History of the Reed family in Europe and America

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CHAPTER XV.
JOHN READ OF NORWALK, AND HIS DESCENDANTS.
1. John Read, from Cornwall, Eng., born in 1633, had
been a subaltern in Cromwell's army, and a soldier from
the age of sixteen. On the restoration of Charles II., he
fled to this country, and settled first in Providence, and
married a Miss Derby. He moved to Rye, in West-Chester
County, N.Y., in 1684, and remained there three or four
years. He then moved to Norwalk, Conn., on Five-mile
River, at a place called Read's Farms ; and his name is found
upon the records of Norwalk in 1687. He died in Norwalk,
in the ninety-eighth year of his age, in 1730 ; and was
interred in a tomb on his own farm. His house in Norwalk
was used as a substitute for a meeting-house. He was
strongly marked with that strong will and high-toned moral
character so peculiar to Cromwell's officers. Children, —
John ; Thomas ; William ; Mary, who married David Tut-
tle ; Abigail.
2. Thomas, son of John, 1st, of Norwalk, married Mary
Olmstead, May 9, 1694. Children, — Mary, born May 2,
1695 ; Eunice, Feb. 26, 1696 ; Thomas, May 7, 1699 ; John,
Aug. 7, 1701 ; Elizabeth, Oct. 7, 1703 ; Ann, July 6, 1706 ;
Temperance, Oct. 16, 1708; Elias, March 16, 1711 ; Nathan,
Aug. 13, 1713.
3. Thomas, son of Thomas of Norwalk, born May 7, 1699 ;
married Sarah Bennam, June 2, 1730. Children, — Thomas,