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John Read[1]

Male 1734 - 1819  (85 years)


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  • Name John Read 
    Birth 1734  , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Residence 1810  , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [2
    Death 21 Sep 1819  , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I40307  Master
    Last Modified 21 Apr 2020 

    Father John Read,   b. 19 Dec 1698, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Sep 1765, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years) 
    Mother Winifred Favior,   b. 1703, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. May 1777, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 74 years) 
    Family ID F9502  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Elizabeth Perkins,   b. 3 Sep 1738, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1780, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 41 years) 
    Marriage 20 Oct 1761  , Essex, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Lucy Read,   b. 1759, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 57 years)  [Father: natural]
     2. Elizabeth Read,   b. 12 Feb 1760, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 4 Jan 1828, , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 67 years)  [Father: natural]
     3. Winifred Read,   b. 1761, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location  [Father: natural]
     4. Samuel Read,   b. 1763, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 8 Feb 1806, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]
     5. Griffin Read,   b. 1766, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Aug 1843, , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 77 years)  [Father: natural]
     6. Mary Read,   b. 1767, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 1816, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 49 years)  [Father: natural]
     7. Tabitha Read,   b. 1771, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 13 Apr 1856, , , Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 85 years)  [Father: natural]
     8. Rebecca Read,   b. 19 Feb 1771, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 19 Feb 1849, , Laurel, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
     9. Theophilus Perkins Read,   b. 21 Feb 1775, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 3 Oct 1821, , Bourbon, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 46 years)  [Father: natural]
    +10. Robert Coleman Read,   b. 20 May 1777, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 6 May 1856, , Allen, Kentucky, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]
     11. Ann Read,   b. 4 Apr 1779, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Apr 1849, , , Virginia, USA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 70 years)  [Father: natural]
    Family ID F9503  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 19 Apr 2020 

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - 1734 - , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 20 Oct 1761 - , Essex, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsResidence - 1810 - , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - 21 Sep 1819 - , Culpeper, Virginia, USA Link to Google Earth
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  • Notes 
    • John Read, Jr., son of John Read and Winifred Favor acquired land from his father: Deed Book "C", page 238. John Read, Sr. had acquired the land from James Pendleton and wife, 500 acres of land on Indian Run in Culpeper County, by deed recorded in deed book "B", p. 394 on 20 Nov 1755. John, Sr. then conveyed 250 of said land to son John, Jr. The deed recited that John, Jr. was then in possession of the land, so that he was, doubtless, married at the time.

      22 Nov. 1751, Deed Book A, Culpeper Virginia, USA: John Shackelford leases 150 acres to John Read for lives of John Read, John Read Jr., and Theophilus Read.

    • FIRST WILL OF JOHN READ
      John Read, Jr. made the following will which was in the possession of his gg granddaughter, Betty Robson Prichard, wife of the author of the book on John Read and his descendants, ALLIED FAMILIES OF READ, CORBIN, LUTTRELL, BYWATERS. Author: Prichard, A. M.

      "IN THE NAME OF GOD, AMEN: I, John Read, of Culpeper County, do hereby made (sic) my last will and Testament in manner and form following, that is to say:
      First. To my beloved wife, Eve, I give all that tract or parcel of land whereon Martin Fishback now lives, together with one mulatto woman slave, Milly, and all her children, also one cow and calf, and one heifer, the choice of my stock, four Noris sheep, one feather bed, bedstead and furniture, one womans saddle, two pewter basins, two dishes and six plates, six knives and forks, one iron baker and twenty pounds Virginia currency.
      2dly. To my daughter Luch Huffman, I lend the use of profits of that piece of parcel of land whereon Mrs. Amy Clerk now lives, agreeable to the boundaries of the lease, during the natural life of my aid daughter, Lucy, and after her decease, the said land to return and to become a part of my estate. I also give to my said daughter lucy one negro woman married Jett (sic) now in her possession and all her increase.
      3dly. To my daughter Winifred Spilman, I give one negro woman Kate, and all her increase, also one old woman Uriller.
      4thly. To my grandchildren, the children of my deceased son, Samuel Read, namely, John, Elizabeth, Samuel, William and Harris, I give six shillings each.
      5thly.To my daughter Elizabeth Corbin, I give one hundred pounds, Virginia currency.
      6thly. To my daughter Mary Huffman, I give one hundred pounds Virginia currency.
      7thly. To my son Griffin Read, I give one hundred pounds Virginia currency.
      8thly. To my daughter, Tabitha Chowning, I give one negro man Rawly.
      9thly. To my daughter Rebecca Freeman, I give one hundred pounds Virginia currency.
      10thly. To my son, Theophilus Read, I give one negro woman, Hannah, now in his possession and all her increase.
      11thly. To my son, Robert Coleman Read, I give fifty dollars which sum was loaned him the Spring of the year 1813.
      12thly. To my daughter, Ann Robson, I lend all the tract of parcel of land, with the improvements, on the east side of Indian Run whereon I now live, except the part before mentioned, under lease whereon Mrs. Amy Clerk now lives, also one negro woman Winifred, and all her increase, which negroes are now in her possession (except one boy Edmund which I have reserved to my own use during my life) to be used and enjoyed by my said daughter during her natural life, and after her decease, I give the said land and negroes to be equally divided among all her children and their heirs forever.
      13thly. My will and desire is that the land purchased of Robert Clerk on the west side of Indian Run, and that part under lease whereon Mrs. Clerk now lives, together with all the rest of the monies arising from such sale in the first place pay and satisfy all my mjust debts and then the legacies hereinbefore mentioned, and the residue of the monies so arising, if any, to be equally divided among my sons, Griffin Read, Theophilus Read, and Robert Coleman Read, or their legal representatives.

