Col. Thomas Reade

Bef 1612 - 1662  (> 49 years)

• Name	Thomas Reade  [1]
  Prefix	Col.
  Born	Bef 15 Aug 1612  [2, 3]
  Gender	Male
  Baptised	15 Aug 1612	North Benfleet, Essex, England   [2, 3]
  Died	Between 25 Jul 1662 and 6 Nov 1662	England   [2, 3]
  Siblings	3 siblings
  + 1. Margaret Reade ,   b. 11 Jul 1598,   d. Between 30 Aug 1672 and 24 Sep 1672, Ipswich, Essex, Massachusetts  (Age 74 years) + 2. Martha Reade ,   b. 13 Jul 1602, North Benfleet, Essex, England   3. Col. Thomas Reade ,   b. Bef 15 Aug 1612,   d. Between 25 Jul 1662 and 6 Nov 1662, England  (Age > 49 years)   4. Elizabeth Reade ,   b. Bef 27 Nov 1614,   d. 24 Nov 1672, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut  (Age > 57 years)
  Person ID	I27160	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others
  Last Modified	22 Nov 2020

  
  

  Father	Edmund Reade,   b. Bef 23 May 1563, Wickford, Essex, England ,   d. Bef 1 Dec 1623, Wickford, Essex, England  (Age < 60 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Cooke,   d. Abt 1637
  Married	Abt 1594  [3]
  Family ID	F3963	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Priscilla Banks,   d. Aft 25 Jul 1662
  Married	Bef 1642  [2]
  Last Modified	9 Mar 2020
  Family ID	F16208	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  "He emigrated to New England and settled in Salem where he was made freeman April 1, 1634, had a grant of 300 acres northwest of Salem, which he called "Wickford," in 1636, was ensign of the watch in 1637 and its captain in 1647. He returned to England and became a colonel in the Parliamentary army and was appointed Governor of Stirling Castle. Said to have taken part with Gen. Monke in the restoration of Charles II, nevertheless he was one of several officers committed close prisoners to the Gatehouse, Westminster, in October, 1661, by warrant signed by His Majesty's Secretary of State." [The Ancestry of Bethia Harris, citation details below]

  
  

• Sources

  [S756] Early New England Families Study Project: Accounts of New England Families from 1641 to 1700 by Alicia Crane Williams. Online database, New England Historic Genealogical Society. [S101] The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633, Volumes 1-3 and The Great Migration: Immigrants to New England,1634-1635, Volumes 1-7, by Robert Charles Anderson. Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1996-2011. [S3826] The Ancestry of Bethia Harris, 1748-1833: Wife of Dudley Wildes of Topsfield, Massachusetts by Walter Goodwin Davis. Portland, Maine: Southworth Press, 1934.