Genealogy Report: Descendants of John Read, Cordwainer, 1st of Freetown, Ma.[SDB]
Descendants of John Read, Cordwainer, 1st of Freetown, Ma.[SDB]
1.JOHN2 READ, CORDWAINER, 1ST OF FREETOWN, MA.[SDB](MR.1) was born Bet. 1635 - 1646 in Of Somerset, England [Source: "Some Descendants of John Read], and died January 23, 1720/21 in Freetown, Bristol County, MA[see Vital Records of the Town of Freetown, MA].He married HANNAH PEABODY, SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST Abt. 1667 in Newport, Newport, RI, daughter of JOHN PEABODY and DOROTHY TOOLEY.She was born 1641 in Of, North Kingston, Washington, RI, and died April 12, 1727 in Freetown, Bristol Cty, MA [still on SDB membership list in 1723.
Notes for JOHN READ, CORDWAINER, 1ST OF FREETOWN, MA.[SDB]:
PROBABLE REASON FOR JOHN READ'S EMIGRATION TO THE NEW COLONIES, specifically Rhode Island in mid 1660s:
Reference Source:From Sunday to Sabbath ; The Puritan Origins of Modern Seventh-day Sabbatarianism
The Great Expulsion
In 1662 Parliament passed the Fourth Act of Conformity. Its framers designed the law to expel all nonconforming pastors from Anglican pulpits by requiring all ministers to agree to the Prayer Book of 1662. It worked. One fifth of the English clergy, 2,000 ministers, refused to sign. The state kicked them out of their pulpits in what has become known as the Great Expulsion.
Two years later, in 1664, Parliament passed the Conventicle Act, which forbade nonconformists from holding religious meetings of more than five persons not living in the same household. This increasingly ugly picture was probably the main reason many nonconformists, such as Stephen Mumford and his wife, sailed for Rhode Island and other American colonies.
The Mumfords
The Mumfords were seventh-day Baptists. In the past much has been written about them that is not true — that Stephen Mumford was a minister, that he was a missionary sent by the London seventh-day Baptists, that he was a member of a London seventh-day church. Mumford sailed from London in 1664, but he was not a member of any London church. Nor was he ever ordained. He and his wife probably sailed to Rhode Island simply to have a better, freer life.
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My notes 9/24/05:
I have determined that the above mentioned Mumford is the gentleman who helped establish the Seventh Day Baptist Church of Newport RI in 1671.I have located 2-3 membership lists for this church which reflect Hannah [Peabody] Read and her husband John [Reed] Read as members.It is noteworthy that John Read in his Will provided for a contribution to the Church and especially mentions Mumford and Hiscox who were early church leaders.My belief at this time [9/05] is that John was influenced by thedissidents in England and based on the happenings in England around 1662 - 1664 decided to set out for Rhode Island.AT the time RI was known for its religious tolerance and freedoms. I suspect John may have lived in or around London before migrating to Newport in the mid 1660s.In any event
John Read appears in Newport, RI records 2 May 1666 at which time he is admitted as a Freeman.Had to be 21 years old for this. This
opened the door for his participation in public governance.He soon is recorded as being on juries with John Peabody, his future father-in-law.So, my research now will focus on how he got from England to Rhode Island between 1662-1666 !!cx
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John Read was an early Massachusetts Bay Colony [MBC] settler, probably around 1660 or before as he was likely a dissenter and persecuted in England at the time of the Civel Wars.Ma-Bay-Colony at the time included southern Maine......coastal NH......all of Mass........NOT Conn.......then at Long Island Sound where the mouth of the Connecticut River is then UP the river all the way through into Conn, Mass, Vt, and NH.
