Anna Reade

Obadiah Reade was born 1640 and bp. 31 May 1640 in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. He died in Boston on 19 Feb. 1721/2 in his 82nd year. He was son of Esdras Reade and his second wife Sarah Dickinsson.

He married at Dorchester, Mass. 19 Aug. 1664, Anna Swift (whom Savage [3:517] wrongly calls daughter of Obadiah Swift, though he corrects the matter (4:241) by calling her daughter of Thomas Swift of Dorchester. She died 13 Sept. 1681 aged 33, having been born at Dorchester, 16 Nov 1647.

Obadiah Reade married secondly, Elizabeth Broughton, daughter of Thomas, born at Watertown, 15 Jan 1645/6, died at Boston, 26 Feb 1712/13 aged 67. The name of the first wife is given a s Susanna in the record of the baptisms of her two sons named Obadiah.

Children of Obadiah and Anna (Swift) Reade:

1. Elizabeth b 29 Mar 1669.
2. . Sarah, b. 16 Apr 1671 died young.
3. Ann, b. 3 Feb 1672/3.
4. Obadiah b. 29 Nov 1677 called son of Susanna; died soon.
5. James b 29 Feb 1680/1

Died in the 82d year of age [He was a carpenter by trade. He lived in Chelmsford, MA, until about the year 1669, when he moved to Boston.] [Baptism: 31 May 1640, Salem, Essex, MA son of Esdras Read]

Sources

1. George E. McCracken, NEW LIGHT ON ESDRAS READE, TAILOR in TAG 28:149
2. Torrey 2:1255 1664 • Dorchester, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States REED, Obadiah (1640-1722) & 1/wf Anna SWIFT (1647-1680); 19 Aug 1664; Dorchester {TAG 28:152; Reg. 5:466; Read (,2) 15; Reade Rec. ,5:7, ,15:21; Swift (1890) 2:5; Reg. 84:450; Warner-Harrington 654}

• Reference: Find A Grave Memorial - SmartCopy: Dec 2 2016, 2:12:16 UTC