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Josiah (Reed) Read (abt. 1643 - 1717)

Josiah Read formerly Reed aka Reade, Reed
Born about in Weymouth, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Son of and
Brother of , , , , , [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half], [half] and [half]
Husband of — married Nov 1666 in Marshfield, Plymouth Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Father of , , , , , , and
Died at about age 74 in Norwich, New London, Connecticutmap
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Biography

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Josiah Read (name is spelled "Read" by Anderson in Great Migration Series.)[1]

Origin

Josiah was born "say 1643," possibly at Weymouth, or at Boston, Massachusetts.[2] Apparently the record of his birth has not been located. His next younger sibling was born at Weymouth, and his next older sibling at Boston. He was a son of William Read and Susanna Hayme.[2]

Family

Josiah married in November 1666, at Marshfield, Plymouth Colony[3] (also recorded at Norwich,[4] where they settled), to Grace Holloway, daughter of William Holloway.[5][2] She died May 9, 1727 at Norwich, Connecticut.[6][7]

A duplicate profile claimed the marriage took place on 4 Nov. 1666 in Norwich (without evidence, source was user-submitted).[8]

Children of Josiah and Grace:[7]

  1. Josiah Read b. April, 1668, d. 9 January 1752 in Norwich; mar. Elizabeth Amsden.
  2. William Read b. April, 1670; mar. Anna Stark.
  3. Elizabeth (Read) Brewster b September 1672, d 1692; mar William Brewster.
  4. Experience Read b. February 27, 1675; mar. Shadrack Lamphere.
  5. John Read b. August 15, 1679; mar. Deborah Niles.
  6. Joseph Read b. March 12, 1681; mar. Mary Guppie.
  7. Susanna b. 29 September 1685; mar. Isaac Lawrence.
  8. Hannah Read b. July, 1688; mar. Benjamin Fitch.

Josiah's younger half-brother, Hezekiah, born 6 July 1663 in Boston, chose Josiah and brother, John, as guardians.[5]

Death and Legacy

Josiah died 3 July 1717 at Norwich, New London County, Connecticut.[6][7]

Sources

  1. ↑ Anderson, Robert C., Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. Page 24-30 (Online database accessed January 27, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 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
  3. ↑ The Mayflower Descendant (Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants, Boston, date) Vol. I, Page 111.
  4. ↑ Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848 (Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, Hartford, 1913) Part I, Page 15.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Jacobus, Donald L., and Waterman, Edgar F., The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry ..." (Page 297-99) Hartford: E. F. Waterman, 1945, HathiTrust.org accessed 25 May 2016.
  6. ↑ 6.0 6.1 Avery, R. Stanton, New Englanders in Nova Scotia Manuscript. R. Stanton Avery Special Collections, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, MA. (Online database accessed 25 May 2016. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2010.)
  7. ↑ 7.0 7.1 7.2 Norwich, Connecticut, Vital Records of Norwich, 1659-1848, Vol I. (Pages 15, 56, 58) Hartford, Society of Colonial Wars in the State of Connecticut, 1913, OpenLibrary.org accessed 25 May 2016
  8. ↑ http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~swindells/main_files/Information/grpf942.html




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Billups-130 Cynthia (Billups) B
No, S. (Hill). Unfortunately, a merge was reversed and completed in the wrong direction.
posted by Cynthia (Billups) B
Hill-11959 S (Hill) Willson
From what I read in his profile, it looks like his LNAB should be Read (Anderson, etc.) Is there a reason it is Reed?
posted by S (Hill) Willson
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
The proposed merge with Reade-189 has been approved, but I would like to delay it a bit longer to give the profile manager for the other proposed merge for that profile (i.e., Read-38) more of a chance to weigh in.
posted by Ellen Smith
Smith-62120 Ellen Smith
Reed-1698 and Reade-189 appear to represent the same person because: Same person. I am proposing READE as the final LNAB because of its preponderance on related profiles.
posted by Ellen Smith
Lee-5956 Robin Lee
Reed-1709 and Reed-1698 appear to represent the same person because: all information is the same
posted by Robin Lee

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