1646 Thomas Reed had a 3-acre house lot in Milford, Connecticut. [1]
1651 The age at death reported by Riker for daughter Mary Reed suggests that she was born about 1651. [2]
1653 Two land transactions suggest that son Joseph Reed was born by about 1653. (See entries below for 1674.)
1655 Thomas Reed testified concerning what he had been told about the intentions of the sachems concerning Thomas and Henry Newton and Edward Jessup.
Declaration as to the hostility of the Indians.
8th September 1655.
Joseph Safford and Thomas Read, residing at Mespadts Kil,* testify that they were this day
informed by Joseph Fouler, Goetman Beets, Samuel Touw and his son William Read, that some
inhabitants of Gravesend had been at Westchester and that the sachems of the savages had been
there at Lieutenant Wheeler's and that they would send to the English villages on Long-Islands
to deliver and place in their hands Thomas Nuton, Henry Nuton, and Edward Jesop, because
they had assisted the Dutch in the Fort during that night, when the savages here did so much
harm, while the savages had forbidden the English to bring any provisions or fuel to the Manhatans
and intended to burn their huts and houses, in case the English would help the Dutch with
fuel and provisions. They declare, that this is true and are willing to confirm under oath, that
they have it thus from the above named persons. Date as above and signed Joseph Safford ; the
mark of Tomas Reedt (Beneath stood). This was written in the presence of Mr. Lamontagne
and the Burgomaster Mr. Allard Anthony, in whose presence the affiants took the oath administered
by the Fiscal. Date as above, and signed: Lamontagne and Allard Antony.
* On Long Island
1658 Thomas Reed sold land in Newtown to Richard Bullock on September 30. [3]
Midelborough September the 30th Anno 1658 to all Cristien poople to home these prsents shall Come sendeth Greating In our Lord God Ever Lasting amen
Know yee that I Thomas Reede Carpendare on Long Island of the place above sd In the New nethorlands Was the sole posser and Lawfull owner of a certayne teniment hous & Lands Which Lands Was Given Granted & In feossed to mee my Heiros Exitors & asings by the sd towne of Middell bourrough to Witt fifteene acers of Medow With thirty
acers of upland be sides Comneneg With all the Rites priveledgs & apurtinances & amunityes of & belonging to the saide teniment Which hole & sole accomindation of & belonging to the sd teniment :with
housing orchard fencing & with all the prviledges & amunityes of and belonging to to the bove sd primises With Ever part & parsell ther of:saveing a small parsell ther of I battered away by vertue of thes
presents I sett Give Grant & Infeosse and give quiett posestion to Richard bullock Junor of the sd place & provenc:for him his Heres Exitors & assings to have & to hould for Ever as free Land of In Heritane for him & his & this for the some of twenty seven pounds starling Whar
of I have Receaved of the sd some twenty pounds starling:the sd Richard Ingadgdd to pay or caues to be paido three pounds Igood Marchanta Corne this year & the other fower poinds tho next Cropp In suing the date heare of In good pasible pay
In true Intent & Meaning I have sett to my hand & soale the day & yeare above sd Thomas Reede (s)
sing seald & delivered In prsents
William Wood
John Denman
1660 [59/60?] Thomas Reed was among the inhabitants of "Medlborough" (Newtown) who made an agreement on March 9 about payment for the killing of wolves. [4]
1661/62 Thomas Read/Reed was listed in a Newtown list of tax rates dated March 16. [5]
1662 At a town meeting on May 15 it was voted to return the tax payment that Thomas Read had paid, "Thomas Reade [shall have] what he is out in paying rattes."[6]
1662 Thomas Reed testified on November 7 in a court case concerning defamation. [7]
1663-1664 Elizabeth, widow of Thomas Reed, and John Borroughs, widower, were married by 1665.
