
4. ↑ ^{4.0 4.1} Connecticut Vital Records to 1870. (Windham, Page 203) (Online Database accessed March 19, 2015: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.
5. ↑ (Probate Records Windham, Vol 1, (Regular) Pg 258
6. ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870. (Page 202) (Online Database accessed February 9, 2015: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928.