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} [[Category:Virginia Colony]][[Category:US President Direct Ancestor]] Ancestor of [[Washington-11|US President George Washington]] == Biography == Elizabeth Martiau AKA Martin === Uncertain Mother ===Elizabeth Martiau was probably the daughter of [[Martiau-2|Nicholas Martiau]] and [[Berkeley-16|Jane Berkeley]].Stoudt, John B., [http://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015050616443;view=1up;seq=38 ''Nicolas Martiau, the Adventurous Huguenot, the Military Engineer, and the Earliest American Ancestor of George Washington.''] (Pages 10, 49-51) Norristown, PA: Norristown Press, 1932, accessed December 1, 2014 She was probably born in either 1615 or 1625. There has been a question due to mistakes made to her head stone, when it was re-cut in 1931 (head stone says born in 1625, and 71 years old, but will was probated in 1686, so the numbers do not "add up").Williams, David [http://www.carolshouse.com/familyhistory/reade/ "George Reade"], citing Dorman, John F., editor, ''Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5'' [Vol, Edition?] Order of First Families of Virginia (pp. 419-420 footnote) Web accessed June 30, 2014 There is also a question about 1) how many times her father married, and 2) when he married. Add this to the uncertainty about Elizabeth's birth date, and researcher Douglas Richardson contends that Elizabeth's mother was not Jane Berkeley, but an "unknown 1st wife of Capt. Nicholas Martiau." Richardson, Douglas, and Kimball G. Everingham. ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families''. Vol. 4. Salt Lake City, UT.: Douglas Richardson., 2013. Page 468. Even so, Elizabeth's father, Nicholas Martiau, certainly came to the colony in the spring of 1620, aboard the ''Francis Bona Venture''. Charles Hatch concludes he may have been counted among the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ancient_planter ancient planters] (planters who had immigrated before 1616 and had remained at least three years) in the muster of 1625 in Elizabeth City. So Elizabeth may very well have been born in Virginia, even if she was born in 1615, as some now believe.Hatch, Charles E. [http://www.gutenberg.org/files/30780/30780-h/30780-h.htm "The First Seventeen Years: Virginia 1607-1624"] originally Charlottesville: The University Press of Virginia, 1957, The Project Gutenberg December 28, 2009 [EBook #30780], accessed November 30, 2014 === Family ===Elizabeth Martiau married [[Reade-10|Col George Reade]] in 1641 at Yorktown, York County, Virginia. He was the son of Robert Reade and lady Mildred Windebank. Researchers disagree about the children of Col. George Reade and Elizabeth Martiau. According to du Bellet in ''Some Prominent Virginia Families,'' and also Richardson in ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families,'' there were seven children: five sons, George, Robert, Thomas, Francis, Benjamin, and two daughters, Mildred (Reade) Warner and Elizabeth (Reade) Cheesman.Richardson, Douglas, ''Royal Ancestry: A Study in Colonial and Medieval Families'' Vol IV, page 468, Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Company, Inc. 2005du Bellet, Louise Pacquet, [https://archive.org/stream/someprominentvir04pecq#page/10/mode/2up ''Some Prominent Virginia Families''], (Vol. IV, pp. 9-11) (1907) accessed September 29, 2014 Van horn of the Nicolas Martiau Descendant Association agrees, identifying both George and Elizabeth as children.Van horn, Larry [http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vanhornfamily/Martiau_Descendants_6_Gen.pdf ''Nicolas Martiau Descendant Indented Chart''] Nicolas Martiau Descendant Association, December 15, 2005, accessed October 27, 2014 According to McAllister, George and Elizabeth had five children, four sons: Robert, Francis, Benjamin and Thomas,McAllister, John M., editor, and Lura Boulton Tandy, [https://archive.org/stream/genealogiesoflew00mcal#page/20/mode/2up ''Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families''] (Pages 20-23) Columbia, MO: E.W. Stephens, 1906, Web accessed August 23, 2014 and one daughter, Mildred (Reade) Warner.Jamestowne Society, [http://www.jamestowne-wash-nova.org/GeorgeReade.htm "Washington & Northern Virginia Company Biographies of Ancestors of Members: George Reade"], Web accessed August 23, 2014 The oldest child was daughter, Mildred Reade, married Col Augustine Warner Jr., of Warner Hall, and the daughter of this marriage, Mildred Warner, married Lawrence Washington, the grandfather of George Washington."''Biography of George Reade'' Robert was the oldest son of Col. George and Elizabeth (Martiau) Reade.Crozier, William A., editor, [https://archive.org/stream/virginiaheraldic00croz#page/n57/mode/2up ''Virginia Heraldica Being a Registry of Virginia Gentry Entitled to Coat Armor, with Genealogical Notes of the Families''] (Page 31) New York: The Genealogical Association, 1908, Open Library accessed September 25, 2014 Children of George and Elizabeth Martiau: # [[Reade-141|Mildred Reade]] b 2 Oct 1643, d 1694; mar Col Augustine Warner Jr.# [[Reade-255|Robert Reade]] b ca 1644, d Bef. 16 Mar 1722/23 in York Co, Virginia; mar Mary Lilly ca 1688# [[Reade-138|George Reade]] b c. 1648, d without issue, Gov Berkeley gave him a bay mare in 1665.# [[Reade-149|Francis Reade]] b 1650 York Co., d ca 1694; mar 1) Jane Chisman, 2) Anne Unknown# [[Reade-150|Elizabeth Reade]] b c. 1654, d 18 Nov 1717 in Charles Parish, York Co, Virginia; mar Capt. Thomas Chisman# [[Reade-143|Benjamin Reade]] b c. 1667, one of the two youngest, minor in 1687; mar Mary Gwynne/Gwyn, daughter of Edmund/Edmond Gwyn # [[Reade-140|Thomas Reade]] one of the two youngest, minor in 1687; mar Lucy Gwynn, daughter of John Gwynn and granddaughter of Col. Hugh Gwynn Note: Apparently the two wives of Benjamin and Thomas, Lucy Gwyn/Gwynne and Lucy Gwynn, were not the same woman. The wife of Thomas is described as the granddaughter of Col. Hugh Gwynn, but the wife of Benjamin is described only as "Miss Gwyn." === Death and Legacy ===Elizabeth's will was written February 10, 1685 and proved January 24 1686/87 in Yorktown, York County, Virginia.Vining, Kaaren C., [http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=11591903 Elizabeth Martiau Reade Find-A-Grave Virtual Cemetery memorial #11591903] in Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA. The grave stones of both George and his wife, Elizabeth, were discovered buried while excavating on Buckner Street in Yorktown. In 1931, descendant Letitia Pate Evans had them remade, but unfortunately, the new stones contain errors. Elizabeth's stone says she died in 1696 when it should read 1686. They are installed at the church yard of Grace Episcopal Church in Yorktown, Virginia. == Sources == See also: *

Birth	Abt 1608
Death	Abt 1686	Gloucester, Virginia, USA

Spouse	George Reade (1608 - 1674)
Child	Mildred Reade (1643 - 1694)