Capt.
William
Henry
Read
Born in Bedford, Virginia
Ancestors 
Son of Francis Read
and Margaret (Boyd) Read
Husband of
Mary (Bledsoe) Reed
— married
27 Nov 1794 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Descendants 
Father of
Margaret (Read) Neely, Katherine (Read) Rickman, Anthony Bledsoe Read, Martha Lytle (Read) Rogan, Isaac de Brierleigh Read, Clarissa (Read) Aston, Mary (Read) Hill, Francis Boyd Read, William Hadley Read and Cornelia (Read) Terry
Died
at age 88
in Sumner, Tennessee, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 5 May 2019
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Biography
William was born in 13 Mar 1766.
Another possible source indicated: William was born in about 1785 in Wilson, Tennessee.
Sources
- Marriage: "Tennessee, County Marriages, 1790-1950"
citing Sumner, Tennessee, United States, Marriage, p. , Tennessee State Library and Archives, Nashville and county clerk offices from various counties; FHL microfilm 969,843.
FamilySearch Record: QKH3-L1N2 (accessed 24 March 2023)
FamilySearch Image: 3QS7-993F-C99Y Image number 00101
William Reed marriage to Polly Bledsoe on 27 Nov 1794 in Sumner, Tennessee, United States. - 1850 Census: "United States Census, 1850"
citing family , NARA microfilm publication (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
FamilySearch Record: MC69-BQV (accessed 24 March 2023)
FamilySearch Image: S3HT-66T3-SK1 Image number 00288
William Reed (84) in Sumner, Tennessee, United States. Born in Virginia. - North America, Family Histories, 1500-2000
Name: Polly Bledsoe Gender: Female Father: Isaac Bledsoe Mother: Katherine Montgomery Spouse: William Read Child: Margaret Read Katherine Read Anthony Read Martha Lytle Read Francis Boyd Read Isaac de Brierleigh Read Clarissa Read Mary Read William Hadley Read Cornelia Read
- Type: Book Author: Oscar Benjamin King Publication: (c) 1970 Title: King Family History Note: Y. Citing: Page: p 25 (accessed before 22 July 2013)
Acknowledgments
- Profile Reed-4691 was created through the import of misc.ged on Jul 22, 2013 by Randolph King.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Carol (Newsom) Lord
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M487434 [compare], Ancestry member cnnnlord
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~0.78%
Randy Conn :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A148299 [compare], Ancestry member rConn1960
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~0.39%
David Earls :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member earlsdvd
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~0.39%
Darrell Gabbard :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch HE3513339 [compare], Ancestry member dgabby_2
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~0.39%
Lisa (James) Fournier :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch YB2788499 [compare], Ancestry member lisafournier_1
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~0.39%
Frank Boyd :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch z200871 [compare], FTDNA kit #4092
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Hans Nielsen
Your sources for this profile are auto loaded from a gedcom file entitled misc. ged and have dead links. The sources for this profile are useless. Bottom line, they are not sources. The profile of the proposed merge has sources.
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Hans Nielsen
Read-5054 and Reed-4691 appear to represent the same person because: merge will connect family
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Randolph King
I think you got one of them wrong. These two don't look much alike at all.
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by Randolph King
Rejected matches › William Buchanan Reed (abt.1787-abt.1845) › William Reed (1784-) › William Reed (abt.1785-) › William Reid (abt.1785-) › William Reid (abt.1784-) › William Reed (1786-1861) › William N Reed (1785-1868) › William Reid Jr (1783-1846) › William Reid (abt.1786-1893)
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