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Sarah (Rice) Humphrey (1700 - 1784)

Sarah Humphrey formerly Rice aka Read, Reed
Born in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap
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Daughter of and
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Wife of — married 26 Nov 1723 (to 20 Dec 1731) in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap
Wife of — married 21 Apr 1732 in Oxford, Worcester, Province of Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial Americamap
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Died at age 84 in Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesmap
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Contents

Biography

Birth

Sarah Rice was born on 3 February 1700, in Sudbury, to Ebenezer Rice (1671-1724) of Sudbury, and Bethiah Williams (1676-1721) of Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.[1]

Marriages

Sarah married (1) Joseph Read on 26 November 1723 in Sudbury,[2] and (2) Ebenezer Humphrey on 21 April 1732 in Oxford.[3] Sarah had twelve children, five by Joseph and seven by Ebenezer.

Note: Read surname interpreted as Reed

Sarah's first husband, Joseph Read, was born about 1695 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay, to Thomas Read (III) (1650-1733), of Sudbury, and Mary Goodrich (1650-1724), of Wethersfield, Hartford, Colony of Connecticut (Daniels 661).[4] After they married, Sarah and Joseph stayed in Sudbury for a few more years, where Joseph had purchased land from his father,[5] and that is where they had their first two children. John (1), who died young, was born in 1724 and Bethiah was born in 1725.[6] Joseph and his father then sold the land they owned in Sudbury "...even that tenement where the said Thomas and Joseph Read now dwells...house and a barn together with one-hundred & fifty acres..." for 400 pounds.[7]Sarah released her dower. The family lived at Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts for a time and there they had two more children. Thomas was born in 1727 and John (2) was born in 1729.[8][9] They then moved to Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, where they purchased, for 400 pounds, land including a house and a gristmill (Old Huguenot Mill) (Daniels 194, 303, 304).[4][10] In Oxford they had their last child, Katherine, born in 1731.[11] Joseph passed away on 20 December 1731 in Oxford, reportedly of smallpox (Daniels 661).[12]

Sarah's second husband, Ebenezer Humphrey, was born on 22 Aug 1692 in Woodstock, Windham, Connecticut, to Arthur Humphrey Jr. (1664-1752) and Rachel (1666-).[13] As shown in land deeds pertaining to the estate of the late Joseph Read, Ebenezer was a neighbor to the Reads.[14] He was one of the original proprietors of the town of Oxford in 1713, served as constable and spent several years as a selectman. Sarah and Ebenezer had seven children together (Daniels 552).[4] Rachel was born in 1732 and Arthur was born in 1735.[15][16] Sarah and Mary, who are thought to have died young, were born in 1738 and 1740. Ebenezer was born in 1741 and was followed by Hannah in 1743.[17][18] Abigail, their last child, was born in 1745.[19] Ebenezer passed away on 19 May 1761 in Oxford.[20]

Children

Note: Most of Sarah (Rice) Read Humphrey's children, both those from Joseph and Ebenezer, remained in Oxford or Worcester County, some for generations. However, it is known that after the death of his father, John Read was brought up by Sarah's sister, Abigail (Rice) Bugbee, in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

Children of Sarah and Joseph:

  1. John Read (1) b.1724 Sudbury, d. young
  2. Bethiah Read b.1725 Sudbury, d. 1761 Oxford, m. Moses Towne
  3. Thomas Read b.1727 Leicester, d. 1750 Oxford, m. Experience Shumway
  4. John Read (2) b.1729 Leicester, d. 1813 Roxbury, m. (Mrs.) Hannah (Unknown) Goddard
  5. Katherine Read b. 1731 Oxford, d. 1808 Oxford, m. Joseph Pratt

Children of Sarah and Ebenezer:

  1. Rachel Humphrey b. 1732 Oxford, d. 1801 Sturbridge, m. Jonathan Phillips
  2. Arthur Humphrey b. 1735 Oxford, d. 1812 New Hampshire, m. Mary Kingsbury
  3. Sarah Humphrey b. 1738 Oxford, d. young?
  4. Mary Humphrey b. 1740 Oxford, d. young?
  5. Ebenezer Humphrey b. 1741 Oxford, d. 1836, m. (1) Ruth Shumway (2) (Mrs.) Abigail (Blanchard) Marsh
  6. Hannah Humphrey b. 1743 Oxford, d. 1826 Oxford, m. John Dana
  7. Abigail Humphrey b. 1745 Oxford, d. 1820

