Historical records matching Hon. John Read, Attorney General of Massachusetts
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About Hon. John Read, Attorney General of Massachusetts
Master of Arts of Harvard in 1697, lived first at Redding, Conn., but after 1722 in Boston. In 1723 he was appointed attorney-general of Massachusetts, in 1735 he was elected a warden of King's Chapel, and in 1742 he was appointed a member of the Massachusetts Council.
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Biography == John Reed, son of William Reed and Deborah Baldwin, born in January of1679.<ref>Pg 1082 Supplement to the Baldwin genealogy</ref>
grad. Harvard 1697. preached at Waterbury in 1699.
Admitted to full communion in the First Church of Hartford, Nov. 12, 1697. Graduate of Harvard College and an eminent lawyer in Boston who had also trained for the ministry. See History of the Towns of New Milford &Bridgetwater.<ref>Orcutt, Rev Samuel, History of the Towns of New Milford and Bridgewater, Case, Lockwood & Brainard, 1882, p 15, Archive.org</ref> Studied law, and admitted to the bar Oct. 6, 1708. He purchesed lands of the Indians between Fairfield and Danbury, and became involved in extended litigations. He removed to Boston in 1722. Was several times chosen Attorney General of the Province of Massachusetts.
Buried: King's Chapel, Boston.
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- Walker, George. History of the First Church in Hartford, 1633-1883 (Brown & Gross, Hartford, 1884) Page 253* Todd, Charles. The History of Redding, Connecticut (Grafton Press, New York, 1906) Page 259* The Reade Record (Reade Historical & Genealogical Assoc., Old State House, Boston,Massachusetts, 1912) no. 5, Page 3-4.::* "John Read was born at Fairfield, Conn. Jan. 29, 1679/80, son of William and Deborah (Baldwin) Read, and grandson of that William Read who settled in Stratford before 1650."*Baldwin, C.C. (1889). Supplement to the Baldwin Genealogy from 1500-1881. Published by the Leader Printing Co., Cleveland, Ohio.
See also:
- Two Centuries of New Milford, Connecticut (Grafton Press, New York, 1907) xv: John Read was brother-in-law of Zachariah Ferriss
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Hon. John Read, Attorney General of Massachusetts's Timeline
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January 29, 1679
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Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
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| 1699 |
1699
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Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
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February 14, 1703
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Stratford, Fairfield County, Connecticut, United States
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February 1704
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Stratford, Fairfield, CT, United States
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April 14, 1716
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Redding, Fairfield County, Connecticut Colony
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February 7, 1749
Age 70
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Boston, Suffolk County, Province of Massachusetts
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