CX-o-t-C-i^ Oy* VE y ■-fiiU/c-t wl v«% a>\ ff$>. fix! JS tfc lit '-•- *8k r= \Yomc~ Book ,"R?_g4 u«Uj n<#f Hani/ REMOVE-REPLACE inner folder With ■/jantoils \>«^ THE READE RECORD m Published by THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH - BOSTON. MASS. ^ ^. ^ OLD STATE HOUSE w ■ 1 LIBRARY I QNGR ESS I HINOTOW I THE lor CONGRESS WASHINGTON £be IReafce IRecorfc publtsbe.o bp Zhc IReabe Society for Genealogical IResearcb IRobert, tbc ^4° ^\ ©nr patron Bellman ^^Sa "Saint" ss= IRobert IReao batb fngageo to serve tbe towne as JBellman to $oe up ano oowne tbrougbout tbc townc = = = [See Reade Record, No. XI.J £be TCMcome Adown the street cometh Robert Read, Gaily clad in his coat of red, With bell in hand, he loudly rings, And louder still he cries ; Attention, all ye of the Kin, The Reade Society summons you in, To join tts Festal Board And play your part." The fire burns on the hearth, A hand extends in welcome, Heart speaks to heart And the Clan it knoweth its own. He sounds his bell and cries, again and again : Attention, all ye of the Kin, The Reade Society invites you in." And the Secretary says-- Amen. Boston, flDassacbusetts, 1H. 5. H. [®10 State House] TLhc tReabe IRecorfc (EXTRA NUMBER -- PRICE, 50 CENTS) Number A. BOSTON, MASS., U. S. A. 1904 - 1505 - 1906 PROCEEDINGS of the READE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION No J 3 r o < en z a. 2 « O o h tic 2 ° 3 « < s (- 0> . O 2 u O o < T3 , (8 y a, O .c O v -1 . Carlotta M. Wales, Mrs. B. Reed Wales, Miss Ella S. Walker, V, Arthur Walker, George L. Washburn, Mrs. Grace B- White, Mrs . Louie D. FOURTH ANNUAL MEETING 1907 The Fourth Annual Meeting of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association was held in the Memorial Hall of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society in West Bridgewater, Mass., on October 17, 1907. Rev. James Reed, of Boston, Vice-Presi- dent, presided on account of the recent death of Quincy L. Reed, of So. Weymouth, who was president at the time of his decease. The annual reports of Henry B. Reed, of South Weymouth, Treasurer, and Charles F. Reed, of Boston, Secretary, were read and approved, and showed that the membership and finan- ces of the Association were in a satisfactory condition. A historic gavel, to be used at meetings, was presented to the Association by Reuben L. Reed, of South Acton, Mass., a member. Mr. Reed gave the signification of each piece of wood of which the gavel is composed. The thanks of the Association were voted to Mr. Reed for his interesting gift. Following the presentation of the gavel the Secretary read an interesting letter from Col. Philip Read, Lowell, Colonel of the 23d Infantry, stationed at the Jamestown Exposition. A report was made on the proposed memorial tablet to Wil- liam Reed, of Weymouth (1650). A memoir of Quincy L. Reed, late president of the Association, was read by his nephew, Joshua L. Crane, corresponding Secre- tary of the Old Bridgewater Historical Society and librarian of the Taunton Library. Rev. James Reed, of Boston, also gave an address on Rev. John Reed, D.D., of West Bridgewater. He was a graduate of Harvard College in 1739, and was a noted clergyman in his day. The following officers were then elected for the year 1907-08 : President. Rev. James Reed, of Boston Vice-Presidents, Same as in 1906 Secretaries, Charles F. Read, of Boston Alanson H. Reed, of Boston Treasurer, Henry B. Reed, of South Weymouth Executive Committee, Same as in 1906. The last number on the program was a poem, " The Closing of the Year," by the late Thomas Buchanan Read, which was read by the Secretary, Charles F. Read. At the close of the meeting the large company present par- took of a basket lunch on the grounds surrounding the Memorial Hall. Charles F. Read, Si't retary. 9 JOHN REED ( 3 d), OF NORWALK, CONN., 1774 In ye Name of God, Amen. I John Reed of Norwalk in ye County of Fairfield & Colony of Connecticut being advanced of years but of sound mind & Memory for which I give thanks to God, Do Make & ordain this my Last Will & Testament on this 18th day of February 1774 ordering & disposeing of such worldly goods & estate as divine providence hath Bestowed upon me in the manner following Imprimis— My Will is that my just debts & funeral charges be paid out of my moveable estate. Item — I confirm unto well beloved wife Mary according to ye written agree- ment come into with her before marriage. Item - I give & bequeath to my well beloved daughter Martha & to her heirs thirty pounds New York currency ye one half to be paid within six months after my decease & ye other half within twelve months. Item - I give & bequeath unto ye three children of my well beloved daugh- ter Esther thirty pounds New York Currency to be equally divided between them knowing it to be agreeable to ye desire of my said Daughter to constitute them my items in her stead to be paid according to ye Times set in ye Preceed- ing Legacy. Item — I give & bequeath unto ye children of my well beloved daughter ,4«« dec'd viz : Eliakim, Anne, Abigail, Moses & Hannah, thirty pounds & New York Currency to be equally divided amongst them & said legacy to be paid out of my moveable estate so far as ye one half movables shall amount unto at ye apprizal & ye sum paid in moveables shall be set out unto the before mentioned Grand Daughters. Item - I give & bequeath to my well beloved son Thaddeus my wearing apparel a Great Bible ye one half of my dwelling house & Homested viz all my land ad- joining to and northerly of my house haveing already given ye other half to him by deed of gift. Also one Acre & an half of my meadow lying on ye west side of ye meadow which I lately gave him by deed of gift. Also my land which lyes south of & adjoining to ye Country Road, nearly opposite to ye dwelling house of Daniel Richards; also ye one half of my estate personal & real with half my right of commonage not yet disposed of. Item- I give & bequeath to ye two sons of my son John, deceased, ye remaining half of all my Estate not before disposed of, both personal real 'and right of Commonage to be so divided between them, as when their interest in their Father's estate is divided unto them, ye younger son Viz Moses shall be made equal with ye elder son John. Lastly - I ordain authorize and appoint my son Thaddeus my Executor to execute this my last Will & Testament revoking all former wills or testaments by me heretofore made in Testimony whereof I do hereunto set my hand & seal in Norwalk on ye day & date above written. JOHN READ, (Seal) Pronounced, published & declared, signed sealed & delivered in presence of us who sign in presence of ye Testator. Solomon Whitmore, Samuel Richards, Jr., Moses Mather. The Inventory was made iu 1776 bv Sam John 2 , m., 1687. Bliz. Tuttle- he d ab 1714 Richards and En Read, and proved in Fair- John 3 , b. 1689 ; d. 1775. See wili above field, Conn, the same year See Reed-Read Lineage, Selleck's History The ancestral lines of John J are : of Norwalk, and History Reed Family 1861 John 1 (immigrant), Providence, R.I., 1660 ; Daughters mentioned in John :, 's will not from Rje, N.Y., to Norwalk, Conn., 1684. mentioned by either of above authorities. 10 ftbc IRcabc IRccorfc. Number II. 1909. READE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION. The sixth annual meeting of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association was held at the American House, Boston, on Thursday, October 28, 1909. The " family " gathered at one o'clock, and a half hour was passed in social intercourse, a greeting being extended to all by the Rev. James Reed of Boston, President of the Association. Dinner was served in a private dining room after an invocation by the President. At the conclusion of the dinner, the President, with appropriate re- marks, welcomed those present to the Reunion, after which a business session followed. The annual reports of the Treasurer and Secretaries were read ; these showed that the past year had been a prosperous one for the Association. The officers for the past year were re-elected t<> serve for 1909-19 10. The report on the proposed Memorial to William and Avis Reade of Weymouth, prepared by the Secretaries, was read and accepted. It is printed in full in this issue of the Record. Remarks on the report and kindred topics were made by the Secre- taries, and Gen. Philip Reade, a Vice-President of the Association, read a paper entitled " By the Name of Reade." At the conclusion of the meeting the President expressed the hope that the Memorial to William and Avis Reade at Weymouth would be dedicated at the annual meeting in 191 o, and that the occasion would call together a large gathering of members and others interested in the name of Reade. Charles F. Read, Alanson H. Reed, Secretaries. Boston, ( Ictober 28. [Q< ><) lilt READE RECORD. THE WILLIAM READE MEMORIAL. It had been confidently hoped until recently, that the proposed Memorial to William Reade oi Weymouth and his wife Avis would be placed this fall, at the annual meeting of the Reade Historic and Genealogical Association. The sum oi §130 of the necessary Si 50 has been subscribed and the order placed for the memorial stone, lint Mr. George S. Stewart of Newton has called attention to some English records, of which further mention will be made later, which have convinced the officers of our association that it would be wise to defer the erec- tion of the Memorial until such time as additional information can be obtained. Heretofore' it has been supposed that the wife of William Reade bore the name of \\is Deacon prior to then marriage, and this statement is made in the Gene ilog} ,.f William Readeol Weymouth, b) John L. Reed oi Baltimore, published 1902. But Mr. Stewart found in the published records of marrjages, in Somersetshire, England, in the Parish re I ol Long Sutton, the following entrj « Win. Rc- tie ana I 1 hipman Stli From this it will be seen that there is uncertainty as to the identity oi the wife of William Reade oi Weymouth, and for that reason it is much to be hoped that steps will be taken by his de ants to make an exhaustive search among the English records to obtain additional light on the matter '• William Reade of Weymouth and his Descendants" is the title of Chapter VIII, in the -'History of the Reade Family" published in 1S61 by Jacob Whitemore Reed. Fie states that Wil- liam Reade is supposed to be the son of William Reade and Lucy Henage his wife, and sailed from Gravesend in the County of Kent in the " Assurance de l.o "[from London] in 1635 and settled in Weymouth. In this statement he is followed by Mr. John L. Reed of Balti- more, in his work published 1902, and also by Mr. Edward F. Reed of Boston, who has devoted much attention to the genealogy of the Weymouth Reade fam- ily, and others of later date. But from the above entry in Long Sutton Parish, England, the indications are that this is a mistake, for he seems to have come not from Kent, but from Somersetshire, and it is certain that the widow of Wil- liam Reade of Weymouth bore the name of Avis, her Christian name. He prob- ably came to Weymouth about 1650, as the in si mention of his name found on the town records was in 1651. Asa 111.it t . ■ 1 oi 1. nt there was another William Reade who preceded him, com ing with his wife Susan and two chili In n, from this same Somersetshire in [I ;,, with the Rev. Joseph Hull and a large company of emigrants who settled in Weymouth, New England. Much con- fusion has resulted in genealogical re- s arch from the mixing of the records concerning these two Williams. But 1 el tain it is. that the William of Mr. Hull's company removed from Weymouth to Boston about the year 1(14(1. There he. became a member oi the First Chun h, and lived on a lot at the corner of what ivi Devonshire Street and Adams Square. His genealogical record is given in the "History of the Reade Family" by Jacob Whitemore Reed, Chapter II, p. 41, under the title of ■William Reade of Boston and His Descendants " But his fanciful parentage as ■■ the son of Richard Reade of Whittlesey in the Countv of Kent," F.ngland, and of his coming '-to America with Gov. Winthrop in 1630," may safely be disregarded, as well as the statement that he died on his homeward passage from Ireland in 1667. He lived some years after that in Boston, but the place and date of his death is un- known. He left no descendants in Wey- mouth as far as known. IIII READE RECORD. William Reade of Weymouth —the second of that name to settle there died some time prior to the year [660, as the town records of that date make mention of the widow Avis Reade, but the exact time of his death is unknown. He was the progenitor of the large and in- fluential Weymouth branch of the Reade family. That William Reade who came to America in the " Assurance de L6 " 1 Lon- don 1 in [635, and a numerous company of other emigrants, and among them one Thomas Deacon, age 19, are all exgi Alice; so in all probability no oni ol diem evet saw either of the William Reades who went to Weymouth and Boston. If it be true that the spirits of those gone before us •■ keep tabs'" 011 the pro ceedings of their descendants, they must nused and fretted, and perhaps at time-, disgusted, at the general •• mix-up " >i| family relations in the efforts made to place each person in a true genealogical record and to give even a brief account of his time and doings. Hut if they won't come forward and help us. we have to do the best we can and let it go tor Secretaiy. !n Honor Of 'iluam And Avis reade Whc Sailimg From England About a.D.igso Settled In This Town And Were The Ancestors Of A Numerous Posterity This Memorial Erected By THE READE HISTORY AN0 GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATE ANN DOMINI 19H ^e, . Afi**'* CH FUND. ; report ought s of William nth that gen- be made in parentage of •ade, so that s erected in record true md with the the Assoi la- cked for an ount may be , in the en- esirable that so that the date. or Secretary. REPORT. •ond issue of Reade Dis- sociation will ming year, he last tin ee 1 and genea- d it is hoped 1 tO itS COll- THE READE RECORD. ^ S*S THE WILLIAM READE MEMORIAL. It had been confidently hoped until recently, that the proposed Memorial to William Ki \i>k of Weymouth and his wife Avis would be placed this fall, at the annual meeting of the Reade Historic and Genealogical Association. The sum of S130 of the necessar) Si 50 has been subscribed and the order placed for the memorial stone. But Mr. George S. Stewart of Newton has called attention to some English records, of which further mention will be made later, which have convinced the officers that it would be wise tion of the Memorial additional information Heretofore it lias been wife of William Readf Avis Deacon prior to this statement is made of William Reade of \ L. Reed of Baltimoi But Mr. Stewart foui records of marriages. England, in the Par Sutton, the following •■ Win. Reede and Oct. 16 From this it will ! uncertainty as to the of William Reade for that reason it is that steps will be ta ants to make an exh; the English records light on the matter " William Reade his Descendants " i: VIII, in the " Hi Family " published Whitemore Reed. Ham Reade is supp William Reade ar wife, and sailed fri Count v of Kent in L6 " [from London in Weymouth. In this statement he is followed by Mr. John L. Reed of Balti- more, in his work published 1902, and also bv Mr. Edward F. Reed of Boston, who has devoted much attention to the genealogv of the Weymouth Reade fam- ily, .ind others of later date. But from the above entry in Long Sutton Parish. England, the indications are that this is a mistake, for he seems to have come not from Kent, but from Somersetshire, and it is certain that the widow of Wil- liam Reade of Weymouth bore the name of Avis, her Christian name. He prob- T HE R E A D E RECORD. William Reade of Weymouth — the second of that name to settle there — died some time prior to the year 1660, as the town records of that date make mention of the widow Avis Reade, but the exact time of his death is unknown, lie was the progenitor of the large and in- fluential Weymouth branch of the Reade family. That William Reade who came to America in the " Assurance de Lo " (1 on- doni in 1635, and a numerous company of other emigrants, and among them one Thomas Deacon, age 19, are all expressly declared "to be transported to Virginea." And that Avii Deacon who came to America a few months earlier in 1(135. aged 19, in the ship Alice with other emigrants, is also expressly declared " to be transported to Virginea" Although at one time Xew England territory was included under the name Virginia, that such was not intended in the entries above is plainly shown from the fact that five other ships left the same date, July 13. 1635, from the same port, "y e port of London." and in all these five ships it is expressly declared that their passengers are " to be trans- ported to New England" thus showing that the difference in localities was dis- tinctly recognized by different names. William Reade and wife Mabel who came in July, 1635, from the port of London, and settled in Woburn, are declared •• to be transported to New England." Wil- liam Reade, the first who departed from the port of Weymouth. England, March, [635, in the company of the Rev. Joseph Hull and settled in Weymouth, New En- gland, as stated above, is expressly de- clared in the shipping list to be "Bound for New England." Certainly in view oi these facts, it is not unreasonable to con- clude that ■■ Virginea " meant the Planta- tion to the south of New England, and that thither went the William Reade and Thomas Deacon of the ■■ Assurance de L6" as also the Avis Deacon of the ship Alice: so in all probability no one of them ever saw either of the William Reades who went to Weymouth and Boston. If it be true that the spirits of those gone before us "keep tabs" on the pro- ceedings of their descendants, they must be amused and fretted, and perhaps at times disgusted, at the general •■ mix-up " of family relations in the efforts made to place each person in a true genealogical record and to give even a brief account of his time and doings. But if they won't come forward and help us. we have to do the best we can and let it go at that ! Alaxson 11. Reed, Junior Secretary. 1909 AN ENGLISH RESEARCH FUND. A perusal of the foregoing report ought to convince all descendants of William and Avis Reade of Weymouth that gen- ealogical research should be made in England to determine the parentage of Avis, wife of William Reade, so that when a Reade .Memorial is erected in Weymouth, it will have a record true in all detail. To this end, therefore, and with the approval of the offin ers of the Associa- tion, subscriptions are solicited for an English Research Fund. Subscriptions of am amount may be mailed to the undersigned, in the en- closed envelope, and it is desirable that the response may be prompt so that the work may begin at an early date. Charles F. Read, Senior Secretary. SECOND TRIENNIAL REPORT. It is expected that the second issue of the Triennial Report of the Reade His- torical and Genealogical Association will be published early in the coming year. It will contain reports of the last three meetings of the Association and genea- logical papers of interest, and it is hoped that members will contribute to its con- tents. TIIK RKADK RK('ORI). Zbc IReafce IRecorfc. ship certificate showing the Reade Coat of Arms in colors and duly signed by the officers, and with it (until the edition is Published by the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association. exhausted) a COpy of the First Triennial Report ol the Association. Join at ome. and In your personal in- fluence assist in making the Association larger in membership, and as zealous in genealogical research as it is proud of its family historj Remittances of the membership fee should be sent to CHARLES K. READ, Senior Secretary R. II. X (i A., Old State House, Boston, Mass. Officers elected October 28, 1909. President. Rev. Fames Kin Boston. Vice-Presidents. 1 1, .n. \V\kren A. Reed, Brockton. Gen. Philip Reade, . . Boston. Edward F. Reed, . . Everett. Iohn S. C. Blanchard, So. Weymouth. Hon. Silas I>. Reed, Taunton. Joshua E. Crane, . . Bridgewater. William II. Rf.kd, . . So. Weymouth. Treasurer. Henry I'.. Reed, . . . Secretaries. Charles F. Read, . . Alanson II. Reed, . . So. Weymouth, Rrookline. Wellesley. I 1 is hoped that those receiving the Reade Record, but who are not members of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association, will take membership, which they can do by sending St. the admission fee. or Sio for Life Membership, without any further assessments. Persons becoming members will re- ceive, without extra expense, a member- Annual Meetings. Six annual meetings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association have been held, as follows : Taunton, Mass, Inly [ (, 1904. Boston, Mass . < Ictober 12, 1905. South Weymouth, Mass., Sept. 2j, 1906. Wist Bridgewater, Mass, Oct. 17, 1907. Boston, Mass, Octobei 28, 190S. Boston, Mass., Octobei 28, 1909. It is hoped to hold the annual meeting in 1910 in South Weymouth, Mass. and at that time to dedicate a Memorial to William Reade of Weymouth, and Axis Reade, his wife. It has become the custom to hold the annual meetings of the Association in Eastern Massachusetts, and in further- ance of this plan arrangements should be made, possibly in 191 1, to hold a meeting in some town in Middlesex County in which there were early settlers of the name of Reade. Genealogical data of much value re- garding Reades of various branches has been published in the Genealogical De- partment of the Boston Transcript dur- ing the present year. These surely ought to help straighten out some of the Reade tangles. I 1 1 E K E A 1 ) E RECORD. I . I I'll! I ! r !\ I \ HI Second Vice President of tli :' irical and i logical -A i iation. The following annual members have been recently transferred to life member- ship : Marshall C. Lefferts, New York, Miss Clara A Read, New Bedford. Miss Sarah E. Read, Boston. William A. Read, New \ ork. Rev. James Reed, Boston. William B. Reed, New \ ork. Mrs. Katherine Waterman. Providence. The following persons have become members of the Association since the last issue of the Reade Record : — Miss Helen Leah Reed, Cambridge. Francis P.. Reed, East Weymouth. Burton F. Reed, Boston. David F. Read, Bridgeport, Conn. fosiah B. Reed, Providence, R. I. Miss I lien A Reed, New 1 laven, < ionn. Aaron A. Reed. Whitman Charles K. Reed, Won ■ stei Harmon P. Read, Albany, N. V. Theron S. Gurney, Hart, Mich. Miss Elizabeth Reed, Boston. Dr. J. Howard Reed, New York. Sylvan us A. Reed, New York. l.unes R. Read, Providence, R. I. Frank II. Reed, West Mansfield. Eugene W. Reed, North Brookfield |osi |'li M Ri i d, Roi kpon William 1 Champion, Jr.. Boston. Alvan T Reed, South Weymouth. Albert E. Read, Pittsburgh, Pa. Frederick E. Reed, Thompson, Conn. Mi" Julia I Reed, Baltimore, Md. GEORGE READ, Signer of the Declaration of Independence. I leorge Read was born in Cecil County. Mil . September [8, 1733. and died in New- castle, Del., September 21, 1798. After receiving a suitable education, he was ad- mitted to the Bar when nineteen years of age, and began the practice of his profes- sion in Newcastle, Del. Holding political office in the Colony before the Revolution, he was a member of the Continental Con- gress from 1774 to 1777. and also of the Convention which framed the Constitu- tion of the United States in 1787. In 1776 he was President of the Con vention which adopted the Constitution of Delaware, being the author of that document, and he was also Vice Presi- ident of the State of Delaware, and Act- ing President during a portion of his term of office. He was United States Senator from Delaware from 1789 to 1793. and from that time until his death, Chief Jus- tice of that State. That is an interesting story that the ■Marquise de Fontenoy " tells in the Boston Herald of December 1. 1909, regarding the " skeleton in the family " of the late Sir John Chandos Reade of Shipton Court. Oxfordshire, England. It is to be hoped that the present baronet, Sir George Compton Reade, now a resident of Howell. Mich., will regain by successful litigation all right and title to the ancestral seat of the family. Til E RE A HE RECORD FAMILY RELICS. We have received the following inter- esting account of certain Family Relics, highly valued by their owners. My great-grand-parents were Jacob Porter, a descendant of Richard, oi Wey- mouth, and Rachel Reed, a descendant of William Reade of the same town. They were married June 6, i 763. They had ten children, my grand- mother being the youngest child, Olive Porter. They lived first at Abington and then at Cummington, Mass. I have been the fortunate one of the descend ants of Rachel Reed, being the p issessoi 0) a china bowl used at her wedding and a book given her as .1 present, about which we have an interesting Stor) handed down; that there was a full set ,,| Looks, one volume of whii h was given to each of Rachel's brothers and 51 at time ol" their marriage. The book I have is stamped on the back ■• Henry's Commentary." Vol. 4. Tin- only date it bears is at the end of the Preface, "Jul) 1 s, 1712." The Preface is signed by the letter- - M. H." The book b at Isaiah and ends with Malachi. It is leathei covi red, and 9 b) 14 inches in I should be glad to hear from any on, who ma) be the present possessor of any of the other volumes. The china bowl is about 10 inches across at the top and 3 or 4 at the bottom, with a green spray. About half way from top to bot- tom is a leaf split at the stem end. the upper half green, the lower a light yel- low. Most people call it a punchbowl. 1 heard when a small child that Rachel Porter's eldest son was killed by a tree falling on him in the wootls. In his pocket was a knit purse with a paper two-thirds of a dollar dated 1776. both puise and money were kept by her. then by grandmother and mother, and the money I still have in perfect order. Miss M Emilv Eastman", Westfield, Mass. A Partial List of Reade Genealogies. mtinved. Reed-Read Lineage, [660-1909. Cap- tain John Rei d . il Prot idence, K. 1 . and Norivalk. Conn., and his descendants, through his sons. John and Thorn. 1-. 1660-1909, by Ella l<< :d \\ right, Water Inn \ . Conn., 19 19 Seth Read, Lt. Col. Continental Army. Pioneei at Geneva, N. \ '.. 1 787, and at I 1 ie. Pa., 1 70; I lis An. estors and De- si endants, b) his greal gi and-daughter, Ma) I lunter Buford Boston, 1895. TRADITIONS. I he Seen taries of the Association would be glad to 1 ei f is e from time to time for publication, original contribu- tions regarding Reade family traditions and folk lore, especially of the earl) erations oi those bearing the name in any of its various spellings in this country. Traditions of this kind, often come down in 1 ollateral brani hes ; such will be espe- cially welcome. .such contributions cannot fail to make the Reade Record more interesting and ai 1 ep table to us r.adeis, and also 1 reate an interest in the Reade Historical and 1 ',i u ilogical Assoi iation that will insure intinucd prosperity. The Senior Secretary would be glad to receive a few copies of the Reade I' 1 issued one year ago, should there be any in the hands of those who do not care to retain them. The edition is ex hausted and there are calls for copies at the present time. Extra copies of the Reade Record will be sent to members on application to the Senior Secretary, or to non-members on receipt of ten cents in stamps for each copy ordered. T 1 1 1". K E A 1 ) E RECORD. QUERIES. Thi: Secretaries of the Reade Histori cal and Genealogical Association cannot undertake to make genealogical researi li. but Queries will be inserted in its publi- cations. Queries should be written in concise form to insure publication. Wanted — The ancestry of James Read, who settled in Cambridge. Mass., about the year 1705. and lived near the meet- ing house. He was a tanner by trade, and died in Cambridge, May 6, 1734. William Read, 89 Appleton Street, Cambridge, Mass. Wanted — The ancestry of Robert Read, who was born about 1741. and is first heard of in, or in the vicinity of, Wilmington, Del. He married Sarah Greene, about 1777, and their children were Sarah. Rachel, Joel, Achsa, Re- becca, Mary and Elizabeth. Robert Read removed from Delaware to I >hio about the year 181 5. Mis. Emma Read Akin. 64 West 49th Street, New York, X Y. -j =,.oo will be paid I'D" satisfactory- proof of the ancestry of the wife of the Rev. Solomon Reed, Pastor of the Second Congregational Church of Framingham, Mass. He was later Pastor of the Titi- cut Parish, Middleborough, Mass. He married, while at Framingham, Miss Abigail Stoughton. Houghton or Hor- ton, of Connecticut. Which surname is the correct one ? For further information apply to the Senior Secretary . Samuel 2 Read (John 1 ) had two wives, I leborah and Abigail White. Which wife was the mother 11I Deacon Samuel' Read? If it was Deborah, what was her maiden name ? Samuels Read, (Samuel, 2 John 1 ), mar- ried Hopestill Holbrook. Am I right in my theory that the latter was .1 daughter of William 2 Holbrook (Thomas 1 ), of Wey- mouth and Mendon? R. T. Cross, Fort Collins. Colo. Wanted — The ancestry of Mary Reed, who became the second wife of Henry Prentice, in Hancock, X. H., about 1790. Their children were Mary, Jonathan Reed. William Henry and Sarah. C. G. Hubbard, M. D., Howell. X. V. COATS-OF-ARMS. Tin: assumption of a Coat-of-Arms seems to have become the habit of Amer- ican Family Associations: for, despite the fact that very few persons in this country are entitled to the use of such Arms by direct descent from an original owner, no well regulated Family Associa- tion seems to be without one, which is displayed on all possible occasions. The Coat of-Arms used by the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association was adopted at its first meeting in Taun- ton, Mass.. in 1904; possibly it serves its purpose, but it is interesting to see from time to time other Reade Coats-of- Arms, some of which are totallv different from those with which we have become familiar. Arms are personal property, and mere identity of surname carries no armorial right. It would therefore be interesting to 111. ike a study of the subject, showing the armorial bearings of the various families of the name in England, and their con- nection, if any, with those which Amer- can families have adopted. With this end in view, it is hoped to show ill future issues of the Reade Record other Coats, and brief articles oil the subject will be welcomed by the Si 1 retaries from contributors. T II E R E A I> E RECORD. RECENT DEATHS. Georgiana Delancy Read, M. D. Georgiana D. Read, M. D., died in Providence, R. I., August 21, 1908, at the age of sixty-six years. After gradu- ating at the Providence High School, she was successivelv a teacher and a nurse, and later received the degree of M. D. at the New York School of Home- opathy. She was then in general prac- tice in Providence for five years, and was later connected with medical insti- tutions in Brooklyn and Minneapolis. During the last fourteen years of her life she was resident physician at the Moses Brown School in Providence. She was a member of the Association at the lime of her death. ( iation from its formation in 1 . ,- 4 to within a few months of his death, when he resigned on account of failing health. Miss Anna Dennis SpROOT Rl 1 D Miss Anna Dennis Reed, as she was called, died in Taunton. Mass., Di ber 6, 1909. at the great age oi ninety- six years. Miss Reed was lor mam years .1 teacher, and in her later life conducted a private school in Taunton. She was interested in the genealogy ol the Reade family, and while she did not join the Association, showed her interest in its objei ts liv writing a poem and hymn for the first two meetings of the Association in Taunton and Boston. They were pub lished in the first number of the Reade Triennial Issue in [907, and we reprint the poem in this number of the Record. George Fi.knai.I) Reed. George F. Reed died at his home in Wellesley, Mass., August :;. 1909, at the age of forty-six years. He was in the grain exporting business in Boston for many years, and was a prominent mem- ber of the Boston Chamber of Com- merce. He was a member of the Asso- Jolm R. Reed of Westfield, Mass. who was a member of the Association, died November it. i)07. POEM By Miss \\ \ \ In wis Kmh [Written tor iht- Reade Meeting, 1904.] 1\ peace and plentj lived our English sire In his ancestral home, long time ago; : led, kinsfolk wi re m i and kind, And pleasant me lies kept Ins hi arl Why turned he westward when the twilight lei!. \s it he til house to dwell lie held tin- i.nth which all his fathers loved, Its creed and precepts he had always known. Hi loved I he l hurch, its worship and ts 1 I [< lo> ed its ritual but he felt alone. lie longed to follow tint brave Pilgrim hand Who sought foi tnrd, ,in in another laud. : Led not I he tale ; oi sa\ ag ' H ' "1 1. privation, I lesickness and toil : I he love oi freedom evei lured him on till .1 Hew home Was his, en .1 new .eil 11- in de the home Ins children have to-daj And in strong led the KRtLyrBBe 9 B09CY Of ESDRA5 READE Mti SsYlVVK . }VIV 9 '17 SARA! I ACEtv ->\ < X'' 1 _. •. THE GRAVESTONE OF ESDRAS READ ; 1 : 1! ' . Pli ip Reade. Jibe IRcabe IRecorfc. Number III. 1910. READE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION. Boston, Mass., October 28, 1910. The seventh annual meeting of the Reade Historical and Genealogi- cal Association was held at the Old Belfry Club, Lexington, Mass., on Friday, October 28, 1910, at n A.M. The meeting was called to order by the President, Rev. James Reed of Boston, who gave a cordial greeting to those present. The annual reports of the Secretaries and the Treasurer were read and accepted ; they showed that the Association had prospered during the past year and was anticipating fruitful genealogical work in the future. The Senior Secretary read a letter from Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett, of the Committee on English Research of the New England Historic Gen- ealogical Society, giving a plan of procedure advisable to ascertain, if possible, the authentic record of the English ancestry of William Reade of Weymouth and Avis his wife. The letter was accepted and is printed in part in this issue. The Senior Secretary exhibited two charts showing the recorded events in the lives of " William Reade of Batcombe, England," and "William Reade of Weymouth," endeavoring thereby to correct the pre- vailing confusion regarding these two English emigrants of the first generation in New England. The Senior Secretary reported that nine life members and twenty-one annual members had been added to the Association during the past year. It was the sense of the meeting that the William and Avis Reade Memorial at Weymouth be dedicated at the next annual meeting of the Association. At the conclusion of the business, a basket luncheon was served, which was enjoyed by all present. Charles F. Read, Alaxson H. Reed, Secretaries. - e, THE READE RECORD. ■tf & fl READE, READ, REED. New England Inhabitants of the Name, i 630- 1 700. By George S. Stewart and Alanson H. Reed. Abbreviations : — adm., admitted ; b., born ; m., married; d., died ; dep„ deposition ; frm., freeman; rem., removed; ret., returned; ; w., wife. 1. Mr. Thomas, of Wickford, Essex, Eng. Here 1630; w. Priscilla (Banks) b. 1613; frm. Apr. 1, 1634: granted 300 acre farm at Salem, 1636; Ensign and Capt. ; ret. to Eng., Col. in Parliament, army; d. [662 in Eng. No descendants in this country. 2. William, of Batcombe, Somerset, Eng.; tailor; b. 1607. In Weymouth. Mass., 1635-1644: frm. Sept. 7, 1635; rem. to Boston: w. Susanna (Haynes) d. Oct. 12, 1653: m. (2) Ruth Crooke; rem. from Mass. 1674. Ancestor of many N. E. families. 3. Robert, of Boston, Mass., 1635. shoemaker. Rem. to Exeter, N. H.; frm. Apr. 17, 1644 : ret. to Boston where w. Hannah d. June 24, 1655; m. (2) Su- sanna: drowned near Hampton. N. H., Oct. 20, 1657. No surviving male issue. 4. William, with w. Mabel came in the Defence, 1635, x. 48, settled at Dor Chester; frm. Mar. 14, 163S-9; rem. to Scituate and thence to Muddy River (Brookline); bought estate in Woburn, 1648; ret. to Eng. and d. 1656 at New- castle-on-Tyne ; wid. Mabel m. Henry Somers of Woburn. Ancestor of the Woburn Reeds. 5. William, a passenger in the Ex- pectation 1635, from London to the Isle of Providence, a;. 16. 6. Thomas, of Salem, Mass., 1636, planter; adm. inhabitant Apr. 10, 1637; w. Sarah adm. to Church Feb. 7, 1640; 2d w. Mary adm. to Church, 1649; d. in Salem ; admin, to wid. Mary, June 25, 1667. Ancestor of the Salem Reads. 7. John, of Weymouth, Mass., 1637- 39, planter ; w. Sarah, dau. of Will. Les- sie, '■of Blyborough, Suffolk, Eng."; rem. to Mt. Wollaston (Braintree) ; grant- ed 44 acres there for 11 heads, 1640: frm. May 13, 1640; rem. to Rehoboth, d. Sept. 7, 1685. Ancestor of the Reho- both Reads. 8. Esdras, tailor, granted lot at Muddy River (Brookline) for 4 heads, Dec. 24, 1638: rem. to Salem; adm. to Church with w. Alice 1640; frm. June 2, 1 '141 : rem. to Wenham 1644. to Chelms- ford 1655, and to Boston 1658; was "of Woburn" with w. Sarah 1670: ret. to Boston and d. July 27, 16S0. Ancestor of many Boston Reads. 9. MATTHEW, servant of Charles ( iott, Salem, 163S. 10. Philip, of Weymouth, Mass., 1641 ; d. Feb. 29, 1675-6; will prov. May 5, 1676, names w. Mary, son Philip, son-in-law John Vining and bro. Thomas Dyer. 11. ZACHARY, landowner in Wey- mouth, Mass. 1642-4. 12. Benjamin, of Duxbury, Mass., i643- 13. Thomas "Red," of Watertown, Mass.; apprentice of Thomas King with 2 years more to serve, Dec. 24, 1644. Possibly identical with Thomas of Sud- bury, 1655 (No. 20). 14. William, of Stratford, Ct., before 1650; rem. to Norwalk and d. abt. 1659. Descendants at Fairfield and Redding, Ct. 15. Zacheus, of Boston, Mass., 1650, mariner on the Unicorn, Capt. Isaac Ad- dington. 16. William, of Weymouth, Mass., 1 651; frm. May 18, 1653; d. abt. 1657; wid. Avis of Weymouth 1658, living 1670, Ancestor of many Weymouth families. 17- John, of New London, Ct., 165 1, forfeited his grant. 18. Thomas, ae. abt. 22 ; dep. Aug. 2, 1652 abt. Capt. Archibald Henderson of THE READE RECORD. Boston, Mass. (Mass. Arch., Vol. B 38, p. 87.) 19. John, came in the Trades In- crease; apprenticed for g yrs. to Michael I'earce of Hingham, Mass., July 15, 1653. 20. Thomas, of Sudbury, Mass., 1655, carpenter; frm. May 14, 1656; w. Kath- arine d. 1667; m. (2), wid. Arabella Thong; d Sept. 13, 1701. Ancestor of the Sudbury Reeds. 21. Thomas, of Boston, Mass., adm. inhabitant Mar. 31, 1656; by w. Mary had Elizabeth, b. 1656, d. 1658, and Thomas who d. 1661. He d. 1659; wid. Mary m. Thomas Matson. No descend- ants. 22. John, of Dedham, Mass., 1659; a petitioner, "being yet non-freeman" May 3, 1665, autographic signature. 23. Ur. Philip, of Salem, Lynn, Wey- mouth and Concord, Mass. ; w. Abigail dau. of Richard Rice ; frm. May 30, 1660; d. in Concord, May 10, 1696, ae. abt. 72. Ancestor of the Concord fami- lies. 24. EDWARD, of Marblehead, Mass., 1660, fisherman; w. Margaret. By dep. he was b. 1611-14; d. 1695 in Marble- head. 25. Capt. William, of Boston, Mass., merchant-mariner; m. abt. 1661, wid. Hannah Munnings, dau. of Dea. John Wiswall; d. at sea, coming from Ireland, 1667; only recorded child, William, b. Mar. 26, 1665, Boston ; wid. Hannah m. (3), Thomas Overman of Boston. 26. John, of York Co., Maine, 1661 , w. Mary; he was killed by Indians at Salmon Falls in 1690 : only son John, b. Apr. 11, 1674, Kittery, Me. Ancestor of the Lyme, Ct., Reeds. 27. John, servant of Thomas Wal- ford of Portsmouth, N. H., who by will, dated Nov. 15, 1666, bequeaths him to his son-in-law, John Westbrook. 28. John, of Newport, R. I.; frm. May 2, 1066 ; Deputy May 4, 1675. 29. John', of Warwick, R. I., by w. Ann had son John, b. May 13, 1(1(17: rem. to Norwalk, Ct., before 1685. 30. Joseph, came in the Arabella in 1671. ae. 24; a Joseph of Beverly in King Philip's War 1675; a Joseph of Salem, husbandman, w. Tabitha, 1684. 31. Christopher, of Boston, Mass., 1672, tanner, b. abt. 1640; w. Katharine adm. to Old South Church 1673; rem. to Cambridge, thence to Dunstable, ret. to Boston; admin, on his est. 1696; wid. m. William Green of Groton and d. abt. 1710. A dau., Elizabeth, m. Samuel Whiting of Dunstable. 32. Thomas, of Marblehead, Mass., householder 1674. 33. " Michel," was a soldier in King Philip's War 1676. (Bodge, p. 452.) 34. Christopher, of Salem and Bev- erly, enl. 1676 in King Philip's War; m. Elizabeth, dau. of William Hoar. Liv- ing in Beverly in 1733. 35. Thomas, of Chelmsford, Mass., tailor, b. abt. 1656, soldier in King Philip's War 1676; frm. Apr. 1, 1679; m. 1679, Hannah, dau. of John Blanchard of Chelmsford: d. 1730-36. Ancestor of the Chelmsford Reads. 36. Richard, of Providence, R. I., rem. to Boston 1682. 37. Richard, of Marblehead, Mass., fisherman, b. abt. 1632; m. (1), Esther James of Marblehead: m. (2), abt. 1691, Prudence Hicks of Boston. 38. William, of New Eng., mariner, makes John Harlock of Ratcliff, Stepney, Eng., gent., and w. Eliza, his attys., Oct.. 1691. 39. Samuel, of Marblehead, Mass.. fisherman : w. Wilmot executed as a witch 1692 ; m. (2), wid. Jane Stacey ; d. 1 7 1 6. If sufficient support is given, more en- ' tended accounts of some of the above settlers will appear in the next Triennial Report. T H E R E AD E RECORD. £bc IRcafa TRccorb. Published by the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association. Officers elected October 28, igio. President. Rev. James Reed . . . Boston. Vice-Presidents. Hon. Warren A. Reed Brockton. Gen. Philip Reade . . Edward F. Reed . . John S. C. Blanchard Hon. Silas D. Reed Joshua E. Crane . . Treasurer. Henry R. Reed . . . S... Weymouth. Secretaries. Charles F. Read . . Brookline. Alanson H. Reed . . Wellesley. Boston. Everett. So. Weymouth. Taunton. Bridgewater. It is hoped that those receiving the Reade Record, but who are not members of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association, will take membership, which they can do by sending $ 1 . the admission 'fee, or $10 for Life Membership, without any further assessments. Persons becoming members will re- ceive, without extra expense, a member- ship certificate showing the Reade Coat of Arms in colors and duly signed by the officers, and with it (until the edition is exhausted) a copy of the First Triennial Report of the Association. Join at once, and by your personal in- fluence assist in making the Association larger in membership, and as zealous in genealogical research as it is proud of its family history. Remittances of the membership fee should be sent to CHARLES !•'. READ, Senior Secretary R. H. & C. A., Old State House, Boston, Mass. Annual Meetings. Seven annual meetings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association have been held, as follows: Taunton, Mass., July 14, 1904. Boston, \la>s.. October 12, 1905. South Weymouth, Mass., Sept. 27, 1906. West Bridgewater, Mass., Oct. 17, 1907. Boston, Mass., October 28, 1908. Boston. Mass.. 1 tctober 2S, 1909. Lexington, Mass.. Octohci _\\ 1910. It is expected to hold the annual meet- ing in 1 9 1 1 in South Weymouth, Mass., and at that time to dedicate a Memorial to William Reade of Weymouth, and Avis Reade, his wife. The Association has received from its President, Rev. James Reed of Boston, an attractive pamphlet containing a de- tailed account of the celebration of his fiftieth anniversary as pastor of the Bos- ton Society of the New Jerusalem Church. Mr. Reed is the only clergyman preach- ing in Boston to-day, who preached there fifty years ago. The pamphlet gives abundant testi- mony that Mr. Reed is held in affection- ate regard by a large circle of parishoners and friends. THE READE RECORD. Henry Beecher Reed, Treasurer Reade Historical and Genealogical Association. NEW MEMBERS. The following persons have become members of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association since the pub- lication of the last Reade Record : Mrs. Emma R. Akin, New York. Rev. A. T. Cross, Fort Collins, Colo. Daniel V. Raymond, Tompkinsville, N. V. Charles B. Read, Bridgeport, Conn. Miss Ella H. Read, New Bedford, Mass. Frederick W. Read, Bridgeport, Conn. George R. Read, New York. John R. Read, Charleston, S. C. Samuel B. Read, Boston. W. Nash Read, Pensacola, Fla. Clarence D. Reed, Whitman, Mass. Rev. David A. Reed, Springfield, Mass. Edgar Reed, Worcester, Mass. Edward T. Reed, Albany, N. Y. Fred L. Reed, Cohasset, Mass. Frederic H. Reed, New York. Henry D. Reed, Whitman, Mass. Winfield S. Reed, Bangor, Me. George D. Reid, Boston. Mrs. Edward ¥.. Sawyer, Lowell. Mrs. Louise R. Stowell, Lowell. THE TWO WILLIAMS. It should be noted in the Revised List that the first William in point of time who settled in Weymouth, in 1635, is designated as William Reade of Batcombe, Eng. (No. 2). His stay in Weymouth was comparatively short, and so far as is known, he left no descendants there. Yet all the town entries prior to 1650 undoubtedly refer to him. Removing to Boston, the greater part of his life in New England was spent there, and he became identified with that town. So it seemed best to designate him as above, in order to dis- tinguish him from that William Reade ok Weymouth (No. 16), as he is desig- nated in the Revised List, who came to Weymouth certainly as early as 165 1 and probably earlier, and lived and died there. He was the progenitor of that extensive family, known as the Wey- mouth Reads. Query. Fifty acres of land were purchased in 1691 from Benjamin Reade and this was the original size of Yorktown, Va. Who was Benjamin Reade ? Gen. Philip Reade, Hotel Wadsworth, Boston. £0 iSs The Troubles of Daniel Reed of Woburn. Wobtirn Dr. to Daniel Reed Junior, to boarding Sally priest nine weeks at 2s. per week ending — ye 51" of March — to her bringing the itch into my family I leave to your generosity, but money should not hire me to have it. Daniel Reeo Junior Woburn March 2 ye 1792 Allowed for Itch £i. 18. o Woburn (Mass.) Records. THE READE RECORD. FAMILY GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIA- TIONS. There is little excuse for societies oi this kind if they do not result in things practical as well as sentimental. The most important work of any genealogical body is the finding of correct lines of descent and the bringing to light of new information in regard to its members. The most important step is that of es- tablishing on a firm basis the status of the first immigrants of the name who settled in New England and became the founders of the various branches of the family. Should he, however, have failed to leave descendants, that fact also needs establishing, that he may be eliminated once for all, because such lack of infor- mation causes errors, and printed gen- ealogical untruths seem fitted with wings that carry them to every quarter of the world, to mislead the unknowing and pester the seeker after the truth. There were a number of immigrants of the Reade name'(however spelled), who came to New England in early days, most of whom were founders of families, and their descendants are now scattered across the continent from the Atlantic to the Pacific and from Canada to Mexico in thousands. But in the countless printed statements of ancestral lines, very many mistakes have been made in tracing back to the original founders of the different branches of the family, the cause of which it would take too long to explain here. Those of us with the original records near at hand have been able by diligent search to get more light on these matters and, in a way, know the right from the wrong. But workers at a distance with limited facilities and following the ear- lier printed family histories, have been involved in a web that defied all efforts to untangle, do what they would. It is the consensus of those interested in the matter, that a better condition of affairs should be established, and it is the proper work of the Reade Family Asso- ciation to accomplish it. A reliable and exhaustive studv should be made of eai li and every original immigrant, his children, and in some cases, his grand- children, and such information published with references verifying each and every statement, thus furnishing a firm basis on which future genealogists may erect a correct superstructure of every branch of the Keade Family. This work is now to be undertaken, but it will take time and money to carry it out to its full completion. The first step is the com- piling of a new Revised List of Early Reade Inhabitants, so that in a general way their names, locations, and number may be known, and thus a guide be had for subsequent investigation in this coun- try and in England. The first publication of the Associa- tion contained a partial list of this kind, but in the present issue of the RECORD a New Revised List will be found. From want of space, only such items concerning each name are given as will identify the individual, leaving all other information, old or new, if any, to be printed at a later time. But every item in this List, as stated, can be relied upon as correct, and capable of being verified by competent authority. Even the com- parison of the information contained in this list, with past publications, will afford items well worth knowing. In the arrangement of this Revised List, each immigrant is listed in the order of priority in which the records first mention his name. George S. Stewart, A.B., 46 Floral Street, NEWTON HIGHLANDS, . . MASS. GENEALOGIST. New England Families only. 20 year* experience. THE READE RECORD. ENGLISH RESEARCH. The article noted in Mr. Bartlett's let- ter was a most interesting genealogical account of William Read of Weymouth, and the Widow Avis Read, mentioned in the Town Records as resident there. The report was read at the last meeting of the Reade Family Association and was heard with great interest. It was the in- tention to publish it in full in this issue of the Record, but our space is so limited and one part of it seemed of such special value, that it is deemed best for the pres- ent to centre attention on that alone. Mr. Bardett says : " Concerning the part whence this William Read came, I know of no definite indications; but as most of the early settlers of Weymouth [635 are known to have come from Som- ersetshire and Dorsetshire, it is reason- able to suppose that this William who came about 1650 was most likely from the same region, and' came to New En- gland through connection or at least ac- quaintance with some of the Weymouth settlers fifteen years earlier — in 1635. " It may be noted that about 1650 a ship came to Salem, Mass., bringing sev- eral passengers from Wincanton, in Som- ersetshire (among them John I 'ining who settled in Weymouth and married Mar- garet Read there May 11, 1657), as ap- pears from the following document: " ' Thomas Cromwell and John Crom- well whoe have been long inhabitants here in the town of Salem, in ye Countie of Essex, heare in New England, doe testi- fifie that wee have known Hugh Joanes as one coming from England in ye same Shipp with us into this country above tliirty yeares agoe (and as we understood abord Mr. Strattons ship,) that he came from Wincanton and was Servant to Mr. Robert Gutch: and his Sister and Eliza- beth Due and Margaret White and James Abbott and John I 'ining as we under- stood came from the same place : and the same Hugh Joanes that came along with us into ye contry is now liveing, Taken upon the Corporall oathes of v srf Thomas and John Cromwell in Court .11 Salem the 27 of June 1682.' (Essex Co. Deeds, Vol. 6, fol. 28. See also N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, Vol. 61, p. 150.) Possibly the Reads and Vinings were as- sociated or acquainted in England, and perhaps William Read and his family came in the same ship which brought John Vining from Somersetshire and who later became Read's son-in-law as is supposed. " Mr. George S. Stewart's discovery of the marriage of a ' William Reede and Avis Chepman,' Oct. 8, 1635, at Long Sutton. Somersetshire, Eng. 1 regard as a very promising clue to the origin of the emigrant, as the name Avis is very rare and the time is exactly right for the presumed marriage of the emigrants William and Avis. I would recommend that this clue be followed up. Long Sutton is but fourteen miles from Win- canton whence came John Vining and the others, about 1650. ... In trying to locate the English ancestry of William and Avis Read, I would advise that a competent genealogist in London be engaged to go down into Somerset and thoroughly examine the registers of Long Sutton and vicinity. If the baptisms of the children of William and Avis (Chep- man) Read can be found corresponding with the presumed family in Weymouth, Mass., then wills and other records can be searched to such an extent as desired to make a pedigree." Since the above was written, at least one other English Record has been found by Mr. Stewart which confirms Mr. Bart- lett's intimation of some probable con- nection of the Read and Vining families in England. A subscription is now be- ing raised to make a search there as he suggests and as soon as the amount re- ceived justifies it the work will begin. Il is believed it will yield results of great THE READE RECORD. interest to the Read, Yining, and Dyer families and probably others. Any one wishing to contribute to this fund can remit to Charles F. Read, Senior Sec- retary of the Reade Historical and Gen- ealogical Association, Old State House. Boston, Mass. DEATHS OF MEMBERS. William H. Reed, a Vice-President of the Association, died at his home in South Weymouth, Mass., on February 21, 1910, at the age of seventy-seven years. He was gready interested in the objects of the Association, having, like his brother, the late Quincy L. Reed, made a life-long study of genealogy and of estates in Weymouth. IK was also much interested in the proposed memorial to his ancestor, Wil- liam Reade of Weymouth, and was a member of the memorial committee at the time of his death. John R. Read died at his home in Charleston. S. C, on January 22, 191 1. at the age of eighty-nine years. Mr. Read was born in Lowell, Mass., but had resided in the South since 1850, being at the head of the firm of the J. R. Read Company of Charleston. Oeorge E. Reed died in South Wey- mouth on January 22, 1910. TRADITIONS. The Secretaries of the Association would be glad to receive from time to time for publication, original contribu- tions regarding Reade family traditions and folk lore, especially of the early gen- erations of those bearing the name in any (if its various spellings in this country. Traditions of this kind often come down in collateral branches: such will be espe- ciallv welcome. Such contributions cannot fail to make the Reade Record more interesting and acceptable to its readers, and also create an interest in the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association that will insure its continued prosperity. Since the last number of the Record was published, new and interesting mat- ters have developed that indicate that William Read of Batcombe, Eng., Wey- mouth, Mass., and Boston, and William Read of Weymouth (wife Avis), and Philip Read of Weymouth, John Read of Rehoboth, and Dr. Philip Read of Concord will all be found of one kin ; and that the Yining and Dyer families of Weymouth were not only connected here with the Reads but also in England. A search among the English Records by a competent genealogist should yield surprising results. The Senior Secretary would be glad to receive a few copies of the Reade Record issued two years ago. should there be any in the hands of those who do not care to retain them. The edition is exhausted and there are calls for copies at the present time. Extra copies of the Reade Record will be sent to members on application to the Senior Secretary, or to non-members on receipt of ten cents in stamps for each copy ordered. Our members and others interested in Reade Genealogy, residing at or near the various county-seats, are requested to forward to the Senior Secretary ab- stracts of early Reade Records found there. All having knowledge of data, relating to the Reades, compiled by persons who have made a study of the early genera- tions of the family, should also notify the Senior Secretarv. XLhc IRea&e IRecorfc. Number IV. BOSTON, MASS. 1912. READE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION. The eighth annual meeting of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association was held in the Fogg Library, South Weymouth, Mass., on Friday, October 27, 191 1. The President of the Association, Rev. James Reed of Boston, called the meeting to order and extended a cordial greeting to the large number of members and friends who were present. The annual reports of the Treasurer and Secretaries were presented and approved. This showed that the past year had been one of success for the Association, and gave promise of continued activities in the future in the history and genealogy of the Reade Family. ft was voted, on motion of Alanson H. Reed, Secretary, that the Association plan a memorial in the ancient burying-ground in Sudbury, Mass., to honor the patriotism of Asahel Reed of that town. He lost his life at the Battle of Lexington, April 19, 1775, and lies in an un- known grave in the old Cemetery in what is now termed North Sudbury. He was a descendant of Thomas Read of Sudbury. The officers of the past year were re-elected to serve for 1911-1912. The office of genealogist was also created by vote of the Association, and George S. Stewart of Concord was elected to fill the office. At the conclusion of the meeting a basket luncheon was served, together with delicacies provided by ladies of South Weymouth. The company proceeded after luncheon to the Reed Cemetery, Front Street, South Weymouth, where a memorial in honor of William and Avis Reade of Weymouth was dedicated with appropriate exercises. Charles F. Read, Old State House, Boston, t T ■,-, \ Secretaries. Alanson H. Reed, Wellesley Hills, Boston, Mass., December 27, 191 1. T HE READ M. Steinert & Sons Co. Distributers of STEINWAY & SONS, HUME, WEBER, JEWETT, WOODBURY Pianos PIANOLA PIANOS VICTOR TALKING MACHINES Victor Dept., 35 ARCH Street Piano and Victor Depts. 162 BOYLSTON STREET Stores in all Principal Cities of New England. A. A. REED & SON, iplorisits,. Telephone Connection. 26 WEST STREET, WHITMAN, MASS. E RECORD. tf y V O. M. WENTWORTH MONUMENTAL Works, 45 Haverhill and 75 T ravers Streets, BOSTON R. H. GRACE, Prop. JAMES E. LEWIS. OFFICE OUTFITTER, TAUNTON, MASS. Complete furnishing of offices, club and lodge schools, halls and public buildings a specially. FURNIITURE, STATIONERY. SAFES AND VAULT FRONTS, STEEL FURNITURE AND GRILL WORK. FILING CA8INETS, BOOKCASES. "EVERYTHING FOR THE OFFICE." H. B. REED & CO. Mam i \i i i ti RS OF Gentlemen's Footwear Factory, ilanchester, N. H. Boston Office, 42 Lincoln Street. Granite and Marble Memorials in Stock. ORDER WORK A SPECIALTY. Established 1854. Telephone Connection. "READEANA" ROSE BUG EXTERMINATOR. An effective killer ol Rose Bugs, Green I K . < atei pillars, and all insects which ravage rose bushes and flow i-rs generally. It is perfectly harmless to foliage, and can be ap plied by means of spi ij ing apparatu oi any kind. SOLO IN ONE AND TWO DOLLAR BOTTLES. ONE GALLON KEGS $4.00. Prepared by the READE MFG. CO., Agricultural Chemists, Hoboken, N. J. ton Ageni Mi ' k. .V I. FAkul 1 1 \ K 6 South Market Street. Compliments of the Commonwealth Shoe and Leather Co. Whitman, Mass. The Ardahan Rug. Registered Trade Mark. THE AMERICAN ORIENTAL. THE FABRIC WHICH GIVES THE WEARING VALUE. COLOR PRINTS MAILED ON APPLICATION. MAM! AC I URBD BY THE READ CARPET CO., BRIDGEPORT, CONN. English Unvcstioation. MR. BARTLETTS REPORT. London, England, Sept. 11, 191 1. Charles F. Read, Esq., Sec'y., Dear Sir : .... 1 have followed up the Long Sut- ton. Somersetshire clue mentioned on p. 7, ■• Reade Record," for October, 19 10, keeping in mind a suggested connection of this William Reade and (Avis Chep- man) with other early Reade settlers of New England, viz. : William Reade from Batcomb, who came to Weymouth, Mass., in 1635 (No. 2 on Reed List). Philip Reade of Weymouth, Mass. (No. 10), and Dr. Philip Read of Concord, Mass. No. 23). John Read of Weymouth and Reho- both (Reed List. No. 7), thinking they. all might derive from a Reade family of , 64Q of the nenr]y one nundred Parishes Gillingham, Co. Dorset, on the borders Somersetshire. An examination of the Registers of Long Sutton showed the following records : " William Reade married Elizabeth Luckis Nov. 20, 1629.'' '• William Reed m. Avis Chepman of Knole,* Oct. 26, 1635.'' " Margret, the daughter of William Reed was baptized the 20»h of Januarie, 1635/6." " Katherine the daughter of Tho : Chepman bapt. Mar. 5, 1606/7." ■■ A vice the daughter of Tho : Chep- mam bapt. 19th May 1610." "Elizabeth daughter of Tho: Chep. man bapt. June 21. 1615/16." •' Joane daughter of Thomas Chep- man bapt. — 1618." « Ann daughter of Tho: Chepman bapt. — 1622." "Ann daughter of Tho: Chepman buried Mar I, 1636/7." " Tho: Chepman bur'd May 25, 1643." "Margaret Chepman buried Apr. 1, 1653." The registers of Long Sutton to 16S0 have no other records of William, Avis or Margaret Reade, or of the family of Thomas Chepman. It seems apparent that William and Avis Reed moved from Long Sutton after the birth of their first child, but 1 have been unable to find where they went to, an examination of the transcripts of main registers after 1636 failing to show the baptisms of any more children to William and Avis Reade .... During the four years, 1637 to 1640 inclusive, it is likely that William and Avis Reed had one or two children born . . . . I therefore spent four days in the Diocesan Registry at Wells and ex- amined the transcripts from 1636 to included within the blue lines drawn on the enclosed map, covering an area of some 250 square miles, but failed to find baptisms of children to a William Reade during that period except the following: "Dorothy daughter of William and Susanna Reade bapt. Dec. ro, 1637" at Stoke Trister, which record has (proba- bly) no bearing on our problem. Concerning probate work, there are copies of all Reade wills for Somerset- shire up to 1 700 in your manuscript book of Read data, so 1 had no need to work on Reade wills. I expected to find a will of Thomas Chepman of Long Sutton (father ol Avis) who died 1643, or °f Margaret Chep. man (probably his widow) who died 1653, hoping they might mention Reade grandchildren; but no wills of them exist. [Details of his search are too long to print in our columns; he ends by saying but with no result."] * Knole is a hamlet in the eastern part of the Parish of Long Sutton. THE K E A D E RECORD I also examined the original registers of Wincanton, but William Reade does not appear there. John Vining of Win- canton, who married in 1627 Lucy Reade, daughter of John Reade of Gillingham, and half sister of Susanna Hayne, who married in 1629 William Reade <>1 Bat- comb (who came to Weymouth, Mass., in 1635) had a son John Vining, bapt. at Wincanton [Eng.] Nov. 26. 1629. But this John Vining, Jun., was not the John Vining who came to New England in 1650, as John, Jun r ., was Executor oi the Will of his Father at Wincanton in 1676. The John Vining who came to New England in 1650, and married 1 Margaret Reade, and married (2) Mary Reade, both of Weymouth, Mass., was probably the son of John Vining, bapt. at Wincanton, April 17, 1636, son of Robert Vining. The Reade extracts from the Regis- ters of Gillingham, County Dorset, which arc in your Reade manuscript book were very suggestive, and I attempted to get some wills of that branch, but the results were disappointing .... [Mr. Bartlett then gives details of his search, and the records, etc., too long to print here.] As a final effort I tried the protesta- tion rolls of 1042, which had the names of all males over iS years old in each Parish in England .... returns existing for about one-third of the 500 Parishes in Somersetshire. William Reades ap- pear in the following Parishes (names given) but 1 have not followed these fur- ther, and am unable to say whether or not any one of them could have been the William Reade formerly of Long Sutton. On the enclosed map I have outlined in red the places mentioned in this report. 1 am still of the opinion that William and Avis Reade of Long Sutton, Eng., were the emigrants to New England, and that he was related to other early Reads of Weymouth, Mass. But I have been unable with the means appropriated to get proper evi- dence for this belief, and feel it would take a longer and more expensive search to establish it with certainty, as the name is quite common in Somersetshire. I regret that the non-existence of nec- essary and expected records there, pre- cluded a more sin cessful result of my search Yours truly, J. Gardner Bar 11 1,1 1 . DR. PHILIP READ OF CONCORD. IRead List, No. 23.] He seems to have been one of the most noted physicians of his time in the vicinitj oi Boston; residing al dif- ferent places, but finally sealed in Con- cord, where he died. He was not "a son of ELIAS," as the "History of the Read Family," published 1S61, states. He seems to have been a typical English doctor of the old school, impetuous, chol- eric, and always in the public eye. At one time called into Court and put in prison for blasphemy, in which by the way lie made the excuse of many a man, that his mother-in-law, who in fact was only too good to him, was to be blamed for it! At another time he had trouble in connection with witchcraft affairs. He was later put in prison for assaulting a man on the King's highway, with his rapier, and wounding him. At other times unpaid debts brought him woes. Take it altogether he must have been an original character, and led an eventful life. If all the records concerning him were printed under the caption of " Doctor Philip Read and his Troubles,'' they would make an interesting story. He left many descendants, but so far a> the writer remembers, no one of them has joined our Reade Association. What has become of them ? We would be glad to hear from them. THE READE RECORD. ASAHEL REED OF SUDBURY. Battle of Lexington. — Forty Coffins. The men of the Read name, howevei spelled, who took part in the Revolution, both in civil and military affairs, were numerous. Among them, in the town of Sudbury, twenty miles west of Boston, its north boundary adjoining the famous town or township of Concord, lived Asa- hel Reed, son of Isaac, and great-great- grandson of Thomas Read, the immi- grant ancestor (Reed List, No. 20), who settled in Sudbury in 1655 or earlier. When the townsmen of Sudbury, in the years of 1775 and preceding, saw that an armed conflict was impending, they in common with all other towns organized companies of Minute-men — men ready to march to the seat of war at a minute's notice, at the tap of the bell in the old Church belfry. The roster of the Sudbury Company is still preserved among the archives of the town at the Town Hall, among the names being that of Asahel Reed. The eventful dav came when the dread alarm was sounded, the 19th of April, 1775, and in hot haste the little Company went forth to the conflict. The result all the world knows. But the Company returned to its home in Sudbury with its wounded and dead — two killed at the Battle of Lexington — Asahel Reed, a youth of some twenty years, and Deacon fosiah Haines, an octogenarian. — with the tire of righting still in his veins, for it is stated he it was wdio urged the Company to cross the bridge at Concord and attack the British without ceremony. Both these heroes were buried in the old cemetery in Sudbury on the 21st of April amid the excitement, fears, hopes, and grim desire for vengeance and victory, of the towns-people. A " Broadside " or sheet containing a detailed account of the conflict, and of all the Companies from the various towns who took part in it. was printed and sold on the streets of Boston, as now are extras of the news papers of to-day. This Broadside ha: at its head, as emblems of death and a call for retribution, a double row of coffins, forty in number, with the name of e ti h Minute-man killed in the tight, inscribed beneath a coffin. A copy of this old Broadside is pre- served at the Old State House in Boston. Every American is proud of his descent from some Revolutionary hero, and seeks to render honor to their name and services. But however it has come to pass, it is certain that Asahel Reed, who gave his life to the cause of Liberty, now lies in an unmarked and unhonored grave in the old cemetery in Sudbury. Few even of the towns-people are aware of the sad fact. But it is the desire of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association to better this condition by erecting a fitting memorial to his name and ser- vices. It is hoped that sufficient funds will be contributed by those of the Read name (however spelled) and those of col- lateral families or others interested, to erect and dedicate this monument at the next (ninth) annual meeting, [91 2, of which due notice will be given. All those who feel like contributing — and any sum, large or small, will be thankfully received and duly acknowl- edged — can send the same to our Secre- tary, Charles F. Read, Old State House, Boston, AI.iss. All money received will be deposited in bank and kept as a special fund for this use. Remember that if you fail to preserve and place on record the information you may have in regard to your ancestors and family history, in the future when you are gone, your children and grandchildren to the latest feneration, may search in vain to find it. and bitterly complain of your selfish neglect of their interests. THE READE RECORD. ESDRAS READE OF BOSTON. [Reed List, No. 8.] In the Hist. Reed Fam., pub. 1861, an account is given of Esdras Reade (p. 151), one of the original immigrants. His supposed English parentage as " son of Matthew and his wife Alice Ward " may be dismissed of no worth. The Boston, lla».. Town records state that " the 24th day of the same 10th moneth [De- cember], 163S .... Esdras Reade a l.i'. lor is allowed to bee an Inhabitant and to have a great Lot at Muddy River for 4 heads " (p. 36, Book of Possessions). There is no record of the occupation nor conveyance of this grant, by Esdras, and as he became an inhabitant of Salem, Feb. 25, 1639, and had a grant from that town, it is probable that though he had a grant at Muddy River as stated above, which was four miles from the heart of Boston and now in the town of Brook- line, that finding the little Muddy River settlement too small to support him at his trade as " a Taylor," he did not have lii- grant surveyed and laid out for use, and go there to live. There is no record or mention of any specific lot laid out to him with estab- lished bounds, as in the case of other grants. Upon his failure to occupy the property and of his becoming an inhabit- ant of Salem with a grant there, it is quite likely his Boston grant became void for non-use, and whatever interest he had in it reverted to the town. Hence no con- veyance was needed from him, nor any found to others. The statement, there- fore, in the Reed Hist., 1861, p. 61, in the account concerning William Reade, of Woburn (Reed List, No. 4), that " His Brother Esdras who had a grant of Land from the town of Boston situated at Muddy River (now Brookline), sold the same to William," is without foundation, so far as the transfer is concerned ; nor is there any evidence that William " took up his residence on it where he lived till [648," except that when in that year he purchased land in Woburn and removed to that place, he is mentioned in the deed as ■• Wm Reade of Muddie River" (Sufi. Deeds Lib. i : 93), but he had been of Dorchester and Scituate formerly. There has been no relation shown be- tween this William, who is known to have come from New Castle-on-Tyne, Eng., and Esdras Reade, and a Robert Reade (Reed List, No. 3), who also came to Boston, 1635, and had a grant at Mud- die River in 1 637, — the place in England from which the two latter came, being unknown. But investigation there may be expected to clear the matter up. In 1655 Esdras had removed to Chelms- ford, but in 1661 had again removed to Boston. The Reed Hist. (p. 152) states that he had a grandson, Thomas, who " went back to Chelmsford and had a town grant in 1665." This statement is not correct, for his grandson Thomas was a seaman and resided in Boston and never in Chelmsford. The Thomas Read, of Chelmsford (Reed List, No. 35), was a tailor, but no known relationship exists and his parentage is yet to be estab- lished. He may prove to be a son of one of the earliest immigrants or to have come from England himself. THE N. E. HIST. GEN. SOCIETY. This organization has a large and valu- able library and manuscript collection, housed in an old, unsafe building at iS Somerset St., exposed to all the dangers of fire. In view of this the Society are now erecting a new building nearby, with massive brick walls, in fact a huge fire proof vault, but amply lighted, with every modern convenience. Cost, $1 1 5,000, of which $40,000 has been subscribed. The Society will gladly welcome any subscrip- tion, however small, to aid in paying the additional cost. It felt obliged to incur a debt to build rather than take further risk of loss by fire. THE R E A D E R E C O R D . READE, READ, REED. New England Inhabitants of the Name, 1630-1700. This new revised " Reed List," as it will be referred to in this and our future issues, was published in No. Ill of the " Reade Record," our last issue. It con- sists of the names of all original settlers in New England as far as they could be found, from 1 030-1 700. They are ar- ranged according to priority of mention on the Records, and are numbered from 1 to 39 for convenience of reference. This is one of the most valuable papers yet published concerning the Read Gen- ealogies, as it makes a firm foundation for the starting of each branch, and cor- rects many gross errors now in print. WILL OF JOHN READ OF WEYMOUTH AND REHOBOTH, MASS. [Reed List, No. 7.] The ancestor of a numerous posterity. Hut in past accounts of him no men- tion seems ever to have been made of his will which Mr. George S. Stewart lately found recorded at Plymouth. It clears up many uncertainties in regard to Weymouth family lines. He was there in 1637-39, as also Philip Read (No. to Reed List) and Zachary (No. 11 Reed List), supposed to be his brothers. John's wife was Sarah, daughter of Will. Lessie of Blyborough, Suffolk Co., Eng. A search of the records there would likely disclose the date of their marriage and the births of their children born before coming to New England, and perhaps the parents of John and Philip. It is hoped that their descendants will furnish the Association with funds with which to make an investigation. John and Sarah removed to Alt. Wol- laston (Braintree), and later to Rehoboth, Mass., where he died. John's will is dated the 6th of Jan., 1679. and proved Oct. 20, 1685. It names '-My well be- loved wile Sarah," sons Daniel. Israel, Moses, John, Thomas and Samuel, and daughters Mary and Mehitabell, and grandchild John Read. Wife Sarah to be sole executrix. Ensign Nicholas Pecke, Samuel Pecke and William Carpenter, overseers. Witnesses: Nicholas Pecke and William Carpenter. the mark of (Signed) JOHN R READ [Seal], THE MYTH OF ELIAS READ. The History of the Heed Family, pub- lished 1861, by Jacob W. Read, has been the foundation of nearly all the gealogi- cal Read lines printed since then. Rut some gross errors unfortunately marred the work. Among others, page 272, " Elias Read " is given as the ancestor of a long line of American descendants. As a matter of fact no immigrant of that name came to New England, and the lines grofiped under the name " Ei.ias " belong to three or four different and dis- tinct families. How this mistake oc- curred is explained in an article by Alan- son H. Reed, published in the " New England Historical and Genealogical Register" for [909, Vol. 63, p. 200. ROOSTER DRIVEN TO SUICIDE BY THE COLD. BrO( k ion, Mass., Jan. 10. The extreme cold spell of New Eng- land weather is thought to have added another to its long list of victims to-day, when "Alexander the Great," the prize Orpington rooster owned b) Clarence Reed of Melrose Avenue, this city, com- mitted suicide by hanging itself on a wire- fence. The owner of the bird saw it dancing about the yard in an effort to keep warm, but did not think it had suicidal intentions. The proud victor .'I many a battle died from strangulation, and Reed, as medical examiner, says it was SUli idi THE READE RECORD. Gbe "Rente TRecort). Published by the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association. Officers elected October 27, 1911. President. Rev. James Reed . . . Boston. Vice-Presidents. Hon. W \i.i:i \ \. km Brockton. Gen. Philip Reade . . Edw vrd I'. Reed . . . John S. C. I'.i anchard Hon. Silas D. Reed JOSHl \ E. < l; \M . . . Treasurer. Henry B. Reed ... So Weymouth. Secretaries. Charles F. Read . . Brookline. A LAN son II. Reed . . Wellesley Hills. Genealogist. George S. Stewart. . Concord. Bi 'Ston. Everett. So. Weymouth. Taunton. Bridgewater. Annual Meetings. Eight annual meetings of the Reade Historical and Genealogic.il Association have been held in Massachusetts, as fol- lows : — Taunton, July 14, 1004. Boston. October [2, 1905. South Weymouth. September 27, 1906. West Bridgewater, October 17, 1907. Boston, October 2S, 1 90S. Boston, < Ictobei 28, 1909. 1 • Mu-ton, October 2S, 1910. South Weymouth, October 27, 191 1. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN. Remittances of membership fees should be sent to i'ii \ki 1 s F. Read, Secretary R. H. & G. A.. Old State House, Boston, Mass. See page 10. THE WILLIAM AND AVIS READE MEMORIAL Erected and dedicated at the Old Read 1 emetery in South Weymouth by the Association at the last Annual Meeting, consists of one of the largest slabs of dark blue slate evei quai ried, being rive fee) high, two and one-half wide, and six- inches thick. It is placed upon a large underground base oi cement, forming a structure tlut will lust for all lime. In old graveyards, head stones of slate one or two hundred years old retain their shape, color and inscriptiions far better thon marble, granite, Or any other mate- rial. Slate looks almost as good as new while the others are dilapidated. For thai reason slate was chosen. The ex pense exceeded S 1 50. The inscription reads as follows: — In Honor of WILLIAM AND AVIS READE, WHl ' SAILING I ROM ENG1 IND VBOUT A. Ii. 1650, SETTLED IN THIS TOWN, IND WER] lilt. ANCESTORS OF A NUMEROUS POSTERITY. THIS MEMORIAL EREI Mo BY THE RE VDE HIST0RICA1 AM. GENEALOGICAL ASS0C1 \ I [ON, \NN. . I. o MINI [on Professional genealogy is like any other business, the men who practice and live- by it are entitled to some reward. Ability to give information is his stock in trade, so do not expect Something lor Nothing. THE READE RECORD. CHARLES F. READ, Secietary Reade Historical and Genealogical Association. NEW MEMBERS. The following persons have become members of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association since the issue of No. 1 1 1 of the Reade Record : Life Members. George 1!. Read. Edgar Reed. J. Paulding Reed. Mrs. ('.race R. Robinson. Annual Members. Mrs. Grace L. R. Cross. Mrs. Mary A. R. Jackson. Mrs. Ethel R. Morss. Miss Clara M. Prescott. Mrs. Mary R. Prouty. Edward M. Read. Alanson L. Reed. Charles A. Reed. Charles I). Reed. Charles U. Reed. E. Waldo Reed. E. M. Reed. Rev. George II. Reed. Dr. Joshua W. Reed. Latham G. Reed. Miss Lucy II. Reed. Nathan H. Reed. Quincy Reed. Robert C. Reed. William P.. Reed, Jr. Miss H. Priscilla Russell. Mrs. Mary R. Smith. Mrs. Ellen R. Webb. Mrs. Anna R. Wilkinson. GENEALOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS. It should be distinctly understood that the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association is not organized for any pecuniary gain; that it has no paid officers. Its Secretaries and other offi- cials do its work solely from interest in genealogical matters concerning the Reed or Reade name and family generally. None of them are professional genealo- gists, though having had considerable experience in such matters. None of them would " for love or money " un- dertake any extended genealogical work for others, but they will gladly give to all members of the Association what- ever information they happen to have or can secure at short notice. When the services of a regular genealogist seem needed, the inquiry will be given to George .V. Stewart, who will communi- cate with the inquirer, and make such ar- rangements for further investigations as may be satisfactory to both. Mr. Stewart, at the last annual meeting, was elected the official genealogist of the Associa- tion, and is both competent and reliable. He is well acquainted with all the New England Records, both civil and military, and able to give results in the shortest possible time. His charges are very moderate. Letters addressed to George S. Stew- art, Concord. Mass., or in care of Charles F. Read, Secretary. Old State House, Boston, Mass., will receive prompt atten- tion. THE READE RECORD. OUR ADVERTISERS. As will be seen by our readers, the present number of the " Reade Record " contains a few advertisements. Hereto- fore the expense of its publication used lands from our annual dues that were needed for other purposes. So it was decided this issue should have a limited number of advertisements, and an appeal was made to the prominent business men ot the Association with such good results that we have been enabled to increase the number of pages in this issue oi the "Record," and pay the cost from 0U1 advertisements. It is a matter oi course- that these advertisers gave us their copy and their money for the -'good oJ the cause." in other words to advance the work of the Association, and with little expectation that they would derive .in; benefit from their advertisements. But we strongly urge our members to look them over, and if it should happen that any goods of the kind are needed, that your order be sent to the firm, men- tioning the " Reade Record," which will not only insure special attention, Inn also aid our paper, for every merchant is will- ing to advertise in that publication that brings in trade. LIFE MEMBERSHIP. We cannot urge too strongly the im- portance of our present and future mem- bers becoming Life Membei r. The expense is only ten dollars, and thereafter no further dues or assessments are required. It is a very comfortable- feeling in any organization to know that one's membership is secure for life, with- out any further trouble or care about it. And it is also a very material benefit to the Association, because all these Life Membership payments are set aside as a Special Fund t the interest of which alone can be used. It is hoped this will in- crease to an amount which will help pay the costs of investigations in England, or such other purpose as the Association may see fit. There is now in bank the nucleus of such a fund, consisting of all fees for Life Membership which have been paid in so far. Anv increase will be welcome. Give it your earnest con- sideration. ONLY A DOLLAR A YEAR. REMEMBER that lor this small amount you can become a member of the " Reade Historical and Genealogical Association," now in iis ninth year of activity. You will receive a Certifii ale of Membership, with the Coatoi \rms in colors; also ■■Tlie Reade Record" free, which con- tains valuable matter for those interested in the Reed family or name, however spelled. The Association is anxious in increase its membership, for in numbers there is strength. Without the support of the Reeds, Reads and Reades, and their collateral families it cannot prosper. ./ dollar a year is not much of a lax for any of them, we imagine, but its re- ceipt means much to the Association. \ on .ire i m i lei I i.. come into the fold ! THE ANNUAL ASSESSMENTS. W i have noted elsewhere the- impor- tance of Life Membership, but well know thai not everyone will find that suited to ih. n circumstances. We earn- estly request our members to maintain their lively interest in an Association that is doing such good genealogical work. Your support must be had, or it cannot continue to live. When vou receive your notice of the annual one dollar assess- ment, you render material aid by remit- ting it promptly, for our Treasurer must have funds to pay bills incurred, in carry- out the will of the Association. Our intent is to pay as we go and so keep out of debt. Il is only a dollar a vear, and there are many matters that will come to your notice through the Associ- ation and the " Reade Record " that will repay you for the small outlay. THE READE RECORD. MAJOR JOHN READ OF ROXBURY. He was a noted citizen of that town during Revolutionary times. But the local histories, as well as the History of the Read Family, published i 86 1 (p. 78), make an er- roneous statement concerning his ancestry. His father was Joseph Read of Sudbury, son of Thomas, and grandson of Thomas the original immigrant who settled in Sudbury, 1654-55. Joseph married Sarah Rice of the same town, descend- ant of Edmund Rice, one of its founders. Joseph and Sarah lived on a farm in the south part of the town adjoining Fram- ingham line. Subsequently they removed to Leicester, where, in 1729, they had a son John. Later they removed to Ox- ford where the father, Joseph, died in 1731, and his widow had a posthumous child. She married Ebenezer Humphrey in 1732. Sarah's sister, Abigail Rice, was the wife of Daniel Bugbee of Rox- bury, and they took the child John to their home there and brought him up and he became the well-known Major John. NO INTEREST IN HIS GENEALOGY. Such a man was once compared to a mule. It had no pride in its ancestry, and no hope of posterity. THE LAST SLAVE IN MASSACHU- SETTS. "Burlington, Feb. 3, 1844. " Capt. James Reed to James H. Walker Dr. To Diging Grave & attending Fu- neral of Venus Roe . . . $3.00 " Rec'd pay't " [amis H. Walker." The original of the above is now in the possession of Mr. J. Russell Reed, 68 Devonshire St., Boston. He states that it relates to a negro slave, that when a little baby was sent, about 1 756-60, by a Boston Merchant as a present to the wife of Swithin Reed. He carried it in one side of a saddle bag to his home in Woburn, West Precinct, now the Town of Burlington. From the name " Roe " in the bill, there can be little doubt that the donor was the well known, wealthy Boston Merchant, John Rowe, whose let- ters and diary were published in 1903. The little negro baby grew up and lived to a good old age in the family of Swithin Reed, his son Capt. James, and grandson Capt. James, becoming a free- woman in the meantime when the Con- stitution of the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts was adopted soon after the Revolution. She died early in I S44, as above noted, and was buried in the old Burlington cemetery at the feet of her master and mistress. As indicated by the date of due bill for her funeral, there is good reason to think that she was the last sur- vivor who had been held as a slave in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. WILLIAM READE OF BATCOMBE, ENGLAND. [Reed List, No. 2.] This immigrant came from England in 1635 with wife Susan and two chil- dren, and settled in Weymouth, Mass. In [646 he was in Boston, where, in 165 vife died. In 1654 he mar- ried Ruth Crooke, and subsequently re- moved from Boston. By these two wives he left a large and influential posterity, scattered from one end of the country to the other. Their genealogies are in a very mixed uncertain condition, for in the " History of the Reed Fami- lies,'' published 1 861, their lines are divided among different family heads, and it takes a "Philadelphia Lawyer" to trace or disentangle them. It is very much to be desired that this branch of the Reade Family should get their lines revised and printed in proper shape. No other branch can show an earlier or more interesting record, for William Reade was a member of the Great and General Court of the Bay State Colony while in Weymouth. In Boston he lived 12 THE READE RECORD. on a lot he bought of Parson John Wil- son, within a stone's throw of the Old State House. An old bill yet exists among the Suf- folk County Archives, making a charge among other items for "paching" the minister's breeches, said William by the way being " a taylor." He has been much confused with Wil- liam Rt-dch- of Weymouth, (Reed List, No. 1 6), but investigation by the Asso- ciation, mention of which has been made in the " Record," has at last straightened it all out. "HERALDRY IN ENGLAND." J. Dallaway. — Pub. 1793, Oxford, Eng. " Before I conclude the classification of such bearings as are derivable from the Croisades and their consequences, I must mention the gryphon and unicorn, which we owe to the exuberance of gothick fancy; the former of which has the upper parts of an eagle, and the lower of a lion, witli the addition of long sharp ears. From climes so fertile in monsters as those through which these adventurers passed, we cannot wonder that the fiction was readily received by superstitious admirers, whose credulity nothing could exhaust. The Gryphon is very ancient, and its attitudes are com- monly passant, or segreant, answering to rampant in a lion, and the head erased. Peacham, asserts that of winged animals it has the first pretentions to antiquity, and the old romance of ' Syr Degove ' supplies a description worthy the hand of a Master." 