Capt. John Reed

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John Read (also John Reed) (1633 – 1730) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the May 1715 and October 1717 sessions.

He was the son of James Read.[2] [unproven]

He was an officer in Oliver Cromwell's army, and a soldier from the age of sixteen.[4] When Charles II of England was restored to the throne, Read left for America. He settled first in Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.[4] In Providence, he married Anne Samson Derby.[4] He later moved to Rye, Province of New York, in 1684, where he lived for three or four years.[4] He then established himself in the western part of Norwalk, at a house he built on the eastern side of the Five Mile River, north of the Old Post Road and nearly two miles from the Long Island Sound at a place called Reed's Farms.[4] His name is found among the records of the town of Norwalk in 1687.[4] John Read was admitted to the bar in 1708 in Norwalk, Connecticut. His house was used for a meeting place for some years. His wife died and he married again to the Widow Scofield from Stamford.

He died in Norwalk, in the ninety-eighth year of his age, in 1730, and was interred in a tomb on his own farm.

Notable descendants

Third great-grandfather of < William Benjamin Reed > (1833–1909), mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut from 1891 to 1892.

John Read Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk [1] In office May 1715 – October 1715 Serving with John Betts Preceded by Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock In office October 1717 – May 1718 Serving with Samuel Hanford Succeeded by John Bartlett, Samuel Marvin Personal details Born 1633[2][3] Wendron, Cornwall, England [2] Died 1730[2][4] Stamford, Connecticut Colony [2] Resting place Read's Farm, Rowayton, Connecticut [2] Spouse(s) Anne Samson Derby (widow of Francis Derby) (m. 1652, Providence, Rhode Island),[2][3] widow Scofield of Stamford Children John Read, Jr., Thomas Read, William John Read, Mary Read Tuttle, Abigail Read [2][3] Residence Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rye, Province of New York (1684–1687), Norwalk (present day Rowayton), Connecticut Colony (1687)[3] Occupation lawyer Military service Allegiance Roundhead Rank Captain Unit Army of the Protector[3] Battles/wars English Civil War, Corfe Castle (1649)

Served in Cromwell's Army.

John b. 1632, Wendron, Cornwall, England, christening, 16 Mar. 1632, d. 1730, Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut. m. Ann Durby, 1666, Providence, RI., she b. 1632/36, Providence, RI. d. 1659, Norwalk, Connecticut.

John Reed Sr was a soldier at 16. He served as an officer in Cromwells army. Fled to America 1660. Settled in Providence, RI and latter moved to Norwalk, CT in 1684. Married Ann Derby 1669.

John was taxed 1s in the Poll Tax of Stithians 1660. He was taxed on two hearths in Stithians, Cornwall 1664 (these had belonged in 1662 to his father-in-law William LAUNCE). John was named in Will of his brother John 1687/8.

A soldier from the age of 16, reached the rank of Captain in the Army of the Protector Oliver Cromwell. On the restoration of Charles II, he fled to the colonies in 1660, settled in Warwick, RI, and married Ann Derby. He removed to Rye, Westchester Co., NY and in 1684 purchased from Richard Howe's land ner Norwalk, CT the place called "Reed's Farms" on Five Mile River where he resided until his death in 1730 in his 98th year of age. He was interred in a tomb on his own farm. His name is found on Norwalk Town records in 1687. His house was used for a meeting place for some years.

https://archive.org/details/reedreadlineagec00wrig/page/n23/mode/1up

JOHN REED 1633

BY CHARLES E BENTON

No more striking group stands out on the pages of seventeenth century history than Cromwell's officers The subject of this sketch was one of these and was deeply marked with the strong-will and high moral character so peculiar to that cluster of men He was from Cornwall and is supposed to have belonged to that large family of Reeds in Dorsetshire of which Col John Reed is mentioned in Parliamentary Records as having held the Castle of Poole against the kkiinngg'ss troops in 1649 Born and raised in the tumult of that uaphealval in behalf of wider freedom it is not surprising that he caught the full force of its spirit and became laSs says the record a soldier at the age of sixteen and rendered important service to the cause A souvenir of this service which his descendants would hold priceless could they now recover it the sword he wore was preserved in the family in this country for more than a century but was finally lost sight of With the collapse of the Commonwealth and probably on that account he came to America though tradition ever ready to meddle in private affairs has something to say about an elder brother's interference in matrimonial plans He settled first in Providence, Rhode Island, in 1660 where he married Ann widow of Francis Derby who became mother of his chIldren IHee was probably a man of means and in 1684 he came to Norwalk, Connecticut, having purchased a large tract of land there. Establishing himself in the western part of the town he built his house on a little rise of ground on the eastern side of Five Mile river north of the old post road and nearly two miles from Long Island sound and about four miles westerly from what is now the city of South Norwalk The locality became known as Reeds Farms His wife died here and lhiee married again this time also a widow a Mrs Scofield of Stamford. He died at the age of 97 and was buried on his own field I have seen persons who well remember the grave by unwrought stones

The late Newton Reed author of The Early History of the Town of Amenia New York spent considerable effort in learning the history of this ancestor and his descendants Through his efforts there was in a suitable granite tablet an illustration of which is given herewith erected.

Source: Ella Frances (Reed) Wright. Reed-Read lineage. Captain John Reed of Providence, R. I., and Norwalk, Conn. and his descendants through his sons, John and Thomas, 1660-1909 The Mattatuck press, inc. Waterbury, Conn., 1909. Page 3 < Archive.Org >

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References

1. Ella Frances (Reed) Wright. Reed-Read lineage. Captain John Reed of Providence, R. I., and Norwalk, Conn. and his descendants through his sons, John and Thomas, 1660-1909 The Mattatuck press, inc. Waterbury, Conn., 1909. Page 3 < Archive.Org >
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4. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/124211770/john-reed
5. https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/77288792?cid=mem_copy
6. User presumed John to be parent to a William Read of Fairfield, Connecticut: William Read
7. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-2625 Cites
   1. Charles E. Benton. "John Reed" The Connecticut Magazine The Connecticut Magazine: An Illustrated Monthly, Connecticut Magazine Company, 1900 - Connecticut. Vol. 6, p. 17. (GoogleBooks : accessed 13 July 2016)
   2. Torry, Clarence A. New England Marriages Prior to 1700. Baltimore, MD, Genealogical Publishing Co., 2004.
   3. https://archive.org/details/genealogicalnote00talc/page/654/mode/1u...
   4. Ella Frances (Reed) Wright. Reed-Read lineage. Captain John Reed of Providence, R. I., and Norwalk, Conn. and his descendants through his sons, John and Thomas, 1660-1909 The Mattatuck press, inc. Waterbury, Conn., 1909. Archive.org
   5. https://books.google.com/books?id=JK8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA618#v=onepage&q... pg 618.
   6. Talcott, S.V. Genealogical Notes of New York and New England Families (Weed, Parsons and Co. in Albany, N.Y., 1883); p.654
   7. Wikipedia contributors, "John Read (Connecticut politician)," Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=John_Read_(Connecticut_p... (accessed March 12, 2019). Cites:
      1. Nathaniel Bouton (1851). An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651: Delivered in the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, July 9, 1851. S.W. Benedict. pp. 78–.
      2. "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SGBJ-BYR : accessed 2014-05-17), entry for John /Reed/.
      3. Jacob Whittemore Reed (1861). History of the Reed family in Europe and America. pp. 445–. < GoogleBooks >
      4. Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families ... J.H. Beers & Company. 1908. pp. 618–.