William Reade, Jr.

Not the same as William "of Weymouth" Reade

Parents: William Reade & Lucy Heneage

Notes

https://www.genealogy.com/forum/surnames/topics/reed/3918/

That William Reade who came to America in the "Assurance de Lo' (London) in 1635, and a numerous company of other emigrants, and among them one Thomas Deacon, age 19, are all expressly declared "to be transported to Virginea."And that Avis Deacon who came with other emigrants, is also expressly declared "to be transported to Virginea."Although at one time New England territory was included under the name Virginia, that such was not intended in the entries above is plainly shown from the fact that five other ships left the same date, July 13, 1635, from the same port, "ye port of London," and in all these five ships it is expressly declared that their passengers are "to be transported to New England," thus showing that the difference in localities was distinctly recognized by different names.William Reade and his wife Mabel who came in July, 1635, from the port of London and settled in Woburn, are declared "to be transported to New England."William Reade, the first who departed from the port of Weymouth, England, March 1635, in the company of the Rev. Joseph Hull and settled in Weymouth, New England, as stated above, is expressly declared in the shipping list to be "Bound for New England."Certainly in view of these facts, it is not unreasonable to conclude that "Virginea" meant the Plantaiton to the south of New England, and that thither went the William Reade and Thomas Deacon of the "Assurance de Lo" as also the Avis Deacon of the ship Alice; so in all probability no one of them ever saw either the William Reads who went to Weymouth and Boston.If it be true that the spirits of those gone before us "keep tabs" on the proceedings of their descendants, they must be amused and fretted, and perhaps at times disgusted, at the general "mix-up" of family relations in the efforts made to place each person in a true genealogical record and to give even a brief account of his time and doings. But if they won't come forward and help us, we have to do the best we can and let it go at that!
Alanson H. Reed, Junior Secretary, Oct. 28, 1909."

Research Notes

From https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reed-1700

There may have been a third William Reed in early Weymouth. A 1907 article by the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association reports the son of Sir William Reade of Folkestone immigrated to Weymouth and was married to an Avis.[10] Robert C. Anderson also mentions him, "There were at least two William Reads who resided at Weymouth in the early years, the subject of this sketch and another of the same name who arrived in town around 1650 with wife Avis" (p 28).[1] Anderson also mentions an interesting entry in the town record for the 1657 birth of an Ephraim Reed.[1] This was after the other known Reed family (William Read who married 1) Susanna Hayme and 2) Ruth Crooke), had removed to Boston and was certainly not a son of this profiled William Reed.

References

• Freeman, Laura, trancriber, Passengers on Ship Assurance of London from London England to Virginia 1635 accessed February 4, 2015 link “Wm. Read - age 30”; “ Tho: Deacon - age 19”
• Reed, Edward, F. “The English Ancestry of William Reade of Weymouth” in Proceedings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association, Boston: 1907. Page 27. Archive.Org