Person:James Read (12)

Name^[3]	Capt. James Read
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	Abt 1745	Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage	24 Sep 1778	Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Elizabeth Wellington (add)
Death^[1]^[2]	21 Jan 1832	Burlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 Baldwin, Thomas W. (comp.). Vital Records of Burlington, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: [s.n.], 1915)
p. 35.

REED, James, Capt. [died] Jan. 21, 1832, a. 87 y. Rev. soldier. GR1
[Birth about 1745. GR1=Precinct Burying Ground]
↑ 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 18526 James Reed 1832.

Will of "James Reed of Burlington, dated 19 Aug 1830, proved 6 Mar 1832, mentions "my two Grandchildren Sons of my son John Reed Dec'd viz Earl Clapp Reed and James John Reed", "my children James Reed, Elisebeth Stevens, Joseph Reed, Luke Reed and Flore[smudge] Hoxey [as I read it at the time, later research suggests if was Horsey?]", James to be executor.
6 Mar 1832: James Reed appointed Executor.
4 Apr 1832: Inventory
10 Apr 1832: Authorized to sell estate at public sale on petition of administrator.
↑ Reed, Jacob Whittemore. History of the Reed Family in Europe and America. (Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States: John Wilson and Son, 1861)
p. 470.

Capt. James Read of Burlington, s/o Swithin and Margery Read, b. 1758 [sic, see age at death], m. 24 Sep 1778 Elizabeth Wellington.