Avis Deacon 19 was a passenger of the ship Alice from London, 1635 (http://www.olivetreegenealogy.com/ships/tova_alice1635.shtml)

Avis DEACON (CHEPMAN?) was born in 1616 in Of Knole, Somerset, , England. She died after 19 December 1670 at the age of 54 in Weymouth, Norfolk, Massachusetts.1068 She has Ancestral File Number HLTD-61.

Spouse: William READ. Avis DEACON (CHEPMAN?) and William READ were married on 26 October 1635. Children were: Margaret READ, Esther READ, Ruth READE, Thomas REED, Mary REED, John REED, James REED.

Widow Avis Reed received a grant of 10 acres in the First Division and 30 acres in the Second Division of land in Weymouth on 14 December, 1663. The last mention of her in a written record was on 19 December, 1670, when a neighbor's deed made reference to her bordering land. She died some time after that date.

Came to America in the "Alice" in 1635

Widow Avis Reed received a grant of 10 acres in the First Division and 30 acres in the Second Division of land in Weymouth on 14 December, 1663. The last mention of her in a written record was on 19 December, 1670, when a neighbor's deed made reference to her bordering land. She died some time after that date. Children

1. MARGRET2 REED bp. at Long Sutton, co. Somerset, England, on 20 January, 1635/6 m. on 11 May, 1657 JOHN VINING
2. HANNAH2 REED b. in 1637
3. RUTH2 REED b. in 1642 (Aldridge, 13) d. at Weymouth on 17 August, 1663 (record literally reads: 18th month, 17th day, 1662) (VR Wey 2:371) m. at Weymouth on 19 December, 1662, JOHN WHITMAN Jr.
4. THOMAS2 REED b. at Weymouth, abt 1645
5. MARY2 REED b. in 1647 d. at Weymouth on 16 April, 1655 unmarried
6. JOHN2 REED b. prob. at Weymouth, abt. 1649 d. at Dighton, Ma., on 13 January, 1720/21 (VR Taun 3:171) Residence: Taunton, Ma. m. BETHIAH FRYE
7. WILLIAM2 REED b. bef 1655
8. JAMES2 REED b. at Weymouth bet 1657-1660

Links

• http://maxfield5.tripod.com/reedw1.html

Sources

• Aldridge, Bertha Bortle Beal. Reed Descendants: Thirteen Generations, Including the Ancestors of Paul Reed 1605-1955; Also Other Lines of Descendants of His Immigrant Ancestor William Reed, Born 1605 England. Batavia, NY: LaVerne Cooley, 1955. P. 11. (abbreviated above as Aldridge).
• Chamberlain, George Walter. History of Weymouth, Massachusetts. Part 2 (vols. 3 and 4). Weymouth, Ma.: Weymouth Historical Society,1923. P. 568.
• Savage, James. Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New England. Boston, 1860. Vol 3, P.519
• Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850.
• Vital Records of Weymouth, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. Boston: NEHGS, 1910.