Hoping for assistance in finding the will of Jacob Read of Lisbon CT, husband of Lydia Kimball Longbottom. I believe that Jacob Read died 1774.   Details of children from will much appreciated, thanks Janice And there are men who scale the mountain steeps And there are men who sink in ocean's deeps, And there are men why on deserts die, And other men to starry heavens fly; And we shall fail, or soar to heavenly things, As our forefathers gave us weights or wings.                                         ~ Alice Carter Cook

Hi Janice,   I found the children of Jacob Kimball in the book History of the Reed Family from Europe and America, by Jacob Whittmore Reed, published in Boston in 1861.   Jacob Read, b. Feb. 1, 1702, Norwich, son of Joseph and Elizabeth Married (1) Elizabeth Gale of Canterbury, CT, Dec. 12 1728; Children ---Sarah, born Sept 23, 1729; Lydia, Feb. 7, 1733. His wife died in child bed Feb 11, 1733. Married (2) his cousin Esther, Dec. 21, 1738. Children---Jacob, born March 6, 1740. His wife died Feb 18, 1741. Married (3) Widow Lydia Longbottom , Jan. 30, 1750.  Children --- Jedediah, born Oct 27, 1750; Silas, Oct 24, 1754; Josiah, Aug 18, 1756; Esther, June 21, 1758; Jacob, April 27, `761, died, Feb 12, 1763; Lucy, born July 29, 1764.   >From the book The Bottum (Longbottom) Family Album by Rebecca Deal Oliver, pub. 1970, Digitized April 2007.  This time only samples from the book were shown. The following is one of the samples:   Lydia Longbottom, nee Kimball and widow of Jacob Longbottom----On Jan 25, 1793, Jacob and Lydia Reed had their church membership transferred from Newent to the church of East Windham, CT. Thy had 6 Children.   I found all this on World Vital Records.com.  There may be more, but I'm tired. I'll look again at another time.   Marilyn CT --- On Fri, 1/23/09, Peter & Janice Lodge <pete.lodge@xtra.co.nz> wrote: From: Peter & Janice Lodge <pete.lodge@xtra.co.nz> Subject: [CT] Will of Jacob Read died 1774 To: "READ-L ROOTSWEB" <READ-L@rootsweb.com> Cc: "REED-L ROOTSWEB" <REED-L@rootsweb.com>, "GenConnecticut Rootsweb. com" <GenConnecticut-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Friday, January 23, 2009, 10:41 PM Hoping for assistance in finding the will of Jacob Read of Lisbon CT, husband of Lydia Kimball Longbottom. I believe that Jacob Read died 1774.   Details of children from will much appreciated, thanks Janice And there are men who scale the mountain steeps And there are men who sink in ocean's deeps, And there are men why on deserts die, And other men to starry heavens fly; And we shall fail, or soar to heavenly things, As our forefathers gave us weights or wings.                                         ~ Alice Carter Cook ------------------------------- To unsubscribe from the list, please send an email to GENCONNECTICUT-request@rootsweb.com with the word 'unsubscribe' without the quotes in the subject and the body of the message