1665 "John Burroughs hath a boy borne named John the 22 day of June 1665." The birth was recorded in the town minutes of Newtown. [8]
1670 John Borroughs and Mary Reede witnessed a deed on October 29. [9]
1674 Joseph Reed purchased land in Newtown from Gershom Moore. [10]
Knowall men by thee prsents that I Gershom Moore of newtowne on Long Island in the west Riding of york sheere Have have alinated & maide over as mall peece of Land being a bout halfe an acor more or Lese:which wuss formerly Nathan fishis with a frame of a house apon: it unto Joseph Reede of the same place his Eayre Exitros & asings to have & to hould as his proper Rite of In heritance the fore sd Land & frame being in the south side of the new towne bounded with the high way on the north & on the East: on the west & sou. with Thomas Morrell Lande I say I Gershom Mor.
a fore sd: have sould unto the fore sd Joseph Reede
his Eayres successors & asings the fore sd Lands wi. all the priviledges & proffits ther unto bel...ing & doe binde my selfe my Eayre Exitors & asin. to defend & maynteyne the sale heare of fro. any person that shall Lay Clam ther unto:in wittnes heare unto:sett myhand & seale this 1th day of Jenewary nno:1674 Gershom Moo.. (s)
for a consideration part In hande Receaved:& the Rest to be paide according to our agreement singed sealed & delivered in the prsents of John bourroughs:& Isack Reeder
1674 Joseph Reed was granted land in Newtown on April 1, 1674 (date of record uncertain). [11]
1677 John Reed was granted land in Newtown. [12]
Itt is voated att a towne meting the 15th of desember yeare 1677 the justis of peece being prsent that John Reede shall have a parsell of land to the vallue of eight or ten acers ajoyning unto Richard Jones ffor a house lott
Theophilus Phillips
Clarke
1678 John Borroughs wrote his will on July 7. [13]
I John Burroughs of Newtowne vpon Long Island in the west Riding of Yorke Shire doe make this my last Will & Testament as Followeth I being in perfect Sence & memorie but weake in body not knowing how it may please god to deale with mee thought meet to seet in order my house before I goe hence & bee noe more seene
first I Commend my Soule into the hands of god - my faithfull Creator my Saviour & redeemer:
2ly when it shall please god to call mee out of this world, I Committ my body to the Earth from whence it was taken to be buryed in comely & desent manner,
3ly My minde & Will is that all my debts that are due of wright to any man be truely paid,
4ly my Will is that affter funerall charges & my debts paid, then I doe give vnto my son John Burroughs, my now dweeling house barne and orchard & out housing with all the land from my house north-ward to the highway which goes through the field with all my meadow before my house on the South Side of the highway, Also I doe give him a Small Island of Salt marsh lying by the vpland about two Acres fenced with a ditch on the one Side and a Creeke one the other in forsters necke, and all to remaine in the hands of my beloved wife till hee be one & twenty yeares old, But if my beloved son John Burroughs shall dy before hee be one & twenty that then the said housing & Land shall be my beloved Sons betweene Jeremiah & Joseph Burroughs but not to dispossess my beloved wife during the time of her widdowhood but if shee marry then her husband must provide for her as I have done:
5ly My Will is that my beloved Son Jeremiah shall have all my land lying on the north Side of the highway goeing crose the field all my land with in the field with all my rights of meadow at the South of Sellers neck:
6ly My minde & Will is that my beloved Son Joseph Burroughs, shall have my twenty Acres peece of Land lying on the East Side of the highway goeing along without the field and another peece of Seven Acres & a halfe most of it being new fenced lying at the reare of the field, with all my Salt marsh except that Island I have given before to my Son John John Bourroughs it lyeth in fosters neck betweene Caleb Leverich meadow and Sara Haise;
7ly My minde & Will is that all my other goods within dores or without shall be Apprized & then devided into three parts, And my two beloved daughters namely Joanna Reder & Mary Burroughs & my beloved wife to have one full third part if those thirds amounte not to more then thirty Six pounds, but if it amounte to any quantetie more, then the same to be divided betweene my two Sons & my two daughters aforesaid; And that is my minde & will disclaming all other wills Gifts or Grants formerly I have herevnto made my beloved Son Jeremiah Burroughs whole & Sole Executor of the same requiring him to performe all things herein faithfully in wittness herevnto I haue sett my hand and seale this 7 of July in the yeare of our Lord God 1678
John Burroughs
a seale
Signed Sealed
in the presence of vs
Gershom Moore
Thomas Pettit
Further I doe Appointe my beloved friends Gershom Moore & Thomas Pettet to be my overseers to see that my Son Jeremiah doe performe all things I have written in my Will;
John Burroughs
Pelletreau's abstract states, [14]
Page 219.—John Burrough, Newtown; Leaves to son John "my new dwelling-house and orchard, and out-housing, with all the land from my house northward to the highway which goes through the field, with all my meadow before my house at the south side of the highway. Also a small island of salt meadow lying by the upland, about 20 acres with a ditch on one side and the creeke on the other, lying in Foster's Neck." But the said lands are to remain in the hands of his wife till his son John is twenty-one.
