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William Read 1756 – 1834 – Genealogical Records

Birth Date: 7 Jan 1756

Birth Location: Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England

Death Date: 28 Oct 1834

Death Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States

Father: Thomas Read

Mother: Susanna Wycke

Spouse(s): Nancy Keys, Joanna None

Children(s): Nancy Read, Polly Read, Martha Read, William Read, Sarah Read, Thomas Read, Eleanor Read, James Read, Elizabeth Read, John Read

The story of William Read began in 1756 in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England. In 1700, William Read resided in Saratoga, New York, USA. William Read married Nancy Keys, Joanna, and had children including Nancy Keys Read, Polly Read, Martha Read, William Nathan Read, Sarah Read, Thomas Read, Eleanor Read, James Read, Elizabeth Read, John Butler Read. William Read passed away in 1834 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States.

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Biography

  • The story of William Read began in 1756 in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England.
  • In 1700, William Read resided in Saratoga, New York, USA.
  • William Read married Nancy Keys, Joanna, and had children including Nancy Keys Read, Polly Read, Martha Read, William Nathan Read, Sarah Read, Thomas Read, Eleanor Read, James Read, Elizabeth Read, John Butler Read.
  • William Read passed away in 1834 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States.

Immediate Family

Parents

Thomas Read
1730 – 1767
Birth Location: Bradford Abbas, Dorset, England
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Susanna Wycke
1736 –
Birth Location: North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England
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Spouses(s)

Nancy Keys
1770 – 1823
Birth Location: –
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Joanna None
1779 – 1850
Birth Location: New York, United States
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Children(s)

Nancy Read
1788 – 1873
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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Polly Read
1790 –
Birth Location: New York, United States
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Martha Read
1792 – 1850
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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William Read
1795 – 1867
Birth Location: New York
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Sarah Read
1799 – 1884
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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Thomas Read
1801 – 1863
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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Eleanor Read
1804 – 1889
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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James Read
1807 – 1865
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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Elizabeth Read
1811 – 1900
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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John Read
1813 – 1857
Birth Location: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
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William Read's Ancestors

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William Read
1756 – 1834
Birth Place: Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
Parents
Thomas Read
1730 – 1767
Bradford Abbas, Dorset, England
Susanna Wycke
1736 –
North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England
Grandparents
William Read
1709 – 1768
North Crawley, Buckinghamshire, England
Laetitia Bedford
1710 –
Great-Grandparents
Jonathan Bedford
1679 –
Letitia Webb
1683 –
2nd-Great-Grandparents
Annae Hopkins
1646 –