John READ * [Source: New England and English Families with Royal Ancestors - Notes]
Tradition has it that this immigrant ancestor of a Read family came from Plymouth, England [J.W. Read] but this may simply have been the port ofembarkment. (Slade-Babcock Genealogy p. 66). He may have been from Somerset.His will, dated 5 Mar 1713/14 wasproven 6 Feb. 1721/22 and is in the Bristol County, MA "Registry of Probate Book" [4:6-8]
[Dave Reed notes 9/16/2005] My recent research into English Dissenters around and after the birth of John Read in England leads me to believe he was heavily influenced by the Dissenters, and may have been one himself.I think he was motivated before 1660to head for Rhode Island to gain religious freedom, and the opportunity to enhance his place in life.Consider this information:
LevellersSummary
A political action movement which grew out of the breakdown of government and the conflicts of the English Civil War between 1640-1650. The name Levellers was probably coined by Charles I as a derogatory term for their radical social democratic philosophy. Marchemont Nedham, the King's chronicler, remarked of the King when referring to the Levellers as "... that endeavor to cast down and level the enclosures of nobility, gentry, and property, to make us all even, ..." .
An underlying religious message of the movement was that all men are equal in the sight of God be they Prince or pauper. That true and perfect freedom was not attainable in this world. True government was only answerable to the People not to Parliament or the Crown. Religious toleration and a basic Christian concern for those at the lowest level of society.
The Levellers were organized at a chapter level. Membership was based on a nominal fee. Chapter meetings were held at local taverns. Members were taken from the "middling sort" of the population such as trades people and shop keepers. The chapters themselves were run on a democratic basis, a new concept. Chapters started in London and expanded from there. The Whalebone Tavern (London) functioned as the nominal headquarters for the Levellers and Lilburne.
The movement had its initial beginnings with a small group of radicals. John Lilburne (ca. 1614-1657), or "Free born John" was the titular leader and spirit of the Levellers. Lilburne came from humble beginnings, an early friend of Oliver Cromwell, and a public dissident.
After John Read appeared in Newport and married Hannah Peabody we find them both listed as members of the Seventh Day Sabbath Church in Newport whose philosophy and belief system seems consistent with the Levellers attitudes.Still, what part of England did John come from?????I need to find out where the hot beds of the Levellers activities occured.Maybe he came from that area. [?]
The Church of God from London to America
The first organization of Sabbath-keeping Christians in America, now known to history, was that of the Church at Newport, R.I., in 1671.
"Stephen Mumford came over from London in 1664, and brought the opinion with him that the whole of the ten commandments as they were delivered from Mount Sinai, were moral and immutable; and that it was the antichristian power which thought to change times and laws, that changed the Sabbath from the seventh to the first day of the week. Several members of the first church in Newport, Rhode Island, embraced this sentiment." -- Church History of New England, 1783 to 1796, chap. 11, Sec. 10.-- This is the oldest known organized Sabbath-keeping church in America. In the chapter devoted to the history of the Church of God in the British Isles, mention is made of a certain letter written by the church at Mill Yard, London, on December 21 1680, to the church in Newport, R.I. This letter was copied from the old files of the Mill Yard church, the oldest Sabbath-keeping church in America being connected with the oldest in London. Consequently, we must naturally conclude that these two churches will be found to agree in principle and doctrine, and this further evidence will confirm.
The first record we have of the organization of a local church in this country reads as follows: "We enter into a church covenant this 23rd day of December, 1671 (Old Stile), William Hiscox, Stephen Mumford, Samuel Hubbard, Rodger Baster, Sister Tacy Hubbard, Sister Mumford, and Sister Rachel Langworthy. " Wm. Hiscox was chosen pastor. [If you read John Read's will you will find mention of these folks !!]
John Reed is listed in theMEMBERS OF THE NEWPORT SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST CHURCH July 25, 1708 along with his wife Hannah Reed. The list can be viewed at: http://www.ayars.com/sources/sources.html .One should read the history of this church. John and Hannah were early members of what was at the time a controversial church yet Rhode Island was founded on religious freedom so it was alle to flourish.I suspect John departed England because of the religious turmoil in the mid-1600s.He may have belonged to the Seventh Day Sabbath Baptist Church in England and migrated to RI to freely attend a similiar church after which he became a founding member or early recruit of the church.FOLLOW UP ON THIS BACK IN ENGLAND; WHERE WERE THE SDB CHURCHES ????THIS MAY HELP LOCATE WHENCE CAME JOHN READ!!!