If he die they are to go to sons Jeremiah and Joseph, but they are not to be sold during his wife's widowhood. "But if she marry again, then her husband must provide for her as I have done." Leaves to son Jeremiah all land on the north side of the highway, going across the field, "and my right of meadow at the sout of Seller's neck." Leaves to son Joseph "my 20 acres of land on the east side of the highway going along outside the field, and another piece of 71- acres at the rear of the field," with all my salt meadows, except the island I have given to John. It lyeth at Foster's neck, between Caleb Leveritts and Sarah Haise. Legacies to daughters Joanna, Reder, and Mary Burroughs. Makes son Jeremiah executor.
Dated July 2, 1678. Witnesses, Gershom Moore, Thomas Pettit, who are also made overseers.
1678 The inventory of the estate of John Burroughs was taken on August 29. "Land not specified. Total, £297 14s." [15] [16] and son Jeremiah was confirmed as executor on October 19, "proof of will having been made before the Justice of the Peace in Newtown." [17] [18]
1678 Elizabeth Burroughs wrote her will on November 25. [19]
In The name of God Amen; I Elizabeth Borroughs of Newtown ali's Medleborrough in the West Riding of Yorkeshire vpon Long Island widdow, being sick and weake in body but of perfect minde (blessed be god for it) doe make this my last will & Testament in manner and forme following
First I bequeath my Soule to God who gave it trusting in the meritts of Jesus Christ to be received into the Armes of his mercy, And my body to Christian buriall &c:
2ly I give and bequeath to my son John Borroughs all that his father my husband John Borroughs (lately deceased) gave him in his will, and also one feather bedd which I now ly on, with all furniture therevnto belonging, together with one long Table & form standing in the inner Roome, and all the Chaires belonging to the house, & also one Iron pott with one Trammell, one paire of tongs, one Iron Spitt, one greate brasse Kittle, one Axe. Also my will is, That the housing Orchard & Land wch my sd husband gave my son John Borroughs be improved to the best advantage, and the profitts thereof equally divided betweene all my Children (vizt.) Joseph Reed, John Reed, Mary Moore, Sarah Reed, & John Burroughs, vntil my sd son John Borroughs shall attaine the age of one & twenty yeares,
3ly I give & bequeath to my Sister Hannah Pettet my Serge Lyned Coate, & my red petticoat
4ly I give & bequeath all my wearing clothes betweene my two daughters, vizt, Mary Moore & Sarah Reed to be equally divided,
5ly My will is that all the Rest of my goods not already given or bequeath be Equally divided betweene my Sons Joseph Reed, and John Reed, & my Daughters Mary Moore & Sarah Reed
6ly My will & desire is that Samuel Moore of Newtowne aforesd my (Son in Law) be my executeer in Trust of this my Last Will and Testament, whome allso I Institute and Appoint Guardian of my Said Son John Borroughs during the time of his nonage or minoritie, whome allso my sd Son John Borroughs hath made choice of soe to bee requiring him see this my last will to be duely performed & Executed. And to give him my sd Son John Borroughs an account when he shall attaine, the age of one & twenty yeares
In Witness whereof, I have herevnto sett my hand & Seale the twenty fifth day of November in the thirtieth yeare of his Majes Raigne Anno __ Domini 1678
Elizabeth Borroughs her marke a seale
Signed Sealed & Published in the presence of vs
Nich: Eedes
Jonathan Harward
Pelletreau's abstract states, [20]
Elizabeth Burroughs, Newtown, leaves to son John, "all that his father John Burroughs gave him in his will, and the feather bed I now lie on," also all kitchen utensils. "My will is that the housing and lands which my husband gave to my son John Burroughs, be improved to best advantage, and the profits to be equally divided between all my children, viz.: Joseph Reed, John Reed, Mary Moore, Sarah Reed, and John Burroughs, until he is of age. Leave to sister Hannah Pettit a serge-lined coat and my petticoat. "I leave my wearing clothes to my two daughters Mary Moore and Sarah Reed." All remainder to my sons Joseph Reed and John Reed, and to my daughters Mary Moore and Sarah Reed. Makes her son-in-law Samuel Moore, of Newtown, executor. Dated November 25, 1678. Witnesses, Nicholas Eedes, Jonathan Howard.
