Person:Martha Durfee (1)
Martha Durfee
b.20 Feb 1701/02 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
 
Parents and Siblings
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  1. Ann Durfee1691 - 1734
  2. Sarah Durfee1693 - 1759
  3. Freeborn Durfee1695 -
  4. Patience Durfee1697 -
  5. Mary Durfee1700 -
  6. Martha Durfee1701/02 -
  7. Gideon Durfee1703 -
  8. Thomas Durfee1706 -
  9. Patience Durfee
Spouse and Children
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m. 28 Jan 1730
  1. Joseph Read1732 -
  2. Oliver Read1734 -
  3. Mary Read1736 - 1806
  4. Jonathan Read1737 -
  5. Wait Read1739 -
  6. Nathan Read1742 -
  7. Benjamin Read1744 -
  8. Gideon Read1745/46 -
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Facts and Events
Name Martha Durfee
Gender Female
Birth[1] 20 Feb 1701/02 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United States
Marriage 28 Jan 1730 Portsmouth, Newport, Rhode Island, United Statesto Oliver Read

Martha was mentioned in the will of her grandfather Gideon Freeborn dated January 27, 1715, and proved March 14, 1720. She was to receive forty shillings when she reached her eighteenth birthday. Oliver was a sawmill owner and lumber dealer in the village of Steep Brook, Freetown. Susannah Freeborn never married. In her will dated November 16, 1723 (Must be error and either this or her death date wrong), and proved February 10, 1724, among those mentioned were " ... sister Ann Durfee's seven daughters, viz: Ann Estes, Sarah Dennis, Patience, Mary, Martha, Susanna and Elizabeth Durfee ... ". Thomas' will dated February 9, 1729 and proved February 24, 1729, was recorded in Portsmouth, Newport County, RI. His son Gideon was executor. In it he specified that certain land is to be sold by executor and money equally divided between seven daughters, viz: Ann Estes, Sarah Dennis, Patience, Mary, Martha, Susanna and Elizabeth Durfee ... to five unmarried daughters household goods and the right to live in house while unmarried ... ". The marriage of Oliver and Martha may have been January 28, 1731, and December 27, 1730, the date their banns were published. In his will dated June 3, 1777, and proved November 3, 1778, Oliver Read mentioned his sons Joseph Read, Oliver Read, Jonathan Read, Nathan Read, and Benjamin Read. He also mentioned his daughters Wait Weaver and Mary Slade, and his granddaughter Elizabeth Read, infant daughter of Gideon Read, deceased. Taunton Registry of probate Book 25, page 302. The Descendants of Thomas Brownell. George Grant Brownell. Jamestown, NY. 1910. Pages 19, 40, 62 and 102-103. The Descendants of Thomas Durfee. William Field Reed. Washington, DC. Two Volumes. 1902 and 1905. Volume 1, pages 23 and 117.

References
  1. ↑ Rhode Island Friends Records, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636–1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891)
    55.

    DURFEE, Martha, of Thomas and Ann, [born] Portsmouth, Feb. 20, 1701-2.

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