11 Then there was a Dragon great and grynime, " Fill of fyre and also of venymme, '• And as a Lioun then was his fete. ■• His tayle was long and fid unmete. " Betwen his hede and his tayle " Was XXII fote withouten fayle, " Mis body was like a wine tonne. " He shone full ageynst the sunne, " His eyes were bright as any glase, " His scales were hard as any brasse." RETROSPECT. * From out the gate of morning's dawn. I .'in-- sailing o'er the ocean wide A tiny winged ship of man. That hoary Neptune scorned to see. He set his murky skies of black Across the arching heavens high. And blotted out the glowing sun. His stormy winds, in rage he called From out their gloomy Northern dens, And bade them rouse old Ocean's ire. And lift the dome of space above, From off its base, eternal set. He rolled his raging waters wild, Across that tiny vessel's path. And laughed in joyous, maddest glee To see it shrink, in trembling fear. Against its battered sides, for woe. lie sent Ins rushing, surging floods. And high ami low. he Inn led the little craft And sought to drag it down to endless depths. Though crushed its bulwarks, and its house, Though every sail, with tattered rags, Before the reckless, roaring gale. Was straining taut, and shattered masts. And spars, gave cause t"i sombre thought, Vet staunch its oaken nils and sides. And strong its steady ploughing keel, Though death his sullen watch did ceaseless keep To snatch his wonted prey, without escape. But stouter still, the souls of men That stood within that tiny ship. The Master, steadfast gazed -" loss The restless, heaving, swirling sea, And softly prayed beneath his breath. The crew that manned its flooded decks, In fierce disdain of death himself, Cursed God, and life, and dared the worst. But in its hold, was seed of Newer Life — \\ here truth's own martyrs knelt in silent thought, Then God, with mercy, knew His own, And from His seat, in realms above, He smote the dire black clouds, with fire And burned them oil tin sun and se 1. And sent the howling, snarling winds In stillness to their dismal caves. He lifted then the veil of mists, That shrouded white, the wide expanse, And stood revealed, a Newer World, Where Freedom's altar yet should stand. And so our fathers and our mothers came, And in our inmost hearts, they stand enshrined. ALANSON II. Kill.. * Written for the Annual Meeting of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association, at South Weymouth, Oct. 27, 1911. Zhc IReafce IRccorb. Number V. BOSTON. MASS. 1912. READE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION. The ninth annual meeting of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association was held in the vestry of the Congregational Church in Burlington, Mass., by courtesy of that Society, on Wednesday, October 1 6, 1912. Rev. James Reed, President of the Association, called the meeting to order at 1 1 o'clock, A.M., and gave a greeting to the members and others who were present. The Senior Secretary spoke informally of the activities of the Asso- ciation during the past year, after which, in the absence of the Treasurer, he read the annual report of that officer. He also read an interesting paper by Mr. George S. Stewart of Concord, the official genealogist, concerning William Reade of Wobtjrn, which appears on another page of this issue. Mr. Charles H. Reed of Westboro' gave an interesting account of Reed College, Portland, Oregon, which had recently opened its doors for educational work. It was voted that the Secretary and Genealogist have full power to appoint Corresponding Secretaries in each State in the Union, whose duties shall be to further the interests of the Association in those sections and make reports of their work to the Senior Secretary in Boston. The officers of the past year were re-elected to serve for 191 2-1 91 3. At the close of the meeting a basket lunch was enjoyed, the Associa- tion serving coffee. Charles F. Read, \ > Secretaries. Alanson H. Reed, ) Boston, October 16, 191 2. THE READE RECORD WILLIAM READE OF WOBURN iReade List, No. 4.) Of the six Reades who settled in Middle- sex Count}- in early days, the first to come was William Reade who bought an estate in Woburn in 1648. Esdras Reade appeared at Chelmsford in 1655 but removed to Boston in 1658, Thomas Reade from Colchester England is first mentioned at Sudbury in 1655, Dr. Philip Reade at Concord in 1670, Christopher Reade at Cambridge in 1674, and Thomas at Chelmsford in 1679. The descendants of William, who seem to have unanimously chosen "Reed" as the proper form for their surname, consti- tute one of the most numerous and dis- tinguished branches of the family in New England. At the time of his settlement at W'oliurn, William Reade had been a resident of the Colony for thirteen years and like several other immigrants of the name, he appar- ently had some difficulty in selecting a permanent place of abode. With his wife and three children, he embarked at London July 1635 in the ship "Defence," Edward Bostock master, bound for New England. If we accept the figures of the passenger list, the immigrant was already a man in the prime of life, the senior of his wife by eighteen years and forty-two when his eldest child was born. According to the record in Hotten's Lists, the family at this time included "William Reade aged 18, .Mabel aged 30, George aged (i, Ralph aged 5, and Justice aged 18 months." Of the last named child no other mention has been found. William located first at Dorchester, was there admitted to church membership and received several small grants of land. It was undoubtably his daughter Abigail who was baptized in the Dorchester Church in 1638; she was probably several years old at the time which may be inferred from the fact that she married Francis Wyman of Woburn Oct. 2, 1650, only twelve years after her baptism. Mar. 14, 1638-9, Wil- liam Reade was made a freeman of Massa- chusetts, the third of the name to appear on the list, and the following August he sold his homestead in Dorchester and is next heard from at Scituate. Thence in 11)42 "he sent his wife to Dorchester with her infant son Israel to have the boy baptized in the church of which he him- self was a member." At Scituate, his name appears among those "able to bear arms" in 1643 and the following year he was chosen constable. His next move was to Muddy River (now Brookline) and in Ki47 his wife was ad- mitted to membership in the Roxbury Church, where many Brookline residents then attended, and on Dec. 26 of the same year his daughter Rebecca (afterward the wife of Joseph Winn of Woburn) was there baptized. July 7, 1648 William Reade of Muddy River bought of Nicholas Davis of Charles- town a farm in Woburn containing "50 acres of upland. I acres of meadow before the door, 4 acres of meadow in Rockbrook and 2 acres in Brook meadow with all barns, outhouses, fences, and all to the same belonging." Here for a few years William made his home; his daughter Abigail and his son> George and Ralph soon married and estab lished themselves nearby. What induced the father's removal can only be conjectured but the fact is known that William again undertook the tedious and costly voyage across the Atlantic and died in 1656 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland. This was doubtless his native place and an examination of its early parish registers would lie likely to add much to our present knowledge of the origin of this family. In his will dated April !t, 1656 and pro- bated October 31 following, William Reade provided for his "wife MayUI." his "three children that are married in New england, that is, George, Ralph, and Abigail" and for his "four youngest children, in their minority" whom he did not mention by name. One of these minor children whose name remains unknown evidently died in childhood, a contingency for which the will provided; the other three were Israel, Sarah who married Samuel Walker of Woburn Sept. 10. 1662, and Rebecca. c ^ ^^ r : 2 V _&J «».»* •> THE READE RECHKD The widow Mabel Reade married second Nov. 21, 16( iO Henry Somers Sr. of Woburn ; when he died in 1675, he left by will a con- siderable property to be divided among his Reade step-children, a fact which caused a protest from his own son, Henry Somers Jr. The controversy was finally settled Dec. 4, 1675 when all concerned signed a mutual agreement for the division of the estate and this document, still on file in the Middlesex Probate Office, shows conclusively that but six of the children of William Reade then survived, viz., George, Ralph, and Israel, his sons; and Abigail, Sarah, and Rebecca, his daughters; the three last being represented in the above transaction by their husbands, Francis Wyman, Samuel Walker, and Joseph Winn respectively. The widow Mabel in her testimony in this case calls Francis Kendall of Woburn "her brother". She died at Woburn June 15, 1600. The Bethia Reade whose marriage to John Johnson Apr. 28, 1657 is recorded at Woburn, and who has often been described as "the daughter of William" must neces- sarily belong in another family and all the evidence at hand points to Esdras Reade as her father. Feb. 1, 1656-7 when the members of the Chelmsford Church gave to their pastor the names of their children, those of Esdras Reade were "Bethiah abt. 19 years old" and "Obadiah abt. 17 years old". This was only a few months prior to John Johnson's marriage as above stated, and in December of the same year, when he was involved in a lawsuit, Esdras Reade appeared as a witness in his favor. The fact that John and Bethia Johnson named a son "Obadiah," that Esdras Reade was temporarily "of Woburn" in 1670, and that when he died in 1680 his inventory included "a note of John Johnson for L'5" points to the same conclusion. G. S. S. HON. JOHN READ OF BOSTON Nov. 11, 1902, Mr. George B. keel, (since deceased), read a paper before the Bostonian Society entitled "The Life and Activities of Hon. John Read of Bos- ton" and this was afterward published in the Society's Proceedings for 1903. From this interesting account of a very remarkable personality many of the fol- lowing facts have been taken. John Read was born at Fairfield, Conn. Jan. 29, 1679-80. son of William and Deborah (Baldwin) Read, and grandson of that William Read who settled in Stratford before L650 (Reade List No. 14.) He entered Harvard College in L692 and was graduated in 1697, the seventh in a class of fourteen. He began life as a minister, preaching at Waterburv, Conn, in L698 and later for several years at East Hartford and Stratford. Doubtless the lawsuits in which he became involved over land titles first turned his thoughts toward the legal profession in which he was destined to attain so great prominence and reputa- tion. He was admitted to the bar at New Haven Oct. li, 1708 and was ap- pointed Queen's Attorney for the Prov- ince May 22, 1712, an office he held for several years. He received a large grant of land in and near what is now New Fairfield in 1710 but chose for his resi- dence that part of what later became Redding, Conn, which was then, and is now, called Lonetown where he erected his Manor house. He was one of the purchasers of the "Equivalent Lands" given by Massachusetts to Connecticut in in settlement of a boundary question and sold at auction by the latter colony in 1716. Ten thousand acres included in his share were located in w^hat is now Ware in Hampshire County. In May 1719, he was appointed a commissioner on the boundary line be- tween Connecticut and New York and the following year he served on the cur- rency commission. He came to Boston in 1 722 and at first resided on Hanover St. where now stands the American House, but in 173S he pur- chased and occupied a mansion on Queen St. (now Court), the site of the present Minot Building. He was elected At- torney General of the Province by the legislature in 1723, and was again chosen T HE READ E RECORD in 1724 but did not serve the latter year as the Governor claimed the right of appointment. In 1725, 1726, and 1727, he was again selected for the same high office. He participated in many cele- brated cases, acting as attorney for Con- necticut, Massachusetts and the Town of Boston. He also found time to write a Latin Grammar which was published in 1730. The following year, he pur- chased the entire township called Boston Plantation No. 1 (now Charlemont,. Mass. I some 23,000 acres and sold all of it but 17(10 acres, which he deeded to his son William in 1738 together with his house and lot on Hanover St. and his share in a township at Piscataqua River. He was elected to the House of Representa- tives in 1738, the first lawyer who ever served in that body, and in 1741 and 1 742 he was a member of the Governor's Council. He was a communicant at King's Chapel and one of its Wardens in 1735 and L736. He died in Boston Feb. 7, 1748-9 and was buried Feb. Nth. at King's Chapel. His wife was Ruth Talcott, born in Hartford, Sept. 12. 1677, daughter of Colonel John and Mary (Cook) Talcott, and half sister of Governor Joseph Tal- cott of Connecticut; she died in Boston and was buried at King's Chapel July 20, 1759, aged 81. Their seven children were all born in Connecticut, viz.: 1. Col. John, bapt. May 1 1, 1699, died at Redding, Conn, in 1786; mar- ried (1) Sept. 2, 1723, Mary Hawley of Stratford, b. June 6. 1697, d. Feb.' 14, 17ls at Redding; he married (2) Dec. 19, 1750, Sarah Bradley of Greenfield who died May 19, 1771. Sixteen chil- dren. 2. Ruth, b. 170(1 in Hartford, d. Aug. 8, L766 Redding; m. Sept. 14, 1737, Rev. Nathaniel Hunn. 3. Rachel, b. Feb. 14, 1703-4, d. young. 4. Abigail, birth not found, m. Jos- eph Miller of Milton in 1720; her estate was settled in 1769, her children then living being, sons, Joseph, Hezekiah, William, and John, daughters Abigail, wife of Abner Hunt, Ruth, wife of Nathaniel Vose and Deborah, who mar- ried William Shepard. 5. William b. 1710, d. unmarried. Sept. 17S0 in Boston; he was Judge of the Admiralty Court in 1700 and of the Superior Court in 1 770. (i. Mary, birth and death not found, m. Capt. Charles Morris who was born in Boston June 8, 1711; they Lived some fifteen years at Hopkinton, Mass. and removed to Halifax, N. S., where he be- came Chief Justice; seven children are recorded in Hopkinton, viz. William, Hezekiah, Mary Alexander, Francis, Samuel, and James. 7. Deborah, b. 1717 s, d. April, 1793, in 70th year; m. ( 1 I July 24, 1739, Henry Welsted of Boston ; m. (2 1 Jan. :i I , 17 19 50. Henry Paget of Providence and Smithfield, R. I., who d. in 1772. G. S.S. GENERAL JAMES REED OF NEW HAMPSHIRE This distinguished officer of the Revo- lution was born in Woburn, Mass. Jan. S, 1 72M-4 . son of Lieut. Thomas :i (George' William 1 ;, and Sarah (Sawyer) Reed. His father died Aug. 18, 1736, and his mother the following June 21st, leaving eight children, four sons and four daugh- ters. Dec. 11, 1738 when James was "in his fifteenth year" his uncle, Capt. Josiah Converse of Brookfield. was ap- pointed his guardian, a circumstance doubtless which brought him into Wor- cester County. He married Abigail Hinds, a Brookfield girl, and settled in Lunenburg. Mass. about 1740 where he was an innholder for many years, though by trade a tailor. His military career began in 1755 when he was commissioned Captain in Col. Josiah Brown's regiment for the expedition to Crown Point, and from this time till 1762 he was in active service almost continuously as the ancient mus- ter rolls in the State Archives prove. He was present at the disastrous attack on Ticonderoga in 175$ when the popular young Lord Howe was slain. About 1705 Captain Reed removed hi- Eamih Gift ..atiori T HE R E A I ) E R E C O R I) to Monadnock No. 4 (Fitzwilliam, N.H.) where he became the owner of three thousand acres of land and served as Proprietors' Clerk from 17(19 to 1776. In 1770, he was commissioned Lieu- tenant-Colonel by the Governor of New Hampshire. When the news of the bat- tle of Lexington were received, he at once started for Cambridge at the head of a company of volunteers. June 1 , 1777) he was made a Colonel by the New Hampshire Provincial Assembly and eleven days later he reported for duty at Cambridge with his regiment. He distinguished himself at Bunker Hill where his post was at the rail fence on the left of the redoubt. He served with credit throughout the siege and upon the evacuation of Boston by the British in March 1776, he accompanied the patriot army to New York where he was assigned to a brigade commanded by General Sullivan and ordered to the relief of Arnold who was retreating from Canada by way of Champlain. On the 9th of August 1776, he was commissioned Brigadier General by Con- tinental Congress on the recommenda- tion of General Washington. Unfortu- nately, a severe attack of fever, brought on by the exposure and hardships of the campaign, resulted in the total loss of his sight and enforced his retirement from the service. He resided at Keene, N. H. for several years and there his wife died Aug. 27, 1791 in her 68th year. He married second Mary Farrar of Fitzwilliam, a native of Framingham, Mass. In 179S he removed to Fitchburg, Mass., where he died Feb. 13, 1807 in his 84th year. His grave in the Laurel Hill Cemetery is marked by an elaborate >lale-stone tablet. General Reed had nine children of whom the births of eight are recorded at Lunenburg and the other at Brookfield; their names were Abigail, James, Priscilla, Frederick, Sylvanus, Barzillai, Hinds, Joseph, and Salome. Further details of his career can be found in Vol. 4 of the Proceedings of the Fitch- burg Historical Society. G. S. S. WILL OF JOHN READ OF REHOBOTH (Reade List No. 7. This interesting document is found re- corded in Vol. v, (p. 360). of the Ply- mouth Colony Records, a book marked "Deeds," and we believe it has never be- fore been published. 1685. "Be it known unto all men by these presents that I, John Read of the town- ship of Rehoboth In the Government of new plimouth in new England being aged yett through the Rich grace of god of good understanding: not knowing how soone the day of my desolution may be Doe this sixt day of January 1679 make this my last will & testament. Imprimis — I give to my well beloved wife Sarah Read my house orchard & home lott: &: all my Lands meadows & Commons which I have now in present posession : Dureing the time of her widow- hood: Item — I give & bequeath to my sons D.aniell & Israeli, my home lott & or- chard: & Israell my house I now dwell in: to be posessed of house & lands at my wifes marriage or her decease: Item — I give & bequeath unto my sons Moses, Daneell & Israell all the rest of my Lands & Meadows that are devided both in Rehoboth & my meadows at the broad Cove: & my son Israell fifty pounds estate: my sons to be possesed of the sd. Lands at there mothers marriage or decease. Item — I give my Lands & meadows de- vided or undevided on the north purchases Lands unto my sons Moses, D.aniell, & Israell to be posessed of them at their mothers marriage or decease: provided they pay or cause to be payed unto my two daughters Mary & Mehitabell tenn pounds Apiece as mony within one yeare after they Come to the posession of the sd Lands which If they neglect or refuse to pay it within the sd. terme: then it is my will that my two sd daughters should have all my rights of Lands & meadows devided or undevided in the North pur- chases Lands as their portion. THE READE RECORD Item— I doe by this presente Certifie that I have allready given my son John now- deceased & my sons Thomas & Samuell their full portion allready. Item— it is my will that my Grandchild John Reade shall Dwell with my wife till he Comes to the age of one & twenty years: If they both Live soeLong. Item: I make & ordaine my well beloved wife my sole Executrix: & desire my well beloved friends Ensign Nicholas pecke Samuell peck & William Carpenter to be my overseers of this my last will. Signed & sealed in the presence of us the mark of Nicholas Peck John K Read. William Carpenter. October the 20th 1685: Lieutt. Nicholas peck t\: william Carpenter the within writ- ten wittnesses personally Apearing tooke their solemn oathes that they said peck & Carpenter: did see John- Read Late de- ceased signe seale & deliver & declare this Instrument within written to be his Last Last will cV testament when he was of a dysposeing memorie & it is Aproved of 1>\ the Court : Before Daniel Smith, Assistant Entred & Recorded per Nathll Clarke, Secretary." On ]). 36] of the same volume appears "An Inventory of the personal! Estate of John Read of Rehoboth Deceased taken by the Subscribers hereof the first day of September 1685," too lengthy a document to be here given. "Sarah Read, Relict of John Read Late Deceased, made oath to the truth of this Inventory this 20th of October 1685: before Daniel Smith, Assistant. " FAMILY OF JOHN READ OF REHOBOTH i Reade List No. 7) John Read born in England, died at Rehoboth in 1685; married Sarah Les- see daughter of "Will Lessie of Blybor- ough, Suffolk"; she died at Rehoboth Apr. 23, 1702. Of their twelve children, the births of the two oldest were recorded at Braintree, the eight youngest at Rehoboth, viz. 1. John 2 b. Aug. 29, 1040, d. Mar. 26, 1676 killed by Indians; his widow Rachel m. (2) June 27, 1678 Thomas Wilmarth Jr.; d. Nov. 12, 1710. 2. Thomas 2 b. Nov. 20, 1641, d. Feb. 6, 1695-6 "aged 54"; m. Mar. 29, 1665 Elizabeth Clarke who E R E CORD Benjamin, Hanson, Daniel and John (my Grandfather) all of whom had fam- ilies. The Kempton woman had 5 chil- dren, he recollects the names of Oliver and Aaron; Oliver had a family, Aaron never was married. My Grandfather, 'John Read married a Farnum; she had 3 boys and 6 girls; boys' names, David, George (my father) and John. Father says there is an old record which my Grandfather left which he will look up sometime when he feels smart. I will call and see you when I come in to vour city. Resp'y yours in haste, E.T. Read." Careful investigation shows that the Jonathan Read above mentioned was born in Salem Jan. 12, 1701-2, son of Jacob and grandson of Thomas who ap- pears at Salem in 1636 (Reade List No. 6 i. Jonathan had three older brothers, Aaron, John and Jacob, all of whom seem to have died without issue as none of them are mentioned in their father's will. Jonathan settled in Smithfield in 1746. The record of his first marriage has not been found but it seems probable that his first wife was the Anne Hanson born at Dover, N. H., July 23, 1703, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth (Trask) Hanson, members of the Society of Friends. Her mother was a Salem girl and her cousin John Trask married Elizabeth Read, Jonathan's sister. The marriage of Jonathan Read and Sarah Kempton Jan. 1, 1743-4 is recorded at Salem. G. S. S. FAMILY OF ESDRAS READE Reade List No. 8) Esdras Reade born in England abt. 1600, died in Boston July 27,1680; by his first wife Alice he had' two children, both baptized at Salem .May 31, L640; in 1670 he had a wife Sarah. He re- ported his children at Chelmsford Feb. 1 , 1656-7 as "Bethia abt. 10" and "Oba- diah abt. 17." 1. Bethia- b. 1638, d. in Canterbury, Conn. abt. 1718; m. at Woburn Apr. 28, L657 John Johnson, son of Capt. Edward; they lived in Woburn till 1712; had 7 children, John, Bethia, William, Obadiah, Joseph, Samuel, and Nathaniel. 2. Obadiah 2 b. 1640 in Salem, d. in Boston Feb. 19, 1721-2 "in 82nd 1 year"; m. at Dorchester Aug. Hi, 1664 Anna Swift daughter of Thomas; b. at Dorchester Nov. 16, 1647, d. in Boston Sept. 13, 1680, "aged 33"; m. (2) abt. 16S2 Elizabeth Brough- ton daughter of Thomas, b. at Water- town, Jan. 1."), 1645-6, d. in Boston Feb. 26, 1712-3 "aged 67." He had six children by his first wife, the three youngest of whom were baptized in the Second Church; the four children of the second wife were baptized in t he- Old South Church; all born in Boston; Elizabeth' 5 b. Mar. 29, 1669, m. July 6, 1691 Samuel Durham; she was his widow Jan. 10, 1730 with sur- viving children, Elizabeth wife of Richard Lyne, John Durham, Sarah wifeof Daniel Weyman, Mary Durham, and Bethia, wife of John Ingolsby, all of Boston. (Suffolk Deeds Vol.75,p.87. ) 2. Sarah 3 b. Apr. 16. 1671, d. young. 3. Anna 3 b. Feb. 3, 1672-3, m. Jan. 2, 1700 Samuel Engs of Boston; m. (2) Sept. 28, 1713, William Hickin- botham of Boston. 4. Thomas'"' bapt. Sept. 26, 1675, Sec- ond Church; a mariner, last heard from July 13, 1722, when he sold his share in his father's estate to his brother James (Suffolk Deeds Vol. 40, p. 166); m. at Boston Mar. 1, 17(17 Mary Fifield, daughter of Capt. Giles and Elizabeth (Rainsford) Fi- field, b. in Boston Mar. 1, 16S3; their son, James 4 b. Sept. 16, 1700 in Boston 5. Obadiah 3 b. Nov. 29, 1677, d. young. 6. James 3 b. Feb. 29, 1679-80, a block- maker, whose son Thomas 4 was ap- pointed administrator of his estate July 17, 1761; he had wife Elizabeth in 1706, record of marriage not found; children, Anna 4 , James 4 , Thomas 4 , Elizabeth 4 , and Brackley 4 . 7. Obadiah 3 b. Mar. 27, 1683, d. before his father; a mariner, m. Apr. 13, 1710 Jane Perkins, daughter of Edmund, b. Feb. 25, 1686-7 in Boston; children Elizabeth 4 b. Jan. 1, 1713, Sus \\\ \ 4 b. Sept. 28, 1717. 8. Mary 3 b. May 4, 1684, m. May 2(1, 171") Thomas Miller or Millne'r. 9. Nathaniels b.Aug.23,1686,d. voung. 10. Sarah 3 b. Jan. 26, 1687 8, d. Nov. 23. 1764 "in 77th year"; m. July .">, 1713, Richard Hughes. G. S. S. T H E R E AUK K E C ( > R I > £be "Reafce "Record. Published by the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association. Officers elected October 16, 1912. President. Rev. James Reed Boston Vice-Presidents. Brockton. Boston. I 1 1 rett. Si i. Weymouth. Bridgewater. ( lttawa,Ont. York, 71 Broadw aj Weymouth. Hon. W \Ki;i n \. Reed ( .ni I'llll II' Kl \l)l F.D\\ M;]i [•". Kill' John S. ('. Blani n \ki> Joshua E. Ck we . Edgar S. Reade J. I'm i ding Ri u> - New Treasurer. Hi \kv B. Ri i i) S. Secretaries. Chartj s I-. Re mi Brookline. Alanson H. Reed Wellesley Hills. Genealogist. George S. Stewart .Concord. Annual Meetings. Nine annual meetings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association have been held in Ma ssachusetts, as foll< iws: Taunton, July 14. 1904. Boston, < >i tobi r 1_'. 1905. South Weymouth, September 27, 1906. West Bridgewater, October 17. 1!MI7. Boston. ( Iclober 2s. 11IUS. Boston, October 28, 1909. Lexington, October 28, 1910. South Weymouth, < >i tober '27, lit 1 1. Burlington, October 16, 1912. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN. Remittances of membership fees should be sent to Charles F. Read, Secretary R. H. & (i A.. Old State House, Boston. Mass. MEMBERSHIP The charge for admission to the Asso- ciation is SI. 00 for annual membership and a yearly due of 81 .00 thereafter. For life membership $10.00 with no further dues. All sums received for life mem- bership are kept as a special permanent fund the interest alone being used. It is of great importance that the member- ship should be much larger than at present. Splendid work has been done in matters concerning the history and genealogies of the early Read immi- grants and the work should not stop for lack of funds from such a large and influential body as the Reed family — (however the name may be spelled.) An urgent invitation is extended to all to join the association, and to those of other names, if interested. If each pres- ent member will make it his or her special duty to secure even one new member, it will be a great help. RECENT DEATHS OF MEMBERS Robert L. Read of Maiden, Mass., a retired civil engineer, died in Tort land, Me., on June 9, 1912. He was born in Manchester, N. H., was graduated in Dartmouth College in 1S64 and was engaged in his profession lor many years in the West. He was much interested in the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association and attended many of its meetings. Charles B. Read, Secretary of the Read Carpet Co., Bridgeport Conn., died suddenly on July 4, L912 in endeav- oring to save the lives of two caretakers on his estate in Bridgeport. They were all three asphyxiated by gas fumes com- ing from a leak in the gas plant on Mr. Read's estate. Fred W. Read, of Bridgeport, Conn., a brother of Charles B. Read and his associate in business, died on October o, 1911. Henry D. Reed of Whitman, Mass., died on'October 23, 1911. THE R E A D E R E CORD AL.ANSON H. REED Secretary Reade Historical and Genealogical Association THE ASAHEL REED MONUMENT No further action has been taken in this matter since the resolution at the South Weymouth meeting in 1911 in favor of the erection of a monument to Asahel Reed of Sudbury who went in Capt. Nixon's company to Lexington and was killed in the battle there April 19, 177.V Mention of this has been made in previous issues of the Reade Record. It is simply a matter of sub- scriptions from members of the Reed- Read-Reid-Reade Family throughout the United States with which to carry on the work. In general a sum of $1.00 each at the most would prove ample. The subscriptions to date are as follows: the honor of the first dollar to the cause being from Mrs. Josephine R. Lewis. South Duxbury si (ill Alanson H. Reed, Wellesley Hills 1 00 Charles F. Read, Brookline 1 00 J. Warner Reed, Belle Rive, [lis. LOO BIBLE RECORD FROM WILTON, ME. This family record has been copied for us by Mrs. E. E. Magrath, 85 Chest- nut St., Everett, Mass. It is taken from a bible formerly owned by her grandmother, Lucy (Reed) Green of Wilton. The father of this family came from Dunstable and the mother, whose maiden name was Chandler, was born in Westford, Mass. Jacob Reed born Jan. 7, 174S, died May 7, LSI 2, aged 64. Susanna Reed born Dec. 9, 17-~>4, died Apr. 23, 1827 aged 72. Their children : — Susanna born Feb. 1, 1770. Jacob b, Feb. 17, 1778; d, Jan. 13, 1806. Polly born Mar. 7, 17S0. Jonas, born Dec. 29, 1782. Asenath born Aug. 15, 1784. Moses born Sept. 22, 1786. Leonard b. Sept. 2, 1788, d. Feb. 26, 1812. Jonathan/ Lucy i twins born June 27, 1794. Isaac born Jan. 11, 1797. GENEALOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS Our Secretaries are not genealogists and often are not able to answer ques- tions about ancestral lines, asked in letters sent to them. These are given to Mr. George S. Stewart, the official gene- alogist of the Association, who has made a >pecial study of the Read Family lines however name may be spelled. He will communicate with the inquirer and make arrangement for such investigation as may be satisfactory to both. Our mem- bers will receive good work at moderate charge. GEORGE S. STEWART, A.B. Genealogist New England Families Only 20 years experience. Very moderate charges Search made when desired, of National, State, Count> . Town, and of military records to establish ancestral lines for entrance to patriotic societies. Address CEORGE S. STEWART, Concord, Mass. 10 Til E R EAT) E R ECO Rl> FAMILY OF DR. PHILIP READE OF CONCORD (Reade List No. 23) Dr. Philip Ream: b. abt. 1624 in England, d. at Concord, Mass., May 10, 1696; m. Abigail Rice of Concord, daughter of Richard Rice; she d. at Con- cord April 16, 1709. The births of four children are recorded at Concord, viz.: 1. PniLip 2 b.May 13, 1671, death not found; m. Dec. 6, 169S Thanks Dill of Concord, b. there Mar. 31, 1676 daugh- ter of Peter and Thanks (Shepard) Dill. They had sons Peter 3 , Philip 3 , David 3 , John 3 and Jacob 3 , and perhaps other children. 2. Jacob 2 b. Mar. 30, 1673, d. at Simsbury Conn., Dec. 3, 1709; m. April 29, 1699, Elizabeth Law of Concord, daughter of John and Lydia (Draper) Law; she m. (2) William Moses of Sims- bury and d. May 13, L738. They had three children, born in Simsbury viz.: Jacob 3 b. May 1."., L700, Lydia 3 b. 1703. and John 3 b. June 20, 1708. 3. Abigail 2 b. Dec. 26, lii7.">, d. at Concord Jan. 13, 1709; m. Mar. 2, 1697-8 Samuel Davis of Concord; children, Abigail, Mary, Samuel, and Jacob. 4. Amy 2 b. Mar. 3, 1678-9, death not found; m. at Simsbury, Conn., Sept. 1, 1701, Richard Case. Note. At Simsbury is found the marriage of "Elizabeth Read of Concord and Samuel Adams of Simsbury July 2, 1713" but her connection with the above family is not known. G. S. S. THOMAS READ OF CHELMSFORD, MASS. I Reade List No. 35) Neither the birthplace nor the par- entage of Thomas Read of Chelmsford has yet been found but certain deposi- tions by him, on file in the early Court Records,place the date of his birth about the year 1656. This fact alone is suffi- cient to prove that he was not a son of Obadiah Read of Boston for the latter did not marry until 1664. Unfortu- nately this erroneous statement of his parentage has obtained wide circulation and has been published in several local histories. The known history of Thomas begins in 1676 during King Philip's War, when he appears as a soldier in the force commanded by Major Thomas Savage of Boston, which arrived at Hadley on March Nth. ( Bodge's "Soldiers in King Philip's War," pp. 98-100). "About the first of April (1676) some inhabitants of Hadley went to Hock- anum to do some work, having a guard of soldiers with them. A party of In- dians, lying in wait, killed Deacon Richard Goodman and two of the sol- diers and took Thomas Reed, another soldier." (Judd's History of Hadley, pp. L57-8). Mrs. Mary Rowlandson who had been captured at Lancaster Feb. 10th, 1676; and was at this time held a prisoner by the savages, makes the following refer- ence to this affair in her published Narrative: "About this time they it he Indians) came yelping from Hadley, hav- ing there killed three Englishmen, and brought one captive with them, viz., Thomas Read. They all gathered about the poor man, asking him many ques- tions. I desired also to go and see him; and when I came he was crying bitterly, supposing they would quickly kill him. Whereupon I asked one of them whether they intended to kill him; lie answered me they would not. He being a little cheered with that, I asked him about the welfare of my husband; he told me he saw him such a time in the Bay (/. e. Boston) and he was well but very melancholy." Thomas Read remained a prisoner but little more than a month as may be learned from the letter of Rev. John Russell, dated at Hadley May 15, 1676. "This morning about sunrise came into Hatfield one Thomas Reede a soldier who was taken captive when Deacon Goodman was slain. He relates that they (the Indians) are now planting at Deerfield and have been so these three THE R E A I ) E K E C O R L) 11 or four days or more; saith further that they dwell at the Falls on both sides the river, are a considerable number, yet most of them old men and women. He can not judge that there are on both sides of the river above 60 or 70 fighting- men. They are secure and scornful, boasting of great things they have done and will do. There is Thomas Eames his daughter and child hardly used; one or two belonging to Medfield and I think two children belonging to Lancas- ter. The night before last they came down to Hatfield upper meadow, and have driven away many horses and cattle to the number of fourscore and upwards as they judge. Many of these this man saw in Deerfield meadow and found the bars put up to keep them in. This being the state of things, we think the Lord calls us to make some trial what may be done against them suddenly without further delay; and the concur- ring resolution of men here seems to be to go out against them tomorrow night, so as to be with them, the Lord assist- ing, before break of day." A postscript by three officers follows: "Although this man speaks of their number as he judgeth yet they may be many more, for we perceive their number varies and they are going and coming, so that there is no trust to his guess." The intended movement was postponed till May ISth, and resulted in the battle generally known as "The Falls Fight" in which the English commander, Capt. William Turner, and about 40 of his men were killed. That Thomas Rea i was present at this engagement is certain. Sixty years afterward, a township of land was granted to the officers and men who took part therein and the "List ap- proved by the Committee of the Gen- eral Court," dated June 17)50, includes the name of "Thomas Read, Westford''; that he was dead at this time is shown by an additional list of claimants under this grant, dated June 23, 17">(i, which contains the name of "John Reed, West- lord, son of Thomas Reed." (Bodge pp. 250-253.) Westford was set off from Chelmsford in 1729; Thomas Read was a resident of the latter place in 1070 and was made freeman on April 1st of that year (Middlesex Court Files); he married about this time Hannah, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hills) Blanchard of Chelmsford, who was born in Charles- town Jan. 6, 1058-9. The Chelmsford constable reported June 14, 1079 that "Thomas Read and Hannah Read, his wife, is fled away out of our town, we know not whither," and on Sept. 27 following that "Thomas Rade and hanna Blanchar are run away out of this county and I am informed they are gone to the southward." That he re- turned to Chelmsford within five years is indicated by the following deposition relating to a well known resident of that place: "Thomas Read aged 28 years or thereabouts testifieth that sometime in the beginning of the present month of April he did see Abraham Parker Junior sell to the Indians at Wamesit two quarts of Rumme," taken upon oath Apr. 28, L684. He received a grant of land from the town Feb. 2, 1685 as the Chelmsford records show, "The day above, given to Thomas Read his wife and heirs for- ever, 4 acres of land formerly granted to William Good, on condition that he erect a dwelling on same and improve it for his own benefit, but not to sell." His wife Hannah received bequests by the will of her grandfather, Mr. Joseph Hills of Maiden, and from her father who died at Dunstable in 1694; she was Mill fixing at Chelmsford in 1718 but the date of her death is not reported. Thomas Read was by trade a tailor and apparently prospered until long past middle age and his children received a good start in life. At the trial of Ed- ward Spaulding Jr. of Chelmsford in 1090, Thomas Read was a witness and in his deposition taken Dec. 20, he gave his age as "40 years or thereabouts" which agrees perfectly with his state- ment made twelve years before, al- ready noted. His property had all passed out of his hands prior to May 10, 172.">, at which time he is described as "an 12 THE READE RECORD ancient and infirm man" and he went to reside temporarily with Ephraim Craft of Chelmsford, who had married his daughter, Hannah Read, May 15, 1699. The names of his five sons, John, Thomas, William, Jonathan, and Ben- jamin, appear on the Court Records this same year, all residents of Chelmsford and "men of great estate." Of these the birth of Benjamin only, is now to be found at Chelmsford; he was born Oct. 23, 1698. The son Thomas, who later became a very prominent man in West- ford, was still called "Thomas Read Junior" in a deed dated Sept. 30, 1730, which seems to indicate that his lather was then living and the exact date of his death does not appear. G. S. S. FAMILY OF THOMAS READ OF CHELMSFORD iReade List No. 35) Thomas Read, b. 1656, d. 1730-1736, probably in Westford; m. 1679 Hannah Blanchard of Chelmsford, b. in Charles- town Jan. 6, 1658-9, d. probably in Chelmsford 1718-1725, daughter of John and Elizabeth (Hills) Blanchard. The list of their children is possibly incom- plete; 1. Hannah- birth not found; m. at Chelmsford May 15, 1699, Ephraim Craft of Roxbury, b. there Aug. 9, 1677, son of John and Mary (Hudson) Craft. They removed from Roxbury to Chelmsford about 1724 and lived in the part which became Westford in 1729; dates of death not found. Children, John, Ephraim, Hannah, Thomas, Wil- liam, Mary, Mary, Samuel, William. 2. John- b. in Westford 16S5, d. in Westford Jan. lit, 17(i7 "in his S2nd year"; m. at Charlestown Jan. 10, 1 706-7, Jane Chamberlain of Chelmsford, b. there Jan. 19, 1682-3, d. in Westford Oct. 2, 1771 "in her 89th year," daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Proctor) Cham- berlain. The births of ten children are recorded at Chelmsford, viz., Mary 3 b. July 3, 1707; John 3 b. Feb. 3, 1709; Samuel 3 b. Aug. 7. 1711; Thomas' 1 b. Oct. 25, 1713; William 3 b. Apr. 2, 1715; |\\i. ; b. Apr. 1, 1717; Sarah 3 b. Feb. 22, 1719; "Bettv" 3 b. May 27, 1721; Hannah 3 b. Jan. 15, 1723; Lucy 3 b. July 16. 1727. 3. Thomas 2 b. in Chelmsford 1687; d. in Westford Dec. 24, 1773 "in his 87th year"; m. at Charlestown Mar. 14, 1709 Sarah Fletcher of Chelmsford, b. there Jan. 21, 1690 1, d. in Westford Dec. 25, 1774 "in her 84th year," daughter of Joshua and Sarah (Wiley) Fletcher. The births of seven children are recorded at Chelmsford and two at Westford vi/.: Sarah 3 b. Mar. 25, 1711; Sarah 3 b. Aug. 17, 1712; Timothy 3 b. Mar. 21. 1714; Josi PH 3 b. June 4, 1716; Katharine 3 b. 1718 (record not found); Hannah 3 b. Apr. 26, 1724; Ki beci \ ; b. May 26, 1727; Eleazer 3 b. Feb. 22, 1731; Benjamin 3 b. Sept. 3, 1732. 1. Jonathan 2 birth and death not found; by wife Margaret he had two children whose births are recorded at Chelmsford, viz. ; Hannah 3 b. Mar. 17, 1715. "Bl isev" 3 b. Jan. 15, 1717. 5. William- birth and death not found; m. Hannah Baits of Chelms- ford, daughter of John and Deborah. The births of two children are record at Chelmsford and two more at West- ford, viz., Robert 3 b. Dec. 25, 1720; Willi \m 3 b. Feb. 25, 1724 5; Deborah 3 b. July 10, 1729; Lois 3 b. Feb. 3, 1734. (i. Bentamin- I), in Chelmsford Oct. 23, 1698, death not found. G. S. S. THE WILL OF OBADIAH READ OF BOSTON "In The Name of God Amen, This Third day of January In the Year of Our Lord, One Thousand Seven Hun- dred & Eighteen I Obediah Read of Boston in the County of Suffolk in New England Housewright Being Aged but of Sound and perfect Memory I praised be God for the same) And knowing the uncertainty of This Transitory life, And calling To minde the Mortality of my Til E K E ADE RECORD 13 Body, And That it is appointed for all men Once to Die I Am desirous To Settle Things in Order before I Die. I Do therefore make this my Last Will & Testament in Manner and Forme Fol- lowing (Viz) First & Principally I Com- mend my Soul to Almighty God my Creator and my Body To the Earth To be Buried in Such desent & Christian Manner as To My Executors hereafter Named Shall be Judged Meet & Con- venient. And Touching Such Worldly Goods & Estate as The Lord in Mercy hath Lent me, My Just Debts being first Paid and My Funerall Charges defreied My Will & Meaning is. That the Residue of my Estate Shall be Im- plored & Bestowed As is hereafter in This my Will Expressed. That is To Say I Gire and Bequeath my House and Land which is Lying & Being at the North End of Boston near Charlestown Ferry (wch Land is One Hundred & Fifty Seven feet Long or thereabouts Through the Middle of the Lott, Fifty eight foot Wide toward the Lower End upon Linn's Street, & Fifty One foot wide at the upper End next the Street that Leads To the Burying Yard.) Unto my Sons, Thomas Read, James Read, Obadiah Read, and To my Grand Son Johx Durram in Manner Following (Viz) I Give To my Son Thomas Read and His Heirs the Lower End or North Easterly End of Said House parting at the Midle of the Chemnys and the North Easterly part of said Lott of Land on which the sd End of the said House Stands upon it Being Bounded begining at the Northwesterly Side of sd Lott at the Midle of the Chemnys aforesd and Then To Run Through the Midle of the sd Chemnys Thirty Two foot from the North westerly Side of the sd Lott, Then To Turn & Run wth a Line in Proportion with the Two Side Lines of sd Lott of Land Down to Low Water Mark: Itim. I Give to my said Son James Read & his heirs the Upper End of sd House parting at the Middle of the Chemnys as Aforesd & the Land On wch the sd House Stands upon and Twenty Two foot of Land more from sd uper End of sd House and from Thence To run South Easterly Through the whole Lot with a line parrallel to the upper end of sd Lott of Land and Then Turning and Runing down as sd Lott Runs to Low Water Marke and so Northwesterly upon my sd Son Thomas Reads Land Aforesd And I also Give To my sd Son James Read The Smith Shop which is Standing upon his sd part of sd Lott of Land: Itim I Give unto my sd Son Obediah Read & his Heirs The South Westerly or Upper End of sd Lott of Land, Twenty foot Downward (upon Each Side of Said Lott of Land,) from the uper end & so with a Line (thro the whole Weadth of sd Lott of Land I parrallal to the upper end of Said Lott of Land. Itim I Give unto my Said Grand Son Johx Durram and his Heirs The Remaining part of all my sd Lott of Land which lys Between The Lands I gave to my Sons Obadiah Read and James Read aforesd: I also Give and Bequeath unto all my Sons aforesd & Their Heirs And To my sd Grandson & his heirs The Preveledge & Use of my Well & The Use and preveledge of the Water Side and Liberty of Landing upon the Wharfe (that belongs To sd Lott of Land). Itim I Give Unto my sd Son < IB] i 'i aii Read & his heirs my Hundred Acres of Land Lying & Being in Kitten- In the County of Yorke — Itim I Give unto my Daughter Sarah Hughes and To my Daughter Anna Hickinbottome And to my Daughter Mary Miller* all the Houses & Lands which I have Now Lying and Being In Blackhorse Lane in Boston Aforesd in Manner Following (Viz) I give to my Daughter Mary Miller and Her Heirs The Shop her Husband now works in and The Dwelling House Adjoining To It Together with The Lands they Stand upon and Thirty foot of Land in Length from the North Easterly End of The sd Dwelling House Northeasterly Thirty Foot as Aforesd. into the Garden i Towards the Little House & the whole weadth of the Dwelling House Aforesaid and the Other Little Shop which Joyns 14 T HE KEADIi RECORD To the Shop aforesd Provided She moves off The Same within Six Months after my Decease Together with The Use & Preveledge of The Well & Little House and Liberty of all my Yard To pass and Repass in: Itim. I Give To my Daughter Sarah Hughes and her heirs And Anna Hickinbotham and her heirs The Remainder of all my sd Lands Ly- ing in Black Horse Lane aforesd To- gether with my House I Dwell in in Equall parts Anna my Daughter Aforesd paying To my Executors hereafter Named the Sum of Sixty Seven pounds Sixteen Shillings & Two pence For & Towards the payment of the Legacys hereafter in This my Will Given: Itim I Give unto my sd Daughter Sarah Hughes Sixty Seven pounds Sixteen Shillings & Two pence To be paid To her or her Heirs within Eight Months after my Decease. I Also Give unto my said Daughter Sarah my Still and the Bed and Bolster She Now Lyes upon: I Also Give unto my sd Daughter M \i;\ Miller the Bed and Bolster which 1 Ly upon & my Great Looking Glass. It is also my minde & Will That for and in consideration of the Lands Before mentioned which I Gave to my Sons, Thomas Read & Obadiah Read That my Said Son Thomas Read Shall Pay to my Executors Hereafter Named The Sum of Eighty Pounds in Money and that my Said Son Obediah Read Shall also pay To my Executors hereafter Named The Sum of Fifty Pounds In Money for and towards the payment of Such Debts as I Shall Leave' After my Decease. Itim. I Give to my sd Son James Read my Grind Stone and also all My House Carpentry Tools and Joyners Tools. And it likewise is My Mind and Will that all the rest of my Personal Estate & Household Stoof Whatever and Wheresoever Lying and being which I have not already Disposed of Shall after my Decease be Equally Divided between my Four Daughters (Viz) my Daughter Elizabeth Durram and my Daughter Anna Hickinbot- tome & my Daughter Mary Miller And my Daughter Sarah Hughes. And Lastly I Do Appoint my sd. Son James Read And my Wellbeloved Friend John Briggs Late of Scittuate but now of Boston aforesd To be my Executors to this my Last Will & Testament. In Witness Whereof I the sd Obediah Read have hereunto Set my hand and Seal This Third Day of January In the Year of Our Lord One Thousand and Seven hundred & Eighteen. Obediah Read and a Seal. Signed Sealed & Declared and Pub- lished by the sd Obediah Read to he his Last W'ill & Testament In the Presence of us the Subscribers. Joshua Gee Junr Hannah Jolls Hannah Merrit CODICIL Be it known unto all men by these Presents That whereas I, Obediah Read of Boston in the County of Suffolk in New England Housewright have made & declared my last Will & Testament in Writing bearing date the third day of January In the year of Our Lord One Thousand Seven hundred and Eighteen I the said Obediah Read by this present Codicil Do ratify & Confirm my said last Will & Testament, and my mind & will is that my sons Thomas Ri \i> James Read my daughter Anna Hick- inbotom & my Daughter Sarah Hughes shall each of them or Each of their heirs or Assigns pay unto my Executors the sum of Eight Pounds & ten shillings apiece out of their Portions or Legacies which I have already given them in my said last Will & Testament. Thirty Pounds of said Moneys I Give unto my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Read my son Obediah Read's Daughter & my mind & will is that the said Thirty Pounds shall be Improved for the Use of my said Grand Daughter Elizabeth Ri ad by my Executors untill my said I Grand Daughter shall arrive to the age of Eighteen years or be married & then my mind & will is that my said Execu- tors shall pay the said Thirty pounds of T UK KEADE RE CO K 1) 15 money with Improvements thereof unto my Grand Daughter Elizabeth Read aforesaid Item. I Give unto my Sister Hannah Broughton & my Sister Sarah Broughton forty shillings apiece to be to them paid by my said Executors within Six Months time after my De- cease And in case my said Grand daugh- ter Elizabeth Read & my said Sister Sarah Broughton and my said Sister Hannah Broughton they or either of them should dye before the aforesaid times which they are to Receive their particular Sums of money aforesaid, that then the said particular Legacy shall be equally divided by said Executors to and among my said Son Thomas Read my said Son James Read my sd Daugh- ter Anna Hickinbottome and my said Daughter Sarah Hughes their heirs & assigns. And my Will & Meaning is that this Codicil or Schedule be & be Adjudged to be part & parcell of my said last Will & Testament and that all things herein mentioned & contained be faithfully & truly performed & as full & as amply in every respect as if the same were so declared & set in my said last Will & Testament. In Witness whereof I the said Obediah Read have hereunto set my hand and seal this Sec- ond day of March In the year of our Lord one Thousand seven hundred and Twenty one 1720-1. Obediah Read Signed Sealed declared & Published by the said Obediah Read to be part & parcel of his said last Will & Testament In the presence of us the Subscribers. Hannah Jolls Deborah Brigg Jane Stevens Elizabeth Roberts' mark. Administration on this estate was granted to James Read, the surviving executor April 2, 1722. *Though this name is Miller in this will and elsewhere, the party referred to wrote the name Millner. IReaoe (Historical ano (Scnealooical association. LIFE MEMBERS Crane, Joshua E. . . Bridgewater, Mass. Lefferts, Marshall C. New York, N. Y. Read, Charles F. . . Boston. Read, Miss Clara A. . New Bedford, Mass Read, Miss Ella H. . New Bedford, Mass. Read, J. Paulding New York, N.Y. Read, Samuel H. . . New Haven, Conn. *Read, Miss Sarah E. Boston. Read, William A. . New York, N. Y. Reade, Edgae S. . Ottawa, Ont. Reed, Alanson H. . Wellesley Hills, Mass. Reed, Charles W. Boston. Reed, Edgar . . . Worcester, Mass. Reed, George B. . Bloomington, Ills. Reed. Rev. James . Boston. Reed, Reuben L. - So. Acton. Mass. Reed, William B. New York. X. Y. Robinson, Mrs. G. Read New York. N. Y. W vri kmax, Mrs. Lewis A. Providence, R. I. ' [ )!.( EASED ANNUAL MEMBERS Akin, Mrs. Emma Read New York, X. Y. Blackmer, Mrs. Catherine Tufts College, Mass. ill. am hard, John S. C. So. Weymouth, Mass Blanchard, Miss MaryL. So. Weymouth, Mass. Hi wchard, Miss Susanna R. So. Weymouth, Mass. Bri \i\n r. Mrs. Mary A. C. Lisbon, X. II. Champion, William J. Boston. Clarke, Arthur F. Brookline, Mass. Clarke. Miss Helen G. Brookline, Mass Cross, Mrs. Grace L. Providence. R. I. i. ross, Rev. R. T. . Cleveland. Ohio. Deane, Miss Eleanor R. Roxbury, Mass. Dodd, Rev. Henry M. Clinton, X. Y. Elwell, Mrs. Cynthia So. Weymouth, Mass Everett, Mrs. Charlotte S. Chicago, Ills. Farr, Mrs. Virgin] \ Reed Atlanta, Ga. Faxon, Mrs. Sis\x Stoughton, Mass. Field, Mrs. Ami m\ C. Dorchester, Mass. Field, J. Howard . Brockton, Mass. Gale, Mrs. Addie P. . East Pepperell, Mass. Goodrii ii. Mrs. Ella R. Hartford, Conn. I ii RNEY, Theron S. . Hart, Michigan. Hallett, Miss S \ r \ i i X. Boston. 16 THE READ E K E C O K D Head, Mrs. Esther Reed Madison, Wis. Hession, Mrs. Mabel S. Bridgeport, Conn. Hodges, Miss Mary A. Foxboro, Mass. Hotchkiss, Mrs. Anna M. Bridgeport, Conn. Hubbard, Mrs. Charles T. Taunton, Mass. Hutchinson, Edward B. Cambridge, Mass. I ICKSON, -Mrs. Mary A. East Orange. X. J. Kimball, Mrs. Helen F. Brookline, Mass. Lewis, James E. . Taunton, Mass. Lewis, Mrs. Josephine R. So. Duxbury, Mass. Luther. Miss Lucy E. Chicago, Ills. Merri am, Mrs. Helen Read Syracuse, N. V. Merrow, Mrs. Ren a M. Maiden, Mass. Morse, Willard S. . New York, X. V. Morss, Mrs. Ethel Reed Boston. Orcutt, Jason B. . . So. Weymouth, Mass. Pettee, Mrs. Georgiana E. Roxbury, Mass Pierce. Mrs. Mary A. Taunton, Mass. Prescott, Miss Clara F. Lawrence, Mass. Prouty, Mrs. Mary Reed Scituate, Mass. Raymond, I) \mel V Read, Albert E. . Read, Charles F. Ri \i>, Iiwid F. Read, Miss Edith B. Read, Rev. Ephraim A Read, Edward M. ki id, Frederick !•'. Read, George R Tompkinsville, X. V. Pittsburg, Pa. Worcester. Mass. Bridgeport, Conn. Brookline, Mass. \.i Salem X. \'. Si. Louis, Mo. Manhasset, X. Y. New York, X. V. ki u> Mm Harmon Pumpelly Albany, N. Y. Read, Harold C Ri \u, Henry P. Read, Hon. Joseph Read, Dr. Joshua W. Kl \\>, X MM \\ H. Rl U>. X vniAMEL T. Re.ad, William Reade, Rev. Charles G. Cincinnati, Ohio Charles H. Hoboken, X. J. Reade, Miss Emilie V.. Hoboken. X. J. Reade, Mrs. Rowena H. Lowell, Mass. Reade, Gen. Phild? . Boston. Reade, Rev. Stephen F. Fort Pierce, Fla. Brookline. Mass Brooklyn, X. V. Summerside, P. E. I. \i w \rk, X. J. Attleboro, Mass. East Pembroke, X. Y Cambridge, Mass. Reade, William J Reed, Aaron A. Reed, Alanson L. . Reed, Albert M. . Reed. Burton F. . Reed, Charles A. . Reed, Charles Dana Reed, Charles F. . Reed. Charles H. Reed, Charles K. Reed, Miss Clara M Reed, Clarence D. Reed, Edward D. . Reed, Edward F. . Reed. Edward T. . Reed, Miss Elizabeth Reed, Miss Ellen A Reed, Eugene W\ . Hoboken, X. J. Whitman, ll;i«. Biltmore, Xo. Carolina. Albany X. Y. Boston. Manchester. Mass. New York. X. Y. Whitman. Mass. Westboro, Mass. Worcester, Mass. Westfield, Mass. Whitman, Mass. Buffalo, N. Y. Everett, Mass. Albany. X. Y. Boston. New Haven. Conn. No. Brookfield, Mass. Reed, E. M. . . . Reed, Francis . ... Reed, Francis B. . Reed, Mrs. Frank A. Reed, Frank H. ki i d. Feed L. . . . Reed, Frederic H. Reed, Frederick E. . Reed, (ii orge A. . Reed, Rev. George H. Reed, Harold F. Reed, Rev. Harry W. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Worcester. Mass. E. Weymouth, Mass. Detroit, Mich. West Mansfield, Mass Cohasset, Mass. New York, N. Y. Thompson, Conn. Los Angeles, Calif. Concord, X. H. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Watertown, N. Y. Reed, Miss Helen Leah Cambridge, Mass Reed, Henry B. Ri i d. Mrs. Henry B. . Reed, Homer, J. Ri ed. | \\ii S krsSELL Reed, Joseph M. . Reed, Miss Julia L. . ki i p. Dr. J. How mm) Ki i d. J. Warner . Reed, Latham G. . Reed, Capt. Lewis Reed, Mis-; Lucy H. . Reed, Mrs.Margaret E. Boston. So. Weymouth, Mass. So. Weymouth, Mass. Canandaigua, X. Y. Boston. Rockport, Mass. Baltimore, M<1. New York. \. Y. Belle Rive, Ills. Xew York, N. Y. Rockland, Mass. So. Weymouth, Mass. E. Whitman, Mass. So. Weymouth, Mass. Manchester. X. H. Boston. Fair Haven \'t. Boston. i Taunton, Mass. New York V Y. Brockton, Mass. Westfield, Mass. Xew York, X. Y. Reed, Marshall kl I D. Ql IM'V ki i d, Ralph D. Reed, Robert C. . Reed, Rolland C. Reed, Samuel B. . Reed, Hon. Silas D. . Reed, Sylvanus A. ki i p. Hon. Warren A. Reed, William B. . ki 1 d. William B.. Jr. . Reed, Dr. William E. Washingtonville, X. Y. Reed, William E. . . New York, N. Yl Ri i D, William Howell, Jr. Roxbury, Mass. Reed. W. H. . . Denver. Colo. Reed, William T. . Boston. Reed, Win'FIeld S.. Bangor. Me. Reld, George D. . Moose Jaw, Saskati hawan. Reid, Mrs. Wiilliam T. Belmont, Calif, ki ssell, Miss H. Priscilla Arlington, Mass. Russell, Mrs. Louisa S. Arlington, Mass. Sawyer. Mrs. Edward E. Lowell, Mass. Scott, Mrs. Lydia E. R. Roxbury, Mass. Smith, Mrs. Mary Reed Newton Centre,Mass Slow ill, Mrs. Charles H. Lowell, Mass. Turman, Mrs. Helen L. R. Atlanta, Ga. Walker, George L. . Taunton, Mass. Washburn, Mrs. Grace B. Brookline, Mass. Webb, Mrs. Ellen Reed. Scituate, Mass. Wilkinson, Mrs. Anna Reed Providence, R. I. Wood, Frank H. ■ So. Weymouth, Mass. Wood, Mrs. Julia A. R. So. Weymouth, Mass. XLhc IReafce IRecorb. Number VI. BOSTON. MAS?. 1913 READE HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL ASSOCIATION. The tenth annual meeting of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association was held in the American House, Boston, on Thursday, October 30, 1913. . A reception was held at half-past twelve, at which the Pres- ident of the Association, Rev. James Reed of Boston, and his wife, received and greeted the company. A dinner was served at one o'clock, after which a business meeting was held at which the officers of the Association were re-elected and the reports of the Treasurer and the Secretaries were read and approved. The Secretaries were appointed a Committee to procure a Charter of Incorporation from the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, with such change of name as would shorten it for Qiore convenient use. A paper concerning the " Reade Coat of Arms," an abstract of which appears on another page of this issue, was read by Mr. Alanson H. Reed. A design for a new Membership with a different Coat of Arms in colors was submitted and approved. A social hour followed at which Miss Helen Leah Reed read selections from her poetical works, and Miss J. Leland Clarke and Mr. James W. White gave a musical program which afforded much enjoyment. Charles F. Read ) ■^ Y Secretaries. Alanson H. Reed ) Boston, October 30, 19 13. THE R E A I) E R EC OKI) THE HERALDRY OF READES Some ten years ago, when the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association was formed for the study of the family genealogies, little attention was paid I >v its founders to the subject of heraldry. When, however, it was decided to is>ue certificates of membership, the question of the proper arms to be used in this connection was brought up and the officers of the Association, acting upon advice which then seemed good, adopted the arms which appear on the present membership certificates and are familiar to all our members today. As time passed, an increasing interest in the subject of Rcadf heraldry led to a more critical study of the matter, with some surprising results to those who had not investigated. On reference to the "Encyclopedia Heraldica" there were found to be no less than forty- nine different coats-of-arms associated with the Reade name under its various forms, granted to individuals living in widely- separated places in England, Scotland. Ireland, and Wales, from very early dates to the present time, a number of these arms are now obsolete, while others are of comparatively recent creation. Now it seems to be the general belief that every surname has distinctive arms, which may with pro- priety be used by anyone of the name, whatever their lineage. This is easily- shown to be a mistaken view when we consider the many Reade arms noted above, with their great variety of heraldic emblems and devices. As a matter of fact, the arms of the earliest times were doubtless assumed by. the individuals who made use of them but later were conferred by Royal grants, as a reward for some special service, and in England the Herald's College in London has control of all matters of this kind. At first, the use of arms was a matter purely personal with the individual to whom they were granted but as time went on, custom made them hereditary and thus the use of a particular coat- of-arms came to signify descent by blood from the original grantee. This brings us to the consideration of the right or propriety of the use of a coat-of-arms by those who are unable to prove that they are thus descended or related. In the "Encyclopedia Heraldica," it can be seen that the arms which the Reade Historical and Genealogical Asso- ciation had been using in the past, is that of an English Reade family of which, so far as known, there is not a single descendant in all America. Al- though there is no law here which for- bids the appropriation of this or any other Read arms, yet when rightly under- stood, it does not seem the proper course to take. Our Association has no wish or intent to make use of arms which properly belong to others and thus, from the heraldic point of view, set up misleading and unfounded claims of descent and relationship, and the ob- jection to the arms we are now using extends equally to the others of the forty-nine above-mentioned. Neverthe- less it is important and desirable that our Association should have distinctive insignia or arms which shall belong to it of right, not only for their decorative value but for sentimental reasons, as we are descendants of the pioneer im- migrants of the Reade name, some of whom made use of arms themselves, and because we are naturally interested in the achievements, history, and ro- mance of the ancient Reade families of the Old World as exemplified in heraldry. Hence to bring this matter before the Association for consideration at the annual meeting, the Secretaries secured the services of an eminent heraldic artist, Mr. T. B. Hapgood, Jr., who submitted a design for a new member- ship certificate bearing a coat-of-arms sufficiently distinctive to avoid the criticism directed against the present arms, yet bearing emblems which may be interpreted to denote our connection as Americans with the ancient Reades across the water. The griffin segreant and the garbs or sheaves of wheat are found as charges a, "N THE READE RECORD or emblems on some of the older Reade arms, though a variety of others are also used. In the design submitted, the griffin segreant is emblazoned in the shield and an eagle displayed be- tween two sheaves of wheat in the chief or upper part of the shield. The colors gold and red may be taken as represent- ing the old home in Great Britain and the silver and blue the comparatively new one in America. This met with the approval of the members present and has been adopted as the official arms of The Reade Society, the designation by which our Association was incorporated under the laws of Massachusetts Febru- ary 24. 1914. By the charter obtained, The Reade Society is empowered ' to adopt suit- able emblems, arms, or insignia for the use of said Corporation and its members. ' A. H. R. INCORPORATION In order to place our organization in better form for perpetuity and for the conservation of its funds, and to secure the right for it to own real estate or receive any bequest that may be made to it in the future, it was voted at the annual meeting of the Association in October, 1913, to incorporate under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. As it seemed advisable for many reasons to adopt a shorter name, the Association has been incor- porated under the designation of The Reade Society, and all members of The Reade Historical and Genealogical Asso- ciation in good standing have been voted into the new corporation. The change in name and other con- siderations mentioned elsewhere, made necessary a new membership certificate which will probably be issued before this paper is sent out. EXPLANATORY The present number of the "Reade Record" should have been issued in December, 1913, but by reason of the change in the name of the Association, its incorporation, the work upon the new certificate with its coat-of-arms and other matters, the paper has been de laved until well into the next year. In order, however, to keep our file in regular shape, it has been thought best to issue this No. 6 under the old name, "The Reade Historical and Genealogical Association." and with the same list of officers as then obtained — just the same in fact as if the paper had actually been published in December, HILT The next number for 1014 will appear under the new incorporated name, " The Reade Society," with the list of officers elected at the incorporation meeting. This will explain why a paper of the date of 1913 may contain some information, items or dates of 1914. It is expected hereafter that "The Reade Record" will appear at its due time, with the loyal support of the Society's members as given in the past. HON. JOHN REID, 1666-1743 Surveyor-General of New Jersey, 1702 The following account of this Scotch immigrant, written by himself, is copied from the Bartow Genealogy (pp. 245- 247.) "At Niddrew Castle in the parish of Kirkliston, I was born the 13th of February, 1655-6, and there baptized: where my father was Gard'ner and be- fore him my Grandfather. I was put to school till near nine years old when my Father died 9br 1663. The January after, I bound my self to arrive of agi to a printer of Edinburgh, 1667-8. Mr. died before my time expired and with my small stock I returned 9br 1673 to my mother who had then married again and I was persuaded to learn the old but pleasant art of Gard'nery and alter I had seen what I could expect then-, went to the celebrated gardens of Hamilton 9br 1(171 where I dived into that noble science bul al I he same time 1 II E K E AIM. HtCHKD happily drawn into Quakerism by their great professions of sanctity and im- mediate inspirations and I doubted not of their soundness in the Christian religion. Hen Woods conversion then especially prevailed with me who was of a gaining order. Thence I went to Drummond 9br 1(>75. Thence to Law- re- alias Forden 27th 9br 1676. There 1 wrote the Scots Gard'ner and was married 29th 9br 1678 to Margaret, daughter of Henry Miller of Cashore in the parish of Kirkentiloch where she was born and baptized Anno. 1644-5. But had been led into the same error of Quakerism by means of one of her brothers who had first embraced the same. My eldest daughter Anna was born at Lawres, the 4th of January, L679-80. We came to Shanks 4th 9br, 1680. M\ daughter Helen was born there the 2nd of October, 1680. My third daugh- ter Margaret was born there the llth of May, 1683. We went to Leith for our voyage to America the 2nd of August 1683, came aboard the ship the 10th day and next day at Aberdeen where we staved to the 28th. Made sight of Long Island the 30th 9br, but off again and discovered Cape May, 13th X br. Came within Sandy Hook the 16th and ashore on Staten Island the 19th. To Elizabethtown the 23rd and to Woodbridge the 10th January 1683-4. My daughter Margaret died the loth and buried next day at Amboy. We came to Amboy 25th June 168 1 and Kith of September several of them were seized with an Ague. We removed to the House in the field Amboy 13th, X br 1684. I got the ague the 5th June 1685. My son John was born at Amboy 27th |ulv 1686. We came to Hortencie the 26th 9 br 16S7. I got the fever the 8th of August KISS. My children went to school first near here, then the Lasses to Philadelphia. My daughter Anna was married to Capt. Jo'n Anderson the 7th X br 1701. My son John was baptized the 5th June 1702. My daughters Anna and Helen were baptized the 25th October 1702. 1 first received the Sacrament of the body and blood of our Saviour Chris! in the Church of England 28th of March. My daughter Helen was married to John Bartow, Rector of West Chester the 17th 9br 1705. I got the Ague Fever the 6th 7br at New York 170N. Having finished two books of Mathe- mat. Compend, and just as I had finished the 3rd book on the Kith of Vpril 170H 1 received a letter of the death of my Grandson John Bartow, who died the 0th of this about 7 in the evening after 18 days sickness. July 21st, 17011 I set out for Canada thinking to take a draft of that country with Notandems of the soil and settle- ments. But the fleet not arriving alter I had made some observations I came home on Tuesday 1Mb Octobei 17011. My son John was married to Mary Sands at Hempstead Long Island the 17lh of December 1721. His wife was delivered of a woman child the 28th of November 1722 and she was baptized the 22nd Febr'y 1722-3 and named Mary. My daughter Anna Anderson died July 6th at 2 o'clock in the morning 172:i aged 43 years 5 mos. 12 days." In the above account we have omitted the records of the births and baptisms of his two daughters' numerous children, each entered in somewhat lengthy form in the original memorandum. Anna Reid, the eldest daughter, married Col. John Anderson, and had nine children, John, Margaret, Helen, James, Kenneth, Anna, Elizabeth, Jonathan and Isabelle. Helen Reid married Rev. John Bartow, and had Helen, John (died young), Thomas, Theophilus, Theodosius, John, Anthony and Basil. In an ancient graveyard at Topen- hamus, N. J., the following inscription was copied in 1879, "Here lies the body of John Reid who came from Scotland, his native country with his wife Margaret & three daughters to New Jersey the 9th of dec. br Anno Dom. 1683. He THE R E A D K RECORD died the Kith of Nov. br Anno Dom. 1723. Aged 67 years." His widow Margaret who died May 1 , 172S aged 84, and their daughter Anna and her hus- band are also buried here. For further data relating to this family, and to the descendants of Col. John Reid. only son of John and Margaret, see Bartow Genealogy. READE ANCESTRY OF WASHINGTON 1. Andrew Reade, proprietor of the Manor of Faccombe and of Linken- holt, Hampshire, England, married Miss Cooke of Kent and had five suns and four daughters. His will dated Oct. 7, 1619 was proved Oct. 21, 1623. 2. Robert Reade, second son of above, was thrice married; his third wife was Mildred, daughter of Sir Thomas Windebanke by Frances Dy- moke, his wife. His will was dated Dec. 10, 1626. The fifth and youngest son of Robert and Mildred was 3. Colonel George Reade, born at Linkenholt, died in Gloucester County, Virginia, in 1671. He came over to Virginia about 1637, was Secretary of State pro tempore 1640, Burgess for James City County 1049 and for Glouces- ter County 1656; was a member of the Council 1658-1671. His will was probated Nov. 20, 1671. By wife Eliza- beth Martian, he had four sons, Robert, Francis, Thomas, and Benjamin and a daughter 4. Mildred Reade, who married Colonel Augustine Warner born July 3, 1642, died June 19, 1681. He was Speaker of the House of Burgesses in 1676 and 1677 and a member of the Council. Their daughter 5. Mildred Warner married first, Lawrence Washington. After his death she took her children to England where she married George Gale. She died in England in 1701. Her second son, 6. Augustine Washington, 1694- 1743, married second, Mar. 6, 1731, Mary daughter of Colonel Joseph Ball and their eldest son was 7. George Washington, born Feb. 22, 1732. (See Genealogy of the Washington Family by H. O. Collins, 1900.) FAMILY OF WILLIAM OF WOBURN (Reade List, No. 4.) William Reade, b. 1587 in England. d. 1656 at Newcastle-on-Tyne, North- umberland; his wife Mabel, b. 1605 in England, d. June 15, 1690, at Woburn, Mass. She m. (2) Nov. 21, 1660 Hkxry Somers Sr. of Woburn, who d. Nov. 2, 167."). (For biographical sketch, see Reade Record No. V.) Children, all residents of Woburn, Mass. 1. George 2 b. 1629 in England, d. Feb. 21, 1706 at Woburn; m. (1) Oct. 4, 1652 Elizabeth Jennisox of Watertown who d. Feb. 22, 1665 at Woburn; m. (2) Nov. 9, 1665 Hannah Rockwell who d. Apr. 16, 1724 at Woburn. 2. Ralph- b. 1630 in England, d. Jan. 4, 1712 at Woburn; m. abt. 1654, M \rv Pierce, daughter of Anthony of Watertown; she d. Feb. 15, 1701 at Woburn. 3. Justice 2 b. Jan. 1633, name on the passenger list of 1635 and no other record found. 4. Abigail 2 bapt. Dec. 30, 163s, Dorchester, (probably several years old' at the time); m. Oct. 2, 1650 Francis Wyman. 5. Israel 2 b. 1642 in Scituate, d. June 29, 1711 at Woburn; m. abt. 1669, Mary Kendall, daughter of Francis; she d. Jan. 17, 1722 at Woburn. 6. Sarah 2 , birth not found, d. Nov. 1, 1681 at Woburn; m. Sept. 10, 1662 Samuel Walker Jr., who d. Jan. 18, 1701. at Woburn, "aged 61." 7. Rebecca 2 bapt. Dec. 26, 1647 Roxbury, d. 1734 at Woburn; m. Joseph Winn of Woburn. 8. A child, referred to in the father's will but whose name is not found, d. before 1675. G. S S. T H K R E A D E K EC O R D Gbc IReaDc "Recorfc. Published by the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association. Officers elected October 30, 1913. President. \. Susan R. Faxon, wife of Dr. W. 0. Faxon, died in Stoughton, Mass., on May L3, 1914. Mrs. Anna M. Hotchki>s, widow of the late Charles A. Hotchkiss, died in Bridgeport, Conn., on March 6, 1914. William B. Reed died in New York. N. V., on June 7, 1912. William B. Reed, Jr., son of the above named, died in New York, N. Y., on April 3, 1913. THE R E A D E RECORD JAMES PAULDING READ A Life Member and Vice Pres. (if the Reade Historical and Genealogical Asso- ciation, son of Dr. Joshua W. Read of Newark and a lineal descendant of Thomas Read of Sudbury. Mass., who came from the city of Colchester, Essex County, England and settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1654. James Pauld- ing Read is connected with the Electric Bond and Share Co., 71 Broadway, New York, a member of the Zeta Psi Fraternity at Rutgers College 1910, received his engineering degree at Colum- bia University, 1906, a member of the New Jersey Society S. A. R. and of the New Jersey Historical Society, member of the Masonic Fraternity, a Knight Templar, etc. He married April 28th, last, Miss Julia Arnold DeWitt, a lady of distinguished ancestry, her father, Moses J. DeWitt, a lawyer of New York City, being a lineal descendant of "Fjerck Claessen DeWittvam Groot- holdt en Zunderlaudt and Barbara Audriessen Van Amsterdam, " married April 24, 1656. "Jerry DeWitt" moved up the Hudson River, near Kingston, became Magistrate of Ulster Co. and a prominent man in that section of the country. A READ PROBLEM By Rev. Henry Martin Dodd, A.M. of Clinton N. Y. My mother, Maria Wiser Read, born 1817, was the daughter of a William Read who was one of a family that came to York State about 1790-1795 from somewhere to the eastward and settled near the Mohawk River in Herkimer County, about 75 miles west of Albany and 20 miles east of Utica. The family consisted of Israel Read born 1769, Abner 1770, John, Polly 1775, William 1776, Wolcott 17X4, Lewi's 1788, and Nathaniel 1791. The parents of these children, it was said, were John (or William) Read and Alice Reckord. The latter died soon after the birth of her son Nathaniel, and William Read married second a German woman, one of the "Palatines" (or Mohawk Dutch) belonging in the region where he had settled. After many years, he and his second wife (who had no children) both died and were buried on the same day. In my desire to do something of permanent value for my mother's family, I conceived the plan of com- piling a Genealogy of my Read ances- tor and his descendants. The above is a synopsis of what 1 was able to make out from the traditions and records existing among us. Of course at first I tried to connect our Reads with the families mentioned in the Reed Genealogy of 1861, compiled by Jacob W. Reed. I found the following in his chapter on the Weymouth Reads and it had been copied verbation by John Lodovicus Reed in his Genealogy published in 1902; "William Reed [No. 323 in the later publication] born Jan. 4, 1744, married Mrs. Alice Richards Sept. 22, 1763;" and this was all the book contained about this family. The father of William [No. 323] was also a William Reed, who married Sarah Warren and had a large family most of whom removed from Middleboro, Mass., to the western part of that state. As I read and pondered the above para- graph, I began to wonder if this could THE KEAHE RECORD not be the ancestor I was looking for. A visit to Middleboro and a personal inspection of the town records dis- closed a chapter of blunders most extraordinary in the account given by J. W. Reed; (1) the maiden name of William's wife was not "Richards" but Richard (a common name in Mid- dleboro, then, ordinarily pronounced "Record," correctly spelt Rickard); (2) the "Mrs." was only a title of courtesy, then given by polite clerks to all brides whose marriages they entered on the records; (3) the year of her marriage was L768 (not 17 E RECORD In December L643 "Thu: Read was a witness in the Salem Court against certain men who had put their cattle in the North Corn Fields and he made a complaint against Robert Tike for steal- ing wood from him. His first wife died, probably about L645, but no mention of her by name has yet been found on the local records. Thomas Read was nol a member of the Salem Church and for this reason was ineligible to become a "freeman" (or voter) or to hold any public office; this explains also why the names of his four older children fail to appear on the baptismal register. He married his second wife, whose name was Mary, probably about Hi Hi. and she was admitted to church membe] ship in 1(149. hence the names of the ten children she bore to Thomas Read are found on the Salem church records. Three of Mary's children died young, and her oldest boy, Aaron Read, was accidentally shot dead bj a neighbor's son while hunting when about 23 years of age. The only recorded transfer of any land by Thomas Read of Salem is dated Jan. 2, 1663-4 when, with the consent of his wife, he conveyed to Richard Richards fi acres of upland in the North Field; he signed this deed with "his marke" and is decribed therein as a "planter." He confirmed the sale Feb. 11, 1666-7 and within two months of this acknowledgement. Thomas Read died, for the inventory of his estate is dated April .">, 1007. The real estate, comprising a house, 3">'-j acres of land and :, 4 an acre of salt marsh, was valued at £.">0. An important memorandum of the family, included in this docu- ment, reads as follow-. "Children by first wife :i sons & 1 daughter; second wife, 7 children, 2 sons, one about 20 years and the other 4 years, and 5 daughters aged 14, 17, 12, 10 and 1 ; •_> years." Thomas Read died intestate and Mary, his widow, brought in an inventory amounting to £70 7s. clear estate June 25, 1007. She was ap- pointed administratrix and was ordered to pay to the eleven children at age or marriage, 20s., the eldest to have 40s. She was not to make sale of any of the real estate without the advice of the Court or the Selectmen of Salem, and when she died the estate left was to lie equally divided. The widow Mary Read married in September, 1673 John Tompkins Sen. of Salem, a widower. He died June 23, 1681. but she survived and was living Dec. 1 1, 1687, as shown by the petition of her step-son Abraham Read given below. The children of Thomas Read were probably all born in Salem, viz. 1. Eldesi Son, whose name i- nol found, died, probably unmarried, after Dec. I I, 1687. 2. Daughter, probably the Rebecca Read named in the Court Files in 1650. (A Rebecca Read married Joseph Park- hurst of Chelmsford in June 1656.) :;. Abraham 2 , second son, living ion.",, no evidence found that he married. 4. Isaac 2 , who m. Mar. 10, 1 f '>?:> Joane Stone at Salem. He was a soldier in King Philip's War 1070 and d. 1710 at Salem ; many descendants. By second wife, Mary. 5. Aaron 2 b. abt. 1017, bapt. Mar. 18, 1649, killed by accident 1070. 0. Susanna 2 bapt. Sept. 23, 1649, m. Mar. 10, 1071 John Colburn of Chelmsford. 7. John- bapt. June 15, 1651, d. Oct. 21, 1002. 8. M \rv- bapt. Apr. 10, 10.",:;, m. (1) John Tompkins Nov. 20, 1693; m. (2) Daniel Rea. 9. Elizabeth' 2 bapt. May \-i, L655, m. Samuel Stacey. 10. Remember 2 bapt. Apr. 20, L657, m. Josiah White of Mavflower ancestry. 11. Jacob' 2 b. Feb." 22. 1658-9, d. voung. 12. Sarah 2 b. Mar. 1.",, 1660, d. Mar. 1, 1002. ^13. Jacob' 2 b. Aug. 7. 1662, d. shortly before April 8, 174."); m. Dec. 1693 Elizabeth Green of Salem; ancestor of the Smithfield R. I. Reads. -■ I I. Sarah 2 b. Oct. 14, 100."). m. Jehosaphat Rogers. G. S. S. THE R E A D E RECORD 11 PETITION OF ABRAHAM READ (Son of Thomas of Salem.) "The Humble petition of Abraham Read unto the Hon'd Court now siting, Salem Dec. 14, 1687, Humbly sheweth that whereas my father, Thomas Read of the Towne of Salem Died Intestate main- years since leaving something considerable in housing & land as clear estate And the County Court held at Salem June 25, 1667 appointed my mother-in-law* Administratrix to sd Estate & in whose hand the land yet remains, And my Elder Brother as it is well known unto many is a man unto whom the soveraine Lord of all hath not Imparted such gifts whereby he is of any capacity or ability to manage the same; And being now in a deplorable condition in such want that he is almost ready to perish & whose condition calls aloud for speedy relief, do therefore humbly crave from your Honors that I, being the next heir & unto whom the undoubted right thereof doth nextly belong, that I may have the estate put into my hands to improve for his use whilst he lives, obliging & engaging to take such care of him as he may have a comfortable subsistence & may not be chargable unto the town or any other. Abraham Read." (Essex Court Files.) * In accordance with the usage of the time, he speaks of his step-mother as his "mother-in-law. " G. S. S. PETITION OF SAMUEL READ. "Woburnthel6. 