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William Read

Male Abt 1587 - 1656  (~ 69 years)


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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  William Read was born about 1587; died between 9 Apr 1656 and 31 Oct 1656 in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Northumberland, England.

    Notes:

    Emigrated to New England in 1635 on the Defence. First at Dorchester; Scituate by 1642, Roxbury by 1647; Woburn in 1648. With his wife and his children Israel, Sarah, and Rebecca, plus another child whose name is lost, he returned to England between 1648 and 1656, and died there.

    William married Mabel before 1629. Mabel died on 15 Jun 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 2. Israel Read  Descendancy chart to this point was born before 31 Jul 1642; was christened on 31 Jul 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.


Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Israel Read Descendancy chart to this point (1.William1) was born before 31 Jul 1642; was christened on 31 Jul 1642 in Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Alternate birth: of Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

    Notes:

    He travelled to England with his parents and his sisters Sarah and Rebecca, plus another sibling whose name is lost, sometime between 1648 and 1656. After his father's death there in 1656, he returned to Woburn, Massachusetts with his mother and his sisters Sarah and Rebecca; they were there by 19 Jun 1660.

    He was handicapped in some way (described in records as "lame"). About 1660, on his return to New England, he was placed under the guardianship of his brother George, to be "put forth to an apprentice to such a trade as he is most meet for."

    Israel married Mary Kendall before 1670 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. Mary (daughter of Francis Kendall and Mary Tidd) was born on 20 Jan 1651 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts; died on 17 Jan 1722 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 3. Abigail Read  Descendancy chart to this point


Generation: 3

  1. 3.  Abigail Read Descendancy chart to this point (2.Israel2, 1.William1)

    Abigail married Nathaniel Richardson on 18 Sep 1694. Nathaniel (son of Nathaniel Richardson and Mary) was born on 27 Aug 1673. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 4. Abigail Richardson  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 25 Dec 1695; died after 1737.


Generation: 4

  1. 4.  Abigail Richardson Descendancy chart to this point (3.Abigail3, 2.Israel2, 1.William1) was born on 25 Dec 1695; died after 1737.

    Abigail married William Goffe in 1713. William (son of John Goffe and Hannah Sumner) was born in 1687; died after 1736. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

    Children:
    1. 5. Martha Goffe  Descendancy chart to this point was born on 1 Apr 1733 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts; died before 25 Apr 1808 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts.