Person:Joshua Reed (11)

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Joshua Reed
d.Bef 17 Sep 1730
m. Bef 1695
  1. Phebe Reed1695 - 1776
  2. Susanna Reed1696 - 1696/97
  3. Joseph Reed1698 - 1730
  4. Joshua Reed1700 - Bef 1730
  5. Nathaniel Reed1704 - Bef 1748
  6. Susanna Reed1707 - 1754
  7. Abigail Reed1709 -
m. 13 Sep 1726
  1. Phebe Reed1726/27 -
  2. Joshua Reed1728 - Bef 1736
Facts and Events
Name Joshua Reed
Gender Male
Birth[1] 1 Oct 1700 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 13 Sep 1726 Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United Statesto Deliverance Potter
Death[2][3][4][5] Bef 17 Sep 1730
References
  1. Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
    Vol. 1, p. 204.

    REED, Joshua, s. of Joseph and Phebe, [born] Oct. 1, 1700.

  2. Cutter, William R. and Arthur G. Loring. "Ancestry of Phebe Pierce of Woburn", in The New England Historical and Genealogical Register. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society)
    Vol. 52, p. 52.

    By 18 Jun 1735 land was laid out for Joseph Reed adjoining Rutland for (military?) service done by Joshua Reed, deceased.

  3. Massachusetts; Ellis Ames; Melville Madison Bigelow; John Henry Clifford; Abner Cheney Goodell; Alexander Strong Wheeler; and William Cross William. Acts and Resolves, Public and Private, of the Province of the Massachusetts Bay: to Which are Prefixed the Charters of the Province with Historical and Explanatory Notes, and an Appendix. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: Wright & Potter Print Co., 1910)
    Vol. 12 (Resolves, 1734-1741), p. 67 (Chapter 135).

    10 Dec 1734: Considered petition of "Josiah Converse as Attorney to Deliverence Read Widow and Admin'x of Joshua Reed late of Leicester deced Shwoing that the said Joshua Read was a Voluntier under Cap't Lovell ... Granted a Tract of Land for a Township to the said Ca't Loveslls & Cap't Whites Officers and Soldiers ... by Mistake or Design ... laid out ... to One Joseph Read, altho there was no such person in Either of the said Companys ... Parying that the Heirs of the said Joshua Read may be Restored to their Right" Joseph Read given nottice to show cause why petition should not be granted.
    [Note: [1]: petition first read 15 Feb 1733/34.]

  4. FHL film 0421500, in Massachusetts. Probate Court (Middlesex County). Probate records, 1648-1924. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Filmed by the Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964-1967)
    Case 18550 "Joshua Reed 1730".

    17 Sep 1730: Bond of Deliverance Reed widow as "administ'or of the Estate of her late Husband Johsua Reed late of Leicester aforesaid Deces'd"
    13 Nov 1730: Inventory of "Estate which Joshua Reed Late of Leicester In the County of Midd'x and province of the Massachusets bay In New England dyed Sezesed on the Sevententh day of august 1730"
    25 Jul 1732: "A list of debts due from he Estate of Joshua Reed late of Leicester in the County of Middlesex now in the County of Worcester Dec'd"
    16 Aug 1898: Letter from register of Worcester County indicating remaining papers in Worcester include account of administratrix in 1732, another account in 1741, and another in 1753 plus a bond for sale of real estate.

  5. "Early Worcester County Probate Records", in Massachusetts Society of Mayflower Descendants. Mayflower Descendant: An Illustrated Quarterly Magazine of Pilgrim Genealogy, History and Biography
    Vol. 45, p. 165.

    Case 49217: Joshua Reed
    2 Jun 1741: account by Deliverance Damon, widow, administratrix of the estate of her husband Daniel Damon, late of Leicester, balance £92:22
    Mar 1734/35: account by Deliverance Damon, administratrix of "first" husband Joshua Reed, late of Leicester, proceeds from sale of estate sold by her and Damiel Damon, her expenses (including debt to her mother "viz't Elizabeth Potter", support of her daughter Phebe), and her thirds. Samuel Thayer named as "ye Late Guardian to my Daughter".
    17 May 1753: agreement of heirs for estate of Joshua Reed, whose estate was co-mingled with Daniel Damon. Two thirds to Phebe his only child, and one third to Deliverance; to be paid half by Daniel Damon eldest son, one quarter by Elijah Damon, and one quarter by John Converse Jr husband of Mary. Deliverance represented by Robert Woodward, Daniel by guardian John Lynds, Elijah by guardian Nathaniel Potter.