10. Ki78. To the Honered Court now sitting in Charlestowne the 17th 10th 78 the peti- tion of Samuel Read of Woburne most humblye sheweth that I being imprest into the cuntrey serves to Naragansett & being in the swamp fright I was wounded by the enemy but god who orders all things according to the Counsell of his own will : so ordered that I was carried off by a cupple of soldiers: Though I was shott thorow the thigh and had my thigh bone broak in too:' carried to the head qarters alive: & from thenc sent to road Island & there remained under the docters hands about 14 weeks very weak: and had severall peeces of boans cutt out of my thigh: one peece about 2 inches long: besides severall small slivers: but being like to dye I was brought to boston: where I remained one month under the hands of docter hawkins: and one month with docter Chickering of Charlestown: Still remaining weak: and was brought to my masters hous att cam- bridg: and lay under docter ffosters hands about three months: and many splinters of boans was gotten out of my thigh: at severall times: all this while: but by this time it pleased god that I had gained some strength: & my wound was prety well healed: so as I c'oold goe a letle ways with- out leading: but by the next Spring folow- ing It bread into a great sore caled a thlstlelow: and I being in extremety of pain fell into a fever: and was destracted for 7 dayes together: but after the sore brake and rami att lest a galand: I re- ceived some ease: att this time there was severall splinters of boans taken out: & with the blesing of god upon my master fosters indevers: It was healed up againe: though I never recovered my strength in it againe: nor I fear never shall: but am in paine if I travell upon it: and the slugg remaining in my thygh still: If I meet with a blow upon it: it is very painefull to me and I am in fears that it may break out againe: therefore my petetion to your honners is that this my petyfull case may be considered : and I should have said that for all this time I received no wadges unto this very daye: and six pounds I payed to the docters for my cure and for my diet : all this of my own pave: my humble re- quest theirfore is that your honners would be pleased to free me from training: I not being well able to travell: and becase if I meet with any blow: or crush upon my wound: it may be as bad as ever it was: so though much more mought be said in the case I am not willing to trouble your honers with more words than needs: I rest vour honers most humble supliant Samuell Read." 12 THE KEADE RECORD Copied from the original in the Middle- sex County Court Files at East Cambridge, package dated Oct. and Dec. 1678. A.H.R. The above Samuel Read was born in Woburn April 29, 1656, son of George- (William 1 of Woburn) and Elizabeth (Jen- nison) Read. He married June 19, 1(379 Elizabeth Mousal and lived in Charles- town Mass., where for many years he was a physician; he died Jan. 30, 170S-9. For family record, see Wyman's Charlestown Vol. 2, pp. 802-3. His name appears as a member of Capt. Davenport's company December 1675, residence Cambridge, re- ported as "wounded." (Bodge's Soldiers in King Philip's War. p. 171) G. S. S. GENEALOGICAL INVESTIGATIONS Our Secretaries are not genealogists and often are not able to answer ques- tions about ancestral lines, asked in letters sent to them. These are given to Mr. George S. Stewart, the official gene- alogist of the Association, who has made a special study of the Read Family lines however name may be spelled. He will communicate with the inquirer and make arrangement for such investigation as may be satisfactory to both. Our mem- bers will receive good work at moderate charge. GEORGE S. STEWART, A B. Genealogist New England Families only 20 years experience. Very moderate charges Search made when desired, of National. State, County, Town, and of military records to establish ancestral lines for entrance to patriotic societies. Address GEORGE S. STEWART. Concord, Mass. NEW LIFE MEMBERS Morse, Willard S. Read, Franklin F. Read, Georce W. Read, Hon. Joseph Read, Dr. Josnr \ W Reed, Dr. James II. Reed, John S. New York, X. V. Pittsfield, Mass. Taunton, Mass. Summerside. P. E. Newark, X. J. Chelsea, Mass. Boston. NEW ANNUAL MEMBERS Fletcher, Harry G. . Somerville, Mass. Friend, Thaddeus E. Brookline, Mass, II \i 1 1 it, Frank T. . Providence, R I. Lambert, Mrs. William B. Cambridge, Mass. Lank, Mrs. \\ ii i i wi J San Marcial, X. M. M lgrath, Mrs. Emma I-:. Everett, Ma Xead, Mrs. Daniel W. Reading. Pa Read, Alexander, Esq. Santa Fe, X M Read, Andrew J. . Boston. Read, Hon. Benjamin M. San I a Fe, N M. Read, Charles W. P. New Boston, X II l<) \i>. Georgi W Buffalo. X. V. Read. J. B. Santa Fe, X M Rj i i'. Vlbert A., Esq. Boulder, Colo Reed. Alonzo B. Lowell, Mass. Reed. Clinton G Baltimore, Md Rj ed, Dana . Coon Rapids, Iowa Reed, Mrs. Elizabi hi W. Taunton, Mass. Reed, Georce A. . Barre, Vl Rj i i', Georgi W., Esq. Boston. Reed. Henry W. ... Plymouth, X. II. Reed, Dr. Herbert A. Boston. Reed, Howard S. . . Phoenix, Ariz. Rill). Hugh D. Ithaca. X. Y. Reed, .Miss Lil i\\ Washington, D. C. Reed, Miss Mai I . Columbus, Ohio. Reed, Marion B. . Lowell Mass. Reed, Miss Mary . , Amenia Union, X Y. Reed, Hon. Morris A. St. Joseph, Mo. Reed, Mrs. William H. So. Weymouth, Mass. Reed, William R. New Brunswick X. J. Reid, Charles C. Little Rock, Ark Stevens, Mrs. William H. Portland, Mr. Viles, Mrs. George W. Boston. Ware, Lyman E. Norfolk, Mass. * I XLhc IReabe IRecorb. Number VII. BOSTON, MASS. 1914 THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH INCORPORATED 1914 The Eleventh Annual Meeting of the READE SOCIETY, was held in the American House, Boston, on Thursday, October 22, 191-1. A reception was held at one o'clock, at which the Rev. James Reed, President, and his wife, received and welcomed the Company. Dinner was served at half-past one in the Venetian Room, after which a business meeting was held at which the President presided. He congratulated the Society upon its prosperity and spoke of the duty of everyone by personal effort to increase the membership. The Secretary made a report stating that in accordance with the instruc- tions of the last annual meeting a Charter of Incorporation under the name of the " Reade Society " had been obtained from the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts which empowered the Society to hold real estate and to receive bequests. The Treasurer submitted his annual report showing the finances of the Society to be in a satisfactory condition. The reports being read and approved, the election of officers for the ensuing year was then held. The Secretary read a paper entitled, " James Read, the Blacksmith : The First Read in America." Miss Helen Leah Reed read a paper entitled " Perishable Paper, a New Invention." Miss J. Leland Clarke and Mr. James W. White favored the company with instrumental and vocal music. The Society then adjourned to the next annual meeting in October, 1915. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary. Boston, October 22, 1914. 0/ bV THE R E A D E R E C O R D !**> JAMES READ, THE BLACKSMITH The First Read in America. It is natural that those interested in the Genealogy & History of I In- Read Family in America, should have some desire to know the name and doings of the first settler of the name, who crossed three thousand miles or more of turbulent ocean waters to seek his home in an unknown wilderness, inhabited by savage men and wild beasts. Fortunately the wish can be gratified to some small extent from the 'accounts printed and published in E igland at the time of the settlement of Jamestown and the Colony of Vir- ginia in the year 1097 — thirteen years before the landing of the Pilgrim Fathers in New England. All Europe had been excited by the discovery of the New World in I I'.).' and the later conquest of Peru and Mexico with their golden treasures. The spirit of adventure was rife,and gold, territory and trade, through a new and short route to tin East Indies was sought with eager interest. King James I of England gave a grant to Robert Earl of Salisbury and others "to plant and inhabit in Virginia and to incor- porate by the name of Treasurer and Company of Adventures and Planters of the City of London, for the First Colony in Virginia." This London Company like the Corporations of the present day. to raise funds to carry on its work sold shares to those of the general public who were willing to take chances of profits and dividends from its pro] >osed operations in the New World and held out promises of liberal grants of land and other benefits to those who would go in person and settle in the Virginia Colony they were establish- ing. The Company sent out three small ships which set sail from London the 19th of December. L606, but by "un- prosperous winds were kept six weeks within sight of England." Going by way of the Canaries they arrived at the West Indies, and after many adventures, sailing from there "in search of Virginia. The Company was not a little discom- forted, seeing Marriners had three days passed their reckoning and found no land; so that Captaine Ratclilfe rather desired to beare up the helm to return for England, than to make further search, But God the guider of all good actions, forcing them by an extreame -tonne to hull [lie to] all night, did drive them by his providence to their desired port be- yond all their expectations: lor never any of them had scene that coast." Passing within the Virginia Capes in search of a suitable location for their proposed settlement, they proceeded up a noble river now known as the James, and finally, one account says, "the thirteenth day lot" May. 1607), we came to our seating place, * * * where our shippesdoe lie so neare the shoare that they are mored to the trees in six fathom of water. " Fortunately a list of the name- of most of these settlers, 105 in number, has been preserved and among them, that of James Read, the blacksmith. Also that of the redoubtable Capt. John Smith, so well known in the history of the Colony. J wn.s Read, the blacksmith, being the only one of his trade in this the first expedition we may be sure he proved a man of value in all the work that went on. The care anil repairing of arms and artillery which the colonists had with them and the manufacture of small iron articles for trade with the Indians we may imagine came within In- province. He is mentioned by name, only in a very few instances, but it is quite certain he saw all the happenings and played his part in the affairs of the Colony, the nature of which may be judged from the accounts preserved to us. some of wdaich are here related. The 14 May. 1607 upon the day of landing, it is said, "Now falleth every man to worke, the Councell [governing Officials] contrive the Fort, the rest cut THE R E A D E RECORD downe trees to make place to pitch their tents; some provide clapbord to relade the ships; sonic make gardens, sone nets, etc. The salvages often visited us kindly. The Presidents overweening jealousie would admit no exercise at amies, but the boughs of trees cast together in theformeofahalfemooneby, the extraordinary paines and diligence of Captaine Kendall. " Another account says: — "The first night of our landing about midnight [May 14, 1(507], there came some savages sayling close to our quarter. Pre- sently there was an alarm guven, upon that the savages ran away and we were [not] troubled any more by them that night. * * *[18 May, 1607], the Weror- wance [cheif] of Paspihae [the Indian district in which the Colonists had located] came himself to our quarter with one hundred savages which guarded him in a very war like manner with bowes and arrowes; thinking at that time to execute their villany. Paspihae made great signes to us to lay our armes away; but we would not trust him so far. * * * As the savages were in a throng in the Fort, one of them stole a hatchet from one of our company which spied him doing the deed; whereupon he took it from him by force and also strooke him over the arme. Presently another savage seeing that, came fiercely at our man with a wooden sword, thinking to beat out his braines. The Werorance of Paspiha saw us take to ourarmes[and] went suddenly away with all his company in great anger.'' A party of three or four Colonists walking in the surrounding forrest relate, " wee traced along some foure miles, all the way wee went, having the pleasantest [honey] suckles, the ground all flowing over with flowers of sundry collours and kindes, as though it had beene in an) garden or orchard in England. There be many strawberries and other fruits unknowne. Wee saw the woods full ol Cedar and Cypress trees and other trees which issues out sweet gummes like to Balsam." [20 May. 1607], * * * The Werrowance [chief] of Paspiha sent fortie of his men with a deere to our quarter but they came more in villanie than any love they bare us. They faine would have layne in our Fort all night but we would not suffer them lor bare of their treachery. One of our gentle- men having a target which hee trusted in, t hi nking it would beare a slight shot, he set it up against a tree, willing one of the savages to shoot; who tooke from his backe an arrow- of an elle long. Drew in strongly in his bowe, shoots the target a foote thorow or better: which was strange being that a pistol could not pierce it. Wee seeing the force of his bowe afterwards set him up a Steele target; he shot againe and burst his arrow all to pieces. He presently pulled out another arrow and bit it in his teeth and seemed to bee in great rage. Their bowes are made of tough Ffasell, their strings of leather, their arrowes of canes or Hasell, headed with very sharp stones, and are made artificially like a broad arrow; other some of their arrows are headed with the ends of deeres homes, and feathered very artificially. " The Colonist soon found that to de- fend themselves, a fort of strength was needed and the set about building it. A party of some twenty-five men were sent out to explore the upper part of the river, and in their absence, it is related that the 22 May, 1607, "there came above 2C0 of Hum [Indians! with their Kyng and gave a very furious assault to our Fort, endangering their over- throwe had not the shippes ordinance daunted them; They came up almost into the Ffort, shot through the tents and appeared in this skirmish (which indured hott about an hower) a very valiant people; they hurt us 11 men (whereof one dyed after) and killed a boy. yet perceived the)- not this hurt in us.' We killed Dyvrs of them, but one wee sawe them tugg off on their backs, and how many hurt we knowe not. \ lit tie after they made a huge noyse in the woorls which our men surmised was at the burvng of their slavne men. Ffour THE READE RECORD of the ConseU that stood in front wire hurt in Mayntayning the Furl, and our President, Master Wynckfield, (who shewed himselfe a valiant gentleman) had one shott cleane through his beard, yet scaped hurte. " Capt. John Smith, who was absent at the time with the exploring part) (ol which James Read the blacksmith was not a member) says in his account of this affair: * * * "The first we heard was that 400 Indians * * * had assaulted the Fort and surprised it, and had not God pond all their expectations) by meanes of the shippes (at whom the) shot [the Indians] with their ordinances and muskets) they had entered the Fort with our own men, which were then busied in setting corne, their armes being then in drie fats, and few ready (for use) but certain gentlemen * * * (that had) their nun. in which conflict most of the Counsel was hurt, a buy slaine in the Pinnas (one of the ships) and thirteene or fourteene more hurt. With all speed we palisadoed our fort [surround :d it with a stockade of logs set close to geth i > ii: 14 or 15 feet in h :ighth, the en Is set in the ground & cross ties binding the logs together]. V ithi c a i >unt of one present says: "But had God not blessed the dis- covi ilorers] otherwise th in those at the Fort there had then beeneanend of that plantation. For at the Fort when they arrived the next day [27th May, 1607] they found 17 men hurt and a boy slaine by the salvages. And hid itnot chanced a cross barre shot from the ship stroke down a bough from a tre< amongst them [the Indians! that caused them to retire, our men had all bun slaine; being securlyallat worke and their armsin drie fats. Thereupon the Presi- dent [of the Colony, Edward .Maria Wingfield] was contented the Fort should be palisadoed, the ordinance mounted, his men armed and exercised; for many were the assaults and Am- buscadoes of the salvages; and our men by their disorderly stragling were often hurt, when the savages by the nimble- nesseof their heeles well escaped. What toile wee had, with so small a power to guard our workmen adaies, watch at night, resist our enimies and effect our businesse, to relade the ships, cut down trees, and prepare the ground to plant our corne, etc." James Read, the blacksmith, certainly had apart in this affair, and it would be most interesting if we could hear hi- story of it. Sunday, 30, -May 1607, the [ndians "came lurking in the thickets and long >e and a gentleman, one Eustai e Clovell, unarmed stragling without the Ffort [they] shot ii arrowes into him, where with he came running into the Fort crying "Arme,Arme," they stycking still. He lyeed 8 dayes and dyed. The salvages stayed not but run away." [June 15, 1607.] It i- noted that "we had built and finished our Fort which was triangle wise; having three Bul- warks [one] at every corner, like a halfe mooneand foure or five pieces of artilerie mounted in them [and thus] we had made ourselves sufficiently strong for these savages. " But James Read, the blacksmith, was oon io see ol her e\ ents oi equal danger and importance [22 June, 1607]. "Mun- day, the two and twentieth of June in the morning Captaine Newport, in the Admiral |the flag --hip] departed from James Port for England." What fol- lowed is related by one of the Colonists. 'Captaine NTewp irf being gone * * * [for] England, leaving us (one hundred and foure persons) verie bare andscantieof victualls; further-more in warres and in danger of the savages, we hoped after [expected] a supply [of provisions and men, etc.] which Captaine Newport promised [to bring back] within twentie weekes." An epidemic of sickness and starvation soon began, of which it is related. "Our men were destroyed with cruel diseases as swellings, Flixes, Burning Fevers and by Warres: and some departed suddenly; but for the most part they died of mere famine. " THE READ E k E CORD There were never Englishmen left in a foreigne country in such miserie as we were in this new discovered Vir- ginia. We watched every three nights, lying on the bare cold ground what weather so ever came [and] warded all the next day; which brought our irui to bee most feeble wretches. Our food was but a small can of Barlie sod [den] in water to five men a day. Our drinke, cold water, taken out of the river; which was at afloud, verie salt; at a low- tide full of slime and tilth, which was the destruction of many of our men. Thus we lived for the" space of the months [August, 1607 to sth of January 1608] in the miserable distresse not hav- ing five able men to man our Bulwarke's [or fortiforcations] upon an}- occasion. If it had not pleased G< d to have put a terrour in the savages hearts, we had all perished by those wild and cruell Pagans, being in that weake state as we were; our men night and day groaning in every corner of the Fort, most pittiful to heare. If there were any conscience in men it would make their hearts to bleed to hear the pitiful! mur- murings and outcries of our sick men without relief. Every night and day for the space of six weekes, seme depart- ing out of the world, many times three or foure in a night; in the morning their bodies trailed out of their cabines like dogges, to be buried. In this sort I did see the mortality of divers of our peo- ple." [10 Sept., 1607]. "About the tenth of September there was about -16 of our men dead, at which time Captain [then President] Wingfield having ordered the affaires in such sort that he was generally hated of all. * * * \\ith one consent he was deposed * * * and Captain Ratcliffe * * * was elected." * * * As yet we had no houses to cover us, our tents were rotten, and our eal bins worse than nought; Our best c. rrrrcdi- tie was yron which we made into little chissels [for trade with the Indians.] * * * At this time were most of our chieU-t men either sicke or discontented, the rest being in such dispaire. as they would rather starve and rot with idle] than be persuaded to do anything for their owne releife without restraint" [compulsion). Bickerings, intrigues and quarrels kept the little colony in con- stant trouble. But Captair.e John Smith "by his cwne example, g< od words and faire promises, set si me to mow, others to bind thatch, some to build houses, others to thatch them; himself alwai* bearing the greatest taske lor his owne share; so that in a short time he pro- vided most of them with lodgings neglecting any for himself. " This done he set out to explore the country and trade | with the Indians for provisions. Upon his return to the Fort, it is related that, "Having thus by God's assistance gotten geed store of corne [the Colonist at this time numbering about 65 in all 1 notwithstanding, seme lad ,-pirits, not content with God's providence, still grew mutinous; in so much that our President [Ratcliffe] having occasion to chide the smith, [James Read, the blacksmith] for his misdemeanour, he not only gave him bad language, but also offered to strike him with some of his tooles. For which rebellious act, the smith was by a jury condemned to be hanged, but being uppon the ladder [at the gallows], continuing very obstinate as hoping upon a rescue, when he saw- no other way but death with him he became penitent and declared a danger- ous conspiracy for which Captaixt: Kj \- dall, as principal, was by a jury con- demned and shot to death." Concerning this affair, another account says: "Wingfield [the deposed President, then a prisioner in the Pinace] and [Captain, Kendall [deposed from the Council, who then bad his liberty but might not carry arms! living iii d grace (seeing all things at randome in the absence of [Captain John] Smith, the companies dislike of their President [Patcliffel weakness, and their small love to [Captain] ATarim- never ending sickness, [a member of the Council THE R E A D E RECORD strengthened themselves with the sailors and other confederates, to regaine their former credit and authority, or at least such means aboard the Pinas, (being fitted to saile as Smith had appointed for trade) to alter her course and to go for England, Smith unexpectedly re- turning L J Nov., 1 (.07 ) had the plot discovered to him. .Much trouble he had to prevent it. till with store of fankon halls (falcon balls) and musket shot, he forced them (to) stay or sinke in the river. Which action [or attempt to leave] cosl the life of Cap] \im Ken- dall." [Wingfield's account of this says] "The daie of the President [Ratcliffe] did lie at J VMES R.E \i>. tin Smythe. The smythe stroake him againe. For this he was condemned to be hanged; but, before he was turned off the latter, he desired to speak with the President in private to whome he accused Mastee Kendall of a Mutiny and so escaped himself. What indictment Master Re- corder [Captain Archer] framed against thesmyth, 1 knowenot; but 1 knout' it is familiar for the President, Counsellors, and other officers to beate men at their pleasures. One lyeth sick till death, another walketh lame, the third cryeth out of all his boanes; which mvseres they dm- lake upon their consciences to come to them by this their almes of beating. Wear this whipping, lawing, beating and hanging in Virginia, knowne in England, I fear it would drive many well affecte 1 myndes from this honorable action of Virginia." li will he noted that James Read, Shr blacksmith was condemned by jury for striking the President of the Com- pany, which was a very serious matter, as Authority in those days represented Royalty, and offences against it were punished with the utmost severity. It would seem therefore that he was knowing to the intended mutiny, and refusing to give information in regard to it, in an altercation with the Presi- dent, blows were exchanged, for which Read being condemned and upon the [adder at the gallows, seeing no other hope of escape, "he became penitent and revealed what he knew and thus saved his life. That he was soon after received into good fellowship by being chosen as one of Captain John Smiths companions in the exploration of the great Chesapeake Pay would seem to indicate that Read's own part in the mutiny, if any, was not considered a very serious matter. June 2nd, 1608. Capt. John Smith left the Fort at Jamestown to explore the then unknown waters of the Chesa- peake Hay, an inland arm of the ocean some 200 miles in length into which from the West emptied the James River on which the Fort was situated, and four other great rivers which were discovered in the ol the exploration. His party consisted of six "gentlemen," lour soldiers, j whs Read, the black- smith. Richard Keale, fishmonger, and Jonas Profit, lisher, "these being in an open barge of two lunnes burden, " a boat not larger than a common yawl. Space forbids an account of their exciting adventures with Indians, tempests and storms, in which their sails were blown into talters, and their boat so filled with the raging water that only by constant bailing could it be lons to carry his name down to posterity. At a Court held for Virginia, the loth of March, 1621. p. (UN. * * * "The petition of Isabell Read beinge taken into consideration, the Court hath ordered that shee shall repaire to Cap- tainelo. Martin to require his annsweare, touchinge his promise of satisfaction for her goods that he hath acknowledged came to his hands and which he hath since alienated and sold unto others as shee made to appeare; and touchinge her other request for the house and 100 acres of land which James Read her husband deceased in Virginia enjoyed in respect of ye adventure of his person thither and died seized of them, the Court hath confirmed the same unto her daughter Ioane, according to her desire being the next heire unto her deceased father." THE READE RECORD Zbc TRca^c IRecorD. Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Genealogical Research. Officers Elected October 22, 1914. President. i Iames Reed Boston. Vice-Presidents Henry B. Reed So. Weymouth. J.Paulding Read . .New York, N.Y. Treasurer. Charles I. Read Brookline. Secretary. Alanson II. Reed. VVellesley Hills. Genealogist. Georgi S Stewari ■ Concord. Annual Meetings. Eleven annual meetings of the Reade Society have been held in Massachusetts as follows : — Taunton, July 14, 1904. r -ton, < ictober 12, 1905. South Weymouth, September 27, 1906. West Bridgewater, October 17, 1907. Boston, October 28, 1908. Boston, October 28, 1909. Lexington, October 28, 1910. South Weymouth, October 27, 1911. Burlington, October 16, 1912. Boston, October 30, 1913. Boston, October 22, 1914. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN. Remittances of membership fees (one dollar per year) should be sent to Charles F. Read, Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, Mass. FAMILY RECORD copied from the Bible of Abner Reed of West Granby, Conn., now in the possession of his great granddaughter, .Mrs. R. T. Cross, Twinsburg, Ohio. "Abner Reed was born February 22nd, 1755. Mary Reed was born February 1st 1762. Lucinda Reed was born June L2, 1783. Justin Reed was born October 1, 1784. A -"it was bom January 1st. 17s I do Hereby nominate and appoint my said sonne. Isaac and John Clarke of Buttolphes parish, gardiner to be Executor of this my last will and testament. * * * * "^ And Lastly, I give unto the poore of Al saints parish in Colchester forty shillings, to the poore of the parish of Saint J^mes five pounds, to the poore of the parish of Buttolphes in Colchester iivepounds and to the poore of the parish of St. Giles in Colchester five pounds and to the poore of Saint Nicholas in Colchester three pounds. * * * In Witness Whereof, I have sett my hand and sett my seale; this thirteenth day of July in the veare of our Lord, 1665. * * * The Mark x of Thomas Read. Sealed, published and delivered in the presence of us, * * * * Thomas Lucas John Waterhouse. A. Codicil to be as parte of my within written will and so to bee taken. .Mi MORANDTJM. 1 doe further give and bequeath unto the within names, Joseph Hocker and Rachel, his wife, that my house with the appurtenances at Saint John, Greene in Colchester in the parish of Saint Giles in Colchester. * * * Witness my hand and sealc the day and yeare within written. * * * * Thomas Read. Sealed ;: and so delivered in presence of me. Thom \s Li i vs. Probate made at London, March 3rd, llili."i-ti, by Isaac Read and John Clarke, Executors. Recorded Somerset House, Book Mico p. 51. Will copied by the late, well known New England Genealogist, Mr. Henry F. Waters, for Alanson H. Reed'-', a lineal descendant. * The Parish Register of St. Nicholas, Colchester, has the following entry: "1627. Thomas, son of Thomas Rj \nand Rachel, his wyfe was baptized the l!Uh day of October." "The Register of Admissions to the Roval Grammar School of Colchester, Ess'ex Co., England," 1637 - 1740. "Thomas Reade, eldest son of Thomas Reade Caqjenter (habrilignari) Born in St. Nicholas, Colchester. In his 12th year. Admitted March 16.30-0." No additional information is had, con- cerning him until his name appears upon the Town Record of Sudbury, Mass., in 1655 as an inhabitant of that place. THE READE REC O K 1 1 13 * Daniel Bacon' 2 , second son of Michael' of Dedham, Mass., was in Charlestown in 1639 and subscribed December 18th, L640 to the Town Orders for the then projected Town of Woburn to which place he removed. The 20th, Sept., 1661. A deed from Thomas Read of Sudbury-Carpenter to Mathew Gibbs of Sudbury-Hus- bandman, is witnessed by Daniel Bacon and William Pearse. Middsx. Reg. D. Vol. XIi: p. li. The 29th of November, 1670. A deed from Michael Bacon, Junor, of Woburn to Daniel Bacon, Senior, of New Cambridge, is witnessed by Thomas Read and Thomas Walker. Midd. Reg. D. Vol. 4. p. 179. The 10th of January, Hi7s, Daniel Bacon, then living in Cambridge, in a deed to his son Jacob Bacon, recites, "know ye that I Daniel Bacon of Cam- bridge, in observance of the last will and Testament of Thomas Read, late of Colchester in the countie of Essex, in Old England, deceased, with refference unto my children by my wife, 1 Mary Bacon, daughter of the sd Thomas Read, have given * * * unto my son, Jacob Bacon, one parcel] * * * of land * * * within the limmitts of Water- towne, * * * conteyning * * * five and a half acres. * * * January 10, 107S. Middx. Reg. D. Vol. 10.' p. 579. WILL OF PHILIP READE OF WEY- MOUTH, 1676. (Reade List, No. 10.) I, Philip Reade of Weymouth, being weake of body but of sound memory. & disposing mind doe make this my last will and testament as followeth, that is to say: I having already given unto my son Philip Reade upon his marriage all my divisions of common lands in the towne of Waymouth, that is one greate lot containing twelve acres more or less & two common lotts one in the upper and the other in the lower division of comon lotts together with halfe a swampe lott and halfe an acre & twenty rod of fresh meadow & having also given him live or six acres of arable land lying without my pasture fence in the f'cild called the Range and having also given unto John Vineing, my son-in- law, halfe an acre and twenty rod more or less of fresh meadow & halfe a swampe lott. I doe now confirme unto them both all these my former gift unto them by this my last will. This being thus disposed of I doe give and bequeathe all the rest of my land in Waymouth undisposed of together with my house & barne unto Mary, my wife to be fully & wholly unto hir use during her natural life and after my wife's decease, my will is, and I doe give & bequeath my house and one acre & halfe of land adjoining unto to my house, of which my orchard is to be part, unto my son, Philip; all the rest of my land, that is to say all the rest of my land in King Oake Hill adjoining to my house, together with my pasture as' now it lyeth in the Range I doe give and bequeathe after my wives, decease unto my son-in-law, John Vineing; further I doe give and bequeathe all my household stuffe, cattle and other estate in moveables unto my wife to be dis- posed of as she shall please. I doe con- stitute my faithful beloved wife, ye sole Executrix" of this my last will. And finally Dloe appoint my beloved brother, Thomas Dyar and my loveing friend Richard Porter, my overseers, to see this my last will and testamt performed according to the true intent and meaneing thereof. 1 doe by this my last will make voideall other wills heretofore made by me and declare this to Lie my last will & for the confirmation hereof 1 have set my hand and seale this loth day of December in ye yeare of or Lord, 10, I. The marke of Philip Reade & his seale. Signed, sealed in the presence Samltel Torki:\ Thomas Dvik :e ol 14 THE READE RECORD "Will proved 5th of May, 167(>, by Samuel Torrev and Deacon Thomas Dyer. (Reg. Prob. Sufi. Co. Vol. 6-120.) INVENTORY OF PHILIP READS ESTATE, WEYMOUTH. "An Inventory of ye estate of Philip Ki i D, deceased, February 29, 1675." lb£ Imprimis wearing apparel] 02.10 00 A dwelling house, barn and orchard 30.00.00 Acres of land to ye house adjoyning 20 nil ill) 6 acres of land in ye Reng field 35 i It > . I HI A great lot of 12 acres in 00 00 A common lot in ye 1st division, 6 acres 03 00 mi One lot in ye 2nd division, 18 acres 1 14. 1 in nn Bed and Clothes 07.00.00 One acre & halfe of fresh meadow (I s - (in no One Swamp lot, 2 acres 1 1 1 I One iron pot and one iron kittle 01 00 I N I One sword and one barrell of a gun 00 in 00 One cow, 4 lb., one sheep, S£ 2 pigs, 1 lb. OS ns nn A skillet basnn& other household stuff 00.10.00 lb' bushlls of barley 03 04 00 Pork 00 15 00 Debts due 01.14.00 Old lumber 00 Is no 135 09 00 This extate was apprised by us May 4, 1676. Steven F. French. John Vineing brought in this In- ventory declaring ye Widd; or Executrix to be such wch was accepted by ye worship Jno. Leveret, Esq., and Edw. Ting, Esq., Assistt. this 5th day of May, 1676. As attests ffree. Grace Bardall, Recordr. (Reg. Prob. Sufi. Co. Vol. 5-335.) REUNION OF ABNER REED'S DESCENDANTS Contributed by Rev. R. T. Cross, Twins- burg, Ohio. The 34th annual reunion of those descendants of Abner Reed living in Ohio was held Wednesday, June 10, 1914, at the residence of Rev. and Mrs. R. T. Cross, in Twinsburg, Summit Co., Ohio. Mrs. Cross is a great- granddaughter of Abner Reed (1754- 1822) who lived at West Granby, Conn. His sons, Lyman, Chester, Syl- vester, Lothrop and Justin emigrated to Portage County, Ohio about 1840. Their descendants who participated in the present reunion, had not hitherto known the ancestry of Abner Reed, whose family Bible, owned b) Mrs. Cross, was on exhibition at the meeting. Mr. John Gould of Aurora Station is President of the family organization, his wile, Mrs. Gould i- secretary and Mrs. Frank Pearce of Mantua, Ohio, is historian. About fifty descendants were present. After a bounteous dinner, served by the ladies of the Congregational Church, Rev. R. T. Cross presented to the assembly a number of brand new yet very old ancestors, extending back of Abner and Mary (Spring) Reed for three generations. He had secured their names through the help of Miss Ellen A. Reed of New Haven, Conn., a great- granddaughter of Abner Reed of Granby, through his son Shalor and grandson Charles Some account (if the earlier genera- tions was found in the Reade Record. Nos. IV and Y. The line of Abner i- a- follows: (1) Dr. Philip Reade of Concord, Mass. (1624-1696), who married Abi- gail Rice. Dr. Jacob Read of Simsbury, Conn. (1673-1709i, who married Eliza- beth Law. (3) John Read of Simsburv and Granby. (1708-1792), who married Hannah Holcomb. I Abner Reed of West Granby, Conn. (1754-1822), who married Mary Spring. Note. The change in the form of the surname, characteristic of the times, will be noted in the above pedigree. Many autographs of Dr. Philip Reade are to be found in the ancient records of Massachusetts which show beyond question his own usage in the matter. His descendants of the present day, so far as known, spell the name 'Reed.' G. S. S. THE.READE RECOK D IS A REVOLUTIONARY PENSIONER Stephen Reed of Weathersfield, Vt. Stephen Reed of Weathersfield, Wind- sor Co., Vt., applied for a pension Aug. 6, 1832, and his claim was allowed He stated that he was born March 26, 1754 at Westford, Middlesex Co., Mass., and was a resident there at the time of his enlistment; he was present at the battles of Concord and Lexington, (April 19, 1775), and at Bunker Hill (June 17, 177.")). He enlisted (1) as a "minute- man"' in April, 1775; (2) later in the same month, as private in Capt. Joshua Parker's Co., Col. William Prescott's regt., for 8 months; (3) in Jul}-, 177(i, in Capt. Joshua Parker's Co.. Col. Jonathan Reed's regt. for 5 months; (4) in May, 177s, under Capt. Woods of the same regiment. (See his appli- cation for pension, Bureau of Pensions, Washington, D. C.) COMMENT The birth of this soldier is found on the Westford records at the exact date given above. He was the eldest child of Lieut. Thomas 4 (Lieut. Samuel 3 , John 2 , Thomas 1 of Chelms- ford, Reade List No 35) and Susanna (Dutton) Read. It is worthy of note that he altered the form of his surname from Read to Reed, probably after his marriage. The " intention of marriage " of " Stephen Read and Mary Derumple of Groton" was published at Westford, April 8, 1770. The births of their children, probably taken from the family Bible, were "received on record" at Weathers- field, \'t., March 29, L816; to these have been added a number of marriages from the Weathersfield Records, viz: Children of Stephe.v axd Mary (Dalrymple) Reed. 1. "Polly," 6 b. Westford, Mass . September 14, 1780; m. Dec. 1, 1803. Jonathan Thompson of Weathersfield. Mass., LS04, 2. Susanna 6 , b. Westford, Mass., August 31, 1781; m. Dec. 5, 1806, Asia Hamlin of Westford. :!. "Patty 6 " b. Westford, January 31, 1783; m. Dec. ii, Clark Preston of Weathersfield. 4. Stephen 6 , jr., b. Groton. Mass., Dec. 31, 1785; m. Apr. 27, 1809, Susan Spencer of Weathersfield. 5. William 6 , b. Ludlow, Vt., Nov. 28, 1787. 6. Silas 6 , b. Ludlow, Vt., Feb. 7, 1789; m. Nov. 22, ISIS, Polly Whit- more of Weathersfield. 7. jESSE 6 ,b.Ludlow,Vt.,July 1 1 ,1791. s. S \k ail, b. Weathersfield, Vt., June 2d, 1793. 9. John 6 , b. Weathersfield, Vt., July 2, 17H5. 10. James 6 , b. Weathersfield, Vt., Au- 30, 1797; m. Dec. 6, 1823, Susan New- hall of Weathersfield. 11. Nathan 6 , b. Weathersfield, Vt., July 20, 17! til. 12. Eli 6 , b. Weathersfield, \'t., June 29, 1801; d. July 27, 1801. It will be noted that this family record affords accurate information of the residence of Stephen Reed after marriage at Westford till 1783, at Groton in 1785, Ludlow, Vt., 1787-1791, and Weathers- field, Vt., after 1793. The Census of Pensioners taken in 1840 finds him still living at Weathersfield, aged 86 years Hodgman's "History of Westford, Mass." confirms and supplements the statements in the application for pen- sion: "Stephen Read" was a private in Capt. Oliver Bates' Co., Col. James Prescott's regt., at the Concord Fight, April 19, 1775 (p. 108); a member of Capt. Joshua Parker's Co.. Col. William Prescott's regt., at the Battle of Bunker Hill. This company was stationed in the redoubt (p. 112.) Lieut. Thomas 4 Read, father of Stephen, was a recog nized patriot and served on the Com- mittee to hire soldiers in 1781, being chosen "head" of "Class 1 " of the town of Westford. the inhabitants having 16 THE READE RECORD been divided into classes in order to procure their proportion of soldiers for the Continental Army. Mary Dairy - mple was born in Groton, Mass., October 17, 1759, daughter of William and Eliza- beth (Blood) Dalrymple; her father also served in the Revolution from Groton. G. S. S. A BIG CLAP OF THUNDER "Set the Globe a Trembling." There was a remarkable thunder storm last winter. Fitz William Meet- ing house was burned by lightning & several other buildings. The ground was frozen very deep; the litening when it struck the earth it sat the globe a trembling. I saw a gentleman from bark shire County who said that he was in his bed when there was one clap of thunder, exceeded everything that ever he heard he said he thought the arch angel of the triumph had sounded the grand trimendus blast & the hour of transmigration had come. He lay with trembling expectation to hear the second blast when this old world should pass away to the right & to the left like the opening of curtains & naked soul hang hovering in the entry space be- twix paradice & hell, the throne be rixd & judgement be given & to wind up the mystery of fate a new & an immortal world s] iring from the womb of eternity & possess the place of the former. " (Extract from letter of Joshua Read 6 of Western, now Warren, Mass., date July 22, 1817. NEW MEMBERS LIFE MEMBERS Mrs. Catherine R. Warren Cambridge, Mass. Wellington Wells Mlist'MI. Transferred from Annual to Life Membership Mrs. Ella R. Goodrich Hartford, Conn. Miss Ellen A. Reed New Haven, Conn. Robert C, Reed Boston. ANNUAL MEMBERS Mrs. Ella R. Andrews New York, N. Y. Mrs. Antoinette R. Preston Norwich, Conn. Clarence F. Real Wellsville, N.Y. Mis^ Margaret H. Read New York, N. Y. J. H. READE, Jr. New York, N. Y- Floyd O. Reed, M.I). Yonkers, N. Y. George M. Reed Keene, N. H. Horatio M. Reed New York, N. Y. William A. Reed Bristol Center. N. Y. Allan C. Sargent Graniteville, Mass. 1 / tTbe IReabe IRecorb. Number VIII. BOSTON. MASS. 1915. THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH The Twelfth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held in the American House, Boston, on Thursday, October 27, 19 15. A reception was held at one o'clock, at which members and guests exchanged greetings. Dinner was served at half-past one. about fifty being seated at the table, and General Philip Reade, U. S. A. (Retired), presided in the absence of Rev. James Reed, the President. At the conclusion of the dinner, William Wallace Lunt, Esquire, President of the Society of 1812 in the Commonwealth of Massa- chusetts, read a paper entitled " Captain Samuel Chester Reid, and his Fight in the General Armstrong." At the conclusion of his paper, the thanks of the Society were tendered to Mr. Lunt. At a business session, which followed, the reports of the Sec- retary and Treasurer were read and accepted. Rev. James Reed, President of the Society, having declined to serve another term, it was Voted to send him by the Secretary, a letter as a tribute of esteem for his service to the Society. The election of officers was held, and those named on the eighth page were elected to serve for the ensuing year. Miss Helen Leah Read read an original poem entitled " The Man and the Name ; " and the company was entertained by songs and instrumental music by Miss J. Leland Clarke, Mrs. J. Austin Furfey, and a violinist. The exercises having been concluded by singing a verse of "America,'' the Society dispersed until the next annual meeting, in October, 19 16. ALANSON H. REED, Boston, October 27, 1915. Secretary. T V & ^\> CAPT. SAMUEL CHESTER REID'S FIGHT IN THE "GENERAL ARMSTRONG" ]',■, WILLIAM WALLACE LUNT At the outbreak of the second war with Great Britain in L812, the United States were sadly in need of ships, hut being handicapped by financial difficulties, and the time being precious, it was deemed advisable to build smaller though speedier vessels, those that could sail up to a fleet of British for the chase. Thus it was that Yankee Privateers of the Gen. Armstrong type proved veritable hornet- for the British Navy to contend with. The Gen. Armstrong [In command of Capt. Samuel Chester Reid] was perhaps one of the best of her class, every known wrinkle of the craftsman being incorporated in her building, and when read) to sail on her first cruise, she was pronounced a near perfect as possible. In fact everything about her, from the carved and gilded figure-head, past the rakish, slanting masts to the slender stern, indicated the privateer. As she stood into the roadstead of Fayal [a Portuguese island in the Azores,] late in the afternoon of September 26, 1814, black-hulled and white-sparred, carrying an amazing spread of snowy canvas, she made a picture that brought a grunt of approval even from the surly A/orian pilot. Hardly had the red'- white-and-blue ensign showing her nat- ionality fluttered to her peak before a harbor skiff bearing the American consul, Dabney, shot out from shore; for these were troublous tines on the Atlantic, and letters from the States were few and far between. Rounding her stern, he read, with a thrill of pride, "GENERAL ARMSTRONG, NEW YORK." The very name stood for romance, valor, hair-breadth escape. For of all the two-hundred-odd privateers that put out from American ports at the outbreak of the War of 1812 to prey on British commerce, none had won so high a place in the popular imagination as this trim-built, black-hulled schooner. Built for speed, and carrying a spread of canvas at which most skippers would have stood aghast, she was the fastest and best handled privateer afloat, and had always been able to show her heels to the enemy on the rare occasions when the superior range of her seven guns had failed to pound him into submission. Her list of captures had made rich men of her owners, and had caused Lloyd's to raise the insurance on a vessel merely crossing the English Channel to thirteen guineas in the hundred. The story of her desperate encounter off the mouth of the Surinam River with the British -loop of war COQUETTE, with four times her weight in guns, had tired tin- popular imagination as had few other events of the war. Although her commander, Samuel Chester Reid, was not long past his thirtieth birthday, no more skilful navi- gator or daring lighter ever trod a quarter-deck, and his crew of ninety men Down-East fishermen, old man- o'-war's men, Creole privateersmen who had fought under Lafitte, reckless adventurers of every sort and kind- would have warmed the heart of bluff old John Paul Jones himself. Just as dusk was falling the officer on watch reported a sail in the offing, and Reid and the consul, hurrying on deck, made out the British brig CARNATION, of eighteen guns, with two other war- vessels in her wake: the thirtv-eight- gun frigate ROTA, and the PLANTA- GENET, of seventy-four. Now, as the privateer lay in the innermost harbor, where a dead calm prevailed, while the three British ships were fast T H E R E A D E K E CORD approaching before the brisk breeze which was blowing outside, Reid, who knew the line which marks foolhardiness from courage appreciating that the chances of his being able to hoist anchor, make sail, and get out of the harbor before the British squadron arrived to block the entrance were almost intintesimal, decided to stay where he was and trust to the neutrality of the port, a decision that was confirmed by the assurances of Consul Dabney that the British would not dare to attack a vessel lying in a friendly harbor. But therein the consul was mistaken, for throughout the entire duration of the war the British as cynically dis- regarded the observance of international law and the rights of neutrals as though they did not exist. _ The CARNATION, learning the iden- tity of the American vessel from the pilot, hauled close into the harbor, not letting go her anchor until she was within pistol-shot of the GENERAL ARMSTRONG. Instantly a string of signal-flags fluttered from her mast, and the message was promptly acknow- ledged by her approaching consorts, which thereupon proceeded to stand off and on across the mouth of the harbor, thus barring any chance of the privateer making her escape. So great was the commotion which ensued on the CAR- NATION'S deck that Reid, becoming suspicious of the Knglishman's good faith, warped his ship under the very guns of the Portuguese fort. About eight o'clock just as dark had fallen, Captain Reid saw four boats slip silently from the shadow of the CARNATION and pull toward him with muffled oars. If anything more were needed to convince him of their hostile intentions, the moon at that moment appeared from behind a cloud and was reflected by the scores of cut- lasses and musket-barrels in all four of the approaching boat's. As they came within hailing distance Reid swung himself into the shrouds. "Boats there!" he shouted, making a trumpet of his hands. "Come no near- er! For your own safety I warn you!" At his hail the boats halted as though in indecision, and their commanders held a whispered consultation. Then, apparantly deciding to take the risk, and hoping, no doubt, to catch the privateer unprepared, they gave the order: "Give way all!" The oars caught the water together, and the four boats, loaded to the gunwales with sailors and marines, came racing on. "Let 'em have it, boys!" roared Reid, and at the word a stream of flame leaped from the dark side of the priva- ; teer and a torrent of grape swept the crowded boats, almost annihilating one of the crews, and sending the others, crippled and bleeding, back to the shelter of their ship. By this time the moon had fully risen, and showed the heights over- looking the harbor to be black with spectators, among whom were the Por- tuguese governor and his staff; but the castle, either from weakness or fear, showed no signs of resenting the outrageous breach of neutrality to which the port had been subjected. Angered and chagrined at their repulse, the British now threw all caution aside. The long-boats and gigs of all three >hip> were lowered, and into them were crowded nearly, four hundred men, armed with muskets, pistols, and cutlasses. Reid, seeing that an attack was to be made in force, proceeded to warp his vessel still closer inshore, mooring her stem and stern within a few roads of the castle. Moving two of the nine- pounders across the deck, and cutting ports for them in the bulwarks, he brought five guns, in addition to his famous "long torn," to bear on the enemy. With cannon double-shotted, boarding-nets triced up. and decks cleared for action, the crew of the GENERAL ARMSTRONG lay down beside their guns to await the British attack. It was not long in coming, just as the bells of the old Portuguese cathedral boomed twelve, a dozen boats loaded to the water's edge with sailors and marine-, Ill l: RE AD K RECORD whose burnished weapons were like so many mirrors under the rays of the moon, swung around a promontory behind which they had been forming and, with measured stroke of oars, came sweeping down upon the lone privateer. The decks of the GENERAL ARM- STRONG were black and silent, but round each gun clustered its crew of half- naked gunners, and behind the bul- warks knelt a line of cool, grim riflemen, eyes sighting clown their barrels, cheeks pressed close against the butts. Up and down behind his men paced Reid, the skipper, cool as a winter's morning. "Hold your fire until I give the word, boys." he cautioned quietly. "Wait till they get within range, and then teach 'em better manners." Nearer and nearer came the shadowy line nl boats, the oars rising and falling with the faultless rhythm which marks the veteran man-o'-war's man. On they came, and now the waiting Americans could make out the gilt-lettered hat- bands of the blue jackets and the white cross-belts and the brass buttons on the tunics of the marines. A moment more and those on the ARMSTRONG'S deck could see, beneath the shadow of the leather shakoes, the tense, white faces of the British boarders. "Now, boys!" roared Captain Reid; "let 'em have it for the honor of the flag!" and from the side of the privateer leaped a blast of flame and lead, cannon and musketry crashing in chorus. Never were men taken more completely by surprise than were those British sailors, for the}- had expected that Reid, reiving on the neutrality of the port, would be quite unprepared to resist them. But, though the American fire had caused terrible havoc in the crowded boats, with the bull-dog courage for which the British sailors were justly famous, they kept indomitably on. "Give way! Give way all!" screamed the boy- coxswains, and in the face of a withering rifle-fire the sailors, recovering from their momentary panic, bent grimly to their oars. Through a perfect hail- storm of lead, right up to the side of the privateer, they swept. Six boats made fast to her quarter and six more to her bow. "Boarders up and away!" bellowed the officers, hacking desperate- ly at the nettings with their swords, and firing their pistols point-blank into the faces they saw above them. The ARMSTRONG'S gunners, unable to depress the muzzles of their guns enough so that they could be' brought to bear, lifted the solid shot and dropped them from the rail into the British boats, mangling their crews and crashing through their bottoms. From the shelter of the bulwarks the American riflemen fired and loaded and tired again, while the negro cook and his assistant played their part in the defence by pouring kilties of boiling water over the British who were attempting to scramble up the sides, sending them back into their boats again scalded and groaning with pain. There has been no fiercer struggle in all the annals of the sea. The Yankee gunners, some of them gray-haired men who had seen service with John Paul Jones to the BON HOMME RICHARD, changed from cannon-balls to grape, and from grape to bags of bullets, SO that by the time the British boats drew alongside they were little more than floating shambles. The dark waters of the harbor were lighted up by spurts ol flame from muskets and cannon; the high, shrill yell of the Yankee pri- vateersmen rose above the deep-throat- ed hurrahs of the English sailors; the air was filled with the shouts and oaths of the combatants, the shrieks and groans of the wounded, the incessant trampling of struggling men upon the decks, the splash of dead and injured falling overboard, the clash and clang of steel, and all the savage, overwhelming tur- moil of a struggle to the death. Urged on by their officers' cries of "No quarter! Give the Yankees no quarter!" tin- British division which had attacked the bow hacked its way through the nettings, and succeeded by sheer weight of numbers in getting a footing on the deeck, all three of the American lieuten- T 1 1 E K E A I ) E KECORD ants being killed or disabled in the terrific hand-to-hand struggle that en- sued. At this critical juncture, when the Americans on the forecastle, their officers fallen and their guns dismounted, were being pressed slowly hack by over- whelming numbers, Captain Reid, hav- ing repulsed the attack on the ARM- STRONG'S quarter, led the after di- vision forward at a run, the privateers- men, though outnumbered five to one, driving the English overboard witli the resistless fury of their onset. As the British boats, now laden with dead and dying, attempted to withdraw into safety, they were raked again and again with showers of lead; two of them sank, two of them were captured by the Americans. Finally, with nearly three hundred of their men — (three- quarters of the cutting-out-force), dead or wounded, the British, now cowed and discouraged, pulled slowly and painfully out of range. Some of the most brilliant victories the British navy has ever gained were far less dearly purchased. At three in the morning Reid received a note from Consul Dabney asking him to come ashore. He then learned that the governor had sent a letter to the British commander asking him to de- sist from further hostilities, as several buildings in the town had been injured by the British fire and a number of the inhabitants wounded. To this request Captain Lloyd had rudely replied that he would have the Yankee privateer if he had to knock the town into a heap of ruins. Returning on board, Reid ordered the dead and wounded taken ashore, and told the crew to save their personal belongings. At daybreak the CARNATION, being of lighter draught than the other vessels, stood close in for a third attack, opening on the privateer with every gun she could bring to bear. But even in those days the fame of American gunners was as wide as the seas, and so well did the crew of the GENERAL ARM- STRONG uphold their reputation that the CARNATION was compelled to beat a demoralized retreat, with her rigging cut away, her foremast about to fall, and with several gaping holes be tween wind and water. But Reid. appreciating that there was absolutely no chance of escape, and recognizing that further resistance would entail an unnecessary sacrifice of his men's lives, by which nothing could be gained, ordered the crew to throw the nine- pounders which had rendered such valiant service overboard and to leave the ship. The veteran gunners, who were as much attached to their great black guns as a cavalryman is to his horse, obeyed the order with tears ploughing furrows down their powder- begrimed cheeks. Then Reid with his own hand trained the long-torn down his vessel's hatchway, and pulling the lan- yard sent a charge of grape crashing through her bottom, from which she at once began to sink. Ten minute- later. before a British crew could reach her side, the GENERAL ARMSTRONG went to the bottom with her flag still defiantly flying. Few battles have been fought in which the odds were so unequal, and in few battles have the relative losses been so astounding. The three British war-ships carried two thousand men and one hundred and thirty guns, and of the four hundred men who composed the boarding party they lost, according to their own accounts, nearly three hundred killed and wounded. Of the American crew of ninety men, two were killed and seven wounded. This little crew of privateersmen had, in other words, put out of action more than three times their own number of British, and had added one more laurel to our chaplet of triumphs on the sea. The Americans had scarcely gained the shore before Captain Lloyd — who. by the way, had been so severly wounded in the leg that amputation was necessary — sent a peremptory message to the governor demanding their surrender. but the men who could not be taken at sea were not the men to be captured on THE K E A 1 ) E R E CORD land, and the Americans, retreating to the mountainous centre of the island, took possession of a thick-walled con- vent, over which they hoisted the stars and stripe-, and from which they defied British and Portuguese alike to conn and take them. No one tried. All of the following day was -pent by the British in burying their one hundred and twenty dead — you can see tin- white gravestones to-day if you will take the trouble to climb the hill lie- hind the little town - but it took them a week to repair the damage caused by the battle. And so deep was their chagrin and mortification that when two British ships put into Fayal a leu days later, and were ordered to take home the wounded, they were forbidden to carry any new- of the disaster back to Eng- land. To Captain Reid and his little band of lighter- is due in no small measure the credit of saving Xew Orleans from rapture and Louisiana from invasion. Lloyd's squadron was a part of the expedition then gathering al Pensacola for the invasion of the South, but it was so badly crippled in it- encounter with the privateer that it did not reach the (lull' of Mexico until ten days later than the expedition had planned to sail. The expedition waited lor Lloyd and hi- reinforcement-, SO that when it finally approached Xew Orleans, Jackson and his frontiersmen, who had hastened down by forced marches from the North, had made preparations to give the English a warm reception. Had the expedition arrived ten days earlier it would have found the Ameri- cans unprepared, and Xew Orleans would have fallen. Captain Reid and his men, landing on their native soil at Savannah, found their journey northward turned into a triumphal progress. The whole country went wild with enthusiasm. There w-as not a town or village on the way but did them honor. The city of Richmond gave Captain Reid a great banquet, and the State of New York presented him with a sword of honor. But of all the tributes which were paid to the little band of heroes, none had the flax'or of the concluding line of a letter written by one of the British officers engaged in the action to a relative in England. "If this is the way the Americans tight." he wrote, "we max' well say. 'God deliver us from our enemies.' SAMUEL CHESTER REID, was born al Norwich. Conn., on the 25th of August, 1783, and up to his eleventh year, his life was much the same as the average New England boy upon the farm. At this tender age, however, when most boys now-a-days would be found in the school room, we find him at sea, being captured by a French privateer, and imprisoned at Guada- loupe. Later he served as Acting Midship- man in the West Indian Squadron, under command of that bluff old mar- tinet. Commodore Tru.xton. And at the early age of thirty he was com- mander of that incomparable privateer, "the General Armstrong," of which I shall speak at length, later. Young Rod inherited a robust con- stitution, and his seafaring life detracted nothing from hi- entering early manhood in perfect physical condition. Of splen- did physique, a frank and winning countenance, with the customary mutton chop whisker- affected by naval men at that time, we can imagine him walking the quarter-deck, reliant in his height of i Boston I S. V Retired. Vice Presidents J. I'm lding Ri \i> New York Joshi \ E. Crani Taunton. Treasurer ( ii uu i - I Rj mi Brookline Secretary Alanson II. Ki i i, .Welleslej Hills Genealogist Gi or i - Stew \nr Bedford. Annual Meetings rwelve annual meetings of the Readc Societj have been held in Massachusetts as follows:— Taunton, July 14, 1904. Boston, ( >i tober I-'. 1905 South Weymouth, September 27, 1906. West Bridgewater, October 17. Hiti7. Boston, ()i tober 28, 1908 Boston. October 28, 1909 Lexington, ( »< tober 28, 1910. South Weymouth, October 27, 191 1. Burlington, ( )i tober 16, 1912. Boston, October 30, 1913. Boston. October 22, 1914. Huston. 0< tober 27, 1915. INVITED TO JOIN of membership fees (one YOU ARE Remittances dollar per year) (or $10 for a Life Membership) should be sent to Charles F. Read, Treasurer. Old State House, Boston, Mass. THE SECRETARY SAYS: — That he hopes the present issue of the Rec- ord will please the members. — That the Rev. James Reed, our venerable former President, is in his usual good health and sends his kindly regards to all. - -That it was intended to print a biographical sketch of Gen. PHILIP Reade, our now Presi- dent, but it was found that owing to his long service in the United States Army, and many offices in patriotic and social societies, the account would till a volume and space forbids. But the Reade Society is honored in having the General as its president. -That the will of John Read of Freetown, printed herewith, was kindly copied by our Vice-President, Mr. Joshua E, Crane, from the Bristol County Registry of Probate, at Taunton. Mass. — That the will of Philip Ki id of Abington, and the Administration of the Estate of his son, Stephen Reed, were copied by Mr. ALANSON II. Reed from the Plymouth County Registry of Probate, at Plymouth, Mass. That it is believed these wills and adminis- trations have not been printed before. - That the lines "Grandpa and I " are from a little volume of verse entitled "Three Score and Ten," published by one of our members, John Horace Rf.ed, of Armenia, \ Dak. —Thai our Vice-President,!. PAULDING Ri VD, of 71 Broadway. New \ ork, reports that on the 17th of this present March, there was horn to him and his wife, Jim \l I itwin) Read, a son and heir, Thomas Dewitt Read, a namesake and lineal descendant of THOMAS Read, of i olehester, England, and of Thomas Read of Smlliury. Mass.. whose wills of 1665 and 1701, A. D. were printed in the .No Y 1 1 Reade Record. that anyone is eligible to join the Reade Society who is interested in its work and is willing to pay the annual due of Oni Dollar — That the Society needs a larger membership hi. I a larger income to do a larger and better genealogical work. — That if members will make It their business t" secure one or two new members it would be a great help. That the thanks of the Treasurer and Secre- tary are given to those members who have in the past so loyally stood by the Society ami paid their dues to date. — That those who have taken a Life Member- ship have become of the elect "whose works live after them" for all the Life Funds are de- posited in a Savings Bank and only the interest ever used. —That the Reade Society has no paid officials, its officers serving without pay " for the good of the cause." THE READE RECORD OstX>~^ It! /<-<~^c/, , Jacob Whitemore Reed may be called the ".Father of American Read-Reed Genealogy," by reason of the publication in 1861 of his "History of the Reed Family in Europe and America." is vo. pp. 588.) The portrait above and fac-simile of his signature are re- produced from a copy of his work now in the library of the XewEng, Historic Genealogical Society. By some curious circumstance many of the books as published do not contain this portrait. To perpetuate the memory of the man who rendered such invaluable service to the numerous Read-Reed Family, and as a matter of interest to our Members, it has been reprinted here. His work has been the foun- dation, practically of all the Read-Reed Gen- ealogies now in print, as the information he collei led and published could not now be other- wise obtained. But while invaluable in this way, it is characterized by many errors and statements regarding the original immigrants which are in part excused by the then insufficient sources of information, and the less critical genealogical work then done, ft has been the province of the "Reade Society" to correct ' these so far as possible and print the results in the "Reade Record." A comparison of the latter with Mr. Reed's book will show the progress so far made. Jacob Whitemore Reed was a resident of Groveland, Massachusetts. He was an attorney- at law at South Groveland, and postmaster of that village from 1854 to 1862. Admitted a member of the New England Historic Gen- j ealogical Society in 1856. "He possessed an unusual memory and was a man of great energy of character together with an in- domnitable will which carried him through many difficulties." This is well evidenced by his undertaking to publish in his book the , genealogies of all the Read-Reed Families in America! To this work he devoted more than ten years of his life. A part of the letters and papers from which he compiled his work are now in the possession of our Secretary. Mr. Alanson H. Reed. Jacob Whitemore Reed, was the third son of Abel and Ruth (Lane) Reed and a descend- ant of William Read of Woburn, Mass.. who came to America in 1635. J v oiAV'hitemore Reed 8 ,Abel 7 , Moses 1 ', Sam- uel6, William 4 , Wi i. lia.m-' 1 , George 2 , YViu i \\i Born Andover N.H., March 20, 1805. Married Oct. 3, 1826, Ruhamah B. Ten xey. dau. of William Texnev of Bradford. He died Nov. 10, 1869. She died July 25, 1875. Issue, two sons & three daughters. HERALDRY Sir James Lawrence, speaking of heraldry and nobility in his " Nobility of the British Gentry," thus explains the original use of, and the different methods of obtaining armourial bearings; "Any individual who distinguishes himself may be said to enoble himself. A prince judging an individual worthy of notice gave him patent letters of nobility. In these letters were emblazoned the arms that were to distin- guish his shield. By this shield he was to be known, as nobilis. A plebian had no blazonry on his shield pecause he was ignoblis, or un- worthy of notice. Hence arms are the criterion of nobility. In every country in Europe, with- out exception a grant of arms or letters patent of nobility is conferred on all the descendants. Thus it will be seen that the essential part of heraldry to chivalry was the hereditary char- acter of coat armour. It may be as well to ex- plain that this appellation of a coat-of-arms originated from the practice of embroidering the family insignia on the surcoat, a garment worn over the armour or shirt of mail. These surcoats in later times were used only by heralds, by whom they are still worn, when on official duties, and by pages and menials of princely or noble houses. But arms were not only seen on the surcoat. They appeared on the caparisons of a knight's horse, on his shield and accoutrements, were embroidered on the wall hangings of the castle hall and lent great authority to his engraved seal. From A B C of HERALDRY Jacobs <&" Co., Philadelphia, Publishers. 10 THE READE RECORD WILL OF JOHN REED of Freetown, Mass., 17131714. ? Son of John Read of Newport, R. I.— No. 28, Keade List. In the name of God, Amen. I John Read of Freetown, in the County of Bristoll within the Province of Massachusetts Bay in New England, yeoman: Calling to mimic my owne mortallity & remembring it is appointed for all once to dye, being at this present time of a sounde minde & memory as at other times, Praised be God for the Same Doe make this my last will & testiment in maimer and forms followeing that is to say, first & Principally I commend my soule into the hands of God, And my Body I commit to the earth to he Decently Buried at the discretion of my executrix herein after mentioned And a:' for un- worldly estate which God of hi< goodness hath bestowed upon mee, I give, bequeathe and bestowe as followeth. First I will that my just debts and funerallExpences bepaid and discharged. [TEM. I give & bequeath unto my well beloved wife. HANNAH Read, all that my house and lands in Freetown wherein I now live (which land I bought of Mathue Boomer Senior) & is a full quarter part of the fourth lott in Number &: is the Northermost part or quarter of said lott for and during her Natural Life, with all the priviliges thereunto belonging. Item. I give and bequeath unto my said wife all my stock, movables & Negroe man James for and during her Natural Life & to be disposed of by her to & amongst my children as shee shall see meet: Also I give & bequeath unto my said wife Hannah Read, five acres of salt meddow which I bought of Heugh Coai.e, out of my tract of Meddowes lying on Taunton River in Shewomick, at a place called the Great Meddow for and during her Natural Life. Item. I give & bequeath unto my eldest son John Read of Freetown aforesaid, Twoo acres & ahalf of Salt Meadow lying & being the Westermost side of Taunton River at a place Known by ye name of the Great Meaddows aforesaid & is now in the possession of my said son John Read, (which meadow I bought of Mr. John Bayly, beside a halfe lott that may apeare by deed under my hand & seal with all & singular the privileges & appur- tanances with the said twoo acres & halfe of meadowes belonging or in anywise apperteineing to him my said son John Read, his heirs assignes forever. Item. I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Read of Freetowne, afore- said, the one whole quarter part of that share of land I purchased of Mr. Peter & Ralph Thatchers of Milton, in the Province afforesaid being the eight shaire or lott in Number. Together with three acres & ahalf of -alt meadow lying & being on the westermost side of Taunton River at a place knowne by the Name of the Great Meadowes which meadow I purchased of Joshua Gildee of Freetowne afforesaid besides one quarter sheireof land that may apeare by Deed under my hand and seal with all and singular the profitts priveledges & appurtanances unto the said quarter part of the- said eight share, being the Southermost part, or quarter of said Sheire & three acres, & half of meadow belonging or in anywise appurtaining to him my said son Joseph Read his heirs & assignes for ever, as also my dwelling house & land where I now live with all the profitts & priveledges therunto belonging unto him my said son Joseph Read, his heirs, & a--ignes forever after the death & decease of his mother my now wife, Hann \ii Read. All waves Providing my said son, Joseph Read, Pay or Cause to be paid twenty six pounds currant money of New England, unto my Grandchildren which my daughter, Hannah Shear- man left and to bee paid as hereafter is exprest. Item. To my grandchild Benjamin Shearman, six Round. To my grand- son, John Shearman, Five Round. To my grandson, Joseph Shearman T II E R E A DE RECORD 11 five Pound. To my grandson, Oliver Shearman, Five Pound. To my grandson, Thomas Shearman Five Pound to be paid to each child as thev arrive or be of twenty one years of age. Further, my minde & will is that il it pleas God that any or either of these children dy before he or they come to the age dI" twenty- one years, that his or their legacy or legacies shall be paid unto the survivers in equall parts & to be paid to the Survivers at the time as he or they do or should have come unto lawful age, or twenty one years of age. Inn. The above mentioned five acres of meadows given & bequeathed unto my said wife, Hannah Read, clureing her natural life, I give & be- stowe upon my said sons, John & Joseph Read, to be divided betwixt them : viz. To my sou John, Three acres & to my son Joseph twoo acres to be to them their heires & assignes re- spectively forever, after their said Mother decease. Furthermore, Notwithstanding the disposition of my lands & Meddows as above expressed unto my said son Joseph Read my will and meaneing is that my wife Hannah Read, shall have the use and benefitt of a certaine creek lyeing within the three acres & halfe of meadows given to my said son Joseph, or any others by her order, dureing her natural life & free liberty to cut what wood timber, rayles or other woden materiels which shee hath ocation for & to cart the same being cult of from the quarter sheire of land bequeathed to Joseph Read dureing her natural life. My mind & meaning is that my negroe James, shall be to my wife & her heirs & assigns forever to be solde or disposed of as shee shall think fitt anything exprest to ye contrary not- withstanding. Item. I give & bequeath unto the Sabboth Keeping Church of Christ in Newport on Rod Island unto whome I now belong, viz. Mr. William Gibsons Church of the which Mr. William Hitchcock, did belong the summ of three pounds currant Money of New England to be paid by my executrix within the space of one year after my decease, And of this my last will and testiment, I do nominate appointe & Impower my now well beloved wife, FIannah Read, my sole executrix. " And request my loving Friends Doctor Richard Winslow, of Free- towne aforesaid & William Tew of Tiverton in the County aforesaid to be my overseers of this my last will & Testiment to assistt my executrix in what they may & to see that my will be performed according to the true Intentt & Meaneing thereof, entreating them to except of twenty shillings apeice as a token of my love, to be paid to them by my executrix above named, And I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke & Annull all other former testi- ments wills legacies bequeaths & executors by mee in any wise before this time named, w'lled & bequeathed rattifying & confirming this and no other to be m\ last will &: testiment. In witness whereof T have hereunto sett my hand & scale this fifth day of March" Anno Domi, one thousand -even hundred & thirteen or fourteen, and in the thirteenth year of the Reign of Queen Ann. over Great Brittion. France & Ireland etc. JOHN READ [seal] Signed, sealed, published, pronounced, declared by the said John Read Senr. as his last will & testiment in the Presence of t onstant Church Samuel Foreman John Peirci Nathan Closson The words in the twelfth line for and during her natural life, The words in ye fourteenth line Name of the. The words in ye thirty first Lyne tor legacies) anil the words in the thirty second line at ye times (have been) was all enter lyned before signing & sealing of ye above written Instrument. Bristol S.S., February 6th, 17:21.-22 Bristol County, Registry of Probate Hook t. page (i. 7 & 8. 12 Til E READ E K EC ORD WILL OF PHILIP READ, 2d of Bridgewater and Abington, 1715, son of Philip of Weymouth. No. 10 Reade List. In ye name of God; amen. The first day of January, in ye year of Our Lord one thousand seven hundred nine, ten: I Philip Read* of Bridge- water in ye County of Plymouth in New England Husbandman. Being weak in Body, But of perfect Mind & memory, thanks be given unto God, therfor Calling to Mind the Mortality of my Body, and Knowing yt it is appointed for Men once to dye, do make & ordain this my last will & Testament, that is to say Principall) & fir-t of all, 1 give & Recommend my soul into the hands of God, that gave it, hoping through ye Merits Death & Passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ, to have full & free pardon of all my sins, & to inherit everlasting Life; & my Body I committ unto ye Earth to be decently Buried at ye Discrestion of My Executoi here- after named, nothing doubting bul at ye general Resurrection, I shall Receive ye same again by ye Mighty Power of < it >< 1 ; and as touching such wordly Estate wherewith it hath Pleased God to Bless Me in This Life, I give Demise & Dispose of the same in the folowing maimer and form that is to say: First I will yt. all those Debts & Duties as I do owe in right or Con- cience to any Manner of Person or Persons, whatsoever Shall be satisfyed Contented & paid or ordained to be paid in any Convenient time after my Decease by my Executor hereafter named. Item: I give & Bequeath to Abigail my Dearly Beloved wife one third part of ye neat profit, or income of all my estate during her life to be paid i her by my Executor hereafter named) yearly or year by year. Item: I give & Bequeath to my two Daughters Hannah & .\1 \ry which I had by my first wife, five shillings to each of them to be paid by my Executor. Item: 1 give & Bequeath to My two youngest Daughters to witt Abigail & Rebeckah five shillings to cadi of them, to be paid by my Executors hereafter named. Item: 1 give & Bequeath unto well beloved son Stephen Read whom I likewise Constitute make & ordain my sole executor of this my Last will & Testament, all my goods & Chattels & Singular my Lands Messuages & tenements by him freel) to be possessed and Enjoy: And I do hereby utterly Disallow Revoke & Disanull all former Testaments and wills, willed & Bequeathed, Ratifying & Confirming this & no other to be my last Will & Testament. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seale the day and year above written. Signed sealed published pronounced and declared by the said PHILIP READ as his last will and testament in the presence of us, John Ri i d Philip Reed Jacob Reed [Seal] Memorand: That on the 2'A day of June 1715 William Read & John Ri \d two of the Witnesses to this Will -Made oath that they saw the within Named Philip Ri ad, Signe & Seale the within written Instrument & heard him declair it to be his last Will & Testament & that he was of a disposing mind & .Memory to the best of their knowledge Before Me. Nathaniel Thomas, Judge of Probates Will proved the 23d day of fune, 1~15 His son, Stephen Read, Sole Executor. [Note. The spelling of the name, "Read", follows that in theoiiginul will. but the copyist in Vol. 3 followed that of the signatures to the will— Reed. An Inventory of the estate of Philip Read late of Abington in the County of Plymouth Deceased the 23d of June, 1 7 i . > . By the Subscribers. I m prim: To his house & about 14 acres land in Abington 1(1:0:0. To his other estate given away Before his Death — William Reap John Read THE R E A 1 ) E RECORD 13 Stephen* Read Executor of tin- last will and Testament of his Father Philip Read Deceased Made Oath yt., ye above written is a true Inventory of the Estate of his said Father so far as he Knows & when he Knows of more will cause it to be added. Before me, Nathaniel Tho\l\s fudge of Probate Reg. Deeds .Plymouth Joseph Green ofWeymouth Conveys to '"Philip Reed some lime Inhabitant of above sd Weymouth & now of the Town of Bridgewater in the County of New Plymouth in New England, Wch., lands lyeth within the Town- ship of sd Bridgewater, on both sides of the Roadway that goes to Shaws ffarm & Weyniouth; Bounded" ****. Thirty five acres. Consideration £. 40. Dated 5th February, 1(597-8. Joseph Green. (Seal) Ackd4th March, 1706 7. Note — This is the earliest conveyance to Philp Reed noted in the Plvmouth Reg. [Vol. 10.1'd part p. 217]. Philip Reed of Bridgewater Conveys to son Samuel Reed of the same place Fifteen acres in Bridgewater. Considera- tion £. Six pounds. Dated 15, October, 170.".. Philip Reed Seal Abigail Reed mark Suffolk, SS. Philip Reed, Senr. of Abington per- sonally appearing — acknowledged this -the 4th March, 170(1-7. Ephraim Hunt. This is part (if the farm purchased by Philip in 1697-8, and is the first and only conveyance by him. [Vol. 26, p. — ] ESTATE OF STEPHEN READ of Abington — Adm. 1784. LETTER OF ADMINISTRATION "To Mary Read of Abbington in ye County of Plymouth [Province of ye Massachusetts Bay, In New: England], afore said. Widdow greeting. Whereas your Husband Stephen Read, late of Abbington in ye County of Plymouth afore sd. deed., having - goods, chattels Rights & Credits" I do hereby * * constitute & appoint you administratrix" etc., 4, Jan.. 1724 Isaac Winslow inventory To the Hon'd Judge of Probate for ye County of Plymouth, Abbington Aprill ye 2, 1725, wee ye subscribers prised ye estate Real & personal! of Stephen Read lately Deceased £. Sh. d The House & Barn & about 45 acres of Land with an orchard upon it att 200!0:0 and (i acres of Swamp or Meadow Land and a (ith Part of a Purchase Right of Land 18:0:0 partly in Bridgewater & partly 6:0:0 in Abbington £224:0:0 and a parcel of Timber 5:0:0 and four oxen 25:0:0 and th ee cows & (i young Cattle 18:0:0 and one Horse Bridle & Saddle 6:0:0 andone twelvth Part of a Saw Mill 7:0:0 and for two Swine 1 :0:0 and for Fight Load of Hay 9:0:0 and for Cart & Wheels & Chains 0:5:0 and for two axes wedges & Rings 1 :0:0 and for his wearing clothes 6:13:0 for Chest rs Chais & Table 1:14:0 for Pewter & Iron 3:5:0 William Reed Samuel Porter £S9:17;0 Samuel Pool "April ye 26th 1725 Mary Read, administratrix on ye estate of her Husband Stephen Read late of Abbington . dee'd made oath that the above written is a true and perfect Inventory "etc. Guardian of Children of Stephen Read of Abington To Mr. Ebenezer Shaw of Bridge- water greeting - whereas Abi- gail Read the daughter of Stephen Read late of Abington - who i- 14 THE READ E R E CORD a minor under the age of twenty one years and above ye age of fourteen years hath made choice of you to be her guardian" — etc. Cranted 5th Dec, 1737— ***Ruth Reed the daughter of Stephen Reed late of Abington, who is a Minor under the age of 21 & above the age of 14 . **Rebkkah Reed the dau. of Stephen Reed . . under 21 & above I I. **Philip Reed the Son of Stephen Reed, late of Abington etc. Minor under the age of 1 4 yrs. ">th 1 )ec, 1 ~:»7 — . Ebenezer Shaw of Bridgewater appointed guardian for the above. — ESTATE OF STEPHEN REED of Abington. Division of Lands —Dec. 9, I7:>7 Divided into 5 shares by Meets & bounds — by Jacob Reed Christopher Dyer Thos. Win i marsh & presented in Court Jan. 18, 1737 The Judge of Probate assigned — To Ruth Reed living in Bridgewater the First Share. To Philip Reed living in Abington the Second Share. "To M vryShaw wife of Ebenezeb Sh u\ of Bridgewater— —who is one of the daughters of the said deceased" the third Share. "The Fourth Share to Rebeckah Reed now living in Rehoboth in the County of Bristol, who is one of the daughters of deceased." "The .">th Share to Abigail Reed now living in Rehoboth - - one of the daughters of the deceased". Made & done the 20th Jan.. L737. [Vols. ."> & 7, Reg. Prob. Plymouth]. THE READE FAMILY In the Great War One of our members, Mr. B. Clin i i >:-. Reade, of St. John, New Brunswick, Can. writes us, "You ask for the names of mv sons who enlisted. Staff Sergeant, Joseph C. Ri \im . is a druggist and enlisted with the (Red Cross) First Canadian Con- tingent B. Section No. 1. Field Am- bulance. He has charge of the drugs and aids the doctors when the wounded are taken into the Hospital. In his hist Utter of Dec, l>7, 1915, he said he had earned a commission and was now Lieut. Reade. He has been right to the front now for nearly a year. He i> 24 years old. My other Son Kenneth P. Reade, 17 years of age, is a Sergeant in the 104th Battalion. I guess they come from fighting stock, all right, a: you can see from the "Reed Book" on p. 243, that their Gr. Gr. Grandfather Eliphalet Reade fought under Gen. Wolfe at the taking of Quebec in 1759." They are descendants of John Read, of Rehoboth. Mas-.., who came to America prior to 1640 & firsl settled in Weymouth. WHEN I WAS YOUNG. When I wa' young, Och hone The sun it shone sae bricht ! Nae sweeter song the birds, Amangst the trees did sing 1m ears of mortal man; And greener grass nae grew When I wa' young, Och hone The silvery tish did sport In babbling brooklet clear, And jewel'd dragon flies Sail i' the Summer air, \ikI bees delight to hum. When I wa' young, Och hone \ laddie straight and trim The brauest lassie dear WV foot sae light and free, An angel loaned to earth, Wi' me did dance upo' the greene. Och hone, now am I auld The dayes, are clouded all And lass and laddie gay In laughter pass me by. Hist! wad ye nae rue it. Ye mauna ne'er grow auld! a. U.K. THE READE R E C O R I > 15 ANCESTRY OF CAFT. SAMUEL CHESTER REID. Lieut. John Reid = Rebecca Chester Feb. 1781 of the British Navy Son of Lord John Reid of Glasgow, Scotland [See Nat.C'yclo. of Am Biog. Vol.VIII.,p.97.J b — 1763 (Iroton.Conn. Dau. James and Thankfull Chester [See "The story of Re- becca Chester."Yol.41, Am.Month. Mag., 1912] Samuel Chester Reii> = Mary Jennings 8 June, 1813 b. — Norwich, Conn. Aug.25,1783. d.