Individual Details

A handwritten genealogy in the William and Mary Collection gives his dates as 1600 and 1671, citing his will probated in 1671.
Col Read(e) arrived in 1634 or 1637 with Governor Harvey (and 5 or 6 brothers) and lived in his family for some years. He married Elizabeth Martiau around 1641. He served as Deputy-Secretary of the colony 1640-42; Burgess for James City County, 1649; Burgess for Charles County, 1656, and was appointed to the Council in 1658 for the rest of his life. He was one of the 12 Councilors joining the Governor in dissolving the Assembly. He acquired 2000 acres on the Piankatank River, vacating the Chiskiack Indians.
Their remains are now buried at the Grace Colonial Episcopal Church at Yorktown.

Gateway Ancestor of George Washington

George was acting Governor of Virginia, 1638-39.

Birth	25 Oct 1608	Linkenholt Hall, Hampshire, England
Marriage	Ca 1641	Elizabeth Martiau
Death	Bef 20 Nov 1671	Yorktown, York County, Virginia
Burial		Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktoen
Gateway Ancestor

Spouse	Elizabeth Martiau (1620 - 1686)
Child	Mildred Reade (1643 - 1686)

Father	Robert Reade (1551 - 1626)
Mother	Mildred Windebank (1580 - 1630)

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