Davis Uriah I | Born 1707
REED, William
1724 - 1769 (44 years)-
Name REED, William [1] Born 25/25 Feb 1723/1724 Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Gender Male Died Jan 1769 Litchfield, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Person ID I3120 Uriah Davis I - Genealogy Last Modified 21 Jun 2018
Father READ, William, b. 1691, d. Yes, date unknown Mother BATES, Hannah, b. 24 Nov 1700, Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts , d. Yes, date unknown Married 11/11 Feb 1718/1719 Chelmsford, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Family ID F957 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family SPAULDING, Lucy, b. 1/01 Feb 1727/1728, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Married 1759 Of Litchfield, Massachusetts Children 1. READE, Zadack, b. 1 Oct 1752, Litchfield, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire , d. Yes, date unknown 2. READE, William, b. 1763, Litchfield, Hillsboro County, New Hampshire , d. Yes, date unknown 3. READE, Henry, b. 25 Jul 1766, d. 6 Aug 1833, De Ramsey, Joliet, Quebec, Canada (Age 67 years) 4. READE, Hannah, b. 1768, d. Yes, date unknown 5. READE, Lucy, b. 1770, d. Yes, date unknown 6. READE, Sally, b. 1772, d. Yes, date unknown Last Modified 24 Jun 2018 Family ID F1100 Group Sheet | Family Chart
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Notes - William married Lucy Spalding, of Merrimac, New Hampshire. Mr. Reed settled, when young, in Litchfield, N.H., on what was at that time the frontier, and then to the northern border of ancient Dunstable.
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He was a noted bear-hunter. He was an ensign in Col. Gilman's regiment in 1755 and was commissioned a captain soon after. He had just received a colonel's commission at the time of his decease. He established a ferry between Litchfield and Merrimac, about 1728, known as "Read's Ferry." He died 1768, being killed at the raising of a building. In 1789, the legislature made a grant of a ferry to his son, William Read.
The three daughters of William and Lucy lived to be about ninety years each.
- William married Lucy Spalding, of Merrimac, New Hampshire. Mr. Reed settled, when young, in Litchfield, N.H., on what was at that time the frontier, and then to the northern border of ancient Dunstable.
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Sources - [S18] History of the Reed Family in Europe and America p.174.
- [S18] History of the Reed Family in Europe and America p.174.