READ, John
Birth Date: 1640 Birth Place:Of England, Rhode IslandVolume: 143 Page Number: 267
Reference:Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-194. (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 19 Mar 1930, 9635
page-57 in Genealogies of Rhode Is. Families:"JOHN REED was named son-in-law of John Peabody in Peabody's will dated 20 April 1687".[this is at the Newport Historical Society manuscripts].
A primary source of official family member births, marriages, and deaths isthe book, "Vital Records of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, 1686 through 1890" compiled by Helen Gurney Thomas and published by Heritage Books, Inc.A copy of this book is in my possession.
A second major source of historial data is "The History of Bristol County Mass" 1883.Two chapters are relavent, CHAPTER XXIII.FALL RIVER.' which states in part:"from page 308 of History of Bristol County Mass. 1883
See also "Representative Men and Old Familied of Southeastern Massachusetts" Vp; I, J.H. Berrs & Co., Chicago, 1912, pp 540-521
Geographical-Topographical - OriginaI Purchase of 1656-The Indian Deed - The Pocasset Purchase in 1680-Incorporation of Freetownand Tiverton - Disputed Boundaries - Division of Pocasset Purchase-Early Settlers - Col. Benjamin Church - John Borden - The PioneerGrist -, Saw -, and Fulling-Mill - Early Valuations - Slow Growth of the Settlement - The Village in 1803 - Increased Population - Census of
1810 - The First Cotton - Factory - Col. Joseph Durfee - Fall River in 1813 - A New Era.
FALL RIVER lies in the southwestern part of the county, and is bounded as follows: On the north by Taunton River and Freetown; on the east by Freetown;on the south by Westport, Dartmouth, andRhode Island; and on the west by Mount Hope Bayand Taunton River.
This section of territory originally embraced a portion of what was known as the " Freeman's Purchase,"a tract of land which was granted by the PlymouthColony to a number of freemen July 3,1656. This tractlay east of Taunton River, four miles in width, andfrom six to seven in length, bounded on the south byQuequeehan, and on the north by Assonet Neck.
April 2, 1659, a warrantee deed of this tract was given to Capt. James Cudworth, Josiah Winslow, and others by Ossamequin (Massasoit), Wamsutta, his son, and Tattapanum, wife of Wamsutta, usually called Weetamoe.This deed was signed by Wamsutta and Tattapanum, in presence of Thomas Cooke, Jonathan Bridg, and John Sassamon, and July 9, 1859, was acknowledged by " Wamsutta and Squaw Pattapanum" beforeJosiah Winslow and William Bradford, assistants.Ossamequin never signed the deed.
The consideration for this purchase was "twentycoats, two rugs, two iron pots, two kettles and one little kettle, eight pairs of shoes, six pairs of stockings, one dozen hoes, one dozen hatchets, two yards of broadcloth, and a debt satisfied to John Barnes,which was due from Wamsutta to John Barnes."This grant was incorporated in 1683 as Freetown.
The first settlers," says the late Rev. Orin Fowler,were principally from Plymouth, Marshfield, andScituate. Some were from Taunton, and a few from Rhode Island. The early names were Cudworth,Winslow, Morton, Read, Hathaway, Durfee, Terry,
For much of the earlier history of Fall River, before it became aseparate town, including original owners of lots, names of Revolutionary soldiers, early record history, etc., see history of Freetown elsewherein this work.
A thirdmajor source of my [DAR] info on theRead / Reed linage in the New World is the Privately Printed book titled, "Some of the Descendants of John Read, Senior, 1646-1924", Compiled by Commander George H. Read, U. S. Navy [Retired], Late of Great Barrington, Massachusetts and Edited by George Holmes Read, 71 Dwight Road, Springfield, Mass, July 18, 1924.A copy of this book is in my possession.The following is from this record as compiled by G.H. Reed:
"The earliest mention of John Read, Sr., is on May 2, 1666, when he was admitted, with other citizens of Newport, RI as a freeman by the General Assembly of Plymouth Colony, then meeting there [Newport].The date of his birth is not given, but it can reasonably be calculated from his eldest son's record as happening about 1646.His marriage is also not stated in the old records, but that too may be accounted for by circumstantial evidence, as follows:The records of the General Court of Trials, meeting at Newport reveal him as Constable in 1669 and as a Juryman several times in 1670.In the same records is found the name of John Peabody serving as Juryman many times, from 1658 to 1670.Austins's Genealogical Dictionary, page 145, gives the following:
"Peabody, John, born 1612, died 1687, [of Newport, R. I.].M. 1st ??.2nd, Mary Rogers [widow of James], d. about 1678.
