The Read family of Delaware were a prominent political family in the 18th and 19th centuries in

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and

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. The family was founded by John Read, a wealthy Englishman who was one of the founders of

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Family members

*John Read (1688 – June 17, 1756), m. Mary Howell, resided New Castle County, Delaware **

George Read George Read may refer to: * George Reade (colonial governor) (1608–1671), politician, judge, and Acting Governor of Virginia Colony * George Read (American politician, born 1733) (1733–1798), lawyer, signer of Declaration of Independence and U ...

(September 18, 1733 – September 21, 1798), m. Gertrude Ross Till, resided New Castle, Delaware. Signer of the Declaration of Independence,

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, and Acting President of Delaware. ***John, died in infancy *** George Jr., resided New Castle, Delaware *** John (July 7, 1769 – July 13, 1854), banker, resided

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, Pennsylvania ****John Merideth Read (July 21, 1797 – November 29, 1874), Chief Justice of Pennsylvania, resided

, Pennsylvania *****John Merideth Read (February 21, 1837 – ) diplomatist ** Thomas Read (1740 – October 26, 1788), Commodore, U.S. Navy, resided

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, Pennsylvania **Mary, m. 1769

Gunning Bedford Sr. Gunning Bedford Sr. (April 7, 1742 – September 30, 1797) was an American lawyer and politician from New Castle, in New Castle County, Delaware. He was an officer in the Continental Army during the American Revolution, and a member of the Fede ...

References

* {{cite book , author=Martin, Roger A. , title=A History of Delaware Through its Governors , publisher=McClafferty Press, Wilmington , year=1984 , id=

Read Read Read may refer to: * Reading, human cognitive process of decoding symbols in order to construct or derive meaning * Read (automobile), an American car manufactured from 1913 to 1915 * Read (biology), an inferred sequence of base pairs of ...