Person:William Reed (71)

This William Reed was from Batcombe, England, and should not be confused with William Reed {1637, Weymouth} or William Read {1635, Dorchester}.

On 20 Mar 1634/5, "Willm Read of Batcombe, tailor, in Somstt", 28, Susan Read, his wife, 29, Hanna, daughter, 3, and "Lusan" (sic), daughter, 1, were enrolled at Weymouth as passengers for New England on the Marygould {here).

Anderson's Note on Sources

"The prior literature on this William Read and the other William Reads of Weymouth and Boston contains so much confusion and error that no attempt will be made here to address and correct all problems. By far the best treatment of both William Reads of Weymouth was published in 1945 by Donald Lines Jacobus [Granberry 297-303]]. Less successful but still useful is the work on these families by George Walter Chamberlain [Weymouth Hist 4:565-66, 568-69]. Both Savage and Pope muddled the records for these men [Savage 3:519-20; Pope 380-81]. Jacob Whittemore Reed's History of the Reed Family in Europe and America (Boston 1861) is worthless."^[1]

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3} William Read, in Anderson, Robert Charles; George F. Sanborn; and Melinde Lutz Sanborn. The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England, 1634-1635. (Boston, Massachusetts: NEHGS, 1999-2011).

   Origin: Batcombe, Somerset. Migration: 1635 on the Marygould. First residence: Weymouth
   Birth: abt 1607 (aged 28 on 20 Mar 1634/5 [Hotten 284])
   Death: Aft 4 Sep 1674 [SJC Case #1325] and bef 16 [sic, 13 per cited sources, also Source:Jacobus, Donald Lines. Granberry Family and Allied Families, p. 298, other secondary sources] May 1679 [NLCR 3:124]

2. ↑ The Connecticut Nutmegger, in Jane Belcher. William Reed of Weymouth and Boston, Massachusetts, and Some of His Descendants. Connecticut Nutmegger (Connecticut Society of Genealogists). (Jun 2007)
   40:28-31.

   William Reed, b. abt 1607, d. aft 2 Sep 1674 [petitioned court on behalf of wife] and bef. 13 Jun 1679 [guardian appointed for son Hezekiah Reed], m. (1) St. Mary's Church, Gillingham Dorsetshire, England 12 Oct 1629 Susanna Hayme, m. (2) Boston 20 Mar 1654 Ruth Crooke.

3. ↑ The Reade Record, in George S. Stewart. William Read of Batcombe, Weymouth, Mass., 1635-1646; Boston 1646-1675. The Reade Record. (Oct 1917)
   10:2-4.

   "Born about the year 1607 (if we accept the record of the passenger list)" ["the passenger list is dated 'Waymouth' [England], March 20, 1635, and includes 'Willm Read of Batcombe, Taylor in Som'sett, aged 28 yeare'"], "married first, October 12, 1629, at St. Mary's Gillingham, Dorsetshire, Susanna Hayme", "married second, at Boston, March 20, 1654, Ruth Crooke", "'A County Court held att N. Londⁿ', June 13, 1679. The Court having Considered of the petition of Hezekiah Read, an orhpane under age".