Daniel Read

Also Daniel Reed

Of Rehoboth, where he was born in March 1655, a son of John Read and probably of Sarah Lessie. He married Hannah Peck in 1677, and their six children were recorded there from 1678 to 1690, among them Daniel (b. 1680), who married Elizabeth Bosworth and Elizabeth Ide.

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Life

  1. 1655
    Born
    March 1655, Rehoboth, Massachusetts

    "Daniel of John, March, 1655" (p. 723).

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  2. 1677
    Married Hannah Peck
    20 Aug 1677
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  3. 1710
    Died
    17 Oct 1710

    "The elder Daniel died Oct. 17, 1710" (J. W. Reed, p. 234). No death record seen.

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02

Family

Father
John Read c. 1598–1685

The birth record names John; John's will of 6 Jan 1679 names a son Daniel.

Mother
Sarah Lessie

John Read's wife Sarah is on record in 1644; no other wife is known.

Spouse
Hannah Peck b. 1653 · married 1677

Her father's will (1697) leaves land to "my daughter Hannah wife of Daniel Reed".

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Pedigree

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04

Notes

Children (Rehoboth VR p. 723): Hannah, June 30, 1678; Daniell, Jan. 20, 1680; John, Feb. 25, 1682 (buried 1 Mar 1682/3); Sary, 1684; Noah, 1687; Abigail, 1690. J. W. Reed adds that Hannah married Daniel Taft of Mendon on 28 July 1703, and that Noah died on 20 Oct 1710, three days after his father.

His father’s will of 6 Jan 1679 names sons Moses, Daniel and Israel (WikiTree Read-42, citing Bowen, Early Rehoboth 3:163; compiled).

Open questions

  • Find a record of his death; J. W. Reed’s 17 Oct 1710 is compiled.
Mollie's typescript· 1 passage

What Mollie wrote about him in The Holbrook and Low Families.

  1. Mollie's Read chart gives his birth at Rehoboth in 1655 and his marriage to Hannah Peck on 20 Aug 1677.

    DANIEL (2) John 1) Born 1655, at Rehoboth Died Married Aug. 20, 1677 Hannah Peck
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