— New York City, 1861 Commodore in the U. S. Navy. [See Nat. Cvclo. Am. Biog., Vol. VIII, p. 97] b— d — Dau. Capt. Nathan Jennings of Fairfield, Conn. [See lennings Geneal- ogy, Vol. II. p. 422] [See Who'sWho.Vols. 1903-5, 1910-11] "Mary Jennings the dau. of Capt. Nathan Jennings and wife of Com- modore Reid made the American flag at her house assisted by some of her young lady friends, according to an Act of Congress passed April 4, 1818, and approved by President Monroe, and adopted in its present form; the design was made by Commodore Reid at the request of Peter H. Wendover, Chairman of the Congressional Com- mittee. The new flag made by Mary Jennings Reid, was hoisted over the house of Congress while Henry Clay was Speaker, April L3, IMS, at 2 o'clock P. M." Before this time the flag had thirteen stars representing the original thir- teen Colonies, and a stripe for each State in the Union. This order was changed in the new Hag, by having a Star for every State, additional stars to be added each -1th of July as future States were admitted to the Union while the stripes were reduced to thirteen, representating the original Colonies. HAPPY - UNTIL! A young man recently got married and took a cottage down South, determined to grow enough vegetables to keep the household going. II«' started to dig up the garden, and. after half an hour's hard work, was as- tonished to find a quarter at his feet. Then he dug with renewed ardor. Several pennies, a half dollar and three dimes rewarded his efforts. "Well, if this isn't a gold mine!" he said, digging away f'>r all he was worth. "I wonder what I'll find next?" His arms ached, little beads of perspira- tion trickled down his nose and his neck (ell as though it was breaking. He could slick it out no longer. He straightened his back at last with a groan of pain, and at the same instant felt something cold sliding down his leg. In a moment he had grasped the truth. There was a hole in his trousers pocket. [Philadelphia Ledger. Possibly one of the Reed Family, as some of them complain now-a-days of "holes in the pocket!" GRANDPA AND I. My Grandpa says he likes to fish And so do I. When spring time comes he gets his wish And so do I. We take our tackle to the lake And anchor somewhere mar the slake. He reels in wh 'ii he gels a strike And hollers when he gets a pike And so do I. He says most any fish are good And so say I. He'd catch a bun lred if he could And so would I. He likes the bass, they are so wise. And pickerel if they are go id size, He sav^ I hat fish are far from (o lis, For only suckers go in sch ioIs, And so say I . By John Horaci Rja d. WICKED READ "The New World of Words, or Universal English Dictionary," by Edward Philips, 1720, defines the word Read as : " Reade or Rede (old word), counsel or advice, as in the first of the singing psalms : "The man is blest that hath not bent To wicked Read his ear." 16 T HK RE A DE S O C I E T V Crank. JoSHU \ E Goodrich, Mrs. Ella R. Hi idges, M ESS Mary A. Lefferts, Marshall C. MORS! , Willard S. Read, Charles F. Read, Miss Clara A. Read, Miss Ella H. Read. Franklin Read, George B. Read, George W. Read, Joseph Read. Joshu \ W. Read. J. Paudling Read. Samuel H. Reed, Ai \\s<>\ H LIFE M Bridge water M.i — Hartford, Conn, Foxboro, Mass. New York N Y. New York. V V. Brookline. Mass New Bedford, Mass New Bedford. Mass. Pittsfield. Mass. Bloomington, His. Taunton. Muss. Summerside, P. E. I. Newark. N J. Newark, N. J. New Haven Con Wellesley Hills M;i^- EMBERS Reed. Charles \Y. Reed, Edgar Reed. Miss Ellen A. Reed, James (Rev.) Reed, James (D.D.S I Reed, John S. Reed. Marion B. Reed, Reuben L. Kiiii Robert C. Robinson, Mrs. Grace R. Storey, Hampton L. Warren, Mrs. Catherine R. Waterman, Mrs. Lewis A Wells, Wellington *Read, Willi \m A. *Reade, Edgar S Boston Worcester, Mass. New Haven, Conn. Boston. t helve,! MaSS. Boston l.ow ell, Mass. South At ton. Mass. Boston New V,,rk. N. V. Alt .11 hii.i , Calif. Cambridge, Mass Providence, R. I. Boston ♦Deceased ANNUAL MEMBERS Akin, Mrs. Emma R. New York. N. V. Alley, John 5 Pelham. X. Y. Andrews. Mrs. Ella R. New York \ N Blackmer, Mrs. Catherine Tufts College, Mass Blancbard, John S. C. South Weymouth, Mass Blanchard, Miss Mary L South Weymoth, Mass BLANCH ARD, Miss St sanna R. South Weymouth, Mass. Brummer, Mrs. Mary A. C. Lisbon. N. H. Clarke. Arthur F. Brookline, Mass Clarke, Miss Helen G. Brookline, Mass. Cross, Mrs. John A. Providence, R. I. Cross, Rev. Roselle T. Twinsburg, Ohio. Dodd, Rev. Henry M. Clinton. N Y. Elwell. Mrs. James H. South Weymouth, Mass. Everett, Mrs. Charlotte S. Chicago 111 Farr, Mrs. Virginia R Field. Mrs. John W. Field. J. Howard Fisher, Harlan M Fletcher, Harry <; Friend, Thaddeus E. Hallett. Frank T. Hallett Mis- s\ K \h N. Hubbard, Mrs. Charles T. Hubbart, Mrs. Elizabeth R Hutchinson, Edward B. J \< Ks.iN-. Mrs. Holmes C. Johnson, Alfred Kimball Mi-s Hi i.i- n I Kneeland, Benjamin C. R. Lewis, James F. Lewis, Mrs. Josephine R. Magrath, Mrs. Emma E. Marshall, Miss Adaline T. Merriam, Mrs. Evan B. Merkow, Mrs Rena M. Morss, Mrs. Everett Nead, Mrs. Daniel W. Neil. Mrs. Henry M. Norton. Mrs. Joseph A. Orcutt. Jason B. Peet, Miss Helen L. Pettee, Mrs. Benjamin Prescott, Miss Clar\ F. Preston. Mrs. George C. Prouty, M ks. Mary R. R \y\imnd, Daniel Read, Alexander Read. Andrew J. Read. Charles A. Re\d, Charles F. Read. Charles W P. Read, Clarence F. Read, Miss Edith B. Read, Edward M. Read, Rev. F.phraim A. Read, Frederick F. Read. George R. Read, Harold C Read, Henry P. Read. Miss Margaret H. Read. Matthew H Read, William Reade, B. Clinton Reade, Rev. Charles G. Reade. Joseph F., Jr Atlanta Ga Dorchester, Mass. Brockton, M.hv Holcomb, N. Y. We-i Somerville M.i^ Gloucester Mass New \ orb \ \ Providence K 1 Taunton, Mas-,. San Francisco Cal. I i mbridge, Mass East Orange. N J. Boston, Mass. Brookline. Mass Woburn Mas-. Taunton. M i ■ ■ South Duxbury, M.is> Everett M ass York Village, Mr Syracuse N Y Maiden, Mass. Boston. Mass Reading, Pa. Columbus. < ihm Lisbon, N H South Brain tree Mas-. Hudson. N. Y. Roxbury, Mass Lawrence M;is^ Norwich Conn Scituate, Mass. Thompkinsville, N Y. Santa Fe, N M Boston Manchester Mass. \\ orcester, Mass. . New Boston. N H Wellsville, N. Y. Brookline, M a - St. Louis, Mo. Providence, R. I. Manhasset, N Y. New York. N. Y. Brookline. Mass. Brooklvn. N Y. New York. X Y Crescent City, Fla. I .i m 1 -riili-'L' M.i — St. John N B. Cincinnati. Ohio New York, N. Y Reed, Aaron A. Reed, Albert A. Reed, Albert M. Reed, Alonzo B. Reed, Charles Dana Reed. Charles K. Reed, Miss Clara M. Reed, Clarence D. Reed, Dana Reed, Edward D. Reed, Edward M Reed. Edward F. Reed, Edward T. KlKU Miss Euz \hi th Reed, Eugene \\ REED E Howard Reed. Floyd 0. (M.D.) Reed, Francis it Reed. Fred L. k i i D, l REDERII K E k I ed, Frederic H. Reed, George A. Reed Re\ i George H. Reed, George M Ki 1 1» George W Ri i i> I Rev.) Harry W. Reed, Miss Helen Leah Reed, Henry B. Reed, Homer J. Reed, Horatio m Reed, Jefferson H. Reed, John H Ki ED, J RlSSELL Reed, J. Warner, Jr. Reed, Miss Lillian- Reed. Miss Luck H. Ki i i> Miss M ve I Reed, Mrs. Margaret E. Reed. Marshall Reed, Morris A. Reed. Ralph D. Reed, Samuel B. Reed Sylvanus \ Reed, Warren A. (Hon i Reed, William A Reed, William B. Reed, (Dr.) Willi \\i I Reed., William E ki i d, William H. Reed, Prof. Wm. Howell Reed. Mrs. William H Reed, William R. Russell. Miss H. Priscilla Russell, Mrs. Louisa S. Sargent, All\-. C. Sawyer, Mrs. Edward E. Simpson, Rev. Henry J. •smith, Mrs Samui i. F. Stevens. Mrs. Sara R. stow ill. Mrs. Charles H. Ware. Lyman E. \\ \shburn. Mrs. Alfred F. Webb. Mrs, Ellen R. Wilkinson, Mrs. Henry W. Williams. G Mutt {Rt. Rev. i W hit man, Mass. Boulder, Colo. Albany. N. Y. West Somerville. Mass. New York, NY. Won ester M.i iS West field, Mass. Whitman. Mass. Coon Rapids, Iowa. Buffalo, N. Y. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Everett, MMass. Albany. N Y. Boston North Brooktield. Mass Worccsicr Mass Yonkers, N Y East Weymouth Mas- ( lohasset Mass. Thompson. Conn New York, \. Y Barre. Yt. Concord, N . H Menne. N H I ■; . . - 1 . . 1 1 Watertown N. Y. Cambridge M a -- Auburndale, Mass Canandaigua, N. Y. New York, N Y. Indianapolis, End. Amenia, No. Dak Boston Benton Harbor, Mich. Washington, D. C. Soul li W eymoul h Mass. I i ilumbus, Ohio Boston Mass East Whitman, Mass si Joseph, Mo. Manchester, V H Boston New York V Y Brockton, Mas- Bristol Center, V Y U est field, Mass Washingtonville, N Y. New York. N Y I ten\ ei ' "I" Roxbury, Mass South Weymouth, Mass New Brunswick. N, J. Arlington, Mass Arlington, Mass Graniteville, Mas-. Lowell. Mass, Detroit. Mich Newton Centre. Ma Portland. Me. Lowell. M;i- Norfolk Mass B kline Mass 5< ii uate Mass. Providence, R I. Marquette, Mich. II ^be 1Rea6e IRecorfc Number IX BOSTON. MASS. 1916 THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZED 1904 INCORPORATED 1914 The Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held at the Hotel Brunswick, Boston, on Tuesday, October 31, 1916. A reception was held at 12.30 P.M., at which greetings were exchanged bv the members present and their guests. Dinner was served at one P.M., after which Gen. Philip Reade, the President of the Society, presided. After a greeting from the President, the record of the last meeting was read and approved. The reports of the Treasurer and the Secretary, which showed that the Society was in a pros- perous condition, were also read and approved. The election of officers then followed. The names are recorded on page 8. During the dinner and meeting vocal musical selections were rendered by Miss Ethel Eagleston, Miss J. Leland Clarke accom- panying her on the pianoforte. At the conclusion of the meeting, after singing a verse of America, the company joined hands, and the President gave as a sentiment: May your joys be tike a ring, Without an end. May your sorrows be like a ring, Without a beginning. Boston, Mass., October 31, 1916. ALAXSOX H. REED. Secretary. PIRATES v t / v By FRANKLIN CLARKIN Sometimes those not fascinated by the recorded beginnings of family say lightly, "We fear if we went back far enough we might find an ancestor who was a robber or a pirate or was hanged !" Henry Clay Wood, briga- dier general U. S. A., is a gentleman unafraid. He writes to me that "in the course of years of collecting ge- nealogical information" he has "come to assume that Mistress Anne Bon- ney, pirate, was one of my ances- tors." He faces the likelihood with a gallantry and interest in the home- made picturesque which would do no harm to other ancestry-hunters to contemplate. For is not too much money and time and vanity wasted on a research magnificent toward a coronet or a crown? One old gentleman I knew had by twenty years trailing convinced him- self that he was a lineal descendant of King Canute. It was like looking up Night and Chaos as the ancestors of Nature. There's something more finite and human about looking up an eighteenth century lady picaroon. Anne Bouncy was a reality, stern and piquant, and the Groller Club's recent assembling of old pirate rec- ords has put General Wood in the way of recovering her past. Her father, an Irish attorney, had eloped from Cork to his Majesty's colonies in America — the Carolinas. There he properly married the girl who had taken this venture with him : and . they prospered raising tobacco. His station had been better than hers. It was he who required that the daughter Anne should be finished and mannered as well as could be. Anne was wilful, headstrong: she had little feminine company : her sports were boyish. When scarcely grown her wild beauty and grey eagle eyes called to the planters' sons for leagues around. But when at last she loved, she loved a sailor. He was English, rather casual, measurably good- humored and sociable — named Rack- ham. Her father's objections to their intimacy merely fixed her determina- tion to have him. She was an im- perative young person. More by her urging than Rack- ham's, they got away on a ship to New Providence in the Bahamas — "gathering place of the disestablished and discontented. Several accounts say they were married, and on one of the outlying islands built' a cabin. A child was born. Rackham roamed the seas. His visits home became more surrep- titious, more infrequent. Anne de- cided to make his ship the home. Putting on sailor clothes she shipped with him, learned navigation and sea- manship, familiarized herself with such cutlery as cutlasses. She was soon in fact accounted the most spirit- ed and fearless in the depredations. They were not buccaneers — they were picaroons. In Spanish "picaro" meant rogue. The difference between a picaroon and a buccaneer was the difference between chartered piracy against the King's enemies and un- licensed violence to gain property. Sir Henry Morgan was a buccaneer. In the last analysis the results might be the same, but a buccaneer operated because some one in brief authority had said "Go ahead and do it ;" while the other operated without making in- quiries first of any government, or of- ficial. THE READE RECORD The daughter of Bouncy the barris- ter is now Bouncy the Picaroon. She didn't swear like a pirate — but she cultivated asperities. "A murrain on you" was one of her expletives ; "By my troth" another. Another say- ing was, "Hast no more manners than the Prophet's ass?" Crews, who believed her a man, but with certain delicacies, would say of her, "He has been a gentleman." This impression she insisted on. "Dear me," she exclaimed once when a pris- oner was still grouchy over losing his money and liberty, "dear nae, I did but ask him a word and he turns upon me, showing the lowness of his breeding!" She held that blood told in bravery, in no-surrender courage, in taking your medicine in qualities of domina- tion. When passengers of a captive ship sat about, disconsolate, in slack, all-in attitude, she would ask them rise and pointing toward her most reckless companions admonish. "See you not that the gentry stand ?" Stevenson got "Treasure Island" and "The Merry Men" partly from Esquimeling, the earliest pirate to write an autobiography. But what hedonist would have the temerity to use the incredible story of Bouncy the Picaroon.' There are some things readers of fiction won't stand for. Even the movies would hesitate at a plot which included the seeming un- realities of the incident of Anne Bon- ner's meeting and association with Mary Read, the other lady picaroon. Mary Read was English. She was "among the crew of a ship bound to America" which Capt. Rackham had intercepted. To fill up vacancies made by casualties members of captive crews were often allowed to chose whether they would enlist for piracy. Mary, still disguised in male sailor clothes, elected to enlist — suited her spirit. Anne noted the youthful fig- ure, the smooth skin, the candid fore- head, the blue English eyes — and Anne welcomed the stripling who called herself Frank, into the "Breth- ren of the Coast." Capt. Rackham seconded his wife, but with some mis- givings. Shall we pick up Mary Read's story at this point? You get it best and probably straightest from records almost falling apart with age. Briefly then, Mary's mother in England had married a sailor. He sailed away : a boy child was born to the lone wife. There was the usual weary watching that sailor's wives go through : the dismal drifting into despair. The father never returned. The mother was sought by other men — but she could not know whether she was free to remarry. And her husband's mother was allowing her a crown a week for the boy. One day she hastened from the vil- lage where her husband's people lived to a far-away town. Another child was born to her. a girl child. Present- ly, the boy child died. The mother dressed the girl child in his clothes and after four years re- turned to the village. She was driven to the expedient of passing oft* the girl child for the boy child in order that the allowance from her husband's people should not stop. The girl child. Mary Read, thus was reared as a male. When the "grand- mother" died the allowance ended : and Mary at thirteen became page boy to a French lady living in the neighborhood. They travelled. At the old lady's death Mary was full grown : and being foot loose she joined the infantry of the Allies under the Duke of Marlborough, later trans- ferring to a regiment of horse, and becoming expert in sword work. She fought splendidly at Malpla- quet : was at the capture of Mons by the English. The fortune of war threw her into comradeship with a young Flemish soldier, and, falling in love with him, she revealed her sex, and both went to the regimental chaplain and were married publicly. Their comrades THE READE RECORD gave them presents of money. They obtained their release from the army and purchased an inn in Flanders, calling it "The Three Horse Shoes." In a few years she was left a widow. This must have been about 1717. Mary sold her inn, resumed trousers, went to Holland, and took service on a vessel for a trip to the West Indies. One account says : Their ship was taken by pirates and, she being En- glish, was asked to join the "Brethren of the Coast." Another account, written in 1720. by Capt. John Johnson, who claimed to have been himself a buccaneer and to have got the stories of others from themselves or the records of their trials, describes (1814, London edi- tion, now 101 years old) the capture of an English vessel, the Kingston, off the coast of Cuba (in 1718) by Captain Vane, the pirate, whose quar- termaster was Rackham, and the set- ting free of crew and passengers with the exception of two women who were detained "contrary to customary practice." This appears to be an his- torian's confusion of the circumstance that Mary Read was captured by the ship on which Capt. Rackham's wife, Anne, was a member of the crew. Anyway, Mary Read signed on, and one historian moralizes : "Probably her moral sense was not sufficiently instructed to lead her to make any remonstrance." How Rackham and his disguised wife Anne came to this point in their career is apparently veracipusly re- ported : The British governor of the Bahamas wanted to "get" Capt. Wil- liam Vane, picaroon, and sent out the armed ship Willing Hand. Mean- time Vane, near Cape Mast, stopped the rich-laden merchantman, the Kingston. Vane's quartermaster, John Rackham, was by vote selected to take command of the captive. "Calico Jack," he was called, because he al- ways wore gay calico jackets and breeches in the tropics. Coming upon a sloop, they impress her to take off the passengers and crew to the Ba- hamas — all except the one I Mary Read) who preferred to enlist. Capt. Vane, on his own vessel, sends to Capt. Rackham for some of the store of liquor found aboard the Kingston. Rackham sends a little. Vane comes aboard to expostulate over his stinginess. Rackham draws a pistol, orders Vane overside, and adds: "Then sheer off or I'll sink you." Vane's vessel, having been weak- ened by transferring guns to the Kingston, he is compelled to sheer off and go his way. Rackham steers for the Island of Princes, brings from the hold bales of silk, laces, hats and other treasures, including thirty silver watches, and piles it on deck to be taken ashore. On shore the crew gather round and shake dice to determine who shall have first choice of the booty — Anne and Mary looking on feverishly at silks and laces and feathers. How they avoided disclosing to each other their sex at that moment one doesn't understand. All are presently taking their shares, cramming the stuff into casks and burying the casks in the sand. When suddenly a sloop hoves (or is it heaves?) in sight. They learn from it that the governor at New Providence is pardoning all pirates who surrender. They give gifts to the skipper of the sloop, and ask him to tell the governor they wish to re- tire and will take his pardon. Instead of sending a pardon, the governor, urged by the passengers and owners of the ship Kingston which Rackham had, despatches an armed vessel to the Island of Princes! It surprises the picaroons in the midst of their lightering of booty from ship to shore and seizes the ship. The picaroons are left with only their ship's boats. On these, however, they set forth, soon capture a Spanish turtle sloop, proceed to New Providence, obtain THE R E A D E RECORD :/i ' Crij- ^-.'f Ann JJoimy s//u/ yittry Read c/mvieffft of Cfirctcy ?/<*/? %8 a /////>'/ of / ' /'re C/f//>//'w(S// /if/// /Tf S! J'nigo ile la Ifegp in //, ?.'/////// ' /•/. fa a/ pardon from the governor in May, 1719, sell their goods, and spend their money right merrily. Now comes one of the distressful discrepancies which the history-critic XXX would delight over, hut which the rest of us must deplore. W rites Captain Johnson ( 1724 edition), al- though later he disputes himself: Rackman, having a much larger share of money than the rest, his money held out longer : hut happening about the time to form an acquaintance with one Anne Bouncy, a married woman, he became very extravagant, and found it necessary, to avoid detection, to abscond with his mistress. For this purpose they plotted together to seize a sloop which lay in harbor, and Rackman drew some brisk young fel- lows into the conspiracy — pirates lately pardoned. Anne Bonney was allowed to go several times on board their sloop. She pretended to have business with John Hainan (the owner), but always went when he was ashore, for her true errand was to discover how many hands were aboard. She acquainted Rackman with every particular: and meeting at 12 midnight took a boat and rowed to the sloop. As soon as they got on board, Anne Bonney, having drawn a sword in one band and a pistol in the other, at- tended by one of the men, went straight to the cabin where the two fellows lay who belonged to the sloop. She declared if they moved she would blow their brains out. That John Hainan, himself was a pirate, was about to retire and build himself a home on an island off New Providence. Later he was strung up : hence the phrase, "hanged higher than Haman." A once literal phrase, now merely literary — unpopular in Wall Street. The surmise is that this was the cruise on which Mary Read, known as Frank, was thrown with Anne, known simply as Bonney. Yet you may read in another volume ( Tegg & Co., Glas- gow, 1853) that: "Mary with some others repaired to the Island of Providence to serve on privateers. Scarcely had the ship sailed when some of their crews mu- tinied and ran off with the ships. . . . It was however sufficiently ascer- THE READE RECORD tained that both Mary Read and Anne Bonncy were among the bravest and most resolute fighters." Otherwise it is recorded that Capt. Rackham in the Hainan sloop sighted the ship of another picaroon, Dick Tumley, at anchor. While Tumley was ashore, Rackham, Bonney, "Frank," and the rest took Tumley's ship. Then Rackham stretched over to Bury Island, plundering all the sloops he met, strengthening his company with several additional hands. By one historian Anne is referred to as playing the part of Captain Rackham's cabin boy. Her interest in the other pantalooned picaroon deep- ens. The captain's cabin boy, Anne Bon- new fell in Love with "Frank" and re- vealed to "him" her sex. "Frank" then confided to her that she was a woman in disguise. Another contemporary version runs : Anne, supposing Mary to be a hand- some fellow, became greatly enamored of her, and disclosed her wishes and sex to Mary, who was thus con- strained to reveal her secret to Anne. Mary was strong and robust, yet modest, and her "conduct was direct- ed by virtuous principles." Anne was impetuous. What she wanted she took : a wispy, whirlwind of a woman. Mary captivated and Anne captured. Mary was more sentimental, "deeper in the affections, softer spoken. Both had felt the attraction of opposite natures. Now they pledge friendship, and agreed that, because of the jealousy of Anne's husband, the captain, they should tell him the truth. He had wondered that one so unlike his other roughnecks had enlisted as a pirate. By one recorder the following is declared to have been elicited from Mary by the captain at the time he was let into the secret : She liked piracy because the re- wards of piracy were only for the brave. She approved of death as the penalty for it. because otherwise "a crowd of rogues would be pillaging if no dangers were connected with it." By another recorder the following is set down as the testimony given at Mary's trial, before the Admiralty Assizes : "She said that as to hanging she deemed it no great hardship : for, were it not for that, every cowardly fellow would turn pirate and so in- fest the sea that men of courage must starve. Many, she said, now just bold enough to cheat widows and or- phans and oppress neighbors who are too poor to seek justice, would then rob at sea. Thus the ocean would be crowded with rogues like the land. Xii merchant would venture out. It is the fear of hanging alone which restrains thousands from piracy." Mary did not deny this testimony. The judge admired the point of view. With Anne, piracy was a protest against "the cruel usuage of her father and the disappointment of her fortune." She had the aristocratic notion that "the well born should be nourished by the fruits of lesser people." On her father's plantation black men had been slaves. Lillies must have ruck to root in. THE DUEL ON THE BEACH. There are two versions as to what happened to Mary. One is that a passenger captive was allowed to live and join Rackham's crew "because he was an artist." Another is that this young man was impressed into service "because he was a carpen- ter." All that matters now is that he was fair and wholesome and Mary's emotions were stirred up by him. She leaned against the mast "and thrilled when he passed." So when, under the rules of the ship, a quarrel be- tween him and another sailor was to be settled ashore by sword, she, knowing what swordmanship she had learned in the army in Flanders, THE READE RECORD flung an insult at the challenger and insisted that her insult should be wiped out before the carpenter. After a few passes Mary ran him through and he lay dead at her feet. This led to explanations between her and the comely carpenter. By their vows to each other in the bow of the ship, one midnight, under the Southern Cross, they solemnized their own marriage. Anne was somewhat shocked! One fell day Captain Rackman, needing recruits, put into Negril Bay, West Indies, and invited the crew of a French fisher boat aboard. He was regaling them with rum punch when a British pirate chaser appeared. Rackman slipped anchor and made sail with all nine fishermen abroad. The warship raked the pirate with solid shot. The captain and his men went below. Only his wife, Anne Bouncy, and her messmate, Mary Read, and one of the crew ( perhaps the gentle carpenter) stayed on deck to continue resistance. Here historians agree. All were tried at Admiralty Assizes at Port Royal, Jamaica ; all were sentenced to be hanged upon Gallows Point. All were hanged — except Anne and Mary. They were reprieved: Anne because she was a woman and be- cause of "the influence of gentlemen who had known her in her innocent youth." Mary because she would soon become a mother. Mary died in prison before the child came. Anne was set free. But as to what after- ward became of her or of the child she had left at the Bahamas the sev- eral historians agree at last in this — they never could learn. HARD LUCK, INDEED A young man in Chicago had lost his aunt- He seemed so dejected thereby that a friend, aware of the true situation, asked : "Why do you look so sad? You never appeared to care much for the old lady." " I didn't," said the youth, dolefully, "but I was the means of keeping her in a lunatii asylum for a number of years. She has left me all her money, and now I have got to prove that she was of sound mind." — Case & Com'nt DEFINITIONS A class in a Boston school being asked the following questions, answered thus: Question. — What is the motto of the United States ? Answer. — Safety first ! Q. — What is an octogenarian ? A. — A fish with eight legs (octopus?) Another answer. — A person who lives only on vegetables (vegetarian ?). ESSAY ON KING SOLOMON A little girl in a neighboring town tells the world what she knows about King Solomon in the following essay : King Solomon was a man who lived ever so many years ago, and in the country in which he governed was the whole push. He was an awful wise man, and one day two women came to him, each one holding on to the leg of a baby, and nearly pulling it in two, and both claiming it, and King Solo- mon wasn't feeling right good, and he said : "Why couldn't the brat been twins and stopped all this bother?" And then he called for his sword and was going to chop the brat in two and give each one a piece of it, when the one who was the real mother said, "Stop, Solomon, stay thy hand, let the old hog have it. If I can't have a whole baby I don't want any." Then Solomon told her to take the baby and go home and wash its face, for he knew it washers, and he told the other woman to go chase herself. King Solomon built Solomon's temple and was the father of all the Masons. He had 700 wives and 200 lady friends, and that is why there are so many Masons in the world. — La Fayette Bulletin, La Fayette Chapter, No. 2, Royal Arch Masons, Chicago. THE READE RECORD Gbc "Keafce IRccorfc Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Genealogical Research Officers Elected, October 31, 1916 President l'i g. Gen. Philip Reade. • ; Boston U. S. A. Ke irtd Vice Presidents I. l\ ! R» ID New York Joshua I . ( RANE Taunton Treasurer ChaRLI - F. Rl id Brookline Secretary ALANSON II. Kill' Wellesley Hills Genealogist i teoRGI S. Ste'waR-1 Bedford Annual Meetings Thirteen annual meetings of the Keade Society have been held in Massachusetts, as follows ; Taunton, July 14 1904. Boston, l (ctober 12, 1905. South Weymouth, September 27. 1906. \\ , -i Bridgewater, < ictober 17, 1907. Boston, i >> tobei 28, 1908. Boston, i Ictober 28, 1909. Lexington, I ictober 28, 1910. South Weymouth. October 27, 1911. Burlington, ' (ctober 16. 1912. Boston, < ictober 30, 1913. Boston, i ictober 22, 1 ; 14. Boston, October 28, 1915. Boston, October 31. 1916. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Membership fees, one dollar per year, or $10 for a Life Membership, exempt from future dues, should be sent to CHARLES F. READ, Treasurer, I >ld State House, Boston, Mass. THE SECRETARY SAYS: — That with " 700 wives and 200 lady friends," as stated in the little girl's essay in another column, no doubt furious war raged among them(which is his excuse for including the item in this "War Number" of the Record). So that King Solomon was often glad to put on his hat and go to the Lodge. Thus another mystery has been solved— why King Solomon instituted Freemasonrj —That an item omitted from the last Record is herein noted : that on the 24th of September 1915, there was born to Harold Fulli- k Rekd of Brookline, Mass., and SARA (Smith) REED, his wife, a son and heir, Haiold Fuller Reedjr, a grandson of the Secretary, which he hopes will continue with honor the line of THOMAS READ of Colchester, England, 1665, and of Thomas Ream of Sudbury .Mass . 1701, whese wills of those dates were published m the Reade Record No. VII. —That to Harold C. Read of Brookline. Mass. (member of the Keade Society) and his „ife Margarei ISi udder) Read was born M.m li 31st, 1917, a son and heir AV. rtScu a grandson of our Treasurer L'harU* I Read, and descendant of Thomas READ of Chelmsford, Mass.. .> soldier in Kino Phillips War, 1676. of whom account was published in the Keade Record No. V. ["hat he hopes others of our members will report births ot additional Inns ' t the exti n sue Keade Family. The old Colonial stock should not be allowed to d e out. I hat if some of our members view askai" e oui publii ation of the activities of some of thi Reade Family in the way of piracy, etc.. n >h<>uld be sai< that of so many others account has been made of virtue and good deeds, that to prevent family puttiness the Secretary thinks it well at tirms to show up somewhat of its seamy side. And. strange to say, this is gen- etally the more romantic and inteiesting. —That if the genealogical scheme outlined in the "Summons and Statement " Ip. 9l can be successfully carried out, it will pro\e one of the most valuable genealogical works under taken in behalf of any family. — That if any member of the Keade Family knowing that what he or she possesses in this world cannot be taken with them into the next, and so chooses to becpieath some small fraction thereof in their will to the permanent fund of the Keade Society, the same shall fail not of the reward that comes to the doer of good deeds. — That, with the hundreds if not thousands of those bearing the Keade name (however spelled I in all this vast country, descendants most of them of the oid Colonial«tock, it is surpiising to find so many not able or not willing to pay the trifling sum of ( ink Dollar a year to the Reade Society to aid in its genealogical work. THE KEADE RECORD H Summons Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.A. TO ALL Members of the Rede- Reed-Read-Reade-Reid-Ried Fam- ily, throughout the world, whereso- ever they chance to be, Greeting: Know ye, that, whereas the Reade Society now stationed at Boston. Massachusetts. United States of America, and having for its object genealog- ical research with regard to the an- cestral lines of the said family ; and whereas it has been in existence the past thirteen years or more and is duly incorporated under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, authorized to carry on its said work, and to own real estate, adapt a seal, insignia and arms for its use and that of its members; and whereas the said society has nut now. nor ever has had any salaried or paid officials; and whereas they have given freely of their time and efforts and means to accomplish the good work of the said society, and the publica- tion of the "Reade Record," the official organ of the said Society ; and whereas it is now deemed desirable that the said work should be ex- tended and more largely supported by the members of the said Family : Therefore you, being adjudged one of the same, are Hereby Summoned to read the following Statement con- cerning the work of the said Reade Society and to appear at its bar and give it your reasonable aid, or to ren- der such good and sufficient reason as may excuse you therefrom. Hereof fail not to take due notice and govern yourself accordingly. In witness whereof I have set my hand & seal this first day of June. 1917. Philip Reade, President [seal] Attest : Charles F. Read, treasurer Alanson H. Keed. Secretary STATEMENT Realizing that the genealogies of the Reade Family, however the name may be spelled ) already in print were not only few in number but con- tained many gross errors, an associa- tion was formed some thirteen years or more ago to investigate the rec- ords in America and in England re- garding the early immigrants of the name, to correct the many mis-state- ments already in print, and to add further information, making it avail- able to the public. The results have been published in the "Reade Rec- ord," the official organ of the Reade Society, and have proved so valu- able that no genealogist who does not consult these papers can be sure of obtaining correct Reade ancestral lines. To some limited extent the Reade Society has also accumulated and preserved genealogical material contributed by its members, books, photos, etc. Put it is evident that a much larger and more important work should be done. But the limited number of members of the Society, never over two hundred, has not furnished the funds with which to carry on such a work — even though the Society has not now, nor ever has had, any paid officials. Its officers have not only contributed their time and efforts, but as well have stood in the breach when financial needs made it necessary. However, owing to the present great war. investigations among the Eng- lish records are practically ended. Put another field of operation is open at home, the working of which is equally important, and perhaps in the distant future will be held to have hern far more so. Briefly stated, it i> this: America is a vast continent and its means of communication and transportation so extensive that a res- ident in one section may, with his family, remove to another, hundreds and perhaps thousands of miles dis- tant and between which places there 10 THE R E A D E RECORD is little or no connection. In earlier days, when a resident of a country moved into the next, or from one state to an adjoining one, there were generally some, lines of information in the records, registry of deeds, pro- hates of wills, etc., that gave a clue to the change made, and so the de- scendants of the mover could, from the new home, still trace their an- cestral lines hack to the original im- migrant. But this is becoming every year more and more difficult, and in a generation or two may be impos- sible, unless some written record is left by those of the present time for those who are to come in later years. Many cannot remember the names of their grandparents, and fewer still know the names of their great grand- parents. And what is equally im- portant, know in what place, town, county or state these latter lived and died. Those of the Reade name who have moved to far distant locali- ties and then- settled, have founded a new branch of the family. When, at some later date, their grandchildren or great-grandchildren, inspired with the wish to know the history of their forefathers and the part they played in the world, and whence they came, and why they came across the broad ocean in pioneer days to find a home in America — that information will be a sealed book to them because those of the present day have been too negli- gent, careless or selfish to lake the trouble to leave a record behind them. The information that dies with them is lost forever. It is a proud thing to be able to substantiate a claim of descent from the Colonial and Revo- lutionary stock, and the same, as the years go by, will be held of the Civil War heroes of either side. But the reader may say, "I have no interest in genealogy and all such matters." If you are young that is in general a natural feeling, for when one is young the affairs of the pres- ent life are urgent and the future, not the past, engaged the youthful mind. But as the wheels of life turn more slowly, the elder ones review the past to judge of the future, and many a question presents itself for answer. And of these a natural one con- cerns the ancestral lines by which we came out of the past into the present. And often so intense becomes the de- sire to know, that time and mone) have been spent without stint, to learn what might have been left of record in a few lines — and the search proved all in vain! The young were too busy and too heedless to ask of their elders what they could easily tell — and make written note of it. The elders were too indifferent, negligent or not of sufficient intellectual caliber to realize the importance of keeping a written record, and so all their in- formation died with them. And thus in later years the missing links can- not be found. You deride genealogy, perhaps? Hut take note that no man ever be- came famous without the world's making all possible effort to learn who his ancestors were. The world is not content to eat of the fruit of tin' tree alone. It wishes to know bow that tree grew such fruit and why and who planted and cared for it. For the world would like to see others gri urn like it ! There is many a famous man who came of a family previously obscure, winch had no reason to expect that from its ranks so great a man would arise. And so no one may sneer at an obscure family that takes interest and pride in keeping a correct an- cestral record. Who can foretell it may not be the next family called upon to furnish an immortal man of history ? Why, in the light of the foregoing, if our readers are yet unconvinced that there is pleasure and value in a reasonable use of genealogy, may we not raise another and more personal question? Is it not a selfish view of the use of life that you live only for THE R E A D E RECORD 11 yourself and the present and refuse to take the trouble to make a record to be passed down to those who will constitute the world in future days to come ? And this brings us to the statement of the objects that the Reade Society hopes to attain with your aid. Brief- ly stated, they are — First — That it shall send to every one of the Reade name ( however spelled) a genealogical form, such as is herewith sent to you ; to be filled out as fully as may be possible; espe- cially with reference to the place from which you or your ancestors came to your present place of perma- nent residence, together with all such other genealogical information as you may see fit to give. And further, that you send for other forms and place them in the hands of others of the Reade name or others who may be interested in this work. In this way the Reade Society hopes to reach every one of the Reade name (however spelled) and get a report from them. It is planned to bind all these re- ports in volumes, indexed and put in shape for ready reference, and where convenient, photos may be attached as well of persons, old records, home- steads, etc. All these will be depos- ited with the "Nezv England Historic Genealogical Society," which is headquarters for all such matters. The Society occupies and owns a new building, complete with every conve- nience, and as absolutely fireproof as human ingenuity and money can make it. It has a magnificent library of historical and genealogical works, books, maps, and data of every kind. And its membership is open to all the world at small cost, and a free use as well of its books to all vis- itors. Hence the Reade Reports placed with a permanent institution of this kind will provide an invalu- able means of information to those interested in the Reade ancestral lines, both now and in the days to come. And all this can be done if you will "only da your bit" in the matter If this work is delayed it will soon be too late. Second — While, as stated above, the Society has no paid officials, yet it cannot be said to have no expenses. The cost of such original investiga- tion as can be carried on at present, the publishing of the "Reade Record," the printing of these genealogical re- ports, of the membership certificates, office materials, envelopes, postage stamps, and similar expenses require a much larger membership than the Society now has. The dues have been placed at the small amount of $1.00 per year for the annual members, and for life membership, $10.00, with ex- emption from all future dues. For the certificate of membership with coat of arms in colors, an additional charge of 50 cents is made. All funds received from life mem- bership have been placed in the sav- ings bank, and only the interest used for the work of the Society. In Conclusion It is possible to carry out the sug- gestions made above if each and every member of the extensive Reade Fam- ily will do his or her part. Will You Do Yours? If so, fill out the blank Report here- with sent you, as completely as pos- sible, and send it in to the Reade So- ciety with your fee of $1 (if you are not already a member) for mem- bership fee and 50 cents for certifi- cate. Then interest yourself in the work of the Society and help increase its membership. You will never regret it. Alanson H. Reed, Secretary. 12 THE READE RECORD THE CIVIL WAR-- FIFTY-ODD YEARS AGO By ALANSON H. REED Lieut. Charles W. Reap of rHE Confederate Navy Raids the Shipping off the Coast of New England In tlu- General Navy Register note is made of Charles W. Read. Acting Midshipman. 20th Sept.. 1856; Mid- shipman, 15th June, 1860: Resigned, 4th February, 1861. This is taken to refer to the' Lieut. Charles W. Read, C.S.X.. the subject of this sketch. I Le was from the state of Mississippi, and evidently considered his firsl alle giance due to his state ratlin- than to the Federal Government. From Sep tember, 1862. to January. 1863, the I onfererate Government was fitting out at Fort Morgan in Mobile. Via . the cruiser Florida, J. N. Maffitt, < om mander, to raid the commerce of the Union Government. An extract from his journal says: November 4th i 1862) Lieut. C. W. Read, the last Lieutenant 1 personally applied for. joined: this officer acquired reputation for gunnery, coolness and determina tion at the battle of New ( >rleans. When his commander, T. B. Huger, was fatally wounded, he continued to gallant!) fight the McRae [againsl Commander Farragut's fleet] until she was riddled and unfit for service. The Florida left Mobile January 16, 1863 \n extract from Commander Moffitt's journal says: "My orders are to assail their [the enemy's] commerce onlv. that the mercantile part of the Northern community, who so earnest- ly sustain the war by liberal contribu- tions, may not fatten on its progress but feel all its misfortunes. . . . When merchant ships are destroyed on the high seas individuality suffers and the shoe pinches in the right direction. All the merchants of New York and Boston, who have by their splendid traders become princes in wealth, and puffy with patriotic zeal for the sub- jugation of the South will soon cry with a loud voice, peace, peace: we are becoming ruined and the country damned." May 6th, off the coast of Brazil the Florida "at 9.45 A.M. hailed the Yankee brig Clarence, from Rio to Baltimore, with a cargo of coffee and made her a prize." Lieut. Read proposed "to take the brig which we have just captured and with a crew of twenty men to proceed to Hampton Roads and cut out a gun boat or steamer of the enemy. As I would be in possession of the brig's papers and as the crew would not be large enough to excite suspicion, there can be no doubt of my passing Fort- ress Monroe successfully. Once in the Roads I would be prepared to avail in ., elf of any circumstance which might present for gaining the deck of an enemv's vessel. If it would be found impossible to board a gun boat or merchant steamer it would be pos- sible n> toe the shipping at Baltimore." Lieut. Read's offer was accepted, and ond Assistant E. H. Brown and twenty men, and one howitzer with ammunition and equipment were put aboard the brig Clarence, and that same day he started upon his dan- gerous enterprise. What followed is told in his own words in a report sub- sequently made to the Confederate Government. "In obedience to orders I shaped my course for the Capes of the Chesa- peke. <>ff the Wind Islands I chased several vessels, but failed to overhaul them on account of the inferior sad ing qualities of the Clarence. On the 6th of Tune . . . fell in with, cap- tured and burned the bark Windward | Whistling Wind] from Philadelphia to New Orleans loaded with coal . . . On the 7th of June captured the schooner Alfred H. Partridge from New York to Metamoras. She was loaded with arms and clothing for our citizens in Texas. I took the captain's bond for the sum of $5000 for the THE READE RECORD 13 delivery of the cargo to loyal citizens in the Confederate states. On June 9th . . . captured and burned the brig Mary Alvina from Boston to New Orleans. . . . From the prisoners and papers of transports Windward and Mary Alvina I derived such in- formation as convinced me it was im- possible to carry out the instructions of Commander Maffitt. No vessels were allowed to go into Hampton Roads unless they had supplies for the U.S. Government and then were close- ly watched. The vessels lying at the wharf above Fortress Monroe were guarded by a gunboat, and there were sentries on the wharf. Just outside the fort there were two boarding steamers. ... I then determined to cruise along the coast and try to in- tercept a transport for Fortress Mon- roe and with her to endeavor to carry out the orders of Commander Maffitt and in the meantime to do all possible injury to the enemy's commerce. On the morning of the 12th of June . . . captured the bark Tacony in ballast from Port Royal, S. C, to Philadel- phia. As soon as we had possession of her, a schooner was discovered which we stood to intercept. At 8 A.M. we brought to the schooner. She proved to be the schooner M. A. Schindler in ballast from Port Royal, S. C, to Philadelphia. The bark Ta- comy being a better sailor than the Clarence I determined to burn the latter vessel and take the bark. While the howitzer, etc., was being trans- ferred from the Clarence to the Ta- comy, a schooner was discovered com- ing down before the wind. Passing near the Clarence a wooden gun was pointed at her and she was command- ed to heave to, which she did imme- diately. She was found to be the schooner Kate Stewart from Key West to Philadelphia. As we were now rather short of provisions and had over fifty prisoners I determined to board the schooner Kate Stewart and make a cartel of her." So he placed his prisoners aboard of her and sent them ashore. The bus Clarence The Bark Tacony to which Lieut. Keed transferred his flag after burning the brig Clarence. The second burning vessel is a prize. (From a drawiug mad, ' ■■■'.) (By permission of B6ston Globe, copyright, 1913.) 14 THE READE RECORD and schooner Schindler were then set on fire." Soon after he captured the brig Arabella, which he boarded on June 15th. captured and burned the brig Umpire, June 20th . . . captured the ship Isaac Webb : same day burned the fishing schooner Micawber ; June 21, captured and burned the clipper ship Byzantium and the bark Good- speed. ' June 22 captured the fishing schooners MareHzo Florence, E. Ann, Robert Choate and Ripple. "The Florence being an old vessel I bonded her and placed seventy-five prisoners on her. The other schooners were burned. On June 23d captured and burned the fishing schooners Ada and Wanderer. On June 24th . . . cap- tured the ship Shatemuc from Liver- pool to Boston with a large number of emigrants. I bonded her for $150,000. On'the night of June 24th, captured the fishing schooner Archer. As there were now a number of the enemy's gunboats in search of the Taconv and our howitzer ammunition being all expended. I concluded to destroy the Taconv, and with the schooner Archer to proceed along the coast with the view of burning the shipping in some exposed harbor, or of cutting out a steamer. Accord- inglv, on the morning of the 25th of Tune, we set fire to the Tacony and with the Archer stood in for the coast. On the morning of the 26th of June we made Portland Light. Off Port- land I picked up two fishermen, who taking us for a pleasure party, willing- ly consented to pilot us into Portland. From the fishermen I learned that the revenue cutter Caleb Cushing was in the harbor of Portland and the passenger steamer to New York — a staunch, swift propeller — would re- main in Portland during the night. I at once determined to enter the harbor, and at night to quietly seize the cutter and steamer. At sunset we entered the harbor and anchored in full view of the shipping. I explained to my officers what I ex- pected to do after dark. My engin- eer, Mr. Brown, expressed his doubts as to his ability to start the engines of the steamer proposed to be captured without the assistance of another en- gineer. I felt confident that Mr. Brown would do his utmost to per- form the duty required of him, but as the nights were very short it was evi- dent that if we failed to get the steam- er under way, after waiting to get up steam, we could not get clear of the forts before we were discovered. As the wind was blowing moderately out of the harbor, 1 then decided to cap- ture the cutter, and after getting from under the forts to return and fire the shipping. At 1.30 A.M. we boarded the cutter Caleb Cushing and captured her, without noise or resistance. As the cable could not be slipped, it wit- two o'clock before we got under way. The wind was now very light, the tide was running in. and before we could get from under the guns of the fort day dawned. At 10 A.M. when about twenty miles off the harbor, two large steam- ers and three tugs were discovered coming out of Portland. The cutter was cleared for action, and as soon as the leading steamer was in range we opened fire upon her. After firing five rounds from the pivot gun I was mor- tified to find that all projectiles for that gun were expended. From the movements of the enemy's steamers it was evident that they intended to at- tack us simultaneously on each side and endeavor to clear our deck with their sharpshooters. It was plain that we could offer but an ineffectual re- sistance, and therefore I directed the cutter to be set on fire and the crew to take to the boats. At 11.30 I sur- rendered myself and crew to the steamer Forrest City. At 12 o'clock the cutter blew up. . . . — Very re- spectfully, vour obedient servant, C. W. Read, Second Lieutenant, C. S. Navy. June 27, 1863. THE R E A D E RECORD 15 REPORT OF U.S. COLLECTOR OF CUSTOMS. PORTLAND. ME. At about 1 o'clock A.M., after the moon had set, the watch on deck, hearing boats approaching, at once called Lieutenant Davenport, but as the watch returned on deck, he found armed men pouring over each side of the cutter, variously estimated at from twenty-five to forty men. They instantly seized the watch on deck, presented revolvers to their heads, and threatened to shoot them if they spoke or made any noise. The watch were put in irons and sent below, and. the main hatch being open, a part of the attacking party rushed below and threatened to shoot the men asleep in their hammocks or just awakening if they spoke. The men below were then ironed and ordered not to look on deck at the peril of their lives. Our men seized Lieutenant Davenport as he attempted to come out of the cabin at the call of the watch and bore him below in the cabin and ironed him. or- dering him to keep quiet as a prisoner. Then they loosed her sails, hove up her anchor, and made sail on her ; but as the wind was light, put two boats ahead with their own men to tow her. They towed her out of the northern passage to our harbor known as Hus- sey's Sound (which I regret to say is entirely unprotected by any fortifica- tion or battery) and at daylight she was seen about five miles off standing to sea. . . . I at once sent messengers to Fort Preble for guns and men of the Seventeenth Regulars, to be ready for a steamer that I would have at the port wharf; also sent messenger to Camp Lincoln, to Colonel Mason of the Seventh Maine Volunteers for men. To both of these requests the responses were promptly made. . . . I at once chartered the Forrest City, a 700-ton side-wheeler of the Boston Line, . . . [which took on board the Regulars]. Finding that . . . the steamer Chesapeake (propeller) . . . was getting up steam, I put Colonel Mason and the largest portion of his command on board of her. she having obtained two brass six-pounders from the state arsenal. She had also about fifty citizen volunteers of all ages and colors, who armed themselves and re- paired on board. ... In fifty min- utes after I had learned of the capture of the cutter three steamers had left the wharf to overhaul her. . . . The cutter was about ten miles off, stand- ing to westward and beating out of Casco Bay. The Forrest City first overhauled the cutter, when, without heaving to. she opened fire on the steamer with her 32-pound gun, firing four round shot at her. but without hitting her. She (the steamer) hove to then for the Chesapeake, and after conferring together, it was deemed best for the Chesapeake, as she was a propeller and had taken [on] board about fifty bales of cotton for barri- cades, to run the cutter down. She accordingly put on all steam and stood for her. being something over one mile off. The schooner tacked and gave the Chesapeake three or four shots, the last being shrapnel, part of which passed over the steamer. See- ing three steamers bearing down for her, the officer in command went into the cabin and informed Lieutenant Davenport that he and his men must leave the vessel as they had deter- mined to abandon her and set her on fire. One of the cutter's boats was appropriated for her men, and they all got in, twenty in number, including boys, still with handcuffs on, but at the request of the crew the keys of the handcuffs were thrown into the boat, and they released themselves and pulled away from the schooner. The captors then manned two other boats, having set fire to the schooner fore and aft, and left her. She was soon in flames and blew up about 2 P.M., sinking at once. These two boats 16 THE READE RECORD were overhauled by the Forest City and the parties made prisoners by the Seventeenth Regulars. The other boat with the cutter's crew was picked up by the Chesapeake. A fisherman, as prisoner, was among those on board the Forest City, and from him they learned that this party had a schooner standing off in company. The steamer ran a few miles out to sea, and over- hauled the schooner, when on firing one gun across her bows, she hove to and surrendered with three men on board. She proved to be the Archer with the gun, provisions, etc., of the Tacony. Some of the men state it was their intention to have taken the cutter out and exchange the vessels, giving the crew the Archer to return in. As the cutter had a 32-pound gun and 12-pound brass Dalgren on a pivot forward, she would have been a dangerous vessel. Fortunately the captors of the cutter could find but eight of her ninety round shot, or they say they should have fought longer, but the < hesapeake, under full -tram. would have run her down 1 think and sunk her. The Archer I have taken into the wharf, stripped her sails and put her armament, stores, etc.. into the old Custom House. . . . She is about ninety tons burden and has some of her salt for fishing still on board. . . . Jedediah Jewett, Collector. Report of Lieut. J. H. Merryma-c U. S. Revenue Service We [on the Forest City] now' ob- served a crowded boat leaving her, which proved to contain Lieutenant 1 lavenport and his crew, who were picked up bv the Chesapeake. A few moments later two more boats left her, and instantly smoke and flames were seen bursting from her wardroom and cabin companionways. By aid of my glasses I perceived that her decks were deserted and that the dishing was doomed to destruction. Expecting every moment to see her blown to atoms, for I had learned that her magazine contained 500 pounds of powder, I advised Captain Liscomb to bear away for the boats containing the pirates, and run them down. As we neared them, however, they fran- tically displayed white handkerchiefs and Masonic signs, and the steamer was therefore steered clear of them and stopped. They were ordered on board, and as they came up the side were seized by the soldiers and tied. The Commander, C. W. Read, de- claring himself a lieutenant in the Confederate Navy, handed me his side arms and claimed to be a prisoner of war. After questioning him a few minutes, I turned him over to Captain [Nathaniel] Prime of the Seventeenth Regulars, in command of the soldiers, and he was placed under guard with his crew. ... At 1.48 P.M. the cut- ter blew up with a fearful explosion and disappeared from our view. At 2 P.M. we overhauled the Archer and firing a shot across her bow hove her to. I sent Lieutenant Richardson on board to take charge, and taking her in tow brought her into this harbor. U. S. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the Wai of the Rebellion. NO MIDDLE NAVIES THEN It is an exception nowadays to come across a person with only one Christian name. High or low can have a string of middle names if they so desire, although the majority stick to but two Christian names. In the sixteenth century, however, middle names were illegal in England, and, in accord- ance with the strictness of that period, no in- fraction of the law was admitted. Rovalty were the only privileged persons in this respect. If they really wished to possess a middle name the law relaxed its seventy and granted their request ; but woe to the ordinary commoner who exercised his own authority and gave unto himself more than two appella- tions. The whipping post was his punishment for the first offense. And should his boastful- ness exceed his temerity a more lasting punish- ment corrected his second. lapse— the medieval custom of removal of "his thumbs or ears. — Stray Stories. THE READE RECORD 17 ©t>ituar\> Edgar S. Reade A member of the Reade Society died re- cently at his home, 312 Cooper Street, Ot- tawa, Canada. Mrs. Mary Jane Read The mother of Mrs. Helen Read Merriam of Syracuse, X.Y., an esteemed member of the keade Society, died at the residence of her daughter, 825 West Genesee Street. March. 1915. Mrs. Read was born in Mc- Donough, N.Y., July 27, 1835, daughter of Jacob Permenter and Jane (Jenkins) Hill. She married September. 1858, Bruce Ben- jamin Read, and resided on the old Read Homestead in Smithfield, N.Y. About 1864 he removed to Greene and engaged in mercantile business. He held many pub- lic offices, postmaster. Justice of the Peace, etc. They had one son, Hiram Read, who died young, and one daughter, Helen Read, who married Evan B. Merriam. He was born in Smithfield. N.Y., was a graduate of the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and practiced in Binghampton, N.Y. ; in business fifteen years in Niagara Falls, N.Y. Secretary to Collector of Port of New York during Cleveland's administration, and last with Charles Hubbard Son & Co., of Syracuse. N.Y. Member of the Sons of the American Revolution, and New York State Pharmaceutical Association. A man of fine personality and character. Dr. Joshua W. Read Dr. Joshua Ware Read, a Life Member of the Reade Society and forty-seven years resident of Newark, N.J., died at his home, 283 Ridge Street, April 17, 1917, in his eightieth year. He was born in West Ba- tavia, New York, October 17, 1837, son of Nathaniel and Hannah I Ware) Read. He was a descendant of Thomas Read, who came from Colchester, Essex Co., England, and settled in Sudbury, Mass., in 1654. Joshua Ware Read was graduated from the New York State Normal School in 1861, and principal of the Union School at Peekskill, N.Y., four years. Graduated from the Bellevue Hospital Medical Col- lege in the Class of 1867. Practiced in Bloomington, 111., from then until 1870, when he moved to Newark, N.J. Formerly a member of the Board of Education, a coroner and surgeon of the Police Depart- ment ; President of the School Board ; Sec- retary, Historian and Librarian of the Es- sex Co. Medical Society, etc. About three years ago Dr. Read retired, preceding that time having lived for more than forty years at 82 Park Place. He is survived by bis wife and two children. Mary A. Jackson of East Orange, and James P. Read of Newark. Mrs. Anna Reed Wilkinson Mrs. Anna Reed Wilkinson, a member of the Reade Society, and widow of the late Henry W. Wilkinson, died at her home 168 Bowen Street, Providence, R.I., in her eighty-first year. She is survived bj her sister Mrs. Samuel F. Smith. 1180 Center Street, Newton Center, Mass. William A. Read William Augustus Lead, head of the banking firm of Wm. A. Read & Co., New York and Boston, died at his home in New York, Friday, April 7, 1916, sixty years of age. He was a Life Member of the Reade Society for Genealogical Research, Bos- ton. Mass.. and a liberal supporter of its work. He was a lineal descendant of Wil- liam Read hi Batcome, Somerset Co.. Eng- land, who came to America in 1635 and settled in Weymouth. Mass., but later re- moved to Boston. William August Read was born in Brooklyn, N.Y., May 20, 1858. the son of George W. and Rowland Augus- ta (Curtis) Read. He was graduated from the Brooklyn Polytechnic and Collegiate Institute in 1873. He began business life in the office of Vernily & Co. in 1877, was made a member of the firm in 18%. con- tinued until 1904, and retired to form the firm of Wm. A. Read & Co. Their Boston house is in Congress Street. Mr. Read married November 20, 1894, Caroline H. Seaman. They have had five sons and two daughters. John Warner Reed J. Warner Reed, a charter member of the Reade Society under the act of its incorpora- tion, February 24,1914, by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, died April 11, 1914, at Hins- dale, Ills. He was born in Boston, June 1, 1842, son of Alanson and Hannah(Baker)Read, and lineal descendant of Thomas Read of Col- chester, Eng., 1665, and Thomas Read, of Sud- bury, Mass., 1755-1701, whose wills are pub- lished in the No. VII Reade Record. J. Warner Reed was a member of the firm of A. Reed & Son, of the widely-known Reeds' Temple of Music, in Chicago, dealers and man- ufacturers of pianos, 1851-1899. In 1893 he completed and exhibited at the World's Fair in Chicago, the Reed System of piano construc- tion embodying entirely new and radical feat- ures for which patents were issued in United States, Canada, England, France, Germany, and Russia. 1 1 is intent vi as to construct an artistic instru- ment which should have musical qualities as superior to the ordinary piano as a Stradiva- rius violin is to the ordinary brand. He re- ceived from the jury of awards the highest recognition of the worth of his scientific meth- od of construction, and the bronze medal. 18 THE RE A UK RECORD LIFE MEMBERS Crane, Joshua E. G bk n. Mrs. Ella k 11 :i is, Miss Marx a. Lefferts, Marshall i k Morse, Wili aui. s. Read, Charles F. Head, Miss i Ilara a. Ri u>, Miss Ella ii. Read, Franklin Read, George B. Read, George W. Re \i>. Josi in •Re m>. Josh i \ w. Read, J. Paulding Read, Miss Margaret ii. Read, Samuel ii •Read, .miss Sabah e '. William \ •Readk, Edgar s. Bridget a ter, Mass. Hartford, i 'null. Foxboro, Mass. New York V 1. New ^,,rk. N. V Brookline, Mass. \r» Bedford, Mass. New Bedford, MaSS Pitsfleld, Mai Blooniington, Ills. Taunton, Mass. Summi i E. I. \,-i\ ,i ik N. J. New York. N. Y. New Haven, Conn. R] i i'K, Philip Reed, Alanson ii Reed, Charles W Reed, Edgar Reed, Miss Ki.u: i A Reed, Horai io M. Reed, James Reed, James ii. Reed, John s. Kiin. Marion B. Reed, Reuben I.. Reed, Robert ' ' Robi sjson, Mks. Gr ll i: i; Stored . Hampton i.. Warren, Mrs. Catherine R, Waterman, Mrs. Lew i \ Wilis, Wiiii SGTON * l leceased. Boston li.i Hills, Mass. Boston Worcester, Mass New Haven, Conn, New fork, N. Y. Boston Chelsea, Mass Boston Lowell, Ma-. South Acton, Mass i in ton New York. N. Y Altadena Calif. Cambridge, .Mass. Providence, R. I. Boston ANNUAL MEMBERS West R AKIN, Mas EM m v r. Alley, John s. Andrews, Mrs. Ella I:. Black her, Mrs. Catherine III INCH IRD, .Ion \ s. I ' BLANCHARD, M iss M m;v |.. I'i in. ii m.o, \l iss Sis in n v R BRUMMEB, Mas. Mm;, \ , ■ Champion, Willia m i ■ ke, Arthur F. ■ i irke, Miss Helen c;. ' 10 Mks. .Ion \ A I •"! i iii m vie* M. ELWELL, Mas .1 IMES II. South I I HETT. .Mas. I'll viii.oi i k S. Farr, Mrs Virg inia ii Field, Mas John W. Field, J. Howard Fisher, Harlan m Fl HI' HER, II IRR5 G. Friend ' iddeus K. (Iallett, Frank T, HALLETT, Miss Sabah .\. Ill BB Mil'. Mas. I 'HABLES ' HUBBART, Mas, Ii i iBl , I III r, iiinson. Enw IRD I'. ■i n kson, Mas, holmes C Kelly, Geoui.i in \ i. Kl Ma \l I . Miss HELEN F. Kneeland, Benj IMIN ' ' 1 I I Lewis. Mas. Joseph ine i: M IRDEN, Mas. Il.vkan i \ MABSHALL, Miss ADALINE Mraai m . Mas. EVAN Ik Merrow, Mas. Ren \ M. Morss, Mas. Evei Nead, Mi: Daniei W Neil, Mas Henry m. Noi ton, Mas. Joseph \ (in. rir. Jason Ik Parsons, Mas. m mi a. Peat, Miss Helen L. I'i.i Ti.ii. Mas. Benj imin M on. Miss i 'na t i l'ia 3T0N . Mas i . . Mas. Mary R. i: . 'i mono. Daniel Read, Alex i Read, Andre • i Re u>, Charles \ I.'' u . I 'ii un 1 s I Read, Clarence f. Read, Miss Edith B. in io. Edward M. ■ I. I-'. Read, George R. Ri id, II (bold ' ' 11' a HENR5 I '. Ill LD, MHklail RNE S. Ill ID, W 11.1,1 v M Rbade, Artemus B Mass. , i X. Y. Reade, in \i Ik Clinton Rev. Charles '...ik, N. Y. Pelham, N. Y. New i.n'k, N. Y. Tints Coil,".'.-. Mass. s. Weymouth, .Mass. S. Weymoui h, Mass. s. Weymouth, Mass i ' bo i, \. II Bi kllne, Mass Brookline, I'i.o idem e i 'liiiii.n. Weymouth, . in Atlanta, Ga. Dorchester, Mass. Broi ktOD, Mass. Holcomb, V ■, Somen hi.- u. - 1 llouc -" i , \ki - New % ..ri. . \ v Providence, K. I Taunton, Mas ... i ki I Cambridge, \ i .. - Fast i (range, N. .1. Boston Brookline, Mass W Obum, Mass I . I 0] South Duxbury, U Tli.- Dallas. Ore. Yoik Village. Ma. Si ra. use. N. Y. Maiden, Mass. Boston Readii Columbus, Ohio Lisbon, V II. Soni h r.raim ree, Mass Avon Lak.- I lllilsoll Roxbury, t .a wrence, Norwich, S. -ilnut.-, Mass -'ill.-. _\ Y Santa l-'a. V M Boston Manchester, .Mass. Worcester, Mass. Wellsville, N. Y. Brookline. Mass. St. Louis. .Mo. Fislikill. N. Y. SCW York. N. Y. Brookline, .Mass. i 'anil. ri. la.-. Mas- Hamilton, V Y Cambridge, .Mass. Boston SI. John. V B Cincinnati, Ohio R. 'Ik . Ohio . N, Y. Ma st Mass. i 'onn. Aaron a. Albert a. Albebt m. Al.iNzo Ik 'ii MILES I 1 vna ' ii m;i lis K Miss Clara m. Clarence l>. •ana Edw \ai. 1>. 'nil \ao M. Edward f Edward T. Miss Ik [ZABETB B W. Ik Howard Flora C. Floyd 0. Frani IS Ik Feed L. : iii d, Frederick F. Reed, Frederic ii. George A, Hi i o. I 111 a II Hi. .am: M II ED, I 111. "a. I W Hi ' II via. I o F Miss Helen I. ham Reed, Henri B. Miss Flor \ C i ' -, Homer j. Reed, Hon i no m John II. Reed, j. Russell Reed, J. Warner, Jr. Reed, Miss i.ii.i.i \n Reed, Miss i.i . i || Reed, Miss m hi i 1 1 i 'las, M \a.. Reed, Marshall Reed, Mildred a. Reed, Morris a. Reed, Ralph ii. Reed, Sa.mi el B Reed, Sylvanus a. Reed, Warren a lima.. William B Reed, William i: lima., Willi i i i . Hum.. William HOW i.i i Reed, Mas. Willi hi I! " ii i.i ui i: i . Miss II. PriscJ Russell, Mas. Louisa s. Sargent, Allan C. Sawyer, Mas. Edw ,i,o i. Simpson, Henry j smith. Mas. Samuel Ik Stevens, Mas. saka R. Stow ELL, Mas. CHARLES Washburn, Mas. Alfrei ki i i i i: ii in. Mas. Jessie Webb, Mas. Ellen R. Williams, G. Moot w hitman, Mass Boulder, Colo All.ani . V Y. West Soraervllle, Mas. New fork, \ 1 Worcester, Mass \Yrstii.-i.i. Mass Whitman, u Coon Ka|.i.ls, loii. Buffalo, \k Y Wellesley mils. Mass Everett, M Albany, V \ Boston North Brookfield, m Woi si, r, M iss Long Branch, Cal Vonkers N S la, si Weymouth, hi Cohasset, U Thompson, Conn New 1 , .i-k \ Y Montpeller, \ ' .OH ol-.l. \ || Kaon,'. \. II. Ik. SI, ,1. Brookllm Cambridge, Mass AiilMirnil.il,'. Mass. Long Branch, Cal i 'anandalgua, \. Y New York, N. Y. Amenia, No, I lak. Boston Benton Harbor, Mich Washington, 1 1 C s I. w ' ,i mouth, vi. Columbus, Ohio Boston, .Mass ik. -i Whitman, -- Mum-.... Bridge, Mo St. Jos, 'ph. M,,. Manchester, N. II. Boston New ~i ork, \. v Brockton, Mass Westfield, Mass, Washlngtonville, N. Y New York. V •> Roxbury, M s ii Weymouth, Mass New Brunswick, N. J. ii a Arlington Arlington, Mass. Graniteville, .Mass Lowell, Mass Detroit, Mich Newton i !entre, • Portland, Me ii Lowell, U ■ Brookline, Mass. Los Angeles, Cal. ScltUate, Mass. Marquette, Mich . • - TLhc 1Rea6e IRecovb Number X. BOSTON. MASS.. U.S.A. I'M/ THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZED 1904 INCORPORATED 1914 Behind this sliield stands a Nation of Free Men, Ardent for Peace, but stern in a War for Liberty and Humanity. The Fourteenth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held at the Old State House on October 31, 191 7, at 3 P.M. In the absence of the President, Gen. Philip Reade, the Treasurer, Charles F. Read, acted as Chairman. The reports of the Treasurer and Secretary were read and accepted. It was unanimously voted that the action of the Executive Committee in investing two hundred ($200) dollars of the Society's Life Fund in Liberty Bonds be ratified and confirmed. It was further voted to adopt the following amendments to Article 3 of the Society's By-Laws : CORRESPONDING SECRETARIES The Executive Committee may appoint from the membership of the Society, as Corresponding Secretaries, such members as they deem suitable for the extension of the work of the society. PECUNIARY RECOMPENSE No officer or official of the Society shall be entitled to claim any pecuniary recompense for work in connection with the Society, except the official genealogist. The election of officers was then held, for which see page 10. The meeting was then dissolved, having been a business session only. The usual social reunion and banquet were omitted in view of the present war conditions. Boston,- Mass., October 31, 191/ ALANSON H. REED, Secretary. "2-4 * THE READE RECORD WILLIAM READ OF BATCOMBE Weymouth, Mass., 1635-1646; Boston, 1646-1674 (Reade List No. 2) By George S. Stewar'J MARRIAGE RECORD Anno Regni dni Caroli Angliae Quinto, 1629, Duodecimo die Octobris Gulielmus Reade filius viduae Reade de Batcombi in Com Somerset duxit Suzanam Haym filiam Joannae Mountyer viduae de Langeham. The foregoing is correctly copied from the register of Baptisms in the Parish of Gillingham in the County of Dorset. EDWARD I.NMAN, Vicar of Gillingham. Translation. In the fifth year of King Charles of Eng- land.. 1629, on the 12th day of October, William Reade, son of the widow Reade of Batcombe in County Somerset married Susanna Hayme. daughter of Joanna Mon- tier, widow of Langham. [The above record is contributed by Alanson H. Reed, our Secretary-] This immigrant came to Massachu- setts with Rev. Joseph Hull's company in 1635 and was the first Reach- to found a family in New England. He was born about the year 1607 (if we accept the record of the passenger list) but his birthplace and parentage are yet to be found. His father died before 1629, in which year, William and his widowed mother were resi- dents of Batcombe, Somersetshire, England. William Reade married first, October 12, 1629, at St. Mary's Gillingham, Dorsetshire, Susanna Hayme, born about 1606, daughter of Edward and Joanna Hayme of Gil- lingham. Her mother, who is named in the marriage record as the "widow Joanna Montier," had been married at least three times ; first, to John Reade of Langham in Gillingham ; second, to Edward Hayme ; third, to Francis Montier, who died, testate, about 1622. William Reade was by occupation a tailor and resided at Batcombe till his departure for New England in 1635, in company with a number of his fel- low-townsmen. The passenger list is dated "Waymouth" [England], March 20, 1635, and includes "Willm Read of Batcombe, Taylor, in Som'- sett, aged 28 yeare ; Susan Read, his wife, aged 29 yeare ; Hanna Read, his daughter, aged 3 yeare ; Susan Read, his daughter, aged 1 yeare; Richard Adams, his servant, aged 29 yeare" and about 100 others. The name of the ship in which they sailed is not mentioned. They disembarked at Dorchester, Mass., June 7, 1635, and immediately set out for Wessagussett, ("soon after named "Weymouth," for the English port whence they had sailed). On September 2, 1635, Rev. Joseph Hull and four other members of his church, William Reade, Richard Adams, John Upham, and Robert Lovell were made freemen of the Colony of Massachusetts Bay. In 1636, William Reade was chosen Deputy for Weymouth to the General Court, a great honor for so young a man. and proof of his popularity and ability ; he was again elected Deputy for Weymouth in 1638. He was chosen Constable in 1644, and in 1651, though then a non-resident, he was chosen one of the "Townsmen" or Selectmen, evidently from a desire to induce him to return to Weymouth. While the land records for that period are quite imperfect, they show that William Reade owned more than 50 acres in Weymouth ; in 1636, he was given 18 acres in the Freemen's Grant, and in 1637, he bought the house and 20 acres of land that had belonged to Zachary Bicknell of Wey- mouth ; about 1643, he owned the fol- lowing lots in Weymouth : 18^ acres THE KEADE RECORD in the East Field, 8 l / 2 acres in the "Wester Neck" with 2 acres of salt marsh, and 16 acres among the "Great Lots" ; in 1644, he bought of Edward Smith 10>4 acres in the "Wester Neck." How much of this property he disposed of before his removal to Boston in 1646, is not shown by the land records, but he did not sell his 2 acre swamp lot in Wey- mouth until November 28, 1673. It is believed that William Reade had at least four children born during his stay at Weymouth, viz. Margaret, William, Esther, and Josiah, though the present imperfect vital records name but two. The first of his children recorded in Boston was John Reade, baptized in the First Church, September 27, 1646 "sonne of Wil- lyam Reade, a Recomended Member from the Church at Waymouth." This connection with the Weymouth Church is several times mentioned in the baptismal records of the Boston Church, the latest occasion being November 29. 1657. when his son Ephraim Reade was baptized. May 15, 1647, William Reade and Susanna, his wife, were admitted to member- ship in the Boston Church "upon Ires" (i.e. letters) "of Dismission from the Church at Waymouth." Susanna (Hayme), first wife of William Reade, died at Boston, Oc- tober 12, 1653, aged about 47 years. He married second, at Boston, March 20, 1654, Ruth Crooke, a woman ap- parently much younger than himself, bv whom he had 10 children. On February 16, 1654/5, he purchased of Rev. John Wilson a small lot of land, bounded on the east by Devonshire Street, (then called "Crooked Lane"), and on the north, by "the street lead- ing to the Dock," on which he erected the dwelling house and shop, sold by him in 1672. His wife went back to England in 1669, soon after the birth of her tenth child, and upon her re- turn four years later, she was brought to trial, and banished from the colony for misconduct while abroad. She was living in Rhode Island in 1674, as appears by William Reade's peti- tion for permission for her to return, dated September 2 of that year, which was not granted by the Court. This is the latest record found of William Reade, the date and place of whose death is not known. He prob- ably joined his wife in Rhode Island and it is known that he died before June 13, 1679. when his son Hezekiah was placed under guardianship, as the following record shows : "A County Court held att N. Lond n , June 13, 1679. The Court having Considered of the petition of Heze- kiah Read, an orphane under age, & the allegations therein doe grant him Liberty according to Law to choose his Guardians, & accordingly he did in open Court choose Josiah Read & John" Read, his Elder Brothers, to be his Guardians who are accepted by the Court & the sd orphan Committed to their care for his good Education in the feare of God, good Literature, & some particular calling, and the sd orphane desireing to be with his brother Jn° Read dureing his minority to the age of twenty-one yeares, the Court have Consented thereunto, he the sd John his Brother ingageing before the Court to give him good education as before & to teach him the trade of a weaver according to his best skill & to allow him Competent & Comfortable maintenance, meate, drinke, cloathing & other necessaries Convenient dureing the sd terme & to pay him five pounds towards his set- ting up at the expiration of the terme with Comlv apparell, his Eldest Brother & Guardian, the sd Josiah Read Consenting unto this dispose." ( New London. Conn. Court Record, Vol. Ill p. 124). The term "orphane." as used above, did not apparently then mean that both parents of Hezekiah were de- ceased, for on June 7. 1681, "Ruth Percy" w-as "Plaintiff Contra Jn° Read, Deffend n . in an action of Debt due to her for the service of her sonn, THE READE RECORD Hezekiah Read, for the time he was with him to the value of eighteen pounds : In this action the Court ord rs a non suite." ( New London Court Record, Vol. III. p. 156). Ruth (Crooke) Read, it appears, married second, before the above date, a Mr. Percy. No later information has come to hand in re- gard to her or her son, Hezekiah. Children of William Reade. (by first wife, Susanna Hayme) 1. Hannah b. in England. 1632; d. unm,, in Boston. Nov. 25, 1656. 2. Susanna b. in England, 1634; m. (1) at Boston, Dec. 13, 1659. Samuel Smith ; m. (2) at Taunton, Nov. 14, 1689, Thomas Lincoln; res. I aunton, Mass. 3. Margaret b. prob. abt. 1637 ; m. at Boston, Mar. 3, 1659, Richard Stubbs of Hull. The evidence of her parentage is purely circumstantial. 4. William b. Weymouth, Dec. 15, 1639 ; prob. d. young. 5. Esther b. Weymouth, May 8, 1641 ; m. at Boston, July 30, 1661, John Cann; res. Boston. f> Fosiah b. prob. abt. 1643; m. at Marshfield, Nov. 1666, Grace Hollo- way ; ancestor of the Norwich, Conn., Reads ; res. Norwich. 7. John b. Boston, Sept. 25, 1646; m. ( 1 ) abt. 1672, Hannah Holloway, sifter of Grace, (above); m. (2) Sarah ; ancestor of the Wind- ham, Conn. Reads; res. Norwich and Windham. (by second wife, Rutli Crooke) all born in Boston. S. William b. Feb. 3, 1654/5; was wild in his youth, brought into Court in 1671, living in 1673, and perhaps later a mariner. 9. Isaac b. Apr. 18, 1656; men- tioned in Court Records in 1671, in connection with his brother; later a mariner of Boston ; d. in England 1695. 10. Ephraim b. Nov. 23, 1657; later history unknown. 11. Jonathan b. Apr. 23, 1659; d. July 2, 1659. 12. Timothy b. Aug. 11, 1660; later history unknown. 13. Ruth b. May 7, 1662 (erro- neously recorded as "William"); d. July 17, 1662. 14. Hezekiah b. July 6, 1663 ; in 1679, he chose his elder brothers, Josiah and John Read, to be his guar- dians. 15. Sarah b. June 26, 1665; later history unknown. 16. Elizabeth b. Dec. 22, 1666; d. young. 17. Elizapetii b. Apr. 22, 1669; later history unknown. THE WILL OF JACOB HEAD Salem, Mass., 1662-1745 ^ (Reade Lisc No 6) _acob Read, of Salem in the County of Essex in the Province of the Mass' tts Bay in New England, yeoman, being sensible of my mor- tality, tho (through the great good- ness of God) of sound mind and memory, do, for the disposall and Set- tlement of what worldly Estate God has graciously given me, make and ordain my Last will and Testament in form and manner following viz. : Imprimis. I will that my Just Debts and the Charges of a Decent Buriall for me and my wife be well paid and Discharged. Item. I will that my Beloved wife Elizabeth Read have the one half of the income or produce of my whole estate for her comfortable support during her natural life. Item. I will and Bequeath to my Daughter, Mary Procter my Lott of land containing eight acres, more or less, which I Bought of Dan'l Epes Esq.. deceased, except one acre and an half thereof at the Northeasterly End hereafter given to my daughter Sarah, to be to my sd. Daughter Mary and her heirs forever, after my decease and my wife's decease. Item. I Give and bequeath to my -r THE READE RECUKD Daughter, Sarah Goldthwayt, one acre and an half acre of Land at the Northeasterly End of the Lott Bought of Daniel Epes Esq.. above expressed, to be sett off from the Remainder above given to my daughter Mary by a Streight line running parrellel with the Northeasterly line of sd lott of land. And also Five acres of Lands in the North field Next adjoining to the Fosters and Smalls Lands, which two pieces of Land to be to her my sd Daughter Sarah and her heirs for- ever, after my decease and her mother's decease. Item. I give and bequeath to my Daughter Elizabeth Trask my now dwelling house and land adjoyning being about one acre, to be to her and her heirs forever, after my de- cease and my wifes decease, I also give and Bequeath to my son in Law John Trask and my said Daughter Elizabeth his wife one certain house- lott in New-Salem containing Thirty Five Acres, more or Less, being that whereon they now dwell, to be to them and the longest liver of them for life, and after their decease to be to the children of my said Daughter Elizabeth and their heirs forever. Item. I Give and bequeath to my son, Jonathan Read, the whole Re- mainder of my Estate, Both Reall and Personal, be the same more or Less, to be to him and his heirs forever, after my decease and his Mothers Decease. Lastly, I hereby constitute and ap- point my said son Jonathan Read Sole Executor of this my Last will and Testament. I also appoint Mr. Thorndike Procter of Salem abovesd, overseer of this my will, and hereby request him to accept & discharge that Trust. In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seall this Fifth day of January Anno Dom. 1742. Jacob Read, (seal) Signed Sealed Published and De- clared to be his last Will and Testa- ment by Mr. Jacob Read in the pres- ence of us Robert Wilson, William King, John Nurse. Essex SS., Proved at Ipswich, Aprill 8th, 1745, Rob. Wilson & Wm. King sworn &c. (Essex Co. Probate Records, Salem, Mass., File No. 23366) The seal of Jacob Read bears a coat-of-arms with crest, but its de- tails cannot be clearly made out, being covered with a piece of thick paper. . . Comment. ^acob Read, the above testator, was the youngest son of Thomas Read, "planter," of Salem, by his second wife, Mary. (See Reade Record No. VI, pp. 9-10). According to the Vital Records, Jacob was born in Salem, August 7, 1662, but there is some evidence that the date should be a year later, viz. 1663. His older brother of the samr name, born Feb- ruary 22. 1658/9 ; died November 19. 1663. The second Jacob, the testator above, was baptized in the First Church. Salem, November 7, 1663. He deposed, November 17, 1726, "aged about sixty-three years." (Essex Co. Deeds, Vol. 47, p. 181). He married at Salem, December, 1693, Elizabeth Greene, horn in Salem, February 20, 1667/8, daughter of John and Mary ( Warren) Greene. They resided in Salem and died there, but the exact dates of their deaths are not found. Their three oldest- sons, Aaron, John, and Jacob Read, appar- ently died young, no record of them appearing after birth and none of them being mentioned in their father's will, above. Jacob and Elizabeth (Greene) Read had seven children, all born in Salem : 1 . Aaron b. Jan. 1694/5 ; prob. d. young. 2. John b. Jan. 26, 1695/6; prob. d. young. 3. Mary b. Mar. 9, 1697; m. at Salem, May 14, 1723, Nathan Procter ; res. Salem. 4. Jacob b. Feb. 12, 1699/1700; prob. d. young. — 54Jonathan 3 1). Jan. 12, 1701/2;*P r THE READE RECORD in. ( 1 ) Anna Hanson, of Dover, N.H. ; m.(2) at Salem, Jan. 1, 1743/4, Sarah Kempton ; rem. to Smithfield, R.I. 1746; d. there, testate, will proved May 31, 1779. ancestor of the Smith- held Reads. 6. Sarah b. May 15. 1703; d. at Northbridge, Mass. May 9, 1787; m. at Salem, Jan. 1, 1726/7, Samuel ( Joldthwaite Jr. 7. Elizabeth b. Mar. 13, 1704/5; in at Salem, Dec. 19. 1727, John Trask 3rd. ; res. New Salem. Mass. g. s. s. Col. JOHN READ OF REDDING, CONN. 1699 - 1786 (Reade List No. 14) lie was the eldest son of Hon. John and Ruth (Talcott) Read, of whom ne account was given in Reade Record, No. V; and was baptized in Fairfield. May 14, 1699; he died at Redding, ( let. 30. 1786. after a long and honorable career. He was the principal landowner in the parish of Reading, which took its name from hi^ family. This place was originally part of Fairfield, Conn., and when it became a township, the spelling of the name was altered to Redding. John Read was first appointed Justice of Peace in 1733, a position he retained for nearly 50 years ; he was first elected Representative in 1740 and served 14 years in the Connecticut Assembly. He was appointed cap- tain of the trainband at Reading in 1739; major of the 4th Conn. Regi- ment in 1753; lieutenant colonel in May, 1757, and colonel in October of the same year. He resigned in 1775, being too old for active service. Col. Read was twice married ; first, at Stratford, Sept. 20, 1723, to Mary Hawley, born June 6, 1697, died Feb. 19, 1748, daughter of Capt. John and Deborah ("Person" ?) Hawley, of Stratford, Conn. He married second, Dec. 19. 1750. Sarah Bradley, daugh- ter of Samuel of Greenfield Hill, Conn. ; she died at Redding, May 18, 1774, aged 48 years. Children, born at Fairfield and Red- ding, Conn. : (by first wife) 1. Mary b. Sept. 2, 1724; m. Sept. 4. 1745, John Flerpin, Jr., of Milford. Conn., son of a French physician of that place. 2. Ensign John b. Jan. 16, 1725/6; d. Sept. 23. 1757; appointed ensign in 1754; in. Dec. 18. 1746. Tabitha Haw- ley, b. Apr. 5, 1730, dau. of Joseph and Hannah ( Walker) Hawley, of Redding; she m. (2), Feb. 25, 1759, Elias Bates. Children: John bapt. Feb. 2, 1752; Abigail bapt. Aug. 31, 1755. Res. Redding. 3. William b. Jan. 31, 1730/1 ; m Dec. 11, 1753, Sarah Hawley, b. Aug 2, 1733. sister of Tabitha (above) Children, bapt. in Redding Church Rachel, Nov. 13. 1754;' Sarah. Aug 22, 1756; William, )an. 6, 1760 Henry, )uly 25, 1762; Talcott. May 26, 1765; Matilda, July 5. 1767; d lulv 9, 1767; Joseph, May 5, 1769 Lemuel. Oct. 6," 1771 ; Mary, Aug. 15, 1773; Hezekiah, Sept. 20, 1778. ' It is said this family removed to Ohio. 4. Hezekiah b. Feb. 27, 1734/5; burned to death, Mar. 27, 1739. 5. Capt. Zalmon bapt. July 23, 1738; d. Jan. 15, 1801; served in the Colonial Wars and in the Revolution ; m. fan. 31, 1758, Huldah Bradley of Greenfield Hill, who d. June 27, 1810. Res. Redding. Children : Zalmon Jr. (an ensign in the Revolution), Hul- dah, Samuel, Eli, and Aaron. 6. Luke ?, no record of him found. 7. Huldah ?, no record found. The last two are named in the "Hawley Record." (by second wife) 8. Sarah b. Nov. 27, 1751 ; m. Jabez Hill, a major in the Revolution. 9. Hezekiah b. Feb. 23, 1753; d. July 13, 1824; m. (1) May 14, 1775, Anna Gorham, who d. Feb. 23, 1785; m. (2) Feb. 22, 1789, Abigail Hull, who d. Sept. 4, 1840. Res. Redding. THE READE RECORD 4 children by first wife: Anna, Sarah, Ulilla, Hezekiah ; 4 children by second wife : Deborah, Thaddeus, Elizabeth, Samuel Bradley. 10. Ruth b. Sept. 25, 1754; m. Jeremiah Mead, a Revolutionary sol- dier. 11. Deborah b. Apr. 5, 1756; m. July 12, 1775, Thaddeus Benedict, Jr., of Danbury, a Yale graduate of 1773, who became a prominent lawyer. 12. Mary b. Mar. 4, 1758 ;'d. Mar. o 1 7^Q ' 13. Mabel b. Sept. 9, 1759 ; d. Aug. 21, 1849 ; m. Dec. 22, 1779, Levi Starr, of Danbury. 14. Esther b. Dec. 26, 1760; m. Jan. 7, 1778, Daniel C. Bartlett, a Revolutionary soldier. 15. Levi b. Mar. 19, 1764; d. same day. 16. John b. Apr. 30, 1765; m. Zoa Hillard. Res. Redding, 1790. Much of the above information has been obtained from letters written to Jacob W. Reed in 1858, by Charles D. Smith of Redding, Conn., and Aaron Read, a merchant in Troy, N. Y., who was a son of Ensign Zalmon Read, of Redding. These old letters are now the property of Alanson H. Reed, our Secretary. C. S. S. ESDRAS READE (Reade List No. 8) Esdras Reade, a tailor, is first mentioned in Boston, Dec. 24, 1638. He was the founder of an important Boston family, some account of which appears in ■ the Reade Record No. V. In a deposition, found in the Middlesex Court Files, under date of Dec. 29, 1657, Esdras gives his age as "about 57 years." This is believed more accurate than the in- scription on his gravestone in the Copp's Hill Burying Ground, Boston, which reads "Esdras Reade, aged 85 years, died July 27. 