William Read's Descendants

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William Read (7 Jan 1756 – 28 Oct 1834) m. Nancy Keys (11 Apr 1770 – 7 Feb 1823) m. Joanna (1779 – 1850)
  1. 1. Nancy (Keys) Read (1788 – 2 Jun 1873) m. David Strang (1785 – 8 Dec 1861)
  2. 2. Polly Read (25 Aug 1790 – )
  3. 3. Martha Read (1 Aug 1792 – 24 Mar 1850) m. Edward (W) Hunt (1796 – 24 Mar 1850)
    1. 1. Ann (Jerusha) Hunt (22 May 1822 – 13 May 1864)
    2. 2. Nancy Hunt (1828 – 26 May 1842)
    3. 3. Sylvia Hunt (1830 – 2 Jun 1849)
    4. 4. Andrew (J) Hunt (Nov 1833 – 28 Sep 1834)
  4. 4. William (Nathan) Read (14 Dec 1795 – 1867) m. Ruby ("Becky") Snell (30 Mar 1802 – 28 Sep 1884) m. Sylvia Handy (1802 – 7 Apr 1842)
    1. 1. Sarah (Elizabeth) Read (19 Aug 1832 – 06 Oct 1904)
  5. 5. Sarah Read (5 Jul 1799 – 5 Feb 1884) m. Nathan Neff ( – 22 April 1872)
    1. 1. Minerva (A) Nelson (1837 – 29 March 1883)
  6. 6. Thomas Read (11 Dec 1801 – 21 Jul 1863) m. Eliza (Ann) Ferguson (10 Feb 1813 – 19 October 1878)
    1. 1. Edwin (Theodore) Read (25 Dec 1832 – 22 Nov 1908) m. Helen (Elizabeth) Ebersol (3 May 1842 – 1 Jan 1900)
      1. 1. Frank (E) Read (19 Oct 1876 – 18 Nov 1901) m. Bertha (Anna Koetz \) Kates (15 Jun 1878 – 07 May 1949)
        1. 1. Edwin (Thomas) Read (28 Jan 1898 – 2 Jan 1952) m. Ellen (Katherine (Nellie)) Dougherty (21 December 1898 – 30 August 1967)
        2. 2. Helen (Elsie) Read (1901 – 09 Apr 1994)
        3. 3. Franklin (E) Read (1902 – May 1976)
    2. 2. Franklin Reed (1834 – 9 Aug 1863)
    3. 3. Harriett Read (1 Aug 1837 – 18 feb 1893)
    4. 4. Henry Read (Sept 1838 – 27 Jul 1862)
    5. 5. Hellen (Mary) Read (24 September 1838 – 3 May 1910) m. Henry Morse (Dec 1835 – 23 Feb 1901)
      1. 1. Ellen (Isadora) Morse (9 Jan 1860 – 23 Jul 1930) m. George (L) Moore (Abt 1851 – )
      2. 2. Clara (Eliza) Morse (Mar 1862 – 1940) m. John (Eugene) Perkins (6 Dec 1868 – 6 Apr 1961)
        1. 1. Harry (Leroy) Perkins (22 May 1893 – 1961) m. Ethel (L) Wakeman (16 Oct 1890 – Nov 1975)
        2. 2. Floyd (H) Perkins (Jun 1896 – )
        3. 3. Eliza Perkins (May 1900 – )
        4. 4. Edna (Jean) Perkins (1 May 1900 – 28 December 1974) m. Sterling (V) Wilson (27 April 1899 – 28 August 1964)
        5. 5. Cora Perkins (1904 – )
        6. 6. John (Edwin) Perkins (14 January 1907 – 3 November 1971) m. Garnet (J) Perkins (8 July 1911 – 14 February 2008)
      3. 3. Edwin (Theodore) Morse (5 November 1871 – 7 June 1947) m. Mary (Adelia) Walker (1873 – 1926) m. Cora (B) Comey (1869 – 1940)
        1. 1. Helen (P) Morse (1894 – 1982)
        2. 2. Clara (Irene) Morse (14 Mar 1903 – 25 Nov 1990) m. Henry (John) Kemp (29 May 1901 – )
      4. 4. DeVere (Ebersol) Morse (22 January 1878 – August 1941) m. Ida (Bell) Morse (22 March 1881 – 21 August 1930) m. Rhoda VanAllen (abt 1872 – )
        1. 1. Raymond (Edward) Morse (3 May 1900 – 8 May 1986)
        2. 2. Clifford (H) Morse (1902 – )
        3. 3. Donald (D) Morse (1905 – )
        4. 4. Hellen (I) Morse (6 Oct 1908 – 10 Mar 2009) m. Thomas (A.) Neidlinger (abt 1905 – )
        5. 5. Dorothy (Jeanne) Morse (1 Apr 1913 – Oct 1994)
        6. 6. Glenden (D) Morse (31 Aug 1917 – 26 Nov 1990)
    6. 6. Thomas Read (26 Sept 1842 – 9 Nov 1920) m. Margaret Smith (January 1867 – 1952) m. Emma Spaulding (9 December 1851 – 9 January 1878)
      1. 1. Clara (A) Read (4 February 1886 – 30 May 1973)
      2. 2. Helen (E) Read (16 April 1901 – 6 June 1997)
      3. 3. Wade (Smith) Read (8 February 1908 – 16 October 1908)
      4. 4. William (E) Read (21 June 1872 – 15 November 1895)
      5. 5. Infant (Daughter) Read (1882 – 1882)
      6. 6. Infant (Daughter) Read (1882 – 20 April 1882)
      7. 7. Howard (Russell) Read (5 November 1899 – 25 June 1962)
    7. 7. John (Butler) Reed (26 Oct 1848 – 6 Jan 1926) m. Sarah Patterson (1 June 1856 – 10 Jan 1944)
      1. 1. John (Walter) Reed (April 1876 – 2 August 1879)
      2. 2. Clarence (Joseph) Reed (25 Jan 1880 – 18 January 1930) m. Margaret (Belle) Wright (Dec 1883 – 2 Mar 1953)
        1. 1. Edna (Irene) Reed (04 Mar 1904 – 10 Dec 1967) m. Frank (Emil) Peterson (22 Sep 1895 – 30 Dec 1968)
