John Read (Connecticut politician)
| John Read | |
|---|---|
| Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk [1] | |
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In office May 1715 – October 1715 Serving with John Betts | |
| Preceded by |
Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock |
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In office October 1717 – May 1718 Serving with Samuel Hanford | |
| Succeeded by |
John Bartlett, Samuel Marvin |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
1633[2][3] Wendron, Cornwall, England [2] |
| Died |
1730[2][4] Stamford, Connecticut Colony [2] |
| Resting place | Read's Farm, Rowayton, Connecticut [2] |
| Spouse(s) | Anne Samson Derby (widow of Francis Derby) (m. 1652, Providence, Rhode Island),[2][3] widow Scofield of Stamford |
| Children | John Read, Jr., Thomas Read, William John Read, Mary Read Tuttle, Abigail Read [2][3] |
| Residence |
Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rye, Province of New York (1684–1687), Norwalk (present day Rowayton), Connecticut Colony (1687)[3] |
| Occupation | lawyer |
| Military service | |
| Allegiance | Roundhead |
| Rank | Captain |
| Unit | Army of the Protector[3] |
| Battles/wars |
English Civil War, Corfe Castle (1649) |
John Read (also John Reed) (1633 – 1730) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the May 1715 and October 1717 sessions.
He was the son of James Read.[2]
He was an officer in Oliver Cromwell's army, and a soldier from the age of sixteen.[4] When Charles II of England was restored to the throne, Read left for America. He settled first in Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations.[4] In Providence, he married Anne Samson Derby.[4] He later moved to Rye, Province of New York, in 1684, where he lived for three or four years.[4] He then established himself in the western part of Norwalk, at a house he built on the eastern side of the Five Mile River, north of the Old Post Road and nearly two miles from the Long Island Sound at a place called Reed's Farms.[4] His name is found among the records of the town of Norwalk in 1687.[4] John Read was admitted to the bar in 1708 in Norwalk, Connecticut. His house was used for a meeting place for some years. His wife died and he married again to the Widow Scofield from Stamford.
He died in Norwalk, in the ninety-eighth year of his age, in 1730, and was interred in a tomb on his own farm.
Notable descendants
- Third great-grandfather of William Benjamin Reed (1833–1909), mayor of South Norwalk, Connecticut from 1891 to 1892.
References
- ↑ Nathaniel Bouton (1851). An Historical Discourse in Commemoration of the Two-hundredth Anniversary of the Settlement of Norwalk, Ct., in 1651: Delivered in the First Congregational Church in Norwalk, July 9, 1851. S.W. Benedict. pp. 78–.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/SGBJ-BYR : accessed 2014-05-17), entry for John /Read (Reed)/.
- 1 2 3 4 5 Jacob Whittemore Reed (1861). History of the Reed family in Europe and America. pp. 445–.
- 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Representative Men and Old Families of Rhode Island: Genealogical Records and Historical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens and of Many of the Old Families ... J.H. Beers & Company. 1908. pp. 618–.
| Preceded by Joseph Platt Samuel Comstock |
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk May 1715–October 1715 With: John Betts |
Succeeded by |
| Preceded by |
Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk October 1717–May 1718 With: Samuel Hanford |
Succeeded by John Bartlett Samuel Marvin |