1680." The name, Esdras, is so rare, that when a record is found of an Esdras Reade, tailor, of London, in 1633, we feel confident we are on the trail of the New England immi- grant of 1638, whose name and occupation coincide exactly with those of the London man. Through an investigation made in Eng- land for our Secretary, Mr. Alanson H. Reed, by the well known genealogist, Mr. J. Gardner Bartlett, the parentage and prob- ably the birthplace of Esdras Reade are now for the first time indicated. He was the son of Esdras and Bathsheba Reade, of Sutton Mallet, Parish of Moorlinch, Somer- setshire, England. His father, Esdras Reade, Sr., died about 1611, a tenant of a messuage of 25 acres of the Manor of Sut- ton Mallet ; his widow, Bathsheba, who died about 1630, disposed of her rights in the property in 1618, to her brother-in-law, John Reade. These facts appear in a suit brought by the younger Esdras, Oct. 18, 1633, described as "a taylor, of London," against his uncle, John Reade, husbandman, of Sutton Mallet. The mother of John and the elder Esdras, was Agnes Reade, who was living at Sutton Mallet in 1583. The parish registers of Moorlinch are ex- tant to the year 1578, and it is possible an examination of them would supply further data which would identify more completely our Esdras Reade of Boston and the Lon- don tailor of the same name. Contributions toward the expense of further investigation are invited from those interested in the English ancestry of Esdras Reade, and should be sent to our Treasurer, Mr. Charles F. Read, Old State House, Boston. A. H. R. RESIGNATION Eternal God be Thou my Judge. My soul seeks not to wrest from Thee The hidden secret held by Death Behind his sable curtain grim. If when mine eyes shall close, and life Has fled, they open in light serene From Thy high throne, Most Gracious One, Then shall I say, "Praise God and live." But if my vision deepens dark, In to a never ending sleep, Then shall I say, before the end, "Thou knowest best. Thy will be done." THE READE RECORD VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS 1607 - 1666 James Read, the Blacksmith — 1607. The first Read in America. Set sail from London, England. 19th December, 1606, in the Expedition for Virginia, of which the redoubtable Capt. John Smith was a member, and arrived the 13th of May, 1607, where the company the next day be- gan the building of Fort St. James and the founding of the Colony of Virginia. The adventures of the Colonists are set forth in "Smith's Works," a collection of contemporaneous publications by an Eng- lish scholar, Edward Arber. The part played by James Read, the Blacksmith, may be seen in "Reade Record" No. VII. 1914, taken from "Smith's Works." His wife, Isabell, petitioned the "London Company" March 13, 1621, in behalf of her daughter, loane. as "next heire unto her deceased Father" so he must hav e died not long before that time and leav- ing no male heir to carry his name down to posterity. Thomas Read, July 3, 1622, who passed over (under his hand and seale) 100 acres of Land in Virginia Scituate in Coxendale over against the Land of Hen- ricus * * * unto Edward Hued of Lon- don * * * wch 100 acres was granted unto him by Sr. Geo : Yeardley. then Governor of Virginia under the Collonies Seale. in reward of his 8 yeares good service with the country: * * * where- upon the said Assignment * * was allowed * * *. [1622—8=1614 date of his arrival.] [Records Virginia Co. of London. Vol. 2, p. 91.] A LIST OF NAMES: OF THE LIVING IX VIRGINIA FEBRUARY 16, 1623" [Hottens Lists.] 1623. Roger Redes, "att ve Neck of Land." [p. 179] [p. 230, "neck of land neare James City".] 1623. Anthony Read. "At Warwick Squeake." [p. 182.] 1623. Stephen Read. "At Elizabeth Cittie." [p. 187.] MUSTERS OF THE INHABITANTS OF VIRGINIA 1624. 1623. Stephen Reede, aged 17 [camel in the George 1618 "Elizabeth Cittie [p. 253.] 1623. Thomas Read "aged 65 yeres"— Mulbury Island, [p. 241.] 1635. Steeven Read [age] 24. 23 June 1635. [p. 95.] * * To Virginia imbarqued in the America. Wm. Barker Mr. * * *. in the America, Wm. Barker NE. * * *. 1635. Wm. Read [age] 30. 24 July [1635.] [p. 113] * * * to be transported to Vir- ginia imbarqued in the Assurance de Lo [de London:] Isaac Bromwell & George Pewsie Mr. [Master] A LIST OF THE NAMES OF THE DEAD IN VIRGINIA SINCE APRIL LAST, FEBRUARY 16, 1623" [Hottens Lists.] Read — Reed — None. [pp. .] PATENTS GRANTED. 1626. In Coxendale within the Corporacon of Henerico [1626] Thomas Reade 100 Acres By Patent. EARLY VIRGINIA IMMIGRANTS 1623—1666 [Bv George Cabel Greer, Richmond, Ya., 1912] "The records of the Land Office in Rich- mond remain the only source from which the names can now be obtained. ***** * * * The search has been systematic and thorough and every name from 1623 (when the records begin) has been noted with date of appearance." "Note— The first mentioned name in every instance is the immigrant and the name following the word "by" is the pattentee or party bringing him over." Read. Thomas. 1635, by John Landman, County. Wridd, J no.. 1635. by Capt. Adam Thor- oughgood. Co. [Ridd-Redd- Read.] Read. J no., 1636, by Wm. Ravenott. War- wick River Co. Read, Thomas. 1636, by Randall Holt. James City Co. Read, John, 1636, by Robert Hollam, Hen- rico Co. Read. Robert, 1637, by Zachariah Cripps, Warwick River Co. Read, Wm, 1637, by Thomas Hampton, New Norfolk Co. Red. David, 1637, by William Spencer, Co. Reed. Julian, 1639, by George Minifye, Esq., Charles River Co. THE READE RECORD Read. Thos., 1639, by Randall Holt, James City Co. Read. Georce. 1641. by Samuel Firmer, Upper New Norfolk Co. Reades, Eliua, 1642, Instiarian Cooper, Isle of Wight Co. Reed, George. 1643, by Capt. Samuel Matthews. Esq., Co. Read, Eluam, 1643, by John Wall, Co. Rede, Robert, 1645. by Zachary Cripps, Warwick Co. Read, John. 1648, by John Landman, Nan- simond Co. Read, Mr. George, 1648, by George Read, Gent., Co. [George Read Gent." was that distin- guished Col. George Read who came from Linkenholt, England, to Virginia about 1637 where he was Secretary of State in 1640 and held other important offices. He was the great grandfather of George Washington, the First President of the United States. (See Genealogy of the Washington Family bv H. O. Collins 1900.) Also Reade Record No. VI.] Read, John, 1649, by Tho. Dale. Co. Read, John, 1649, by Francis Brown, Northumberland Co. Read, Rich, 1650, by Wm. Yarrett & Fra. Wittington, Co. Read, Stephen, 1651, by Mr. Antho Stevents, Northampton Co. Read, John, 1651. by Thomas Keeling, Lower Norfolk Co. Reid, David, 1651, by Richard Vaughan, Northampton Co. Read, Wm., 1652, by Wm. Owen and Wm. Morgan, Co. Reade, Fra., 1652, by Capt. Francis Morgan and Ralph Green. Read. Walter. 1652, by Mrs. Elnor Brocas, Gloucester Co. Read, Walter. 1652, by Edward Cole, Northumberland Co. Rede, A., 1653, by Geo. Taylor, Lancaster Co. Read. Archibald. 1653, by Tho. Keene, Northumberland Co. Redd. John, 1654, by Toby Smith, Lancas- ter Co. Read, John, 1654, by John Drayton, West- moreland Co. Read, Walter, 1654, by Andrew Gibson, Co. Read, Peter, 1654, by Walter, Charles City Co. Read. Owen, 1655. by George Frizell and Tho. Moore, Northampton Co. THE WEST INDIES. Barbados — St. Christopher — Isle of Providence. [Hottens Lists— 1600— 1700.] James ^Read [age] 19. 17th Feb., 1634. x x "To the Barbadoes imbarqued in ye Hopewell, Capt. Tho. Wood, Mr." [Master.] Elizabeth Reed of Exon [20th Feb.. 1634] a spinster aged 19 years or thereabouts. Bound for St. Christopher, [p. 152.] Wm. Read [age] 16 x x 16 Aprilis 1635 x x to be transported to the Island of Provi- dence imbarqued in ye Expectation, Cornelius Billinge Mr. x x x. [p. 67.] Marmaduke Read [age] 25 yeres. 21st May, 1635 x x to St St. Christophers, im- barqued in the Mathezv of London, Richard Goodladd Mr. x x x. [p. 80.] Parish of St. James, 1678 Mention of Judge Reid. [p. 498.] Parish of St. George— Burialls — "Mary ye daughter of Thomas Read buried August 11, 1679. [p. 468.] B A RB A does — 1680. "A list of the Innabitants in and about the Town of St. Michaells wth their chil- dren, servants, prentices, bought servants and Negroes." [p. 438.] Tho. Read & wife. No children, hired servants or bought servants. 1 Negro slave, [p. 443.] Lawrence Reed & wife. No children, hired servants or bought servants. 1 Negro slave, [p. 446] "Sir Will: Booths List of Prisoners Sent to Barbados. "Somersett Shire." October 24, 1685. ****** "Shipt at Bristol!" Eng. * * ******* [p. 332-4.] Osman [or Symond] Reid. [p. 337.] Osman Read [in receipt of Edwyn Stede in Barbados 29 Jan'y, 1685] [p. 339.] Osmond, Read, in receipt of Sir William Booths for the prisoners "att the Bride- well at Taunton" England, 25 Sept., 1685. xxx One hundred persons attainted of high Treason which are by me to be transported into his Maties Island of Barbadoes x x x. [p. 340.] A. H. R. COATS OF ARMS It should always be remembered that in Heraldry only the grantee of a coat of arms and his descendants are entitled to make use of it. It follows that in no family is there one general coat that covers all persons or branches of that name. The Reade Society Coat of Arms is authorized by the Commonwealth of Mas- sachusetts under the charter of incorporation granted the Society, which empowers ii " to adopt suitable emblems, arms or insignia, for the use of said corporation or its members." 10 THE READE RECORD Gbe IReafce IRccorfc Single Copies, One Dollar Value Lies in the Contents Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Ge lealogi :al Research lirig.-Gen. PHILIP READE, President U.S.A. Retired Boston, Mass. CHARLES A. READ, Vice-President Manchester, Mass, CHARLES F. READ, Treasurer Boston, Mass. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary Boston, Mass. G3 oRGE S. STEWART, Genealogist Watertown, Mass. Annua) Meetings Fourteen annual meetings of the Reade Society have been held in Massachusetts, as follows : Taunton, July 14, 1904. Boston, October 12, 1905. South Weymouth, September 27, 1906. West Bridgewater, October 17, 1907. Boston, October 28, 190S. Boston, October 28, 1909. Lexington, October 28, 1910. South Weymouth, October 27, 1911. Turlington, October 16, 1912. Boston, October 30, 1913. Boston, October 22, 1914. Boston, October 28, 1915. Boston, October 31, 1916. Boston, October 31, 1917. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Membership fees, one dollar per year, or $10 for a Life Membership, exempt from future dues should be sent to Charles F. Read, Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, Mass. RUT" Let it ever be remembered that the Reade Record is mailed only to members whose dues have been paid. The Society is limited in its printing by its income. THE SECRETARY SAYS: That if he was President of the United States for one hour only, he would send the Kaiser America's orly terms of peace in just two words: " Unconditional Surrender !" That Mr. Arthur William Read, an F.nglish gentleman on his way home from ser- vice in East Africa, stopped over in Boston to have a chat on matters genealogical, in which he is interested. Is a member of one of the oldest Read families in England. It was a pleasure to meet and converse with him His home is in Leicester, Leicestershire, Eng. That today all England considers the American Revolution as a war in which an English gentleman, George Washington, was victorious over a German King — George III. That our members will rejo'ice to know that our honored former President, Rev. James Keed of Boston, still enjoys good health and is active in the affairs of life in these critical times. That the Reade Sex mm is honored by the election, April 19, '18, of its Treasurer, Mr. Charles F. Read, as President of the Mas- sachusetts Society of the Sons of the American kevolution. That, May 21, '18, Mr. Read was also elected 18th Vice-President of the National So- ciety of the Sons of the American Revolution. That the articles in this issue of the Record by Mr. George S. Stewart are of great value. He is without doubt one of the best informed genealogists in America concerning the ancestral lines of the Reade family. That again he returns thanks for the steadfast loyalty of the present Society mem- bers, whose paid-in dues have rendered possible the issue of the present number of the Record. That our members may note that the Wills of Thomas Read of Colchester and of Thomas Reade of Sudbury are a reprint of those in the Record, No. VI I, where they appear in a form not up to the standard of clarity and excellence that the Record should maintain. So they are reprinted in this issue with addi- tional items of value. That two bits of verse printed in this issue point out the one or the other path by which all men pass out of this life. That "The Unseen Shore" is a most beautiful statement of faith in a life beyond this. In " Resignation " is the doubt and uncertainty of the agnostic, the unbeliever in the orthodox ; yet a trusting believer in the absolute justice of God. That acknowledgment is due to Miss Adaline T. Marshal], a member of the Reade Society, for copies of the York records in the article concerning Thomas B. Reed, of Maine, That it should be forbidden. He was nearly run over by an automobile on a street crossing because a careless miss walked ahead of him with such scant skirts and silken hose. THE READE RECORD 11 WILLIAM READ, OF WEYMOUTH, MASS., 1653-1658 (Reade List, No. 16) The earliest mention found of this important immigrant is under date of May 18, 1653, when he was made a freeman (or \oter) of the Massa- chusetts Bay Colony, at Weymouth, of which town he had become an inhabitant, apparently but a short time before. He was evidently a church member, for then only church members were eligible to be freemen. This record proves beyond a doubt that he was not the " William Reade " elected a " Townsman " (or Selectman) at Weymouth, Nov. 26, 1651, for only freemen were eligible for that office. A very few entries on the ancient and incomplete records at Weymouth seem to relate to the freeman of 1653 and his family, viz ; " Maty Read, dau. of William, died Apr. 16. 1655"; "John Vining married May 11, 1657, Marg., dau. of William Read "; " Marget Vin- ing, wife of John, died July 6, 1659"; "The 11th of January, 1657 " (i.e. 1657 / 8) " William Read for 2000 bolts," cut on the Town Com- mons, " payd Thos. Dyer 2s. 6d." William Read died at Weymouth between this last date and April 6, 1658, when " the Townsmen ordered that the Widow Read shall have lib- erty to take in a garden plott in the swamp before her House, provided she lay up that garden plott to common formerly granted neere Macuth Pratts barne & that she take no more in than the aforesaid ploct contaynes." It is evident that William Read had been granted a houselot and garden plot by the town, no record of which now appears on the town books. The baptismal name of William Read's wife first appears " the 6th of the 12th Month, 1659 " (Feb. 6, 1659/60) when " it was further granted that Widow Avis Read should have a swamp lott by virtue that her Husband was then an Inhabitant, when the sayd swamp lotts were granted." Unfortunately no recoid of the grant of these swamp lots is now to be found, but it is clear that William Read was not entitled by length of residence to share in that grant at the time, and the lot was now given as a special cor cession to his widow and family. In the First Division, " beginninge on Brauntry Line," December 14, 1663, the " Widow Read" was given 10 acres (Lot No. 13), and in the Second Division, 30 acres (Lot No. 4). She was apparently living December 19, 1670, when the " Land of the Widdow Avis Reel " is mentioned in a conveyance by John Whitman of Weymouth, to John Vining (Suf- folk Deeds, XI, pp. 183-184). No estate of William Read or of his widow Avis is found in the Probate Office, nor do either of them appear in the land records, either as grantor or grantee. While there is some ground for the belief that this Weymouth William and his wife, Avis, were identical with "William Retd "who married at Long Sutton, Somerset- shire, October 26, 1635, " Avis Chepman of Knole,"it must be remembered that no proof of this has yet been obtained, and the history of this couple for the period 1636-1653 is unknown. (See Reade Record, No. IV, pp. 34.) The following are believed, for various reas- ons, to have been children of William Read of Weymouth, but the place and order of their birth remains unknown, and possibly the list is incomplete: 1. Margaret, m. May 11, 1657, at Wey- mouth, John Vining, who came from Wincan- ton, Somersetshire, in 1650. She was probably " Margaret, dau. of William Read. " bapt. Jan. 20, 1635/6, at Long Sutton, Somersetshire ; she d. July 6, 1659, at Weymouth, Mass. John Vining m. (2) at Weymouth, Jan. 22, 1659/60, Mary, dau. of Philip Reed, Sr., of Weymouth. 2. Hannah, m, Dec. 2, 1658, at Weymouth, Nicholas Whitmarsh, res. Weymouth. 3. Mary, d. Apr. 16, 1655, at Weymouth ; unm. 4. W i lli am, m. Esther, dau. of Lieut. John and Mary (Cooke) Tomson, of Middleboro, Mass.; res. Weymoutb ; he d testate, 1706. 5. Ruin, m. Dec. 19, 1662, at Weymouth, John Whitman, Jr., and d. the next year. 6. Thomas, m. Sarah (Bicknell ?) ; d. Nov. 14, 1719, at Weymouth ; res. Weymouth. 7. John, b. abt. 1649; d. Jan. 13, 1720/21, ae. 72, bur. at Dighton, Mass, ; m. Bethiah (Frye?) ; res. Taunton, Mass. 8. James, b. abt. 1657, d. July 21, 1726, at Middleboro ; m. April 18, 1683, at Taunton, Susannah Richmond ; res. Middleboro, Mass. James and John Read were soldiers in Ring Philip's War, 1675-1676, enlisting from Wey- mouth. (Bodge, pp. 161-163.) The surname of this family was spelt Read or Reed on the early records, and the latter is the form commonly used by descendants. G. s. s. 12 THE READE RECORD ANCESTORS OF THE SUDBURY FAMILY READ Arms of Colchester, Essex Co., Eng. WILL OF THOMAS READ In the name of God, Amen. I, Thomas Read of Colchester, in the County of Essex, Carpenter. * * * * * make and ordaine this my last Will and Testament. ***** First and Principally, I com- mend my soule unto the hands of God my creator that gave itt, and as con- cerning those worldy goods wch it hath pleased God to bestow on mee, I give bequeath the same in manner and forme following: First. I give the house in which 1 now live in the parish of Alsaints in Colchester to (1) Thomas Read, my sonne, now liveing in new England in America- To hold to him and the heirs of his body forever if he lives comes over unto England to enjoy itt. And in case he shall not bee living to come over to enjoye it then my will and mynd is that the same shall bee sold by my Executors to the best ad- vantage that may bee. And the moneyes thereof ariseing to be cair- fully conveyed over to him to be fru- gally layed out there in new- England to purchase land or an Annuity for him and his wife for life. And after their decease to the use of his children and their heires. And in case he shall not now be alive or have noe child or children to enjoye my said house then I give the same to be sold to the best advantage and the money thereof ariseing to be equally distributed amongst my children. More I give to my said sonne, Thomas Read, the somme of seaventy pounds to be paid him by my Executors within twelve months after my decease. Item. I give unto my sonne-in- law, (2) Daniel Bacon, now living in new England in America and Mary, his wife, my daughter, the somme of three hundred and twenty pounds to be carefully laid out in new England to purchase land or an Annuity to her my said daughter for her life and after her decease to the use of all her children, that shall then be living at her decease to be Equally devided betweene them, parte and parte alike or in case my said sonne-in-lawe, Daniel Bacon, his wife and children, shall happen to come over to live in England then I will and my mynd is that the somme of three hundred twenty pounds shall soe be disposed of and layd out in lands here in England to the use aforesaid. Alsoe I give to all my grand children the children of the said Daniel Bacon and Mary, my daughter, live pounds a peece to be paid to them which are of age within six months after my decease. And to them which are sonnes now under age when they shall be of age of one and twenty yeares or dayes of mar- riage. And my will mind is that if Thomas Read, my sonne shall come over to live in England to enjoye his said Legacie and shall set his estate there and shall paye the same to my sonne-in-law, the said Daniel Bacon, to be layd out as the legacy above to him is herein given. Then I doe ap- point my Executors herein to pay to my said sonne or his assignes here in England the somme which he shall have so paid to my sonne-in-law the said Daniel Bacon in new England for the use aforesaid the same not exceeding the somme on one hundred pounds to be laid out and disposed of here for the benefit of him and his child or children. THE READE RECORD 13 Item. I give and bequeath unto my daughter (3) Rachel Hocker, the somme of two hundred and seaventy pounds to be laid out upon a purchase of land to be settled upon Joseph Hocker * and Rachel, his wife for their lives. * * * And after their decease to the children of the body of said Rachel. * * * * Item. I give bequeath all my household goods, aslynnen woolen, brasse, bedding, Pewter and all other implements of household whatsoever to my children, Thomas Read, Isaac Read and Rachel Read, [Hocker] to be equally shared and parted amongst them. Item. Whereas my brother, (4) George Read hath receaved of my monies in London twelve pounds which he should have paid to mee, my will and mind is and I doe hereby give to my said brother the said twelve pounds. * * * * Item. I give to Thomas Read, my brother George Read's sonne, the somme of five pounds * * * * at the age of one and twenty yeares. * * * * Item. All other my lands and tene- ments, mortgages to me forfeited or not forfieted and stocke not before be- queathed I give and bequeath the same to my sonne, (5) Isaacke Read * * * And I do Hereby nominate and appoint my said sonne, Isaac and John Clarke of Buttolphes parish, gardiner to be Executor of this my last will and testament. * * * * And Lastly, I give unto the poore of Alsaints parish in Colchester forty shillings, to the poore of the parish of Saint James five pounds, to the poore of the' parish of Buttolphes in Col- chester five pounds and to the poore of the parish of St. Giles in Colchester five pounds and to the poore of Saint Nicholas in Colchester three pounds. # # * In Witness Whereof, I have sett my hand and sett my scale ; this thir- teenth dav of July in the yeare of our Lord. 1665. * * * The Mark x of Thomas Read. Sealed, published and delivered in the presence of us, * * * * Thomas Lucas John Waterhouse. A. Codicil to be as parte of my within written will and so to bee taken. Memorandum. I doe further give and bequeath unto the within named, Joseph Hocker and Rachel, his wife, that my house with the appur- tenances at Saint Johns Greene in Colchester in the parish of Saint Giles in Colchester. * * * Witness my hand and seale the day and yeare within written. * * * * Thomas Read. Sealed * * * and so delivered in ence of me. Thomas Lucas. Probate made at London, March 3rd, 1665-6, by Isaac Read and John Clarke, Executors. Recorded Somerset House, Book Mico p. 51. Will copied by the late, well known New England Genealogist, Mr. Henrv F Waters, for Alanson H. Reed", a lineal descendant. ( 1 ) Thomas Read 1 bapt. St. Nicholas parish, Colchester, Essex Co., England, Oct. 19. 1627, is first noted in New England, on the Town Record of Sudbury, Mass., May 28, 1655, when it was voted that he should "be put out of the last rate levyed for the meeting house." The Parish Register of St. Nicholas Colchester, has the following entry: "1627. Thomas, son of Thomas Read and Rachel, his wyfe was baptized the 19th day of October." "The Register of Admissions to the Royal Grammar School of Colchester, Essex Co., England," 1637-1740. "Thomas Reade, eldest son of Thomas Reade Car- penter (habrilignari) Born in St. Nicholas, Colchester. In his 12th year. Admitted March 1639-0." No additional informa- tion is had, concerning him until his name appears upon the Town Record of Sud- bury, Mass., in 1655 as an inhabitant of that place. 1 2 ) Daniel Bacon 2 , second son of Michael 1 of Dedham, Mass., was in Charles- town in 1639 and subscribed December 18th, 1640 to the Town Orders for the then projected Town of Woburn to which place he removed. Daniel was born about 1615 and Mary his wife about 1620. Their children were all born in Woburn. Between 1661 and 1664 he removed to Bridgewater. In 1669 14 THE READE RECORD he removed to Cambridge, where both he and his wife died in 1691. (3) Rachel, wife of Joseph Hocker, evi- died before he did and they had no children living, it would seem from the following entry in the "Act Book 1663-1666, in the Commissary Court of London (Essex and Herts.) :" "1. December, 1665 Administration on the goods of Joseph Hocker of the Parish of St. Nicholas was granted to James Fromentile, his next of kin." (4) Diligent search has afforded no fur- ther information in regard to this Brother George and his son Thomas. They may have been residents of London -at the time of the bequest. (5) The Register of Admissions to the Royal Grammar School of Colchester, Co. Essex, Eng. has the following entry: "Isaac Read, youngest son of Thomas Read, Carpenter. In his 8th year. Ad- mitted 16th Sept., 1644. as a free scholar." The Register of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, Eng. contains the following entry: "1651, May 20, Isaac Reade of Essex admitted as a poor scholar. Tutore Drs. Pepys." [Translation from the Latin] The Register of Caius and Sonville Col- lege has the following entry — [Transla- tion.] — Isaac Reade, son of Thomas, of Colchester, in County of Essex, admitted first in the College of Corpus Christi, thru admitted to the College of our poor schol- ars, Sept. 23. 1652. * * * Isaac was born in Colchester in 1636, and was Rector of All Saints in Wrabness, Co. Essex, in 1660 (Xewcourte Repe- torium) and died there in 1696. It is noted in Moran's History of Col- chester that it maintained free scholar- ships at Cambridge for the benefit of its citizens. So it is possible that Isaac Read was thus educated for the ministry. A. H. R. Arms of Sudbury, Mass , U.S.A. WILL OK THOMAS READE (Reade List No. 20 1 These may certifie to all persons whom soever; that I, Thomas Reed,§ Sen. of Sudbury in the County of Midlessdex, in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England Being at this Present time well in my understanding, though weak in body upon the account of Illness, I am Laboring under, and from whence being sensible of My great last change ; Doe make constitute and ap- point this My Last Will and Testa- ment disannulling all other Will or Wills Testament or Testaments by me acted made done or performed heretofore, and this only to be of force and power. Witness, In the first place, I com- mit my Spirit unto My Glorious Re- deemer, that through the Riches of Grace, it may live with him forever; and in the next place my body unto the dust to have a decent burial : And further as touching my worldly estate which God hath Blest me with (my debts and funeral charges being payed) My mind and will is: In the first place, that my beloved wife Arrabella Reed be well and comfortably maintained out of it. dur- ing her life, unless she marry again; Alsoe I give and bequeath unto my only son Thomas Reed, the moyety or one halfe of my meadow known and called by the name of Moresas Meadow, to be his forever. And my great Bible and Anotations. Allsoe I give and bequeath to my cousen, *John Bacon, of Watertown, four pounds, to be payed two years after my decease. Allsoe I give and be- queath to the youngest son of my above named Thomas fourty shillings when he comes of age. Allsoe I give and bequeath to the rest of my saved Son's children, twenty shillings, each child to be payed three years after my decease. As for the rest and whole of all my estate, as housing Lands, ( Mchards fields. Meadows. Woods, Chattal. moveables, etc., I give and bequeath them unto my beloved grand- son, Thomas Reed, to him and his Heirs forever ; and this to my full THE READE RECORD 15 satisfaction, is my Last Will and Tes- tament ; so I declare constitute and appoint my above said beloved grand- son, Thomas Reed, sole Executor of this my Last Will and Testament. Made this 9th day of September, 1701. Thomas Reade, [Seal] Signed, Sealed, Delivered in presence of us, James Sherman, Samuell How, Edmund Bouker. Superadded. The interlining line 15, concerning the gift of his great Bible, and brodats Annotations to his Son was declared as his will and mind before signing, sealing and de- livery : as wee the witnesses Attest : Charlestowne, October 6th, 1701. By the Hon. James Russell, Esq., Mr. James Sherman, Sam'l Howe and Edmund Bouker, the witnesses subscribed personally appearing made oath, that they were prsonally present and saw the subscriber, Thos. Read, Deced. sign and seal and heard him publish declare the above written, to be his last Will and Testament, and that when he did so he was of a dis- posing mind. J. A. Russell. (Reg. Prob., Middlesex Co., Vol. 10 ) He m. ( 1 ) {Catherine b. about 1628 and d. 26 Sept., 1677. They had so far as known onlv one son, Thomas 2 , (b. about 1649 and d. about 1730) who m. May 30. 1677, Mary Goodrich (b. Dec. IS, 1650 and d. Oct. 2, 1724) dau. of John of Wethersfield, Conn. He m. (2) .March 7th. 1677, Mary Wood, b. d. . Wid. of Michael of Con- cord. No issue. He m. ( 3 ) Dec. 29, 1689. Wid. Arabella Thong, (i.e.Tong-Tongue) b. 1646, d. April 29, 1717. No issue. In her will she gave her negro maid, Frank, her freedom and all her personal estate. Thomas Read, Senr. lived on the West Side of Sudbury River on lands purchased from his Kinsman, Pastor Edmund Browne in 16SS. and was the first settler in the hamlet known as Lanham. He died Sep- tember 13, 1701. ♦"Cousen John Bacon of Watertown." was a son of Daniel Bacon and his wife, (Mary Read) sister to Thomas Read, Senr. of Sudbury. It is through the entailment of lands upon Mary and her children, in accordance with the will of her Father, Thomas, in England, that the English an- cestry of Thomas of Sudbury is established. The 20th, Sept., 1661. A deed from Thomas Read of Sudbury Carpenter to Mathew Gibbs of Sudbury Husbandman, is witnessed by Daniel Bacon and William Pearse. Middx. Reg. D. Vol. XII. p. 6. The 29th of November, 1670. A deed from Michael Bacon, Junior, of Woburn to Daniel Bacon, Senior, of New Cambridge, is witnessed by Thomas Read and Thomas Walker. Middx. Reg. D. Vol. 4, p. 179. The 10th of January, 1678, Daniel Bacon, then living in Cambridge, in a deed to his son Jacob Bacon, recites, "know ye that I Daniel Bacon of Cambridge, in observance of the last will and Testament of Thomas Read, late of Colchester in the countie of Essex, in Old England, deceased, with ref- ference unto my children by my wife, 1 Mary Bacon, daughter of the sd Thomas Read, have given * * * unto my son, Jacob Bacon, one parcell * * * of land * * * within the limmitts of Watertowne, * * * conteyning * * * five and a half acres. * * * January 10, 1678. Middx. Reg. D. Vol. 10. p. 579. "Elias Read." Note — The author of the "History of the Reed Family" pub. 1861 erroneously gives one "Elias Read" as the original immigrant (p. 272) and William, Philip and Thomas (of Sudbury, p. 286) as his sons. As a matter of fact there was not at any time in the early history of New England an immigrant by the name of Elias Read. That was a mistake made in copying the name of Esdras and transforming it into "Elias." This matter has been explained at length in an article by the Secretary, Alanson H. Reed, printed in the Gen. Register, Vol. 63, p. 200. Esdras was an original immigrant and resident in Salem in 1639 and subsequently in Woburn. He was a tailor by trade. The William, supposed son of the myth- ical "Elias" was in fact that William Read, an immigrant who came from New Castle- on-Tyne in 1635 (see Hottens List) and was the progenitor of the Woburn Read family. Had no relation to Esdras. The Philip, supposed son of "Elias" was in fact the well known Dr. Philip Reade of Concord, who came to New England about 1660, according to a deposition made by himself. The Thomas of Sudbury, supposed son of "Elias" (p. 286) was in fact that Thomas Read from Colchester, Eng., prior to 1655, whose will is given above and who died in Sudbury 1701. This unfortunate error has been copied from the "Hist of the Reed Fam. and widely dissem- inated in the genealogies printed since. It is the work of the Reade Society to correct such errors. A. H. R. 16 THE READE RECORD WILLIAM REED STRATFORD AND NORWALK, CONN. (Reade List No- 141 Estate Inventoried 1658 In bedding and household stuffs 01-14-00 In clothing 01—16—00 In tools 01-19-10 In 02—10—00 In cows 04—17—03 In corn 01-00-00 A debt Inv. to him 01—00—00 14_17_ 01 A true account of the debts what doe appear of William Reed 14 — 17 — 02 from [of] Norwalk by whose names are under written Nathaniel Richards Walter Hoitt At a Court hold at Fairfield [Conn.] the 20th October, 1659. The inventory of the estate of Wil- liam Reed deceased of Norwalk was this day exhibited to the Court and he dying intestate the Court orders that Isaac Moore and Walter Hoitt are appointed Administrators to ad- minister the sayd estate as far as the estate will [allow] to pay [the] debts. William Hill. Note— The information concerning Wil- liam Read of Stratford and Norwalk is very scanty and leaves much to be desired. The "History of Stratford" by the Rev Samuel Orcutt records a "William Read among the first settlers in Stratford » before 1650 * * * [but who] removed to * * * Norwalk. Inventory reported to Pro- bate Court [in Fairfield] Oct. 20 1659. in which he is said to be of Norwalk Conn. He doubtless had other children than his son William here given * * * [?<- if ?\) n S to . William of Fairfield whose will follows.] Note is made (pp. 104-5) of the First In- habitants and their Home Lots' and a map shown of "Stratford in 1660" in which Lot 39 is assigned to William Read. This map was first constructed by the Rev B. L. Swan and has been carefully revised by the deeds of the first settlers "* * * William Read [and others werel here but soon re- moved." (p. 188) and explains that the town lots when first laid out were called "Home lots" but when built upon were then called "House lots." There seems to be no evidence that William Read ever owned a house in Stratford. It is evident he moved to Norwalk, for in the "Norwalk, Conn., Records" (by Hall, pub. 1847) p. 18. it is noted that "In a List of Accounts 1654 are the following names * * * * and in 1656 - the following: Owen Morgan, William Reid. In the Hist, of Norwalk (by Selleck) p. 79, it is stated that "The underneath roll dated March 20th, 1656, "of the names of inhabitants that are to attend the Town Meetings" is valuable in that it is the doc- umentary Census of the Male residents of lawful age, of Norwalk up to that time. | Names with others] * * * Walter Hoyt * * * Isaac Moore * * * William Reed * * * Nathaniel Richards. It will be seen bv the inventory above that William Read died two years later and that Nathaniel Richards and Walter Hoitt, who made the inventory, and Isaac Moore and Walter Hoitt, who were appointed ad- ministrators of the estate, were all residents of Norwalk, thus testifying to the residence oi William Reed himself at time of his decease. The different spellings of his name— Read, Reid, Reed— count for little, as in those days the clerks spelled names in any way that sounded best to them. But now comes one serious matter for reflection. It will be seen that not one item of evi- dence is given that the William of Strat- ford and Norwalk had a son William or any other children. Nor. in fact, that he had even a wife! Even in the probating of the inventory of his estate no mention is made of wife or child, which is usually the case when such exist. Even if the wife had died before, a guardian would have been appointed for anv minor child or children. It will be noted that the estate was prac- tically insolvent and not likely to pay the debts. In such case no guardian would be needed to preserve property for minor heirs. Again, we do not know the age of William of Norwalk, and it may be that his child or children, if he had any living at time of his decease, were all of age and so needed no mention in the probate pro- ceedings, since there was no property to go to them. . But despite confirming evidence, the his- torian of Stratford states (as noted above) that William Read of Stratford had a son in that William Reed of Fairfield, a neigh- boring town, whose will probated there in 1697. follows on the next page, to which consideration will now be given. The original will is not on file in the Fairfield Probate Court. The indices show that there was an inventory filed, also ap- proval of the inventory and receipt of the widow's claim on the estate, but these papers, or copies of them, are now seem- inglv ncm-existent THE READE RECORD 17 WILLIAM REED, FAIRFIELD, CONN. Will, 1697 Know all men by these presents that I William Reed of Fairfield in ye County of Fairfield in ye Collony of Connecticut in Newengland have & do by these presents give & grant unto my loving son John Reed ye one half of my personal and movable estate whereof I am now possessed to be to him his heirs and successors for ever as my free gift to be distributed to sons hereafter mentioned ; also I give unto my daughter Sarah Barlow one quarter part of my personall estate to be to her and her heirs forever as my free gift ; also I give to my daughter Abegaile Reed ye remaining quarter part of my said estate to be to her and her heirs as my free gift forever; and I do hereby desire & impower my loving friend sergt. John Thomas of said Fairfield forthwith to distribute my sd. estate to ye persons and ac- cording to ye provisions before men- tioned. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seall this 7th day of May 1697, it is to be noted yt my said daughter Sarah, myst [must] and shall allow out of her quarter part what she hath of law received or ye value thereof. William Reed (Seal) Signed sealled and delivered in pre- sence of John Wakeman Josiah Harvey Note — Here we are on firmer ground, as it may be inferred from the dates of the birth of his wife in 1652 and of his chil- dren that William of Fairfield was him- self born about 1650. He married (1) Deborah Baldwin 2 (Nathaniel 1 ) b. 1652. (Baldwin Gen. p. 1082.) (2) Mary, wid of John Bostwick, and dau. of John Brinsmade. Children by the first wife : 1. Sarah, b. (?) 1675: m. (?) Joseph Barlow. 2. Abigail, b. 1677. 3. John, b. at Fairfield Jan. 29, 1679, (F T Rec.) He m. Ruth. dau. of Lieut. John Talbot of Hartford, Conn. Sub- sequently removed to Boston, Mass. Was one of the most celebrated lawyers in New Eng. and known as the Hon. John Read. He died in Boston 1748. (See Reade Record No. V.) For account of his son, Col. John Read of Redding, Conn., 1699-1786, see article in another column by Mr. George S. Stewart, our genealogist. "At a special Court of Oyer and Ter- miner, held at Fayrefield September 19th, 1692" William Reed was one of the grand jurors who presented a bill of in- dictment in a witchcraft case. (Hist. Strat- ford, p. 152.) Recorded 2 Sept., 1693, in Fairfield Town Deeds, land conveyed by him to his daugh- ters, Sarah and Abigail, and to his "loving son John." (Hist. Fairfield, p. 402.) No evidence has as yet been produced to show that William Reed of Fairfield was ever a resident of either Stratford or Norwalk, or that he was a son of William Read of Stratford as asserted by the historian of that town, though it is possible such may have been the case. A. H. R. THE UNSEEN SHORE Sometime at eve, when the tide is low, I shall slip my mooring and sail away, With no response to the friendly hail Of kindred craft in the busy bay. In the silent hush of the twilight pale, When the night stoops down to embrace the day. And the voices call in the water's flow — Sometime at eve, when the tide is low — I shall slip my mooring and sail away. Through purple shadows that darkly trail O'er the ebbing tide of the unknown sea, I shall fare me away with a dip of sail And a ripple of waters to tell the tale Of a lonely voyager sailing away To mvstic isles, where at anchor lay The craft of those who have sailed before O'er the unknown sea to the unseen shore. A few who have watched me sail away Will miss my craft from the busy bay, Some friendly barks that were anchored near — Some loving souls that my heart held dear In silent sorrow will drop a tear. But I shall have peacefully furled my sail In moorings sheltered from storm or gale, And greeted the friends who have sailed before O'er the "Unknown Sea" to the "Unseen Shore." (Boston Transcript.) Cot{ 18 THE READE RECORD Hon. THOMAS B. REED OF MAINE 1839 - 1902 Much interest has been manifested in the ancestry of this noted member of the Reed family and it is a matter of regret that his Reed lineage has been traced only as far as his great- grandfather, John Reed (or Read), of York, Me., prior to the Revolution. To our knowledge, no record has yet been found of the birth, marriage, death, or parentage of this John Reed of York. Hon. Thomas Brackett Reed was born in Portland, Me., Oct. 18, 1839 and died in Washington, D. C, Dec. 6, 1902. He was the son of Thomas Brackett and Matilda Prince (Mitchell) Reed. His father was a mariner and was thrice married, his first wife being the mother of the statesman. Thomas Brackett Reed, Sr., was born Aug. 24, 1803, at Peak's Island, Me., and died in 1883, eldest son of Joseph and Mary (Brackett) Reed. He married first in 1838, Matilda Prince, daughter of Capt. Nathaniel as Sarah ( Bucknam) Mitchell, of North Yarmouth, Me. He married second, Feb. 5, 1870, Susan Jones of Portland; and third, in 1875, Mabel Anna Burlee of Portland. Joseph Reed, grandfather of the Hon. Thomas B. Reed, was born in York, Me., Apr. 7, 1770, and died on Peak's Island, Portland Harbor, Apr. 1, 1852, son of John and Lydia (Weare) Reed. He married Nov. 10, 1796, Mary Brackett, born 1776, died Nov. 13, 1860, daughter of Thomas and Jane (Hall) Brackett of Fal- mouth and Peak's Island. They lived on Peak's Island and had ten children, five sons and five daughters, viz. : 1. Mary, b. Apr. 24. 1800: d. Nov. 18, 1883 ; m. Jan. 19, 1822, Walter S. Hatch, who d. Feb. 12, 1865. Res. Portland, Me. 2. Elizabeth, b. Feb. 3, 1802; m. 1823, Nathaniel S. Millet. 3. Thomas Brackett b. Aug. 24, 1803 ; mentioned above as father of the statesman. 4. Joseph b. Apr. 28, 1806 ; m„ and had sons, Joseph and George W. 5. lane, b. June 13, 1807; d. Nov. 11, 1891 ; m. July 13, 1829, Melzar T. Dillingham of Minot, Me. He d Feb. 17, 1879. 6. Smith., b. Jan. 20, 1809. 7. William b. Oct. 18, 1811. 8. Daniel C. b. Apr. 22, 1813. 9. Lydia W. b. Oct. 18, 1814; m. 1841, Abraham T. Sterling. 10. Emeline P. b. Aug. 10, 1819; m. 1841. William S. Trefethen. John Reed, (or Read), of York, Me., was probably born 1735-1740, and married certainly as early as 1766, Lydia Weare, daughter of Joseph and Miriam (Grover) Weare of York. Her parents were married in York. Aug. 4, 1743; her father, Joseph Weare was born there, Oct. 15, 1718, son of Hopewell and Lydia (Young) Weare. Only two children of John and Lydia (Weare) Reed are recorded at York, viz.: Lydia, born Nov. 9, 1767; and Joseph born Apr. 7, 1770, mentioned above. There were doubtless several other children but their names are unknown to the writer. A John Read was a member of the York train band, Apr. 28, 1757, under Capt. Thomas Bragdon, but his identity has not been established. Sept. 14, 1767, "John Read of York, labourer, and Lydia, his wife, in her right" sell land in York which had been "set off to Hopewell Weare, de- ceased" and Miriam Weare. "mother of the within named Lydia Read" re- linquished her dower rights in this property Feb. 20, 1768. (York- County Deeds, Vol. 41. p. 34; ab- stract made by Miss M. B. Fairbanks) Tohn and Lvdia sold other land in York, Feb. 24. 1771. John Reed died before 1790, for when the first U. S Census was taken, his widow, Lydia Reed, is named as the head of a family in Berwick, Me., consisting of one male, over sixteen, and one, under THE READE RECORD 19 that age, and three females ; probably two sons and two daughters. Very likely there were other children who married or died before this date. Ebenezer Warren and Hannah Reed, both of Berwick, were married by Rev. John Thompson, Jan. 1788. The widow. Lydia (Weare) Reed is said to have died in Eliot, Me., at the age of ninety-eight. The name Reed appears on the York records quite early for a "daughter of John Read, died Mar. 13, 1727 8, aged about 4 years"; Apr. 27, 1751, John Reed and Martha Beedle, both of York, published their intention of marriage, but afterwards changed their minds and did not marry. There is then, some prob- ability that the ancestors of the later John may have resided in York some forty years before his name appears. The suggestion of Mr. McCall, who wrote the "Life of Thomas B. Reed," that his first American an- cestor was perhaps Col. Thomas Reade of Salem, (1636), is readily shown to be without foundation, for it is now known that Col. Thomas returned to England before 1642, married there and had six children, none of whom ever came to New Eng- land. The Jacob Read of Salem, whom he also mentions as a possible ancestor, was the son of another Thomas, whose family record is given in No. VI of the Reade Record I p. 9), but the connection of this Jacob with the York family has never been established, and his will, pub- lished elsewhere in this paper, seems to indicate that he had but one sur- viving son, Jonathan Read, of Smith- field, R. I. g. s. s. LINEAGE OF Gen. PHILIP READE President of the Reade Society 1. Thomas Read, 1656-1730, of Chelmsford, Mass., a soldier in King Philip's War, 1676 ; a member of the West Middlesex regt., 1692 ; m. 1679, Hannah, dau. of Dea. John and Elizabeth (Hills) BLANCHARD of Chelmsford (Reade List No. 35). (For sketch see Reade Record No. V, pp. 10-12.) 2. William Read, 1695-1753, b. Chelmsford; d. Litchfield, N.H. ; a grantee of Tyngs- town, N.H., 1735: res. Chelmsford and Westford, Mass., and Litchfield, N.H. ; m. 1720, Hannah, dau. of John and Deborah Bates of Chelmsford. 3. Capt. William Read, b. Chelmsford, Feb. 25, 1724 / 5 ; d. Litchfield, N.H., Jan. 17, 1769 ; served in the N.H. troops, French and Indian Wars; res. Litchfield, N.H. ; m. Lucy Spalding of Chelmsford, dau. of Henry and Lucy (Proctor) Spalding. 4. William Read, b. Litchfield. N.H. , June 25, 1758; d. there Jan. 26, 1829; served in the Revolution; res. Litchfield. N,H.; m. Lydia B, Nourse 5. Henry Read, b. Litchfield, July 2, 1804; d. Lowell, Mass., Aug. 2, 1878 ; res. New Boston, N.H., and Lowell ; m. Dracut, May 2, 1833, Rowena Hii.dueth. 6. Gen. Philip Reade, b. Lowell, Mass., Oct. 13, 1844; Brigadier General, retired, U.S.A. ; President of the Reade Society. It will be seen that our President and Treas- urer are descended from the same ancestors (1) Thomas Read' and (2) William Read, of Chelmsford. LINEAGE of CHARLES FRENCH READ Treasurer of the Reade Society 1. Thomas Read, 1656-1730, of Chelmsford, Mass. ; m. 1679, Hannah Blanchard, of Chelmsford. (Reade List, No. 35) 2. W ILLIAM Read, 1695-1753, of Chelmsford, Westford, and Litchfield, N.H. ; m. 1720, Hannah Bates, of Chelmsford. 3. Col. Robert Read, b. Chelmsford, Dec- 25, 1720, d. Amherst, N.H., Sept. 11, 1803; m. Andover, Mass., May 11, 1743, Mary, dau. of Kphraim and Sarah (Crosby) Ab- bott. He was an officer in the French and Indian Wars; appointed Lieutenant-Col- onel by the N.H. Legislature, Nov. 2, 1775 ; res. Amherst, N.H. 4. William Read, b. Souhegan West (now Amherst), N.H., Aug. 14, 1754, d. there Sept. 10,1834; a soldier of the Revolution, present at Battle of Bunker Hill; m, Bridget, dau. of Fzekiel and Esther (Love- well) Greeley, of Nottingham West, N.H. 5. Robert Read, b. Amherst, Oct. 18, 1785, d. there Mar. 10, 1857 ; m. Amherst, Dec. 16, 1818, Rebecca, dau. of Frederick and Rebecca (Blanchard) French. 6. Dr. William Read, b. Amherst, Jan. 29, 1820, d. Boston, May 6, 1889 ; grad. Dart- mouth College and Harvard Med. School ; m. Boston, June 22, 1843, Sarah A. F., dau. of Isaac and Eliza (Hull) McLellan. 7. Charles French Read, b. Boston, Sept. 17, 1853; Clerk and Treasurer of the Bos- tonian Society, Old State House, Boston; President of the Mass. Society, S.A.R.; Vice-President of the National Society, S.A.R.; m. Oct. 24, 1887, Mary, dau. of Joseph and Elizabeth (Bickerstaff) Comer, res. Brookline. LIFE MEMBERS OF THE READE SOCIETY Andbews, Mrs. Ella R. New York, Crane, Joshua E. Bridgewater, Goodrich, Mrs. Ella R. Hartford, Hodges. Miss Mary A. Foxboro, Larkin, Mrs. Prances Hubbard Buffalo, Lefeerts. Marshall C. New York, Morton, Mrs. Florence E. Reed Worcester, Morse. Willaed S. Read, Charles F. Read, Miss Clara A. READ, EjDMUND S. Read, Miss Ella II. Read, Franklin Read, George B. Read, George \v. Read, Joseph •Read, Joshua W. Read, J. Paulding Read, Miss Margaret H. Read, Samuel II. •Read, Miss Sarah E. New York. Brookline, New Bedford, Washington, Nfw Bedford, Plttsfield, Bloomington Taunton. Summerside, P. Newark. New fork, New Haven, N. Y. Mass. < 'unii Mass N. Y. V 1 Mass. N. Y Mass Mass. D. C Mass. Mass . Ills Mass E. I. N. .1. N. Y Conn •Read, William A. •Reade, Edgab S. Reads, Philip Reed. Alanson II. Reed, Charles W. Reed. Edgar Reed, Miss Ellen A. Reed, Horatio m. Reed, Rev. Jambs Reed, James II. Reed, John S. Reed, Marion b. Heed. Reuben L. Reed, Robert C Robinson, Mrs. Grace R. Storey, Hampton L. Warren. Mrs. Catherine Waterman, Mrs. Lewis A. Wells, Wellington * Deceased. Boston, Mass Wellesley Hills. Mass Boston, M;iss Worcester, Mass New Haven, Conn New York. N. Y Boston, Mass Chelsea, Mass Boston, Mass Lowell, Mass South Acton, Mass Boston, Mass New York. N. Y Altadena, Calif X. Cambridge, Mass Providence K. I Boston, Mass ANNUAL MEMBERS Akin. Mrs. Emma R. Alley, Jon n s Allison. Isaiah Bamford, Mrs. Ei.eanora M. Blackmer. Mrs. Catherine Blanchard, John S. C. BLANCHARD, Miss Mary L. Blanchard. Miss Susanna R BR1 mmer. Mrs. Maih A I Champion, William J. Clarke. Arthur F. CLARKE, Miss Helen (} Cross. Mrs. John A. Dodd. Rev. Hemiv M Ei.wei.i., Mrs. James II. Everett. Mrs Charlotte Farr. Mrs Virginia R. Field. J. Il"» ird Fisher, Harlan m Fletcher, Harry G. Hallett, Frank T. Hallett, Miss Sarah N. i:d. Mrs. Charles T. Ih chart. Mrs. Elizabeth R IDTI LRD B. Jackson, Mrs. holmes C. I | Gi ORG! Read Kern. Mrs. Catherine R s. s. Kimball, Miss Helen F. Kneeland, Benjamin C. B I.eyings. Mrs Fi.izaretji Reed \.r.\\ is. James E. Lewis, Mrs. Josephine R Marden, Mrs Harriet A. Marshall. Miss Ad.u.ine Merri vm, Mrs. P^van B. Merkow. Mrs. Rena M. M"Rss. Mrs Everett Nead. Mrs. Daniel W. Norton, Mrs. Joseph A. Orcutt. Jason R. Parsons. Mrs. Mary A. Teat. Miss Helen L. Pettee. Mrs. Benjamin Prescott, Miss Clara F. Preston, Mrs. George C. r, Mrs Mary R. Raymond. Daniel V. Read. Alexander Read, Andrew J. Read, Charles A. Read. CHARLES F Read. Clarence F. Read. Miss Edith B. Read, Edward M Ri \ i. Franklin F. Read, George R. Read, Harold C. Read. Henry ('.. Jr. Mrs. Hf.nry N. Reatj, Cait. Hernando M. New York. N. Y. l'elhaiu, N. Y Taylorvillo. Ills. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Tufts College, Mass. s. Weymouth, Mass. s Weymouth, Mass. S. Weymouth, Mass. Lisbon, N. 11. Boston, Mass Brookline, Mass Brookline, Mass. Providence, R. I. Clint. hi. N. Y. Weymouth, Mass Chicago, in Atlanta, Ga. Brockton, Mass. Holcomb, v i West Somervllle, Mas- New York, N. Y. Providence, R. 1. Taunton. Mass. San Francisco, I !a Cambridge, Mass F.asl I ira age, V -I . Brookline, Mass Boston, Mass, n Washington, D. C. Brookline, Mass. Woburn, Mass. New York. N. Y. Taunton, Mass South Duxbury, Mass. The Dalles, Ore. T. York Village, Me. Syracuse, N. Y. Maiden, Mass. Boston. Mass. Reading. Pa. Lisbon, N. II. South Bralntree, Mass Avon Lake. Ohio Hudson, N. Y. Brookline, Mass. Lawrence. Mass. Norwich, Conn. Scltuate, Mass. Thomnkinsville, N Y. Santa Fe, N. M. Boston, Mass. Manchester, Worcester, Wellsvllle, Brookline, St. Louis W Mass. Mass. N. Y. Mass Mo. Pittsfleld, Mass. New York. N. Y. Brookline. Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Brooklyn. N. Y. Lexington. Va. Read. Miss Margaret Port Elgin, New Brunswick Read, Melbourne S. Hamilton. N. Y. Reads, Josiah T. Lombard. Ills. Read. William Cambridge, Mass Reade, Artemis B. Boston, Mass. Rfadb, II. Clinton St. John. N. B. AARON A. Whitman. Mass. M. r. Boulder, Colo. Albany, N. Y. Blltmore, N. C. West Somerville, Mass. Rockford, Ills. Dps Moines, Iowa Worcester, Mass. Westfleld, Mass. Whitman, Mass. I '(»m Rapids, Iowa Charlestown, Mass. Buffalo, N, Y. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Albany, N Y. Worcester. Mass. Bel lit. Mass. North Brookfield, Mass. Long Beach, Cal. Reed. Reed. Reed. Reed. Reed. Reed, i . i i o , Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed. Reed. Reed. Rebd, Ueed, East Reed, Albert A. Reed, Albert M. Reed, Alanson L. Reed. Ai.onzo B. Reed, Carroll R. Reed. Charles Dana Reed. Charles K. Reed, .Miss Clara Heed, Clarence D. Reed. DANA Reed, Fare It. Reed, Edward D. Reed. Edward M. Reed, Edward T. Reed. E. Howard Reed. Miss Emily. Reed. Eugene W. Reed. Miss Flora C. Keed. Floyd O. Reed. Francis B. Fred L. J George ll. G ige M. George W. Miss Helen LEAn Henry B. Herbert E. Homer J. Reed. Howard s. Reed. John II. J. Russell J. Warner, Jr. Miss Lillian- Miss Lucy II. Miss Mae 1. Mrs. Margaret Marshall Reed, Miss Mary S. Reed. Miss M. Christine W New York Reed, Mildred A. Munroe Bridge, E. Yonkers, N. Y. Weymouth, Mass. CohafiSet, Miss. Montpelier, Vt. Coi rd, N. H. Kecne, N. H. Boston, Mass Cambridge, Mass. Auburndale, Mass. Boston, Mass. Canandalgua, N. Y. Phoenix, Arizona Amenia, No. Dak. Boston, Mass. Benton Harbor, Mich. Washington, D. C. South Weymouth. Mass. Columbus, Ohio Boston, East Whitman. I'.iilse. Reed, Montgomery Reed. Morris A. Reed, Ralph D Reed, Samuel B. Reed, Miss Temperance P. Reed, Miss Undine M. Reed, Warren A. Reed, William B. Reed, William E. Reed, William F. Reed, William H. Reed, William Howell Reed, Mrs. William H. Reed, William R. Reid, David S. Reid. Rorie Lewis K. C Russell. Miss II. Priscilla Russell Mrs. Louisa S. Sargent, Allan C. Sawyer, Mrs. Edward E. Simpson, Henry J. Smith. Mrs. Samuel F. Stevens, Mrs. Sara R. Stowell, Mrs. Charles H. Taylor, Raymond Washburn, Mrs. Alfred F. Waterman, Mrs. Jessie Webb. Mrs Ellen R. Williams. Rt. Rev. G. Mott Mass. Mass. Iilaho N. Y. Mass. Mass Boston, St. Joseph. Mo. Manchester, N. H. Boston, Mass. New Y'ork, N. Y. Boston, Mass. Brockton, Mass. Westfleld, Mass. Washlngtonville, N. Y. New York, N. Y. Denver, Colorado Roxbury, Mass. S. Weymouth, Mass. New Brunswick, N. J. Winston-Salem. N. C. Vancouver, B. C. Arlington, Mass. Arlington, Mass. Graniteville, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Detroit, Mich. Newton Centre, Mass. Portland. Me. Lowell, Mass. Weston, Vt. Brookline, M;iss. Los Angeles, Cal. Scltuate. Mass. Annapolis, Md. ^be IReafte TRecorfr BOSTON. MASS., U.S.A. 1918 THE P.EADE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZED 1901 INCORPORATED 1914 Enter thy name in the Book of Record that it perish not from the face of the earth. If thou flout thy ancestors that gave thee life, thou deservest oblivion thyself. The Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held at the Old State House October 28, 191S, pursuant to notice, the usual banquet and social meeting being omitted owing to war conditions. Gen. Philip Reade, President, called the meeting to order and it proceeded to business. The Treasurer's report was then read and approved. It showed, however, that as with similar societies, the world war had had an unfavorable effect upon the finances of the Society by limiting the increase in membership. But it was pleasing to know that it entered the new year with little or no debt, and a substantial amount invested in Liberty Bonds in its permanent Life Fund. The Secretary's report was then read and approved and ordered placed on file. A motion then being made and seconded, it was voted in the affirmative that Arthur William Read, 10 Westcotes Drive, Leicester, England, be elected an honorary member of the Reade Society, and that the Secretary send him notice of this action, and a certificate of membership. The Election of Officers was then held, and resulted in the election of the officers of the previous year, for which see page 2. The Society then adjourned until the next annual meeting in October, 19 19. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary. Boston 9, Mass., October 28, 1918. >c| ( THE READE RECORD Cbe IReafce IRecorfc Single Copies, One Dollar Value lies in the Content Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Genealogical Research Brig.-Gen. PHILIP READE, President U.S.A. Retired Boston, Mass. CHARLES A. READ, Vice-President Manchester, Mass. CHARLES F. READ, Treasurer Boston, Mass. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary Boston, Mass. GEORGE S. STEWART, Genealogist Watertown, Mass. ANNUAL MEETINGS Fifteen annual meetings of the Reade Society have been held in Massachusetts, as follows : Taunton, Julv 14. 1904. Boston, October 12, 1905. South Wevmouth, September 27, 1906. West Brid'gewater, October 17, 1917. Boston. October 28, 1908. Boston, October 28, 1909. Lexington, October 28, 1910. South Weymouth, October 27, 1911. Burlington, October 16, 1912. Boston. October 30, 1913. Boston. October 22, 1914. Boston, October 28, 1915. Boston, October 31, 1916. Boston. October 31, 1917. Boston, October 28, 1818. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Membership fees, one dollar per year, or $10 for a Life Membership, exempt from future dues should be sent to Charles F. Read, Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, Mass Let it ever be remembered that the Reade Record is mailed only to members whose dues have been paid. The Society is limited in its printing by its income. Every dollar is needed to pay the in- creased cost of publication. The Secretary Says: That the Kaiser evidently beard of America's only terms of peace named in the No. X Reade Record. Uncondition- al Surrender, and hastened to accept, lost Uncle Sam and the Allied Armies should l„. knocking at his door in Berlin! All hail to Britain's might; licet of warships and the American Navy that sank the submarines and penned up the Hun warships within their harbors and thus established the "Freedom of the Seas," die one absolute essential to Vic- tory. Thai the Siars and Stripes and the Onion Jack should ever fly side by side, emblematic of Liberty and Civiliza- tion. That, when a boy, during the churcb services he used to look at the angels depicted on the walls in brilliant colors with only a head and a pair of Wings and wonder how they could play :i harp in the Heavenly Kingdom, with- out hands or feet, or sin;; "hymns of praise" without lungs or bellows to pro- duce a voice. That he wondered how they could "light" on anything or anywhere, and so remain stationary: hul this he solved to his own satisfaction with the explana- tion that they had "suckers'' on the in- ner side of their wings, similar to the leather ones he manufactured for his own use in picking up smooth, round stones and similar objects, as does every real boy in his day. - That now in his years of matur- ity with the wolf— High Cost of Living— at his door, he thinks after till the angels' conditions may have their advan- taces. That with imp need of bodily sus- tenance his grocer's and meal market hills would he non est. and that with no need of clothing the same may he saiil of his tailor's and haberdasher's bills, and thus another saving be made. That with a broad, strong pair of wings he could furnish his own means of transportation and cut off another item of expense. That, in a word, he could "Live the Simple Life." and have time to use his head in thinking up items for the next Reade Record. That he lias been asked. "When does a man begin to show signs of old age?" He thinks the answer is, "When the man fails to note a dainty miss ne- gotiating a muddy street crossing." That he wonders why the mem- bers of the Reade Society and others who join it do not take out more Life Mem berships and save themselves the trouble of paying future dues, and help at the same time to build up the Permanent Life Fund. THE READE RECORD ROBERT READ, OF ALFORD CO. LINCOLN, ENGLAND BOSTON - EXETER - HAMPTON - NEW ENGLAND, U. S. A. By Alanson H. Rt\J The Parish Registers of Alford and Rigsby, 1538-1680 published by the Lincoln Record Society, Vol. 5, com- tain the following entries : 1629 (married) Apr. 30 Robertas Reed et Sara Darwin. 1630 (deceased) Aug. 28 Sara uxor Robert Reed. 1630 (married) Feb. 4, Robertus Reed et Rebecca Goose. 1633 (deceased) June 7th, Rebecca uxor Roberti Reade. 1633 (married) Oct. 2, Robertus Reed et Hanna Holland. 1634 (deceased) Mar. 25, Hannah uxor Roberti Read. The entries of burials in the Alford Parish Register from July 22, 1630 to Nov. 9, 1630 are preceeded by the entry [Incipit Pestis] (Plague Be- gins). Each name, numbering 95 in all, has a dot marked against it thus marking the victims. It will be seen that Robert Read's first wife Sara Dar- win was one of them. After these entries, Robert Read's name disappears entirely from the Parish Register, nor is there any will of that name in the Lincoln Co. Pro- bate Registers. There can be little doubt that this speedy marrying and much married man was the same Ro- bert Read that about 1635 appeared in Boston, New England (of whom see account following) having on the way, or soon after his arrival there, picked up a fourth wife, Hannah (maiden name unknown), who died in 1655 and was succeeded by still another, (No. 5) Susanah (maiden name unknown) who survived him at time of his death in 1657. Adjoining Alford is the Parish of Bilsby, in the Register of which (Phillmore; Vol. X). is recorded the marriage of John Read and Elizabeth East, 11, May 1625, and Thomas Reade and Susan Noble. 5. May 1631. It will be >een these entries are of the same era as those above concern- ing Robert Read and he may have come from that Parish to Alford, or was related to John and Thomas. It was in this same Parish of Bilsby that the Rev. John Wheelwright married, 8, Nov. 1621, Marie Storre, daughter of the Vicar Thomas Storre and suc- ceeded to the benefice Apr. 2, 1623. He buried his wife May 18, 1629, and married second, 1629-30, Mary, daughter of Edward Hutchinson, of Alford. He was superseded as Vicar in 1631-32 and went to Boston, New England in 1636. Many of his friends and adherents followed him. Robert Read of Alford may well have been one of the number, as we find a man of the same name there who was a devoted adherent of Wheelwright and a member of his Church with others from Alford, Bils- by and the County of Lincoln. Hence, it seems reasonable to believe that in the account following this of Robert Read of Boston, New England, we have the continuation and end of the story of Robert Read of Alford — the men being one and the same. ROBERT READ Boston-Exctcr-Hainpton.\635-1657 (Read List No. 3) As stated above in the account of Robert Read, of Alford, England, there can be little doubt that he was identical with the Robert Read of Bos- ton, now under consideration. The first mention of the latter is found in the Boston Town Records: THE READE RECORD The 30th of the 9th month (called November) 1635. Att a General Meeting upon pub- lique notice. Imprimis: It is agreed that noe further allotments (of land) shall be granted unto any new comers but such as may be likely to be received members of the congrega- tion (the Church in Boston). Item : That none shall sell their houses or allotments to any new comers, but with the consent and allowance of those that are ap- pointed Allotters (they that lay out and assign the lots). Item : That all such as have allot- ments for habitations alloted unto them, shall build thereon before the first of the month next, called March or else it shall be in the power of the allotters to dispose of them otherwise. The 14th of the 10th moneth (De- cember) 1635. Item : That the poore sort of the Inhabitants, such as are members or likely so to be, and have no cattell, shall have their proportion of allot- ments for planting ground and other assigned unto them by Allot- ters and layed out at Muddy River by the aforenamed five persons or four of them : those that fall be- tweene the foot of the hill and the Water to have but four acres a head and those that are farther off to have five acres for every head (in the family of the grantee), the plot to begin next Muddy River side. The 8th of the 11th month called January 1637. ******* Also whereas at a general meeting the 14th of the 10th moneth 1635 it was by general consent agreed upon for the laying out of great Allotments unto the then Inhabi- tants, the same are now brought in bounded as f olloweth : (Lot) 11. Robert Reade, eight acres bounded on the Southeast with Ralph Route and the said lit- tle marsh, on the Northeast with the Charles River running from thence toward the South West a quarter of a myle in the length to- ward the surveyors marke — and on Mathew Ives on the North West. This tract of land was in the Mud- dy River district in which is now the Town of Brookline, and near where Muddy River joined the Charles and was one of a number of other lots laid out to others at the same time. From the fact that Robert Read was assigned a lot it will be seen that he was a resident in Boston in 1635 ; that he was one of "the new comers . . . likely to be received members of the Congregation (the Church in Bos- ton) ; that as he was granted eight acres the amount for "two heads" he had a wife but no children, no allow- ance being made for them ; and that he was one "of the poorer sort of the Inhabitants and had noe cattell or live stock" since his grant did not include suitable marsh meadow or grass land. . It will be noted that though these allotments of land were voted in 1635, yet it was not until 1637 the surveys had been completed; the lots laid out and assigned to each owner, the 8th of January. Thus it is certain that Robert Read at this time was a resident of Boston. But he was very soon to make a change. As no deed of sale or other convey- ance of the land above is of record, it is probable that this change led to its forfeiture because he did not "build thereon before the first of the month next, called March" (1638) in accordance with the grant. AX APOSTLE ARRIVES The Rev. John Wheelwright left England April 2 and landed in Bos- ton May 26, 1636, with his family, and at this time was forty-four years of age. He was assigned to the care of the Church at Mt. Wollaston, a district then within the bounds of Bos- THE READE RECORD ton, but now in Quincy. Anne Hutch- inson, wife of William, of Alford, England ( the latter a brother of Wheelwright's wife Mary) was al- ready there and attracting much at- tention by advocating the "Covenant of jGrace," Salvation of Faith, and Spirituality, the free unmerited gift of God. . . . She denied the resurrec- tion of the body ; and . . . avowed the belief . . . that the 'Coming of Christ is his coming to us in union.' " Her teachings were held as heresy by the Clergy, who taught the way of Salvation through the "Covenant of Work," good deeds performed, Char- acter and the "Authority of the Scrip- tures" — of course as interpreted by themselves. Free Grace held the Old Tewish Law in a manner abrogated by the New Dispensation and the New Testament. The Covenant of Work, insisted upon the legality of both Scriptures and the literal belief and enforcement. It was Mysticism against Dogma — Layman versus Priest. "A SERMON WITH SWORDS" On a Fast Day held January 19, 1636, Wheelwright, who was an ar- dent supporter of the "Free Grace" doctrines, preached a sermon in which he said "We must all prepare for a Spiritual Combat" to "keep the Lord Jesus Christ ; the children of God ought to show themselves valiant ; they should have their swords ready ; they must fight with spiritual weap- ons." This was taken in a literal sense by the Colony authorities, who thought there might be a fanatical uprHng. SYNOD CALLED "A synod of all the churches, the first of its kind in this new world, met at New Town (Cambridge), the 30 August 1637. For three weeks it sat in session . . . Wheelwright was condemned and Mrs. Hutchinson's meetings were agreed to be disorderly and without rule. . . . Mrs. Hutchin- son said in her defense that "it was never in her heart to slight any man. but only that man should be kept in his own place and not set in the room of God," which statement was evi- dently taken by the Puritan Ministry as an intolerable reflection upon them- selves. BANISHMENT At a meeting of the Great and Gen- eral Court held in the month of Nov- ember, 1637, a Decree of Banishment was issued against Mrs. Hutchinson and the Rev. John Wheelwright, the latter being ordered to leave the Col- ony within fourteen days. His fol- lowers and sympathizers were or- dered disarmed, and to deliver up "all such gunes, pistols, swords, powder shot and match as they shall be own- ers of, or have in their custody, upon paine of ten pounds for ev'y default to bee made thereof . . . "(Col. Rec- ords Vol. I, p. 311). THE DEPARTURE "Leaving his wife and children, Wheelwright set out (Dec. 1637) with some voluntary exiles of his flock for Pascatqua, the coast region of what is now New Hampshire. It was bit- ter cold and the snow lay unusually deep so that as he afterwards declared it was marvellous he got there at all." (Bell in his History of Exeter, says: "It is probable he sailed from Boston to the mouth of the Pascataqua in a coaster belonging to John Clark, af- terwards of Rhode Island, one of his sympathizers ; and then made his dif- ficult way overland to his destina- tion.") There he and his compan- ions bought a large tract of land of the Indians in the Spring of 1638, and founded the settlement of Exeter and established its first Church. "And now in this spring of 1638, Wheel- wright's wife with her children and his mother, accompanied by other fa- milies . . . left to join their husbands in the North." (First Quincy Church). Bell, in his history of Ex- eter, states that they undoubtedly went by sail up the coast, as travel through the wilderness upon the shore was beyond the strength of women THE READE RECORD and children. They also may have been taken in the coaster of John Clark, mentioned above. ROBERT READ Our interest in all this lies in the fact that Robert Read was a follower of Wheelwright and a believer of the doctrines he and Anne Hutchinson preached. Read was not one of those named in the list of those disarmed. ]lis station in life evidently was not one that brought him into prominence in the events of those days. But he was one of those "Voluntary Exiles" who followed Wheelwright to Exeter. It is quite certain that lie was of the party that went to Exeter with Wheel- wright, as his name appears in the earliest records there. He had not joined the Church in Boston, but all sympathizers and believers in Wheel- wright were condemned and ostra- cized and doubtless the social life there was anything but pleasant to Read, and he preferred even the wil- derness. EXETER A Church was organized in Exeter the same year, December 1638, of per- sons dismissed from the Church in Boston, to which some female mem- bers were added the following year. It was located on what was after- ward called "Meeting House Hill." The name Exeter was given to the town and on the fourth day of the fifth month (4th of July) 1639 the exiles formed a Combination for Govern- ment, a Democratic Republic, without authority from outside, subject only to God and the King of England. It is a curious coincidence that the 4th of July 1776. just 137 years later, the Colonies declared their independence of the King of England as well ! The Combination "Where it hath pleased the Lord to move the heart of our Dread Sov- eraigne Charles by the grace of G°d. King of England, Scotland, France and Ireland, to grant license and lib- erty to sundry of his subjects to plant themselves in the westerne partes of America : Wee, his loyall subjects, brethren of the Church of Exeter, situate and lying upon the river of Piscataquacke, and out owne neces- sity that we should not live without wholesome lawes and civil govern- ment amongst us, of wch we are altogether destitute, doe in the name of Christ in the sight of God combine ourselves together to erect and set up amongst us such Govern- ment as shal be, to our best discern- ing, agreable to the will of God, pro- fessing to our Soveraigne Lord King Charles, according to the liberty of our English Colony of the Massachu- setts & binding ourselves solmnely by the grace and helpe of Christ and in his name and feare to submit our- selves to such Godly and Christian laws as are established in the Realme of England to our best knowledge and to all other such lawes wch shall upon good grounds be made and in- acted amongst us according to God, yt we may live quietly and peaceably together in all Godliness and harmony. Mon. 5 d. 4th 1639. John Wheelwright William Wenbourne Augustine Storre Thomas x Crawley William Wentworth Chr. Helme Thomas Wight I larby x Field Henry Elkins Robert x Read George x Walton Edward Rishworth Samuel Walker Francis x Matthews Thomas Pit tit Wiliam x Coole Ralff Hall James x Walles Robert x Seward Thomas Levitt Richard Bulgar I'.dmond Littlefield Christopher Lawson John x Crame George x Barlow Godfreye x Dearborn Richard Morris Philemon Porrnott Nicholas Needham Thomas Wardell Thomas Wilson William x Wardell George x Rugbone Robert x Smith Henry Roby "Of those who signed this 'Combi- nation' it is known John Cram, God- frey Dearborn, George Rabgone or Haburne, Thomas Wight and William Wentworth, came from Mr. Wheel- wright's old parish in England, Bilsby, as also did Balthazer Willix, an early inhabitant of Exeter. Those in the above list who are indicated thus x made their mark. (History of New Hampshire; Stackpole.) THE READE RECORD Thus we may believe that the Ro- bert Read above was the same as the one noted in the Alford Parish Regis- ter. Bell, in his History of Exeter says "of these (from Lincolnshire) we can reckon about ten heads of fa- milies, and of those who came from the neighborhood of Boston about the same number. . . . The opening year of Exeter's settlement must have tested to the utmost the courage and endurance of the colonists. Every- thing needed to render the place ha- bitable had to be created ; for the lack of transport in the wilderness pre- cluded the conveyance of anything beyond the absolute essentials of ex- istence. The trees of the primeval forest had to be felled, and from their trunks rude dwellings constructed, to shelter the tender ones. The absence of household furniture compelled the fashioning of substitutes from wood or bark. Planting land must be cleared and seed sown to provide against the danger of starvation. . . ; so every hour of the first season must have been devoted to providing the means for rendering life secure and tolerable." LAND GRANTS While the arrangements for living and for government were being made, the matter of a division of lands was not forgotten. The first allotment was made at "the 4th day of the first weake in the 10th month 1639" (Wed. 1st week in Dec). When a Division of Uplands was laid out in 33 lots Robert Read had assigned to him Lot 30 comprising "Nine acres and 50 poole." It will be seen that here again he received the usual allowance for a man with a wife, but without children. DANGER OF FAMINE— 1643 The next item of information we have concerning him and the inhabi- tants of the Settlement, shows that scarcity of food and the "High Cost of Living" was quite as serious in 1643 as in these present days of 1918, and the prompt and energetic means taken by the authorities to remedy matters might well be studied by those of to- day. The Record reads thus : "It is ordered by the Court houldne att Exeter the 6th day of the third Mo. 1643. . . . That Thomas Wardall, William Winborne, Samuel Walker and Robert Reade shall have liberty and athoretey to searche (in) the howse or howses of Aney p'son or p'sones wi (thin our) jurisdictiones, And to take into theire Custodey ( and make) sale of Aney such Corne as they shall find in ther (houses) which is more then the ptie or pties shall have ne(ed) for theire one Families till harvest next provided th(at) the pties Above named make good pay for the sd. Co(rne) and as good A pryee as it is generally sould for in (the) Rivore and their pties to dis- pose of such Corne so (taken) by them unto such poore people as stands most in n(eed) of it for the best pay they can Make and att the f(irst) price wch the Above named bye it att." (Bell's History of Exeter, p. 444.) MADE FREEMEN— 1644 That Robert Read and others were not neglectful of their duties of citi- zenship is shown in the following en- try from the archives in the Secretary of State's Office at Concord, New Hampshire, which has kindly been furnished our Society by Miss Etha L. Sargent, Clerk. "Anthony Staniell, Samuell Walk- er, Robert Reade, Robert Smyth, — taken the oath of ffreemen at Court 17th day of the 2d Mo. (44). (17th Apr. 1644) (Deed Vol. 1, p. 18.) These men were all inhabitants of Exeter at this date and signers of the 'Combination' in 1639." "Att A. Towne Meeting the last day of the first Moneth (March) 1645 . . . The names of thouse wch have done their share of Mr. Nutter's fence this 6th of the 3 mo. (45) . . . (May 6, 1645) (26 names in all, in- cluding that of Robert Read)." THE KEADE RECORD At a Court held at Ipswich 4.9.1645 (4th Nov. 1645) Suit was brought by, Robert Read (of Exeter) v. Mr. Stephen Bachelour (of Hampton) for debt. (Essex Co. Quarterly Courts Vol. 1, p. 87). It is evident Robert Read returned to Boston some time between Nov. 4th 1645 and Sept. 29th 1646. About this time Rev. John Wheel- wright, having made peace with the Massachusetts Government (See Mass. Colony Records) his followers were at liberty to return to Boston, should they so desire, and evidently Robert Read availed himself of the opportunity. He had a wife Hannah and two daughters, as shown in Suf- folk Deeds (Vol. V, pp. 453-455 in print) date of 1662. By name Han- nah, born about 1642, Mary, born about 1644, both probably in Exeter, although neither are mentioned in the Town Records. After his return to Boston, the Vi- tal Statistics of his family are shown in the following extracts from the Boston Records (Com. Reports, Vol. 9, 1630-1699) 1646 — Rebecca of Robert and Han- nah Read born 29th 7th month (Sept) (Town Rec. p. 24). 1646 — Rebecca of Robert Reade Member of the Ch. of Exeter, aged about 29 days. Bapt 1 d. 9 mo (Nov) ISt. Ch. 1648 — Deborah of Robert Read Mem- ber of the Ch. of Exeter aged about 3 days — 28 day 11 mo. (Jan) Bapt. 1st Ch. (p. 29). 1650— Sarah of (Robert) Read— 1 day. 7. mo. (September) Bapt. First Church (p. 44). 1653 — Samuel of Robert Reade of Ex- eter — 3 day. 2 mo. (April) Bapt. First Ch. 1654 — Samuel of Robert & Hannah Read died 31st 1st Month (March) Town Rec. (p. 47). 1654 — Samuel of Robert and Hannah Read born 28th Feb. (Town Rec. p. 46). 1655 — Hannah, wife of Robert Read died 24th — 4. mo. (June) (Town Rec. p. 51 ). All of Robert's children were by his fourth wife Hannah (maiden name unknown). It will be noted that in their baptismal record in the First Church, her name is omitted, indicat- ing that she was not a Church mem- ber, while in the Town Record the names of both Robert and Hannah are given. Of the children, Hannah was undoubtedly a namesake of the mother ; Mary the second daughter, of Wheelwright's wife Mary; Rebec- ca perhaps a remembrance by Robert of his second wife Rebecca Goose, de- ceased in Old England in 1633 ; De- borah and Sarah perhaps for mother Hannah's relatives and the two infant Samuels for that Samuel Hutchinson at Exeter, brother to Wheelwright's wife Mary. "The (17) (11) Mo. 1650 (17th Jan. 1650/51). In Vol. ii SufT. Court Files (Bos- ton) is found a tax list of the year in which "10 acres of upland of Reads" is taxed for L.l. and "3 qrts of an aker of Meadow of Reads" at 15 shillings. This was probably the same grant of land Robert Read had when first in Exeter to which he had added the three quarters of an acre of meadow, indicating he had become the happy owner of a cow. From the wording in the tax list it would seem that he had previously sold the lands to others. At this date (1650) he was an inhabitant of Boston and of his activities there we have evidence in THE DEPOSITIONS IN 1651 made by John Compton ( of Rox- bury) and Robert Read in regard to the early grant of water rights in Exeter (Hist, of Exeter p. 318). It is much to be regretted that these depositions are not now to be found, as from them we should be able to gain information in regard to Robert's age, etc. Here follow his THE READE RECORD ENGAGEMENTS WITH THE TOWN OF BOSTON 1651— "10th of first Mo. 1651. At a generall towne meeting . . . were chosen . . . for sealers of Leather Wm. Courser and Robert Read." (T. Rec. p. 103.) 1652— "8th of the 1st moneth 1651. For Sealers of Leather Wm. Courser and Robert Read." (T. Rec. p. 108.) 1652-54— "14th of 1. mo. 52-53." "At a general Towne Meeting cho- sen for Seallers of Leather William Courser and Robert Reade." (T. Rec. p. 113.) 1653— "The 30th. 11. 53" "Simon Ro- gers and Robert Read hath in- gaged to serve the towne as Bellmen to goe up and downe throughout the towne by the space of five howers in the night begininge at eleaven, and soe to contynue till foure, and to have twenty shillings by the week for their labour." (About $5 per week.) (T. Rec. p. 118.) 1653-4— "The 12th : 1 :53-54" "Chosen for Leather Sealers : William Courser and Robert Read." (T. Rec. 1. 118.) 1654-5— "The 12th: 1. Mo. 54.55" "Att a meeting this day . . . was chosen . . . for searchers and sealers of Leather, William Courser and Robert Reed." (T. Rec. p. 123.) As noted previously, Hannah, fourth wife of Robert Read and mo- ther of his children, died June 24th 1655 and this is the last mention of either of them found in the Boston Church or Town Records. But true to his habit of marital ties, he soon had taken a new partner, one Susan- na, whose maiden name is unknown, as his fifth wife. She proved to be his last as she survived him, to marry again herself as will be seen later. It is much to be regretted that the marriage records of Hannah and Su- sanna have not been found, though both probably were of Boston. But Robert again was contemplating a change of residence. He was living as late as May 20th 1656 in a house near the Town Dock, which he had purchased of John Button by verbal agreement in 1647, as shown by a Suffolk Co. Deed following. But he had removed in 1657 to HAMPTON (N. H.) as evidenced by the following entry in its Town Record : "Robert Read of Boston is admitted an inhabitant into the towne to follow his trade of Shoo-making." The Rev. John Wheelwright since 1647 had been Pastor of the Church at Hampton and it is not improbable that this was in part the cause of Read's going there. However that may be, he was not long to enjoy his change of residence. "THE WRECK OF RIVER- MOUTH" His end came in a tragic manner as the following entry in the Hampton Town Record testifies : "20.8.1657 (20th October). The sad Hand of God upon eight persons going in a vessell by Sea from Hamp- ton to Boston who were all swallowed up in the osian sone after they went out of the Harbour; the persons wear by name as followeth. Robert Read, Surgent Willim Swaine, Manewell Hillyard, John Phillbrick and Ann Phillbrick his wife, and Sarah Phill- brick their daughter, Alise the wife of Moses Corks (Cox) and their son (John) who were all Drowned this 20th of the 8th Mo. 1657." (Hist. Rockingham and Stafford Counties, p. 319.) Whittier's poem, "The Wreck of Rivennouth," was founded on this in- cident. ROBERT READ'S HOME IN BOSTON, 1647-1656 "... That whereas John Button of Boston Senir about the third or fouth month in the year of our one thousand six hundred fourty seaven 10 THE READE RECORD did by vr.ball agreemt . . . sell unto Thomas Matson, William Ludkin then living, and Robert Reed, all of the said towne of Boston, One house in Boston aforesaid in which the said Robert Read doth now inhabit and Dwell (20 May 1656) as also the shop and Chamber over the said shop, and ground upon which the said shop standeth, as also the back yard being now devided in the midle, the said Robert Read possessing the said house with ye one halfe of the said yard — and the said Thomas Matson and Elizabeth Ludkin administratrix (in behalf e of her selfe and her chil- dren) of the goods and estate of Wil- liam Ludkin. her late husband de- ceased, possessing the said Shop and Chamber overhead with the other halfe of the said yard — All of wch sd. house and shop and ground upon which they stand, fronts next the Street called ( ) on the part of ye East and oposite the Dock (and) is on the Said street twenty foure foot or there abouts ; the bredth of the back part is twenty one foot and a halfe or there abouts. ... In Wit- ness Whereof the said John Button . . . put his hand and seale . . . the eight and twentieth day of May . . . one thousand six hundred fifty six. John V. Button his marke "1 Y\ CI 7\ SPJ-llf* (Suffolk Deeds Lib. VII, p. III.) COMMENT By this deed it will be seen that the land conveyed was 35 feet in depth by 24 feet wide fronting East on the Street (of which name is not given) and "opposite the Dock." But in the will of Thomas Matson Senr, a gunsmith ( 1677 Surf. Co. Prob. ) it is mentioned as "situate at the head of the Great Dock," "and now in the occupation" of his son John Matson, also a gunsmith. Evidently after the purchase of the property in 1647 "by verball agreement" a division had been made by which Robert Read took over the house and half the lot and Thomas Matson Senr. and William Ludkin, a locksmith, acquired the shop and the other half of the lot: Elizabeth Ludkin widow of William at the date of this deed, and John Matson being in possession and using the shop in their trade. It is quite likely that in the same way Robert Read used the street room of his house as a shop iti which to ply his trade of "Shoo-Making." The dimen- sions of these premises are interest- ing as showing the custom of combin- ing shop and house and the scale in which the ordinary inhabitant of Bos- ton was living in early days. SALE OF THE HOMESTEAD IN BOSTON 1662 "To all Christian People to whome this prsent wrighting shall come John Souter of Boston in the Massachusetts Colony of New England brazier and Hannah his wife the daughter of Ro- bert Reade, late of Hampton deceased, Alary Reade of said Boston, spinster, another of the daughters of the said Robt. Reade and hee the said John Souter as Guardian for Sarah Read the third daughter of the said Robt. Read for and in consideration of forty two pounds in hand paid, by John Matson of Said Boston gun- smith . . . (convey ) unto the said John Matson . . . All that theire house and land ... in Boston . . . wch was the house and land of the said Robert Read deceased at the time of his death upon part of wch land the said house stands, the said ground conteyning twelve foote in bredth at the front be- ing Soouth East, & Eleaven foote & a halfe backward in ye reare being Northwest, the length of the sajd ground being about Thirty ffive foote & a halfe. The said house & ground being bounded with the house of John Button, North & North West, wth the shop of Thomas Matson South- erly, & with the Street Easterly. To Have & to hold ... In Witness whereof . . . One Thousand six hun- dred sixty & two stile of England. . . THE READE RECORD 11 his marke John Souter & a seale apending. hir marke Hannah x Souter & a seale apending. hir marke Mary R. Read & a seal apending. John Souter as gardion for Sara Read with a seale apending. (Suffolk Deeds, Lib. V, pp. 453-5.) . . . Wee John Preson of Boston & Susannah my wife the relict of the wthin specified Robert Read de- ceased for & in of the vallue of the third part of the within mentioned house & ground . . . sould unto John Matson, (convey) all our right, title and interest (to him) 7th January: 1662 - his marke John P. Presson. hir marke Susanna x Presson. John Button and Thomas Matson were two of Wheelwright's followers who were disarmed by the Massachu- setts authorities in 1637 (See Colony Records Vol. I). Robert Read — Final Settlement of Estate New Hampshire State Papers, Vol. XXXI, p. 73. Robert Read— 1664— Hampton. "Account of the adtn. Robert Smith, agt. est. of Robert Read of Hampton showing a balance of L.7.2.6. due him from the est. This the Court ordered to be paid out of the rent of a house in Boston belong- ing to the estate." The inventory and other papers in the case seem not existent. SUSANNAH READ, WIDOW OF ROBERT OF HAMPTON (Town Rec. Boston, p. 82) 1661. John Preston and Susanna Read wi- dow were married 28th May by Mr. Thomas Danforth of Cambridge. He was living in 1668 (Savage) but nei- ther Boston nor Cambridge records furnish further information unless Savage is mistaken and the following entry in Boston T. Rec. p. 9 refers to him: "1663 — John Preston died June 6th." This is the last mention of the Preston name in the Boston records B. M. & D. 1630-1699. There being no record of a widow Susanna Preston it would seem that this was another John, and that Susanna and her husband John removed from Bos- ton to some other locality. HANNAH READ, DAUGHTER, ROBERT OF HAMPTON 1660— John Souther & Hannah Read were married 11 January (Boston T. Rec). 