Children:
1. John, Joseph, Dorthy.
2. Mary, m. Wood.
3. Hannah, m. Reed [probably John Read, Sr.Tho John Peabody's will does not specify].
4. Probably four other children
The will of John Peabody was proved 1687, June 17, and giving daughter, Hannah Read, 24 pounds."
John Read, Jr., mentioned in his father's will as his eldest son, and whose first child was born in 1690 was most likely born in 1667/8 or 1668/9.Hannah, the second child, was born about 1670, and Joseph, about 1687 if the same reckoning may be used as in the case of his brother John.John Read, Sr. removed from Newport to Freetown about 1677.
The History of Bristol County [page 288] states, "John Read resided in Freetown before its incorporation -- July, 1683 -- when it was made a constablewick, Sept. 28, 1680."His first purchase of land in Freetown appears to be a part of the fourth Lot in number of the Freeman's Purchase [otherwise called the twenty-six men's purchase], from Mathew Boomer of Newport".
The Oath of a Freeman. [Cambridge, 1638.]
Note: There is no known copy of this first product of the press at Cambridge. The following text is taken from a later edition. A few years ago a forgery of this document was created and offered to the Library of Congress for $1.5 million. For further details and a facsimile of the forgery, see the book by James Gilreath, The Judgment of Experts (1989), Call number:Bancroft Library F67 J83 1989.
I -AB- being (by Gods providence) an Inhabitant, and Freeman, within the jurisdiction of this Common-wealth, doe freely acknowledge my selfe to bee subject to the government thereof; and therefore doe heere sweare, by the great & dreadful name of the Everliving-God, that I will be true & faithfull to the same, & will accordingly yield assistance & support therunto, with my person & estate, as in equity I am bound: and will also truely indeavour to maintaine and preserve all the libertyes & privilidges therf, submitting my selfe to the wholesome lawes, & ordres made & stablished by the same; and further, that I will not plot, nor practice any evill against it, nor consent to any that shall soe do, butt will timely discover, & reveall the to the publick weale of the body, without respect of personnes, or favour of any man, Soe help mee God in the Lord Jesus Christ.
John Read the first of Freetown deceased the 3rd day of January 1721 about 8 of the Clock of the Day in the morning.Notes [fm Ancestory.com file of "adgedge" reference nr. 428.2 / ID: I20742]
Name: John Read
Birth: ABT 1646 in Somersetshire, England
Death: 3 Jan 1721 in Freetown, Bristol Co. Massachusetts
Notes for JOHN READ:
!(1) Ancestral File, FHL, 1997.
(2) "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical l Register (Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1989) 2:56-58. "Further Information About the Family of John Peabody (1612-1687) of Newport, R.I.," by Mrs. Dorothy Wood Ewers. Cites: (a) " Some of the Descendants of John Read, Senior of Newport, Rhode Island and Freetown, Massachusetts, 1646-1924," compiled by Commander George H. Read (1924) p.5. (b) Paper at Newport Historical l Soc. dtd 20 Apr 1687 showing division of an unnamed estate.(2b) 1687, 20 Apr: The division of an unnamed estate shows distributions to Nicholas COTTERAL, Ebenezer MOON, Jonathan SMITH, John WOOD, Joseph DEVOL, and John REED. It states that each got "part and share of ye moveables and stock as it fell by lott" and listed what each received.
(3) "History of Fall River," by Henry M. Febber, A.B. (1906) p.8. FHL #974.485/F1 H2f.
Birth: (1) 1646, Somerset, England, s/o John READ.
Marriage to Hannah PEABODY: (1) Abt 1677. (2a) Probably.
Death: (1) 3 Jan 1721, Freetown, Bristol Co., MA.
(2a) 1666, 2 May: Admitted a freeman.
