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Thomas Nelson

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Thomas Nelson

Signer of the Declaration of Independence


    George Reade

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    • 2nd Great-grandfather of Thomas Nelson — 5th Generation
    • Ahnentafel No:
    • 20 
    • Birth Date:
    • 25 Oct 1608 
    • Birth Location:
    • Linkenholt, Hampshire, England 
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    • Death Date:
    • from 29 Sep 1670 to 21 Nov 1671 
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    • Marriage Date:
    • ABT 1641 
    • Marriage Location:
    • Virginia 
    • Children:

    • George Reade

      Robert Reade (Ahnentafel No:10 )

      Thomas Reade

      Francis Reade

      Benjamin Reade

      Mildred Reade

      Elizabeth Reade

    • Notes: 
    • Secretary of the Colony and Acting Governor of Virginia

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  • Sources for George Reade

    • 1 The Virginia Magazine of History and Biography, Virginia Historical Society, Vol. 4, No. 2, Oct. 1896, p. 204.
    • 2 William and Mary College Quarterly Historical Magazine, 1905, Vol. 14, No. 2, pp. 117-119.
    • 3 Barthelmas, Della Gray, The Signers of the Declaration of Independence: A Biographical and Genealogical Reference, Jefferson, N.C. and London: McFarland and Company, Inc., Publishers (1997), 201.
    • 4 Browning, Charles H., The Magna Charta Barons and their American Descendants, Philadelpha: (1898), 200.
    • 5 Davis, Lottie Wright, Records of Lewis, Meriwether and Kindred Families; Genealogical Records of Minor, Davis, . . ., Columbia, MO: Artcraft Press (1951), 165.
    • 6 Dorman, John Frederick, Adventurers of Purse and Person, Virginia, 1607-1624/5, 4th ed., Vol. 2, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Company (2005), 505-506.
    • 7 Kennedy, Mary Selden, Seldens of Virginia and Allied Families, Volume 1, New York: Frank Allaben Genealogical Company (1911), 343.
    • 8 McAllister, John Meriwether, ed. and Lura Boulton Tandy, Genealogies of the Lewis and Kindred Families, Columbia, Missouri: E. W. Stephens Publishing Company (1906), 23, 163.
    • 13 Sorley, Merrow Egerton, Lewis of Warner Hall: The History of a Family, including the Genealogy of Descendants in Both the Male and . . ., Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. (2000, orig. 1935), 36.
    • 14 Watson, Annah Robinson, Of Sceptred Race, Memphis, TN: Early Printing and Publishing Company (1910), 80-81, 84.
    • 16 Wurts, John S., Magna Charta, New York: Brookfield Publishing Company (1942), 1648.