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Mary Hill

Female 1711 - 1786  (75 years)


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  • Name Mary Hill 
    Born 1711  Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 11 Nov 1786  Charlotte County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I24271  My Reynolds Line
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2024 

    Family Colonel Clement Reade/Read,   b. 1707, King and Queen Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 2 Jan 1763, Charlotte Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 56 years) 
    Children 
    +1. Lt. Colonel Isaac Reade,   b. 1739, Likely Charlotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 21 Jul 1777, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 38 years)
    +2. Margaret 'Peggy' Reade,   b. 12 Oct 1734, Lunenburg County, Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1 May 1766, Charlotte Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 31 years)
    Last Modified 16 Sep 2024 
    Family ID F9332  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/170815404/mary_read.
      Birth: 1711, Virginia
      Death: 11 Nov 1786 (aged 74?75)
      Charlotte County, Virginia
      Burial: Bushy Forest, Charlotte Court House, Charlotte County, Virginia

      Mary Hill Read
      1711 ? 1786, Bushy Forest
      She married Clement Read about 1730. She was a strong woman known as "Madame Mary Read." The County Seat of Charlotte County was originally named Marysville in her honor.

      Col. Clement Read and Madame Mary Read had eight children: Mary Read (Nash), Margaret Read (Carrington), Clement Read, Jr., Isaac Read, Thomas Read, Edmund Read, Anne Read (Jameson) (Elliott), and Jonathan Read.

      She was buried at Bushy Forest with her husband, Col. Clement Read, whom she outlived by 23 years.

      Source: The Reads and their Relatives: Being an Account of Colonel Clement and Madam Read of Bushy Forest, Lunenburg County, Virginia, their Eight Children, their Descendants, and Allied Families by Alice Read (Mrs. Shelley Rouse) (1930).
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