(3) 1686: John READ of Newport was living on the now site of St. Joseph's Catholic Church, Fall River (then Freetown), MA, to the north of first settler Matthew BOOMER.
More About Hannah Peabody:
!Birth: (1) 1633, of No. Kingston, Washington Co., RI, d/o John PEABODY/DorothyTOOLEY (TULLY). (NOTE: Birth date 13 years before husband's.) (2a,b) d/oJohn PEABODY.
Marriage to John READ: (1) Abt 1677. (2a) Called Hannah REED in her father'swill dtd 22 Mar 1686. (2c) Probably John READ Sr. (2d) John REED.
Death: (1) 12 Apr 1727, Freetown, Bristol Co., MA.
Born in (possibly Somerset) England. He was admitted a freeman by the Plymouth General Assembly setting at Newport, RI, May 2, 1666, and served as constable there in 1669.
He removed to Freetown in 1677, and served there as Selectman [1689, 1692, 1697), assessor (1690, 1691), and treasurer (1712).
"The Read homestead in Freetown was on North Main Street, East side, where St. Joseph's Catholic Church now stands. The family burial ground was on the farm, now a part of Weetamoe Street." From Ethel M. Tompkins and Commander G. H. Read in the Read Family Ancestral Lines (as revised ed., 1981).
John Read's will is recorded in the Bristol County Registry of Probate, Book 4, pages 6,7 & 8:
"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 minde my owne mortality & remembering it is approinted 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 & testament in manner and forms followeing that is to say, first & Principally I commend my soule into the hand of God, And my Body I commit to the earth to be Decently Buried at the discreton of my executrix herein after mentioned And as for my worldly estate which God of his goodness hath bestowed upon mee, I give, bequeathe and bestowe as followeth.
"First I will that my just debts and funeral Expenses be paid and discharged.
"ITEM -- 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 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 privileges 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 and bequeath unto my said wife Hannah Read, five acres of salt meadow which I bought of Heugh Coale, out of my tract of Meddowes lying on Taunton River in Shewomick, at a place called the Great Meadow for and during her Natural Life.
"ITEM -- I give and bequeathe unto my eldest son John Read of Freetown aforesaid, Twoo acres & a half 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 appeare by deed under my hand & seal with all & singular the privileges & appurtenances which the said twoo acres & halfe of meadowes belonging or in anywise apperteining to him my said son John Read, his heires asssignes forever.
"ITEM -- I give and bequeath unto my son Joseph Read of Freetowne, aforesaid, the one whole quarter part of that share of land I purchased of Mr. Peter & Ralph Thatches of Milton, in the Province afforesaid being the eight sharee or lott in Number.
"Together with three acres & a half of salt 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 sheire of land that may appeare by Deed under my hand and seal with all and singular the profitts priveledges & appurtenances 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, Pay or Cause to be paid twenty-six pounds current money of ANew England, unto my Grandchildren which my daughter, Hannah Shearman, left and to bee paid as hereafter is exprest.
"ITEM -- To my grandchild Benjamin Shearman, six Pound.To my grandson John Shearman, Five Pound.To my Grandson Joseph Shearman, Five Pound.To my grandson Oliver Shearman, Five Pound.To my grandson Thomas Shearman, Five Pound to be paid to each child as they arrive or be of twenty one years of age.
"ITEM -- The above mentioned five acres of meadows given and bequeathed unto my said wife Hannah Read, during her natural life, I give & bestowe upon my said sons, John & Joseph Read, to be divided betwixt them: viz.To my son John, Three acres & to my son Joseph twoo acres to be to them their heires & assignes respectively forever, after their said Mother decease.
"Furthermore, Notwithstanding the dispostion of my lands & Meadows as above expressed unto my said son Joseph Read my will and meaning 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 son Joseph, or any others by her order, during her natural life & free liberty to cut what wood timber, rayles or other wooden materials which shee hath ocation for & to cart the same being cut 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 & assignes forever to be solde or disposed of as shee shall think fitt anything exprest to be contrary notwithstanding.
"ITEM -- I give and bequeath unto the Sabbath Keeping Church of Christ, in Newport on Rhode Island unto whome I now belong, viz. Mr. William Gibson's Church ofwhich Mr. William Hichcock [Hiscox ?] did belong, the summ of three pounds current 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, Hannah Read, my sole executrix.
