William Reade, III, of Folkestone

Biography

FIFTEENTH GENERATION
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26440. William READE (186) died about 1618 in of Folkestone, England. The union of the Menis arms with those of Reade which occurred upon the marriage of Sir William Reade to Elizabeth Menis, became doubly appropriate and peculiarly significant to their son William of Folkestone, and his wife Rebecca (Menis) Reade, as their marriage would have necessitated this identical quartering of arms; for Sir Robert Menis, who was a kinsman of Elizabeth, had two daughters, but as in the former case, no male issue to succeed to the estate, and to perpetuate his name and arms.

Thus this branch of the Reeds are dually descended from the Menis family, one of the most valiant and honorable of that period in England, and the Menis arms having been quartered with the ancient arms of Rede, have thus been perpetuated, and have come down to us by inheritance, and will continue to descend by heraldic law, to our issue, and their descendants.

26441. Rebecca MENIS(186). Of Sandwich, Kent, England

Children Rebeca Menis and William Reade (d. abt 1618) were:

• i. Matthew READE(186). Of Folkestone (in the County of Kent), eldest son and heir, married Alice (or Mary), daughter of Ambrose Ward
• ii. John READE(186). Died without issue
• iii. Richard READE(186). Of London, married Joan, daughter of John Dale of that city.
• 13220 iv. Sir William READE. Married Lucy Heneage.

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Origins

Children of Eliza Mennis and William Reade:

1. William Read(e)+1 b. c 1535, d. 20 Jan 1566. Married Rebecca Menis.
2. Matthew Reade, who died without issue
3. Alice Reade, who married Stephen Richardson
4. Rebecca Reade, who married Stephen Ruck

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References

1. A Record of the Redes of Barton Court, Berks: With a Short Précis of Other ...By Compton Reade. Page 127. < GoogleBooks > William Reade of Folkestone = Elizabeth, heir of Menis, and by her had with others William of Folkestone (died 1618) = Rebecca, daughter of Sir Robert Menis, and aunt of Sir Matthew Menis. By her he had (1) Matthew of Folkestone (died 1625) = Alice, daughter of Ambrose Ward, and had issue with others a daughter, Elizabeth, living in 1659, who married (1) Mark, nephew of Sir Basil Dixwell, Bart. (creation 18th February, 1627), and had issue Sir Basil Dixwell, of Brome, who Dorothy, daughter of Sir Thomas Peyton, Bart.; (2) Sir Henry Oxenden of Dean, s. p. (2) John, s. p. ; (3) William Reade of Canterbury (admon, granted 1621) Lucy, daughter of Michael Heneage, and had a son John of Gray's Inn, will proved 1662; (4) Richard of St. Gregory's, London (admon. 1658) = Joan, daughter of William Dale, and had issue, with others, Richard of Whittlesey, who attested his pedigree at the visitation of Cambridge, 1684 Margaret, daughter of Henry Atkinson of Whittlesey, and had issue four sons and four daughters. Arms, Visitation of Cambridge, 1684: Quarterly 1st and 4th, Azure, a griffin segreant, or; 2nd and 3rd, Gules a chevron or and azure, between three leopards' heads cabossed of the 2nd, for Menis. Crest (given in MS. Eng., c. 14, fo. 39, Bodleian Library): A garb or, banded gules.
2. page 26-27 of Proceedings of the Reade Historical and Genealogical Association : with papers on the family history read at its first three annual meetings by Reade Society for Genealogical Research Published 1907 ** CAUTION: descent to William Reade of Weymouth has been debunked, please check more contemporary sources.
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