1666— He was living in Hampton, N. H. 167-1 — Allowed to keep a house of Entertainment. 1674 — "Keeper" of the Norfolk Co. prison. 1675— Wife Hannah died Jan. 15th. Hannah b. Aug. 31, 1663 Boston. John b. Apr. 13, 1666. Mary b. Aug. 25, 1668. Rebecca b. Dec. 5, 1670 d. Sept. 25, 1675. Sarah b. Feb. 27, 1673. He married (2) Mary (Read? sis- ter of Hannah). Children James b. March 4, 1678. Isaac b. March 9, 1680. Sarah b. Aug. 8, 1682. Robert b. about— 1686, d. Oct. 30, 1703. Rebecca b. Sept. 11, 1680. (Dows. Hist. Hampton.) IN CONCLUSION It will be seen that Robert Read left no male issue to carry his name down to posterity and doubtless the loss of his two infant sons Samuel by name was a grief to him for that reason. There are those who think it a waste of time to make a genealogical record of such a man. But the Secretary is frank to say that the history and tra- gic end of Robert Read always inter- ested him, and as no one else appears likely to do so, he has taken it on himself to make out the record. 12 THE READE RECORD HEADQUARTERS FIRST DIVISION, 5th CORPS ARMY OF SANTIAGO DE CUBA 17th July, 1898 SUBJECT : COMMENDATION OF MAJOR PHILIP READE Inspector-General U. S. Volunteers During the engagement,assault of Fort San Juan, 1st inst., he showed extraor- dinary heroism in action, I sent him out to the balloon to inspect the lines of the enemy. He was mounted, and was under a heavy fire. Returning, he dismounted only to report the situation to Lt.-Col. George McDerby, Eng. Corps Staff of Corps Commander, since recommended by the Corps Commander for a Medal of Honor. Maj. Reade talked in cool, calm, soldierly terms I sent him to the floating balloon for personal reconnois- sance, despite the dangerous fire con- centrated on the balloon. Leaving his horse, he stopped for some time exposed to artillery, machine gun and small-arms fire. Fearless of personal danger, he talked to Lt. James F. Maxfield, Signal Corps, who was in direct charge of the balloon until it was shot down. As a result of Major Reade's report the Division Commander determined the strength, distance, and location of the enemy's forces. I so reported to the 1st. Lt. John D. Miley, A.D.C. to Maj. Gen. W. R. Shaftei. Maj. Reade was then the only un- horsed officer of the 1st Division Staff. He was a valuable inspiring officer all the afternoon ; fearless of personal dan- ger and disregard of it. Major Reade merits a Medal of Honor for valor and steadiness. All this on the 1st instant. In ad- dition, he rallied and led a Battalion, 21st Regt. N.Y. Vols., headed by Maj. Frank Keck, same Regt., into action for the assault and capture of Fort San Juan. On the 2d of July, early in the day, he was wounded by a shot which hit him above the right ear, and was by Capt. John Newton reported as mortally hurt. Notwithstanding, after some three hours of unconsciousness, he was able to resume his duties. Maj. Reade then erased his name from the list of casualties and rendered efficient service until the end of the campaign ; for which I recommend him for recognition. On the 3d of July he at the peril of his life led a squad of the 24th Infantry to recover a carreta on which was a barrel left by the enemy in its retreat (then in full view of the enemy and constantly under hostile fire) and suc- ceeded in bringing the water barrel back to our lines, where it saved jour- neying to the San Juan river — thus saving many trips to same with only canteens, our then only method of getting water under a tropical sun. Throughout the campaign Maj. Reade has, to the detriment of his health I fear, rendered assiduous service. He is backed by over thirty years of previ- ous service, beginning in the Civil War period and in the Indian campaigns. Of this I have personal knowledge. He has proved himself to be a most active, zealous, conscientious inspector, painstaking, and one devoted to the in- terests of the service. Besides this, he is a gallant officer and a gentleman, and he served me fearlessly under fire in the battle before Santiago de Cuba. J. FORD KENT, Maj.-Gen. U.S.V. Comd'g 1st Division, 5th Corps. Ube 1Rea6e IRecov Number XII. BOSTON, MASS., U.S.A. 1919 THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZED 1904 INCORPORATED 1914 Whosoever printeth a book raiseth a monument More enduring than marble or brass The Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held at the Old State House, October 31, 19 19. Owing to the decease of the President, Gen. Philip Reade, and the unavoidable absence of the Vice-President and Secretary i the meeting was called to order by Mr. Charles F. Read, Treas- urer, acting as Chairman. The meeting was then adjourned subject to his call. The Adjourned Meeting of the Reade Society was held at the Old State House, December 26, 1919, pursuant to the call of Chairman Charles F. Read. The Treasurer presented his report concerning the finances of the Society which showed all debts paid and a balance in the Treasury ; The report was accepted and approved. Then a motion was made by the Secretary that Mr. Aleyn Lyell Reade, Trevellyan House, Blundersands, Liverpool, Eng- land, the author of that fine work, " The Reades of Blackwood Hill, in the Parish of Horton, Staffordshire," be elected an Honorary Life Member. Voted in the affirmative, A motion was then made and passed that Lieut.-Com. Albert Cushing Read, of Washington, D.C., be elected an Honorary Life Member in recognition of his memorable flight across the Atlan- tic Ocean in the NC-4. A resolution of regret concerning the lamented decease of our late President, Gen. Philip Reade, was then passed and ordered to be spread upon the records. The election of officers was then held, for which see page 2. The meeting was then dissolved. ALANSON H. REED, Boston 9, Mass., December 26, 1919. Secretary. I II K REAIIE K 1- CciKI) £bc IRcafce IRecorfc Single Cosies, One Dollar Value lies in the Content Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Genealogical Research HENRY B. REED, President Auburndale, Mass. CHARLES A. READ, Vice-President Manchester, Mass. CHARLES F. READ, Treasurer Boston, Mass. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary Boston, Mass. GEORGE S. STEWART, Genealogist Watertown, Mass. ANNUAL MEETINGS Sixteen annual meetings of the Reade Society have been held in Massachusetts, as foil Taunton, July 14, 1904. Boston. October 12, 1905. South Weymouth, September 27, 1906. West Bridgewater, October 17, 1917. Boston, October 28, 1908. Boston, October 28, 1909. Lexington, October 28, 1910. South Weymouth, October 27, 1911. Burlington, October 16, 1912. Boston, October 30, 1913. Boston. October 22, 1914. Boston, October 28, 1915. Boston, October 31. 1916. Boston, October 31, 1917. Boston, October 28, 1918. Boston, October 31, 1919. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Membership fees, one dollar per year, or $10 for a Life Membership, exempt from future dues should be sent to Charles F. Read. Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, M ass. 23T" Let it ever be remembered that the Reade Record is mailed only to members whose dues have been paid. The Society is limited in its printing by its income. Every dollar is needed to pay the in- creased cost of publication. Tin Ski i:i i \i;y Says : That by the decease of our late President Gen. Philip Reade the Society suffered the loss of a member devoted to its interests. A soldier, a scholar and a gentleman. That he urgently asks the mem- bers of Hi.- Reade Society in send him lists of Reade names (however spelled), with addresses, taken from the telephone, town in- 'iiy di rectories, S. A. R. and 1 1, A. It. books, in' wherever the names can be found, s<> thai folders can be sent asking them in join il»- Society, and thus increase iis membership. That our members will note they are receiving two numbers "f the Record this year. No. XL.1918, and No. XII 1919. Both is-ues for various reasons are behind time and it was desirable to bring things up to date, and start with a clean slate in 1920. That our members should carefully preserve and bind their copies of the Reade Record tor future reference as much of tin- information contained in them is not to be I final elsewhere. That no genealogist today can be sure of establishing the Family's correct ancestral lines without consulting the Reade Rei ord That in view of the extensive mem- bership of the Read-Reed-Reid Family throughout this wide country, if all would support the Societj 1>\ joining, its treas- ury would be filled to overflowing. That in consequence much rr-ater investigations could be made of original records in this country and in Old England. That it would then be possible to print an issue of the Reade Record quar- terly instead of annually as now. —That it should be remembered that all interested in the Family's ancestral lines are eligible for membership, regard- less of name. That the real value of the Reade So- ciety consists mainly in what new genea- logical information it puts into print, and thus makes available for the world's use. That the stock of Nos. II and III of the Record having been exhausted it would be well ti> have them reprinted as soon as the finances of the Society allow, so that our members can complete their files when desired. That hitherto, uo satisfactory geneal- ogical record of the Sudburt* Read Family has been printed. It is hoped that the brief outline of the first generations in this issue of the Record will prove of interest and value. It clears up many mistakes and much confusion in older statements— notably in the "History of the R^ed Family,' pub- lished in 1861. THE READE RECORD SUDBURY READ FAMILY SUDBURY, MIDDLESEX CO., MASSACHUSETTS, U. S. A. By Alanson H. Reed THOMAS READ- born abt. 1595 died 1665 - m, abt. 1618 — RACHEL (maiden name unknown.) born abt. 1598 died .... Colchester. Resided in All Saints Parish, Col- chester, Essex Co., England. De- scribed as Carpenter in his will for which see Reade Record No. X. Children I. Mary born... 1620, probably in Colchester. Came to America about 1639. M. Daniel Bacon, a tailor, son of Michael of Dedham, but later of Newton, where both he and Alary died in 1691. Mentioned in Fath- er's will as being in New England. II. Thomas bapt. 19 Oct. 1627. St. Nicholas Parish Colchester. Men- tioned in Father's will as being in New England. (See below.) III. Rachel born abt. 1630, Colches- ter, Eng. M. Joseph Hocker. No issue of record. IV. Isaac born... 1632, Colchester. Rector at Wrabness, Essex Co., 1660 to 1696 when he died. Had wife Frances, son Liddell b. 1664, dau. Johanna b. 1665. and dau. Marian or Mary who married 1677 Robert Cole, Rector of Great Oakley, an adjoining Parish. 1. 1— Thomas 1 bapt. Oct. 19, 1627, St. Nicholas Parish, Colchester, Eng- land. In Sudbury, Massachusetts. May 28, 1655 where he died Sept. 13/1701. ( See will in Reade Rec- ord No. X, in which he is described as a carpenter, and Middx. Registry of Probates, Cambridge.) He bought from his cousin Edmund Browne, Pastor of the Church in Sudbury a tract of land on the West Side of the River just South of West (now Lanham) Brook on the West Side of the road leading from the County or State road South into Framingham. On this tract of land the Settlement or "Hamlet of Lan- ham," a namesake of the ancient town of Lavenham in England, was established prior to May 20. 1657. Probably soon after Read's purchase in 1655. M. (1) abt. 1648 Katharine who d. Sept. 26, 1677. M. (2) Mar. 7, 1678 Mary Wood widow of Michael of Concord. She died M. (3) Dec. 29, 1689, widow Ara- bella Thong (i.e. Tong-Tongue) born... 1646 who survived him and died April 29, 1717. Only Son (by wife Katharine) 2 — Thomas 2 b. abt. 1649. Known as Thomas Junior. A farmer in Sud- bury near Framingham line and Lanham Road. M. May 30, 1677 Mary dau. of John Goodrich of Wethersfield, Conn. She b. 1650 and d. Sudbury 1724. He removed to Leicester and then to Oxford Mass., where he died Was alive in 1733. Children. All born in Sudbry. 3— Thomas 3 b. 22 Mar. 1678. (See below. ) 4— Mary 3 b. 5, Jan. 1679. M. Oct. 13, 1701. Joseph Seaver, Framing- ham. 5— Rachel 3 b. June 19. 1682. M.. . . 1704. Isaac Heath of Framingham. 6— Nathaniel 3 b. Aug. 16. 1684. Prob. d. young. 7— Elizabeth 3 b. Nov. 16. 1687. M. Dec. 28, 1709, Nathaniel Willson of Framingham. 8—Hannah 3 b....l689, d...!691. THE READE RECORD 9_j OSEP h 3 b. abt. 1695. M. Nov. 26, 1723, Sarah Rice dau. Ebenezer of Sudbury. 3. Thomas 3 b. Sudbury March 1678. M. (1) Dec. 3, 1701 Mary (Bige- low) Bruce, wid. of David of Marlboro and dau. of John Bige low of Watertown. She b. Sept. 12, 1677 and d. 21 Feb., 1707. He M. (2) Abigail Bacon dau. John of Watertown. Thomas in- herited the Estate of his gr. fath. Thomas at Lanham (in Sudbury ) and d. there May 1, 1755. Children (by Mary). 10— Nathaniel 4 b. Oct. 6. 1702. M. Pheby Lamb. 11— Isaac 4 b. Feb. 2.^ 1704. M. Ex- perience Willis. 12— Thomas 4 b. abt. 1705. M. Sarah 13_Katharine 4 b. Jan... .1707. d. . .Westboro. M. (1) Joseph Jos- lin of Marlboro, Dec. 26, 1725. M. (2) Israel Allen of Sherewsbury, May 3, 1764. Children (bv Abigail ). 14 — Mary 4 b. May 1, L709. d. before 1768 prob. in Holliston. M. March 10. 1730, Samuel Burbank of Sud- bury. 15— Abigail 4 b. Feb. 12. 1711. M. Mar. 11. 1742 Samuel Winch of Framingham. 16— Daniel 4 b. May 19, 1714. M. \pr 13, 1737 Rebecca Mead of 17— Betty 4 b. June 16, 1716. M. (1) abt, 1736 John Bent of Framing- ham; (2) Joshua Harrington of Watertown. 18— Lydia 4 b. Aug. 20, 1718. M. 1737 Edward Grout of Sudbury. 19— Joseph 4 b. Dec. 4, 1722. M. Jan. 16, 1749 Sarah Goodenow of Sud- bury. 9. Joseph 3 b. abt. 1695. M. Nov. 26, 1723 Sarah Rice (dau. of Eben- ezer of Sudbury) b. Feb. 3, 1700. He lived on the farm with his Father Thomas Junr and removed with him to Leicester in 1727 and then to Oxford where he died in 1731. His widow Sarah M. (2) Ebenezer Humphrey who d. 1761 and she d. Mar. 12, 1784. Children (by Joseph). 20— John 4 bapt. Sudbury Aug. 30, 1724, d. young. 21— Bethia 4 b. Aug. 1, 1725, Sud- bury. M. Feb. 19, 1747 Moses Town of Oxford. 22— Thomas 4 b. Aug. 9, 1727, Leices- ter. M. Aug. 2, 1749 Experience Shumway (dau. Jeremiah) and died Dec... 1750. She M. (2) John Wyman. 23— John 4 b. July 27, 1729, Leicester. M. Nov. 23,' 1751 Hannah Goddard dau. of Giles of Roxbury. Note.— John's mother, Sarah, had sister, Ab- igail, wife of Daniel Bugbee.in Roxbury, Soon after the decease of John's father, his aunt, Abigail, brought her little nephew to Roxbury. 24 — {Catherine 4 b. June. . . 1731. M. Sept. 27. 1750 Joseph Pratt of < >x- i',,,-,1. She d. Jan. 11, 1808. '10. Nathaniel 4 b. Oct. 6, 1702. M. (int.) Nov. 2, 1729 Pheby dau. of Jona- than and Lydia (Death) Lamb of Framingham and Leicester, horn Mar. 2, 1708. Nathaniel settled first in Krookfield but removed to Wes- tern (now Warren). He lived on Read Hill, where he kept an inn on the main road from Worcester to Springfield. He was an exten- sive land owner- -known as Cap- tain Nathaniel, having engaged in the French and Indian Wars. He died June 9, 1785 and his wife Phe- by Sept. 10, 1788. Both bur. in the old Cemetery at Warren. Children. 25— Reuben' b. Nov. 2, 1730, Brook- field. M. (int.) Nov. 3, 1754Tami- son Meacham of Enfield, Conn., b. Feb. 2, 1732 dau. of Ichabod. He was a school teacher and lived in WCstern (now Warren) on Read Hill. Known as Major Reuben, 4th Worcester Co. Regiment in tin- war of the Revolution ( Mass. Sol- diers and in Rev. War. Vol. XII I ). He was present at the capture of General Burgoyne's army (Acts THE R E A D E RECORD and Resolves of the Province of Mass. Bay, Vol. XX) in Col. Hol- man's Regiment. He d. May 26, 1803. His wife Tarama d. Feb. 16, 1811. Bur. Old Cem., Warren. 26— Joshua 5 b. Dec. 14, 1732, d. Mar. 3, 1743. 27— Pheby 5 b. Jan. 28, 1735. M. Jan. 13, 1754 (int.) Joshua Harrington of Brookfield. 28— Lydia 5 b. Mar. 13, 1736. M. Apr. 2, 1759 Jonathan Danforth of Western, a Rev. Soldier. She d. Aug. 9, 1769. He d. Feb 1802 at Williamstown. 29— Mary 5 b. Jan. 30, 1738. M. Sept. 20, 1759 Joseph Cutler of Western. She d. Mar. 26, 1794 He d. Feb. 7, 1816. 30— Nathan 5 b. Mar. 8, 1741, d. Oct. 1, 1758. Inscription on headstone in Old Cemetery at Warren, "In Memory of Mr. Nathan Read who died in the Service of his Country Oct. 1, 1758, aged 17 years." In the French and Indian War. 31— Martha 5 b. Sept. 26, 1743, d.. . . 1813, Randolph, Vt. M. (int.) Nov. 20, 1762 Henry Walbridge of Wes- tern. 32— Abigail 5 b. Mar. 17, 1746, d. Sept. 26, 1784. M. (int.) Mar. 24, 1764 Thomas Cutler of Lexington, a member of Capt. Parker's Co. in the Battle of Lexington. 33— Ruth 5 b. Jan. 31, 1748, d M. Oct. 16, 1769 William Cowee of Western, a Rev. Soldier. 34 — Nathaniel 5 b. March, 1750, d. March 22, 1750. 35— Eunice 5 b. Aug. 4, 1751, d. July 15, 1808, Milton, Vt. M. May 4, 1769 Moses Bascom of Western. 11. Isaac 4 b. Feb. 23, 1704. M. Feb. 11, 1729 Experience Willis, Sudbury. He was a farmer and lived in Lan- ham Settlement. His will proved June 14, 1780. His widow died Aug. 26, 1787. Children 36— Isaac 5 Jr. b. Jan. 15, 1730. M. ( 1 ) fan. 16, 1755 Lvdia Goodenow. She d. Jan. 2. 1757'. He (2) Dec. 12, 1758 Mary Haynes. He d. Apr. 3, 1759. She M. (2) Mar 19. 1761 John Goodenow, Sudbury. 37— Jacob 5 b. Dec. 22, 1732. M. (1) Feb. 28, 1757 Paitence Goodenow, wid. of Aaron who d. Feb. 6, 1795. He M. (2) Dec. 22, 1796 Mrs. Es- ther Goodenow. He d. Oct. 4, 1797. Succeeded to his Father Isaac's es- tate and was an extensive land owner in the Lanham district. Known as Lieut. Jacob. In the war of the Revolution. ( See Mass. Sol- diers and Sailors. Vol. XIII.) 38 — Experience 5 b. Nov 1734. M. Aug. 16 (Rut. Rec), Oct. 10 (Sud. Rec), 1753 Josiah Child of Rutland. Settled in Framingham. She d He was alive in 1796. 39— Sarah 5 b. Dec. 28, 1736. M. Mar. 14, 1755 Norman Sever of Sudbury. Removed to Westminster where he died in 1787 and she in 1808. He was a Captain in the War of the Revolution. (See Mass. Sol- diers and Sailors, Vol. XIII). 40— Mary 5 b. Mar. 9, 1741. M. Nov. 29, 1759 Josiah Puffer, Sudbury. Removed to Westminster. He d. July 9, 1806. She d. July 19, 1831. 41— Ruth 5 b. Aug. 31, 1743. M. Nov. 1, 1764 Daniel Noyes, Sudbury. Re- moved to Shrewsbury. She d. Dec. 2. 1812. He M. (2) Mrs. Abigail Rice of Worcester. He was a Lieu- tenant in the War of the Revolu- tion. 42— Lois 5 bapt. Feb. 12. 1749, d. abt. 1813-14. Jonathan Hill of Framing- ham. He M. (2) Apr. 16, 1817 Betsev Wheeler Cole. He d. Oct. 16, 1826. A Lieut, in War of the Revolution. 43— Asahel 5 b. Mar 1753. A member of Capt. John Nixon's Co. of Minute Men in Sudbury. Killed at the Battle of Lexington Apr. 19, and buried the 22d in the Old Ceme- tery at Sudbury Center. No memorial marks the spot. THE READE R E C <> K I> 12. Thomas 4 b. abt. 1705. M. Sarah (maiden name unknown). Re- moved to Rutland. A farmer and large land owner. She d. Feb. 16. 1776. He d. Sept. 20, 1788. Children 4-1 — Iason 5 bapt. May 7, 1732, d. .Mar. 1, 1813. M. (1) (int.) Oct. 30, 1756 Zerviah Nurse dau. John, Jr., of Framingham. She d M. i 2 ) June 28, 1789 Mary Hubbard, who d. 20 Oct., 1821. A Lieut, in the War of the Revolution. 45— Thomas 5 b. Sept. 10. 1733, d. Aug. 12. 1788. M. Dec. 12, 1754 Hannah Nurse, Framingham. She d. .Mar. 10, 1803. A Captain in the War of the Revolution. 46— Mary 5 b. May.... 1736, d. Sept. 6. 1811. M. May 21, 1753 Oliver Davis of Rutland. Removed to Princeton. He d. Jan. 25, 1803. An Ensign in the War of the Revolu- tion. 47— Jonathan 5 b. Nov. 28, 1738, d. Sept. 15, 1773. M. (int.) Dec. 7, 1765 Hannah Mayhew of Framing- ham. She d. in Rutland ]ulv 21, 1782. 48— Micah 3 b. May 13, 1742, d. Dec. 24, 1824. M. Aug. 31, 1768 Eliza- beth Kugg of Framingham Re- moved to Westmoreland, N. H., where she d. Jan. 13, 1795. He m. (2) Feb. 14,' 1796 Mercy Sargent of Leicester. 16. Daniel 4 b. May 19. 1714. M. Apr. 13, 1737 Rebecca Mead dau. of John, Sudbury. Removed to Rut- land. He d. Dec. 25, 1760. She d Children 49 — /ohn 5 b. Aug. 13, 1737, Sudbury. M. Elizabeth Davis of Rutland, Aug. 25, 1760, who d He d. in Spencer, Jan. 27, 1813. 50— Daniel 5 b. Apr. 24, 1739, Sud- bury. Died in Rutland Dec. 27, 1760. 51— Rebecca 5 b. Feb. 22, 1742, Sud- bury. M. Feb. 18, 1761 Daniel Winch, Jr., of Framingham. 52 — Anna 5 b. Apr. 3, 1747 in Rut- land. 19. Joseph 4 b. Dec. 4, 1722, d. Feb. 26, 1809. M. Jan. 16, 1749 Sarah Goodenow dau. of Nathan and Lois ( Cutler ) Goodenow. She d. in Bos- ton. Joseph succeeded to the Estate of his Father Thomas which later he sold to his brother-in-law John Goodenow, June, in 1787. A Lieut, in tin- War of the Revolution. C IIILDREN 53— Abigail 5 b. July 8, 1750. M. March 18, 1770 Daniel Wait, Sud- bury. Removed to Brandon, Ver- mont. 54 — Lydia 5 b. Aug. 1760, d. in Sal- em. M. May 2, 1790 John Sy- monds of Waltham. 55— Sarah 5 b. 1768, d 56— Joseph 8 b. Oct. 5. 1773, d. Dec. 18, 1845. M. June 22, 1799 Olive Mossman. Resided in Sudbury. 22. Thomas 4 b. Aug. 29, 1727 in Leices- ter. M. Aug. 1, 1749 Experience Shumway. He d. Dec, 1750. She m. ( 2) July 23, 1752 John Wyman. Child 57— Joseph" 1). April 19, 1750, d. Dec. \9, 1818. M. (1) May 7, 1775 Han- nah Learned dau. of Isaac. M. (2) May 26, 1803 Lois Sikes. He re- moved to Belchertown where all his children were born. 23. Ioiin 1 b. July 27. 1729 Leicester, d. Ian. 13, 1813 in Roxburv. M. Nov. 23, 1751 Hannah Goddard (dau. of Giles and Hannah) who died Jan. 13, 1816. lie was known as Major John and owned a tract of land in Roxburv, through which it is said Warren Street now runs. He was a Factor for Governor James Bow- doin. among other transactions pur- chasing Long Island, Little Deer Isle, Bradbury and others in Penob- scot Bay, Me. Children 58— Hannah 5 b. Mar. 30. 1754, Rox- bury. T HE READE R"E CORD 59— Mary 3 bp. April 11, 1756, New- North Ch., Boston, d. y. 60— John 5 bp. Sept. 18, 1758, New North Ch., Boston. M. Oct. 15, 1780 Mercy Goodwin of Plymouth. 61 — Thomas 3 bp. June 8, 1760, New South Ch., d. y. 62 — Joseph 5 bp. Mar. 14, 1762, New South Ch.. 63— Mary 3 bp. May 29, 1763. New- South Ch. 6-1 — Elizabeth 3 bp. Mar. 31, 1765, New South Ch. d. y. 65— Thomas 5 b. Nov. 27, 1767, bp. Nov. 29, 1767, New South Ch. M. (1) Ruth Wait dau. Daniel. Roxbury. M. (2) Margaret Pratt dau. Nathaniel. Roxbury. Re- moved to Bowdoinham, Me. 66 — Elizabeth 3 bp. Nov. 12, 1769, New South Ch. 67— William 3 bp. Dec. 29, 1771, New South Ch. ALBERT CUSHING READ THE COLUMBUS OF THE AIR The first to fly across the Atlantic Ocean ; and from the New World to the Old. How wide would the eyes of Christopher Columbus have opened, if, when his little vessels were staggering across the stormy ocean in an uncertain search for In- dia's Spicy Shores, and he ran up against a strange New World that obstructed his path and brought him everlasting fame — had he been told, as one of the certain things of the distant future — that a man would ac- tually fly high aloft in the air, even above one's sight, in a so-called "fly- ing boat," and make the return trip in as few hours as he had taken days to come? And that this man would be christened "The Columbus of the Air," and attain a world-wide celebri- ty ; and that wonderful man in that wonderful, magic, "flying boat," Col- umbus would have known, had he been able to read the future, would be one Read ! "Holy Saints," he would have replied in derision, "dost thou expect mee for soothe to believe in any suche workes of the Blacke Arts ? Soe soone would I thinke that shippes will be able to plough their waye under water from shore to shore, with the Devill for a helms- man, as to believe aney suche crazy yarne as your Flying boate." "Yet, even soe, Skipper Columbus, shall itt bee done, as you say. Deep under the oceans waters, like a whale, shall mightie shippes, builded of iron and far larger than these vessells in which wee now sail, shall plough their ways from shore to shore, withe a stowe of men and cargoe, and with a speede that exceedes our owne." "What sayest thou," replies Columbus with ire, "that shippes shall bee made of iron and sinke not, to the bottom of the ocean, even as a stone goeth downe" ? "Yea even soe saye I, they shall bee built of iron and soe large of size that they shall accommodate more men, women and children than inhab- itt a goodly towne in oure Kingdom ; and yet more shall I tell thee thou unbeliever for I am the seventh sonne of seven times seven sonnes and itt is given to mee that somewhat of the future I may fortell. Againe shall itt bee as thou hast saide. Shippes of vaster size than thou hast ever con- ceived will bee builded of stone in a mannner we wot not of and they shall carry great cargoes and store of goodes to far distant landes that are owned of the heathen and safely return." "Bye all the Saints thou driv- est mee- wilde with thy drivel," re- torts Skipper Columbus. But his tor- THE READE RECORD mentor has not yet finished and in- sists, again : "These things that I have told thee are as naught in strange- nose when I declare unto you in all honour and veritie, that in those dayes the skippers of those shippes shall talke with each other through the emptie aic by strange signs and sig- nals though they bee very far distant aparte, yea hundreds or thousands of miles ; and as well talke with those people that bee upon the land and in the cities ; and I doubt mee not bee heard of voyce as well. And other strange things will happen as I may tell thee — " but this garulous inform- er got no farther for Skipper Colum- bus — and we say "Skipper," for mind you gentle reader he was then on his way westward and had not yet bumped up against the western World and so made himself Admiral of the High Seas — very likely grew purple in the face, with rage and stamped his feet upon the oaken deck and swung his list at the face of his rash forecaster living, "Thou insolent dogge, dost thou dare to make a monkey of thy superiors by thy assertion that the Kingdome of Satan is at hande? How otherwise could it bee that such in- credible things shall happen, oh thou liar, unless it come of the Devils worke? Art thou his prophet ? Were it soe, thou deserveth death — nay, nay, long have I knowne thee as a thoughtful man and of good repute and I will not soe believe thee guilty. Rather thinke I that thou art mud- dled and bewitched in thy heade and that care should be taken that thou harmest not thyself and others." A shrill blast of a whistle calls a brace of stalwart seamen to the Skip- per's side, as he roars his command : "Take holde of this fellowe and place him in the brigg below, and feede him on breade and water until the distemper of his heade be gone, and he speaketh humbly and as one of good witte, and then bringe mee ac- count of him, that I may see what further may bee done in the matter." Lucky for thee, Oh, Lt.-Com. Reade that your daring flight across the Atlantic Ocean occurred in these days of science, when you receive grateful praise and reward, rather than in those olden times when im- prisonment for sorcery and witch- craft in some deep dungeon would have been your fate ! Now we do not need to tell here, how Albert Gushing Read was "born March 29th, 1887 in Lynne, N. H. and was 32 years of age when his great feat was accomplished. That his parents were Joseph Brown Read, a Baptist Minister, and his wife Mary Elizabeth (Barker) Read. That the family lived in Lynne, N. H., until Albert was about 5 years, old and then moved to Hinsdale, N. H., for a short time and then into Western Mass. and to Shutesburg near Amherst and later to Chatham for three years and then back to his mother's old home in South Hanson, Mass., for the Boston Sunday Post, May 25, 1919, has told all this and much more. But we will add that Albert dish- ing Read is reputed a lineal descend- ant of William and Avis Read of Weymouth, Mass. (about 1650) if the account given in the "Reade Gen- ealogy, by John L. Reed is correct. But there is one weak link in the chain that needs investigation before that can be affirmed with certainty. But, however, that may be, his fame is secure and it would not be far from the truth to state that the Read-Reed family every where are proud of this young man, who has added another illustrious Read name to the many that grace the pages of history. A. H. R. A CORRECTION At bottom of page 17, Reade Reeord No. X 3.— John, born at Fairfield, Jan. 29, 1679, m. Ruth.dau.of Lieut. John Talcott of Hartford. Not Talbot as there given. THE KEADE RECORD JOHN READE OF DEDHAM (Reade List No. 22) The first mention of this man is found in the town records of Dedham when, at a meeting of the town officers the "6 of 10.59 (6th of December, 1659), being mett tofinishethe Countrey Rate," a list of the taxpayers was made in which, among many others, appear the following names with amount due from each. £ f d * * * Lief t Josh. Fisher 01 04 02 * * * Joh. Bacon 00 17 01 * * * Joh. Reade 00 03 04 The next item comes in the entry : "26 of 10.59" (26th of December, 1659), Liberty of sojourning granted to Sam. Crosse, Sam. Gore and Jno. Reade. Libertie is given to Samll. Crosts to sojourne at James Thorps so long as he demeane himselfe as he ought. The like libertie is given to Samll. Gore to sojourne at Ralph Dayes upon like condition. The like libertie is granted to John Reade to sojourn at Lieft Fishers upon the same caution." This action was in accordance with the laws and customs of those times. No stranger might come into any town to stay without the town officers in- vestigating his character and means, and if he appeared undesirable or likely to become a burden financially he was " warned out of the town," told to de- part, and means taken to enforce the edict. But if permission was given to stay, some townsman became responsi- ble for him. No idlers were allowed, and everyone must work and prove ability to support himself and family if he had one. From the action above regarding John Reade it is certain that he was a newcomer in Dedham but considered worthy to become a townsman : and the following list of the years in which he paid taxes proves that he stayed for some little time. Of Samuell Crosse and Samuel Gore the town records con- tain no further mention, so it is evident they soon left. The latter may have been that Samuel Gore noted by Sav- age, son of John of Roxbury, 1635. "COUNTRY & TOWN RATES" The year begins with month of March. 14. of 9 mo. 1660, John Reade, 00,02,06 2 of 10 mo. 1661, John Reade, 00,03,04 1 of 10 mo. 1662, John Read, 00, 03,08 7 December 1663, John Read, 00,04, 00 31 December, 1663, "A list of those that are further defecttive in there highway worke this yeare 1693, John Read a day." 21 of 9, (16)64, Joh. Read, 0,3,11 15 10 (16)64, The account of the Surveyors of highway worke for the p'sent yeare (16)64 the names of the p'sons and the summes yet behinde Joh. Reade, 3, 25, 11, 64 (25th January, 1664-5) Lieft Fisher upon the agreemt. with the Select men undertake sufficiently to cutt up the shruffe in the buriall place and all the length in the west side of the Church Lott one rodd broade, for which he is assigned to receave of the men heere under named the severall summes where in they are defective in their high wayeworke theyeare last past, Sergt Avery 6s-0, Joh. Hayward 2-0, Jam: Grante 3-0, Joh: Reade 3-0, Dan: Makiah 1-0, Joh: Perry 1-0: Joh: Little- field Tymo: Dwight qoluntarrily pmsie to give 2. "The select men understanding that Joh: Read offered posts and Rayles to sell called him to inquire where or by what right he took that Timber and finding that he had felled the timber for Lieft: Fishers use and appointed for him, who allowed of no such sale, and not understanding that he had yet sold any, he was seariously warned and advised not to cutt or sell any of tnd Townes Timber upon any p'tense con- 10 THE READE RECORD trary to Towne order, upon penaltie of payeing wt. by order may be im- posed upon him. The Petition — 1665 A number of the townsmen of Ded- ham signed a petition May 3, 1665, to "The Gen. Court att Boston," in which it is stated that all the subscribers are " yet nonfrcemen/'that is, not members of the church, who alone had the right to vote or hold any elective office. John Read was of this number. Seemingly a laborer, his signature to the original petition in the archives at the Mass. State House, Vol. 106, p. 1 10, (afac-simile of it printed in Dedham Town Records, p. 277) is firm and clear and indicates a man of some education ; and yet it is open to question if it may not have been written for him by an- other hand as well as other names in the same column. The petition relates that '' Many in our Stat(e) and relation are dissatisfied with and disaffected to the this present governament '" * * * evidently a protest on the part of those who considered the restriction to church membership an injustice. " But,'' continues the peti- tion, "it is altogether untrue in respect of us ye subscribers hereof." * We are af rayed least our silence in this juncture of time might lay us under ye curse pronounced against Meroz Judg 5, for not coming out to helpe ye Lord against ye mightie. * * * We purpose & p'mise to be assisting to yorselves to ye uttermost with our p'sons lives and states when so ever need shall be." A similar petition signed by the non- freemen of Boston, presented to the " Great and General Court," May, 1665, is in the archives, Vol. 106, p. 111. The true politician's craft is seen here at work. The very men who are under disability by reason of the church law are brought forward to sustain by this petition the right of the ecclesias- tic powers to hold them in bondage ! This is the last reference that is found in the Dedham records concern- ing John Reade. He was not a land- owner and had no family. Nothing is known as to his age except that he must be presumed to be of age — 21 years or more — when he came into the town, as he paid taxes, and that he resided these some six years. Evidently he left Ded- ham soon after 1665. Where did he go 1 Perhaps to the coast of Maine or New Hampshire where the fresh salt-water breezes blew in from the ocean, and life was organized on a freer and more en- joyable basis. Who knows? JOHN REED, OF NORWALK, CONN. It should be said in the interest of truth that no satisfactory evidence has yet been produced to show that John Reed, of Norwalk, came from Cornwall, England, or that he was an officer in Cromwell's army, as stated in the otherwise fine book, "Reed-Read Lineage," by Ella Reed-Wright (pub. 1909.) Nor any proof that he was entitled to the coat of arms therein given. This account may be considered a gen- ealogical "fairy story" based on tradition until additional evidence is had to prove the con- trary. A.H.R. REED - BALDWIN - FERRIS A correction should be made in regard to the marriage of Sarah Reed, daughter of William and Deborah (Baldwin) Reed as stated in the No. X. Reade Record. The relation stands thus : Nathaniel and Joanna (Westcoat) Baldwin of Milford, Conn., removed to Fairfield prior to 1641, and had daughters Sarah 3 , b. 1650, m. Joseph Barlow ; Deborah 2 , b. 1652, m. William Reed (of Fairfield, Conn.); Samuel, b. 1655, in Fairfield. [Baldwin Gen. pp. 406-411, 1082.] William and Deborah Reed had daughter Sarah, b. abou' 1675, who married Zachariah Ferris 2 of Stratford and New Milford, Conn., son of Zachaiiah Ferris' of Charlestown, Mass. [Orcutt's Hist. New Milford, p. 694 Savage Gen. Diet.] The memoirs of the Life of David Ferris, an approved minister of the Society of Friends, written by himself," and pub. 1825, contains no reference to any ancestor, either Ferris or Reed, other than his father and mother. He was born at Stratford, Conn., the 10th May, 1707. He was a grandson of Nathaniel Ferris, of Charlestown, Mass. Subsequent statements as to a Samuel Ferris who came from Reading, England [Revised Edition, 1855], and to his supposed wife, Jerusha Reed [Orcutt's Hist. New Milford, p. 694], cannot be relied upon without investigation. The tradition may re- late to David's great grand parents in England. THE READE RECORD 11 ©bituaries GEN. PHILIP READE Our members will hear with great regret of the decease, Oct. 21, 1919. in Boston, of Brig. General Philip Reade, U. S. A. ( re- tired), President of the Reade Society to which office he was elected Oct. 27. 1915. He was much interested in its work and in writing papers concerning Colonial times and affairs for publication. A tall, blue- eyed, fair complexioned man, genial in conversation, which in every word of utter- ance evinced a thorough knowledge of his subject, yet he was always the Military Man in appearance, a commanding figure where- ever he went. He was born in Lowell, Mass., Oct. 13. 1844 and was a lineal des- cendant of Thomas Read of Chelmsford, 1656. His ancestral lines were published in the Reade Record No. X. His military services were many and too long to be set forth here, but can be read in part in the "Commendation" published in the Reade Record No. XI, but more fully in the Obituary Notice in the Boston transcript of October 21, 1919. Suffice it to say that he began as a youth in the Civil War. then from West Point became a Lieut, in 1867. took part in the Indian Wars on the Plains. In 1875-1878 built across 1.500 miles of wil- derness and mountains the first telegraph line to the Pacific Coast, for which he re- ceived the thanks of New Mexico, Arizona and California. He was in the Cuban War, the Philippines and among the Moros, etc. He was a member of many civil, military and fraternal orders, by whom his funeral services were performed at Trinity Church, Copley Square, Boston, and his remains taken "to Lowell, Mass., for interment. In 1878 General Reade married Miss Jessie Eaton of Troy, N. Y. She died several years ago. There were no children. The nearest "kin are two cousins, former Adju- tant General Gardner W. Pearson of Low- ell and Fisher H. Pearson, also of Lowell. MRS. MARY REED SMITH, a member of the Society, died at her home in Newton, Mass., on February 5, 1920 in the seventy-seventh year of her age. Mrs. Reed was the widow of Samuel F. Smith, who was the son of Samuel F. Smith, the author of our national hymn, "America." Mrs. Anna Reed Wilkinson. A Member (widow of Henry W. Wil- kinson) died Oct. 5, 1918 in her 81st year at her home in Providence, R. I. An es- timable lady and a loss to our society. A sister to Mrs. Samuel F. Smith of Newton Center. WILLIAM H. REED A valued member of the Reade Society-. Was a Colorado Pioneer. Died at his home in Denver, Jan. 30, 19, where funeral serv- ices were held and then his remains taken to Colorado Springs and interred in Ever- green Cemetery by the Masonic Fraternjty. Born in Scarborough, Cumberland Co., Maine. Oct. 26, 1840. His early life spent on his father's farm and attending the pub- lic schools. In 1860 went West to Illinois where he attended Plainfield College and teaching school until 1863 when he moved to Gilpin Co., Colorado and engaged in mining. Served 4 years as Deputy Post- master in Central City. In 1872 moved to El Paso Co., Colo., where he embarked in the stock business, being for years one of the largest sheep owners in the state. Retired from business and was clerk and recorder of El Paso Co. for 7 years. He is survived by his widow, one daugh- ter, Mrs. Lalla Reed Estey, and one grand- daughter, Mrs. Edwin S. Kassler, Jr., all of Denver. AARON A. REED A member greatly interested in genealogy. Died at his residence in Whitman, Feb. 11, 1917, his daughter, Mrs. Florence Reed Riggs, writes us under date of Oct. 2. 18. WILLIAM READ of Cambridge, Mass., who was for many years a member of the Society, died in that city on February 22, 1919. Mr. Read, who was born in Cambridge on March 16, 1832 was the son of William Read and Sal- ly G. Atkins, his wife. He was engaged with his father and brothers for many years in the well-known sporting goods firm of William Read and Sons of Boston. MISS ELIZABETH REED, a member, died May 4, 1918, in the house, 7 Louisburg Square, Boston, in which she was born in 1838 and where, all her life, she had resided. At the time of the mar- riage of her parents, her father built this house and it has been the home of the family ever since. She was a sister of the Rev. James Reed, who was for several years President of the Reade Society. Mrs. Clara Isabel Reed Hubbard. A Life Member, the wife of Dr. Charles T. Hubbard, died May 30, 1919, at her home in Church Green. Taunton, Mass. A most gracious lady whose loss is deplored. LIFE MEMBERS OF THE READE SOCIETY Andrews, Mrs. Ella Reed New York, N. Y. <; rich, Mrs. Ella Reed Hartford, Coim. Bodges, .Miss .Mart A. Foxboro, Mass Larkin, Mrs. Frances H. Buffalo. N. Y. Lefferts, Marshall C. New York. N. Y. Harden, Mrs. Harriet A. Reed The Dalles, <>. Morse, Willard S. New York, N. Y. Morton. Mrs. Florence E. Reed Worcester, Mass. Read, Charles F. Brookline, Mass. Bead, Miss Clara A. New Bedford, Mass Read, Edmund S. Read, Miss Ella H. Read, Franklin F., 2nd Read, George B. Read, George W. Read, Joseph Read, James Paulding Read, Miss Margaret H Read, Samuel H. Reed, Alanson H. Washington, D. C. New Bedford, Mass. Pittsfleld, Mass. Bloomington, ills. Taunton, Mass Sumnierside, P. E. I Newark. N. J. New York. N. Y. New Haven, Conn. Wellesley Hills. Mass Reed, Charles W. Boston, Mass. Reed, Edgar Worcester, Mass. Reed, Miss Ellen A. New Haven, Conn. Reed, Horatio M. New York, N. Y. Reed, James I'.nslon. Mass. Reed, James II. * 'hrlsra. Mass. Reed, John S. I'.ostou. Mass. Reed, Marion B. Lowell, Mass. Keed, Robert C. Boston, Mass. Robinson. Mrs. Grace Read New York, N. Y. Storey, Hampton L. Altadena, Calif. Warren, Mrs. Catherine Reed Cambridge, Mass. Waterman, Mrs. Lewis a. Providence, R. I. Wells, Wellington Boston, Mass. •Reade, Edgar s. ♦Read. Joshua '\v. •Reads, Philip •Read, Miss Sarah E. •Read, William A. •Reed. William B. Crane. Joshua E. Albert < !i bh ing Rkad Read. Arthur William HONORARY MEMBERS Brldgewater, Mass. | Reads, Ai.evn Lyell V ash ing ton, Ii C Leicester, England Head, Reuben L. Akin. Mrs. Emma Reed Alley. John S. Allison, Isaiah Atwood, Joshua Bamford, Mrs. Eleanor M Bishop, Miss Emma A. Blackmer, Mrs. Catherine Tufts College, Mass. Blanch ard, John S. C. So. Weymouth. Mass Blanchard, Miss Mary L. So. Weymouth, Mass Blanchard, Miss Susanna Read So. Weymouth, Mass Brimmer, Mrs. Mary A. Burns. Harry L. Champion. William J. Clarke. Arthur F. Clarke, Miss Helen G. i i . Charles Read Cross, Mrs. John A. Dodd, Rev. Henry M. Elwei.l, Mrs. Cynthia A. i . Mus. L.u.i. a Reed Colorado Springs, Colo Everett. Mrs. Charlotte S. Chicago, Ills. Fir:, Mus, Virginia Reed Los Angeles, Calif. Field. J. Howard Brockton. Mass Fletcher. Miss Grace G. Boston, Mass. Fletcher, Harry G. West Somervillc. Mass. Foote, Mrs. Emma B. Scranton, Pa. Hallett, Frank T. New York, N. Y. Harmon, Mrs. Elizabeth A. Jacksonville, Fla. Hutchinson, Edward B. Cambridge, Mass. Jackson, Mrs. Mary A. Reed East Orange, N. J. Johnson. Alfred Brookline, Mass. Kelly, George R. Boston, Mass. Kern, Mrs. Catherine Reed, W. D. ANNUAL MEMBERS New Y.Tk, N. Y. Read, Melbourne S. Pelham, X. Y. Taylorville, Ind Boston, Mass. Wilkes-Barre, Pa. Cadillac, Mich. Lisbon, N. H. Eveleth, Minn. Boston, Mass. Brookline, Mass. Brookline, Mass. Washington, D. C. Providence, R. I. Clinton, N. Y. So. Weymouth. Mass. Washington. D. C. Brookline, Mass. Wohurn, Mass. Kimball, Mrs. Helen F. Kneeland, Benjamin C. R. Levings. Mrs Elizabeth Reed New Y'ork, N. Y. Lewis. James E. Taunton. Mass. Marshall, Miss Adalinb T. York Village, Me. Merriam, Mrs. Helen R. Syracuse, N. Y. Merrow, Mrs. Rena M. Maiden. Mass. McNicol, Mrs. I'.ernice E. Reed Jewett City, Conn. Morss, Mrs. Everett Boston, Mass. Nead, Mrs. Rose W. Reading, Pa. Norton, Mrs Myrtle P. West Somerville, Mass. Parsons, Mrs Mary A. Reid Avon Lake, Ohio Pettee, Mrs. Georgiana E. Brookline. Mass. Prescott, Miss Clara F. Lawrence, Mass. Preston. Mrs. Antoinettb Reed Norwich. Conn. Proutt, Mrs. Mary Reed Boston. Mass Raymond, Daniel V. Read, Andrew J. Bead, Charles A. Read, Charles F. Read, Clarence F. Read, Miss Ed;th B. Read, Edward M. Read, Rev. Ephraim Read, George R. Read, Harold C. Read, Henry C, Jr. Read, Mrs. Henry N. Read, Capt. Hernando M. Read, Miss Margaret READ, Miss MARY E. Tompkinsville, N. Y Boston. Mass. Manchester, Mass Worcester. Mass. Wellsville. N. Y, Brookline, Mass. St. Louis. Mo. Eastondale, Mass, New York, N. Y. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Brooklyn, N. Y. Lexington. Va. Port Elgin, N. P.. Brooklyn, N. Y. Reade, B. Clinton Reade, Josiah T. Reed, Alamson L. Keed, Albert A. Reed, Albert M. Reed, Alonzo B. Reed, Carrol R. Reed, Charles Dana Reed, Charles K. Reed, Miss Clara M. Keed, Clarence D. Reed, Dana Reed, Edward D. Reed, Edward M. Reed, Edward T. Reed, Miss Emily P. Reed, Ervin E. Reed, Eugene W. Reed, Miss Flora C Reed, Dr. Floyd O. Reed, Francis B. Keed. Fred L. Reed, George A. Reed, George M. Reed, Capt. George W. Reed, Harold F. Reed, Miss Helen Leah Reed, Henry B. Reed, Homer J. Reed, John H. Reed, John W., Jr. Reed, J. Russel Reed, Miss Lillian Heed, Miss Lucy H. Reed, Miss Mae I. Reed, Mrs. Margaret E. Reed, Montgomery Reed, Morris A. Reed, Ralph D. Reed, Samuel B. Reed, Rev. Seth Reed, Miss Temperance *Deeeased Liverpool, England South Acton. Mass. Hamilton, N. Y. Si John, N. B. Lombard, Ills. Blltmore, N. C. Boulder, Colo. Albany. N.- Y. West Somerville, Mass. Rockl'ord, Ills. lies Moines, Iowa Worcester, Mass. Westliehl, Mass. Whitman. Mass. Coon Rapids, Iowa Buffalo. N. Y. Wellesley Hills. Mass. Albany, N. Y. Belmont, Mass. Molltieello, Iowa No. Brookfleld, Mass. Long Beach, Calif. Yolikers, N. Y. East Weymouth. Mass. Cohasset, Mass. Montpelier. Vt. Keene, N. H. Boston, Mass. Brookline, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Auburndale, Mass. Canandaigua, N. Y. Amenia. No. Dak. Benton Harbor, Mich. Boston, Mass. Washington. D. C. So. Weymouth. Mass. Columbus, Ohio Boston. Mass. Boston, Mass. St. Joseph. Mo. Manchester, N. H. Boston. Mass. Flint, Mich. Pelham Manor, N. Y. Brockton, Mass. New York. N. Y. Washingtonville, N. Y. Reed, Hon. Warren A. Keed. William E. Reed, William E. Reed, Prof. William Howell Roxbury, Mass. Reed, William N. P. New York. N. Y. Reed, William R. New Brunswick, N. J. Reid, David S. Winstou-Salem. N. C. Reid, Miss M. Christine New York, N. Y. Keid. Robie L. Vancouver, B. C. Russell, Miss H. Priscilla Arlington. Mass. Russell, Mrs. Louisa S. Sargent, Allan C. Smith. Mrs. Samuel F. SorER, Mrs. Emma P. Stevens, Mas Sara Reed Stowell. Mrs Charles H. Taylor, Raymond Washburn, Mrs. Grace B. Watres, Mrs. Effie J. H. W;i'M. Mrs Ellen Reed Wells, Miss Alemeda Williams. Rt. Rev. G. Mott Wright. Hon. Riley E. Arlington. Mass. GranitPvllIe, Mass. Newton Centre, Mass. Charlestown, N. H. Portland. Me. Lowell, Mass. Weston. Vt. Brookline. Mass. Scranton, Pa. Scituate, Mass. North East. Pa. Annapolis, M<1 Baltimore, M XLhc IReabe IRecovfc - Numb.-r XIII. BOSTON, MASS, U.S.A. 1920 ~? • THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZED 1904 1607 - 1620 God gnarde and speed ye safe o'er sea. Thou dauntless little shlppes oi Fate, To where thy unknown Har- bours He: — INCORPORATED 1914 Thy freight, the freedom of a worlde That in distress and hope awaits The coming of lhat happy daye. The Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held in Kimball Hall, New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, October 29, 1920, according to a notice mailed to members. The meeting was called to order by Henry B. Reed, President of the Society. The report of the Treasurer was read and ap- proved. It showed that the Society had had a prosperous year, with all bills paid. The Permanent Fund, composed of Life Member- ship Fees invested in United States Liberty Bonds, amounted to $500.00, and $3S.46 remains uninvested. The Secretary's Report was read, approved, and placed on file. It showed a gain of 28 members during the year, and that the present membership (to November, 1920) is 34 Life, 5 Honorary, and 130 Annual Members, a total of 169. A suggestion was made that the Society's Coat of Arms might be changed in some slight details, and that prizes should be offered to stimulate efforts to secure a larger membership. These sug- gestions were referred to the Executive 'Co/iiifiit&eVfor consideration. The Election of Officers was then helrl for whibh see page 2. Informal remarks regarding the welfare of the Society were then made by several members. At the close of the meeting all joined in singing "Auld Lang Syne" and "America." Refreshments were served, Mrs. Everett Morss and Miss Helen Leah Reed pour- ing tea. The Society then adjourned until the next annual meet- ing in October, 192 1. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary. Old State House Boston 9, Massachusetts October 29, 1920. THE READE RECORD ./v WILL OF JONATHAN READ, 1776 OF SMITHFIELD, RHODE ISLAND By George S. Stewart Is the Name of God, Amen, I Jonathan Read of Smithfield, in the County of Providence and Colony of Rhode Island, yeoman, being far ad- vanced in age, but in good health and memory, Blessed be God Therefor, do 'this fifteenth day of March, Anno Domini 1776, make and publis this, my last will and testament, in manner and form following that is to say. Imprimis I commend my soul into the hands of Almighty God who gave it me, and my Body to the Earth from when it came and as for that Worldly Estate Wherewith it has Pleased God to Bless me with I Dispose thereof as follows etc after my just debts and Euneral Charges are Paid. Item I Give and Bequeath to my Loving Wife Sarah Reed my Best Bed and Furniture to be and Belong to her forever. Item I give and Bequeath to my said Wife Sarah Reed all my house- hold goods and Indoor Furniture Ex- cept my wearing apparel During the time she shall live and remain my widow and afterward In Case of Death or Marriage of my said widow my will is my daughter Anne Taft [have] one bed and bedding to her heirs and as- signs forever; after my decease [my) two daughters Anne Taft and Sarah Gaskill have the Said Personal Estate Before mentioned to be equally Divided Be- tween them, their heirs and assigns. Item I give and bequeath to my son Oliver Read all my live stock and half my wearing apparel. Item I Give and Bequeath to my son Aaron Read the other half of my wearing apparel not yet disposed of. The reason of my not giving my other children nothing in this my will is I have given them alteady as much as I am able. Namely Jonathan, Benjamin, John, Hanson, and Daniel Read and Elizabeth Allen. I make and ordain her my said Wife Sarah Read Sole Executrix of this My Will and my Son ( )liver Read Overseer to take care and see the same per- formed according to my true intent and meaning. I Do hereby utterly disannull revoke disallow all and every other former or other Testament Will Legacy and Be- quest and Executor by me in any way before Named Willed or Bequeathed Ratifying and Confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testa- ment. In Witness Whereof I have here- unto set my hand hand and seal the Day and Year above written. (seal) JONATHAN READ. Signed Sealed Published and De- clared by the Jonathan Read as and his Last Will and Testament in the Presence of us whose names are here- under written who did each of us sub- scribe our names as witnesses and in his presence. Ebenezer Trask Jonathan Trask Stephen Arnold A true copy. Attest : Crawford M. Fairbanks, City Clerk. Seal of the City of Central Falls , Rhode Island \ T II K READE RECORD At a Town Council held in Smith- held in the County of Providence, etc, on the 31st day of May A.D. 1779. The last Will and Testament of Jona- than Read Late of Smithfield Deceased was laid on the Board Before this Coun- cil by Sarah Read Who was named Executrix as she was appointed and desired the same might be Proved by this Council ; and Ebenezer Trask, Jona- than Trask and Stephen Arnold Esq. the witnesses unto Sd Will On Solmon Engagement Declared that they saw the Testator Sign and seal said Will Did hear him Publish Pronounce and Declare the same to be his last Will and Testament at the same time he was of a Sound Disposing Mind and Memory they in his presence and in tha presence of each other subscribed their Names as witnesses. Therefore the aforesd will be and the same is Proved and Approved to be a Lawful Will and Testament and the same is Ordered to be Recorded. And accordingly is Recorded. Daniel Mowry, Jr. Council Clerk. Comment. — Jonathan' 1 Read of Smithfield, Rhode Island, was son of Jacob" Reed of Salem, Mass. (1652-1745) for whose will, dated 1742, see Reade Record No. X.; and grandson of Thomas 1 Read, "the planter," of Salem (Reade List No. 6) 1636-1667, for account of whom see Reade Record No. VI. James Whitemore Read, in his "History of the Reed Family," pub. 1861. erroneously states (p. 48) that Thomas'. Read, "the planter,' an original immigrant himself, was son of that Colonel Thomas Read who came in 1630 from Wickford, Essex County, England, and settled in Salem, Mass., but subsequently re turned to England, married and died t here leaving no descendants in America. The place in England from which Tnomas 1 Read, "the planter" came, is unknown. R03ERT READ -- 1635-1657 Boston - Exeter - Hampton Reade List No 3 These additional item ; have been found concerning this early immigrant of whom a previous »ecount has been giv< n in Reade Record No. XI : 15: 2 | April I 1651. 3 cert, that the Gold Lyon of Bristol (Eng.) Win. Strat- ton Mr [master | hath here dd. for the acc° of Rom KKADtner., 4 peecs cloaths, 2 caske nailes, halfe a thuu of shotte, & 6 doz. woolen stockings. Juxt. Cocqt. dat XIX" ffeb 1650. -(Aspinwall, p. 22.) " The Inventory of the Estate of Rob- ert Read Deseced" has been found among the Court Records, at Salem, as follows: Personal Estate, Amt. 44.13.00 It. fether bed & boulster, two pillowes & flock boulster i.\)3.00.00 It. a blanket 00.15 00 It. a flock bed and boulster at 07.00 00 It. two blankets 00.15.00 It. a flock bed and boulster at 00.14.00 It. two blankets 00.12.00 It. two fether pillowes at 00.09.00 It. three shettes at 00.16.00 It. 3 pare shooes 00.17.00 [Household Utensils, Shoes, Muskets, etc. document stained] 24.15.00 It. Abrain Pearkius to pay 00.03.00 It. Captin Wiggoner to pay 00.01.00 It. Antony Stanyer to pay 00.04.05 It. a barell of befe, 2 ferkings of butter toad totheaccompt 03.13.00 debtes to be paid out of the estate. . .48.08.09 these several goods prised by us the 29 of October 57. Robert Juk (?) |torn] John Smithe [torn] On the second page of this inventory appears the following : Real Estate. "We whose names are underwrighten being called to prise the house and ground [in Boston] that was Rob- ert Read Deceased the same being bounded by the shop of Tho: Mattson & the ground & house of John Button [see Reade Rtcord No XI) do according to our best skill and judgment judg it to be worth forty pounds. In witness wheare of we have put to our hands this 5 day of the first mo. [March) one thousand six hundred fiftv and seaven. James Johnson, Geo. Bates, (O) his mark, William Cotton, Tho: Marshall. This document, No. 23,384, is endorsed on the back, "Salisbury Court, 1658, Reads Inventory. It is a curious incident that Sergt. William Cotton, a butcher in Boston, one of the ap- praisers above, was also active in the settle- ment of the estate of Thomas Read in Boston in 1659 (see page 18). Were these two related? THE READE RECORD WILL OF WILLIAM READ WOBURN, MASS. - William Read. "The 9 daie April, 1656." My will is that my wife have three- score pounds for herselfe. Item. Thirty pounds a peece to my four youngest children. More, that my wife have the household stufi and to dispose of it. That the three score pounds which is owing to me by Mr. William Benton in New England be disposed of as followeth, if it can be got, viz: To my wife twenty pounds. To my four youngest children twenty pounds (that is five pounds apiece). To my three children that are mar- ried, in New England, that is. George Ralph and Abigail, Twenty pounds, to be equally divided amongst them. That when any of the foui children die, their portion be divided among the other three, that is if they die in their minority. Forty pounds due from Mr. Killing- worth, in pounds Mark Theaton of of Black Callertoh, 30 pounds from Miss Flora Hall, 20 pounds from An- thony Walker, 12 pounds— three pound in my wife's hand and five pound in Mr. Ogles' hand, 40 pounds more in the house, George Errington of Long- house and his son-in-law, 40 shillings, Gawan Anderson, 40 shillings, Mary Chicken als Watson four pound ten shillings, in my wife's hand is nine pound, more in the house 20 shillings in commodities, in all makes nine score pounds. Mark of WM. READ. Witness William Cutter the mark of Thomas Gibson. 1656 -- NEWCASTLE-ON-TYNE, ENG. (Reade List No. 4) longing, to Mabel] Read, widow, the relict of Willm Read, late of Newcastle- upon Tyn deceased, greeting : Whereas the said William Read, late of New Castle upon Tin, deced, Greet- ing: Whereas tin- said William Read made his last Will & Testament, which is hereunto annexed, and therein made nor constituted no executor or execu- tors, but nominated & appointed the said Mabell Read, his wife, principal] legatrix, We therefore give and grant full power and authority unto you the said Mabell Read widow admster." "ADMSTRACION." "Oliver, Lord Protector of the Com- onwealth of England, Scotland and Ireland or the Dominions thereto Be- Given at London under ye seale of the I lourt for pb Ite of Wills, and grant- ing adcons the last day of i >ctob, L656. Robt. Blackford, B. Sanhege. Nath. Cotthkegs, & a seal Annexed, now testo annexo ubi Exec, aut ubi null us. Mr. Watson. Entered and recorded 17: 12, 1661, by Thomas Danforth, Recorder. COMMENT The above Will is from Henry F. Waters' "Gleanings," which gives the correct date and name "Abigail" in place of "Michael'' as in Middx. Reg. of Probates, Vol. 1. from whuh above letter of administration is taken. An account of William Read oi Woburn wall be found in the Reade Record Nos. \' and XT- He came in the ship "Defence" from Lon- don in 1635, with wife Mabell and children. He returnel to England prior to 1652 with his wife and younger children and died there in 1656, as seen by the will above. Widow Mabell returned later with her children, and Nov. 21, 1660, married (2) Henry Somrners, Sr., of Watertown, whom she survived. (See her will, page 11.) She died in 1690, aged 85. Ancillary administration on William Read's estate was taken out Feb. 17. 1661-2- (Middx. Reg. Prob., vol. 1, p. 281.) Will of sou George, yeornan, elated 1697, probated 1706, Middx. Reg. Probates. For son Ralph's will, see Reade Record No. VI. THE R E A D E RKCORI) [ WICKFORD KEADES - by George A. Taylor.'] THREE READE SISTERS MARGARET - ELIZABETH - MARTHA These three sisters settled in New England, married eminent men, and left issue that have made American history. They were daughters of Edmund Reade of Wickford, Essex County, England. Being Reacles of ancient lineage, it is fitting that some account of them should find a place in the annals of the Reade Society, which will doubtless prove of interest to their many descendants in America, though not of the name. One of their brothers was the well- known Colonel Thomas Reade, of Wick- ford, Eng., and Salem, Mass., in 1630, (of whom later). He returned to Eng- land prior to 1642 and died there, leav- ing no descendants in America. OF THESE THREE SISTERS I. Margaret married John Lake and came with him to New England. She was sometime of New London, Conn., and later of Ipswich, Mass., where she died in 1672. They had one son, John Lake, and two daughters, Hannah and Martha. Hannah married Capt. John Gallup, of Stonington, Conn., killed in action with the Indians, Dec. 19, 1675, and left issue. Martha married, 1647, Thomas Harris, of Mass., who died in 1687, leav- ing issue. II. Elizabeth (sister of above Mar- garet) was born at Wickford, County of Essex, England, in 1617. She was the second wife of John Winthrop, Jr., Governor of Connecticut ; died Novem- ber 24, 1672, and had the following children: Elizabeth, born July 24, 1636 ; mar- ried (1st) 1658, Rev. Antipas Newman of Wenham; m. (2d) 1678, Zerubbabel, second son of Gov. John Endicott; died December 7, 1716, leaving issue by first marriage. Mary, daughter of Elizabeth Reade and John Winthrop, died young. Lucy, daughter of Elizabeth Reade and John Winthrop, born Jan. 28, 1640, and married, 1660, Major Edward Palmer of New London, and died Nov. 24, 1676 without issue. Margaret, daughter of Elizabeth Reade and John Winthrop, born 1646, married, 1665, John Corwin of Salem; died Nov 30, 1711, leaving issue. Mar/ha, daughter of Elizabeth Reade and John Winthrop, third wife of Hon. Richard Wharton of Boston ; died Sept. 27, 1712: had two daughters. Anne, daughter of Elizabeth Reade and John Winthrop, second wife of Hon. John Richards of Boston ; married Sept. 1, 1692, died without issue June 27, 1704. John Winthrop, eldest son of Elizabeth Reade and John Winthrop surnamed Fitz John, born at Ipswich, Mass., March 14. 1638. Captain in army of General Monk. Later in ser- vice of Connecticut. Major-General command ingexpedit ion against Canada, 1690. Agent at Court of William and Mary. Governor of Connecticut, 1697- 1707. Died at Boston, Nov. 27, 1707. He married Elizabeth, daughter of George Tongue of New London. She was born October 20, 1653, and died April 25. 1731. They had only child, Mary, who married, 1701, Colonel John Livingstone, eldest son of Robert Liv- ingstone, and left no issue. Waitstill, second son of Elizab. Reade and John Winthrop, born at Boston, Feb. 27, 1642. Chief Justice of Massachusetts and Major-General of the provincial Forces. THE READE RECORD Died at Boston, >Jov. 7, 1717, aged 75. He had a son John and a daughter Anne, who survived him, married and left issue. He also had three sons and a daughter who died young. All his children were by his firs': wife, Mary, the daughter of Hon. William Browne, of Salem, Mass. She died in Boston, June 14, 1690, aged 34. Ill- Martha, daughter of Edmund Reade of Wickford, County of Essex; England, and sister of Thomas Reade, married ( 1st ) Daniel Eppes of Kent and London, 1621, and left three children by this marriage, as follows : Daniel Eppes, who married, 1664, Elizabeth Symonds, his step-sister, and died leav- ing issue. Elizabeth Eppes who mar- ried Peter Duncan of Gloucester, Mass. She died in 1662. Martha, daughter of Edmund Reade and sister of Colonel Thomas Reade married (2d) Samuel Symonds and was his second wife. They were married about 1637 and came to New England. She died 1662. Samuel Symonds was fourth son of Richard Symonds of Great Yeldam, County Essex. England, and later of Ipswich, Mass, 1637. Deputy-Governor of Massachusetts, 1678-79. Martha Reade and Samuel Symonds had three daughters and one son : Martha, who marned( 1st ) John Denison(2d ) Richard Martyn of Portsmouth, N.H., and died 1684, leaving issue by both husbands. Ruth, who married, 1659. Rev. John Emerson, and died. 1702, leaving issue. Priseilla, born 1638, married, 1672, Thomas Baker of Topsfield, Mass., had six children, died 1734. Samuel, son of Martha Reade and. Samuel Symonds, Harvard College, 1663, died unmarried, 1669. EDMUND READE OF WICKFORD, Gent. COUNTY OF ESSEX, ENGLAND, 1563-1623 By Alanson H. Reed Edmund Reade, baptized May 23, 1563. Will, November 20, 1623. Bur. Dec. 1 following, at Wickford. He married (1) Thomasine, daughter of Thomas Wallenger of Chelmsford. Buried there Dec. 7, following. He married (2) Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas Cooke of Pebmarsh, County Essex, whose will, P.C.C. 94, Dale is dated August 30, 1621. By wife Elizabeth he had twe sons named Edmund, both of whom died young. Three daughters (the above-named sisters, Margaret, Elizabeth and Mar- tha), and three sons, viz. ; I. William of Birchanger, Co. Essex, Gent. Will P.P.C. 345 Pell, in which he names sisters Winthrop, Lak<; and Symonds. He died April 3, 1659, and was buried in Birchanger Chancel. He married Anne, daughter and heir of Thomas Aleyn of Icklingham, County Suffolk and later of Braughin, County Herts., who made will, Arch. London, Essex and Herts, October 21, 1633. They had issue : Aleyn Reade, citi- zen and merchant tailor of London. Will P.P.C. 116 Ring, March 21, 1678, proved Dec. 3, 1679. Had Great and Little Annys in Wickford. He married Katherine, daughter of Richard Cuth- bert of London. Jane and Elizabeth, devisees of their grandfather Aleyn, died unmarried. Anne, married (1st) to Henry Clarke and (2d) to Edward Hickes, Dr. of Divinity. II. Samuel, second son of Edmund THE READE RECORD Reade, a physician of Bishops Stortford, Co. Herts, 1643. Died apparently in 1659. III. Thomas, third son, of Wickford, Gent., and of Salem, Mass., in 1630. He returned to England prior to 1642. Colonel in the Parliamentary Army and Governor of Stirling Castle, Scotland. Will proved, London, Nov. 6, 1662. He married Priscilla, daughter of John Banks of Maidstone, and had issue, six children, all born in England. Among them Samuel Read of London, merchant. Kinsman and final executor of Aleyn Read, March 30, 1683. Living 1714. (Of Col. Thomas Reade later). Edmund Readers widow, Elizabeth, married ( 2d (Hugh Peter the well-known soldier preacher of Cromwell's army, sometime pastor at Salem, Massachu- setts; executed as a regicide, 1660. She administered Edmund's estate, 1623-4. [Ni ' i E. — Hugh Peter and his ancestors never signed their name "Peters." His brother, Kev. Thomas, of Saybrook, Connecticut, did spell it in the latter form, and the probate of the will of another brother shows the spelling "Peeters." — G. A. Taylor.J ISAAC READ, RECTOR OF WRABNESS ESSEX COUNTY. ENGLAND The opinion has been held that this man was a son of Thomas Read of Colchester, carpenter, who as the rec- ords show had a son Isaac who studied at Corpus Christi College in 1651, and Gouville and Caius College in 1652, at Cambridge University, England, hav- ing been formerly a scholar in the Royal Grammar School in Colchester. But there seems to be no record of his taking a final college degree, nor, in fact, other information concerning him until mention is made of him and his wife (name unknown) in his father's will in 1665 (see Reade Record No. XI. The writer in his account of the "Sudbury Read Family," published in the Reade Record No. XII, accepted this opinion, as will be seen therein. But then a question seemed to be raised by reason of the strict rule of the Church of England that required a college degree for entry to its minis- try; and the further fact that appar- antly Thomas of Colchester was of that Puritan party predominant in that town, and that his son Isaac matriculated at Cambridge, the head- quarters for education of the Puritan ministry. Now, the Secretary has had occasion in some cases to saw off a limb," so to speak, from someone's genealogical tree — with sardonic pleasure it seemed to some of the victims, especially those astride of a limb that left them no definite place for nativity in England. But now occasion requires that he saw oft a limb on his own genealogical tree, in that recent investigations have proved that Rector Isaac Read of Wrabness does not belong to the Col- chester (Essex Co.), England, Read family of which Thomas, the carpenter, was a member. In a publication by the Oxford Uni- versity, "The Alumin, Oxon: 1500- 1714" pub. 1887, (p. 1239), may be found the following statement: Read, Isaac, Gent; Pembroke Coll. ; Matriculated, 1630; B.A. 22, i6jj ; Student of Gray's Inn, i6jo (as s. John, City of London, Merchant) ; Rector of Wrabness, Essex, 1661. See Junta's Gray's Inn Reg. and Foster s Index F.cci. Mr. Foster is one of the most reliable genealogical authorities in England, and the entry at Oxford and his state- ment above must be conclusive in that the rector Isaac Read of Wrabness was a son of Jobn Read, a merchant in the City of London, and not of Thomas Read, the carpenter, at Colchester. ALANSON H. REED THE R E A I) E RE CO R I) WILL OF JOHN REDE OF LYME, CONNECTICUT- 1732 By Geor ?e S, Stewart I? Jonathan Rede of Lyme, in the County of New London and Colony of Connecticut, being weak in body but in my rite mind and memory, Do make this my last Will and Testament, in manner and form as followeth : Imprimis: I commit my body to the dust to be decently buried at the dis- cretion of my exectuors, and my sole I commit to God that gave it and a- to my outward estate, I do dispose of as m manner and form followeth : Item : I give to my Lovingwife Deb- orah Rede all my movable estate and ye House and Improvement of that farm I bought of Thomas Clarke com monly railed the Hope Yarde During her natural life. Item: I give to my son Benjamin Rede the farm that he now lives on in fee simple, provided that he pays to my Dafter Jeane the sum of rwentj pounds when she cums to be eighteen years old. Item: I give to my son fohn Rede the farm that I bought of Thorn is Clarke in fee simply. Provided he pays to my son Christopher ye sum of fiftj pounds in money when he cums to the age of twenty one years of age. Item : I give to my son fonathan Rede the sum of sixty pounds in money, to be paid by my Executors after my decease. Item : I give to my son George Rede the sum of sixty pounds in money to be paid after my decease. Item: I give to Dafter Mary Griffen twenty pounds in money to be paid by my Executors after my decease, to bye her houssel goods which is all that' I intend she shall have for her portion with what she has had already. Item: I give to my son Christopher Rede ten pounds in money to be paid to him by my Executors when he comes to the age of twenty one years old, and 1 order the said ten Misprint; should be John Rede. pounds to be put out to Interest after my decease, until he comes to the age of twenty one years old, and my will is that ray executors set my said son Christopher to scoule one year and aftr that to be bound out to a trade. And I do appoint my Loving wife and my son Benjamin Reed and my son John Reed to be Executors to this my Last will and Testament and I do order all my children to be kinde to thare mother and support her in her old age. Signed, sealed and published this 21st day of November, in the vear 1732. his (Signed) JOHN O REED (Seal) mark In presents of us, Samuel Tiffany, —John Chapman,— Nath. Matson. Recorded in the 6th Hook of Wills for New London l>i>irut, folio 163, Aug. 6th 1734 l'r. RICHD CHRISTOPHER, Clerk. STAT] OF CONNI I London, ) ss. County of New I. I, Charles E. Mickey, Clerk of the Court of Probate, within and for New London, in said County of New London, and keeper of the Rec- ords and seal hereof, hereby certify that the paper hereto annexed is a true and complete copy of the will of John Rede ( Reed) as appears of record in the records of this Court. In Testimony Whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed seal of said Court, on this 7th day of April, A.D. 1921. (seal) Charles E. Hickey, Clerk. Comment.— John Reed- of Lyme, Connecti- cut, b. Apr. 11th, 1674, Kittery, Me., was the only son of John 1 of York County, Me., 1661, by wife Mary. The father was killed by the Indians at Salmon Falls in 1690. Ancestor of the Lyme, Conn., Reeds. ( Reade List No. 26, The "History of the Reade Family," 1861, p. 461, gives a short account of this family, beginning with one "Enoch Reed of Lyme, Conn., who was a Colonel in the war of the Revolution." He was really a Captain. THE READE RECORD EPISCOPALIANS IN COLONIAL TIMES On Sunday, Aug. 8, 1921, a Pilgrim anniversary service was held at the Cathedral Church of St. Paul (Episco- pal ) Boston, an outdoor service by the choir being an enjoyable feature. The sermon was delivered by Rev. Dr. Edward T. Sullivan of Trinity Church, Newton Center. He spoke on the early history of New England and other sections of the country, and eulogized the simple, steadfast virtues of our fore- fathers, both in Virginia and Plymouth and in the Massachusetts Bay Colony. "The work they did stands out in the memory of the country. It is our duty to hand clown to our successors unim- paired the Pilgrim ideals, principles and beliefs in the sovereignty of God and the need for public and private devotion." Then with pardonable pride in the history of his own denomination, he spoke of the early Episcopalians. ''I mean to tell you particularly to" night about some Episcopalians who were numbered among the early settlers and patriots of the United States. "The first to locate on the peninsula afterward called Boston was the Rev. William Blackstone; a Church of Eng- land clergyman. He bought from the Indians that section of the country which they called Shawmut and he named Trimount or Tremont because of three hills, Beacon Hill, Copp's Hill and Port Hill. "Mr. Blackstone became known as the hermit of Shawmut. He pastured his cows on what is now known as the Common, and lived in a Paradise on earth. It was his clear, sparkling spring of water that induced the Puri- tans to move over to the peninsula, on his kindly invitation. His abode was upon the western slope of Beacon Hill. "But the hermit soon found the pres- ence of neighbors not to his liking. Controversies arose and he sold his great estate for ^150, all the Puritans would pay, and moved to Rhode Island, — and the Puritans proceeded to build Boston on his old domain. In this work at a later date the Episcopalians did valiant service. "A multitude of membersof the Epis- copal Church aided in settling New England. The Episcopal Church has been the spiritual home of many of those who founded the Nation. It was an Episcopal Church, the Old North Church, which flashed the lights which commenced the Revolutionary War. Two Episcopalians, Robert Newman and John Pulling, placed the lanterns as directed by Paul Revere. It was an Episcopalian, Patrick Henry, who said those famous words 'Give me liberty, or give me death.' "The Episcopal Church was the nurs- ery of patriots, and gave a long roll of illustrious names to the cause of Ameri- can liberty. Washington, Hamilton, Madison, Jefferson and Marshall, called the founders of America, were all Episcopalians. Of the 56 signers of the Declaration of Independence 36 were Episcopalians, and of the signers of the constitution two - thirds were Episcopalians. "And let us not forget that four out of five of these founders of America came from Virginia ; the fifth was born in the West Indies. The first free Gov- ernment in this country was set up in an Episcopal Church in Jamestown, Va., in 1619. "The population of the Middle and Southern Atlantic Colonies had in it a very large element of Episcopalian or Church of England members. "When the Mayflower dropped ancho the three great principles — representa tive government, universal suffrage and trial by jury — had been incorporated in the Jamestown Plantation. It was a Virginian, Captain John Smith, who named Plymouth, the Charles River, and Cape Ann. His maps were in posession of the Pilgrims when they left England." 10 THE READE RECORD CHRISTOPHER READ, 1672-1696 BOSTON - CAMBRIDGE - DUNSTABLE By G. A. Taylor (Reade List No. 31) It would appear from copy of depo- sition made by Christopher Read 27 Apr., 1689, that the year of his birth was about 1640, as in the case of Hill v. Oppinson (Suffolk Co. Files) he is said to be 40 years of age. In 1672 he was a tanner, of Boston, and the same year witnessed the will of Elizh Brig- ham. He was taxed in 1674 and, presumably, in other years. His wife, Katherine, was admitted to the Old South Church in 1673. In 1674 he removed to Cambridge, and the same year he bought a homestead there. He was chosen a constable of Cambridge Nov. 12, 1677, collector January 13, 1678-9, surveyor November 12, 1683, tithingman March 17, 1683-4. He sold his homestead in Cambridge June 20, 16S5, and the same year removed to Dunstable, where he and John Love- well, Sr., were tanners. If his residence in Dunstable was brief, his name is firmly written into the early annals of the settlement. He was a selectman and was appointed on many committees. In 1674 settlements were begun along the margin of Salmon Brook which afforded fish in abundance and consid- erable motive-power, and were extended southwards down that stream and along the right bank of the Merrimack river. A garrison house was soon erected, and invited by the rich alluvial soil, the heavy timber growth, and the liberal policy of the proprietors, the tide of emigration set in rapidly to the new and hopeful town. It numbered soon among its actual inhabitants John Acres, John, William and Samuel Beale, John Blanchard, An- drew Cook, Isaac, John and Thomas Cummings, Henry Farwell, Samuel French, John and Sam'l Gould, Joseph Hassell, John, John Jr., and Joseph Lovewell, Thomas Lund, Robert Par- ris, Obadiah Perry, Robert Proctor, Christopher Read, John Sollendine, Christopher Temple, Edward Tyng, Jonathan Tyng, Robert Usher, Daniel and John Waldo, Samuel Warner, Thomas Weld, Joseph Wheeler, and Samuel Whiting, son of the Rev. John Whiting of Billerica." (Mason). On July 23, 1689, Christopher Read joined with John Blanchard, John Lovewell, Robert Parris and Samuel Whiting in a petition to the Governor and Council and Company of Repre- sentatives then assembled at Boston asking for men to help garrison the town against the Indians. Again, on July 31, 1689, the same parties petition in behalf of Samuel Addams, owner of a corn mill, "without the use of which mill the Towne can not subsist and therefore we doe intreat your honors to allow such a number of men as may be able to secure it." During the trying times of King William's War Christopher Read removed from Dunstable to Boston, where he died, 1696. Administration of his estate was granted to his widow, Ratherine, Sept. 3, 1696 (Suff. Co. Probates), and in the inventory of his estate was a house and land in Dun- stable, under mortgage to Peter Town of Cambridge. In 1710, on the petition of Eliza- beth [Read] Whiting of Dunstable, the only child of Christopher Read, deceased, Col. Joseph Varnum of Dra- cut was appointed administrator to sell two hundred acres of land in Dracut, belonging to the estate of "the late Christopher Read." Katherine, widow of Christopher Read, married (2d) William Green of Groton. The intention of marriage was published in Boston Nov. 19, 1696. THE READE RECORD 11 In 1710 she was 'deceased." Elizabeth, the only child of Chris- topher Read, married in Dunstable, January 27, 1686-87, Samuel Whiting, who was son of Rev. Samuel and Dorcas (Chester) Whiting of Billerica. She married (2d), 1717, Wm. Patterson. The children of Samuel and Eliza- beth (Read) Whiting were : I. Samuel, born Oct. 22, 1687. II. Elizabeth, born April 26, 1889 ; married Dec. 19, 1710, Rev. Samuel Rug- gles, son of Samuel and Martha < Wood- bridge) Ruggles of Roxbury. He was pastor at Billerica. She died July 29, 1727. They had eight children. III. Catherine, born June 10, 1691 ; m. Dec. 31, 1714, John Lane, born Oct. 20, 1691, son of John and Suzannah (Whipple) Lane. They lived in bil- lerica, where she died April 1, 1731. They had six children. IV. Leonard, born Aug. 12, 1693. Probably settled in Connecticut. V. Joseph born Dec. 14. 1695. Probably settled in Connecticut. VI. Mary, b. Jan. 1, 1701 ; m. June 4, 1735, her cousin Oliver Whiting, b. March 29, 1691, son of Oliver and Anna (Danforth) Whiting, of Billerica. VII. Dorcas, b. 1703; m. Dec. 30, 1725, Rev. Benj. Ruggles, a son of Samuel and Martha (Woodbridge) Ruggles. He was pastor at Middle- boro, now Lakeville, when he was or- dained, Nov. 17, 1723. VIII. John, born March 11, 1706; died before 1718. WILL OF MABELL READ-SUMMERS OF WOBURN - 1689-90 Middlesex Probate June 17, 1690. (See Page 4.) Reade List No. 4 In ye Name of God, Amen. I, Mabell Summers, Relict of Henry Sommers, late of Woburn in ye County of Midd x in theire Majties Teritory and Dominion of New England, being through God's goodness of sound under- standing and memorie, yet through long weakness of body, do rind that my dis- solution cannot be far off and though I have made a Will or Wills Sometime since, yet by reason of my continuance longer in this world then I could have Expected whereby my necessary pro- vision for myself by my order given by me to my Son George Read hath Expended the considerablest part of what Estate I then was possessed of. Wherefore, resigning my Soul & body into ye hands of my Dear Redeemer, my body to be decently enterred at ye discretion of my Executor, and as for that of temporall Estate that at my de- cease shall be in my possession, or due unto me from others, I do bestow ye whole thereof to my loveing Son George Read to him and to his heires forever, Excepting five shillings a peice to my loveing Sonnes and Daughters then living. Further desiring my loveing (See Page 4.) Daughter in Law, Hannah Read wife to my Son George Read that would after my decease if liveing give some what of my cloathing to my own Daugh- ters such and so much as she shall see meat, and I do here by Revoke all former Wills of mine and this onley to be in force, makeing my loveing Sonne George Read sole executor of this my will who hath for neere this five years, shewed his filial care of and for me, and doth still say, that dureing my con- tinuance in this World according to his ability he will provide for me. Where- fore Dear Children live in Love and Peace together, that ye God of love and Peace may be with you. And so I com- mitt you into ye hands of our good God who hath promised never to leave or forsake those that put theire trust in him. And in testimonie that this is my last Will and testament I do hereunto set my hand and seal this 22d of Janu- ary, 1689-90. The mark of MABELL (O) SUMMERS and a Seal Signed, Sealed and Delivered in ye p r sence of us, William Simmes, Saml. Blogett, Senr., Joseph Wright, Senr. A. H. R. 12 THE REAUE RECORD £be IReafce IRecorfc Single Copies, One Dollar Value lies in the Content Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Genealogical Research HENRY B. REED, President, Auburndaie, Mass. HELEN LEAH READ, Vice-President, Riverbank Court, Cambridge, Mass. CHARLEvS F. READ, Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, Mass. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary, Old State House, Boston, Mass. GEORGE S. STEWART, Genealogist, Langdon Ave., Watertown, Mass. ANNUAL MEETINGS Seventeen Annual Meetings of the Reade Society have been held in Massachusetts. