Sarah Rea

Other Events:

• Probate: 24 Mar 1745/46, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Will proved
• Probate: 27 Mar 1746, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Estate inventory, £272.0.3
• Probate: 7 Apr 1749, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Real estate appraised for division
• Will: 17 Feb 1745/46, Essex Co., Massachusetts; To son James Rea: feather bed, all my clothing; to daughter Mercy Blashfield: my pewter; to wife Mary Rea: one cow, all remaining personal estate, all improvements to real estate during her widowhood; to sons Joshua and James Rea: equal share in all real estate after the wife's widowhood; to daughter Mercy Blashfield: £10 or equivalent; executrix, wife Mary Rea

Joshua married Mercy Taylor 7 Mar 1715/6, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. Mercy (daughter of James Taylor and Emma) was born 3 Mar 1692/93, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; was christened 5 Mar 1692/3, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts; died 1742, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Christened:
First Church

Other Events:

• Probate: 16 Oct 1710, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Will proved
• Probate: 12 Jan 1712/3, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Son Joshua, being now of age, appointed executor
• Probate: 2 Feb 1712/3, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Account filed by executor Joshua Rea showing the estate with negative net assets of £43.9.3
• Probate: 10 Feb 1712/3, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Estate divided between sons Joshua and John
• Will: 5 Apr 1710, Essex Co., Massachusetts; To Elizabeth "my well beloved wife": £10 annually for life paid equally by sons Joshua and John; to sons Joshua and John: all lands and buildings to be equally divided, neither to sell during my wife's lifetime without her consent and making provision for her upkeep; to sons Joshua and John: all my personal estate to be divided equally, my debts paid from the proceeds, including "to Clear my Father Leach for his Engagement to Mr John Emerson for Mee"; to my four daughters Sarah, Elizabeth, Zeruiah, and Lydia: £20 each paid equally by sons Joshua and John, less sums already paid; loving brother John Rea executor till my son Joshua comes of age, then Joshua to be executor; my Father Leach and my two Brothers Daniel Rea and John Rea, overseers

Notes:

Name:
Birth records for several of his children list him as "jr."

Joshua married Elizabeth Leach Oct 1680 - Oct 1685, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of John Leach and Elizabeth Flint) was born Dec 1668, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died Aft 26 Nov 1717. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
On this date she was named in her father's will

Notes:

Married:
The month and first three digits of the year are all that is legible. Their first known child was born in the spring of 1686

Notes:

There is a James Taylor in Essex Co., Massachusetts probates, d. 1716, however the will names children not known to be the ones appearing in Beverly, Massachusetts town records (16 Apr 2017)

James — Emma. [Group Sheet]

Other Events:

• Occupation: 1676-1679, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Took inventory and was witness in several probate cases

Notes:

Not found in Essex Co., Massachusetts probate docket index
Not found in Massachusetts Town Records (8 Mar 2017)

Died:
On this date he was named executor of son-in-law Simon Horne's will

Joshua married Sara Waters 26 Feb 1651, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Sara was born 1630; died 19 May 1700, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Sometimes said to have been the daughter of Richard Waters (of Salem from 1637), who died testate in 1677. His will mentions all his living children by name and does not include Sarah (Waters) Rea.

Other Events:

• Probate: 24 Mar 1717/18, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Will proved
• Probate: 8 Apr 1718, Essex Co., Massachusetts; Estate inventory, £53.6.0
• Will: 26 Nov 1717, Essex Co., Massachusetts; (NOTE the will record is very difficult to read) To "beloved wife" Elizabeth: all personal estate, one half the house and farm during her life; to son Samuel Leach: one half of the farm already in his possession, the other half at Elizabeth's death; to daughters Eliza Rea, Sarah Herrick, Anne Ireston(?), Abigaile Gerson, Mary Puttnam, Lydia Houlton, Ruth Hutchinson: one acre of land each (location references "my grandson John Leach"), the daughters may be reimbursed £12.10.0 in lieu of the land, they have already received £100 each; to granddaughter Eliza Porter £12.10.0; daughters to divide personal estate after wife's death; son Samuel Leach executor

John married Elizabeth Flint 22 May 1667, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Flint and Ann) was born 30 Jun 1650, Salem, Essex, Massachusetts; died 8 Feb 1719/20, Beverly, Essex, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet]