• General Notes

  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 12, Ed. 1, Tree #2357, Date of Import: Apr 25, 1999]
  1637  Arrived in Virginia
  1638-9  Acting Governor of the County
  1640    Appointed Secretary of State, Pro Tem
  1641    Marriage to Elizabeth Martiau/Martian of York Co., Virginia
  1649    Burgess of James City County, Virginia
  1655-6  Burgess of James City County and New York
  1657-71  Member of the Governor's Council
  Elected twice: March 13,1657 and April 3,1658
  1671     Died
  Nov 11 1671  Will admitted to probate
  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 1, Ed. 1, Tree #2617, Date of Import: Jan 19, 1999]
  COLONEL GEORGE READE CAME TO JAMESTOWN, VA. IN A SECRETARIAL CAPACITY
  WITH GOV. SIR JOHN HARVEY IN 1637.  HE BACAME OWNER OF LARGE TRACTS OF
  LAND.  WAS FIRST CAPTAIN, THEN MAJOR AND LATER COLONEL IN THE COLONIAL
  MILITIA. HE WAS ACTING SECRETARY OF THE COLONY DURING RICHARD KEMP'S
  ABSENCE , 1637 TO 1641:  ACTING GOVERNOR 1638 AND 1639:  BURGESS FOR
  JAMES CITY COUNTY, 1649 AND FOR YORK COUNTY 1655 TO 1656.  HE WAS
  APPOIONTED A MEMBER OF THE KING'S OR GOVERNOR'S COUNCIL OF VIRGINIA,
  SERVED FROM 1657 TO 1661.
  REFERENCES FOR MILITARY RECORD:
  MAGNA CARTA, PART 4, PAGES 752, 834, 945, BY JOHN S. WARTS
  HENNING'S STATUTES AT LARGE, VOL 1, PAGRS 358,414,421, 429, 432, 499, 505.
  TYLER'S ENCYCLOPEDIA VIRGINIA BIOGRAPHY, VOL 1, PAGE 122
  HISTORICAL SOCIETY OF PENNSYLVANIA, MAG. VOL. 12, PAGE 49
  STANARDS, PAGES 38, AND 72
  VIRGINIA MAGAZINE OF HISTORY, VOL. 4, PAGES 204-205
  THROCKMORTON FAMILY, PAGES 321 AND 322.
  "AMONG THOSE WHO CAME FROM THE NOBILITY OF ENGLAND TO SEEK THEIR FORTUNES
  IN VIRGINIA WAS GEORGE READE.  HIS SOLE IMPORTANCE IN HISTORY IS THE FACT
  THAT HE WAS ONE OF THE FIRST ANCESTORS OF GEORGE WASHINGTON WHO VENTURED
  ACROSS THE ATLANTIC; AND IT WAS FROM HIM THAT WASHINGTON DERIVED HIS
  GIVEN NAME."  (THOMAS GREEN)
  GEORGE READE CAME TO VIRGINIA IN 1637 SECTY OF THE COLONY, ACTING
  GOVERNOR 1638-39  MEMBER OF THE KING'S COUNCIL1657-71; BURGESS FROM JAMES
  CITY 1647 OF YORK.
  IT IS INTERESTING TO KNOW THAT COL READE WAS DESCENDED FROM CERDIC, KING
  OF MIDDLESEX A.D. 519
  QUEEN VICTORIA INCORPORATED THIS LINE IN HER GENEOLOGICAL
  TREE.[Brøderbund WFT Vol. 19, Ed. 1, Tree #1362, Date of Import: Apr 26,
  1999]
  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 7, Ed. 1, Tree #3244, Date of Import: May 29, 1997]
  !George came to America (VA) in 1637. He was
  Acting Governor of VA 1638-39.  George was
  Secretary to the Colony of VA in 1640.  He
  was a Burgess for James City County in 1649
  & York County in 1656. He was a member of the
  Council 1657-71. George was also a Colonel of
  Militia, etc. He & Elizabeth had 12 children,
  but there are only records of seven.
  In Vol. IV of "Genealogies of Virginia
  Families" (pp. 260-271), we read, "George
  Reade came to Virginia in 1637, and is several
  times mentioned in letters in Vol. I, Calendar
  of Colonial State Papers.  He was a friend and
  adherent of Governor Harvey and Secretary Kemp,
  and when Kemp was in England in 1640, was
  appointed Secretary of State pro tem.  He was
  Burgess for James City County in 1649 (Hening,
  Statutes at large I., 358) and again in
  December, 1656 (Ibid, 421), probably for
  Gloucester.  He was elected member of the Council
  March 13, 1657-'8 (Ibid, 432), and again elected
  April 3, 1658 (Ibid, 505), holding the office
  until his death in 1671. (General Court Minute
  Book).  On November 20, 1671, the will of Colonel
  George Reade was admitted to probate in the
  General Court on the oaths of Mr. Thomas Reade
  and Henry Richardson. (Va. Magazine, IV., 205;
  Quarterly, XII., 65, 66.)"
  [Brøderbund WFT Vol. 16, Ed. 1, Tree #2294, Date of Import: Apr 26, 1999]
  Dpty Secy State VA 1642;Burgess JAMES CITY VA 1649,1656;Gov.Council
  1657-71;JAMES CITY & GLOUCESTER VA; immigrated to VA 1637; {Rd 1.2.1; ref
  22,32,103,152,209,233,WFT 3869}

Details of George's family with Elizabeth Martiau