Sir William Reade, of Folkestone

William Read Sr. was born in 1510 at of, Folkestone, County Kent, England. [1]

Married:

1. after 1532 at Folkestone, County Kent, England to Eliza Mennis (1516-?) [1]

Children of William Read Sr. and Eliza Mennis:

1. William Read(e)+1 b. c 1535, d. 20 Jan 1566. Married Rebecca Menis.
2. Matthew Reade, who died without issue
3. Alice Reade, who married Stephen Richardson
4. Rebecca Reade, who married Stephen Ruck

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Disputed Origins

https://archive.org/stream/proceedingsofrea00read#page/26/mode/1up Claims this William Reade was the same as Sir William Rede, son of William Rede, son of Edward Rede.

“Historic Homes and Institutions and Genealogical and Personal ...,” Volume 1. By Ellery Bicknell Crane. Page 252. GoogleBooks

John, mayor of Norwich, 1388, had an only son, who married Isiod Stanley, and they had: John, Bothomomew, Robert. William. William Reade, S. T. P., had a son, Sir William, whose son married Revecca, daughter and co-heir of Menis, whose first child, Mathew, married Alice, daughter of Andrew Wood, whose son William married Lucy Henage, who had Elias, John, and William.

(Comment: seems garbled)

References

1. A Record of the Redes of Barton Court, Berks: With a Short Précis of Other ...By Compton Reade. Page 127. < GoogleBooks > William Reade of Folkestone = Elizabeth, heir of Menis, and by her had with others William of Folkestone (died 1618) = Rebecca, daughter of Sir Robert Menis, and aunt of Sir Matthew Menis. By her he had (1) Matthew of Folkestone (died 1625) = Alice, daughter of Ambrose Ward, and had issue with others a daughter, Elizabeth, living in 1659, who married (1) Mark, nephew of Sir Basil Dixwell, Bart. (creation 18th February, 1627), and had issue Sir Basil Dixwell, of Brome, who Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Peyton, Bart.; (2) Sir Henry Oxenden of Dean, s. p. (2) John, s. p. ; (3) William Reade of Canterbury (admon, granted 1621) Lucy, daughter of Michael Heneage, and had a son John of Gray's Inn, will proved 1662; (4) Richard of St. Gregory's, London (admon. 1658) = Joan, daughter of William Dale, and had issue, with others, Richard of Whittlesey, who attested his pedigree at the visitation of Cambridge, 1684 Margaret, daughter of Henry Atkinson of Whittlesey, and had issue four sons and four daughters. Arms, Visitation of Cambridge, 1684: Quarterly 1st and 4th, Azure, a griffin segreant, or; 2nd and 3rd, Gules a chevron or and azure, between three leopards' heads cabossed of the 2nd, for Menis. Crest (given in MS. Eng., c. 14, fo. 39, Bodleian Library): A garb or, banded gules.
2. Reed, Edward, F. The English Ancestry of William Reade of Weymouth in Proceedings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association, Boston: 1907. Page 21. Archive.Org
3. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mhurdle127/d543.htm#P994
4. https://sites.rootsweb.com/~mhurdle127/d499.htm#P920
5. http://andorferroots.com/roots/andorferroots-o/p127.htm
6. 1. Unknown compiler, "1900 Norway Census; East Toten, Oppland Fylke", Ancestral File, Pedigree Chart - READE (REED).
7. page 26-27 of Proceedings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association : with papers on the family history read at its first three annual meetings by Reade Society for Genealogical Research Published 1907 ** CAUTION: descent to William Reade of Weymouth has been debunked, please check more contemporary sources.

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