"And request my loving Friends Doctor Richard Winslow, of Freetowne aforesaid & William Tew of Tiverton in the County aforesaid to be my overseers of this my last will & Testiment to assist my executrix in what they may & to see that my will is performed according to the true Intentt & Meaning 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 utterly disallow, revoke & Annull all other former testiments wills legacies bequeaths & executors by mee in any wise before this time named willed & bequeathed ratifying & confirming this and no other to be my last will and testiment.
"In witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand & seale this fifth day of March, Anno Dome, one thousand seven hundred & thirteen or fourteen and in the thirteenth year of the Reign of Queen Ann, over Great Britain, 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
Constant Church Samuel Forman
John Peirce 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 [or legacies] and the words in the thirty second line at ye times [have been] was all enterlyned before signing & sealing of ye above written Instrument.
"Bristol S. S., February 6th, 1721.--22.
"Bristol County, Registry of Probate Book 4, page 6,7 & 8."
More About JOHN READ, CORDWAINER, 1ST OF FREETOWN, MA.[SDB]:
: 1646, Somerset, England
Burial: [check] Old Colonial Cemetery in Newport for his grave
Fact 1: May 02, 1666, admitted as a freeman by General Assembly of Plymouth
Fact 2: 1669, constable and cordwainer in Newport
Fact 3: 1670, juryman
Fact 4: 1677, removed to Freetown, Mass
Fact 5: 1680, Freetown constable
Fact 6: June 20, 1677, purchased part of the fourth Lot from Matthew Boomer of Newport
Fact 7: October 29, 1694, purchased the eighth Lot from Ralpf & Peter Thatcher
Fact 8: bought much land in Somerset
Fact 9: operated a tannery between Steep Brook and Mother's Brook in Assonet
Fact 10: 1689, Selectman
Fact 11: 1692, Selectman
Fact 12: 1697, Selectman
Fact 13: Bet. 1690 - 1691, Assessor
Notes for HANNAH PEABODY, SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST:
Family Data Collection - Individual Records Record
about Hannah Peabody
Name: Hannah Peabody
Spouse: John Reed
Parents: JohnPeabody , DorothyTully
Birth Place: Washington, No Kingston, RI
Birth Date: 1641
Death Date: 12 April 1727
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Hannah was recorded as a member of the Seventh Day Baptist Church, Newport Ri in 1692 and 1708 and as late as 1723:
MEMBERS OF THE NEWPORT
SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST CHURCH
169226
The Seventh Day Baptist Church List may be reviewed at "http://www.ayars.com/sources/sources".html,Also see: http://www.rootsweb.com/~rigenweb/7daybap.html
Look for Hannah Reed in the lists posted, she is there twice or three times if you count the "Widow Reed".
The second oldest surviving membership list of the Seventh Day Baptist Church in Newport, Rhode Island was made in 1692. The Church had been organized 23rd December 1671. The original seven charter members were William Hiscox, who became their pastor, Stephen Mumford, Samuel Hubbard, Roger Baster, Tacy Hubbard, Rachel Langworthy, and another lady who’s name has not been recorded. Was this “unknown” lady Stephen’s wife? By 1692, the membership had grown considerably.Robert Ayars' second wife, Esther, his daughter-in-law Hannah, and his daughter Esther,25 are included on the list.
MEMBERS OF THE NEWPORT
SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST CHURCH
169226
Hannah Peabody Reed[lived about 84 years] [see Vital Records of Freetown]
From "Ancestors form New England and Europe"
John Read *-1506 was born about 1645 in Plymouth,,England. He died on 3 Jan 1721/1722 in Freetown,Bristol,MA. He married Hannah Peabody *-1507 in 1667 in Newport,Newport,RI.
[Notes]
Hannah Peabody *-1507 [Parents] was born about 1647 in No Kingston,Newport,RI. She died on 12 Apr 1727. She married John Read *-1506 in 1667 in Newport,Newport,RI.