        2. 2. Margaret (Fern) Reed (17 Jan 1906 – 28 Nov 1961) m. Phillip (Van) Norman (27 Jun 1903 – 10 Apr 1973) m. Joseph (William) Rasor (1907 – 1955)
        3. 3. Wilbur (Theodore) Reed (11 Apr 1908 – 6 Feb 1993) m. Inez (Linda) Heil (6 Aug 1920 – 9 Apr 2013)
        4. 4. Sarah (Pauline) Reed (14 Mar 1910 – 27 Dec 1974) m. Ted Barley (1905 – 4 Jan 1977)
      3. 3. Gertrude (Anna) Reed (29 September 1884 – 18 July 1954) m. John (Herman) Sterrenberg (27 Apr 1880 – 8 Aug 1950)
        1. 1. Evelyn (Sarah) Sterrenberg (28 April 1908 – 16 March 1987)
        2. 2. John (Butler) Sterrenberg (24 July 1912 – 5 January 1969)
        3. 3. Gertrude (A.) Becht (14 July 1919 – 20 Oct 2005)
      4. 4. Lloyd (E) Reed (25 Jan 1893 – 17 Dec 1917)
    8. 8. William (Theodore) Read (9 Feb 1850 – 25 Mar 1901)
    9. 9. Charles (Meriam) Read (24 Jun 1852 – 27 Sept 1922) m. Malvina (Emmoette) Marble (21 March 1862 – 23 November 1959)
      1. 1. Charles (Edwin) Read (11 April 1892 – 11 October 1963)
      2. 2. Orville (Alfred) Read (27 Dec 1895 – 29 Jul 1926) m. Clara (Emily) Keiper (25 December 1891 – 15 September 1955)
        1. 1. Lois (Miriam) Read (27 Dec 1923 – 26 Jul 2014) m. Calvin (Edward) Defenbau (6 Feb 1918 – 6 May 2009)
        2. 2. Alfred (James) Read (11 July 1925 – 18 March 1994) m. Eileen (Eloise) Orr (20 August 1927 – 30 September 2017)
      3. 3. Elmo (Emerson) Read (25 May 1897 – 18 Nov 1973) m. Ricka (H.) Flessner (abt 1910 – 24 October 1998)
        1. 1. Betty (Irene) Read (2 Jan 1930 – 20 Jun 2004) m. Milan (W) Hitchens (abt 1926 – ) m. Bernard (R.) Kysar (27 May 1911 – 8 August 1999)
        2. 2. Phyllis (J) Read (abt 1935 – )
        3. 3. Charles (Duane) Read (4 Oct 1939 – 29 September 2001) m. Delores (Ann) Steers (21 July 1942 – 2 March 1995)
        4. 4. Rita (Annette) Read (abt 1942 – )
        5. 5. Duane
    10. 10. Harvey Reed (abt 1854 – )
    11. 11. Arby (Dewitt) Read (14 Apr 1854 – 15 Mar 1933)
    12. 12. James (Emmet) Read (13 Aug 1855 – 8 Nov 1870)
  7. 7. Eleanor Read (29 Nov 1804 – 22 Feb 1889) m. James Cadwell (4 Aug 1799 – 28 Feb 1887)
    1. 1. William Cadwell (9 Dec 1826 – 12 Jan 1914)
    2. 2. Charles Cadwell (15 Mar 1829 – )
    3. 3. Ellen (M) Cadwell (1832 – Nov 1868)
    4. 4. Elizabeth (B) Cadwell (Jan 1834 – 5 Feb 1911)
    5. 5. Cadwell (2 Oct 1836 – 6 Nov 1836)
    6. 6. Julia (Ann) Cadwell (1838 – 1880)
    7. 7. John (Butler) Cadwell (7 May 1840 – 8 March 1912)
    8. 8. George Cadwell (6 Jun 1842 – 4 Dec 1843)
    9. 9. Mahala (Jane) Weaver (6 Feb 1845 – 1914)
    10. 10. Thomas Cadwell (1846 – )
    11. 11. Esther Cadwell (1847 – 7 Apr 1919)
    12. 12. James (Wallace) Cadwell (16 Apr 1847 – 31 Aug 1908)
  8. 8. James Read (8 Dec 1807 – 10 Mar 1865) m. Annaline Denton (14 Sept 1817 – 3 Mar 1894)
  9. 9. Elizabeth Read (16 Mar 1811 – 4 Dec 1900) m. Charles Neilson (6 Sep 1787 – 2 Apr 1869) m. Daniel Neff (1802 – 1882)
    1. 1. Ellen (A) Neilson (1832 – 1924) m. Rial Newland (7 Jan 1823 – 17 Feb 1900)
      1. 1. Cordelia (M.) Newland (abt 1859 – )
      2. 2. Nellie (May) Newland (Aug 1861 – 1934)
      3. 3. Vellia (M) Newland (1862 – )
    2. 2. Maria Neilson (23 Sep 1833 – 3 Jun 1909)
    3. 3. Louisa (Lexia) Neilson (May 1835 – 28 Dec 1910)
    4. 4. Anna (Aurelia) Neilson (1838 – 27 Oct 1872) m. Gideon (P) Baker (1821 – 1899)
    5. 5. Howard (D) Neilson (23 Jul 1839 – 14 Dec 1911)
    6. 6. William (Baucus) Neilson (3 Dec 1847 – 18 Nov 1923)
  10. 10. John (Butler) Read (4 Dec 1813 – 30 Jul 1857) m. Emerline Perkins (1 Jan 1818 – 11 Sep 1876)
    1. 1. Mary Read (13 Oct 1840 – 14 Sep 1886) m. Thomas Rowe (12 Dec 1831 – 15 Feb 1908)
      1. 1. Alice (May) Rowe (3 Feb 1869 – 1922)
      2. 2. Frederick (B) Rowe (5 Jan 1871 – 11 Oct 1871)
      3. 3. Emma (Louise) Rowe (30 Jan 1873 – 14 Jan 1944)
      4. 4. Jessie (Belle) Rowe (2 Oct 1875 – Mar 1905)
      5. 5. Bertha (Birdie) Rowe (18 Sep 1879 – 12 Nov 1879)
    2. 2. Laura (Jane) Read (26 Apr 1843 – 29 Oct 1920)
    3. 3. Ella (Marie) Read (21 Aug 1848 – 6 Jan 1922)
    4. 4. John (Byron) Read (Mar 1851 – 1928)
    5. 5. Ida (Bell) Read (13 Mar 1855 – 5 Apr 1938)