      Lastly. I hereby constitute and appoint my friends Thomas Spilman and Martin Fishback and my son Griffin Read, executors of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke and disannul all and every wills and testaments heretofore by me made, ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

      In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal this twentieth day of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fourteen.

      John Read (Seal)

      Signed, sealed and declared as and for the last will & testament of John Read in the presence of Wm. K. Spilman, William Stark, John Payne, Jr., Thos. C. Scott, George Moor, Peter Bowen."

    • SECOND WILL OF JOHN READ
      John Read revoked his first will written in 1814 by cutting his name therefrom and, in lieu thereof, executed another will which was probated 19 June, 1820.

      Second Will of John Read, 19 June 1820, recorded in Culpeper Will Book "H", page 198 as follows:
      IN THE NAME OF GOD AMEN. I, John Read, of Culpeper county, being of perfect mind and memory do hereby make my lasw will and testament in manner and form following that is to say:
      First. To my daughter Winifred Spilman I give one old negro woman Uriller and also one woman Kate both of which women have been a considerable time in her possession all their increase.
      2ndly. To my grand children viz: the children of my deceased son Samuel Read namely John, Elizabeth, William & Harris, I give one dollar each.
      3rdly. To my daughter Elizabeth Corbin I give one hundred pounds Virginia currency.
      4thly. To my daughter Mary Huffman I give eighty pounds Virginia currency.
      5thly. To my son Griffin Read I give the sole benefit of a bond I had on Bazil Gordon of Falmouth for the sum of one hundred and eleven pounds, nine shillings and four pence which bond has been delivered to my son Griffin.
      6thly. To my daughter Tabitha Chowning I give one hundred pounds Virginia currency.
      7thly. To my daughter Rebecca Freeman I give one hundred pounds Virginia currency.
      8thly. To my son Theophilus Read I give one negro woman Hannah now in his possession.
      9thly. To my son Robert Coleman Read I give the sum of fifty dollars which sum was loaned him in the year 1813.
      10thly. To my daughter Ann Robson I lend the use and profits of all the tract or parcel of land on the east side of Indian Run whereon I now live except that part under lease whereon Mrs. Amy Clerk now lives, also one negro woman Winifred and all her increase which negroes are now in her possession (reserving to myself the use of one boy Edmund oldest child of the said woman during my life) which land and negroes as aforesaid are to be used and enjoyed by my said daughter Ann Robson during her natural life and after decease I give the said land and negroes to be equally divided among all her children.
      11thly. My will and desire is that my land purchased of Robert Clerk on the west side of Indian Run containing fifty acres as soon as convenient after my decease together with all the rest and residue of my estate not heretofore bequeathed except the land under lease as before mentioned be sold by my executors hereinafter named and of the monies arising from such sales in the first place pay and satisfy all just debts and then the legacies hereinbefore mentioned and the residue of the monies so arising if any be equally divided among my three sons, Griffin Read, Theophilus Read and Robert Coleman Read and their heirs or legal representatives.
      12thly. To my grandson William R. Robson, son of my daughter Ann Robson, I give the land under lease whereon Mrs. Amy Clerk now lives according to the boundaries of the said lease, the annual rents of the said land during the term of said lease to be received by his father and appropriated to the education of my said grandson William R. Robson until e shall arrive at the age of eighteen years at which time the said William R. Robson is to have the full possession of the said land with all of its appurtenances.

      Lastly. I hereby constitute and appoint my friends Thomas Spillman, Martin Fishback and Benjamin Ferguson executors of this my last will and testament, and I do hereby utterly disallow, revoke, and disannul all and every wills and testaments heretofore by me made and ratifying and confirming this and no other to be my last will and testament.

      In witness whereof I have hereunto st my hand and seal this twenty-first day of September in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and nineteen.

      John Read (LS)

      Signed, ssealed, and declared as and for the last will & testament of John Read in the presence of Thomas Corbin, George W. Ward, Thomas Luckett.

      Jas Pendleton and Exor Culpeper County Deed Book W, page 237, 19 Oct 1801 LDS MICROFILM 0030930


  • Sources 
    1. [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree.
      http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=168381152&pid=8

    2. [S248] Ancestry.com, 1810 United States Federal Census, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2010.), Year: 1810; Census Place: Culpeper, Culpeper, Virginia; Roll: 68; Page: 109; Image: 00216; Family History Library Film: 0181428.