Sampson Reed, III

 Genealogical record of the Reads, Reeds, the Bisbees, the Bradfords of the United States of America in the line of Esdras Read of Boston and England, 1635-1915. Thomas Besbedge or Bisbee of Scituate, Mass., and England, 1634 to 1915. Governor William Bradford of Plymouth, Mass., and England, 1620 to 1915. And their connections, with biographical sketches, illustrations, military services, etc., etc., etc 

Author: Axel Hayford Reed, Glencoe Minnesota, written 1915

(Axel is the Son of Sampson Read)

SAMPSON READ, son of Sampson Read and Jane Ellis; born in Hartford, Me., March 14th, 1799: married Huldah Bisbee, in 1819, daughter of Lieut. Elisha Bisbee, of South Sumner, near Buckfield village, on the old Charles Bisbee homestead; born Nov. 11th, 1803. Soon after marriage he moved onto the so-called "Mason farm" near Bear Mountain, where their first child, Elisha, was born. After the death of his brother, Bradford, in 1822, he arranged to move onto the homestead and care for his parents. He improved the homestead very much by buildings and otherwise until it became the center of attraction of the whole township. He was a man of a strong constitution, vigorous in action as well as "head strong" in his younger days. His build was a heavy, set, weighing two hundred and forty pounds in his palmy days at a height of near six feet. In addition to living a farm life, he dealt mainly in stock and for more than twenty years he visited nearly every part of Oxford County each year, buying cattle, gathering them at his home farm and from there driving

them on hoof to the Westbrook and Brighton markets. The Westbrook market being near Portland, Me., and the Brighton market near Boston, Mass. He took an active part in politics and served as a representative in the Maine legislature and a term as one of the governor's council.

Hon. Otis Hayford, author of the "Hayford Family Genealogical Record," in speaking of Elisha Read, says; "He was the son of the noted farmer and drover, Sampson Read, of Hartford, Me." He was a man of integrity, strong and positive in character.

Sampson Read and Huldah Bisbee, had the following children, viz.:

Elisha Bisbee, b. Nov. 8, 1320.

Lewis Bradford, h. Feb. 7, 1822.

Emily Mandeville, b. Nov. 8, 1823.

Huldah Bisbee, b. Nov. 11, 1826. (twin)

Lydia Phelps, b. Nov. 11. 1826. (twins)

Sampson, b. Jan. 22, 1829.

Axel Hayford, b. March 13, 1835.

Augustus Stevens, b. P'eb. , 1837. Died in infancy.

"The father died at Hartford, Me.. April 6th, 1877, and was interred in the Read family lot in the "Starbord Hill" Cemetery of that town. "Mother Huldah Bisbee Read died at 39 vears of age, July 11th, 1842, of consumption." The following was said of her by Aunt Martha Bisbee, at her home in Hartford: "Huldah Bisbee, daughter of Elisha Bisbee, was left motherless when she was about eight years of age in 1811. She was first put to live with a Mr. Waterman, of Buckfield, a blacksmith, when 8 years old but she did not like it and left there and went back home, but soon went to her Sister Sally, who married Gad Hayford, to live, where her Sister Thursey was living, and lived there until she was married." "She was a very pretty girl and woman and of a mild and lively disposition, always readv 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.