Abiel (Butterfield) Reed (1716 - 1785)

Born 2 Apr 1716 in Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of John Reed — married 3 Feb 1737 in Westford, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 1785 at about age 68 in Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, USA

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Biography

Abiel Buterfield (spelling per vital records) was born to Benjamin (post his death) and "Sarrah" Buterfield April 2, 1716.^[1]

She married John "Read" February 3, 1737, in Westford, Massachusetts.^[2]

Sources

Tenney Family bible was given to Chadbourne Family

Name John Reed Note death and marriage dates are generally not disputed. Please see below for two candidates for parents and birth date: Marriage 3 Feb 1736/37 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States to Abial Butterfield Death Bef 23 Aug 1783 Westford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States References FH, in Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Probate records 1648--1924. (Middlesex County, MA: Massachusetts Probate Court), Case 18534 "John Reed 1783". 23 Aug 1783: Warrant to take inventory of "John Reed late of said Westford yeoman, deceased". 10 Nov 1783: Inventory taken. Sworn to 21 Apr 1784 by Willard Read the administrator. 8 Dec 1783: Bond of "Willard Reed yeoman" to administer "Estate of John Reed late of said Westford Yeoman Intestate Deceased" 16 Apr 1784: Distribution "to Abiah widow to John Read ... for her Dower". 17 May 1785: Roger King of Westford appointed to represent "Abiah widow of John Read late of Westford ... afflicted with the palsy incapable of attending on the Committee for setting off her dower". 10 Oct 1785: Agreement of heirs over differences mentions Willard Read for services done, Lydia Read for services done, Thomas Richardson for citing heirs, "Willard Read Submits the whole pew in Westford meeting house that was owned by him and his father Deceased to be Subject to aprisal and Distribution". 21 Apr 1788: Commission awards Willard Read 10 pounds for care of widow Abial Read ("no more than 26 months previous to the widows Death"). 13 May 1789: articles removed from inventory, allowed the Widow 17 Sep 1789: Real estate not "sufficient to bear a Division", given to "Willard Read the eldest son of the Deceased", his charges "being more than the foregoing apprizement, leaves nothing for distribution among the other heirs". McCracken, George E. "Dr. Philip Reade and His Earlier Descendants", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society), Vol. 112, p. 129.

The husband of Abiel Butterfield "may have been, though it is far from certain" the son of Dr. Philip Reade by his wife Thanks Dil. But it is also possible that he was the son of John Read of Westford. Two candidates: 1) Name John Reed Gender Male Birth 7 Sep 1714 Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States According to George McCracken, in "Dr. Philip Reade and His Earlier Descendants", NEHGR, Vol. 112, p. 129, this John Reed is one of two candidates to be the husband of Abiel Butterfield. References Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Marriages, and Deaths, 1635-1850. (Boston: Beacon Press, 1891), p. 88. “John Read son of philip Read and Thanks his wife was born September ye 7 day 1714.”

2) Name John Reed Gender Male Birth[1] 3 Feb 1709 Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States According to George McCracken, in "Dr. Philip Reade and His Earlier Descendants", NEHGR, Vol. 112, p. 129, this John Reed is one of two candidates to be the husband of Abiel Butterfield References Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Chelmsford, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1914), p. 129.

1. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Chelmsford Volume 1, page 34
2. ↑ Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850, Westford Volume 1, page 142