When Ruth Read was born in 1700, in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, her father, John Read, was 20 and her mother, Ruth Talcott, was 23. She married Rev Nathaniel Hunn on 14 September 1737, in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died on 9 August 1766, in Redding, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America, at the age of 66.
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English and Scottish: variant of Reed .
History: A family called Read were established in America in the early 18th century by John Read, who was born in Dublin, sixth in descent from Sir Thomas Read of Berkshire, England. His son, George Read (1733–98), was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, and as a lawyer helped frame the Constitution.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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