Huldah Reed

Birth: Nov. 11, 1803 Sumner Oxford County Maine, USA Death: Jul. 11, 1842 Oxford County Maine, USA

DESCENDANT OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER FRANCIS COOKE

MOTHER OF CIVIL WAR HERO AXEL HAYFORD REED

A BIOGRAPHY OF HULDAH BISBEE READ, by Laurence Overmire (3rd great grandson), Aug. 2008:

Huldah Bisbee was born on the Bisbee homestead in Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, on Nov. 11, 1803, the youngest of ten children of Revolutionary War veteran Lt. Elisha Bisbee and his wife Mary "Molly" Pettingell.

Huldah's mother died in 1811 when she was only 8 years old. Her father being unable to properly care for her, she was sent to live with a Mr. Waterman, a blacksmith of Buckfield, Maine, but she was unhappy there and moved back home for a short while. Then she was sent to live with her sister Sally and her husband Gad Hayford. They were also taking care of Huldah's sister Thursea. Huldah lived with the Hayfords until she married.

Huldah's son Axel H. Reed in his genealogy quoted an Aunt Martha Bisbee's recollections of Huldah:

"She was a pretty girl and woman and of a mild and lively disposition, always ready to sacrifice her own happiness for that of others. She had a very red head and curly when young, but at maturity turned an auburn."

At the age of 16, on July 8, 1820, on her family homestead, Huldah married 21-year-old Sampson (III) Read (later spelled Reed), the son of Sampson Read Jr. and Jane Bradford Ellis. Huldah gave birth to 8 children: Elisha Bisbee, Lewis Bradford, Emily Mandeville, Lydia Phelps, Huldah Bisbee, Sampson Jr., Axel Hayford, and Augustus Stevens (died in childhood).

Initially, Sampson and Huldah moved to the 'Mason Farm' near Bear Mountain where their first child Elisha was born." After his brother Bradford died, Sampson and Huldah moved into the Read family homestead to care for his parents. Sampson made many improvements on the buildings and property until it became the center of attraction for the whole township.

Sampson was a prominent farmer and cattle drover, a representative in the Maine legislature, who served one term on the governor's council.

Huldah died of consumption on July 11, 1842, at the relatively young age of 38. She was buried in the Read family lot in the Starboard Hill Cemetery in Hartford (aka the Meeting House Hill Cemetery).

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Parents:

 Elisha Bisbee (1757 - 1826)

 Mary Pettingell Bisbee (1761 - 1811)

Spouse:

 Sampson Reed (1799 - 1877)

Children:

 Elisha Bisbee Reed (1820 - 1852)*

 Lewis Bradford Reed (1822 - 1895)*

 Emily Mandeville Reed Child (1823 - 1920)*

 Huldah Bisbee Reed Richardson (1826 - 1912)*

 Lydia Phelps Reed Richardson (1826 - 1900)*

 Sampson Reed (1829 - 1890)*

 Axel Hayford Reed (1835 - 1917)*

 Augustus Stevens Read (1837 - 1838)*

Siblings:

 Susan Bisbee Bartlett (1780 - 1860)*

 Elisha Bisbee (1786 - 1874)*

 Daniel Bisbee (1788 - 1824)*

 Mary Bisbee Bryant Dunham (1794 - 1832)*

 Hopestill Bisbee (1796 - 1882)*

 Thirza Bisbee Howard (1798 - 1867)*

 Huldah Bisbee Read (1803 - 1842)

*Calculated relationship

Inscription: "Huldah, wife of Sampson Read, died July 11, 1842, age 39."

Burial: Meeting House Hill Cemetery Hartford Oxford County Maine, USA

Created by: Laurence Overmire Record added: Aug 27, 2008 Find A Grave Memorial# 29351144

Birth: Nov. 11, 1803 Sumner Oxford County Maine, USA Death: Jul. 11, 1842 Oxford County Maine, USA

DESCENDANT OF MAYFLOWER PASSENGER FRANCIS COOKE

MOTHER OF CIVIL WAR HERO AXEL HAYFORD REED

A BIOGRAPHY OF HULDAH BISBEE READ, by Laurence Overmire (3rd great grandson), Aug. 2008:

Huldah Bisbee was born on the Bisbee homestead in Sumner, Oxford County, Maine, on Nov. 11, 1803, the youngest of ten children of Revolutionary War veteran Lt. Elisha Bisbee and his wife Mary "Molly" Pettingell.

Huldah's mother died in 1811 when she was only 8 years old. Her father being unable to properly care for her, she was sent to live with a Mr. Waterman, a blacksmith of Buckfield, Maine, but she was unhappy there and moved back home for a short while. Then she was sent to live with her sister Sally and her husband Gad Hayford. They were also taking care of Huldah's sister Thursea. Huldah lived with the Hayfords until she married.

Huldah's son Axel H. Reed in his genealogy quoted an Aunt Martha Bisbee's recollections of Huldah:

"She was a pretty girl and woman and of a mild and lively disposition, always ready to sacrifice her own happiness for that of others. She had a very red head and curly when young, but at maturity turned an auburn."

At the age of 16, on July 8, 1820, on her family homestead, Huldah married 21-year-old Sampson (III) Read (later spelled Reed), the son of Sampson Read Jr. and Jane Bradford Ellis. Huldah gave birth to 8 children: Elisha Bisbee, Lewis Bradford, Emily Mandeville, Lydia Phelps, Huldah Bisbee, Sampson Jr., Axel Hayford, and Augustus Stevens (died in childhood).

Initially, Sampson and Huldah moved to the 'Mason Farm' near Bear Mountain where their first child Elisha was born." After his brother Bradford died, Sampson and Huldah moved into the Read family homestead to care for his parents. Sampson made many improvements