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If anyone has information regarding the parents of John READING [Sr.], or the maiden name of Col. John READING's wife Elizabeth ____, or any other new information about this READING family, please contact me.
(1) John READING [Sr.], b. unknown in England, d. unknown in Pipe Hill, Staffordshire, England; m. to Mary ____; they resided in Pipe Hill, St. Michael, Staffordshire, England; their children:
[#2] i. Col. John, b. 14 Sep 1657, d. 30 Oct 1717, m. Elizabeth ____;
ii. Job, b. 8 Nov 1659;
iii. Daniel, b. 28 Jul 1661, d. 1704;
iv. Jonah, b. 4 Sep 1664, d. 6 Nov 1668.
(2) Col. John READING, b. 14 Sep 1657 in Pipe Hill, Staffordshire, England, d. 30 Oct 1717 in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; burial: Buckingham Friends Cemetery, PA; m., 22 Feb 1682, to Elizabeth ____ (b. 1657, d. 20 Jan 1714); they resided in Gloucester Co., NJ, and Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; their children:
i. Elizabeth, b. 5 Jun 1684, 22 Jun 1692;
[#3] ii. Gov. John, b. 6 Jun 1686, d. 7 Nov 1767, m. Maretje "Mary" RYERSON;
iii. Mary "Elsie", b. 26 Sep 1688, d. 27 Feb 1732, m. Capt. Daniel HOWELL;
iv. Sarah, b. 26 Aug 1691.
Col. John READING was a member of the Council of Proprietors of West Jersey and a
member of the Royal Council of New Jersey. He was a judge of the Supreme
Court of the Province. He was a lieutenant colonel in the Hunterdon Co., NJ
Militia in 1715.
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(3) Gov. John READING, b. 6 Jun 1686 in Gloucester Co., NJ, d. 7 Nov 1767 in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; burial: Pleasant Ridge Cemetery; m., 30 Nov 1720 in NJ, to Maretje "Mary" RYERSON (b. about Jul 1699, d. 17 Apr 1774; daughter of Joris "George" RYERSON & Anneken "Ann" SCHOUTEN); they resided in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; their children:
i. John [Jr.], b. 20 Mar 1722, d. 1766,
m. Isabella MONTGOMERY;
ii. Ann, b. 1723, d. 1768, m. Rev. Charles BEATTY;
iii. Col. George, b. 26 Feb 1725, d. 12 Aug 1792,
m. Rebecca MULLEN;
iv. Capt. Daniel, b. 2 Feb 1727, d. 15 Oct 1768,
m. Euphemia REID;
[#4] v. Hon. Joseph, b. 23 Nov 1728, d. 15 Nov 1806,
m. Amy PIERSON;
vi. Elizabeth, b. 1731, d. about 1781, m. John HACKETT;
vii. Richard, b. Dec 1732, d. 1781, m. Catherine REID;
viii. Capt. Thomas, b. 27 Sep 1734, d. 15 Dec 1814,
m. Rebecca ELLIS;
ix. Mary, b. 1736, d. 4 Apr 1794, m. Rev. William MILLS;
x. Sarah, b. 1738, d. 10 Jul 1809, m. Augustine REID;
xi. Samuel, b. 25 Oct 1741, d. 18 Aug 1749.
Gov. John READING was the president of the Royal Council of New Jersey and acting Royal Governor of New Jersey in
1747 and again in 1757, being the first native-born Jerseyman to govern the Province. He was a Justice of
the Peace and was president judge of the Court of Common Pleas for Hunterdon Co. He was colonel of the
Hunterdon Co., NJ Militia.
(4) Hon. Joseph READING, b. 23 Nov 1728 in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. 15 Nov 1806 in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; burial: place unknown (probably in Pleasant Ridge Cemetery); m., ca. 21 Jun 1753 in Hunterdon Co., NJ, to Amy PIERSON (b. about 1730-35; believed to be daughter of William PIERSON); they resided in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; their children:
i. William, b. about 1754, d. Apr 1788, m. Ann EMLEY;
ii. John, b. 29 Mar 1756, d. 18 Feb 1802, m. Mary HARRISON;
[#5] iii. Joseph [Jr.], b. 28 Jan 1760, d. 11 Mar 1810, m. Lucy EMLEY;
iv. Samuel Ryerson, b. 10 Jun 1771, d. 22 Aug 1838, m. 1st Ellen ANDERSON,
m. 2nd Susan RITTENHOUSE;
v. Pierson, b. about 1782-83, d. 26 Aug 1847, m. 1st Mary OPDYKE,
m. 2nd Charity GUILD;
vi. Amy, b. unknown, m. Cornelius HARRISON;
vii. Sarah, b. unknown, m. Fincher HELMS;
viii. Elizabeth, b. unknown, m. Samuel BOYLE;
ix. Nancy, b. unknown, m. Mr. READING;
x. Rebecca, b. unknown, m. John ANDERSON;
xi. Mary, b. unknown, d. Apr 1841.
Hon. Joseph READING was a justice of the peace, judge of the Court of Common Pleas,
and president judge of the Orphan's Court for Hunterdon
Co., NJ. He served as a member of the Royal Council of New Jersey. He also
was a captain in the Hunterdon Co., NJ Militia.
(5) Joseph READING [Jr.], b. 28 Jan 1760 in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. 11 Mar 1810 in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; burial: Reading-Johnson Cemetery; m., about 1784 in Hunterdon Co., NJ, to Lucy EMLEY (b. 1 Jan 1762, d. 5 Aug 1831; daughter of Elisha EMLEY & Anne ATKINSON); they resided in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; their children:
i. Ann, b. 10 May 1785, d. 28 Mar 1843, m. Elisha Emley READING;
[#6] ii. Amy, b. 2 Mar 1787, d. 3 Sep 1858, m. George OPDYCKE Jr.;
iii. John, b. 8 Oct 1789, d. 12 Nov 1871, m. Martha SERGEANT;
iv. Sarah, b. 30 Nov 1791, m. Charles SERGEANT;
v. Hannah, b. 19 May 1794, d. 11 Sep 1854, m. Edmund RITTENHOUSE;
vi. Maria, b. 2 Sep 1797, d. 19 Feb 1869, Joseph WEST;
vii. Theodosia, b. 18 Apr 1800, d. 5 Feb 1875, m. Larison STRYKER;
viii. Lucy Emley, b. 12 Jan 1803, d. 27 Sep 1847, m. William KUGLER.
Joseph READING [Jr.] was a soldier in the Hunterdon Co., NJ Militia during the American
Revolution. After the war he was commissioned an ensign in the militia.
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(6) Amy READING, b. 2 Mar 1787 in Amwell Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ, d. 3 Sep 1858 in Delaware Twsp., Hunterdon Co., NJ; burial: Reading-Johnson Cemetery; m., 23 Sep 1807 in Hunterdon Co., NJ, George OPDYCKE Jr. (b. 1775, d. 3 Dec 1831).
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