1678 Samuel Moore made proof of the will of Elizabeth Borroughs in December and was granted Letters of administration for her estate the following year on November 20, 1679. [21] [22]
Research Notes:
Thomas Read/Reed is mentioned in Newtown in 1662 (tax list and payments for wolves) and 1665 in a deed, but he is not listed in the 1667[/68?] tax list.
"Mary Reed, the wife of Capt. Samuel Moore, was probably the daughter of Thomas Reed. ... The mother of Mary Reed was Elizabeth. After her husband's death she married John Burroughs." [23] [24]
Other: [27]
1666 Edward Jessup wrote his will on August 6.
The last Will and Testament of Edward Jessop.
West Chester in the County of New Yorke &c.
The last will and Testament of Edward Jessop being sicke & weake in Body, yet in perfect memory. I bequeath my Soule to ye Almighty God that have it, & my body after my death to bee decently buryed, my funerall bo bee discharged, & my debts to bee pd.; I will & bequeath to my daughter Elizabeth Hunt twenty shillings, besides what I have already given her, to bee paid in a yeare & a day after my decease.
I will & bequeath unto my daughter Hanah Jessopp the some of five & thirty pounds with what shee hath already, to bee payed unto her at Eighteene yeares of age.
I will & bequeath unto my sonne Edward Jessop two Mares with two Colts by their side, one is a grey Mare, & the other is a Mare marked on both Eares, with two halfe pence in each Eare, to bee sett out for him for his use a yeare & a day after my decease.
I will & bequeath unto my Grandchild Mary Hunt twenty shillinges to be payd in a year & a day after my decease.
I will & bequeath unto my Cozen Johannah Burroughs twenty shillings to bee payd in a yeare & a day after my decease.
I will & bequeath unto Derrick Gasson a Cow Calfe to bee pd. unto him in a yeare & a day after my decease.
Furthermore I constitute & appoint my well beloved wife Elizabeth Jesop to bee whoe & sole Executrix: And I do will & bequeath unto her all my Lands & Houses & Goods & Cattle moveable or immoveable of this my last will & Testament & to receive all debts, dues & demands whatsoever, to bee at her disposing, & shee to pay all debts, dues & Legacies whatsoever And shee to bring up my children in the feare of God, This I do owne as my last Wukk & Testamt., & doe disclamy all other Wills, Grifts, Graunts or such like, which may any wise trouble or molest her hereafter, as being of none Effect.
Further I doe appoint my wellbeloved friends, Mr. Richard Cornhill Justice of peace, Mrs. Sarah Bridges, my well beloved brother in Law John Burroughes & Ralph Hunt as overseers of this my last will & Testament, Likewise to bee Assistants to my Executrix in all Causes or difficulties.
And I do owne, as my owne Act and Deed to all true intents & meanings & doe furthermore ratify & confirme it, as my owne Act & deed by setting to my hand & seale the day & yeare underwritten.]
August the 6th 1666
Edward Jessop
Signed Sealed and
delivered in the prescence of:
Wittnesses.
William Gouldstone
John Richardson
The marke of Rich. a h Horton
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