Saturday, August 18, 2012

Surname Saturday - READ (England > Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  I am up to number 513: Mary Read (1680-????). [Note: The 7th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].  This starts my 7th great-grandmothers.  

My ancestral line back through four  generations of READ families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)

128.  Norman Seaver (1734-1787)
129.  Sarah Read (1736-1809)

256. Robert Seaver (1702-1752)

257.  Eunice Rayment (1707-1772)


512.  Joseph Seaver, born 01 June 1672 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States; died before 26 August 1754 in Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 1024. Shubael Seaver and 1025. Hannah Wilson.  He married 10 December 1701 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
513.  Mary Read, born 05 January 1680 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Children of Joseph Seaver and Mary Read are:  Robert Seaver (1702-1752); Mary Seaver (1706-????); Nathaniel Seaver (1709-1777); Hannah Seaver (1712-1771); Elizabeth Seaver (1714-1758); Abigail Seaver (1720-11815).

1026.  Thomas Read, born about 1653 in probably Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States; died about 1733 in probably Oxford, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States.   He married 30 May 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.
1027.  Mary Goodrich, born 15 December 1650 in Wethersfield, Hartford, Connecticut, United States; died 02 October 1724 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 2054. John Goodrich and 2055. Elizabeth.

Children of Thomas Read and Mary Goodrich are:  Thomas Read (1678-1755); Mary Read (1680-????); Rachel Read (1682-????); Nathaniel read (1684-????); Elizabeth Read (1687-????); Hannah Read (1689-1691); Joseph Read (1695-1731).

2054.  Thomas Read, born before 19 October 1627 in Colchester, Essex, England; died 13 September 1701 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.   He married before 1653 in probably England, his first wife:
2055.  Katherine, born about 1628 in England; died 26 September 1677 in Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.

Child of Thomas Read and Katherine is:  Thomas Read (1653-1733).

4108.  Thomas Read, born about 1595 in Colchester, Essex, England; died before 03 March 1665 in Colchester, Essex, England.  He married about 1618 in England.
4109.  Rachel, died before 13 July 1665 in Colchester, Essex, England.

Children of Thomas Read and Rachel are:  Mary Read (1620-1691); Rachel Read (1625-????); Thomas Read (1627-1701); Isaac Read (1637-1696).


The oldest two generations, and their English ancestry, of this line were briefly discussed in the book:

Mary Lovering Holman, The Ancestry of Col. John Harrington Stevens and his wife Frances Helen Miller, published by Rumford Press, Concord, NH, 1948.

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