Elizabeth MARTIAU

1625 - Bef 1687  (61 years)

• Name	Elizabeth MARTIAU  [1, 2]
  Birth	12 Dec 1625	York, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1, 2]
  Gender	Female
  _FSFTID	L1WL-VWT
  _FSLINK	https://www.familysearch.org/tree/person/details/L1WL-VWT
  _UID	0A08098F6D354037A669CB93C35BCD0E2920
  Death	Bef 24 Jan 1687	Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1, 2]
  Burial	12 Feb 1687	Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I594779434	Carney Wehofer July 2025
  Last Modified	30 Jun 2025

  
  

  Father	Capt. Nicolas MARTIAU, II,   b. 2 Apr 1591, Saint-Martin-de-Ré, Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France d. 16 Apr 1657, Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 66 years)
  Mother	Elizabeth Jane PAGE,   b. 1 Apr 1593, England d. 10 Feb 1686, Yorktown, Charles River, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 92 years)
  Family ID	F536732149	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Col. George READE,   b. 25 Oct 1608, Linkenholt, Hampshire, England d. Oct 1674, Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 65 years)
  Marriage	1 Mar 1641	Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America   [3]
  Children	1. George READE,   b. 6 Feb 1642, Gloucester, Virginia, Colonial America d. Bef 1686, Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 43 years)   2. Mildred READE,   b. 2 Oct 1643, York, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 20 Oct 1686, Naxera, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 43 years)   3. Robert READE,   b. 1644, Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 30 Dec 1712, Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 68 years)   4. Francis READE,   b. 1650, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 1694, James City, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 44 years)   5. Elizabeth READE,   b. 1651, Yorktown, York, Virginia, British Colonial America d. 18 Nov 1717, Charles Parish, York, Virginia, United States (Age 66 years)   6. Rev. Benjamin READE,   b. 1667, Yorktown, York, Virginia, USA d. 30 Nov 1731, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 64 years)   7. Capt. Thomas READE, Sr.,   b. 1669, York, Virginia, British Colonial America d. Aft 10 Mar 1734, Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia, British Colonial America (Age 65 years)
  Family ID	F536732147	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	3 Oct 2024

  
  

• Notes

  Elizabeth (Martiau) Reade Wiki ID: Martiau-22 George Reade and Elizabeth Martiau had seven children: i.      George Reade Jr., who died without issue. ii.      Mildred Reade, who died in 1694; she married Colonel Augustine Warner iii.      Elizabeth Reade, who married Captain Thomas Chisman. iv.      Robert Reade, who died in 1712; he married Mary Lily. v.      Francis Reade, who married twice: firstly, Jane Chisman; secondly, Anne ____. vi.      Benjamin Reade, who married Mary Gwynn. vii.      Thomas Reade, who married Lucy Gwynn, daughter of Dr. Edmund Gwynn. Thomas was underage in 1685-6 when his mother made her will. Source: "Historical Southern Families", Vol. II, by John Bennett Boddie, (1958). ______________________________________ Elizabeth Martiau Read Birth:      Dec. 12, 1615 York County Virginia, USA Death:      Feb. 10, 1686 Yorktown York County Virginia, USA Daughter of Capt. Nicholas and Elizabeth Martiau (1st wife). Married Col George Reade (1st spouse) in 1641 at Yorktown, York Co.,VA. She is decended from the Royal House of England starting with Henry the III thru Edward I, King of England. Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607 - 1624/5 and Their Families" published by the Order of First Families of Virginia, indicates in a footnote (pp. 419-420) the discrepancy between the dates inscribed on his Grace Church tablets and the filing of the wills for George Read and his wife Elizabeth as follows: "His and his wife's gravestones were discovered during street excavations in Yorktown in 1931. The inscriptions on both were recut with errors. George Reade's stone now states he died Oct. 1674, "he being in the 66th yr of his age." Since the date should be 1671 (per his will), either the age shown, or his year of birth, is in error as well....The gravestone of Elizabeth (Martiau) Read now states she was born in 1625 and died in 1696, "being in ye 71st yeare of her age." Since the year of death should be 1686 (per her will), again the age or year of birth is in error. Since Nicholas Martiau claimed...his daughter Elizabeth as headrights...it would appear Elizabeth was born prior to his arrival in Virginia in 1620...and that Elizabeth's birth occurred in 1615 rather than 1625."In 1645 Nicholas Martian married 3rd wife Isabella Beach, as shown by the records of York. His will was dated March 1, 1657 or '67, and was proved April 4, 1657. He named his oldest daughter Elizabeth, who had crossed the ocean with him and became the wife of George Reade, Mary, his second daughter, wife of John Scarbrook, of York Co.; Sarah, his third daughter, wife of Capt. William Fuller, the Puritan Governor of Maryland. Elizbeth (Martiau) Reade's will was written Feb. 10, 1685 and proven Jan. 24 1686/87 in York Co., VA.

  
  

• Sources

  [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Jan 2023), entry for Mildred Reade, person ID MRP6-455. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for Thomas Reade, person ID KNDX-6Y3. (Reliability: 3). [S1160] The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, FamilySearch Family Tree (http://www.familysearch.org), ((http://www.familysearch.org)), accessed 3 Oct 2024), entry for George Reade, person ID LB8G-GHT. (Reliability: 3).