Family:Joseph Read and Sarah Rice (1)

Parents: Thomas Read and Mary Goodrich Joseph Read d. 20 Dec 1731 Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	Parents: Ebenezer Rice and Bethia Williams Sarah Rice b. 3 Feb 1700/01 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States d. 12 Mar 1784 Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States

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Facts and Events

Marriage^[1]

26 Nov 1723

Children

		Birth	Death
1.	Bethia Read	1 Aug 1725 Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States	21 Aug 1761 Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
2.	Thomas Read	9 Aug 1727 Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	Dec 1750
3.	John Read	27 Jul 1729 Leicester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
4.	Katherine Read	Jun 1731 Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States	11 Jun 1808

References

↑ Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Sudbury, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903)
p. 356.

REED, Joseph and Sarah Rice, Nov. 26, 1723. [Nov. 17, MR]
Source:Daniels, George F. History of the Town of Oxford, Massachusetts, p. 661, says there was an earlier son John, b. Sudbury 1724 who d. young. This is not found in the published records, so has not been included here. It may be true, however, as it is not uncommon when a child dies near to birth, for it to be followed by a year later by another sibling (Bethia), whereas surviving children tend to require two years spacing in typical cases. So, for example, Source:Reed, Jacob Whittemore. History of the Reed Family in Europe and America, p. 78, puts General James Reed in this family, b. 1724, which seems unlikely (which is not surprising as Reed has a horrible reputation, and has other major errors and omissions in this family as well.)