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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.
John Read AKA Reed, Reade (he is called "Read" by both Anderson and Jacobus)[3][2]
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.
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.
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:
Sons:
John and Hannah removed to Norwich soon after their marriage, as early as 1673.[2]
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]
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]
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The above also suggests that Bethiah Frye may be an incorrect spouse of this John Reed.