Death

Sarah passed away in Oxford on 12 March 1784, one month and nine days into her 84th year.[21]

Research Notes

CONFLATION PLEASE NOTE that due to some misinformation originally published in the late 1800s, and then many times repeated, this profile's Sarah is often confused with another Sarah (Reed) Reed of the Woburn Reed family, who married a different Joseph Reed, also of the Woburn Reed family, in the same time period. The first husband of this profile's Sarah was Joseph Read of the Sudbury Read family. It seems the origin point of the conflation is History of the Reed Family in Europe and America by Whittemore. The WikiTree Space page for this reference warns to use it with "extreme caution" as it is known for "impossible assertions" and inaccurate information, etc. Here are some other references which repeat some of the misinformation from Whittemore, though they do seem to have some other useful information on Sarah's son John Read:

  1. The Town of Roxbury by Francis S. Drake (page 128-129).[22]
  2. Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts by Graves & Steinbarger 1901 (page 193-194). [23]
  3. The Find A Grave memorial for Sarah's son John Read also uses a book repeating Whittemore as a source. [24]

Note: It is well known that the family line of Sudbury used the spelling READ for their surname, having descended from the READE family in England, even though it was often spelled REED or sometimes REEDE in their records. Sarah married Joseph under the spelling REED and their children have this same spelling in many records as well. Joseph was listed as REED in most of his records, besides his death record and some land deeds where he is listed as READ.

Note: George F. Daniels (1820-1897) provides information on many generations of descendants of Sarah (Rice) Read Humphrey in his book History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts: with Genealogies and Notes on Persons and Estates published in Oxford, with the cooperation of the town, in 1892.[4] His accounting of the lineage of the Reads, Rices, and Humphreys is in line with all the Vital Records that I have found on the subject so far and is relayed with the context of land exchanges and the general goings-on of the town over the years. Cook-29848 06:55, 31 January 2020 (UTC)

