Bethia REA

Abt 1630 - Bef 1686  (< 56 years)

• Name	Bethia REA
  Birth	Abt 1630	Salem, Massachusetts
  Gender	Female
  Also Known As	Lathrop, Grafton, Ray, Lothrop
  Reference Number	1301454
  Reference Number	1324689
  Reference Number	60
  WWW	https://www.WikiTree.com/wiki/Rea-106
  Death	Bef 7 Dec 1686	Massachusetts
  Person ID	I543	Gummer
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Father	Daniel REA,   b. Abt 1597   d. Bef 24 Jun 1662 (Age < 65 years)
  Mother	Bethiah JONES,   b. 1614   d. Aft 1662 (Age > 49 years)
  Family ID	F122	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Thomas LATHROP,   b. 1613   d. 18 Sep 1675 (Age 62 years)
  Marriage	1637	Salem, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F435	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Joseph GRAFTON, Sr,   b. Bef 23 Sep 1604, Great Yarmouth, Norfolk, England d. 24 Jun 1682, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts (Age > 77 years)
  Marriage	Nov 1674	Massachusetts Bay, British America
  Family ID	F429	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

  Family 3	William GOODHUE,   b. Abt 1616   d. Aft 21 Jun 1694 (Age > 78 years)
  Marriage	1683	Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
  Family ID	F436	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	1 Aug 2024

  
  

• Photos

  She married second by 1680 Joseph Grafton [EQC 48:132] and third by 1684 William Goodhue. She appears to have died before 7 Dec 1686, when her sister-in-law (Ellen/Elinore (Lathrop) Cheever) and children ratified the sale of land in which Bethia had a life estate. [ELR 7:93]

  
  

• Notes

  [[Category:Puritan Great Migration Minor Child]] == Biography == {{PGM Minor Child}} Bethia Rea/Ray === Origin ===Bethia was born "say 1630" according to Anderson, possibly at Salem, Massachusetts.Anderson, Robert Charles, "Daniel Ray" in ''The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633,'' Volumes I-III. (1995) Page 1562. [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1562/235192287 AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)]. She was a daughter of [[Rea-108|Daniel Rea]] and her father immigrated from England to Plymouth c. 1630 and removed by 1631 to Salem Massachusetts. We do not have record of her birth, and since she was born around that time, she could have been born in any of those three places. === Family === Bethia married three times.* She married after 1637 and before 1652 in Salem, Massachusetts, as her 1st, to [[Lathrop-595|Captain Thomas Lathrop]]/Lothrop. He died in 1675.* She married by June 1676, as her 2nd, to [[Grafton-13|Joseph Grafton]] [EQC 48:132] .* She married in 1683 at Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts to [[Goodhue-51|William Goodhue]]. In 1652, Captain Thomas Lothrop returned to England and told his mother that he had no children and probably never would. Thomas Lothrop was slain in 1675 during King Philip's War.Anderson, Robert Charles, "Thomas Lothrop" in ''The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England 1620-1633,'' Volumes I-III. (1995) Page 1202 [https://www.americanancestors.org/DB393/i/12107/1202/0 AmericanAncestors.org (by subscription)] At the December Term 1675, Bethia was chosen by the Court to be executrix for his estate. Bethia never had children. === Death and Legacy === She appears to have died before 7 December 1686, when her sister-in-law (Ellen/Elinore (Lathrop) Cheever) and children ratified the sale of land in which Bethia had a life estate. [ELR 7:93] == Sources ==