John Read and Eleanor Ross

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Husband John Read ¹

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           Died: Abt 1793-1794
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Wife Eleanor Ross ¹

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Children

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1 M William Read ¹

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           Born: 9 Mar 1744 1
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           Died: in childhood
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         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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2 M Thomas Read ¹

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           Born: 3 Apr 1746 1
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           Died: 14 Jun 1823 1
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3 M Alexander Read ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 8 May 1752 - North Millford Hundred, Cecil Co, MD 1
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           Died: 11 Sep 1826 - Lawrence Twp, Clearfield Co, PA 4 5
         Buried:  - Owens Cemetery, near Clearfield, Clearfield Co, PA

         Spouse: Jemima Alexander (Abt 1756-1840) 3 6 7 8
           Marr: Abt 1779

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4 M John Read ¹

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           Born: 2 Jun 1756 1
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5 F Margaret Read ¹

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           Born: 25 Aug 1758 1
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6 F Ann Read ¹

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           Born: 1 Nov 1760 1
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         Spouse: [Unk] Lowe (      -      ) 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Read

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He was settled in Maryland at least ten years prior to his son Alexander's birth. The earliest of a number of deeds on record, conveying land to this John Read, is dated June 5, 1742. (Liber 6/168). It is probable that he migrated from northern Ireland shortly prior to the latter date, which is also the approximate date of his marriage to Eleanor Ross. The possibility that he and his wife were both born in America is not to be disregarded however.
Both the Read and Ross families originated in lowland Scotland and were among those transplanted to Ulster in Ireland after the accession of James I of England, and they likewise formed later a part of the mass migration to America. County Armagh has been assigned as the locale of these Reads in Ireland.

His will, dated October 2, 1793, indicates his weak physical condition at the time. It was probated March 6, 1794 (Libor EE-5/334). Except for the bequest of a negro boy to his grandson, John R., son of Alexander and provision for the manumission of two other slaves, Alexander
Read is made sole beneficiary and named executor. Evidently, the testator's wife, Alexander's mother, had predeceased him.

1 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 5.

2 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615, 619, 647, 903, 1002.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 811.

4 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615.

5 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 8.

6 John E. Alexander, A Record of the Descendants of John Alexander (Philadelphia, PA: Alfred Martien, 1878), Pg 211.

7 —, Commemorative Biographical Record of Central Pennsylvania, Including the Counties of Centre, Clearfield, Jefferson and Clarion. (Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., 1898), Pg 615, 903.

8 Carl Ross McKenrick, My Family and Antecedents (Baltimore, MD: Self-published, 1949), Pg 6.