"The REED FAMILY in Europe and America" by Jacob Whittemore Reed printed in Boston in 1861 states John Read of Rehoboth came to America with the great fleet in 1630. He is supposed to be the son of William by his wife Lucy Henage; and was the brother to William of Weymouth. He was born in 1598....was in Weymouth in 1637...Dorchester in 1638...in 1643 or 44, he went with Rev. Mr. Newman and his church to Rehoboth. His name is the third on the list of purchasers of that township. He was a man of large property for those times, and held the office of constable, which was the chief executive office in town. He lived at what was called the Rim, which is now in Seekonk...He kept a public house, and was a prominent and leading man...He died Sep 7, 1685, aged eighty-seven...

• Per "Geneal. Dict. Of New Eng."John, Dorchester, rem. to Weymouth or Braintree, freem. 13 May 1640, ar.co. 1644, had Abigail, b. at Dorchester; John, 29 Aug 1640;and Thomas 20 Nov 1641; rem. to Rehoboth, 1645, there had, perhaps, William; Samuel; Moses,Oct 1650; Mary, June 1652; Eliz., an1654; Daniel, Mar. 1655; Israel, 1657; and Mehitable, Aug. 1659; was one of good prop. and influence, whose gr.stone, still extant, it is said, shows that he d. Sept. 1685, aged 87.
• John, of Weymouth, a planter, took a 10 years lease of Capt. Tyng's farm at Mt. Wollaston Feb 14, 1639. "

-------------------- From http://homepages.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cousin/html/p449.htm#i11249

• John Read of Dorchester was born in 1598 at East Anglia, England and immigrated to America arriving 1630; According to family tradition, as well as written sources, came to these shores as part of the Winthrop Fleet. Freeman on 13 May 1640 at Dorchester, Massachusetts; appeared as #3, with 300 pounds sterling to his name, on a list of early settlers or proprietors. left Dorchester and settled in Rehobath in 1645. He died on 7 September 1685 at the Old Seekonk burying grounds, Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, at age 87 years. His gravestone, still there in 1860, dates his death as "Sept. 1865, age 87."
• Married: Sarah Lessie b. 1614, d. 23 April 1702

Children

1. William Read b. c 1632
2. Abigail Read b. c 1633
3. Samuel Read of Mendon+ b. 1635, d. 5 Apr 1717
4. John Read Jr. b. 29 Aug 1640, d. 26 Mar 1676
5. Thomas Read b. 20 Nov 1641
6. Moses Read b. Oct 1650
7. Mary Read b. Jun 1652
8. Elizabeth Read b. Jan 1654
9. Daniel Read b. Mar 1655
10. Israel Read b. 1657
11. Mehitable Read b. Aug 1659

Citations

• [S821] Sons & Daughters of America's First Families, John Read, http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/roh/read.htm, Nominated by Donald W. Read, of Grove, Oklahoma.

[S821] Sons & Daughters of America's First Families, John Read, http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/roh/read.htm, Nominated by Donald W. Read, of Grove, Oklahoma, per History of the Town of Surrey (N.H.) by Frank Burnside Kingsbury, p. 823.. [S781] MBC Pre-1633, online http://www.winthropsociety.org/planters.htm [S810] Oscar Fay Adams and Walter Kendall Watkins, "EO: English Towns", under Farmlingham, NEHGR Apr. 1903, pages 193-198.

• [S821] Sons & Daughters of America's First Families, John Read, http://www.linkline.com/personal/xymox/roh/read.htm, Nominated by Donald W. Read, of Grove, Oklahoma, per Early History of Boston by Aspinwall, p.11and The History of Swanzey, N.H. by Benjamin Read, p. 430..
• [S260] M.S. George Walter Chamberlain Weymouth History, Vol 3 - pg. 516.
• [S541] James Savage First Settlers of New England, pg. 516.
• [S260] M.S. George Walter Chamberlain Weymouth History, Vol 1, pg. 82.
• [S1390] Bliss Family in Rehoboth, online http://www.usgennet.org/family/bliss/rehoboth/rehoboth.htm, According to the 1836 History of Rehoboth (Leonard Bliss, Jr., pages 24 and 25).
• [S541] James Savage First Settlers of New England, Vol 3 - pg. 516.
• [S260] M.S. George Walter Chamberlain Weymouth History, Vol 1, pg. 199.
• [S441] Kinnexions.com, online http://kinnexions.com/index.htm
• [S541] James Savage First Settlers of New England, Vol 3 - pg. 518.