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Membership fee, one dollar per year, or $10 for a Life membership, exempt from dues, should be sent to Charlks F. Read, Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, Mass. iS^T" Let it ever be remembered that the Reade Record is mailed only to members whose dues have been paid. The Society is limited in its printing by its income. FILES OF THE READE RECORD Every member should own and bind a complete set of these valuable little papers, No one can safely write of the family ances- tral lines without consulting them. We can furnish at present Nos. I, IV, VI, VII. VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII. Our stock of Nos. II, III and V is exhausted, but we intend to reprint them as soon as the funds of the Society permit. You aid yourself, and assist the Society in printing other numbers by buying those we can supply now. Later you may not be able to get them. Discount n prices made to our members. THE SECRETARY SAYS That he is pleased that another Record is finished and on its way. That our members should take note of the unusual amount of printed matter sent them this year --- 32 pages in Records Nos. A and XIII, and a title page for bind- ing in book form. That the Society had no account in the Record of its organization in 1904, nor of the first three meetings, in 19114 1905 and 1906 To supply this deficiency the extra Reade Record, No. A, is now printed. — That Record No. XIII with its 24 pages is the largest yet issued. It is inten- ded to show by its size, contents and style what our members should receive each year, or semi-annually if funds permitted. — That the Society did not adv nice its dues during the World War, nor the price of its fine membership certificate. That at present it does not seem ad- visable to advance the Societydues. That with the greatly increased cost of paper, composition, presswork, and other expenses, it has been impossible to print Records of this size, owing to our small membership and dues of one dollar per year, That it simply printed the best Record it could with the funds in hand and sent them to our members. That we believe our members desire the best and are willing to pay for it. That therefore, regardless of ex- pense, we have printed the Nos. A and XIII Records in the belief that our mem- bers— life or annual— will be willing to contribute a dollar or such other sum as they think best, as a free gift, with which to pay the increased cost of printing and to carry on the work of the Society in issuing the next Record, No. XIV. Can be sent in postage stamps when desired. That he would be pleased to have an expression of opinion from the members regarding the above statements. That it should be remembered that the officers of the Society receive no pay for their work, but gladly give their time and labor, and often their means as well. That if members will bring the So- ciety to the notice of those unaware of its existence, many new members will be se- cured and great aid thereby given. That regarding Coats of Arms, there is no one Read-Reed- Reid (however the name is spelled) Coat that covers the entire family of that name. And this statement applies to all other families, whatever their name. A grant of arms is usually made to one man only for some service rendered the King or the Government, and only the * THE REAUE RECORD 13 Miss Helen Leah Reed Vice-President. Lineage as follows : John 1 Reed, Kittery, Me., 1671. John'-, Lyme, Conn. (See p. 8.) Samuel 3 , b. 1709. Horton, N.S., 1760. Duncan 4 , b. 1747. New Horton, N.B., 1783. Guilford 5 , b. Feb. 16, 1787. ) See Eatons's Granville Bevil 6 , b. 1612. History of King's Guilford Shaw' , b. 1837 . ) ^°™^ N ' b ' Helen Leah 8 , Graduate Radcliffe College. An authoress of note. grantee and his heirs are entitled to use it. Certainly not others, even of the same sur- name. In ignorance of this fact, in the early days of our Society it was using a coat to which it had no right, which was not ap- proved by our members when known. That coat was promptly discarded. It will be seen by reference to the copy of our Charter on the last page, that COMMONWKALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS grantsto the Reade Society the right to adopt Arms for its own use aud that of its members. That the Coat ot Arms emblazoned on our Certificate of Members! ip was adop- ted at the first meeting under the Charter, and is issued under the same power as that of any other sovereign State or Govern- ment.' (See Reade Record Nos. VI., VIII. andX.) That the picture of "Young Mr. Reed aud his big fiddle," as his friends jokinglv call it, was taken last August to prove, "with the verse, that he has other hobbies than genealogy. That he hopes publication in the Record at their request will not prove to our members that he has "brass enough to make a copper kettle." ■ That our readers will gladly note reappearing in our columns the name of our genealogist, Mr. George S. Stewart That Mr. Stewart was recently ap- pointed Secretary of the Massachusetts Sons of the American Revolution — a high honor. That in this Record appear articles by a new contributor, Mr. George A. Taylor, a reliable genealogist who has spent some ten years in England delving among its old records, and who is familiar with all the sources from which genealogical information may be had there. That Mr. Taylor takes great interest in the genealogies of our Southern States, often difficult on account of the Civil War. THE PROFESSIONAL GENEALOGIST Those who follow genealogy as a business, accepting pay for their services, would deserve commiseration, were it not that the fascination of its pursuit repays its followers in a measure for what it lacks in financial gain, which generally is not more than a meager living, at best. What, then, is the fascination? The writer takes it to be the same that a detec- tive experiences in his business— -the same that the puhlic experiences in reading de- tective stories — the same that a boy ex- periences when he chases a rabbit bobbing up and down through a bramble patch ; now he sees it, now it is out of sight -but the boy is everlastingly bound to get it, cost what it will. And so that elusive ancestor which the genealogist seeks must be made to "show up," whatever the trouble in finding him, and the pursuit is interesting and ' exciting at times. The world stands ready to share the results. Gladly it will accept the informa- tion the genealogist can give. But just here is the rub ! The world as a whole does not care to pay for the information. It seems to thinkit should be ladled out as freely as the soup at a charity kitchen. The world forgets the genealogist must live, the same as other folks. That what lie knows is his stock in trade, the same as a doctor, a lawyer, or a lecturer. That what he can tell in five lines of print may have cost him weeks or months of search. The public who are able to pay should be just and give the small gratuity that is usually charged with a free spirit that renders it of double value. Yet jour true genealogist is the most generous of souls when dealing with those who lack the finan- cial ability to pay, but wish so ardently "to know." Often "he has had experience of that himself, and he contributes largely of his hard-won knowledge. But the general public should not expect something for nothing. 14 THE READE RECORD THOMAS READ OF BOSTON, 1652- [1654-1659] "THE WITNESS" Reade List No. 18 By Alanson H. Reed The following depositions in the case of Archibald Henderson, in the year 1652, are found in the "Massachu- setts Archives" (Vol. B 38, Doc. 73-93): "The testament of Thomas Read, aged about 22 yeares: This Deponent saith that Mr. Henderson coming to his chamber and calling for a light, presently came the con- stable with three men more, and followed him, and Goodman Thomas coming forth and finding the Constable with his hand on Mr. Henderson's shoulder, and two others holding faste by the haire of his heade, he ofered to be bound for him, forth coming, but the Constable not much regarding his offer, the other forth with pulled Mr. Henderson on the ground ; he springing to defend himself, they tooke and dragged him out of the Dore, this Deponent gave the Constable strike. Taken upon oath the second of the sixth month, 1652, before me. Willm Hibbins. This is a true coppie of the Deposition of Thomas Read, compared with the original by Edward Rawson, Recorder.*' "The testimony of Evan Thomas being sworne, he saith: That in the last day of the weeke at night as they had newe supt, his wife called him & said husband Mr. Henderson is come in and the constable after him, pray you come quickly; with that he tooke a candle and went and found Mr. Henderson standing upright in the hall and goodman Bigfield gribing him fast by one shoulder, and George Way and George Pearse holding him by the haire of the heade; then saith this deponent what is the matter gentlemen? saith good- man Bigfield this man is Drunke ; why saith this Deponent he hath neither eat nor dranke in my house today — but if you please I wilbe his securety and see him forth com- ing in tyme fitting ; but he doth not remem- ber that goodman Bigfield gave him any answer ; then he took hold of Mr. Hender- son and said, pray you leave him to me and I will rule him well enough; with that goodman Bigfield lett goe his hould and the other two men haveing hold of his haire drew him to the ground, upon which Mr. Henderson rose upp enraged and strucke the men & the rest near him ; then said the Constable carry him away. Mr. Henderson strove with them and they dragged him foath of the house, both the said men and the constable by his haire as farr as the sign post and scuffling they fell down and some tymes Mr. Henderson was under the men that strove with him ; then this Depnt haveing assisted, the Constable desired him again to assist him ; saith this deponant to him I cannot assist you for I am afraid the man will die, and I know not at whose hands his blood will be required; then they dragged him as far as the Pumpe, and he lay as a dead man; saith this depo- nent I pray you deale not hardly with him, to dragg like a dogge but let him be carried ; there is help enough; and this deponent took one legge to help carry him but soe many as were sufficient laid hold of him beside, and let him goe, and soe they car- ried him to prisson and this deponent fol- lowed immediately after him, and there they left him lying in the prisson as a dead man. Taken upon oath the second of the sixt monthe, 1652, before me, Willm Hibbins. This is a true coppie of the Disposition of Evan Thomas, compart d with the original by Edward Rawson, Recorder." "George Munings testifieth concerning Mr. Henderson that ye constable Gooduian Bigfield with others broughtMr. Henderson to the prison where he was locked up untill the morning being in the common prison & being at that tyme in bed. In the morn- ing I going in found him quaking with colde his waistcoate torn with one sleeve off his shirt torn to the waste his body in some pts naked being beaten in some partes of his body ... so that I being greeved to see him such a condition tooke him into my house," etc. taken upon oath the 22d 8th m. 1652 by Increase Nowell. THE READE RECORD IS COMMENT. Without doubt all the town of Boston was agog with talk and excitement the next morning when the news of the encounter spread about. Not a newspaper then ex- isted, nor, in fact, until fifty years later. "Broadsides," or handbills, as called now, were the means of public announcements, aside from the town crier. So perhaps we may imagine that on this morning in Aug- ust, 1652, some irreverent son of Belial, compositor in a printing office, who had not great fear of the authorities, had boys upon the streets and in the market place and in the inns, crying: ARCHIE HENDERSON SOUSED Landed In ye Hoosegow alter a Desper- ate Struggle.-- GoDdnan Blgllelil. ve Bucko Cop, Proves Himself a Brute. — Ye Reade Record Demands that tie be Fired from ye Force. Human nature in essence is ever the same despite its many forms, aud doubtless the eager quest for details of the happening was the same as now in similar cases. The wording of the broadside above may not be correct or even authentic, for it is a long time since then, and the Secretary may have dreamed it. Concerning Thomas Rkad, "the Witness," little is known except what can be gleaned from the three depositions above and others in the same case, unless we add to these the scant entries below and the information given in the account of Thomas Read "of the Inventory" given in another column (see page 18), for the writer is convinced that they are identically the same man. These depositions relate only to Mr. Archi- bald Henderson and an affray in which some prominent townsmen of the then little town of Boston had part, yet as a realistic picture of life in the section along the docks, and one in which Thomas Read was a participant and witness, and which doubtless was a subject of gossip to the entire town, they seem worth a place in our Record. Evan Thomas, at whose house the dis- turbance occurred, was a "vintner,'" — one of those persons "licensed to keep inns and cook shops, to draw beer, and retail strong water," and in this class also was William Hudson, Jr., who had so much to do with the affairs of Thomas Read "of the Inven- tory" and who owned the Castle Tavern, cor- ner of the present Washington and Elm Sts. The house or inn of Evan Thomas was just around the corner on Hanover Street. Not far away, at the corner of the present North and Richmond Streets, was the Red Lyon Inn, kept hy Nicholas Upsall. All of these had soldiers billeted upon them as is evi- denced by the following. (Supreme Court Files No. 210.) Boston —The acct. of the Town, his debts, 1654-1655: * * * To so much pd. Evan Thomas, Nich. Upsall, Wm. Hudson and Wm. Blanton, for Billeting Soldiers. . .07.15 * » ♦ A true Copy from the Book of accounts for the Town of Boston. Attest : Samuel Gkrrish, Town Clerk. This suggests that possibly Thomas Read may have been one of these soldiers, as he evidently was an inmate of Evan Thomas' house or inn. The next item of information comes in the inventory of the estate of Robert Sharp, 19: 11 [Dec] 1654, (Sufi. Co. Prob. Vol. 1, p. 195.) "Acct. of Debts of Robert Sharp, to Mary Read for hir service. .[2"J1.08.00 This Mary Read we take to be the same as that mentioned in the Boston Records as the wife and later the widow of Thomas of the Inventory (see pp. 18-19). From this we infer that Thomas, "the witness" above, then only 22 years of age, had married in 1654; had established relations with William Hudson, Jr., and that later his wife and chil- dren went under Hudson's guardianship. There seems to be no definite information concerning the occupation of Thomas Read, nor note of any doings of his in the Boston Town Records, which lends support to the surmise that he may have been a soldier. As to the widow Mary Read, from the unusual supply of household utensils in the Inventory, we might imagine that she kept a boarding house in the place rented by Hudson from Mr. Hanuaford. The reader can make his own choice in all these matters. 16 THE READE KECORD TO MY 'CELLO Come sit upon my lap, my 'cello, Whilst thee and I commune alone. Thou art a jealous mistress, love, And hard thy given tasks indeed, Since in thy service entered I. What now! Across thy strings I draw My bow; as if in torture set Thou dost complain and groan and grumble. As one possessed of spirits wild, And false thy notes fall on my ear. Ah, thou jade ! Thus thinkest thou ? My bow insistent — rough and rude? Now gently it caresses thee ; So murmur, sigh, or softly sing, As lovers do, with ardent tongue. Well done! And now a dainty dance, As when the elves and fairies sport In sylvan moonlit glades, unseen, Or noble lords and ladies proud Do tread the stately menuet. Oh, then, in song exultant soar, To reach the very gates of Heaven And bid St. Peter ope his blinking eyes, Whilst angels cluster at the port And still their harps in sweet surprise. Hark ! Hark ! Again the God of War Loud calls old earth to battles dire ! Sound all your strings — your grandest strains, For tramping feet that march today In Freedom's name, with Freedom's flag. Right good! I love thee still, sweetheart, Thou comely wench, despite my chains. A. H. REED THE READE RECORD 17 THE READ NAME By G. A. Taylor British authorities, in discussing the origin of the surname Read, under its various spellings, give several explana- tions, the most common of which seems to be that our Reeds - Reids - Reads are forms of the old " rede " or red. In early feudal records are found William le Red (Mini. Gildhall Lon- donsiefisei ), Isabel le Red, Hamo le Red, Amabilla la Rede (in the Hundred Molls); Roger le Rede (Calmd. Rotul- orum Fat. Lundinensij: and Adam le Rede (Rolls of Fail lament). Guppy gives Reade as a rare form, originally occurring in Cheshire and Berkshire- Bardsley gives Read, Reade. Reed, Reid as a nickname, " the red," a so- briquet given on account of the ruddy face or the sanguine red complexion of the hair. In the " Hunched Rolls," date 1273, we find in County Norfolk, Goodwin le Rtde; in Herefordshire, Roger le Rede; and in Somersetshire, first year Edward Ill's reign, 1272, according to Kirby's "Quest," - William Red and Robert le Rede. The Testa de Neville gives Robert le Rede in County Surrey, time 1216-1272, Henry III to Edward 1, and about the same period or a little later ac- coiding to Fines Roll,a"Martin le Rede et Jacoba uxor ejus." However 1 think that it is almost impossible at this late date to say definitely which of these may be danved not from the complex- ion but from the meaning '"counsellor" as noted in a later part of this article. Feudal arms from Heraldic Rolls, 12Q8-1418, give us, perhaps, the earliest authorized arms for any of the name with any certainty. They were borne by a Suffolk County knight named Rede in the Roll of Henry Vl's time (1422- 1461) and were "azure, three pheasants ( 2 and 1 ) or.' —Arundel Roll. Lower repeats about the same thing as Bardsley and quotes Chaucer : " Flowers both white and rede,' 1 and Sir John Maundeville describing the Red Sea, says : That see is not more reed than another see; but in some places thereof is the gravelle reed; and therefore men clepen it the Rede Sea." Anderson, a Scottish authority gives the spelling Reid as derived from the Gaelic word Ruadh, meaning red. Barber gives Read as a place name in Yorkshire and Reed as such in the County of Suffolk. Weekley, adds to this by giving this name as a derivative from such growths as Broom, Reed, Gorse, Furze, Fern, etc., and also speaking of Counsel] says, 'we may compare Read and Reed among the many origins of which must be included Rede - counsel. "Reed, counsel!, considium"(/Vww//. Parv. ) Perhaps the most interesting origin given is that by Prof. HA. Long of Glasgow. " Reid, Read, Rattee. Radetsky (marshal and Rato); counsel- lors all, men who render the ratio - reason for what they think, allied to Reichs-rath." "Conrad (ken - to know, and rad - counsel) knowing counsellor- Eubulus - good counsellor." "Tancred (thank rede) one whose counsel is received with thanks." "Ethelred - noble counsellor." "Rhadegund - warlike counsellor, who •advises to fight." "Alfred - who counsels like an elf or fairy. Elf - white, connected with Albis - Banshee from bain - white. Alfred takes the form of Alva." Arthur gives Reed and Read from "the Saxon Rede- advice, counsel, help or from the fenny plant, a reed." So, friends, take your choice. Bot. — " Your name, honest gentle- man ? Feas. — " Peaseblossom." Bot. — " I pray you, commend me to Mistress Squash, your mother, and to Master Peasecod, your father." — Shakespeares' Mid. Ntght's Dream. 18 THE READE RECORD THOMAS READ OF BOSTON, [1652]-- 1656- 1659 Inventory, Registry Probates, Suffolk Co., Mass. By Alanson H. Reed (Reade List, No. 21) An Inventory of the Goods and Chattels of Thomas Read, Lately Deceased: Imprimis 9 pewter Plattrs, 3 Basons. 4 Plates, 6 porringers, 1 Candlesticke, 2 Cassers, 2 drinking Cupps & a pinte pott, one Salt Cellar, 2 wine Cupps, one qrt. pott, 1 Chamber pott 003.06.06 It. 2 Brasse Kettles, 3 brasse skil- letts, one brasse pott, one Chafindi-.li, a morter & pestele S: Candlesticke, in all 004.00.00 It. One Iron Kettle, one Iron pott, with two pairs of potthooks & a paire of Andirons, one spit, 2 paire of tongs, one fyre shovell, one tramell, one ten- der, a frying pan, one smoothing Iron, in all .... . 002.03.06 It. Tinnen Ware, one Cullender, one Lampe. one pinte pott, 2 pudding pans, one dripping pans, in all OOli. 08.00 It. Earthen ware, 3 basons, one milke pan, 5 disht-s. 1 porringrs, one drink- ing pott, a Cupp & _' Salts, V due broad Earthen Plate, in all 00.10.00 It. Hollow ware, one paile, one pint ter, one laddie, one dish, one voyder & onebeere Rundlet 000.07.00 2doz. of trenchers .02.00 It. Seven chaires & a smale table, in all 000.18.00 It. Bedstead, a paire of Curtained & valence, one Kugg, two white blanketts, one feather bed, boulster and pillow, in all 013.05.00 It. Six paire of sheets 008.06.00 It. Two diap table Clothes & two Holland Table Clothes 001.18.00 It. Two doz of Linnen napkins. 002. H4.00 It. A pcell of Child bed Linnen and some odd towells 003.03.00 It. Two paire of pillowbers 002.10.00 more p of Pillowbers -001 .03.00 It. A piece of Tuffted Holland & a ffian's shift 000 08.00 It One Cubbard Cloth, 5 s, 4 Quisb- ens, 25 s. in all 001.10.00 It. 3 Glasses & a piece of Carpiting, 12 s, & a Chimney Cloth, 3 s, in all. 000.15. 00 It. By fyre wood 000.15.00 It. A Chest of drawers & a wainscott Chest 003.05.00 It. One Sword & belt 000.10.00 It. A Bed & Coverlid 002.00,00 It. One Cradle, one meale troffe. 000. 12.00 It. One wheele, 4 s, 3 jovne stooles, 7s 6 d '- 000.11.06 It. one Cloake, a piece of Tamev & a Remnant of Cloth 002.15.00 It. two Wicker Basketts & two boxes 000.05.00 057.11.00 Apprized by us whose names are under- written : Will Cotton, Will English, John Viai.l. 25:9 mo.: [Nov.] 59. William Hudson deposed before ye Court yt this is a true Inventory of Thomas Rkad'S Estate, THOS. READ'S LIST OF DKBTS The Vccompt of Thomas Read that Lately Deceased: 224. Impris upon Reconing the 1: 11 57 [1st. Jan. 1657, as the new year then began in March] 002.08.01 8: 12: 57. Silver Lent since wee Re- coiled 000.08.00 Mrch. 1, 1658. To Sargt. Cotton for jrou 001.08.00 ditto 17 more to Nath. Renolds for vou 15 s 06 d Aprill 3, 58, & exp 16 s 4 d 001.12.10 * * * ditto 18 more %. a Coard of Wood, 3 s 6 d, Exp. 9 d. 000.04.03 * * * August 17. more exp, 5 s 11 d, one Coard of wood, 7 s 6 d 000.10.05 Sept. 2. Silver, 1 s, Exp. 1 s 5 d 000.02.05 * * * more by Timothy Prate . .000.09.08 For House Rent to Mr. H. 006.00.00 It. one Coard of wood at twise. .000.07.06 more in the other books 001.06.00 A vear and 10 moneths Dyat for herself ' and Child 025.00.00 It. two Coard of wood 000.15.00 more pav'd to Mr. Hanniford for rent .... 007.00.00 (Total) 052.03.05 THE READE RECORD 19 This is a true Coppie taken out of Lieut. Hudson's Books & owned bv me. MARY READE. Witness \ John Fernicide w uness ( John vial] Left. Will Hudson deposed before the the Court 26: 9 [26 Nov.] 1659, that this pap. is a true Aceorupt of Thomas Read's Debt as it stands in his booke with which it hath been compared, that it hath been compared, that it is a true Accompt wch the Court al- lowed of. COMMENT Lieutenant William Hudson, Jr., was evidently the administrator of Thomas Read's estate, but no other papers save this Inventor}- and List of Debts are now to be found in the Suffolk County court files. Hudson was born about 1613, as he deposed 25th Jan., 1675, that he was about 62 years of age (Suff. Court Files), made freeman in 1640, a lieutenant in 1654, captain in 1661, and died in 1681. He had a house, garden and brewhouse, known as Castle Tavkrn, located on Conduit St., facing South on the Town Dock, on the corner of what is now Washington and Elm Sts. |See Savage Gen. Diet, and Memorial Hist. Boston. Map pp. XIV and XXIII, vol. II.] William Hudson undoubtedly was a firm friend to Thomas Read, as is shown by his becoming security on his bond. Little concerning Read is known, except from this Inventory and List of Debtsand a few entries on the Boston Town and Church Records. But that he was of some social standing is shown by the sword and belt noted in the inventory, for only a "gentleman" or man of character and influence in those days carried side arms. The following entry in the Boston Town Records (Com. Rep., Vol. 2, p. 150) affords this information concerning him : 31: 1: 1656 [31st day of March, 1656] .... Tho: Reade is admitted an inhabi- tant, Lieut. William Hudson being bound in a bond of twenty pounds to secure the town from charge. Witness my hand." (No signature attached.) The writer is convinced that he was iden- tical with that Thomas Read, "the witness" in 1652, of whom an account is given in another column. Thus we should expect to find the record of his marriage, and the births and baptisms of his children on the Boston Town and City Records. But no record of' marriage is found, and we only know the name of his wife, Mary, from the "List of Debts" and the following entries in the Boston Town Records (Com. Rep., Vol. 9) : Elizabeth, of Thomas and Mary Reade, born 18 April, 1656. Elizabeth, of Thomas and Mary Reade, (died) March 17, 1658. Thomas, of Thomas and Mary Reade, deceased the 11th of May, 1661. But there is one curious conclusion that may be drawn from the statements in the "List of Debts — "Imprimis, Upon our Reconing the 1: 11 mo. [16 Jan.] 57" ; the two entries of house rent to Mr. Hauniford, one for £i> and the other for £l--£\5 ; the entries for various "Coardes" of wood ; and the additional entry of "a yeare & 10 moneths Dyat for herself e & childe" (evi- dently the little son Thomas). These all show that Mary Reade, living in a house rented of Mr. Hannaford, was being sup- ported by Lieut. Hudson. We take it that this was in the interval between the "Recon- ing," Jan. 16, 1657, and the filing of the List of Debts and Inventory, Nov., 1659. The inference is that Thomas Read, the hus- band, was away from home during this time, perhaps on some long military expe- dition or voyage at sea, and by arrangement Lieut. Hudson was to care for his family in his absence, and that Read died abroad. Only when the certainty of this event came to be known at home was the settle- ment of his affairs undertaken. It was customary upon the decease of anyone to make an inventory of their property at once, and sometimes it was filed even before the will. Now we do not know the exact date of Thomas Read's death, but from the statement that he was "lately deceased" probably it was not long before the filing of the inventory. A tragedy evidently lies behind these meager entries. If our surmise is correct it will be seen his daughter Elizabeth died during his ab- sence, and after his own death soon came {See Fiige 22) 20 THE READE RECORD JOHN RUT AND THE FIRST LETTER WRITTEN IN ENGLISH FROM AMERICA TO ENGLAND With the myriads of letters that daily pass from America to Europe, written in the English language, it is of interest to note that the year 1927 will be the four hundredth anniversary of the first of such. On John Cabot's return in 1497 from his first voyage, his Bristol partners said, 'They can bring so many fish that this Kingdom will have no more busi- ness with Iceland." Cabot sailed again for the New World in 1498, to be fol- lowed in 1501, 1503, 1504, and L505 by other expeditions, undoubtedly all for the purpose of procuring codfish. While it is a controversial matin, there is good evidence for the belie! that Sebastion Cabot and Sir Thomas Pert made an extended exploration oi the American seaboard in 1508, with the assistance and under the a-gis of the Crown of England. In 1521 an expedition was planned by Henry VIII and Wolsey, but there is no word of its ever having sailed. Pope Alexander VI divided the New World between Spain and Portugal, lint it does not appear that Henry VIII paid any heed to this division. Henry undoubtedly considered that the coun- tries discovered by Cabot properly be- longed to him. We learn that in 1525 he endeavored to secure the services of Centurini to conduct an exploratory expedition. Lord Edmund Howard, about the same time petitioned Wolsley to employ him upon a similar enterprise. In 1527 he sent out John Rut, a naval officer, in the"Mary Guilford," a King's ship. Rut's letter, written to Henry VIII from the harbor of St. John's, Newfoundland, is the first written news from the New World in the English language. In it he describes his voy- age "to the uttermost of his power," and refers to instructions given him at his departure to seek other islands. It would thus appear that this was not a fishing voyage, but had some other purpose, perhaps exploratory, perhaps political. There were several other English vessels upon the coast the same year, one.of which conveyed Rut's letter to England, but Hakluyt was unable to obtain any particulars regarding them, to his great annoyance. G. A. TAYI.i JR. THE READE LIST, 1630-1700 Investigation concerning the immigrants "I the following numbers on the list has afforded little information, as here not til: No. 5. William, passenger in the Ex- pectation, 1635, from London to t la- Isle of Providence, West Indies. The records in this case have not been at hand to determine what became of him. No. 9. Matthew, servant of Charles Gott, Salem, 1638. Only mention yet found. No. 11. Zachary, landowner in Weymouth, Mass., 16-13-4. This should be Zachai j Rhodes, not Reade. No. 12. Benjamin, of Duxbury, Mass. Mentioned in a list of those able to bear arms, in 1643. Plymouth Colony Rec- ords. Only mention yet found. No. 15. Zachens, of Boston, 1650. Mar- iner on the Unicorn, Capt. Isaac Alding- ton. Probably a transient. No. 17. John, of New London, Conn. Forfeited his grant. Not identified with any other John in the Colonies. No. 32. Thomas, of Marblehead, Mass. See History of Marblehead. A mistake. Should be "Thomas Dodd. No. 33. "Michel" was a soldier in the King Philip War, 1771 (Bodge, p. 422). Seems to be some confusion of names. Doubtful of its being a Read name. An examination of the Reade Record, Nos. I to XIII, will show that most of the other numbers on the list have been com- mented upon. Those still remaining will be taken up later. a. u. r. MEMBERSHIP ROLLS 21 HONORARY Read, Com. Albert C. Washington, D. C. Read, Arthuh W. Leicester, Ens. Reads, Aleyn L. Liverpool, Eng. •Reed, Reuben L. Late of So. Acton, Mass. LIFE Andrews, Mas. Ella Reed New York. N. T. Rinforp, Mrs. Marcia Reed Roxbury, Me. I',,,, i ■ i c i r Mrs. Ella R. Hartford, Conn. Hodges, Miss Mart A. Foxhoro, Mass. Larkin, Mrs. Frances II. Buffalo, N. Y. Lefferts. Marshall C. New York. N. Y M irden, Mrs. Harriet A. R. The Dalles, Or. McNicol, Mrs. Bernice E. R. Jewett Citv, Conn. Morse. Willard S. New York. N. Y. Morss. Mas. Ethel R Boston Morton. Mrs Florence E. R. Worcester Read, Charles F. Boston Read, Miss Clara A. New Bedford, Mass. Read. Edmund S. Washington, TV C Read. Miss Ella H. New Bedford, Mass. Read. Franklin F.. 2nd Pittsfielfl, Mass. Reap. George B. Bloomington, Ills. Read, George \V. Taunton. Mass. Read, James A. Arlington, N. J. Read, Joseph Summerside, 1'. E. 1. Read, Joseph E. Erie, B. C Read. J. Padlding Newark, N. J. •Kead, Dr. Joshua \V. Late of Newark. N. J. Read, Mrs Juliet E. Des Moines, Iowa Reap. .Miss Margaret II. -Now York, N. Y. Read, Newbi i;v F. New York, N. Y. Reap, Samuel II. Now Haven, Conn. •Read, .Miss Sarah E. Late of Boston •Read, William A. Late of Now York. N. Y. Reade, Miss Christia M. Lombard, ills. •Reads, Edgar S. Late of Ottawa, Can. Reade, Joseph F. Now York. N. v. •Reads, Gen. Philip Late of Boston Reep, Ai.a.nson II. Wellesley Hills, Mass. Keep. Alanson L. Biltmore, N. C Reep, Charles \V. Boston Reep, Edgab Worcester, Mass. Reep, Miss Ellen A. New Haven, Conn. Reep. I.t. Com. George II. (it. Barrington Reed, Horatio M. New York. N. Y. •Reep, Rev. James Late of Boston Kilo. Da. James H. Chelsea, Mass. Keep, James R. Pasadena, Calif. Reed, John E. Erie, l'a. Reed, John S. Boston Keep, Marion B. Lowell, Mass. Keep, Miss Mahy S. Boise, Idaho Reep, Robert C. Boston Keep, Miss Temperance P. Pelham Manor. N. Y. •Reep, William Ii. Late of Now York, N. Y. Reep, William E. New York, N. Y. Keep, int. William E. Washingtonville, N. Y. Reed, William T. Boston Robinson, Mrs. Grace K. Now York, N. Y. Sargent, Allan C. Graniteville, Mass. Sergel, Charles H. Chicago, Ills. Storey, Hampton L. Altadena, Calif. Warren, Mrs. Grace R. Cambridge, Mass. Waterman, Mrs. Lewis A. Providence, R. I. Wells, Wellington Boston Williams, Rt. Key. G. Mott Annapolis, Mil. "Deceased ANNUAL. Adams. Miss Sarah K. Brighton, Mass. Akin, Mrs. Emma R. New York, N. Y. Alley, John S. Pelham. N. Y. Atwood, Joshua Boston Bamford, Mrs. Eleanor M. Wilkes -Barre, Pa. Bankhage, Mrs. Alice D. Danville, Ills. I'.ankhage, Hilman R. Danville. Ills. Bishop, Mrs Emma A. Cadillac, Mich. Blackmer, Mrs. Catherine Tufts College, Mass. Blanchard, John S. C. So. Weymouth. Mass. Blanchard, Miss Mary L. So. Weymouth, Mass. Blanchard, Miss Susanna R. So. Weymouth Brightman, Miss Eva St. C. Fall River Bbummer, Mrs. Mary A. C. Lisbon, N. II. Burns. Harry L. Eveleth, Minn. Carson, Mas. Rachel F. Knoxville, Tenn. Champion, William J. Boston Clarke. Arthur F. Brookllne, Mass. Clarke, Miss Helen G. Brookline, Mass. Cooper. Mrs Caroline S. Minneapolis, Minn. Copeland, Miss Maria A. Round Hill. Va. Corry, Charles R. Washington, D. C. crane. Joshua E. N. Bridgewater, Vlass. Cross. Mrs. John A. Providence, R. I. Cross, Rev. Roselle T. Twinsburg, Ohio Deane. Miss Bertha L. Taunton, Mass. Dodd, Rev. Henry M. Clinton, N. Y. Durgin, Ha. E. II. Cupertino, Calif. Elwell, .Mrs. Cynthia R. s.> Weymouth Estey. Mrs. Lali.a R. Denver, Colo. Fare, Mrs. Virginia Reed Los Angeles, Calif. Field, J. Howard Brockton, Mass. Fletcher, Miss Grace G. Boston Fletcher, Harry G. West Somerviile, Mass. Foote, Mrs. Emma I".. Scranton, Pa. Geer, Miss Nettie R. New London, Conn. Gipson, Mrs. Jeanette R. Crawfordsville, Ind. Hallett, Frank T. New York, N. Y'. Hallett, Miss Sarah N. Providence, K. I. Harman. .Mas. Elizabeth R.Jacksonville, Fla. Jackson. .Mas. Mary A. R. East Orange, N .1 Johnson, Alfred Brookline Mass. Kelly, George R. Boston Kern, Mrs. Catherine R. Washington, 1' i Kimball, Miss Helen F. Brookline. Mass. Kneei.anp. Benjamin C. R. Woburn, Levings, Mas. Elizabeth R. Rockville Centre, N. Y. Lewis, James E. Taunton. Mass. Lumpkin, Mas. Amelia F. Memphis, Tenn. Marshall, Miss Adaline T. York Village, Me. Mason. Mas. Elizabeth V. Atlanta, Ga. Mead, Mas Rose W. lira. tin-, l'a. Merrow, Mrs. Rena M. Maiden, Mass. Morris, Mtts. Mary P. Hartford, Conn. Norton, .Mas. Myrtle P. West Somerviile Parsons, Mrs. Mary A. R. Avon Lake, Ohio Peckham, Mrs. Eleanor G. S. Colorado Springs I'ettee, .Mas. Geokgiana E. R. Brookline I'RESCOTT, Miss Clara F. Lawrence. Mass. Preston, .Mas. Antoinette R. Norwich, Conn Propty, Mrs. Mary A. Boston Raymond, Daniel V. New York, N, Y. Reap, Andrew J. Boston Read, Mrs Bertha C. F. Fall River. Mass Read, Charles A. Manchester, Mass, Read. Clarence F. Wellsville, N. Y. Read, Miss Edith B. Brookline, Mass. Read, Edward M. St. Louis, Mo. Read, Elbert a. Shenandoah, Iowa Read, Ernest C. Fall River, Mass. Read, George R. New York. N. Y. Read, Gen George w. Fort Benjamin Harrison. Ind. Read, Harold C. Wellesley Hills. Jlass Heap, Henry C, Jr. Cambridge, Mass. Read, Capt. Hernando M. Lexington, Ky. Read. Mas. Jessie B. Portland, Or. Read, .1 Philip Jacksonville, Fla Read, .Miss Margaret Port Elgin. N. Y. Read, Miss Mary E. Brooklyn, N. Y. Read, Melbourne S. Hamilton, N Y Read, Rev, JValteh George Brighton. .Mass Reade, I'.. Clinton St. John. N. B. Reads, >Josiah T. Lombard, Ills. Reade. Vincent St. P. Charlestown, .Mass Keed, Albert A. Boulder, Colo. Reed, Albert A. Winchester. Mass. Keed. Albert M. Albany, N. Y. Reed, Alice F. Biltmore, N. C. Keed, Alonzo B. Boston Keed, Miss Anna W. Cambridge, Mass. Reed, Charles Dana Des Moines, Iowa Reed. Charles F. Somerviile, Mass. Reed. Charles II. Maplewood, N. .1. Reed, Charles K. Worcester, Mass. Reed, Chester N. West Newton. Mass. Reep, Clarence D. Whitman. Mass. Reep. Edward D. Buffalo, N. Y. Reed. Edward M. Wellesley Hills. Mass. Reed, Edward T. Albany. N. Y. 22 THE READE RECORD Keed, Reed, Eeed, Reed, Reed, K i : D, Keek, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Rebd, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Hef.ii. Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Mits. Ella C. Mrs. Emily I'. Ekvin E. EOGENE W. Dk. Floyd O. Francis B. Frane J. Fred I.. ': A. George W. Rei . George ii. George M. Gi orge W. II IROLD F. I I IRRY L. Miss Helen Le. Henri B. John ii. John W.. Jr. John W ::,! Miss Julia I. ■I Russell -Miss Lillian Miss Mae I. Mrs. Margaret Mi s Maby D., Montgomery Hon. Morris A. Philip L. If. VI. I'll Ii. Richard H. Samuel B. Boise. Idaho Boston Monticello, Iowa No, Brookfleld, Mass. Yonkers, N. v. East Wiviiioillll. Mass. New York, N. v. Cohasset, Mass. Montpelier, Vt. Roanoke. Va. C :ord, X. II. Keene, X. H. Roanoke, Va. Brookline, Mass. Auburn-, N. V. h Cambridge, Mass. Boston Am. 'iiia. No. Dak. Benton Harbor, Mich. Benton Harbor, Mich. Cleveland, Ohio !■ n Washington, D. <'. Columbus, Ohio i. Boston White Plains. N. V. Boston St. Joseph, Mo. Dedham, Mass. Manchester, \ n New York, N v Boston Reed Reed Reed, Reed REI I'. Reed, William x I Rev. Setii Flint, Mich. Hon. Warren a. Brockton, Mjs~ Thomas .1 Canandaigua, X Y Prop. William Howell Roxbury, Mass. Miis Julia I.. A. So. Weymouth. Mass New York, X. Y Reed, William R. New Reid. Miss m. Christine Reid, Rob ie L. Reid, Rouert X. Reed, Wili i vm E. RlDEOUT, Mils. FRANCES R. ROB] (JSpN, Mils Hi ORG] r, \ Root, Mrs. i i at in: ]•:. Russell, Miss ii, Piuscilla Ri sseli . Mrs. Loi isa s. SHERWIN, Miis, Anna I:. Simpson, Rev. Henry J. SOPER, Mils Em ma I' Stevens. Mrs, SARA K. Stewart, George s. s '"» li i , Mrs. i'ii ikles n Taylor, George a. Taylor, Raymond Ti tile. Mux. Helen R. Washburn, Mils. Grace B. W HERMAN, MRS .Iessie Watres, Mils Eppie J. Well. Miis ELLEN R Willeits, Miis. [RENE 1 Wright, Hon. Ru bi i: ii Brunswick, X. J. New York, X. Y. Vancouver, B. *'. Springfield, Mass. New Y"ik. X. \\ Sausalito, Calif. F. Bloomington, Ills. Burlington, Vt. Arlington, Muss. Arlington, Mass. Atlantic, Mas-;. Pontiac, Mich. Charlestown, x. 11 Portland, Me. Watertown, Mass. Lowell, Mass. Boston, Mass. Weston, Yi. Syracuse, X. Y. Brookline, .Mass. Los Angeles, Calif. Scranton, Pa. Scituate, Mass Chicago, Ills. Baltimore, Mil. THOMAS READ OF BOSTON {Concluded from Page /o) that of his little son Thomas, thus extin- guishing- all chance of descendants being left to bear their name to posterity in the new world. THUMAS AND MARY MATsuN The widow, Marv, soon after Read's de- cease in 1659, married again as will be seen by this entry on the Boston Town Record : 1660. Thomas Matson and Marv Read, widow, were married 14th Aug- ust, by Mr. Thomas Danforth. According to the records of the First Church, this Thomas- Matson (son of Thomas 1 ) was bapt. 27 d ly 8 mo. [Septem- ber] 1633, and thus at the time of his mar- riage to Widow Mary Read, was about 28 years of age. As a contemporary of Thomas Read, deceased, we may imagine that the latter was about the same age. This tallies well with the age of Thom vs Read, "the Witness," as deposed by him --- born 1630. John Mattson, a brother to the above Thomas, was bapt. loth day, 5 mo. [July] 1636) 1st Ch. Rec.) and married Mary Cot- ton, dau. of Sargent Wm. Cotton [see in- ventory] the 7th of March, 1659. The children of Thomas- and Mary (Read) Matson were : Thomas, of Thomas and Marv Matson, born March 1. 1663. (Boston T. Rec.) Thomas, of Thomas Matson's wife [Mary] bapt. 16 day 8 mo. [Oct.] 1664, (1st Ch. Rec ) From this it will be seen that Mary was a member of the First Church, though her first husband, Thomas Read, was not and her second, Thomas Matson, was not until some time prior to the following entry in the 1st Church records : "Ann. dau. of Thomas Matson. bapt. the 17th day, 11 mo. [February], 166s." What became of them ? Your Secretary states that owing to the fact that Thomas Read and wife Mary left no descendants bearing his name, little in- terest has been taken in his ancestry or genealogical record, no account having been published so far as he knows. This has incite i him to compile this brief account and place it upon record. A second reason was to correct such mis- statements as those made in the "History of the Reed Family, 1851, by Jacob YV. Reed', p. 286, where he states that Thorn, is [Read of Boston) son of Elias [since provel a mythii ,il person], settle J in Sudbury ( '. ) an,/ died July ,?,-, i6jg, leaving a son Thomas . The latter he identifies with that Thomas Read of Sudbury, made a freeman in 1656 and deceased in 1701 (for whose will see Reade Record No. X) who was in fact an original immigrant himself from the city of Colchester, Essex Co., England. There is not the slightest evidence that Thomas of Boston ever saw Sudbury, much less that he was of that family. The death of his son Thomas as a mere child disproves the entire statement. A third reason your Secretary has in writ- ing this article is to continue aud complete the investigation of each immigrant prior to 1700, noted in the "Reade List" printed in the Reade Record No. Ill, in 1910. Elimination is often quite as important as substantiation. THE READE RECORD 23 ©bituaries REV. JAMES REED Rev. James Reed, President of the Reade Society from Oct., 1908, to Oct., 1915, was born on Beacon Hill, Boston, on Dec. 8, 1834, anil had lived there throughout his long life, and most of this time at the old home on Louis- burg Square. He was the son of Sampson Reed of the well-known drug firm of Reed, Cutler & Co. He was educated at the Boston Latin School and graduated from Harvard University with the degree of A.B. in 1855. Three years later he was awarded his master's degree at this college. The late Bishop Phillips Brooks was an intimate friend and a classmate of the Rev. Mr. Reed during their high school course and at Harvard, and both, after their gradu- ation from Harvard were masters at the Latin school for a time. The late Major Henry L. Higginson also was one of his college classmates and an intimate friend during his lifetime. He was ordained to the ministrv in 1860, and at once became assistant to his uncle, the Rev. Thomas Worcester, the first pastor of the Church of the New Jerusalem, whom he succeeded at the close of Mr. Worcester's pastorate of 49 years. The pastorates of the two clergymen covered a period of 109 years. During his long ministerial career Mr. Reed was prominent in all matters relating to his denomination, and it is interesting to note that at the time of his death his pastor- ate exceeded in years that of any clergyman in Boston. He died at his residence in Boston on May 21, 1921. A portrait of Rev. James Reed was published in the first issue of the Reade Record. Mr. Read was born in Dunstable, on Aug. 7th, 1835, the son of Calvin and Catherine (Baxter) Read. He was educated in the schools of Dunstable and Fitchburg, and later was a chair manufacturer in Gardner until 1896, when he retired trom business. He was a descendant of Thomas Read* of Chelmsford, as follows: Thomas 1 — Hannah Blanchard. Thomas'-'-— Sarah Fletcher. Timothy"— Mary Cummings. Eleazer 4 — -Rachel Cummings. Caleb''— Sarah Richardson. Calvin 11 — Catherine Baxter. Charles Freeman 7 , b. Aug. 7, 1835 ; d. Mar. 24, 1921. His funeral took place March 28th, from the G.A.R. headquarters in Worcester at his request. *Notk — See an account of Thomas Read and fam- ily of Chelmsford in Reade Record No. V- "I he History of the Reed Family." I p. 152) states that he was a descendant of Esdras Read, of Boston, which is an error For account of the latter, see Reade Records Nos IV.. V. and X. MRS. CHARLOTTE S. EVERETT Our Society loses a most gracious and estimable member in the death at her home in Chicago, Nov. 24, 1919, of Mrs. Char- lotte Sticknf.y Everett. She was a lady of unusual intellectual ability, and a keen observer of social and political affairs, having attended every national Republican Convention of recent years. She was a Daughter of the American Revolution and other patriotic societies, taking a prominent part wherever she appeared, by her tact, kindly manner, and force of character. She was keenly interested in genealogical matters and the work of tke Reade Society. Her daughter, Mrs. Irene F. Willetts, succeeds her in membership in the Reade Society. SUDBURY READ FAMILY CHARLES FREEMAN READ Charles Freeman Read, a member of our Society who had always been interested in its work and attended many of its meet- ings, died March 24th last at his home in Worceter, where he had lived for the past twenty - five years, He was a Civil War veteran and of the Third Massachusetts Cavalry. He served under Generals Banks, Butler and Sheridan in the Department of the Gulf and the Shenandoah Valley, where he was an eye-witness of Sheridan's nde. He was also a member of Hope Lodge, A.F. & A.M., of Gardner. Record No. XII Three children should be added to the family of Isaac Read (No. 11) and wife Experience: No. 39a. Samuel born Feb. 19. 1738-9. Bapt. Sept. 8, 1745. Prob. died young. No. 41a. Samuel, born Aug. 5, 1746. Prob. died young. No. 42a. Eunice, bapt. Feb. 12, 1739. Twin to Lois (No. 42). No further reference. Not named in father's will. Probably died young. (Cnmmmtutfaltli of MaaGacltitsctts Uir it KnatUtt That whereas James Reed, Charles F. Read, Alanson H. Reed, George S. Stewart, Henry B. Reed, J. Warner Reed, Arthur V. Clarke, Harold C. Read, Charles \V. Reed, and Harold F. Reed have associated themselves with the in- tention of forming a corporation under the name of OJhr Su-aflp ^nrirti} for the purpose <>f cal research mil the collection and publication of (lulu aqvd inform ibion concerning the alogies oj Hie Hemic families, however the name may be Spelled; also to /mi/ ana or holt/ property and real estate for the use of soiil corporation; mnl such other property us 111 onu incuts mnl memorials and real estate of historical inter- est ; also to adopt suitable emblems, arms, or insignia, for use of said corporation mnl its members; mid have complied with the provisions of the statutes of this Commonwealth in such eases mmle and provided, as appears from the certificate of /he proper Officers of said, corporation, dnli/ approved by the Commissioner of Corporations and recorded in this office: Nam, abrrrfnrr, /. Frank ,/. Donahue. Secretary of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Jin lirrrtm rcrttfit thai said James Reed, Charles F. Read, Alanson H. Reed, George S. Stew- art, Henry B. Reed, J. Warneb Reed, Arthur F. Clarke, Harold C. Read, Charles W. Reed, and Harold F. Reed, their associ- ates and successors arc legally organizt d and established as, and arc hereby made, an existing corporation, under the name o/ ullir Kraut ^nrirly with the powers, rights and privileges, and subject to the limitations, duties and restrictions which by law appertain thereto. iUttnCBB my official signature hereunto subscribed, and the Great Seal of the Com- monwealth of Massachusetts hereunto affixed, this twenty- f *\ fourth day of Februanj, in the I \ year of our Lord one thousand \ J nine hundred and fourteen. \^__^y FRANK J. DONAHUE, Secretary of the Commonwealth U be TRea&e TRecorb Number XIV. BOSTON. MASS.. U.S.A. Oct., 1921 .-Oct., 1922 THE READE SOCIETY FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH ORGANIZED 1904 INCORPORATED 1914 Our Country is in Danger! Sinister forces -red, alien, f^w—H Ail true Americans must andtraitoious Amenean- WWSK " Rally ' 'round the //,?;-" < 7 ' 1 ' '" :i '"' k ''" des/rov our W|SS?35, and what it stands for — Constitution, our Sufi erne w C ** ^ 1 "* Court and our Corennnrut w^ii - Vr^. Liberty Under Law ! Our inheritance from the Fathers must be tianstnilted intact to our children and grandchildren to the last generation. The Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held in Kimball Hall, New England Historic-Genealogical Society, 9 Ash'burton Place, Boston, October 25, 192 1, according to notice. The President, Henry B. Reed, presided, and called the meet- ing to order, an 1 ma le a short address of welcome to the members. The rep >rt of the Treasurer was then read and approved, and a copv ordered sent to each member. The Secretary's report was then read and approved. It showed a membership of 225, the largest in the existence of the Society, but urged the importance of a much larger one, so that its work might be inc-eased. No report was made by the Executiva»Committee, to whom the matters of change in the coat of arms-aml giving prizes to increase the membership were submitted, Jt*1 their fur- ther consideration was discontinued. ^ '^^' The election of officers was then in ordeiv-^Tor -names of those who will serve the ensuing year, see page 12. — -** The speakers who had been expected to deliver formal ad- dresses having sent word of unavoidable absence, informal remarks, humorous, witty, wise and otherwise, were made by different mem- bers, followed by a social hour and the serving of refreshments. At the close of the meeting all joined in singing "America." The Society then adjourned until the next annual meeting, in October, 1922. A L ANSON H. REED, Old State House Secretary Boston, Massachusetts 29 October, 1921. THE READE RECORD *k .* / V X X CONTRIBUTIONS, Nov. 1, 1921 -Nov. 1, 1922 FREE GIFT FUND MARSHAL C. LEFFERTS $11.75 New York City EDMUND S. READ 10.00 Washington, D. C. ALANSON H. REED 10.00 Boston, Mass. GEORGE WINDLE REED 6.00 Maj.-Gen. U.S.A. Columbus Barracks, Ohio JAMES H. REED, D.M.D 5.50 Boston, Mass. A. WILLIAM READ 5.00 Leicester, England GEORGE H. READ 5.1 Great Barrington, Mass WILLIAM E. REED 5.00 New York City MRS. CAROLINE S. COOPER • • 5.00 Minneapolis, Minnesota JOSEPH EDGAR READ 5.00 Erie, B.C., Canada HARRY G. FLETCHER 5.00 West Somerville, Mass. ELLA HOWARD RRED 5.00 New Bedford, Mas9. NEWBURY FROST READ 5.00 New York City MRS. ELLA REED ANDREWS-. • 5.00 New York City GEORGE WALDO READ 5.00 Taunton, Mass. MISS IRENE E. WILLETTS 5.00 Chicago, Illinois CHARLES READ COREY 5.00 Washington, D.C. FLOYD O. REED, M.D 5.00 Yonkers, N.Y. ALLEN C. SARGENT 5.00 Graniteville, Miss. MRS. F. R. BAUKHAGE 4.50 Danville, Illinois CLARENCE F. READ 2.00 Wellsville, N. Y. MONTGOMERY REED 2.00 Boston, Mass. MRS. VICTOR A. BIMFORD 2.00 Roxbury, Maine MISS EVA St. C. BRIGHTMAN . . 2.00 Fall River, Mass. MISS LILLIAN REED 1.50 Washington, D. C. RS. HELEN R. M. TUTTLE 1.50 Syracuse, N. Y. GEORGE W. REED 1.00 Boston, Mass. HAMPTON STORY 1.00 Altadena, California ALBERT A. REED 1.00 Winchester, Mass. MISS MARGARET H. READ 1.00 New York City JOHN W. REED, 3d 1.00 Benton Harbor, Mich, CHARLES F. REED 1.00 Somerville, Mass. MRS. BERTHA C. F. READ 1.00 Fall River, Mass. R. L. REED 1.00 Vancouver, B. C. HERNANDO M. READ 1.00 Lexington, Virginia WILLIAM T. REED 1.00 East Lynn, Mass. ALONZO B. REED 1.00 Boston, Mass. J. E. REED 1.00 Erie, Penn. HAROLD F. REED 1.00 Brook line, Mass. IDA C. FRAZEE 1.00 Leominster, Mass. E. M. REED 1.00 Wellesley Hills, Mass. VIRGINIA REED FARR 1.00 Los Angeles, California JAMES A. READ 1.00 Arlington, New Jersey MRS. VICTOR H. ROBERTS 1.00 Grand Rapids, Mich. DANIEL V. RAYMOND 1.00 New York City MISS CLARA FRANCES PRESCOTT 1.00 Lawrence, Mass. MARY A. C. BRUMMER 1.00 Lisburn, N.H. MISS ELLEN A. REED 1.00 New Haven, Conn. MRS. CHARLES K. REED 1.00 Worcester, Mass. MRS. ELIZ. REED LEVINGS.... 1.00 New York Citv. J. PAULDING READ 1.00 Newark, N.J. MRS. J. E. ROBINSON 1.00 Bloomington, 111. MRS. G. C. PRESTON 1.00 Norwich, Conn. MRS. ELEANOR M. BAMFORD.. 1.00 Wilkes-Barre, Penn. $155.75 ADVERTISING EDMUND S. READ S10.00 Washington. D.C. RESEARCH ALANSON H. REED 150.00 ^Expended in search of Ipswich, Salem. Marblehead, and other records.) Total contributions $215.76 THE READE RECORD REEDS OF MARBLEHEAD ESSEX COUNTY, MASSACHUSETTS By Alanson H. Reed THE FOLLOWING NAMES AP- PEAR ON THE RECORDS No. I— Edward 1 Read, Fisherman b. 1611 — 1614 (deposed) Wife Margaret ( — ). No. II — Samuel 1 Reede (or Redd as usual- ly written in Mhd. Records) b. abt. 1635-40 (estimate) (1) wife Wilmot (Condey); (2) wife Jane (Stacey). No. Ill — Richard 1 Reed, Fisherman b. 1632 (deposed) wife Esther (James) prob. deceased before 1690. Issue — Samuel. Richard, Benjamin. M. (2) Prudence Hicks of Boston. Issue Prudence, b. abt. 16' , who m. (1) Patrick Swenton 17 July 1715 mhd. m. (2) Samuel Hide. 7 Jan. 1722, Boston m. (3) William Gray 11 Nov. 1728, Boston. No. IV — Samuel 2 Reed, Innkeeper b. 1st Oct., 1661. (1) wife Abigail (Rowland) (2) wife Mary (Bridges). Son of Rich- ard III. No. V— Richard 3 Reed— son Richard III b. abt 1663-65. d. abt. 1698. Wife Sarah (Sandin) m. 17 July 1690. A— (Prob.) Jeremiah 3 b. abt. Mav, 1691. Wife Abigail (White) m. Jan. 15, 1712- 13. B— "Richard' son Sara bp. May 22, 1692" — (Mhd. Rec.) (wife Sarah (Sandin) She m. (2) Thomas Twisden, June, 1699, and signed herself Widow Twisden in 1707.) No. VI— Benjamin' Reed, b. abt. 1665-7 (estimate) estate settled in 1700 by his brother Samuel IV. Prob. unmd. Son of Richard III. THE SECRETARY SAYS: That he has long been interested in the immigrants of the Read or Reed name (however spelled) that settled in the ancient Town of Marblehead. Very little indeed has been printed concerning them or their decendants. The relations between them have been very difficult to understand. In the 75 vols, of the New England Register, not half a page of in- formation will be found, in Savage little or nothing and the "Hist. Reed Fam." pub. 1861, some 6 pages only, which con- tain so many gross errors (as explained in another column) that the account is very misleading. It is for these rea that so much space has been given in this Record, No. XIV, to the "Reeds of Mar- blehead." The recent investigation for your Secretary of the original records at Salem, Marblehead and Ipswich by Mr. G. A. Taylor has afforded much new in- formation, which is now in part placed before the Society, in addition to what is already known from other sources. But it should be understood that the Secre- tary takes sole responsibility for the state- ments concerning relationship in the pre- eeeding table. As far as possible in the articles following these have been backed by documentary evidence. Where that is lacking, after careful study and elimin- ation, he has not hesitated to make in- ductions giving his reasons for the same. KINSHIP Regarding Edward Read I. and his re- lation to the others in the table above not a single item of information has been found that proves kinship. That his name does not occur among later generations in Marblehead seems to confirm non-re- lation. Nor is there evidence that he left decendants. No original signature of his, has so far been found, so we are unable to say how he would have written it. The Town Clerks and others in their entrys spelled it as suited their own fancy — Read or Reade. Edward was the first of the name in Marblehead & that Samuel 1 & Richard' came so soon after may indicate, despite lack of evidence, that there was some distant kin- ship for the settlement then was a very small one. Continued on page six. Pages/out and five should be read as a continuation of p. /s". THE RKAHE RECORD RICHARD READ AND PRUDENCE HICKS MARRIAGE CONTRACT RECORDED 1691, 18th August Salem Registry This indenture, made ye seaventh day of August Anno Domini one thousand six hundred ninety and one, K. Regis et Regina Guliel Gulielmi et Maria nunc Augliae, Thomas Dixie I " yi Edw'd Read 1 " l A Mr. Thaddeus Redden 1 Cow Richard Read 2 Cow y 2 *To mr. Read on Town land 1 Cow. fRichard Rith 3 Cows Samuel Reed 1 Cow Roger Russel 1 Cow John Roads Jr. 1 Cow Widow Stacie 1 Cow Henry Russell 1 Cow *This is given in Roads Hist. Marble- head p. 28 as "Thos." Read : A critical examination of the original record book proves it to have been a misreading of the words "To mr." Read which are so carelessly written that the copyist evi- dently read it "Tom's" and wrote it "Thos." but it referred to the Rich Read in the next line above. The name Thomas Read does not occur anywhere in the early Marblehead records. *A horse or mare [counted] as two cows, two yearling cattel for one cowe, four goats or sheep to a cowe, a steer or bullock of two years ould as a cowe" f'Rith," later spelled "Reith." Both per- haps a conception of the name "Rice." 1675 — the war between the Massachusetts colonists and the Indians, known as "King Philips War" broke out." 10 THE READE RECORD Edward Reade served in Capt Moseleys Co. 3, Sept. 1675 at Mt. Hope and also 25. Jan. 1675/6 at Dedham plain (p. 64 & 72, Bodge). "The daring atrocities/ com- mitted by the Indians during this terrible war were such as to send terror to the stoutest heart. The war began by an attack made by the Indians on the town of Swanzea [Bristol County] where after slaughtering the cattle and plundering the houses, they fired on the inhabitants killing and wounding several. The troops of the Colony marched immediately to Swanzey, and upon their appearance the Indians fled marking the course of their flight by burning the buildings and fixing on poles the hands, scalps and heads of the whites. "Most of the settlements were sur- rounded by thick forrests, and as the Indians lived intermixed with the whites, the former were acquainted of course with the dwellings of the latter, and all the avenues to them: could watch their motions, and fall upon them in their defenseless and unguarded moments. Many were shot dead as they opened their doors in the morning; many while at work in the fields, and others while traveling to visit their neighbors, or to place> of worship; their lives were in continual jeopardy; no one could tell but that in the next moment he should receive his death shot from his barn, the thicket or the wayside. Defenseless villages were suddenly attacked, the houses burned and the men, women and children killed or carried into Captivity." This terrible and bloody war lasted three years and ended only at the death of King Philip. The whites had so dim- inished before its close that they began seriously to apprehend total extinction — [Roads: p. 29] 1677 — The payment of nine shillings to Edward Read "the ferryman is listed." The ferry was across Salem Bay to the Salem settlement. 1678 — He is paid for services rendered at the funeral of Vinson Gallison — 1688 — He witnessed the will of Joseph Dallaber. (Essex Co. Records). 1696 — Edward Reads death is noted in records of the First Congregational Church of Marblehead — But the death of his wife Margaret does not appear in the Marblehead Vital Records. Edward Read does not appear to have left descendants of record. No record has so far been found that indicates his kin- ship with others of the Read name in Marblehead. That the name Edward does not appear among the descendants of either Richard or Samuel, also points to the same conclusion. And yet with three of the Read name, at so early a date, in so small a settlement, engaged in the same occupation as "fisher men" it seems diffi- cult to beleive despite the lack of evidence that there was not some relationship. SAMUEL REDD II. [1635-40]— 1716 Samuel Redd was born about 1635 or 40 and married (1) prob. abt. 1655-60 Wil- mot Condy, daughter of Samuel & Ann, whose wills are given below — It will be noted that neither mention any Redd or Reed grand children or child, so it may safely be said that none existed at that date, 1678— Samuel 2 Redd m. (2) 4 Nov. 1692 Jane Stacey Sr. Jane Redd bur. Dec. 1, 1715. Samuel Redd bur. March 31, 1716— (Mhd Records) There is no record of issue of either wife. Samuel was a fisherman by occupation we take it. But of him Marblehead records contain but little information indeed — He seems to have owned no lands, held no office, en- gaged in no controversies that brought him within the action of the law, made no engagements with the town, nor with the townsmen to bring him into notice. It is probable that he was a fisherman in the harbor working as a helper in the "flake yards". Curing the fish, or en- gaged as a seaman in the fishing vessels of others — One item of interest is his signature or mark "S.R." to the will of Samuel Condy his Father-in law, but the most important relates to his wife Wil- mot (Condy) whose sad fate it was to be accused of being a witch, tried and con- victed by Court in Salem and executed as such by hanging in the year 1690. (These records have not yet been ex- amined but it is hoped to have it done in time to print results in the No. XV, Record.) 1678: 27: 4 mo : (June) Will of Sam- uel Condy "The last will & testimony of Samuell Condy being in his p'fect memory the 9th of February 1677. Impr : that I doe give my whole estate to my wife Ann during the term of her life, after my debts are paid, and after the death of my said wife, I give it all to my daughter Ann and her children, only doe I give to my grand daughter Mary, Hester Greens daughter, the cupbard that now is in the house, & to Hester Green's son Charles, I give thirty shillings when he is about (fower) yeares of age (if he lives) and to Hester Greene I give one of the pewter dishes that was her Mother's Rehecka Condy. and one pewter dish to my daughter Ann that was her mothers : THE READE RECORD 11 and I doe make my wife Ann Condy & my daughter Ann Salters, my full and whole executrix for paying all debts & paying all legacies; as witness my hand this 9th February 1677—; (fower) & (if he lives) was interlined before the sign- ing. the signe of Samuell "Sam" Condy Witness : the marke J of John Brimblecome Richard Read, John Petherick, Thomas Trefry The mark of Samuell "S.R." Reede John Brimblecome being sick tooke an oath that this was the will & testament of Samuell Conde : Taken on oath before me & Moses Mav- erick, June 25. 1678 Richard Read gave oath in Court at Salem 29 : 4 : 78 that he was present with the rest of the witnesses," Etc 1678:26:9 mo. (Nov.) Will of Wid. Ann Condy. This being the last will & tes- tament of Ann Condy, being in her right senses hath given to her sister Wilmet Red, one great Iron pot, more given to Christian Hooper, one pewter platter and one pewter platter to her daughter Eliz- abeth Hooper, more given to Elizabeth Tainer twenty shillings in money, more twenty shillings in money to her daughter Elizabeth Tainer, more three pewter platers & all her wearing clothes ; more ten shillings to Elias Tainer, more ten shillings to Josias Tainer, more ten shil- lings money to Ann Tainer, more ten shillings in money to Joana Tainer, more ten shillings in money to Thomas Tainer to be pd. when Christopher Hurabell paies his last pament concerning the house hee bought, more given to John Hooper los in money; more to his sonn John Hooper a pewter cupp; to Elizabeth Tainer a brass kettle & a candlestick & a pewter cupp, and a beaker ; to John Hoopers children a pewter poringer a peece ; more sd. porringer to Sarah Pike : and Matthew Salter is to fulfill these & pay the debts" Etc. (Signed) 9th 8 mo. (16) 78 Sarah Pike. Witness Elizabeth Buere In Inventory — a dwelling house & 2 two thirds of a gard wth the p'viledges 25-00-00 Small out house 12-00-00 To Mr. Jo n Sweet of Boston 00-15-00 " Doctor Wells of Salem 01-10-00 " Richard Knot of Marblehead 00-15-00 " John Getchell " " 00-10-00 " John Furbush " " 00-10-00 " Mr. Roads " Linn 00-06-1 " Jo n Waldren of Marblehead 00-04-00 What was laid out in bury- ing Goody Condy 02-03-04. RICHARD REED— III— 1632— 1698— 1700 Fisherman Reed List No. 37 We now pass to the consideration of that Richard Reed so often mentioned in the early town records. It will be noted that the form of spelling we use is "Reed", be- cause in a deed which is printed below he signs his name in that way. But the town clerk and others often wrote it "Read" and sometimes "Reade" Richard Reed was born in 1632. According to a deposition made by him in September 1672 when he testified that he was forty years of age. He died between 1698 & 1700. [See below] He married (1) Esther James daughter of Erasmus of Marblehead. Issue Samuel 2 b. 1st Oct. 1661. m. (1) Abi- gail Rowland (2) Mary Bridges. Richard" (Estimate) b. abt. 1663-65 m. 17 July 1690 Sarah Sandin Benjamin- b. abt. 1665-67 (Estimate). Estate settled by brother Samuel above in 1700 He m. (2) Prudence Hicks of Boston. 1660 May 14. — Ann Jarrots delivered and assigned all the right titall and interest which was the inheritance of her father John Russells in this town [Marblehead] to Richard Read and his heares for ever by turninge upp a turfe accordinge to law it beinge by estimation two ackers more or less and this was done in the presence of us John Bartoll and John Peach Senior, townsmen 1660 — June 26. Erasmus James dying in- testate an inventory of his estate was brought in by his widow Jane James and she was appointed Executrix — She was to have the estate as long as she remained a widow, and if she died, it was to be equally divided between her son Erasmus and daughter Hester. The debts amounted to £19-I4s-I0d. Inventory total "To one coat sold to Sara Trevy" 00-08-00 Continued on page fourteen 12 THE READE RECORD Zbe IReafce IRccorfc Single Copies, One Dollar Value lies in the Content Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Genealogical Research HENRY B. REED, President, Auburndale, Mass. HELEN LEAH READ, Vice-President, Riverbank Court, Cambridge, Mass. CHARLES F. READ, Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, Mass. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary, Old State House, Boston, Mass. GEORGE S. STEWART, Genealogist, d. 17 Apr., 1922. Watertown, Mass. ANNUAL MEETINGS Eighteen Annual Meetings of the Reade Society have been held in Massachusetts. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Membership fee, one dollar per year, or 810 for a Life membership, exempt from dues, should be sent to Charles F. R Treasurer, Old State House, Boston, Mi " Let it ever be remembered that the Reade Record is mailed only to members whose dues have been paid. The Societv is limited in its printing by its income. FILES OF THE READE RECORD Every member should own and bind a complete set of these valuable little papers. No one can safely write of the family ances- tral lines without consulting thein. We can furnish at present Nos. I, IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII, XIII and XIV. Our stock of Nos. II, III and V is exhausted, but we intend to reprint them as soon as the funds of the Society permit. You aid your- self, and assist the Society in printing other numbers by buying those we can supply now. Later you may not be able to get them. Dis- count in prices is made to our members. THE SECRETARY SAYS: — That he sponsors first-page statements. — That he is happy that again he is privi- leged to send our members a new Reade Record— No. XIV. — That many circumstances have delayed its issue, for which he craves pardon, but "all's well that ends well, and here it comes at last. — That he returns his earnest thanks to those loyal contributors to the Free Gift Fund whose names appear on another page. — That it should be noted that this is a 24 page number, set in S point, a smaller type, and therefore contains more printed matter than any previous Record. — That possibly it may not interest some of our members because lacking information concerning their own particular ancestors. — That, nevertheless, this number is of great value In clearing up obscure lines of some very early immigrants hitherto not properly written up. — That elimination often aids the genealo- gist as much as substantiation. — That it has been the policy of your Sec- i it. My to work out as far as possible the lines of every original immigrant who came to America prior to 1700. — That in this way each line will have a firm foundation for its historian to build on. — That only by these means can the many errors now in circulation be corrected. — That a comparison of the articles in the Reade Record with the "Hist, of the Reed Family," pub. 1861, which has been au- thority for most genealogists in tracing out the family lines, will show the value of the work already done. — That no genealogical student of the Reade lines can be sure that his work is correct unless he has examined the Reade Record. — That it is quite possible that it is your own particular line that has the benefit of this research. — That a financial report for the year 1922 will be sent to each member after the annual meeting, Tuesday, Oct. 31, 1922. — That our members should note the splen- did bit of true poetry, "Creation," page 24. — That if they wish the services of the Secretary in other numbers of the Reade kecord they should make haste about it, for before long in the nature of things he will be called to fill an engagement to thrum a harp above or shovel coal below. See p. 21. — That the Secretary has in preparation for publication, "A Speculation Concerning the Origin of the Rede Family," that will surprise and entertain the Kin. More of this anon. THE READE RECORD 13 A REQUIEM George Sawin Stewart Genealogist Reade Society, follows : Lineage as Duncan 1 Stewart, b. Scotland, 1623. m. Apr., 1654, Ipswich, Mass., Ann Winclrarst of Boston (b. 1647, and d. 9 July, 1729). He resided in Rowley. Mass., and d. 30 Aug., 1717, thought to be 100 years of age. James-, res. Rowley. Solomon", res. Rowley. Daniel 4 , res. Salem, Lunenburg, Fitchburg. Amherst 5 , res. Lunenburg, Walpole, N.H., Browningtou, Vt. Thomas Carlisle 6 , res. Coventry, Vt., Brown- ingtou, Vt. John Brigham 7 , res. Brownington, Vt., Au- burndale, Mass. George Sawin 8 , b. Newton, Mass., 3 Mar., 1870. Res. Auburndale, Concord, Water- town, and d. 17 Apr. , 1922. ; m. 3 Mar., 1897, Alice Heckman, d. John Franklin and Anna W. (Currier) Heckman of Newton. Children : Margaret, John Heckman, Marion and Edward Amherst; Concerning the late Georf. S. Stewart, it can be said that he was a man of character, ability, education. •- and a gentleman. What more need be said of any man ? His demise was a sad blow to a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. He will long be remem- bered with kindly interest and affection by those fortunate enough to know him. His work as a genealogist was accurate and therefore trustworthy. His knowledge of the genealogical lines of the Read-Reed family was profound. It was indeed a great loss to the members of the Reade Society that his ardurous duties for others prevented his contributing of late to the columns of the Reade Record as in former years. But man proposes and fate disposes. Oh, Stewart, thou bonnie lad Wi' bluid o Scots that cours'd Thy veins, sair sad bee I That Fate hath called thee hence. Oh, gone thy earnest worde In friendship spoken, the smile That warmed the heart o' mee And made the daye seem faire. All haile, ye angels brighte ; Gie him the hand that tells O' endless welcome hame — And greet wi' harpe and song. Oh, God, graunt Thou my prayer. That Thy transcendant love Now rests on him with Thee ; At" peace his troubled soule. — A. H. R. WILLS AND BEQUESTS It seems to your Secretary that the Read Reed-Reid kin never die ; that it they do, they fail to write wills ; or if they write wills they strangely forget to make even small bequests to the Keade Society, in which they have so much interest. In all its eighteen years' existence, if such bequests have been made, your Secrerary has failed to hear of them. He is sure this lack of bequests is only an oversight on the part of our well-to-do members. To guard against such mistakes in the future, a legal form of bequest is given below, which any member can use when drawing up a will. And so shall ye be held in grateful re- membrance by all the kin. " I give, devise, and bequeath unto the Ri \i>k Society, a corporation duty existing under the laws of the Commonwealth of Massachu- setts, the sum of dollars [o>] the hereinafter described property, to wit; " REDE HOUSE" Ever heard of that ? I trow not. It exists only as a dream in your Secretary's mind. A liouse to be purchased in Boston. Head- quarters of the Kin. Installed, a genealo- gist working out the lines of kin. Library, portraits, pictures, heirlooms, mss., etc. Home of Reade Society. Dream can "come true" IF THE MEMBERS WILL IT. Discussion invited. 14 THE READE RECORD REEDS OF MARBLEHEAD Continued from pagt eleven £86. ls-8d "The Land in Marhlehead wth the house in wch the deceased lived and died in beinge in controversie be- tween Erasmus James Junior and Richard Reed" etc Among the debts of Erasmus James Senior is one to Richard Read of £2. 10s. 0. [Essex Co. Court Files] It would seem that it was soon after this that Richard Reed married Hester James. 1660— Also Richard Read did condescend before us that Samuel Condie shall have the halfe and all of the said purchase he making pay for it according to agree- ment. Witness John Bartoll John Peach junior. [Mhd. T. Rec] 1661. Dec. 18. Samuel Condye of Mar- hlehead in consideration of Five pounds conveys to John Brimblecome of the same town, "my part of Land which I have together in partnership with Richard Read, containing one acre be it more or less, being two acres in the whole, situate . . in Marhlehead aforesd. joyning to the Land of John Legg toward trie North, having the land of John Northy toward the West and a highway toward the East." [Essex Reg. Dee. Is | 1662 Nov. 24. Richard Reads house noted as Eastward of Samuel Condy's land. 1663 — December 9. Richard Reads land noted as adjoining that of John Brimble- comes. 1665 — A sufficient carte way to be laid out to open John Brimblecomes land and Richard Reeds land & those so appointed [Mr Maverick — John Peach senior & John Peach junior] by the towne, shall lay out so much land to said Brimble- come and Reed again in another place etc. 1665— "29.10.65 (29th Dec. 1665). "Jane James relict ©f Erasmus James late of Marhlehead deceased" .... [conveys] "house and one and one half acre which was sd. husbands in his life time [and was] sold to Richard Read of Marble- head, fisherman, but deceasing before any deed in writing was made". . . "is fully paid for by Richard Read" ... "I do hereby convey" etc "to the said Read" . . . "bounded with ye highway that goes down to ye harbor to ye North east — and a swamp laid out in small p'cells (parcels) to severall run to ye South East — and to ye South west or westerly to ye fence beyond the row of peach trees." 1666. April 23d.— Francis Johnson con- veys land and dwelling house between that of Samuel Condy and Richard Read. 1666 November 9. Francis Johnson of Marhlehead conveys the above mentioned land and house lying between that of Samuel Condye and Richard Read to George Corven. 1669: 30: 4mo. [June], "Inventory of the estate of Jane James, taken by Mos'es Mavericke, John Peache, and Christopher Latimer." The house and ten acres of Land near the Ferry £40; the House in which she died with the land pertaining to itt £35; the land by the pound £5; the land by the commonage £5, total £85. It was mutually agreed in Court 30: 4 mo. 1669 by Erasmus James and Richard Read and Hester his wife, that the entire estate left by their mother Jane James be divided among them, the house and 10 acres at £40 to Erasmus, and the bouse and land at the ferry and ground by the pound at £40 to Hester and the cow commonage at £5. equally divided as well as all other estate remaining" [Essex Co. Court Files] 1666— Feb. 8th. Att a town meeting, se- lectmen being chosen by a general towne meeting for the year ensuing [viz] John Devoin, Robert Knight, Samuel Morgan, Richard Read, Edm. (.alle. 1669-70— Richard Read is "to pay unto the towne for his fishyard yerly thirty shillings which is for this 2 "years 69-70, and so to agree yerly with the selectmen." 1670. February 22d. The following entry is of interest, as the names of Richard More — the last survivor of the Mayflower passengers — occurs with that of Richard Read. "Bee it known unto all men by these pres- ents that I Richard More of Salem, in ye County of Essex, marriner, for a val- uable consideration me. in hand paid by Thomas Pitman of Marhlehead, in ye county aforesaid, husbandman, have bar- gained and sold and doe by these presents bargain and sell" etc "to Thomas Pitman" etc a p'cll of land containing ten acres be it more or less scittuate and lying and being within ye bounds of Marhlehead aforesd. and is bounded with the South Harbor, leading to Salem Northerly,— the land of Richard Read Easterly — the land of Mr. Moses Maverick Westerly — the common land westerly etc. This interest- ing document is signed by Richard More, and a seal, also the mark of Christian More, and a seal : The Witnesses are John Price, Hilliard Veren senior — "ye said Richard More THE READE RECORD 15 and Christian More his wife signing seal- ing and delivering of this present 22-12 mo. 1670" Capt. Richard More died and is buried in Salem, his grave being the only one of the "Mayflower" passengers that is ab- solutely certain of location. 1674 in May. Morgan & Furbush convey Land to Richard Read. 1674 April 15. The constables chosen this yeare were John Mariot and Richard Read. 1675 February 29. According to Hulls Journal (King Philips War) under Cap- tain James Olivers Company Richard Read is credited with Two pounds and Nineteen Shillings. [For account of this war see above.] 1677 April. Agreed with Richard Read to pay unto the Towne the sum of three pounds in money for the use of the land he makes his fish on for the yeares past and ten shillings more for this present yeare ten shillings money. 1677/8 February 9. Will of Samuell Condy of Marblehead. Richard Read Mark of Samuell S. R. Reede Witnesses with others 1682 December 22. "This bill brendeth me Richard Read fisherman to paie or caus to be paied to the selectmen of Marble- head the full and just sum of eight pounds in corrant money of New England at or before the 20th May next which is for the improvement of a parsell of the towne land from the year [16] 62 to this day which land is adjoyning to a stage built upon said land and for the true performance hereof I bind myself eaiers [heirs] and assigns firmly by this pres- ents : Witness my hand" [Witness] Richard Reed. John Pears John Legg. 1682-Dec. 22. "At a meeting of the Select- men" etc. "they have agreed with Richard Reed as followeth : they have leased to Richard Read all that parsell of land that is now improved by him joyning to John Codner upon the South West the highway upon the Northwest, the Marsh of John Codner" etc . . . term of a hundred years and a day. [Autograph signature of Richard Reed. 1683/4 March 18. Received of Richard Read-007-18-00. 1687-8 March 10. Samuel Endecott of Boston and wife Hannah, Convey "for and in consideration of ye summ of Six- teen pounds" to Richard Read of Marble- head, "Catt & land [which] was granted to ye late worshipfull Jon Endicott Esq govenour of ye Mass. Colony of New England." At the request off or p'sent honoured governor Joh Endecott Esqr, the iland called Catta Hand, being about [Ninety?] two acors lying neere to Mar- ble Head, Shall & hereby is graunted to him, and his heires for evp'vided it be not goven to any town or p'son already." [Col. Rec Vol. II. p. 289] From Ipswich Registry of Deeds [1690 March 9.] 'To all People To whom these presents shall come, greeting. Know yee that I Richard Reed of Marblehead In ye County of Essex in the Massachusetts Colony in New England for Divers good consideration moving me thereto I give, grant, aliene, enfeoff and confirme unto My Coveing son, Samuell Reed of Marble- head, my Dwelling houses, barnes & or- chard with three other Dwelling houses, two stages, Catt Island & fourtenn acre lotts all lying and being within ye bounds of Marblehead and all other, my land ly- ing within ye bounds of ye said Marble- head. Two acres and a halfe of Marsh lyeing in Salem bounds, one Ketch, Two Shallups and all my fish, with all the moveable estate within doors and without. Together with all rights and priveleges & appurtenances, whatso ever with ye same belonging in anywise, appurtaining. To have and to hold the above granted houses barnes, orchards, lands, medows, Ketch, Shallups fish and all other moveables above named . . . unto him ye above named Samuel Reed his hiers and assignes for ever. In Witness hereof I ye above named Richard Reed have hereunto sett my hand & seale, this fifteenth day of October in ye year of our Lord, one Thousand Six hundred and Ninety. Richard Reed & a Seale Signed Sealed & delivered in ye presence of Jonathan Remington John Nevinson. March 9. 1690/1 This Indenture is ac- knowledged by Richard Read to be his act & deed before Thomas Dan forth, Dept. Govenor. August 1691. Recorded by Thos. Wade Recorder. 16 THE READE RECORD Marblehead in Acer with Richard Reed Richard Reed is Dr. To Rent from his flakeyard from March. 26- [16] 83 to March 26-84 att an annual Rent of 201. as appears foloi 17- 01. 00.00. 01.00.00. 26. March [16] 84 to h 26, [16] 85 1.00.00 March 26, [1<>] 86 1.00.00 .March 26, [16] 87 1.00.00 March 26, [lo] 88 1.00.00 March 26, [16] 89 1.00.00 h 26, [16] 90 1.00.00 March Jo, [16] 91 1.00.00 To Rent from March 26, 91 to May 26, 95 @ 20^ annum 04.00.00 1896 do 01.0 1897 do 01.00.1 i) 1898 do 01 00 Cr. 15.00.00 For money pd. James Dennis for ye year ins.; 01 00 For sum to Fr. Wood 01 For money paid Cap. Legg OlM 00 For money paid Cap. Legg 6.1.0.00 Ap. 1695 ISy money Received of Ri haul Reed for the lease of his fish n.im John Legg. Which is in full for the time past [to 1695] 05.00.00 1698 April 18 — "Att a meeting of the pro- prietors and Comrs leagally warned att Marblehead Aprill 18, 1698— Whereas complaint was made that Richard Reedd was backwards and in arrears of Rent for the fish fence leased unto him in the yeai of our Lord one thousand six hun- dred eightie and two. Three whole year which amount unto the sume of Three pounds. Upon consideration of the same and off [of] the sd. Richard Reed Latte losses and his age, upon his request itt was Votted — That if hee payde down Two pounds in monie now, that hee should bee abated the other Twenty shillings which was accordingly done : And upon his farther request a new agreement was made with him, and votted by the sd. commisers and proprietors in Meeting. That (since his former lease made in 1682, is forfietted for not payment as therein is contained) that hee shall never- theless continue to injoye that parcell of land which now i^ a fish fence and im- ployed by him joyning to John Codners orchard" etc. 1698 Apr. 18. It was acknowledged by Mr. Richard Reed that the above lease is for- feitted by Reason of Non payment as is therein mentioned. Ambrose Gale Clerk. 1700 April 1. Lease of land to Mr. Samuell Reedd for forty years of a parcel of land adjoining Mr. John Codners orchard commonly called the old Fish fence, which his late Father leased" etc [signed] "Sam'll Reed." John Browne town clerk. So ends the Story of Richard Reeds life so far as maybe known. The exact date of his decease is unknown but it is evident that it occurred between 18 April 1698 and 1, Apr. 1700. The date of decease of Esther James his wife is also unknown but probably was prior to -March 9, 1690, the date of Rich- ards deed to son Samuel, which has no i lure of wife, which should have been attached had she been then living. SAMUEL' REED IV-1661-1718 Inn holder Read List No. 39 "Sign of the Dragon" From Marblehead Records and Essex Co. Is we have the following items : Samuel" Reed (2d) was born 1st October 1661. lie died 4. December 1718 aged 57 years 2 months and three days. He married (1) 17 April 1684 Abigail Row- land dau. of Richard of Marblehead. She deposed in 1684 as being about 20 years of age. In 168S Richard Rowland "Senr." by Will gives daughter Abigial Reed (and Read) his "part of the Hum- phrey farm." She died . He m. (2) 11. Dec. 1692. Mary Bridges [Lynn V,; Statist.] Their Children were: 1— John 3 bp. 10 June 1694. "John Read. Hanah Beaney of Salem (m) 13 June 1721" [Mhd.Rec] II— Mary 3 bp. 20 Oct. 1695, d. 14. Jan. 1712- 13 (in her 18th year) [Mhd. Rec] III— Prudence 3 bp. 2. Jan. 1697. "Mary Reed & Samuell Roles (m.) Nov 30, 1738." [Mhd. Rec] "Mary Read & Ebenezer Lovel (m.) May 1, 1731." [Mhd. Rec:] in Isaac Turner— and had "Reed, eldest son of Isaac & Prudence b. April 3. 1717" Prudence m. Isaac [Turner] d. Apr. 4. 1717 (in her 20th year.) IV— Samuel 3 bp. 20 July 1701 [Mhd. Rec] Sam'll Read & Martha Tyler (m) Aug 18. 1725 [Corns. Rep. Boston Vol. 28. p 128] THE READE RECORD 17 Settlement of Estate Inventory & Adm. of Estate of Sam'l Reed of Marblehead — Essex Ss. Ipswich Oct 30, 1722. "By ye Reall [Estate] as pr In- ventory 1950.00.00 "By ye p'sonall [Estate] as p ditto 117.02.00 "By Debts Received p. exor as p. "By Debts Received p. exor as p. 251.09.10 Particulars on file 368.11.10 "The Said Estate Dr. To Sundry credittors as pr. list on file on most payd as p. Re- ceipt Examined — amounts to... 956.11.10 "Allowed the Executrix for her Time & Trouble In paying to the severall creditors which amount by particulars to 588" which by ordinary commissions makes 30.00.00 "Shee making no charge only to children for yr, education To Stateing & Allowing ye account 00.10.00 "To Recording of Creditts, Ex- amining ye receipts &C 00.18.0 To petition & Certificate to ye Su- perior Court To Sell Lands. . . 00.08.0 To Quietus 32.00.0 The above sd. account examined and allowed 956.11.11 Octobr 31, 1722 988.11.11 pr. John Appleton [Judge of Probate] 1725 June 14 — . . . "I, Richard Read a minor under the age of twenty years son of Samuel Read late of Marblehead de- ceased has nominated and chosen . . my father in Law [Stepfather] Nicholas Andrews of Marblehead aforsd my guardian, to take care of my interest and act for me in all things . . . until I arrive to ye age of twenty one or choose & ap- point another" .... [Signed] Richard Reed Witnessed by Bridges Reed George Hughes 1725 July 3d . . . Nicholas Andrews nominated and allowed to be guardian unto Mary Reed, a Minor of about Twelve years of age — Daughter of Sam- uel Reed late of Marblehead in the County of Essex, Innholder deceased" From the above it will be seen that two of the children of Samuel (2) Reed (Richard & Mary) were still minors in 1725 and that Mary the widow had mar- ried (2) Nicholas Andrews. Innholder. So we may take it that they continued Samuels old business at the old Stand. "The Sign of the Dragon" That the Inn kept under this name by one of the Deeds of Marblehead as late as 1744 was well furnished and of some pre- tentions may be found from the travels of Dr. Alexander Hamilton of Annapolis Md. who rode through New England at above date. He was accompanied by a negro ser- vant and on a Sunday morning at Marble- head in asking for portmanteau "I was told by my man Dromio that it was in his room. I had the curiosity to go & see what kind of a room his room was, and upon a reconnoitre found it a most spacious one, furnished a la mode de Cabaret, with ta- bles, chairs, a fine feather-bed with quilted counterpane, white calico canopy or tester, and curtains every way adapted for a gen- tlemen of his degree and complexion." If the negro servant was given so well furnished a chamber we may infer that the furnishings of Dr. Hamiltons Chamber at "The Sign of the Dragon" were even more sumptuously furnished at that period. Thus Endeth our story of Samuel 2 Reed, Innholder at Marblehead. BENJAMIN 2 REED V. ["1665"] 1700. Concerning this townsman there has not been found so far a single item of informa- tion in the Marblehead Records, or other- wise, than in the administration of his es- tate. What his occupation, or life, or where he spent his time, is as yet unknown, but that he was a Marblehead towns man, & Son of Richard the Elder & brother of Samuel 2 is established beyond question. Nor is there record to show that he had either wife or children. Had he lived & died in Marble- head it seems incredible that some mention of him would not have been found there. The following is taken from Essex County Probate Records. "Bond of Administation of Estate of Benjamin Read late of Marble- head deceased, 1700 November 2 — No. 23.353." [Endorsed] "Sam 11 Read & Surety Bond adm. con 1700 — " "Know All Men by these presents, That we Sam 11 Read of Mar- blehead and Joseph Gold and Benj Picker- ing Both of Salem all Vf" in Said County of Essex" etc. "Stand firmly bound" etc "in the full sum of ffifety pounds" etc. Dated "2" J Day of November 1700." etc. The Condition of this present Obligation is such That if the above bounden Sam 11 Read adm. r of all and Singular ye goods, that by Rights & credits of his Brother Benj a Read late of Marblehead Dec ed Intestate" etc [Signed] Sam 11 Reed [& a Seal] Joseph Goold [&a Seal] Benjamin Pickering [&a Seal] [Witnesses.] John Higginson Hannah Higginson. Note — No inventory seems to have been filed or other papers concerning the adminis- tration now existent. 