Paternal Family Tree: Reade
On 2nd January 1640 [his father] John Reade 1st Baronet [aged 24] and [his mother] Susanna Style Lady Reade were married.
On 5th March 1655 James Reade 2nd Baronet was born to John Reade 1st Baronet [aged 39] and Susanna Style Lady Reade. He was baptised on 10th March 1655 at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].
Around 15th May 1657 [his mother] Susanna Style Lady Reade died.
On 14th May 1675 James Reade 2nd Baronet [aged 20] matriculated at Trinity College, Oxford University.
On 26th January 1690 James Reade 2nd Baronet [aged 34] and Love Dring Lady Reade [aged 35] were married. She brought a dowry of £10,000. They had one son and five daughters.
In 1691 [his son] John Reade 3rd Baronet was born to James Reade 2nd Baronet [aged 35] and [his wife] Love Dring Lady Reade [aged 36].
In 1693 James Reade 2nd Baronet [aged 37] was appointed High Sheriff of Hertfordshire.
On 3rd February 1694 [his father] John Reade 1st Baronet [aged 78] died. He was buried on 6th February 1694 in the Brocket Chapel at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. His son James [aged 38] succeeded 2nd Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. [his wife] Love Dring Lady Reade [aged 39] by marriage Lady Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
In 1700 James Reade 2nd Baronet [aged 44] was appointed High Sheriff of Oxfordshire.
On 16th October 1701 James Reade 2nd Baronet [aged 46] died of a fever. He was buried on 21st October 1701 in the Brocket Chapel at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]; see monument here [Map]. His son John [aged 10] succeeded 3rd Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire.
On 9th November 1731 [his former wife] Love Dring Lady Reade [aged 76] died. She was buried on 18th November 1731 in the Brocket Chapel at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]; see monument here [Map].
1760. St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. Monument sculpted by John Michael Rysbrack [aged 65] to James Reade 2nd Baronet and [his former wife] Love Dring Lady Reade and their son James Reade 2nd Baronet all of whom were buried at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map].
Love Dring Lady Reade: Around 1655 she was born to Robert Dring of Isleworth, Middlesex. On 26th January 1690 James Reade 2nd Baronet and she were married. She brought a dowry of £10,000. They had one son and five daughters. On 3rd February 1694 John Reade 1st Baronet died. He was buried on 6th February 1694 in the Brocket Chapel at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]. His son James succeeded 2nd Baronet Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. She by marriage Lady Reade of Brocket Hall in Hertfordshire. On 9th November 1731 she died. She was buried on 18th November 1731 in the Brocket Chapel at St Etheldreda's Church, Hatfield [Map]; see monument here [Map].
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[his daughter] Love Reade was born to James Reade 2nd Baronet and Love Dring Lady Reade. She married 6th August 1719 Thomas Winnington.
[his daughter] Anne Reade was born to James Reade 2nd Baronet and Love Dring Lady Reade. She married 5th May 1720 Robert Myddelton.
[his daughter] Dorothy Reade was born to James Reade 2nd Baronet and Love Dring Lady Reade. She married in or before 1713 Robert Dashwood, son of Robert Dashwood 1st Baronet and Penelope Chamberlayne Lady Dashwood, and had issue.
Grandfather: Thomas Reade
father: John Reade 1st Baronet
Great x 2 Grandfather: John Brocket
Great x 1 Grandfather: John Brocket
Grandmother: Mary Brocket
Great x 2 Grandfather: Robert Lytton of Knebworth
Great x 1 Grandmother: Helen Lytton
Great x 3 Grandfather: John Stile
Great x 2 Grandfather: Humphrey Style
Great x 1 Grandfather: Oliver Style
Great x 2 Grandmother: Bridget Baldry
Grandfather: Thomas Style 1st Baronet
mother: Susanna Style Lady Reade