Thomas Read 1 tailor of Chelmsford

There seems to be no actual evidence as to his parents and origins. He was a freeman, April 1, 1679, and a soldier in King Philip's War, 1676. He worked as a tailor. In fact he would have had to have been born before Obediah was married.

1. TAG 28:149 shows all the children of Obediah Reade and Thomas is not one of them.
2. NEHGS Register, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, (NEHGS, Boston MA), Vol 93, Page 165
3. Wrong about parents: History of the Reeds, by Jacob Whittemore Reed, of Boston, printed by John Willson & Son, 1861. Source used by Axel H. Reed.
4. Genealogical Record of The Reads, Reeds, the Bisbees, the Bradfords of the United States of America By Axel Hayford Reed, Glencoe, MN, 1915. See the Minnesota Historical Society catalog at MNHS.org