Col. John Reading was the first white landowner in
Hunterdon County, New Jersey. His son,
Governor John Reading was the first native-born
Governor of New Jersey, serving in 1747, and again in from September 1757 to June 1758.
Born in
England, Colonel Reading emigrated to Gloucester, in what was then the
Province of New Jersey in approximately 1684.
He was a member of the assembly and was Clerk of
Gloucester county from 1688–1702. Along with two others, he was commissioned by the Provincial Council of
West Jersey to purchase land from the
Native Americans which encompassed between the
Raritan and
Delaware rivers. He served as a judge of the Supreme Court of the Province starting in 1712.
He died in
Amwell Township, New Jersey
Amwell Township was a Township that existed in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States, from 1708 to 1846.
The Township was established by royal patent on June 8, 1708, from Queen Anne, the first sovereign of the combined kingdom of Great Br ...
in 1717.
References
External links
Reading Family Biography
Year of birth missing
Year of death missing
People from Hunterdon County, New Jersey
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