John
Read
Born before in England
Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
[spouse(s) unknown]
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Father of
John Read
Died after
after age 57
in Rhode Island [uncertain]
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Easily Confused:
- John Read Sr (abt.1598-1685), farmer and tavern keeper of Rehoboth, Plymouth Colony
- John Read (bef.1637-aft.1677), cordwainer of Newport, RI
The Birth Date is a rough estimate. See the text for details.
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This profile is protected by the Puritan Great Migration Project, because of previous confusion with a PGM immigrant. However, more research is needed into the records referred to below. Do they refer to the same man? Is the profile attached as his son John Reade definitely a second generation?
Biography
John Read was born sometime before 1637 (based on age 21 at Freemanship in 1658).
Tradition says that John Read's origin is Plymouth, England although no supporting sources have been located. He settled in Newport, Rhode Island where he likely plied his trade as a cordwainer.[1] John's death location and date have not been located.
1658 May 11: John was received as a freeman at Portsmouth.[2]
1665 Feb 18: A Coroners Jury was held to investigate the death of nine-year old Mary Samon. Her "father-in-law" John Read had sent her to fetch water and she never returned. The cause of death was ruled accidental drowning. [3]
1667 Feb 28: Six acres of land was layed out for him "in right of Captaine randall houlden of Warwicke." [4] 1667 Apr 20: At a Town meeting, John was selected as a juryman for Warwick. [5]
1667 May 12: The General Court of Trials excused a fine because "his wife is big with child and neere the time of his delivery." [6]
1669 Oct 22: At meeting of the Court, John and the other Newport constable issued a complaint against Job Hakens for refusing to help them enforce a warrant against "a Runaway." [7]
1677 Jun 20: "John Reade of Newport cordwainer" purchased land from Matthew Boomer on the east side of "Tanton River."[8]
Research Notes
Disambiguation: John Reade, cordwainer of Newport, RI has been previously confused with John Reade of Rehoboth, farmer and tavern keeper and husband of Sarah Lessie. Please take care to distinguish these two. John Reade of Newport (this profile), first appears in Newport, RI, and is only known to have resided there.
Sources
- ↑ French, Anna Whitman Warner. An American Ancestry. Minneapolis, MN: Hall, Black & Co., Printers, 1894. Page 61 Birthplace of Newport, RI
- ↑ Early Records of the Town of Portsmouth. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1901. Page 84.
- ↑ Librarian of the Rhode Island Historical Society. The Early Records of the Town of Warwick. Providence, RI: Rhode Island General Assembly, 1926. Pages 311-12.
- ↑ ERW, 1926. Page 339.
- ↑ ERW, 1926.Page 176.
- ↑ Rhode Island Court Records...of the Colony of Providence Plantation 1647-1662, Vol 2. Providence, RI: Rhode Island Historical Society, 1920.Page 57.
- ↑ RICR 2, 1920. Page 88.
- ↑ Rhode Island Land Evidences Volume I 1648-1696 Abstracts. Rhode Island Historical Society. Providence, RI: 1877. Page 122.
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