They had the following children:
M i John Jr. Read *-1491
F ii Hannah Read +-1508
M iii Joseph Read +-1509
Hannah Read the Wife of the above John Read deceased April 12 day of the day of the week called Wednesday about 9 of ten of the clock in the forenoon of the day about 84 years and departed in the year of our Lord 1727.
Notes:
[1] Ancestral File, FHL, 1997
[2] "Genealogies of Rhode Island Families from the New England Historical and Genealogical Register [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore, 1889] 2:56-58. "Further Information About the Family of John Peabody [1612-1687] of Newport, RI" by Mrs. Dorothy Wood Ewers.Cites [a] Will of John Peabody, Newport Historical Soc., Newport, RI.[b] Selim Hobart Peabody/ Pabody / Pabodie Genealogy [1909] [. 539,541, citing will of John Peabody proved in Boston, Suffolk Co.[c] "Some of the Descendants of John Read Senior of Newport, Rhode Island and Freetown, Massachusetts, 1646-1924,"compl. by Commander George H. Read [1924] p.5.[d] Paper at Newport Historical Soc dtd 20 April 1687. , Newport Historical Soc, Newport, RI.
For Wills see: pp 83, Bristol County, Mass. Probate Records (Will of John Read. From Book 4:6-8 and the will of Hannah Read from Book 5:417-418.
[raviac.ged]Further Info. About John Peabody Family, p 57:
Recently Mrs. Peter Bolhouse, while inventorying the manuscripts of the Newport Historical Society, came across a paper, dated 20 April 1687, showing the division of an unnamed estate. Mrs. Oliver Cushman, who has worked with me on Peabody-Wood lines, recognized it as that of the estate of John Peabody and sent me a transcript as well as a photostat. This gives the first names of the
sons-in-law as: Nicholas Cotterell, Ebenezer Moon, Jonathan Smith, John Wood, Joseph Devol, and John Reed. It states that each got "part and share of ye moveables and stock as it fell by lott" and listed what each received. Among other things, for instance, Nicholas Cotterell got "the halfe of 3 Cattle at Little Compton"!
The paper is signed by Henry Tew and by John Ward, his W mark.Thus it appears that Ann married Nicholas Cotterell and not Jabez Cottrell; Elizabeth married Joseph not Benjamin, son of William Davol; Hannah married John Reed; and Rebecca married Ebenezer Moon.[:ITAL]READ, John
Birth Date: 1640 Birth Place:Massachusetts
Volume: 143 Page Number: 267
Reference:A genealogical dict. of the first settlers of New England, showing three generations of those who came before May, 1692. By James Savage. Boston. 1861. (4v.)v.3:516 Gen. Column of the " Boston Transcript". 1906-1941. (The greatest single source of material for gen. Data for the N.E. area and for the period 1600-1800. Completely indexed in the Index.): 17 Oct 1910, 598; 31 Oct 1910, 598; 17 Apr 1912, 2506; 15 Jul 1912, 2605; 12 Jul 1916, 5702; 18 Dec 1916, 6058; 20 Feb 1918, 6744; 11 Mar 1918, 6888; 11 Mar 1918, 6744; 3 Apr 1918, 6744; 4 Jun 1919, 6744; 17 May 1920, 8103; 8 Jun 1921, 8926; 17 Sep 1924, 235]
On the 12th of May 1673 John Read sat as a Juror in the Trial of Thomas Cornell for the murder of his mother, Rebeca Cornell. The trial was held at the Generall Court of Tryalls Held for the Collony at Newport the : 12th of May 1773. Following is the transcript:
Records of the General Court of Trials 1671-1704; Newport Court Book A; October 1673
Transcribed verbatim by Jane Fletcher Fiske, 1998
More About HANNAH PEABODY, SEVENTH DAY BAPTIST:
: April 12, 1999
Ancestral File Number: GH77-C3
Child of JOHN READ and HANNAH PEABODY is:
| 2. | i. | JOHN R.3 READ, JR., FREETOWN TOWN CLERK - 30 YRS., b. Abt. September 1668, Of Rhode Island [Freetown, Bristol County, MA]; d. June 05, 1750, Freetown, Read's Corner, South Somerset, MA. |