• 1663. June 30th. Col. Thomas Read bad died abroad before this date. He became freeman 1634; joined Salem Church before 1636; and granted 300 acres of land 1637. He left a second wife, and two sons, the younger of whom was Abraham. He appears to have served under Cromwell and commanded a Regiment in England 1660, at the Restoration of Charles II. [1]
• The historian of the Reade family in America indulges in the conjecture that this ancestor was the son of Sir Thomas and Mary Cornwall Reade of Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire. In 1630, while he was yet a young boy, he came to America in the great fleet with Governor Winthrop, and settled in Salem. This boy, named Thomas Reade, grew up to be a man of considerable importance in Salem, where he purchased a large tract of land, and to this possession he added three hundred acres which he acquired near Cape Prosper in 1662. He also rejoiced in the title of "Colonel," which, however, then as now, may have been compatible with pursuits entirely peaceful on the part of its possessor. [2]

Citations

1. The annals of Salem: from its first settlement By Joseph Barlow Felt, page 218
2. Thomas B. Reed By Samuel Walker McCall, page 2

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Thomas Colonel2 Reade (Thomas Sir1) (Source: Stanley W. Reed, Reed Genealogy, Unable to find authentification that Colonel Reed was the father of Captain Reed.) was born Abt. 1610.

Child of Thomas Colonel Reade is:

+3 i. Thomas Captain3 Reed, born Abt. 1630; died 1669.

Priscilla Banks married Colonel Thomas READE, son of Colonel Edmund READE Esquire and Elizabeth COOKE, about 1642 in Massachusetts. (Colonel Thomas READE was born in 1612 in North Benfleet, Essex, England, christened on 15 Aug 1612 in North Benfleet, Essex, England and died in 1662 in England.)

Colonel Thomas READE [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was christened 5 15 Aug 1612 in North Benfleet, Essex, England. He died Nov 1662 in Wickford, Essex, England. Thomas married Priscilla BANKS on 17 Aug 1643 in St. Matthew Friday Street, London, Middlesex, England.

Priscilla BANKS [Parents] 1, 2, 3, 4 was christened 31 Jan 1613 in Lynsted, Kent, England. She died after 25 Jul 1662. Priscilla married Colonel Thomas READE on 17 Aug 1643 in St. Matthew Friday Street, London, Middlesex, England.