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Capt Thomas Reading, Esq

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Death: December 15, 1814 (80)
Amwell, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
Place of Burial: Ringoes, Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States of America
Immediate Family:

Son of Governor John Charles Reading, III and Maritje Mary Reading
Husband of Rebecca E. Reading
Father of Mary Reading; Capt Joseph Reading; Thomas Reading; Frances Reading; Harriet Reading and 8 others
Brother of John Reading, IV; Ann Ryerson Beatty; Hon George W Reading, Esq; Captain Daniel Ryerson Reading, Sr.; Hon Joseph Reading, Esq and 5 others

Managed by: Capt Henry Edward Heater
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About Capt Thomas Reading, Esq

Thomas Reading was born in Amwell Township, Hunterdon County, N.J. The Provincial Congress appointed him captain of the Sixth Company, Third New Jersey Regiment, First Establishment. On June 22, 1778, by act of the Legislature, he was appointed one of the agents of the State of New Jersey for procuring provisions, forage, and other supplies for the use of the army to carry on the Revolutionary War. Reading was commissioned justice of the peace in Hunterdon County for several terms, and he was one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church in Flemington, New Jersey; in 1797 was ordained an elder of the church.

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