Sources

  1. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DW-294 : 9 February 2018), Sarah Rice, 03 Feb 1700; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, p 118; FHL microfilm 185,455.
  2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHTD-82Z : 4 November 2017), Joseph Reed and Sarah Rice, 26 Nov 1723; citing Marriage, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 185,454.
  3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHY1-XP1 : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Humphrey and Sarah Reed, 21 Apr 1732; citing Marriage, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 4.3 George F. Daniels. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts: with Genealogies and Notes on Persons and Estates. G.F. Daniels, published in Oxford, with the cooperation of the town. 1892. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofo00dani/page/n3/mode/2up
  5. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," (3 Feb 1723) Thomas Reed to son Joseph Reed ; digital image, FamilySearch(https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G9Z7-F3P9 : accessed 30 Jan 2020), citing ; Middlesex > Deeds 1722-1724 vol 22 > image 250 of 374; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. (Record books of the registry of deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1900; indexes: grantee (1639-1905) and grantor (1639-1950)).
  6. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4DJ-QVT : 9 February 2018), Sarah Reed in entry for Bethiah Reed, 01 Aug 1725; citing Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, yrs 1663-1829 p 48; FHL microfilm 185,454.
  7. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," (9 July 1728) Thomas Read and Joseph Read to Thomas Sanderson ; digital image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89Z7-2HZX : accessed 30 Jan 2020), Middlesex > Deeds 1728-1731 vol 29-30 > image 64 of 575; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. (Record books of the registry of deeds, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, 1649-1900; indexes: grantee (1639-1905) and grantor (1639-1950)).
  8. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FB-Q7K : 4 November 2017), Sarah Reed in entry for Thomas Reed, 09 Aug 1727; citing Birth, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,192.
  9. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F4FB-QK7 : 4 November 2017), Sarah Reed in entry for John Reed, 27 Jul 1729; citing Birth, Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 721,192.
  10. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," (12 March 1729) Deed 325 ; Nathaniel Pattin of Oxford to Joseph Reed of Leicester ; ditigal image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZH-V8Y3 : accessed 30 January 2020), Worcester > Deeds 1732-1733 vol 3-4 > image 635 of 683; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. (Worcester County (Mass.) deeds (1722-1866) and index to deeds (1731-1889)).
  11. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-9S8 : 5 November 2017), Joseph Reede in entry for Kethrin Reede, Jun 1731; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  12. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMC-9XK :Joseph Read, 20 Dec 1731; citing Death, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  13. ↑ "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74P-MV1 : 11 February 2018), Ebenezer Humphry, 22 Aug 1692; citing ; FHL microfilm 008272234 .
  14. ↑ "Massachusetts Land Records, 1620-1986," (12 March 1729) Deed 325 ; Nathaniel Pattin of Oxford to Joseph Reed of Leicester ; ditigal image, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-89ZH-V8Y3 : accessed 30 January 2020), Worcester > Deeds 1732-1733 vol 3-4 > image 635 of 683; county courthouses and offices, Massachusetts. (Worcester County (Mass.) deeds (1722-1866) and index to deeds (1731-1889)).
  15. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-WX5 : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Humphrey in entry for Rachel Humphrey, 24 Nov 1732; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  16. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-WXY : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Humphrey in entry for Arthur Humphrey, 09 Jun 1735; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  17. ↑ "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FC4X-PQY : 10 February 2018), Ebenezer Humphry in entry for Ebenezer Humphry, 22 Jun 1741; citing OXFORD,WORCESTER,MASSACHUSETTS, ; FHL microfilm 369,745.
  18. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-WFC : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Humphrey in entry for Hannah Humphrey, 28 Aug 1743; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  19. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FHJJ-WFD : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Humphrey in entry for Abigail Humphrey, 04 Sep 1745; citing Birth, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, , town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  20. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMC-HML : 5 November 2017), Ebenezer Humphrey, 19 May 1761; citing Death, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010.
  21. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FCMC-83B : 5 November 2017), Mrs. Sarah Humphrey, 12 Mar 1784; citing Death, Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States, town clerk offices, Massachusetts; FHL microfilm 754,010. Less
  22. ↑ A Volume of Records Relating to the Early History of Boston : Containing Miscellaneous Papers. Vol. 34. Drake, F. S. The Town of Roxbury. Boston, MA: [S.l. : s.n.]/Boston Registry Dept, 1905, 128-129. https://archive.org/details/volumeofrecordsr34bost/page/128.
  23. ↑ Biographical Sketches of Representative Citizens of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts .. Boston, MA: Graves & Steinbarger, 1901, 193-194. https://archive.org/details/bub_gb_pvIMAQAAMAAJ/page/n199.
  24. ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 28 August 2019), memorial page for MAJ John Read (1728–13 Jan 1813), Find A Grave: Memorial #171801799, citing Mount Auburn Cemetery, Cambridge, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Federico Read (contributor 49306076) .

Acknowledgments

This person was created on 28 February 2011 through the import of Bates, Robert N.GED.

Thank you to Andrew White for creating WikiTree profile Reed-4100 through the import of APW_2013-03-26.ged on Mar 26, 2013.





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Jessica Cook
This Sarah's profile previously had her correct first husband linked (he now has a new profile Joseph Read), but yesterday I found that his old profile had been merged and conflated with another Joseph Reed of Woburn, again, who was married to a different Sarah (Reed) Reed. These two couples are often conflated due to inaccurate information that seems to have originated with History of the Reed Family in Europe and America by Jacob Whittemore, which has a warning on its WikiTree Space page to only use as a source with "extreme caution" due to "impossible assertions" and generally wrong information, etc. The information in that book was then repeated in a couple other older genealogical books and persists even now.

The reference book which gives the proper lineage information for both of Sarah's husbands and all of her children, which is supported by the actual Vital Records, Land Deeds, Probate Records, etc., is History of the Town of Oxford by Daniels [George F. Daniels. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts: with Genealogies and Notes on Persons and Estates. G.F. Daniels, published in Oxford, with the cooperation of the town. 1892. Retrieved from https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofo00dani/page/n3/mode/2up].

The conflation has been sorted out again and all Vital Records have been cited in their proper profiles. Leaving this comment in case anyone gets merged again later.

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