Col. George Reade

Abt 1610 - 1671  (~ 60 years)

• Name	George Reade  [1, 2]
  Prefix	Col.
  Alternate birth	25 Oct 1608  [3, 4]
  Birth	Abt 1610	Linkenholt, Hampshire, England   [5]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Between 29 Sep 1670 and 21 Nov 1671	Virginia   [3, 5, 6]
  Alternate death	1671	Virginia   [7, 8, 9, 10]
  Burial	Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktown, York, Virginia   [5]
  Siblings	2 siblings
  1. Dr. Thomas Reade ,   b. Bef 18 Oct 1604   d. Mar 1669, Exeter House, The Strand, Middlesex, England  (Age > 64 years)   2. Robert Reade ,   b. Bef 20 Jul 1609   d. Aft 7 Mar 1668  (Age > 59 years) + 3. Col. George Reade ,   b. Abt 1610, Linkenholt, Hampshire, England d. Between 29 Sep 1670 and 21 Nov 1671, Virginia  (Age ~ 60 years) ▻ Elizabeth Martiau ,  m. Abt 1641
  Person ID	I36770	Ancestry of PNH, TNH, and others | Ancestor of LMW
  Last Modified	7 Feb 2024

  
  

  Father	Robert Reade,   b. Abt 1568, of Faccombe, Hampshire, England d. Bef 20 Mar 1627 (Age ~ 59 years)
  Mother	Mildred Windebank,   b. 1584   d. Bef 26 Jan 1631 (Age < 47 years)
  Marriage	31 Jul 1600	St. Martin-in-the-Fields, London, England   [4, 5, 6, 10, 11, 12]
  Family ID	F21616	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Elizabeth Martiau,   b. 1625   d. Between 10 Feb 1686 and 24 Jan 1687, Virginia (Age 61 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1641	Yorktown, York, Virginia   [6, 13, 14]
  Children	+ 1. Mildred Reade,   b. Williamsburg, Virginia d. Aft 4 Jan 1695 + 2. Elizabeth Reade
  Family ID	F21613	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Nov 2021

  
  

• Notes

  "George Reade, born 25 Oct. 1608, son of Robert and Mildred (Windebank) Reade, who had come to Virginia in Sir John Harvey's party upon his return as governor of Virginia, 1637. On 27 Aug. 1640 George Reade was appointed by the King 'to the place of Secretary [of the Colony] in the absence of Richard Kemp who has lately arrived in England.' Reade was clerk of the Council, 1648, burgess for James City, 1649, and for York, 1656, and was appointed to the Council in 1658, holding that office until his death." [Adventurers of Purse and Person, citation details below] He is a "gateway ancestor" for PNH's sister-in-law, a descendant of Edward III and over five thousand other medieval people. A daughter of Edward III's son John of Gaunt, Joan Beaufort, was married twice; through her second marriage, to Ralph de Neville, George Reade is an 8X-great grandson of Edward III. Through her second marriage, to Robert Ferrers, Reade is a 9X-great grandson of the same king, and also a 9X-great grandson through another of Edward's sons, Lionel of Antwerp. He and his wife Elizabeth Martiau were great-great grandparents of George Washington: George Reade = Elizabeth Martiau Mildred Reade = Col. Augustine Warner Mildred Warner = Lawrence Washington Augustine Washington = Mary Ball George Washington It has been suggested that George Washington was named George after this particular great-great-grandfather. It does appear that George Reade represents the most recent, and possibly the only, previous instance of a George in Washington's ancestry. George Reade and Elizabeth Martiau were also ancestors of Queen Elizabeth II: George Reade = Elizabeth Martiau Mildred Reade = Col. Augustine Warner Mary Warner = Col. John Smith Mildred Smith = Robert Porteous Robert Porteous = Judith Cockayne Mildred Porteous = Robert Hodgson Rev. Robert Hodgson = Mary Tucker Henrietta Mildred Hodgson = Oswald Smith Frances Dora Smith = Claude Bowes-Lyon Claude George Bowes-Lyon = Cecilia Nina Cavendish-Bentinck Elizabeth Bowes-Lyon = King George VI Queen Elizabeth II And of Meriwether Lewis: George Reade = Elizabeth Martiau Mildred Reade = Col. Augustine Warner Elizabeth Warner = Col. John Lewis Col. Robert Lewis = Jane Meriwether William Lewis = Lucy Meriwether Meriwether Lewis And of General George S. Patton: Thomas Reade = Lucy Gwynne Mildred Reade = Philip Rootes Elizabeth Rootes = Rev. John Thompson Philip Rootes Thompson = Anna Davenport Eleanor Thompson = William Thorton Susanna Thompson Thorton = Andrew Glassell Susan Thornton Glassell = George Smith Patton George Smith Patton = Ruth Wilson General George S. Patton (1885-1945)

  
  

• Sources

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