Samuel Read

. SAMUEL READ

Son of Joseph and Sarah (Deane) Read, born at Freetown Dec. 23, 1715; was married to Mercy Sawyer of Tiverton, Feb. 6, 1741. (She was a descendant of Elizabeth Peabody.) Samuel died Mar. 1, 1791. Mercy died Oct. 7, 1790.

Their children were:

• Dorothy, b. 1745; m. William Read, the father of Joseph E., she being his second wife. She died Jan. a, 1815.
• Priscilla, b. 1747; m. Pardon Davoll, Apr. 12, 1768.
• Ruth, b. 1750.

Samuel Read was a prominent man in the town affairs, and wa* known as Deacon Read. Leaving no sons, a nephew and his son-in- law, William, succeeded to his estate, it being the same where Joseph E. Read lived and died.

There is an old family burying ground on this farm and also another in an adjoining close, which is, or has been, the burying place of some of the Brightman family, in which is the grave of Mary Read Brightman, the wife of Henry. (See History of Read families.)

References

• Read, George H. Some of the Descendants of John Read, Senior, of Newport, Rhode Island and Freetown, Massachusetts. Privately Printed, 1924. Page 24 - 25. Archive.Org