This is a list of the Wills I have for those with the surname READ. Where I know they are my ancestors for sure, I will say who they are in relation to my 6 x great grandfather Cozens Read.
For those that I am still unsure as to their relationship to my ancestors (although I am sure many are related, but yet to be proved), there will be no comment about relationship to my ancestors!
List of READ Wills
Abbreviations: wd = Will Dated cod = Codicil Dated wp = Will Proved BKM = Buckinghamshire OXF = Oxfordshire Admon = Letters of Administration (when someone does not leave a Will)
Ann Read of Walton, Aylesbury BKM Widow wd 6 Dec 1768 wp 8 Apr 1769
Ann Read of Whaddon BKM Widow wd 21 Apr 1821 wp 8 Oct 1834
Anthony Read of Pyrton OXF Vicar of Pyrton wd 1 May 1719 wp 18 May 1730
Benjamin Read of New Woodstock OXF Gentleman wd 22 Jan 1791 wp 29 July 1794
Catherine Read of Caversham OXF Widdow wd 16 Dec 1713 wp 21 May 1715 plus Inventory – Cozens Read’s Grandmother
Compton Reade of Shipton Court OXF Esquire wd 2 July 1851 wp 3 Sept 1851
Cozens Read of Lower Winchendon BKM Grazier wd 7 June 1777 cod 14 Oct 1781 wp 19 June 1783
Daniel Read of Hardmead BKM Husbandman wd 5 Jan 1713 wp Oct 1716 “The Elder” – “Digby” Read’s Grandfather
Daniel Read of Hardmead BKM Yeoman wd 18 Feb 1737 wp 21 Apr 1749 “Digby” Read’s Father
Dorothy Read of Crowmarsh Gifford OXF Widow wd 5 Jan 1714 wp 10 Mar 1714
Edward Read of Caversham OXF Yeoman wd March 1625 ?
Edward Read of Ipsden OXF Gent. wd 21 Feb 1712 wp ? Apr 1717
Edward Read of Hardmead BKM Dairyman wd 13 Mar 1733 wp Oct 1734
Edward Read of Doddershall, Quainton BKM Dairyman wd 15 July 1808 wp 4 Feb 1809 Cozens Read’s Son
Edward Read of Great Milton OXF Yeoman wd ? ? 1829 Cozens Read’s Nephew or Gt. Nephew – not sure!
Elizabeth Read of Oxfordshire Admon dated 21 Jan 1740
Elizabeth Read of Moreton, Thame OXF Mantila Maker wd 19 July 1745 wp ? ? 1745
Elizabeth Reade of Warborough OXF Widow wd 28 May 1796 wp 14 Dec 1796
Elizabeth Read of South Stoke OXF
Florio Read of Reading Berks Officer in the Excise wd 17 June 1745 wp 18 Aug 1749
George Reade of Woughton on the Green BKM wd ? ? 1652
George Read of Chilton Berks Rector wd 4 May 1736 wp 4 June 1737
Henrietta Read of Beaconsfield BKM Spinster wd 19 Apr 1801 wp 28 May 1801
James Read of Weston on the Green OXF Yeoman wd 13 Nov 1756 wp 16 July 1757
James Read of Bottle Claydon, East Claydon BKM Dairyman wd 4 Apr 1811 wp 8 May 1811 “the Elder”
John Reade of Lincoln College Oxford OXF wd ? ? 1633
John Reed of Watlington OXF Chapman wd 12 Dec 1662 wp 15 July 1663
John Reade of Caversham OXF Admon dated 1 May 1715 – Cozens Read’s Grandfather
John Read of Charlbury OXF Gentleman wd 4 Oct 1740 wp 24 Sept 1745
John Read of Walton, Aylesbury BKM Shepherd wd 27 Mar 1755 wp 22 Dec 1755
John Read of Great Haseley OXF Widower Admon dated ? ? 1804 – Cozens Read’s Nephew
John Read of Quainton BKM Blacksmith wd 12 May 1806 wp 10 Jan 1807
John Read of Reading Berks Gentleman wd 15 Feb 1824 wp 10 Aug 1824
Jones Read of Rotherfield Peppard OXF Doctor of Divinity wd 12 Dec 1768 wp 8 Aug 1784 Rev. (or Jonas)
Joseph Read of Witney OXF Clerk wd 20 Oct 1704 wp ? Sept ?
Joseph Read of Winchendon Marsh BKM ffarmer wd 31 May 1844 cod 7 June 1844 wp 23 Dec 1844 Grandson of Robert Read (son of Cozens Read) and Mary Lee
Joseph Read of Aylesbury BKM Farmer and Brickmaker wd 12 May 1848 wp 18 Mar 1857 Cozens Read’s Grandson
Mary Read of Shipton OXF Widow wd 16 Nov 1702 ? Dame
Mary Read of Upper Winchendon BKM Widow wd 15 Oct 1814 wp 10 ? 1821 Cozens Read’s Daughter in Law Mary Pollard
Mary Read of Whitchurch OXF Spinster wd 26 Aug 1823 wp 15 Sept 1823
Mary Read of Witney OXF wd 10 Sept 1824 wp 29 Apr 1829
Mary Read of Ewelme OXF Widow Admon dated 14 Oct ?
Mary Reade of Little Stoke OXF
Michael Read of Lower Winchendon BKM Dairyman wd 23 May 1820 wp 23 Nov 1822 Cozens Read’s Son
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