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Facts and Events
References
- Cutter, William Richard. New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements of Her People in the Making of the Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. (New York, New York, United States: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913-14)
3:1565. - Holman, Mary Lovering; Winifred Lovering Holman; and Helen Pendleton Winston Pillsbury. Ancestry of Colonel John Harrington Stevens and his wife, Frances Helen Miller: Compiled for Helen Pendleton (Winston) Pillsbury. (Concord, New Hampshire: Rumford Press, 1948, 1952)
123 (footnote).
Mabel is thought by some to be the sister of Francis Kendall because, in testimony regarding the estate of her second husband Henry Summers, she mentioned brother Francis Kendall, also by some to be d/o Henry and Gabriel (Armstrong) Kendall. Her son Israel had m. Francis Kendall's daughter Mary, so "Francis Kendall and Mabel (--) (Reed) Somers would be considered brother and sister." The names Mabel, Henry, Gabriel or Francis do not appear in her children or grandchildren.
- Snow, Nora Emma, and Myrtle M Jillson. The Snow-Estes ancestry. (Hillburn, New York: N.E. Snow, 1939)
1:323-326.
William Reed m. England Mabel, d/o Henry Kendall and Gabriel Armstrong [sic], b. England 1605, d. Woburn, Mass., 15 Jun 1690, ae. 85, m. (2) Woburn 21 Nov 1660 Henry Summers. [See comment below in the Great Migration].
- Ferris, Mary Walton. Dawes-Gates Ancestral Lines: A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Rufus R. Dawes; and A Memorial Volume Containing the American Ancestry of Mary Beman (Gates) Dawes. (Milwaukee, WI: Cuneo Press, 1931-1943)
1:375-392.
It is claimed [by others] without proof that a John Kendall of England was the father of three or possibly four emigrants to New England, the earliest being Mable Kendall who married in England 1628 William Reade. Notes court testimony that includes statement that Francis Kendall was Mabel's brother [note: footnote lists several source, not yet discovered which is pertinent, none is Snow-Estes]. Notes intermarriages between Reads and Kendall [by context, as an indication of some kind of connection, not as explanation for brother], and notes Francis Kendall is witness and executor to Henry Summers will, he resigns the executorship, he is a witness to the 1675 settlement of the dispute with Henry Summers Jr.
- ↑ Johnson, Edward F. Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages . (Woburn, Massachusetts: Andrews, Cutler & Co., 1890-1919)
2:181.
SOMERS.
Mabel, widow of ---, June 15, 1690.
- Sewall, Samuel. The History of Woburn, Middlesex County, Mass. : from the Grant of Its Territory to Charlestown, in 1640, to the Year 1860; with a Memorial Sketch of the Author. (Boston: Wiggin and Lunt Publishers, 1868)
Pages 631.
"REED. William and Mabel Reed appear to have had 9 children, viz: George, Ralph, and 'Justice' or Justus, who came with them to New England in 1635; 'Michaell' and Israel, Abigaill, Bethiah, Sarah and Rebekah."
- Savage, James. A Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England: Showing Three Generations of Those Who Came Before May, 1692, on the Basis of Farmer's Register. (Boston: Little, Brown, and Co, 1860-1862)
3:519.
READ, or REED,
WILLIAM, Dorchester, came prob. in the Defence 1635, aged 48, with w. Mabel, 30; George, 6; Ralph, 5; and Justus, 18 mos. and had at D. Abigail, bapt. 30 Dec. 1638; was freem. 14 Mar. 1639; rem. prob. first to Rehoboth, or perhaps liv. at Woburn.
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 8.2 Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011)
Vol. 6 (R-S), p. 34.
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WILLIAM READ
BIRTH: About 1587 (aged 48 on 18 July 1635 [Hotten 106)).
DEATH: Between 9 April 1656 (date of will) and 31 October 1656
(probate of will).
MARRIAGE: By about 1629 Mabel __ .
Comments: Nora E. Snow claimed that William Read's wife Mabel was sister of Francis Kendall, pointing to a deposition in which Mabel was supposed to have referred to Kendall as "her brother" [Snow-Estes 1 :324]. This deposition was made in the course of Mabel's dispute with her stepson Henry Summers, and the statement set forth by Nora Snow has not been found in those documents. Even if Mabel did make such a statement, though, it would not necessarily support the claimed relationship, inasmuch as he~ son Israel Read had married Mary Kendall, daughter of Francis, and according to the custom of the time this would be sufficient for Mabel to call Francis brother.
[Note: Snow-Estes is not the oldest source to assert this. Source:Pope, Charles Henry. Pioneers of Massachusetts (1620-1650), p. 440, published 1900, identifies Mabel as sister of Francis Kendall with comment "See Mdx. Files 13". Source: Reade Record, Vol. 5, p. 3 (1912), says, "The widow Mabel in her testimony in this case call Francis Kendall of Woburn 'her brother'.", and the similarity of these remarks to the wording used by Snow-Estes suggests this may be her source?]
- Busiel, Alice E, and Middlesex (Massachusetts). Register of Probate. Miscellaneous index and records(1659-1692) prior to the appointment of a judge of probate in 1692. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1964)
p. 388 (viewable at Family History Centers).
Minutes of testimony in 1684 regarding Henry Summers Jr.'s non-payment of support to widow Mabel Summers. Mabel represented by attorney Francis Wyman. No mention of Francis Kendall.
- This note moved from main page: "In 1625 Mabel first married William Reed, son of Sir Thomas Reade (ca 1549-14 Sep 1625) & Mary Cornwall (ca 1565-), at Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire.Citation needed [The Great Migration totally rejects this stating his origins are unknown]. After the children were grown, William and Mabel returned to England, and William died at Newcastle-on-Tyne in 1656, and his will was probated there. S4 After William Reed's death, Mabel returned to New England to be with her children, and married Henry Summers. S1 S2 S4 She survived him, and died 1690 at the house of her son George. S1 "
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