18 THE KEADE RECORD Capt. WILLIAM READ OF BOSTON MERCHANT - MARINER By Alanson (fead List Very little indeed is known concerning this interesting immigrant. It will be seen by the following account and that on p. 3 and p. 21 of this Record that he certainly was not ancestor of the "Reeds of Marble- head" as stated in the "Hist. Reed Fain." 1861 pp. 41-46. Capt. William was b. prob. in England abt. 1631 and died at sea 1667. Hem. wid. Hannah (Wiswall) Mannings abt. 1661, dau. of Deacon John Wiswall senior, iron monger & general trader, of Boston who had remov. from Dorchester. She was b. abt. 1635. (Estimate from her 1st Marriage) Hannah Wiswall m. (1) in 1656 Mahalaleel Munnings of Dorchester who soon remov. to Boston. Had Hannah b. 23. Sept. 1659 [Savage] Mahalaleel b. . . . d. 22. Nov. 1659. Mahitabel b. 22. Jan. 1659. He was drowned 27 Nov. 1659 [Bost. T. Rec] Admin, of his estate was granted 28 Feb. 1659 "unto Flannah ye Relict of the late Mahalaleel Munnings and John Wiswall her Father they bringing an Inventory of ye estate." etc This was presented in Court 30 Jan. 1660. Amounting to £873. [Suff. Co. Files & Prob.] His estate was insolvent. His daughter Hannah m. Josiah Willis [Savage] Wid. Hannah Wiswadl-Munnings m. (2) abt. 1661. Capt. William Read, of Boston. Had Son William b. 26 March 1665. At his decease in 1667 (evidently at sea in the administration of his estate an inventory was taken the 23: Sept. 1667. Filed in Suf- folk Co. Prob. Court by John Wiswall ju- nior (Hannahs brother) 28. Nov. 1667. (see below). Wid. Hannah Wiswall-Munnings- Read m. (3) Thomas Overman of Boston. He was freeman 1671, & d. before 1675. [Savage] Neither Boston nor Dor- chester Records show entries concerning the H. Reed No. 25) birth of Hannah Wiswall nor of the above marriages. Her father John Wiswalls will in 1687 mentions his daughter Hannah Over- man and "land that was some time her hus- bands." A letter of Administration was granted 5 June 1694 "to Mathew Johnson of Woburn on the Estate of Hannah Overman late of Boston widow, deceased intestate." "An Inventory of the Estate of Hannah Overman of Boston dece d in March 1689 and widow and Relict of Thomas Overman, was presented in court by the administrator, to the value of £.60.12.8. in personal effects with Funeral charges of £10 12.9. No rec- ord is had of any heir or of the distribution of the property. INVENTORY OF WILLIAM REED Suff. Prob. Vol. 5-70 The Inventory of Certaine Goods which did belong unto William Read late of Bos- on in the County of Suffclke New England deceased. Taken the : 23 : of September 667. Measured & prized by us whose names are hereunder written. Imprs : 4 yards of sad Coulered broad cloathe at 9s. L yard £001.16. t. 10 yards 24 of Irish prize at 22d. p. yard 000.19.8^ . 29 yards of Irish prize at 18d. 002.03.6 . 8 yards }i of plane white prize 16d 000.11.8 . 20 : yards of gray prize at 20d L yard 001.6.8 . 10 yards of white prize at 16d L yard 000.13.4 . 32 yards of white prize at 18d y yd 002.08.4 . 6 yards of white prize at 18d L yd 000.09.4 5 yards of black prize at 20s. y yd 000.10.4 20 yards of gray prize at 22d p. yd 001.16.8 . 231/2 yards of gray prize at 22d p. yd 002.03.1 . 6 yards of Linsy woolsy at 20d. p. yd 000.12.1 . 6 yards of Linsy woolsey at 20s p. yard 000.12.00 THE READE RECORD 19 it. liy 2 yards of gray prize at 16d. 000.15.04 It. 13 : yards of gray prize at 18d 000.19. It. 1 1 J< yards of gray prize at 20d. L yd 000.19.02 It. 8: yards of gray prize at 32d L yard 000.14.08 It. 11. Yi yards plane gray at 22d p. yd 001.01.01 It. 24 vards of white blanket at 15d. p. yard 001.10. It. 2 doz of small gray Stocks at 20d. p. pr 002.00.00 It. 4 pare of womens Shoes at 30d L pr 000.12.00 It. 33 yards of white freize at 18d. p." yd 002.09.6 It. 8 : yards of black prize at 22d p. yd OO0.17.4 It. a black prize Coate made .. 000.14. It. an old Stuft dublet & briches 00.05.8 It. a cloathe suite & Coate 002.10. It. a broad cloath dublet & britches black, & 2 black Coates . . . 002.10. It. a prize Coate black & one old Cloath Coate foulered .... 000.12. It. a red wascoate 000.06. It. a light Coalered Searge Hanging Coate 001.00. It. 2 pair of old stockins 000.03 It. an old small greene Rug & Small bed 000.08. It. 2 pr. of sheets 001.10. It. 4 pillow beers 000.10. It. 3 shirts 9s ; 3 neck cloath & one handkercher 4 000.13. It. 3 pr. of Course drawers .... 000.00. It. an old set bed & pillows 000.26. It. a parcell of greene glass ... 001.00.00 It. a quadron forstaffe uaines (?)00O.18 It. a set of letter & figures 000 02.06 It. an old chest 000.02.06 It. 3 doz. Compas Boxes 000.12. It. a parcell of old tooles in the house & Shop 003.00. It. his part of the Ketch when she went out 050. some totall 096.12.07 L. me ffrom: Johnson L. me Thomas Dare (Dewer) (verte) [turn the page] Att a meeting of the Govr. Major Genrall & Recover in Boston 28. of November : 1667 John Wiswell Junior deposed, that this is a true Inventory of the Estate of the late William Read to the best of his Knowl- edge, that when he knows more hee shall discover it Edw. Rawson, Recorder. The first known item concerning Capt. William Read is found in his signature to a "Petion of Loyalty to the honoured Gen- erall Court now assembled and sitting in Boston in New England." May 1665 by some 100 Non-Freeman, i.e. those who by reason of nut being members of the puritan Church were not eligible to vote or hold office. Criticism of these conditions was being ex- pressed & the authorities evidently felt the need of prompting the non-freemen to ex- press their satisfaction & loyalty in some such form as this Petition. It is a unique document as it relates to a large number of Bostons inhabitants, most if not all of them, original immigrants who had not attained the dignity of voters. Thousands of their descendants are scattered throughout the United States in this year of 1922 It is hoped the Reade Record may be able some day to print this Petition and Names in full. Just above the fine, bold signature of "Will. Read" is that of "John- Wiswall jun r ," his brother-in-law, who later adminis- ters on Williams Estate as noted above. The Inventory above in Vol. 5. p. 70 Suff. Co. Probates is the only article preserved concerning the administration, & even that is not in full, as at bottom is the word "verte" — "turnover," and what was on the next page we are left to conjecture, as it was not copied. From the nature of the articles noted in the inventory it is evident Wil'iam was a trader as well as a seaman, & this is borne out by the Mention at the end of "the house & Shop." This evidently was a leased premise otherwise it would have had a valuation placed on it. The Statement in the "Hist Reed Fam." p. 42. That "An Inventory of his Estate was taken Sept 23, 1667 in the schedule of which was real Estate at the North End and in King Street (now State Street)" is thus shown to be without foundation, so far as owner- ship is concerned, & it is not known where the leased "house & shop" was located. Capt. Williams personal Wardrobe noted in the inventory beginning with "a black prize coate made" [? tailored] ending with "3 pr. Course drawers" seems fairly ample," for a man of his station although the men- tion of "One handkercher" only, at a shil- ling valuation may seem odd to our mem- 20 THE READE RECORD bers. But the writer does not remember to have seen even one before in other inven- tories so this may be taken to indicate Capt. William was some what of a dandy in his dress! The "small greene rug & small bed, 2 pr sheets & 4 pillow beers" [cases] evi- dently belong to the house furnishings and indicate small living guarters, although the "Old sea bed & pillows" may have furnished "a den" for the Captain when at home & his bunk on the Ketch when at sea. But it seems strange that there is nothing in this inventory that shows he was a man of fam- ily — with a wife & at least one child, living at time of his decease, as shown above. So far as the Inventory alone is concerned it might well be said he was an unmarried Man. The word "house" is the sole implica- tion of a family relation. But the item of greatest interest is the mention of "his part of the Ketch when she went out — i'50." The "Hist. Reed Fam." 1861 States " He [Capt. William] died on his homeward pas- sage from Ireland, on board the Ketch "Wil- liam and Mary," of which he was part owner." A Ketch is, "A small strongly built, two masted vessel usually of from 100 to 250 tons burden, but sometime of less. Ketches were formerly much used as bomb-vessels the peculiarity of the rig af- fording ample space forward of the Main Mast and at the greatest beam." "Joseph Grafton set sail from Salem the 2d day in the morning in a Ketch of about forty tons (three men and a boy in her)." — Winthop Hi:,t. New Eng. 1. -X II [Century D,ct.] It would be interesting to know where the author of the "Hist. Reed Fam." obtained the name "William & Mary" as that of Capt. Williams Ketch. A mistake, if as seems possible it was a name sake of King Wil- liam & Queen Mary of England who did not ascend the throne until 16S9. It is also probable that he inferred from the quantity of "Irish Frize" mentioned in the Inventory that Capt. William had been to Ireland to buy it and so "died on his homeward pas- sage" in 1667. But as a matter of fact that stock of goods was safe and sound at home in the "house & Shop" where those who made the inventory found & prized it after the Ketch "went out" doubtless from Bos- ton, her home port, with Capt. William, & so perished — perhaps with all her crew. The inventory provokes us from the small in- formation it affords as to details. Evidently the Ketch was outward bound on another trading venture, unconnected with the "Irish Frize" & goods at home. Perhaps future search among the Marine Records & Courts may throw some light on the subject. Note— Regarding William' b. 26 March 1665 [Bost. T. Rec] Son of Capt. William the records show nothing further and as he is not mentioned in the probate proceedings of his Mother Hannah in 1694 above it is probable he died young. But this needs further investigation. EARLIEST OE THE KIN IN NEW ENGLAND Thomas Read of Salem, the Plan i h k. Read List Xo. 6 Mentioned in the jury proceedings con- cerning the death of Austen Botcher, 28 Sept., 1630; (Recs. Mass. Bay. Col., V. 1-78) (Pope's Pioneers, p. 380). It is evident he came in Winthrop's great fleet of that year. Thomas was not a member of the Church of Salem, and for that reason could not be made a freeman (voter) or hold any public office. This explaius why the names of his four older children fail to appear on the Church baptismal records. 10 Apr., 1639, Tho : Read was acknowledged an inhabitant, and not as a freeman. Hence Pope's mis- take in mention of him as such in lb34. Nor did he have a military title at any time. The 8alem Reads are descendants of this Thomas. (Reade Rec. No. VI.) He was the earliest of the kin in America, except James Read of Virginia, who came in 1607 (Rec. No. VI) with Capt. John Smith. Thomas Rrade. oe Wickford, (Eng.) and Salem, Mass. Read List No. 1. Made a freeman 1 Apr., 1634 (Mass. Bay Col. 1-368). This is the first mention of him so far found in any New Eng. recoid. In the "Index of Kreemen," 1631-1641. there is but one Thomas Read noted, so it must be he of the military titles.) Vol. 1, 477). 1 Apr., 1634, he contributed XX s to the building of the Sea Fori at Boston (p 191). 1636 was granted a 300 acre farm at Salpm, He was ensign March, 1637, Captain, Feb.. 1646-7. Returned to England, 1647-8, and received a Lieutenant-Colonel's commission in Oliver Cromwell's army. He married in England and all his chil- dren were born there. He left no descend- ants in America an stated in the "Hist. Read Fam," 1861, (p. 47)( Nor did he come with Winthrop in 1630. Recent investigation proves the contrary. THE REAUE RECORD 21 LINEAGE OF ALANSON HENRY REED Secretary of the Reade Society Thomas Read, of Colchester, Essex Co., England, carpenter, born abt. 1595; will prov . 1665; m. abt. 1618 Rachel (maiden name unknown, born abt. 1598. (See Keade Record Nos. X and XII.) 1 - Thomas 1 (s. of Thomas above) bp. 19 Oct., 1627, iu Colch. ; in Sudbury, Mass., 1654 5, and d. 13 Sept., 1701 ; a carpenter; m. (1) abt. 16+S, Katharine (maiden name unknown), d. 26 Sept., 1677, Sudbury. 2 - Thomas Jr. 2 , b. abt. 1649; d. Ox- ford, Mass.; alive in 1733; husbandman and only son; in,, 30 May, 1677, Mary, dau. John Goodrich, of Wethersfield, Conn. She b. 1650, d. 1724, Sudbury. 3 - Thomas, 3 b. 22 Mar., 1678, Sudbury; d. 1 May, 1755; a farmer; m. (1) 1 Dec, 1701, Mary (Bigelow) Bruce, wid. of David of Marlboro, and dau. of John, Bigelow, of Watertown. Sheb. 12 Sept., 1677, andd. 21 Feb.. 1707. 4 - Nathaniel, 4 b. 6 Oct., 1702, Sudbury; d. 9 June, 1785, Western (now Warren); innkeeper and landowner ; Capt. French & Indian Wars; m. (int.) 2 Nov., 1729, Pheby, dau. of Jonathan Lamb of Fram- ingham and Leicester, d 10 Sept., 1788. 5 - Reuben, 5 b. 2 Nov., 1730, Brookfield ; d, 26 May, 1803, Western (now Warren); a school teacher ; major in war of the Revolution; m. (int.) 3 Nov., 1754, Tam- ma, dau. of Ichabod Meacham of En- field, Conn.; she b. 2 Feb., 1732. d 16 Feb., 1811. 6 - Reuben, 6 b. 20 Jan., 1756, andd. 24 Oct., 1817 Warren ; a farmer ; m. 17 June, 1779, Hannah, dau. of Oliver Cheney, of Pomfret, Conn. She b 14 March, 1753; d. 27 Feb., 1833. 6 - Nathaniel, 6 b. 4 Apr., 1762, (bro. of Reuben, No 6 above), Warren ; remov. in 1800 to Cambridge, Vt.; d. 22 Feb., 1866; m. Anna, dau. Col. Danforth Keves, of Warren; she b. 25 Nov. 1752. d. 23 Aug., 1844. 7 - Rensalaer, 7 (so!i Nathaniel, No. 6) b. 10 1784, Warren; d. 22 Feb.. 1866, Cam- bridge, Vt. ; farmer; captain, War of 1812; m. (Ill Sept., 1809, Anna So- phia, dau. Col. Silas Hazeltine, Fair- field, Vt. b. Mch., 1790; d. 23 Apr., 1824. 7 - Daniel" (son of Reuben, No. 6 above), b. 19 Dec, 1781, Warren; d. 17 Dec, 1843 ; m. 14 Apr., 1803, Nancv, dau. Michael Smith, of West Brookfield; she b. 7 July, 1785; d. 11 Nov., 1848. 8 - Hannah B.\KER 8 (dau. Rensalaer above), b. 13 Feb., 1818, Fairfield, Vt.; d. 2 Feb., 1877, Hinsdale, 111.; m. 28 Jan., 1839, Alanson Reed, of Boston, Mass. (See below.) 8 -Alanson 8 (son Daniel) b. 13 Nov., 1814. Warren; d. 25 Feb.. 1893, Chicago, 111, m. 2 Jan., 1839, Cambridge, Vt., Hannah (Baker) Read, dau. Rensalaer above. Removed from Boston to Chilcothe, O., 1842; to Columbus, 1843; St. Louis, 1S59; Chicago, 1861. 8 - Alanson Henry, 9 b. 1 Mar., 1841, Bos- ton, Mass.; res. Columbus, O., 1843-59; St. Louis, 1859-60; Chicago, 1861-1901. WeUesley Hills, Mass., 1902-22. m, 1 Dec. 1869, Flora Evelyn, dau. Rez.m and Rhoda (Fuller) Lancaster, of Chicago. She b. 10 Oct., 1849, Henry, Illinois, d. 7 Sept., 1922, Wellesley Hills, Ma>s. JOHN READ OF REHOBOTH (Read List No. 6) William Aspixwall was Recorder of Suffolk County Court from Nov 13. 1644 to Oct 14/23 1651. In his "Notarial Rec- ords" pub. by the Boston Commissioners, many interesting Notes are made of the men & business of that time. The following referes to John of Rehoboth, who at this date was living in Braintree. [see R. Rec. No. V.] "1645-27-(9) A tre [letter] of At- turney Genrall from John Reade of Brain- tree & Sarah his wife the daughter of Will Lessie of Blyborough in Suffolkc [England] to Receive all debts, duties, gifts, Legacie due to either of them from any p'son or p'sons wch tre of Atturney was made to Mr. Win. Tyng of Boston, Resident in Lon- don, wth power to Substitute one Atturney or move with like or limited power & p'ticu- lerly was expressed a gift given by William Lessie Aforesaid to his Daughter Sarah." Witnesses Thomas Dighton & Thomas Wllmot. 22 THE READE RECORD RICHARD 1 READ OF BOSTON, 1682 - 1700 By Alan son H. Reed (Read List No. 36) Concerning this inhabitant, his genealogi- The Will of John Walker— 1678. Be- cal lines have not heretofore been traced, so queaths "unto my executrix [wife Hannah] it _ . , ,,-, ., all mv Estate [real and personal] upon the .t is proper to give them place here. \\ hether cons 4 ration of Mamtam.ng my dear or not an immigrant is at present unknown. daughter Hannah until she shall come oi The first items of information come in the age or be .Married which shall come firsl wing entries on the Boston Records & then m to be equally devided be- ° n mv wife and childe . . . Date lo Dec (.v o1 - 9 ) prov. Feb. li "1682 Aug 3— Francis Johnson and George Monke became securities to the town for Inventory— Nov 8, 1679 o Reade, that lately came from Household goods, el ice [R I.?] and any of his." [p. x x x x x x x 5 71] It. two Bibles and a psalme booke.. .6 "1685 May 25—William 1 , wedged pickaxes, X ,n leer Richard Read 1(1 and his family lp. 77J It ,.„ n)an tha , uas boug h t "1687 Mary of Richard and Johanna l: - his part & Interest in the Brick- born March 26." [p. 1/0] . - v:iri1 , ; • ■ • • • ■••"••• m0Q It. a House Standing not finished 1700 Tax List — "with Abatements for poor as it now Standeth with the land ! ieople." [p. 94] that belongs to it 100.00 Wid. [Johana] Read taxed— abatement— [Sufi. Co. Prob. Rec] 1702— Tax List "Rich. 8 Read [i Deed of Sale Loi \ting Probable Home not found" of John & Hannah Walker, Senior. It is evident from this that Richard died ... _ . . , -.,,-. c prior to 1700 but we have no information as . *™; Pen " of Brantrey in the County of to the date of his decease nor that of his Suffolk . . . or the sum oi one hind. widdow lohanna. There is no evidence that '^elve pounds ( pd.) by Samuel 1 eacock oi he ever became "a freeman," that is a mem- Boston - Conveys- All that my me ber of the Church, a voter & townsman. £ lcem.-ut-bciiig m Boston near the Nor have we the names, births & baptisms S ° uth f rlv . L '" 1 ul llle S , K r ° wn wlth al J of their children except as we may infer * e 'and thereunto belonging-bounded from later entries in the Boston Records. Easterly by the Street that leads toward Roxbury [ ] Southerly by Richard Read & Hannah Walker. *? \' in '}. " f H an " ah Walker [widdow of John], Westerly by ye town Common or 1705 May 21 we find by reference to these Training ffeild. Northerly by the Land of records was the date of the marriage of Fearenot Shaw"— "Measuring in breadth at Richard and Hannah (Vol. 28 Comr. Re- the Front from the Land of the sd. Han- ports.) and April 25, 1677 the date of nah Walker, by tha-sd. street to the Land Hannahs birth so that at time of her mar- of the said Shaw"— 10. Nov. 1681. riage she was about 22 years of age. If (Suff. Co. Reg. Deeds) we take it that Richard was some 3 years w, ,-„,,,,,• .x,„ «.„„,.„ T „ [m o , , u i i i .i ■ i - 1 kichard and Hannah lusher. older that would place his birth in 16/4. This with his name Richard justifies the Their marrieg noted in the Boston Rec- belief that he was son of the Elder Rich- ords 13. Jan. 1735 probably relates to that ard above since he is known to have had Richard 3 born 26, aug 1708, son of Richard" a family when he came to Boston in 1082, & Hannah (Walker) Read. It would be in- & was the only inhabitant bearing that teresting to know if they have descendants name. That there were other children of living. Boston records show no births or Richard & Johanna we may well believe. baptisms of children, so it is probable they [See also Savage] removed to other location. The matter needs Richard 3 and Hannah (Walker) Read. ( urther i? ve ,^ a J io , n - . tj „ 1Q ~ w n , ■, , ■ ■ n , \A „ t>' ., i Note — The Hist Reed Fam, 1861. Wrong- Children b. m Boston. (Com. Rep. Vol. , y states (p 4S) that R ^ ardl Read ^ 28). Esther 3 b. 15 Feb. 1705, Richard 3 b. 26. elder was son of Capt. William Read of Aug. 1708, Hannah 3 b. 17 June 1711. Boston. (For correction see pp. 18, 19, 20.) THE READE RECORD 23 MISTAKES IN THE "HISTORY OF THE REED FAMILY" (By Jacob W. Reed. 1861) REGARDING CAPT. WILLIAM READ, OF BOSTON -- 1667 By ALANSO.V H. REED Concerning this Puritan emigrant and his family, it would seem impossible to make more mistakes in two pages of print than occur in the account given in the History of the Reed Family, in pp. 41 and 42. First •• is the statement that he was the son of Richard Read of Whittlesey in the County of Kent (England). There is not the slightest evidence that such was the case, or that Richard had any descendant who emigrated to New Eng- land at an early date. Second -The statement that William came to America with Gov. Winthrop in 1630, or about that time, and settled first in Weymouth, but removed to Bos- ton." It is evident that Mr. J.W. Reed here confuses that well-known William Read who came from Batcombe, Eng- land, in 1635 (see Hottens Lists) to Weymouth in New England, but re- moved to Boston about 1646, as the Town Records show. This immigrant brought with him wife Susanna and two young children, Hannah and Susanna. (See Reade Record No. X.) Third - It will therefore be seen that the statement that Capt. William had a wife, Susan by name is incorrect. Nor did he have a second wife. Fourth -The statement that he had sons, "Edward, born 1618; John, 1620; Samuel, 1624; (and that) these three settled in Marblehead," is not correct so far as concerns kinship to William of Boston. They were, however, residents of the Town of Marblehead, but the dates of birth are wrong. (See p. 3.) Fifth -The statement that William had a daughter Margaret, who married Richard Stubbs of Hull, 3 March, 1658. is incorrect. She was the daughter of William of Batcombe, Weymouth, and Boston. (See Record No. X.) Sixth - The statement that William of Boston had a son Richard who set- tled in Marblehead, is incorrect so far as kinship is concerned. For an account of this Richard see page 22. Seventh - The statement that Wil- liam had a daughter, " Susanna, who married Samuel Smith, 13 Dec, 1759," is incorrect so far as kinship is con- cerned. She was in fact a daughter of William of Batcombe and Boston, i Record No. X). Eighth - The statement that William had a daughter Esther who married John Cann, 30 July, 1681, is incorrect so far as kinship is concerned. She was the daughter of William of Batcombe. (See Record No. X.) Ninth - The statement (p. 42) that Samuel Reed, a proprietor of land in Marblehead pievious to 1773, was a son of Capt. William Read of Boston, is in- correct, as shown by the account of the 'Reeds of Marblehead," p. 3. Samuel was brother of Benjamin, and both were sons of Richard the elder. I'kniii -The statement (page 45) that the Richard there named was the son of Capt. William Read of Boston, is incorrect. (See p. 22.) Eleventh - The statements (pp. 42 and 46) that William had a son Chris- topher, who was a tanner in Charles- town, is incorrect. (See page 1-8 and note, page 20. and Records Nos. XII and XIII). Twelfth -The statement (page 46) that William had a son John, of Mar- blehead is incorrect. It probably re- lates to that John 3 , bp. 1694, son of Samuel 2 (see page 16), as the Mhd. Records make no mention of a John of earlier date. Certainly not in 1620 as stated in opposite column. 2t THE RHADE RECORD ARCHIBALD HENDERSON VINDICATED! The Previous No. XIII Record (p. 14) contained an account of Arch, bald Hender- sons arrest ill usage & confinement in the Town jail of Boston in 1652 all of which the present deposition in Court, by an eye witness proves to have been entirely unwar- rant d. It mil;, justifies the action of the Reade Record in demanding that the brutal Constable be dismissed from the Police Force. Copy of the deposition follows : The Testimony of Jno. George about 18 Years. This Deponent saith that Coming with Mr. Henderson to his Led in the last day of the weeke at evening ab rut the Red Lyon [inn] there met him a man which did offer him some affront, witlnmt any cause given, on which some crosse wordes passed between them, and thi man went and raised a Kind of tumult about him, but Mr. Henderson made toward his lodge- ing and they followed him ; then he turned and desired them to goe to their lodgeing for he was going to his, but they harr him in a provoking manner; and said they would lay him fast by and by, though he went on peaceablie, not disturbing any man, and coming to good man Thomases, he asked for the key of his chamber and stand- ing at his chamber doorc, waiting for a light. and readie to enter, came the Constable and said, you fraud, I desire to spake with you ; Saith Mr. Henderson, I am in my Chamber and desire to goe to bed ; and with such the constable called for aide; and dragged down stairej and pulled h m by the haire of the head to the barr. Then came goodir.an Thomas and a ked what the matter was ; the Constable an- swered that he was drunke ; saith he, left him alone to me, and I will rule him ; then the men that were with the Constable pulled him downe by the haire; goodman Thomas said : he would take him and see him forth coming on the second day; but he [the Con- stable] minded it not, nor accept [ed] of bayle ; Then Mr. Henderson strove with them, and they tooke him by the haire, and dragged h,m out of the doores. and had him down in the Channell [gutter?] and the Constable took his staffe, and with both his hands stroke him many blowes ; and further saith not. Taken Upon Oath the second of the Sixth month [2d August] 1652 before me William Hibbens. This is a time copie of the deposition of Jno George, compared with the orginal J. Edward Rawson, Recorder. CREATION I From Public Opinion, London, England.) God plucked a golden quill From Michael's tt'itig : The host thai had before been still Began to sing. He spread a sheet of light Before Him ; then Deep down into the pot of night He dipped His pen. Ea?th and sea and air, Sun, moon and stars, All things of power and beauty were His characters. The mighty word was penned Age after age ; And each age com me; to an end He turned a page. And last to make all sure, (Read it who can.' ) He set thereto His signature And called it Man. A. J. Young in Boas and Ruth. TIbe TRea fte IRecor ft Number XV. BOSTON , MASS., U.S.A. Oct, l°22 - Oct., 1923. THE READE SOCIE FOR GENEALOGICAL RESEARCH- ■ Organized, 1904 Cjp \ {J Incorporated], 1914 The Twentieth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society^va.s held in Kimball Hall. New England Historic-Genealogical Building. 9 AshbufhaiL. Place, Boston. October 30, 1923, as per notice. The meeting was called to order by the President, ("apt. George W. Reed. The minutes of last year's meeting were then read by the Secretary, approved, and placed on hie. The Treasurer's report was then read and approved. Ordered, thai it be printed and mailed to the members. On motion of the Secretary it was voted that the Permanent Life Funds, now in the savings bank, be invested in United States government bonds. The report of the Secretary was then read, approved, and placed on file. It showed the need of a much larger membership to furnish funds to pay the in- creased cost of printing the Reade Record, a new supply of Membership Certifi- cates, and other expenses. Musical selections were then rendered by Mr. Byron W. Reed. Matters of business were then called up, the most important of which was an amendment of the by-laws offered by the Secretary, which is (in part) as follows : Resolved, that under Article II of the by-laws, that the last paragraph, concern- ing Life Membership and the Permanent Fund arising therefrom, shall be changed to read as follows : " In event of the dissolution of the said Corporation, said Permanent Fund shall be delivered to the New Fngland Historic-Genealogical Society, to be held by them as a special permanent fund, the interest of which shall preferably be used in the purchase of Read-Reed-Keid (or however the name be spelled) genealogies, works, manuscripts, and binding or rebinding the same." After some debate the motion was put before the meeting and adopted by unani- mous vote. Then, upon motion of the Secretary, i.n testimony of the musical services rendered the Society in 1922 and 1923, Byron W. Reed was elected an honorary- member. The election of officers was then held. Mr. Charles F. Read, Treasurer, stated that, owing to the press of work as clerk of the Bostonian Society, he should be forced to decline reelection. Miss Helen Leah Reed, Vice-President, offered a resolution expressing the appreciation of the Society for his twenty years' services, which was adopted by unanimous vote. Mr. C. F. Reed then moved that one ballot containing the names of the can- didates for election for the coming year be cast by the Secretary, which motion being adopted by vote, the Secretary cast the ballot which resulted as follows: ( see page 14.) A recess was then taken for refreshments and a social half hour. The meeting was then called to order by the President, and no further busi- ness being at hand the Society adjourned until the next annual meeting, in Octo- ber, 1924. ALANSON H. REEL Old State House Secretary . Boston, Massachusetts. ^4 c^T O" „v* / The Nineteenth Annual Meeting of the Reade Society was held in Kimball Hall, New England Historic-Genealogical Building, 9 Ashburton Place, Boston, October 31, 1922, according to notice. The meeting was called to order by Henry B. Reed, President. The report of the Treasurer was then read and approved. It showed a prosperous year, with all bills paid. It was voted the Treasurer's report be printed and sent to all members of the Society. The Secretary's report was then read, approved, and placed on file. The Election of Officers was then held, and resulted as follows: President, Capt. George W. Reed, of Lexington. Vice-President, Miss Helen Leah Reed, of Cambridge. Treasurer, Charles F. Read, of Brookline. Secretary, Alanson H. Reed, of Boston. Genealogist, George A. Taylor, of Boston. Mr. Byron W. Reed then played and sang in Spanish, Porto Rican, Mexican and Cuban melodies, with accompaniment on the guitar. Also exhibited and played upon a native Porto Rican mu- sical instrument made from a long calabash or gourd 150 years old. Mrs. Virginia R. Farr, a member from Glendale, California, played a solo on the violin, and many familiar old plantation melodies. Resolutions were then offered by the Secretary, which (in part) were as follows, and adopted by unanimous vote : Resolved, That for the protection of Colonial and Revolutionary names, and to avoid confusion, mistake, or fraud to our posterity, the Reade Society shall use its efforts to prevent the taking by foreigners of any Colonial or other American names which have been made prominent in Colonial or Revolutionary times, or subsequently thereto, and for this purpose the Secretary shall cause a copy hereof to be sent to our senators and representatives in Congress. A recess was then taken, refreshments were then served, Mrs. Everell Morss and Miss Helen Leah Reed pouring tea, and a social hour ensued. The Society was then called to order by the President, Capt. George W. Reed, who made a short address. No further business being brought before the meeting, the members sang America and the Society adjourned until the next annual meeting, in October, 1923. ALANSON H. REED, Secretary. Boston. Massachusetts October 31, 1923 T II Li R !•: A 1) I-: kiKORD ISAAC READ, RECTOR OF WRABNESS ESSEX COUNTY, ENGLAND "CHANCERY BILLS and AN- S\\ ERS BEFORE 1714. "i Mins 591-30-Public Record Office Land "Bill i 13th Feb. 1666-7 by Isaack Reade of Wrabness, Co. Essex, Clerk, of Thomas Reade late of Col- chester v- his brother Thomas Reade." "Complainant's father about 28th of August 1665, made his will and be- queathed the house in which he then dwelt in All Saints Parish. Colchester, tii Thomas Reade his son then living in Xew England in America, Carpen- ter, and several legacies to his daughter Bacon, then also living in New Eng- land and to his daughter Ingram, in Colchester. After several small lega- cies to the poor etc., he left out of love to complainant and his children, all the residue of his estate to complain- ant and his heirs, making complainant and John Clarke of Buttolphs Parish in Colchester, his Executors. He sent to his brother in America, bidding him come over to receive his legacies. Thomas came and (as eldest son) was discontented with his portion under the will (proved in P.C.C.). Finally an agreement was made between them in January last, but now Thomas gives nut that his father made no will etc., etc." I opy of the above document was sent tu the Secretary by Air. A. Wil- liam Read, 10 Westcotes Drive, Lei- cester, England, Honorary Member of the Reade Society. COMMENT The will of Thomas Read of Col- chester, Carpenter is printed in the Reade, Record No. X. and also that of his son who came to Xew Eng- land in America. It will be seen that the above Chancery Suit proves be- yond question that RECTOR ISAAC of WRABNESS was son of the COL- CHESTER Thomas Read, the Car- penter; and that the Secretary was evidently a little too hasty in sawing off that genealogical limb, despite Air. Fosters great authority. He cheer- fully admits his mistake, the more that it is in his own favor. In this Chancery Suit, it seems that the daughter Rachel Hocker had lo t her husband and married again and ap- pears as "daughter Ingram" (See also Reade Record, No. XII). ISAAC 2 READ OF SALEM SON OF THOMAS 1 THE PLANTER {Sec Reade Record, No. IV.) The following data gathered from Salem, Essex Co., Records, for the Secretary by Mr. G. A. Taylor, Genealogist, disclose many interesting facts. Reade Record Number 6 (1913) is evidently in error in slating that Isaac Read of Salem married secondly a Mary and by her had many children. According to manuscript Salem marriage- -aid Isaac Read married March 10th, 1673, Joane Stone. The admon. and bond at his death 1710, showing surviving widow lane is as follows: '((;. .\. T.) Essex County Probate Court, No. 23365 T II E K K A DE R E C O R D "Know all Men i;\ these Pres- ents, That We Jane Reed" ( she uses same spelling in signing) "Widow of Isaac Reed, VI. Principle, and Jacob Read" (he uses same spelling in signing) "and Nathanl Tompkins" etc "all of Salem in ye County of Essex" etc. "are holden and stand firmly bound and obliged unto John Appleton, Esq. Judge of the Probate of Wills" etc. "of Essex County in the full sum of Three hundred Pounds, Currant Money in New England" etc. Sealed with our Seals. Dated l1 Ipswich. 29 Day of December \.nno Domini One thousand seven hundred and Ten" etc. "The condition of this present I >bli gation is such. Thai if the above bounden Jane Reed, Vdmrex.of all ye Is and estate of [saac Reed, Late of Salem Deceased In* e-tate cause to he made a true and perfect Inventory" etc. "at or bi first Mondaj of July next ensuing" etc "which will be in the year of our Lord. One thousand seven hundred and eleven." Jane Reed ( SEAL) Jacob Read (seal) Nathaneill Tompkins (seal) (seals simply red wax). Signed and Delivered in the Presence of Jeremiah Beals, Daniel Rogers. (The above witness Daniel Rogers mav have been a relative of Jehosa- phat Rogers who married Sarah, a sister of the above mentioned Isaac Read.) "Inventory of estate of Isaac Reed late of Salem deceas/1711 June 26" "Decembr ye 8, 1710 Item for house and land 40:00:00 for 12 Ackers of land he died posest of in the north feld more or less 60:00:00 for 2 oxen : one cow : and hefer 10:00:00 for 6 piges : 1 sheep 3 :03 :00 for a pipe of sider 15 :00 Inden corn 20 bushels, Barly 7 Bushells 3 :00 :00 for Bedes, beden and bed- stedes 5:00:00 for cart, plow. Iron traces 2:00:00 for pot hoche fring pan pot hucl I 1 :00 :00 for 3 chares 6:00 for 2 labels 6:00 for chestes pailes and old caske 12:00 for puter pot and puter dish 10:00 3 erthen dishes with 3 woden dishes 6:00 for waring aparill 1:10:00 128:17:00 (127:18:00— G. A. T.) "priser Samuel ffoster Steven jewell sworn pier) lane Reed, ad. ex. June 26—1711" "Essex SS.— June 26. 1712 Before ye Double Judge as aforesaid lane Reed admrex to ye Estate of Isaac Reed late of Salem. Deced In- testate, appeared and made oath yt ve above Is a True and prfect In- ventory of ye Estate of ye Deced so farr as is come to her knowledge and add what may appear hereafter. Sworn AtteM Daniel Rogers Regr. Registry of Deeds, Salem. Essex my. Massachusetts. John Dunwell & Uxr. To Jacob Read — Received on Record |une 22d. 1716. "To all People to whom these Pres- ents shall come I John Dunwell of Top-field in ve County of Essex in Mew England, Yeoman, & MARY my wife.' ONE OE YE DAUGH- TERS OF ISAAC READ OF SALEM, in sd County of Essex, aforesd, deceased, send Greeting" etc "Know ye that we ye sd John & Mary Dunwell for and in considera- con of ye full & just sume of eitdit pounds in currant money of New THK READE RECORD England to us in hand payd by our Uncle Mr Jacob Read, of Salem, aforesd Yeoman," etc "Have given, granted" etc "unto ye sd Jacob Read and to his heirs" e c "all ye estate, right, title, interest, claim and demand "-hatsoever" etc "we ye sd John & Alary Dunwell have" etc "in & to ye Estate nt Houseing, land & Esta'e Real & Personall of our late FATH- ER IS \AC READ deceased," etc "be- ing scitua'e in Salem aforesd & in all 8 every o'her place," etc "Signed & sealed twenty ninth day of March Anno Dom. 1715 ( Witnesses) Mark of Ezekiel Upton, Tho X Nichols mark of Tn : X Dunwill ( seal) Mary X Dunnell (seal) Essex Ss. Salem — June 22, 1715 be- fore Stephen Sewall, Just. Peace. Registry of Deeds, Sai em, Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume 31, folio 185 1715 June 22, Isaac Read estate, to Jacob Read. Thomas Lewen & I'xr. To Jacob Read — Received on Record. "To all People" etc "Thomas Lewen of BOSTON in ye County of Suf- folk, in Xew England, Marriner, & Alice his wife. ONE OF THE DAU- GHTERS OF ISAAC READ late of Salem in ye County of Essex in Xew England aforesd deceased send Greeting Know ye that we ye said Thomas & Alice Lewen for and in consideracon" etc "of ffive poundes money" etc "payd by our Uncle Jacob Read of Salem aforesaid. Husband- man," etc "sell unto ye sd Jacob Read." etc "all claim" etc "to ye Es- tate houseing lands and estate real and personal of our late father Isaac Read deceased, lying and being, scit- uate in Salem aforesd. and in all & every other place & places whereso ever" etc "Sett unto our hands X- scales ye Tenth dav of |une, ^nno Dom. 1712. Thomas Lewen his X mark (and seal ) Alice Lewen her X mark (and seal) Signed, sealed and delivered presence of Joseph Cooledge. Jo: Christopher, Boston 10th of June 1712. Acknowledged before Paul Dudley Just. Peace. Registry of Deeds, Salem, Essex Couirv. Massachusetts, Volume 31 folios '157 and 158 Abraham Read To Jacob Read — Received on Record Sept 10th 1716 "To all people" etc "I Abraham Read of Salem," etc "Husbandman, for & in consideracon of ye sum of fforty & ffive noundes" etc "payd by Jacob Read of Salem" etc "I do hereby" etc "sell" etc "unto ye sd Jacob Read" etc "my right" etc "to all ye houseing & land" etc "appertaining to my FATHER ISAAC READ of Salem, deceased*' "Signed and sealed August ye 20th Anno Dom. 1716" etc ABRAHAM R READ(sea) i ye mark of (Witnesses) Danll Epes, senr Danll Epes. junr. "August 20th 1716 acknowledged by Abraham Read, his wife Mary Read then appeared also personally to sur- render all her right of Dower & power of thirds" etc "examined Danll Epes Just, peace." Isaac Read called Senior in 1702 Registry of Deeds, Salem, Essex County, Mass. Volume 31 folio 182- 3, Received on Record June 22, 1715 For sum of Eight Poundes Joseph I lolti 'ii sells to Isaac Read, land de- scribed as "upland & meadow in ye township of Salem" lii this (\^i^<\ Isaac Read is calle 1 "Isaac Read, Senr of Salem" Dated 3rd November 1702 i This deed would point to the proba- bility that Isaac Reed. Senr. had at this dale 1702. a -on living by the name of Isaac, hut who evidently deceased the father, as no deed THE READE RECORD of record appears after the father's death, when Abraham, Alice and Mary, children of Isaac Reed sell their shares in their father's estate to their Uncle Jacob Read.— G. A. T.) Tt will be noted that this deed is recorded some thirteen years after the sale, and is recorded the same day and year as the deed from Mary (Read) Reay to Jacob Read, brother of Isaac. Mary (Read) Reay, daughter of Tiiom \s Read of Salem, the Plant- er. Registry of Deeds, Salem. Essex County, Massachusetts. Volume 31 folios 158 and 159 "Mary Read to lacob Read— Re- i eived on Record June 22, 1715. "Mary Reaj ye wife of Daniel Reay of Salem and formerly Mary Read" etc "sum of Ten pound-" etc "payd by" etc "brother Jacob Read of ye aforesd Town" etc "all my right" etc "to ye estate of my FATHER THOMAS READ late of Salem aforesd" etc (signed) Mary Reay (and a seal) "27 of Decembei < >ne Thousand en hundred and thirteen" ( Witnesses) Jehosaphal Rogers Susannah Paine (her mark) "acknowledged June 22nd 1715" "examined Jno Hathorne Just, peace. (above .Mary (Read) Reay was the daughter of Thomas Read of Salem the Planter and sister of Isaac and Jacob Read. The witness Jehosa- phat Rogers was her brother-in-law having married Sarah daughter of Thomas Read. Jehosaphat Rogers was one of the son- of Jeremiah Rogers of Dorchester and Lancaster, Mass. (G. A. T.) O IMMENT From the above it is evident that Isaac Read 1 ' lived and died in Salem. Tlic date of his birth or bapt. is un- known, hut probably was about 1645. as his brother \aron "b. aht 1647" anil sister Susanna bapt. Sept 23 1649, make this a probable estimate. He was a soldier in King Philips War. 1676 and died 1710. (G. S. S. in Reade Record No. VI.) The baptism of his children are not shown in (he Parish Register which would indicate that neither he nor his wife Joane were members of the church. Their children as shown in the above documents were as follows: Isaac Jun. [probable] predeceased Father. Abraham, Husbandman. Wife Mary acks. Deed. M \ky. who m. John Dunwell of Topsfield. \i ici:. who m. Thomas Lewen of Boston. [A. H. R.] ESTATE OF JACOB 4 READ OF SALEM SON OF JONATHAN 3 READ OF SMITHFIELD, R. I. The Adm & Bond states "Jona Reed of Smithfield in ye Coun- ty of Providence In ye Colony of Rhode Island in Providence Planta- tion : Husbandman Rich. Palmer, shoreman and Jona. Reed, Potter of Salem in ye Countv of Essex" etc. Dated twentieth Day of Febry 1748 also "The condition of this present obli- gation is such That if the adm. bounden Jonathn Reed, admr of all and singular of goods chattels. Rights & Creditts of his son Jacob Reed late of Salem In ye County of Essex aforesd Marriner, Deed Intestate" THE READE RECORD "To make just & true account of said adminstn at or before firdt Monday of October 1749 signed JONATHN READ Richard Palmer Danl Appleton Tames Tarbox JONATHAN REED ( signed in a different band writing from the first above written Jonathn Read — G. A. T.) No 23367 Essex County Mass. Pro- bate Court "An Inventory of ye state of Jacob Reed, late of Salem, Deed as shewed to us the subscribers by his FATHER Jna. Reed Adminstr on sd Estate (after Haveing been Duely sworn) Have apprised the same as follows (Vizt) :— To a Dwelling House & Barn with about six acres of Land adjoining to ye same, situate and Lying in ye Middle par- rish in Salem '(so called) att£300:0:0 To his Wearing apparell att 10:0:0 310:0:0 The above is New Inv. Salem Febry ye 23rd 1748|9. Daniel Epes. Junr. Robert Willson, Jonathn Kettell ( signed ) Jonathn Read Essex Ss. Ipswich Febr. 27, 1748 Jonathn Read made oath by way of affirmation ec. to ye foregoing In- ventory Befor Thos Berry, Jud Prob. To ye Honble Thms Berry Esqr Judge of ye Probate of Wills for ye County of Essex eca. COMMENT Note of the above estate though of so late a date is made here, be- cause of the absolute proof that the Smithfield Reads of Conn, were of the line of Thomas Read the Planter of Salem Mass. Jacob 2 , Jonathan 3 above. [See Records No. V and VI. 1 [A. H. R.] NICHOLAS READ, of Stoke Hall-next-Ipswich CO. SUFFOLK, ENGLAND. ESQUIRE. WILL 1670 "To my neice the only da. of my late Brother Nicholas Read late of Chestworth [Chelsworth] deceased, and now marryed wife at Woolwith, £3." "To John Read my nephew now rx New England, son of the Sd. Nicholas Read my late Brother de- ceased £5. [Signed] NICHOLAS READ. I lated 16 March, 1670 Proved 22 June 1671 Ipswich Probate Court, Suffolk Co. Eng. COMMENT The above extract from the long will in the collection of English wills in possession of the Secretary, has often raised the question as to which of the Johns in New England at the above date might be the identical with the above. No search of the English parish Registers has been made to determine his age or other facts about him. Possibly he may have been that Captain John Read of Newbury whose will follows, though the latter would seem rather too young a man to fill the place. [A. H. R.] 10 THE READE RECORD WILL OF CAPTIAN JOHN REED OF NEWBURY 1729 I Captain John Reed of London, England, but now of ivbury in ye county of Province of Mass. Bay, New Eng- land, being in a very weak and low condition of Body but of perfect d and memory" Item I give and bequeath unto my son John Reed ye sum of five shillii Item I give and bequeath unto Mary Reed my wife and to ye child or children lawfully begotten of her body by me, all ye rest of my Real and Personal estate" etc ly I do constitute make and order V 'hint clerk my execu- tor esses: — pher Tappan Vdamson 1 1 Butter I mi IX REED (neat signature) seal horse or deer (antlers faint ) courant — G. A. T.) I 25 March 1729 ed at Ipswich. Mass. Tune 22nd, 1729 (In proving the will Tappan is cal Rev. Mr. Christo Tap] Newbury June the 26th 1729. Apprizers estate of (apt |ohn Read Mr Cutting dfry) & Mr John Gerrish all holders in X appeared etc. Total 132 | 8 shillings, nine pence. i principal item "Providi Bills" amounting to 101 pounds, and -hilling. COMMENT The Histories of Newbury contain nothing regarding the ab iptain fohn nor in fact any other |ohn Ri or Reed up to 1800. The Births V s and Deaths of Newbury begin about 1640. On Birth and Marriage records prior h by the name of John or Read occurs. However on the Records of Queen Am pel (Episcopal), New- bury, Deaths or Burials appears the 'Captain John Reed, of England fune 7. 1729" [A. H. R.l COL. THOMAS READE OF SALEM, MASS. AND OF WICKFORD CO., ESSEX, ENGLAND By G. A. Taylor Manuscript No. 1120 in the British Museum the "am Wickford was "Azure, a griffin segreant Or." The eldest son of Edmund Reade of Wickford, by name William, in 1659 and mentions in his will the following, of his New England, rela- tives: — "my sister Lake, my sisteT Symonds, and sister Winthropp." R. Rec. No. XIII.] The second son of Edmund of Wickford, England, was Samuel de who was a physician and in 1643 was of Bishop Stortford. Hert- fordshire, England. He probably d before 1659 as there is no mention of him in his brother William Rea : will. Thomas Reade, the third s Edmund Reade, came to New Eng- land and was admitted Freeman of the Colony of Mass., 1st April 1634. THE R E A D E RECORD 11 He settled at Salem, and in March 1637 was appointed Ensign of the Watch of that town. In 1647 he was called Captain. On 16th February 1636 the town of Salem. Mass. granted him a farm of three hundred acres north west of Salem, the bounds of which were settled 28th ( 28 ) February 1662. He was not long a resident of New England, and finally returned to England and took an active part in the Civil War there. becoming a Colonel in the Parliamen- tary Army. When the Parliamentary Army was encamped before Pembroke, 28th Tune 1648, Cromwell writing to Lord Fairfax, a General in said Army. says "They" (the Royalists) "have made some notable sallies upon Lt.- Col. Reade's quarter to his loss." Reade had been entrusted with the seige of Tenby, that had ended June 2nd (Commons Journal V, page 588) and at the time of above writing he is assisting at Pembroke. Writing 11th July 1648, to Hon. William Lenthall. Speaker of the House of Commons. Cromwell says "Sir — The Town and Castle of Pembroke were surrendered to me this day, being the eleventh of July, upon the Proposi- tions which I send you here enclosed" after this Cromwell moved northward and regarding the Battle of Preston, he writes again to the Speaker of the House of Commons, under date "Warrington, 20th August. 1648," as follows : — "The regiments of foot were ordered as followeth. There being a lane, very deep and ill, up to the enemy's army, and leading to the Town, we commanded two regi- ments of horse whereof was Colonel Harrison's and next was my own, to charge up that lane, and on either side of this advanced the "(main)" battle, in which were LT.-Colonel READE's, Colonel Dean's, and Col- onel Pride's on the right, Colonel Bright's and my Lord General's on the left" . . . "There came no band of your foot to fight that day but did it with incredible valor and resolu- tion, among which Colonel Bright's, my Lord General's, Lt. -Colonel READE's and Colonel Ashton's had the greatest work, they often coming to push of pike and to close fray, and always making the enemy to recoil, and indeed I must needs say, God was as much seen in the valor of the officers and soldiers of these before mentioned as in any action that hath been performed, the enemy making, though he was still worsted, very stiff and sturdy resistance." In the beginning of June 1648, Colonel Thomas Reade's step-father. Rev. Hugh Peter, Chaplain to Cromwell, went to Mil ford Haven and from the "Lion." a Parliamentary ship, riding there, got "two drakes, two demi- culverines, and two whole culverines" and safely conveyed them to the Army before Pembroke, which town as stated above, was surrendered to the Parliamentary Army, July 1648. Colonel Thomas Reade for sometime, was Governor of Stirling Castle. He has been thought to have taken part with ( ieneral Monck in the restoration of Charles II. and this is possible, though in October 1661, he was one of several officers "committed close prisoners to the Gatehouse, Westm., by expresse warant sygned by his Maties" ( Majesty's ) "principal Sec- retary of State." He married Pris- cilla Ranks, daughter of John of Maidstone. Kent, and of London, who died in 1642. He had six chil- dren, three of whom died young. Colonel Read died in 1662. His son Samuel, a merchant of London, was living in 1701. In Ipswich Mass Deeds, vol 5, page 24. under date of April 1684, is found a deed between Daniel Epps, Senr. of Ipswich. Es- sex County. Mass. and Elizabeth his wife, on the one part, and Samuel Reade of the City of London, Eng- land. Merchant, regarding "a certain Island in Township of Ipswich con- 12 T H E R E A I.) L RECORD taining sixty acres of land." This Samuel was the son of Colonel Thomas Reade. THE WILL OF COLONEL THOMAS READE "I Thomas Reade in the Parish of Wickford in the Count) of Essex gent, doe make my last will in manner and forme following : [Ton long to print here but makes bequests.] To My beloved wife Priscilla Read To My Sonne Samuell Read To My Sone Thomas Reade To My daughter Priscilla Read [tern: "Ii is my will that twenty pounds a yeare by the yere should be allowed might of the incomes of nn estate which will arise for the bring- ing up of my children unless \\ v Supervisors seeth good cause to adde something more," "Also it is my earnest desire that my wife and overseers, of this my l»>st will, teake keare that my children be brought up in the feare of the Lord and to have good Education and learning and my sunes to be put ought to [a trade] which they are most apte to" M\ Brother Calebe Banckes, Es- quire, Thomas Cocke of Pebmarshe Esquire Sir John Banckes. Barran, Allyn Reade gent. Jacob Willit "Cit- ser" [citizen?] to be Supervisors and Gardiens to my children during their noneage. In Witness whereof 1 have sett my hand and seale this 26 [ulv 1662 ' Proved at London 6 November, 1662. [Signed] THOMAS READE COMMENT In the Collections of the Mass Hist. Soc. Vol. VII, Fourth Series will be found "The Winthrop Papers." The following letter from Thomas Reade [p. 114] "If [for] his Hon- nered Brother Mr. John Winthroppe at Pequett in New England Thes: "[these] if of interest Stirling the 9 March 1656. Honnored Brother 1 received yours of the 24th Oc- tober, and in deade we are very glad to heare from you. espeshally of your good helthes. Thurogh the Lordes goodnes we enjoye the like Mercy. I am at present in Scotland, and my wife with me. Itt hath plessed the Lord to give us 6 children, 4 nowe living, Prissill, Samuel, Thomas and John: two of them borne in this Towne. The youngest is abought a quarter oulde. Ower two eldest died in England. I thinke for to be in England with- in this forte nyte at the furthereste, hut I hope to see you heare, or to heare frame you before that tyme. Thus in great haste I comeit you to [the] Ceaper of the Israeli o'f God and rest Yours to command to My pouer, THOMAS READE. Grants and Certificates of Arms The Genealogist, New Series vol. 25, 1' 108-9. Read — William and Thomas Sons of Edmund Reade of Wickford Co. Essex. Confferred] by Sir E. Bys- she. Carter 20 Jan 1653. \/. a Griffin Segrfeant] and a Canton or. Crest A griffin's head erased, Az. beak and ears or. Add Ms. 26,758. See Suffolk Manonal Families for the arms of Brother William above of Birchanger, p. 163. Also long pedi- gree of the Wickford Family [A. H. REED] At a special meeting of the Board of Directors of the Reade Society, held January 22, 1924, the following resolu- tion, which was offered by Charles F. Read, a past President of the Society, •was adopted by a rising vote : "The Reade Society hereby places on its records its most profound appreciation of the services of Hlanson 3Henr\> IReeb as its Assistant Secretary and Secretary for more than eighteen years. " Making the study of genealogy his avocation during the greater part of his long life, he pursued his genealogi- cal studies in New England and old England, while residing in the West, and had compiled the record of the descendants of Thomas Reed of Colchester, England. Returning to Boston, his birthplace, in 1901, to live, he became, at its organization, a member of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association, later incorporated as the Reade Society for Genealogical Research, and was soon elected its Assistant Secretary. " During all these years he was deeply interested in its work in the various lines of the name, and even as he reached the serenity of more than four-score years his activities did not diminish, and he was to the end the director of the Society's research. "He was born in Boston, Mass., March 1, 1841, and died in Brookline, Mass., January 8, 1924. Mr. Reed ivas a thirty-second degree Mason and a member of the Mystic Shrine, and ivas the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in Chicago, 'where he had first associated himself with the order. THE K K A 1 > E RECORD 13 WILLIAM 2 AND ISAAC? READ SONS OF WILLIAM 1 READE OF BATOME, ENGLAND AND BOSTON, MASS. (See Record No. X) WILLIAM READ - WILL 1691 I, William Read of New England in the parts beyond the seas, Mar- riner, have constituted John Harlock of Ratcliff, Stepney, in the county of Middlesex, gentleman, and Elizabeth his wife my attorney &c. On board the good ship Granado, Capt. Loader commander, on a voyage for Jamaica, 2 October 1691. Witness Fred. Johnson, Jas. Trav- ers. Proved 12 September 1692— Fane 173 [Waters Gen. Gleanings in Eng. Vol. 1, p. 177] ISAAC READ YE PINKE KATHARINE Doc. No. 2548, Supreme Court Files Co. Suffolk. "An ace. of wages to ye Pinke Katharine upon a voyage to Jamaica [West Indies] Jno. Pullin. Master 1680. Myself shipt ye 1: of May at 5:10. Isaac Reed shipt ye 6th of May at 1:11. o|p. William Douse shipt ye 20th of May Richd. Treat " " " " " Dick " " 7 " " Wm. ye Cooke " " 13 " " Jam Part Samson, Shore Jno. Smith The 19th Oct 1680 at Jamaica Shipt ye hands again for ye Bav T Boston] Jno. Smith Isaac Read Richard Treat Wm. Douse Samson Shore Wm. Ye Cook or Humphrey Dickeson Myself e. ' "Ye voyage ended latter part of April 1690" ISAAC REED OF BOSTON, N.E. Abstract of Will, 1695 "Isaac Reed of the parish of Boston New England, Marriner now belong- ing to 11. S. Shipp the Tyger consti- tute Mark Pooyd of Kent, Marriner, Mv Attorney. The said Mark Pooyd Executor. Dated 11 October 1695. I 'roved 21 December 1695. P. C. C. London Irby. 188. Transmitted to the Secretary by Mr. A. William Read of Leicester Eng- land. COMMENT The above documents afford in- formation regarding two sons of \\ il- liam of Batcome England and Boston Mass. by his second wife Ruth Crooke. William b. Feb. 3. 1654 5, was wild in his youth and brought into Court in 1671. Is we 1). Apr. 18. 1656. Mentioned in the Court records in 1671 in con ])i ction with his brother. [See Keade Record No. X.] Little or nothing is known of the lives of these men except as abovi They seem to have left no posterity. Possibly a search of the Records in Condi m England might disclose fur- ther information [A. H. R.] 14 THE READE RECORD £be IReaoe "Recoro Single Copies, One Dollar Value lies In the Content Published by THE READE SOCIETY For Genealogical Research Capt. GEORGE W. REED, President, Lexington, Mass. Miss HELEN LEAH REEK, Vice-Pres., Riverbank Court, Cambridge, Mass. ARTHUR F. CLARKE, Treasurer, 126 Englewood Ave., Brookline, M iss A I ANSON H. REED Secretary, died [anuary 8, '924 HAROLD F. REED, Acting Secret ai > 11 Beacon St., Boston GEORGE A TAYLOR, Genealogist, P.O. Box 2629, Boston Please address all genealogical inquiries to the Reade Society Official Genealogist, as above. YOU ARE INVITED TO JOIN Membership fee, one dollar per year, or $10 for a life membership, exempt from dues, should be sent to Arthur F. Clarke, Treas., 126 Englewood Ave., Brookline. Jiy Let it ever be remembered that the Reade Rkcokd is mailed only to members whose dues have been paid. The Society is limited in its printing by its income. FILES OF THE READE RECORD Ever}' member should own and bind a complete set of these valuable little papers. No one can safely write of the family ances- tral lines without consulting them. We can furnish at present Nos. I. IV, VI, VII, VIII, IX, X, XI, XII XIII, XIV and XV. Our stock of No. II, III and V is exhausted, but we intend to reprint them as soon as the funds of the Society permit. You aid your- self, and assist the Society in printing other numbers by buying those we can supply now. Later you may not be able to get them. Dis- count in prices is made to our members. Capt. GEORGE W. REED President COLCHESTER, CO. ESSEX ENGLAND The Oldest Town in Great Britain The average American tourist in England is usually content to limit his sightseeing to those historic spots which the guide books have made familiar, writes Adelaide Bragg Gill- espie in Travel, without ever realizing that there are many places of his- toric interest and actual beauty not far from the beaten track, which more than repay the adventurer who strikes off boldly from the popular itineraries. Comparatively few trav- elers, for example, explore the beaut- ies of Essex, yet this is a really charm- ing country that is rich in quaint and ancient towns and villages. And the touchstone of Essex is Colchester, only fifty-two miles from London, and easily accessible by motor or by train. From the stand- THE READE RECORD 15 of tourist, historian, archaeolog- i>t. and antiquary alike, Colchester is the most important town of its county, and a day, or many days may pleasurably and profitably be nt in visiting- its treasures. For Colchester makes the unique claim of being the oldest town in Great Bri ain, and as the relics and re- mains of its various inhabitants date back M Paleolithic and Neolithic times we hall not dispute the claim. e tells us that it was the home of "Old K ." the famil- iar figure of our childhood; and his- tory informs us, perhaps more accur- ately, that during the Roman occupa tion of Great Britain it was the site of a must important and prosperous city which bore the name of Cam- ulodunum. This ancient city has been recently much in the public eye owing to the important excavations which have been made in the Castle grounds. Note \ number of the earliest im- migrants to New England came from Colchester and vicinity. Their de- scendants are now scattered from the \tlatvic to the Pacific in our Empire Republic. A. H. R. WILL OF ALICE HAYNE, 1620 OF SEMLEY, ENGLAND New Eng. Hist, and Gen. Register Vol. 39, p. 263 IN the name of God Amen, the 2d daye of March in the XVII Ith yere of the reigne of our Sovraign Lord King James and the yere our Lord God One thousand, Sixe hundred and twentie I Alee Hayme of prfecte memorie praising God doe make this my laste Will and testa ment in manor and forme following. % :}: % $ ^: :£ i(s ^ ft: 1 geve to my daughter Elizab] Read my great brass pot or croke my best cov'Ied and blanket one bol- ster one pillow and pillowbeck an I my best gov. wastcoates : li aperons i smock j coffer i barrell i tubbe. It: I bequethe to hir sonne Christo- pher Read v shillings. I : T bequethe to Thomas, John and William her sonnes each of them a Pewter dishe. ft : to her .son Marmaduke XII d._ It: f bequethe to hir daughter Eliza- beth Reade one brass pann of a gallon and one double kershew of Hollon. * [other bequests omitted] * It: I bequethe to Walter Hayme my sonn the half yeres p'fitt of my tenement after my decease whome 1 make and ordaine to be my whole executor to whome I bequethe all the rest of my goods. In witness whereof f have Sette my hande the yere abov written In the presence of Marmaduke Read and Walter Hayme and John Beau- fort. COMMENT Semley is a parish in Wiltshire. not far from the county lines of Somerset and Dorsetshire. Walter Hayme the executor of the will above born in 1583 came with wife Eliza- beth five children and three servants m Sutton Mandeville, Wiltshire, England, in the ship Confidence to on in 1638 and settled in Sud- bury Mass. where he died 14 Feb- ruary 1664-5. An interesting question has been raised as to whether the Thomas ■ 1 in the will above may not have been identical with Thomas 1 "the Planter" who in Salem Ma s as early as 1 William of ( '" Som whose wife was Susanna Hayme c u from that secti 1635 with wife & two children (sei ord No. X. p 2) as also did somewhat later William Read and wife Avis Che] if 1 .ong Sutton Somerset- 16 THK RKADK RECORD shire, (see Record No. X p. 11). These may well have been related to the above Elizabeth Read and her family, but as we lack the parish Registers of baptisms, Marriages and deaths it is impossible to do more than to surmise as to the facts. Rut an investigation would be worth while. A. II. R. SALEM MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1796 READ - READ - ALPHABETICAL LIST The marriage records of Salem, Essex Co. Mass. arc in manuscript having never been printed. Nor is there any copy at the New England Historic-Genealogical Society [G. A. T.]. For that reason this list of the Read-Reed marriages is here printed as it may be of use to our Members. Abigail Read of Charleston and George Darling, at Charlestown, Sept. 15. 1709 Elisabeth Reed, daughter of Jonathan, husbandman, and Elijah Allen, son of Francis of Kitten', husbandman, Oct. 12, 1745. C. R. 7 Eliza(beth) Reed and Tohn Trask, 3rd, Dec. 19, 1727 ISAACK Read and loane Stone, March 10th, 1673, Ct.'R. Isaac Reed and Rebecca Burton. Feb. 24, 1736/7 John Reed and Abigail Turner, Dec. 27th, 1742 Jona(than) Reed and Sarah Kemp- ton, January 1, 1743/4 Mary Reed and [bhn Tomkins, Nov. 20th, 1693. Ct.'R. Mary Reed and Nathan Procter, May 14th, 1723 Mary Reed and Joseph Morgan, jr., of Beverly, int. Dec. 1731 Nathan Reed and. Elizabeth U'ffery, Oct. 20th, 1790 Rebecca Reed and Samuel Silsbee i jr. in int.), Oct. 1, 1786 Sarah Reed and Sa(mu)el Goldth- waite jr.. Jan. 1st, 1726/7 Sarah Reed and Isaac Moor, Dec. 2, 1745 Sarah Reed and Ben(j)a(min) Dike. (before 1748) Thomas Reed and Hannah Lawrence, November 27, 1796 William Reed and Mary Emerton, im. Sept. 1st, 1782 Abraham Read and Mary Hemlock, int. March 28th, 1713 Benja(min) Read and Sarah Car- riage, certif. Oct. 18th, 1778 Elizabeth Read and |ohn Wilkinson, 10:10: 1675. Ct. R. [G. A. T.] THE PAUCITY OF NAMES AFTER THE CONQUEST By Charles IV. Bardslcv There were no Scripture names in England when the Conqueror took possession ; i ] even in Nor- mandy they had appeared but a gen- eration or two before William came over. If any are found in the old English period, we may feel assured they were ecclesiastical titles adopted at the Ordination — Greek and Latin saints equally were unnoticed. It is hard to believe the statement I have made. Before many genera- tions had passed, Bartholomew, Si- mon, Peter, Philip, Thomas. Nicholas. John, and Elias, had engrossed a third of the male population; yet THK RKADE RECORD 17 Domesday Book has no Philip, no Thomas, only one Nicholas, and but a Sprinkling of Johns. It was not long before Jack and Jill took the place of Godric and Godgivu as rep- resentative of the English sexes, yet Jack was from the Bible, and Jill from the saintly Calendar. \\ ithout entering into a deep dis- cussion, we may say that the great mass of the old English names had gone down before the year 1200 had been reached. Those that survived only held on for bare existence. From the moment of William's advent, the names of the Norman began to pre- vail. He brought in Bible names, Saint names, and his own Teutonic names. The old English names bowed to them and disappeared. A curious result followed. From the year 1150 to 1550. four hundred years in round numbers, there was a much smaller dictionary of English personal names than there had been for four hundred years before [750 to 1150] and than there has been in the four hundred years since [1550- 1950. The Norman list was really a small one, yet took possession of nearly the whole of England. A consequence of this was the Pet- name Epoch [1150-1300]. In every community of one hundred English- men about the year 1300, there would be an average of twenty Johns and fifteen Williams, then would follow Thomas, Bartholomew, Nicholas, Phil- ip Simon. Peter, and Isaac from the Scriptures, and Richard, Robert. Wal- ter. Henry. Guy, Roger and Baldwin from the Teutonic list. Of femnli names. Matilda. Isabella and Emm' were first favorites, and Ceillia. Cath- arine, Margaret, and Gillian came closely on their heels. Behind thes^, arrain. followed a fairly familiar num- ber of names of either sex. some from 'he Ten' on. some from the Hebrew, some from the Greek and Latin Church, hut, when all told not a large number. It was of course, impossible for Englishmen and Englishwomen to maintain their individuality on these terms. Various methods to secure a personality arose. The Surname was adopted, and there were John Ute-wood, John the Wheelwright, John the Bigg, and John Richard's son, in every community. Among the middle and lower classes these did not become hereditary till so late as 1450, or 1500.* *Foot Note [this is easily proved. In the wardrobe accounts for Edward IV. 1480 occur the following items — "John I'oyntmaker, for pointing of XI dozen points of silk, pointed with agelettes of laton, "John Carter, for carriage away of a grete loode of robeux that was lefte in the strete. "To a laborer called Rychard Gardy- ner working in the gardyne. "Alice Shapster for making and washing of XXIIII sherts, and XX I HI stomachers" Shapster is a feminine form of shapper or shaper — one who shaped or cut out cloths for garments. All these several individuals, having no particular surname, took or received one from the occupation they tem- porarily followed. "Privy Purse Ep- enses. Eliz. of York," p. 122. This was not enough, for in com- mon parlance it was not likely the full name would be used. Besides there might lie two, or even three. Johns in the same family. So late as March 1545. the will of John Parvell de Gynton runs : "Alice my wife, and Did John, my son, to occupy my farm together, till 1)1,1,' John Marries; Young John, my son, shall have Brenlay's land, plowed and sowed at Old John's cost." The register of Raby, Leicestershire, ' ■ this entry: "1559. Item: 20th day of August was John, and John Picke, the children of Xtopher and Anne baptized. 18 THE READE RECORD "Item: the 31s August the same John and John were buried" Mr. Burn who quotes these in- stances in his "History of Parish Registers" adds that at this same time "One John Barker had thre< sons named John Barker and two daughters named Margaret Barker" [Foot note says any number of such ances might he recorded]. If the same family had but one name for the household, we may imagine the difficulty when this one name was also popular throughout the village. The difficulty was naturally solved by, firstly, the adoption of Nick forms; secondly the addition of pet desinences. 'I hus Emma became by the one practice -imple Emm, by the other Emmott; and any number of hoys in a small community might be entered in the [Parish] register as Bartholomew, and yet preserve their individuality in work-a-day life by bearing such names as Bat, Bate, Baity. Bartle, Bartelot, Batcock, Bat- kin, and Tolly, or Tholy. In a word, these forms of Bartholomew were treated as so many separate proper names. I" -peak of William & John is to speak of a race & rivalry 800 years old. In Domesday [Book] there were 68 Williams, 48 Roberts, 28 Walters, to 10 Johns. Robert Montensis asserts that in 1173 at a court feast of Henry TI. Sir William St. John and Sir William Fitz- Hamon bade none but those who bore the name of William to appear. There were present 120 Williams, all Knights. In Edward I's reie,n John came forward. In a Wiltshire document containing 588 names, 92 are William, 88 John, 55 Richard, 48 Robert, 23 Roger, Geoffrey, Ralph, and Peter 16. A century later John was first. In 1347 out of 133 com- mon Council men for London, first convened, 35 were John, 17 William, 15 Thomas (St. Thomas of Canter- bury was now an institution). 10 Richard, 8 Henry, 8 Robert. In 1385 the guild of St. George of Norwich contained 377 names. Of these Joh i engrossed no less than 128, William 47, Thomas 41. The Reformation and the Puritan Commonwealth for a time darkened the fortunes of John &• William, but the Protestanl accession befriended the latter, and now [1880] as 800 years ago William is first and John second. P.nt when we come to realize that nearly one third of Englishmen were known either by the name of William or John about the year 1300, it will be seen that the pet name and nick n were no freak hut a necessity. We dare not attempt a catagory hut the surnames of today tell us much. Will was quite a distinct youth from Willot, Willol from W'ilmot, Wilmol from Wilkin and Wilkin from Wil- cock. There might he a half dozen Johns about the farmstead, hut it mattered little so long as one was called Jack, another Jenning, a third Jenkin, a fourth Jackcock (now Ja- COX'as a surname) a fifth Brown- john and a sixth Micklejohn or Lit- tlejohn or Properjohn (i.e. well built or handsome ). The nick forms are still familiar in many instances, though almost entirely confined to such names as have descended from that day to the present. We still talk of Bob, and Tom, and Hick and Jack. The introduction of Bible names, at the Reformation did them much harm. But the Reformation and the English Bible combined utterly overwhelmed the pet desinences, and they suc- cumbed. THE READE RECORD 19 SAMUEL 2 READ (JOHN 1 ) OF MENDON WILL, 1717. SUFFOLK CO. REG. PROBATE In the name of God Amen, Fifth of Aprill in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred & Seventeen, I Samuel Read of Mendon in the Coun- \ of Suffolk in the Province of the Massachusetts Bay in New England, being aged and Lame of Body, hut of Perfect memory thanks he to the Lord, minding the uncertainty of this Transitory life and desiring to settle that estate that God has blessed me with all, Do make this my last Will and Testament. In manner and form following, and First desiring of God my Father pardon of all my --ins past, commit my Soul to him through Jesus Christ my Saviour and Re- deemer, and my Body to decent Burial, and for the settling of my Temporal Estate, Do order, give and heqttcath and dispose of the same in manner and form following. First, I will that my Debts and Funeral . Expenses be truly paid by my executors herein after named. Item. 1 give and bequeath unto my elde-t sun Samuel Read hi-- heirs and assigns forever as an addition 'ii what 1 have already given him by 1 >eed, the remainder of my meadow- lying upon both --ides of the West river that was laid out to my Acre Home lot, as it is bounded upon the Towns Records, and all my Land and Meadow on both sides Mumford River, lying on the North side of the Country Road 'o Wood- stock and also fifty acres of my fifth Division of Land- laid out near Shoconog Brook as is Recorded in the Town Record for Mendon, and also a ten acre right in all future Divisions, which will make up to him and complete a Thirty Acre Lot with what T have formerly given him by I >< d wih all the Rights and Privil- eges thereto belonging or appertain- ing with all the Divisions thereto be- longing. Item. I give & bequeath to my two eldest grandsons, Vizt, Samuel Read son of Samuel Read, and John Read son of Ebenezer Read each of them one Gun. Item. I give and bequeath to my Youngesl son Ebenezer Read bis heirs and assigns forever as an addi- tion to what I have already given him by Deed, all my Land and Mea- dow which is not contained in his Deed lying upon the West side of the West River between the County Road and ^amuel Reads Bridge over the said River, the whole Land and Meadow being bounded North- erly upon the Land of Samuel Read by a line of marked Trees, Westerly upon a Town Highway or Common, and Southerly upon the County Road, and Easterly upon the aforesaid West River,, and also. Twelve acres of Land lying upon Mumford River, which I purchased of Samuel Read by the place called the South Road; also that Land of mine on the east side of Mumford River on the South side the County Road as it is bounded on the Town Record ; and also Twenty five acres of Land on the West side the Great River below James Emersons Land as Recorded in the Town Records; also Two acres of meadow at Sho- conog, at the North end of my mea- dow i here, and a five acre Right in all future Division-- which will make up to him with what I have given him by Heed a Twenty Acre Lot with all the Rights and Privileges be- longing in all the Divisions of it. Item. I give and bequeath unto my Son-in-Law Seth Chapin as an addition to what I have formerly en to my Daughter Mary Chapin, I )eren-ed forty shillings. Item. 1 give and bequeath to my Grand Laughter Hopestill Read five pounds ten shillings. 20 T II K READK RECORD Item. I give and bequeath to my Maid Ann Chanery her time at my decease or five pounds if she serve out her time fail li fully with me. Finally, I give and bequeath unto my Two Sons, Samuel Read and Ebenezer Read, the remainder of My Land and Moveable Estate and to their Heirs, to be equally divi between them and their children If either of them dye before it be divided, and by these pre ents 1 ap point, ordain and constitute my Two Sons, Samuel and. Ebenezer Read to he my executors of this my last Will to see the same performed and Li cies payed, ratifying this to he my last Will and no other. In Witness whereof I have set my hand and Seal the day and year above written [5th April' 17171 In the Third year of the Reign of our Soveraign, Lord George, id Great Britain, France and Ireland, King Defender of the Faith &c. Samuel Read (si \i ■ Signed, Si win. Published, and De- clared by the said Samuel Read thai the writing on the other side was his last Will and Testament. In presence of us, Thomas Thayer, John Joanes, Ephraim Chapin. Examined p. John Boydell I- 1 [Will dated 5th Apr. 1717. proved 13 Mar. 1717/18] INVENTORY A true Inventory of all and Sin- gular the Goods, Chattels and Credits of Samuel Reap Deceased as fol- loweth : Mendon January 27th. 1717. Imprs. His Cash and apparel£80. 7." To Books 1.16." To Beds, Bedding, Furniture and Bedsteads 39 " " To Tables and Table Linnen 2.11 ' To Arms and Staff Belts ... 1.10 " To Pewter 4. 2 " In I Srass, Iron. Tin, Wooden Vessels — Tramels, I [and- irons, Tongs Fireslice ... 9. 5 To ( hests, i lhairs, Smooth- ing Iron, Joynt Stool, To Wool. Woolen ('loath and yarn, Spinning wheels .... 5. 1 To Two 1 buses 12. " To 4 t 'i iw- and one heifer 16 To 1 louse and Barn, orchard and Thirt) four acres land 1.60 fo < hit Lands and Me idows 60 " " 6391.12.00 Apprized By, i I omas White. Samuel Moor, John Tiller. Suffolk ss. By the Honble Samuel Sewall Esqr. Judge of Probate &c. Samuel Read and Ebenezer Read Executors made oath that this in- ventory amounting to Three Hundred and Ninety One Pounds and twelve shillings, is a true and perfect Inven- tors of the Estate of their Father Samuel Read of Mendon Deceased, and that more hereafter appear, they will cause it to be added & shown before me. Samuel Sewall J. Probate Boston March 13, 1717 Examined p. John Boydell, Regr. COMMENT Samuel" Read (son of John 1 of Rehoboth see Reade Record No: V.) was a noted townsman in Men- dan, and Inn Keeper. Made free- man < let. 15. 1673 and Constable in 1681. Me married twice. I 1 ) at Rehoboth 10 May 1668 llopestill Holhrook who d. in Men- do,, 12 Jan. 1705/6 (2) Hannah (whose maiden name is desired) who d. in Mendon 24 Ian. 1716/17. Children by Wife Hopestill Samuel 3 b M. (1) Deborah Chapin 8 July 169.? THE READE RECORD 21 M. (2) Abigail White 7 Jan 1703/4 Mary 3 b. M. Seth Chapin 20 May 1689. Ebenezer b. M. Sarah Chapin 7. Feb. 1703/4. [From note honk of late George S. Stewart] "He [Samuel" of Mendon] is the an- cestor of the Mendon, Uxbridge, Northbridge, Milford, Oxford and Charlton. Reeds." (Hist. Reed Fam. 1861. p. 194.) —A. H. R.— OBEDIAH READ 2 (ESDRASD Housewright Boston See Will, Reade Record No. V Born Salem 1640, d. Boston 19 Feb. 1721/22 in 82nd year. He m. ( 1 ) Dorchester 19 Aug. 1664 Anna Swift who d. Boston 13 Sept. 1680 ae 33. Children n. Boston : 1. Elizabeth 3 b. 29 Mar. 1669, d. m. 6, July 1691, Samuel Durham. 2. Sarah 3 b. 16 Apr. 1671 d. young. 3. ANNA 3 b. 3 Felx 1672/3, d. m. (1)2 Jan 1700 Samuel En«s. m (2) 28 Sept. 1711 Wm. Higam- botham. 4. Thomas 3 bp. 26 Sept. 1675, 2nd Ch. "Marriner" m. 1 Mar. 1707 Mary Fifield.? 5. Obadiah 3 b. 29 Nov. 1677 d. Young. 6. James 3 b. 29 Feb. 1679/80. d. m. Elizabeth — lie m. (2) Boston (1682) Eliza- beth Broughton who (1. Buston 26 Feb. 1712/13 ae 67. Children b. Boston : 7. Obadiah 3 b. 27 Mar. 1683 m. 13 Apr. 1710 [ane Perkins. 8. Mary 8 b. 4 May 1684 m. 20 May 1715 Thomas Miller 9. Nathaniel 3 b. 23 Aug. 1686 .1. young. 10. Sarah 3 b. 26 Jan. 1687/8 m. 5 |uly 1713 Richard "Henges." The above taken from the Note Book of the late George S. Stewart, former Genealogist of the Reade So- ciety. (See also Esdras' Hist. Reed Fam." p. 151. & Reade Rec. No. E V.) 22 THE READE RECORD MEMBERSHIP ROLLS HONORARY MEMBERS OF THE READE SOCIETY Re mi. Com. Albert Cushing, U. S. N. Washington, D. C. Read, Arthur William Leicester, Eng. Bead, Sie C. Hercules Bart. London, Eng. President Royal Archasological Society Reade , Al.KVN LYELI. I Lverpool Eng Died Nov. 5, 1923 Reed, J. Russell Boston, Mass Reed, Alanson Henri Brookllne, Mass Died Jan. 8. 1924 LIFE MEMBERS OF THE READE SOCIETY Andrews, Mrs. Ella R. Andrews, Fletcher R, Annan, Mrs. Ida M, Binpobd, Mrs. Maria R. G rich, .Mrs. Ella R. Bodges, Miss Marx a. Lark in, Mrs. Prances H. i s. Mils. M.mish ll i. ( !. Marden, Mrs. Harriet a R. McNicOL, Mils. BERN ICE E. R. Jewett I'm Conn Mouse, Willard s. Morss, Mils. Everett Morton. Mrs. Florem e E New York, N. Y. Cleveland Hgts., O. Lawrence, Mass, Roxbury, Mr. Hartford, Conn. Poxboro, Mass. Buffalo, N. 1 '. New V.Tk. X. V. The Dalles, Ore. K New York. N V Boston, Mass. N.inEAr. Mrs Adeline M Read, Charles F. Ufa i i. Benjamin S. Read, Miss Clara a. Read, Edmund s. Read, Miss Ella H. Read, Franklin F. 2nd Read, George b. Re mi. i 'i'M George it. Ri m. George w. Read, Henry m. Re vn. Tames A. Re mi. Joseph E. i:i id, Hon. Joseph Re mi. .t Pad] ding R] ID, Miss M via: VRE'T II rim Melbourne S in- vi'. Newbury f. Worcester, Mass. Yuri, Village, Me. Boston, Mass I ••liver. Colo. New Bedford, Mass. Washington, D. C. New Bedford, Mass. PlttSfleld, Mass Bloomington, III. Cleat Barrington, Mass Taunton, Chatham, N. J. Arlington, N. .T. Erie. B. I'. Summerslde, P. E. T. Newark. N. J. New York. N Y Hamilton, N. Y. New York. N. Y. Read, Samuel II. Read, Mrs Juliet E. Joseph f. Ill auk. Miss CHBISTIA M. Reed, William K. Reed, Alanson H. Reed, Alanson L. REED, Miss Anna M. Reed. Charles W. Reed, Edgab Reed, Miss Ellen a. Reed, Henry B. Reed, i [or itio M. Reed, Db, J vmks ii. Held. James R. Klin. Jon N E. Ki in. .loll n i; [{BED, Miss Mae T. vi irion b. Reed, m iss Mary s. Reed, Richabd II. Reed, Robert C. Reed, miss Temperance P Pelham Manor, N. Y. Reed, Dr. William E. Washingtonville, N. Y. Reed, William T. Boston, Mass. Robinson, Mrs Grace II. New York. N. v Sargent, am. en C. Graniteville, Mass Si hi l, Charles II. Chicago, 111. v, Hampton I. Altadena, Cal. Waterman. Lewis A. Providence, II I. Wells, Wellington Boston, Mass New Haven, Conn. lies Moines, Iowa New York, N. Y. Lombard, ill. New York, N. Y. Boston, Mass Biltmore, N. C. Philadelphia, I'a. Boston, Mass. Worcester. New Haven, Auburndale, New Ynl'k Boston, Mass. Pasadena, Cal. File. pa. Boston. Mass. Columbus, ". Lowell, Mass. Boise, New York. Boston, Mass Conn. Mass N V Idaho N. Y. Mass ANNUAL MEMBERS OF THE READE SOCIETY Adams. Miss Sarah R. Alley. John S Allison, Isviah Bankhage, Human R. BANKHAGE, Mrs A i ICE D. Barns, Mrs Clara E. Blackman, Homer B. Brightman, Miss Eva St. Champion, William J. Clarke. ARTHUR F Clarke, Helen G. Burns, Habry l. CAESON, Mrs RACHEL F. Brimmer, Mrs. Mary a C Cooper, Mrs, Caroline S Ciheland, Miss Maria a. Corey. Charles R. Durgin, Dr. E. H. Dusky, Mrs. Isabel S Fi.wei.i.. Mrs Cynthia R. S. Estey. Mrs. Lai.a Reed Fare, Mrs Virginia II. Field. J. HOWARD Fletcher, Harry G. West FOOTE, Mrs. Emma B. Frazer, Mrs Ida C. Geer, Mrs Nettie R. GlPSON, Mrs Jeannette ii.vrman. Mrs. George C Heistis. Frank R. Brighton, Mass Pelham, N. Y Downs Grove, III. Danville, 111. Icinv Hie, in, Chicago, 111. Maiden '. Fall River, Mas-. Boston, Mass Boston, M B Boston, Ma Eveleth, Minn. K in .n villi'. Tenn. Lisle, n. N. II. Minneapolis Minn Round llill. Va. Washington, D. C. Cupertino, Cal. l'.,-lii'Slii- N ■, Weymouth, Mass i lenver, I !olo Glendale. Cal. Brockton. Mas- Somerville, Mass Scranton. Pa. 1 ,i -in inster, Mass New London, i tonn. R. Crawfordsville, Ind. Jacksonville. Fla Hyde Pnrk, Mass, Jackson, Mrs. Mary Abigail R. Fast Orange, N. J. Johnson. Alfred. Ph.D. Brookllne, Mass Kelly, Ceorc.e R. Boston, Mass. keon. Mrs. Catherine R. W. Washington, D. C Kilpatrick, Mrs. Marion I>. Beatrice, Neb Kimball, Miss Helen F. Leonard, Mrs John F. Levings, Mrs. Elizabeth R. Madden, Mrs. Josephine R. Markham, Mrs. Ray Mason, Mrs. ELIZABETH V. Merrow. Mrs. Rena M. Nead, Mrs, Rose W. Norton, Mrs. Myrtle P. W. Parsons, Mrs. Mary A. R. I'eckiiam, Mas. Eleanor (;. Brookllne, Mass. Brookllne, Mass New York. N. Y Shelbyville. 111. Cleveland, O. Atlanta. Ga, Maiden, Mass Rending. Pa. Somerville, Mass Avon Lake, <>. s. Peltier. Mrs. Maria R Perry, David C Petter. Mrs. Georgiana E Phillips. Mrs. Margery R Porter. Mrs. Edward S. Prescott, Miss Clara F. Preston, Mrs. Antoinette Proity, Mrs. Mary R. I: v v viiiMi, Daniel V. Read. Andrew J. Read. Mrs. Bertha c. F. Colorado Springs, Colo Brookllne, Mass Brookl iin'. Mass Brookllne, Mass R. Medford, M-.ss. Louisville. Ky I.awrein '■. Mass E R. New London, Conn Boston, Mass New York. N V Boston, Mass Fall River. Mass THE R E A D E RECORD 2i Read, Read, 1 1 E V 1 ' . Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Read, Rbade Reade Rbade Reade! Reed, Reed, Keed, Reed, Reed. Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reel, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed. Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Reed, Keed. Reed, Reed, Reed. Reed, Reed, Reed, Charles a. i 'haui.es C. Clarence F. Edward m. Elbert A. Miss Elsie Ernest C. Kevin \v. Frederick \V. George H. George R. Ma.i. Gen. C. <; Harold C. Mai Hernando Dr. Jay M. B. Clinton III; G. W. Hubert Josiah T. Alans. i\ <: Albert A. Al BERT ATHER' Albert M. Albert V. Miss Alice I'. Alonzo B. .Miss Anna W. Charles i>. Charles F Charles II. Mks Charles Chester N. Clarence D. David F. Miss Edna Edward D. Edward M. Mrs. Ella C Ervin E. Eugene YV. Dr. Floyd Francis is Frank .1. Franklin L. Feed L. George A. Hi!. George II George M. O. Manchester, Mass. Arlington, Mass. Wellsville, N. V St. Louis, Mo. Shenandore, Iowa San Antonio, Tex. Fall River, Ma New York. N. Y. Port Washington, N. Y. Springfield. Mass. New York. N. Y'. eorge YV. Columbus, 0. Wellesley Hills, Mass. M. Lexington. Va. San Francisco, Cal. St. John, N. B. East Orange, N. J. Winnipeg, Maui. Lombard, III. Cleveland, I ). Boulder, Col.,. on Winchester, Mass. Manchester, Vt, Genesee, X. Y. Biltmore, N. C. Boston, Mass. Cambridge, Mass. Des Moines, Iowa Somerville, Mass. Maplewood, X. J. K. Worcester, Mass. West Newton, Mass. Whitman, Mass. San Francisco, Cal. Waltham. Mass. Buffalo, N Y. Wellesley Hills. Mass. Boise, Idaho Monticello, Iowa North Brookfleld, Mass, Ynnkeis, N. Y'. East Wey nth. Mass New York, N. Y. Westfield, Mass. Cohasset, Mass. Montpelier, Vt. Concord, N. H. Keene, X. II. Reed. George W. Reed, George W. Reed, Harold F. Boston, Mass. Roanoke, Va Keed. Keed. Keed. Reed. Keed, Reed, Mrs. Sara Harry L. Miss Helen Homer .1 John II John Warner 1". rook line Brookline Auburn, Leah Cambridge, < !anandaigua, Amenia, No Mass Mass. X. Y. Mass. X Y. Dak. Keed. Dr. J. Mari Reed, Miss Jolia 1 Reed, M iss Lillian Reed, Miss Lucy II Reed, Mrs. Margaret E. Reed. Montgomery Reed. Hon. Morris A. Reed, Phillips I. Reed, Ralph I» Kekh. Samuel is. Reed, Hon. Warren a. Keed, William E. Keed, Prof. William II Reed, Mrs. Julia L. A. Kit d, \\" 1 I.I [AM I.. Keed. William X. P. Keel. William R. Reede, Edward II Reid, Robie I.. Reid. Robert X Rideout, Mrs. Frances 3d Benton Harbor, Mich. San Francisco, Cal, i 'l,. v . 'land. ii. Washington, D. C. South Weymouth, Mass. Dorchester, Mass. Boston, Mass St. Joseph, Mo. Dedhani, Mass. Mt hester, X. 11. Boston, Mass Brockton, Mass. New York, X. Y. Roxbury, Mass. So. Weymouth, Ma New York. X, Y. New York, X. Y. Now Brunswick, X. J Washington, D. C. Va ocouver, B. C. Springfield, Mass. K. Sousalito, I'al Mich. Roberts, Mks. Victor 11 Grand Rapid KoI'.inson. Mus. Georgiana F. Bloomiugton, 111 Russell, Miss H. Priscilla Arlington, Mass l:i ssei i . Miss Louisa s. Arlington, Mass Sherwin, Mrs. Anna IS. Atlantic, Mass -ui; Mrs Emma I' Charlestown, X. II Stevens, Mes. Sara R. Stow ell. Mas, Charles II. 'I'm i. on. George A Topping, Mes George Tittle. Mks. Helen R. Walker, Henry II. W m ker, Mils. Nellie F. 1. \Y 1 1 i.i.s. Mks. Eeeie J. II. Wright, Hon. Riley E. W i i.i etts. Mes Ieene E Portland, Me. Lowell. Mass. Boston, Mass. Cedar Point, Kan. Syracuse, N. Y. Chicago, 111. Chicago, 111. Scranton, Pa. Baltimore, M.l. Chicago, 111. J4 THE R E A D E RECORD FRIDAY: BLONDY IS IN LOVE WITH A WIDOW WHO l£ RICH,AND PROUD OF HER ANCESTRY. LAST NIGHT HE TOOK ME TO .SEE HER AND TOLD ME TO PUT IN A GOO D WORD FOR HIM WELL, SHE SHOWED US HE"R ANCESTRAL PORTRAITS AND THINGS - . THEN SHE SAID TO ME : ' HOW" PAR CAN YOU TRACE YOUR- ANCESTRY, MR. DIPPY?" "NOT FAR.," SAID I. "BUT MY FRIEND BLONDY CAN. HIS GREAT-GRAN DFATHEF2. WAS CASHIER, IN A NEW YORK BANK, AND THEY TRACED HIM AS FAR AS CHINA, BUT HE GOT AWAY! " By permission of The Boston Globe M_