William Read's Timeline

9 Records

1700
1700-1810
William Read resided here in Saratoga, New York, USA
Saratoga, New York, USA
1756
7 Jan 1756
Birth of William Read in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
1757
17 May 1757
Age 1
William Read was baptized in Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
1790
1790
Age 34
William Read resided here in Stillwater, Albany, New York, United States
Stillwater, Albany, New York, United States
1799
1799
Age 43
William Read resided here in New York, USA
New York, USA
1800
1800
Age 44
William Read resided here in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York
Stillwater, Saratoga, New York
1820
7 Aug 1820
Age 64
William Read resided here in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
1830
1830
Age 74
William Read resided here in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
1834
28 Oct 1834
Age 78
Death of William Read in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States

Sources

    Genealogy Event 1
    Event Type: Birth
    Event Date: 7 Jan 1756
    Event Place: Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source:
    [1] England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906
    [2] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [3] Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2011

    Genealogy Event 2
    Event Type: Baptism
    Event Date: 17 May 1757
    Event Place: Haddenham, Cambridgeshire, England
    Record Source: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906

    Genealogy Event 3
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1700-1810
    Event Place: Saratoga, New York, USA
    Record Source: Methodist Episcopal Church, Saratoga County circuit

    Genealogy Event 4
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1790
    Event Place: Stillwater, Albany, New York, United States
    Record Source: 1790 United States Federal Census, Year: 1790; Census Place: Stillwater, Albany, New York; Roll: ; Image:

    Genealogy Event 5
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1799
    Event Place: New York, USA
    Record Source: New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804

    Genealogy Event 6
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1800
    Event Place: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York
    Record Source: 1800 United States Federal Census, Year: 1800; Census Place: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York; Series: M32; Roll: 27; Page: 1113; Image: 90; Family History Library Film: 193715

    Genealogy Event 7
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 7 Aug 1820
    Event Place: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
    Record Source: 1820 United States Federal Census, Fourth Census of the United States, 1820; Census Place: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York; Page: 108; NARA Roll: M33_79; Image: 320

    Genealogy Event 8
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Date: 1830
    Event Place: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, USA
    Record Source: 1830 United States Federal Census, Year: 1830; Census Place: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York; Series: M19; Roll: 108; Page: 59; Family History Library Film: 0017168

    Genealogy Event 9
    Event Type: Residence
    Event Place: England
    Record Source: England & Wales Christening Records, 1530-1906

    Genealogy Event 10
    Event Type: Death
    Event Date: 28 Oct 1834
    Event Place: Stillwater, Saratoga, New York, United States
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2011

    Genealogy Event 11
    Event Type: Burial
    Event Place: Stillwater, Saratoga County, New York, USA
    Record Source:
    [1] U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
    [2] Web: New York, Find A Grave Index, 1664-2011
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