Person:Margaret Reade (11)

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Margaret Reade
b. England
d. Virginia
Parents and Siblings
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m. 1662
  1. Margaret Reade
Spouse and Children
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m. Abt 1710
  1. William Nelson, Governor of colonial Virginia1711 - 1772
  2. Thomas Nelson, Sec. of State of Virginia1716 - 1786
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Facts and Events
Name[1] Margaret Reade
Married Name _____ Nelson
Gender Female
Birth? England
Marriage Abt 1710 Englandto Thomas Nelson, aka "Scotch Tom"
Death? Virginia
References
  1. ↑ Tyler, Lyon Gardiner. Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography. (New York, New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co., c1915)
    1:70.

    ... Nelson, William, president of the council and acting governor (1770-1771), was born in Yorktown, Virginia, in 1711, son of Thomas Nelson (1667-1745), who came to America from Penrith in England, on the borders of Scotland, about 1690, and hence was called "Scotch Tom." This Thomas Nelson settled at Yorktown about 1705, where he became the leading merchant. He married Margaret Reade, daughter of Robert Reade, son of Colonel George Reade, who in 1660 owned the site of the place. ...

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