Grace Read

Grace Holloway

• Born about 1648 in Marshfield, Plymouth County
• Died 9 May 1727 at about age 79 in Norwich, New London, Connecticut
• Daughter of William Holloway and Grace
• Wife of Josiah Read — married 4 Nov 1666 in Lisbon, New London, Connecticut Colony

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“John Phillips (d 1691) m(arried), secondly, Grace, widow of William Holloway, 1654. They had Joseph, b. 1655, killed at Rehoboth fight 1676, and Benjamin, b. 1658. ... Mrs. Grace Phillips had two daughters by her first husband, William Holloway, Hannah and Grace, who m. Josiah Read, 1666. He was one of the thirty-five purchasers of Norwich, Conn.” [2]

31 Oct 1666 "John Phillips, of Marshfield, tendered to make payment of ... ten pounds unto Grace Holloway , the daughter of Wlliam Halloway, deceased, being now of age to receive the said sume as her portion". [3]

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Family

JOSIAH READ OF CONNECTICUT, AND HIS DESCENDANTS.

Josiah, the son of Josiah, married Grace Holloway of Marshfield, Mass., in November, 1666, — Rehoboth and Marsh field being then contiguous towns ; though the increase of inhabitants, and the incorporations of precincts and parishes into towns, has long since made the two places socially far distant. He settled in Norwich, Conn. Children,— Josiah, born April, 1668; William, April, 1770; Elizabeth, September, 1672 ; Experience, Feb. 27, 1675; John, Aug. 15, 1679; Joseph, March 12, 1681; Susanna, Sept. 20, 1685 ; Hannah, July, 1688. He died at Norwich, July 3, 1717 : Grace, his wife, died May 9,1727.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-8165

Josiah married in November 1666, at Lisbon, Connecticut[3] (recorded at both Marshfield and at Norwich, where they settled) to Grace Holloway, daughter of William Holloway.[4][2] She died May 9, 1727 at Norwich, Connecticut.[5][6]

A duplicate profile claimed the marriage took place on 4 Nov. 1666 in Norwich (without evidence, source was user-submitted).[7]

Josiah Read was born "say 1643," possibly at Weymouth, or at Boston, Massachusetts.[2] Apparently the record of his birth has not been located. His next younger sibling was born at Weymouth, and his next older sibling at Boston. He was a son of William Read and Susanna Hayme.[2]

Children of Josiah and Grace:[6]

1. Josiah Read b April, 1668, d 9 January 1752 in Norwich; mar Elizabeth Amsden
2. William Read b April, 1670; mar Anna Stark
3. Elizabeth (Read) Brewster b September 1672, d 1692; mar William Brewster
4. Experience Read b February 27, 1675; mar Shadrack Lamphere
5. John Read b August 15, 1679; mar Deborah Niles
6. Joseph Read b March 12, 1681; mar Mary Guppie
7. Susanna b 29 September 1685; mar Isaac Lawrence
8. Hannah Read b July, 1688; mar Benjamin Fitch

Josiah's younger half-brother, Hezekiah, born 6 July 1663 in Boston, chose Josiah and brother, John, as guardians.[4]

References

1. Anderson, Robert C., Great Migration 1634-1635, R-S. Page 37 (Online database accessed January 27, 2015. AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2012.) Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2009 < AmericanAncestors >
2. page 84 of Memorials of Marshfield and Guide Book to Its Localities at Green Harbor By Marcia Abiah Thomas
3. Jacobus, Donald L., and Waterman, Edgar F., The Granberry Family and Allied Families, Including the Ancestry of Helen (Woodward) Granberry ... (Pages 300-301) Hartford: E. F. Waterman, 1945. < Hathitrust >
4. Vital Records of Norwich Connecticut, 1659-1848, Part 1, 1913, < Archive.Org >
5. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Holloway-10
6. JOSIAH READ OF CONNECTICUT, AND HIS DESCENDANTS.