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Personal data William Reade 

• He was born on 11 Mar 1538-1539 in Wickford, Essex, England.
• He died on July 19, 1603 in Wickford, Essex, England, he was 65 years old.
• A child of Roger Reade and Elizabeth Reade
• This information was last updated on December 4, 2022.

Household of William Reade

He is married to Martha Church.

They got married at Wickford, Essex, England.

Child(ren):

1. Edmund Reade  ± 1569-1623 
2. John Reade  ± 1575-????
3. Margaret Reade  ± 1573-????
4. William Reade  ± 1577-????

Notes about William Reade

WILL OF WILLIAM READ, SON OF ROGER.
In the name of God, Amen. The iijrd day of July in the yeare of our Lord 1603. I, William Rede of Wickford, in the county of Essex, yeoman,
(beinge in perfect mynd and memory lawde and prayse therefore moste heartily I give unto God) doe ordayne, make and constitute this my
presedt testament, contayning therein my last will in manner and forme followinge, that is to say, fyrst and principally, I give and bequeathe my soule to Allmighty God, my Maker, Redeemer and Saviour, Jesus Christe, by whose death and passion I trust to be saved, and by no other meanes, and my body to be buryed in the church of Wickford, whensoever the same shall fortune to departe this life.
Item--I give and bequeathe to the poore of Wickford three pounds, to be payed yearely xxs; the first xxs to be payd presently after my death.
Item--I give to the poore of Rayley xxs.
Item--I give to the poore of Rawreth xxs.
Item--I give to the poore of Nevington xxs.
Item--I give to the poore of Runnwell xxs.
Item--I give and bequeathe to my cozen, Roger Reade, the some of eight poundes, to be payd unto him by forth shillings a yeare.
Item--I give to every one of my household servants xs a piece.
Item--I give and bequeathe to Mary, my well beloved wife, one hundred poundes of good lawfull money of England, to be payd unto her within half a yeare after my decease, upon this condicion hereafter mentioned, that is to say that she, the sayd Mary, shall accept and take twenty poundes a yeare of my son, Edmund Reade, his heyres or assignes, for her dowrye or third, which she is to have out of my landes. And if that the sayd Mary, my wife, do refuse to yeeld up and release all her right, title and interest of dowrye or third of all my sayd lands, (my sayd sonne beinge bounde to pay her quarterly, that is to say vœ every quarter so long as she shall live), then my will and meanings is that Mary, my wife, shall not have any part of this legacy of one hundred poundes to her given by my will before bequeathed.
Item--I give and bequeath to the sayd Mary, my wife, all such household stuffs and plate as she had when and at such tyme as we were marryed except suche household as she hath given since to her children, or is otherwise worne, altered or decayed, which my will and meaninge is that my executor hereafter mentioned shall not be charged withall.
Item--I give and bequeath to the said Mary, my loving wife, six kyne, to be delivered by my executour out of my stock here in Wickford within one moneth after my decease.
Item--I give and bequeath to my sayd wife my baye trotting geldinge.
Item--My mind and will is that my sayd wife shall have her dwellinge and entertaynement in all honest and comely manner for herself and her mayde in my nowe dwellinge house, for the terme of one whole yeare next after my decease, if she will so long there continue and abyde.
Item--I give and bequeath to my sonne, John Reade, three hundred pounds of lawfull English money, to be payd within one yeare after my decease.
Item--I give and bequeath to my brother, Edmund Churche, the some of vjœ xiijs iiijd, to be payd unto him within one quarter of a year after my decease.
Item--I give and bequeath to my sonne, Edmund Rede, and to the heyres of his body lawfully begotten, all my landes and tenements whatsoever, and for want of such heyres my will and meaninge is that all the said landes and tenements shall descend and come to my sonne, John Rede, before mentioned, and to his heyres forever.
Item--I give and bequeath to my sayd sonne, Edmund, my lease of Fryearne(*) and the lease which I bought of my brother Edmund Churche.
The residue of all my goods and chattells whatsoever unbequeathed, my funerall charges discharged, and this my present testament and last will performed and fulfilled, I give and bequeath to my sayd sonne, Edmund, whome I doe institute, ordayne and make my sole executour of this my present testament and last will, and I doe appoynt my cozen, Edmund Thorneton, and my cozen, Richard Dowe, to be myne overseers, and I doe give to either of them xxs apiece to make them a ringe in recompence of there paynes and token of my good will.
In wittness whereof unto this my present testament and last will, I have sett my hand and seale the daye and yeare above wrytten. The mark x of the sayd William Reade, the testator, and his seale. Sealed and subscribed, ratified, acknowledged and delivered by the sayd
   William Reade, the testator, for his last will and testament in the presence
   of us,                                                   WILLIAM HARRIES and THOMAS MEREDYTHE.

(*)A manor in Nevenden parish near Wickford.

Source:   Genealogy Of The Gallup Family, Pages 268-9, Author: John D. Gallup, Call Number: CS71.G175.

ANCESTORS & DESCENDANTS OF JERRY CRARY & HIS WIFE ANTOINETTE DUNHAM, page 61.
     1. William Read lived at Wickford, Eng. (d. 1534.)     2. Roger Read, son of William Read died about 1558.    ; 3. William Read, son of Roger Read was born in 1540 and died in Wickford England 1603.     4. Edmund Read, son of William Read, was born in 1563 and died in 1623. He married Elizabeth Cooke, by whom he had seven children. (He lived in Wickford.)     5. Margaret Read, daughter of Edmund Read & Elizabeth Cooke Read married John Lakd, who died in England. After his death, she with her daughters Hannah and Martha, sailed for New England, arriving Oct. 6, 1635."

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