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Ancestors of Frank Nickolas Bryan

      776. John Read, born 1/29/1679-80 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 2/7/1748-49 in Boston (Sussex County) Massachusetts. He was the son of 1552. William Read and 1553. Deborah Baldwin. He married 777. Ruth Talcott Abt. 1698 in Hartford, CT ?.

      777. Ruth Talcott, born 9/12/1677 in Hartford (Hartford County), Connecticut; died 7/20/1759 in Boston (Sussex County) Massachusetts. She was the daughter of 1554. John Talcott and 1555. Mary Cook.

Notes for John Read:

birth: 1/29/1680 in Fairfield (Donald Lines Jacobus; Old Families of             Fairfield)

marriage: 1698 to Ruth Talcott in Hartford (estimate based on birth of       first child) (Jacobus)

death: 2/7/1749 in Boston (Jacobus)

education: Harvard class of 1697 (Clifford K. Shipton; Biographical             Sketches of Those Who Attended Harvard College...1690-1700; 1933; pages 369-378)

occupation: minister from 1697 to 1708, then attorney (Shipton)

residence: built Lonetown Manor in Redding, and lived there six years.
      lived on Hanover Street and then Court Street in Boston (Shipton)

politics: Attorney General of Mass. 1720-1735 (Shipton)
      Boundary Commissioner 1737 and 1741 (Shipton)
      Mass. legislator 1738-1742 (Shipton)

nickname: "Leather Jacket John" from his habit of walking through the
      countryside wearing a leather jacket. (Shipton)

Notes for Ruth Talcott:
birth: 9/12/1677 (NYHGR, v. 34, 1923)

marriage: 1698 (estimate based on birth of first child)

death: 7/20/1759 (Donald Lines Jacobus; Fairfield Families of Fairfield)

Children of John Read and Ruth Talcott are:

388	i.	John Read, born 1701 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 10/30/1786 in Redding (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married (1) Mary Hawley 2/20/1722-23 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married (2) Sarah Bradley 12/19/1750.
	ii.	Ruth Read, born Abt. 1699; married Nathniel Hunn 9/14/1737 in Redding, CT.
	iii.	Rachel Read, born 2/14/1703-04.
	iv.	Abigail Read, born Abt. 1708; married Joseph Miller 3/3/1727-28 in Milton, MA.
	v.	William Read, born Abt. 1710; died 9/1780.
	vi.	Mary Read, born 4/14/1716; married Charles Morris; born 6/8/1711 in Boston, MA.
	vii.	Deborah Read, born Abt. 1718; died 4/1793 in Smithfield, RI; married (1) Henry Welstead 7/24/1739 in Boston, MA; married (2) Henry Paget 1/31/1748-49.

      778. John Hawley, born 6/14/1661 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 7/27/1729 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut. He was the son of 1556. Joseph Hawley and 1557. Katherine Birdsey. He married 779. Deborah Pierson 4/23/1686 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut.

      779. Deborah Pierson, born Abt. 1666 in Milford (New Haven County) Connecticut; died 12/3/1739 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut. She was the daughter of 1558. Stephen Pierson and 1559. Mary Tomlinson.

Notes for John Hawley:

birth: 6/14/1661 in Stratford (Stratford town records)

marriage: 4/23/1686 to Deborah Pierson in Stratford (Stratford town             records)

death: 7/27/1729 in Stratford (gravestone)
      will signed 3/16/1728
            Daughter Hannah got twenty shillings
            Daughter MARY got twenty shillings
            Wife got dowry in lands and all movable estate
            Eldest son Henry got a house, barn, and two acres of             land
            Sons Henry, John, Nathan, and JOSEPH got lands in             Durham, Haddam, and Stratford to be equally divided
            Children of deceased daughter Deborah got lands in             Newtown
            Grandson John Porter, son of deceased daughter Sarah,             was to get ten pounds at age 21
      Inventory: 1912 pounds, 18 shillings, 11 pence

Notes for Deborah Pierson:
birth: 1666 (age 73 at death per gravestone)

marriage: 4/23/1686 to John Hawley (Stratford town records)

death: 12/3/1739 (gravestone)
will signed 10/1/1739
Son Henry got land at Woodbury
Son-in-law Daniel Porter got ten shillings
Son Nathan got ten shillings plus five pounds from his brother Henry
Son JOSEPH got ten sheep
Children of deceased daughter Hannah Judson got 100 pounds
Granddaughter Rebecca Curtis got a silver cup and spoon
Daughter MARY READ got wearing apparel, bed, and furniture
Son-in-law John Read and son JOSEPH HAWLEY got remainder of estate to be equally divided

Children of John Hawley and Deborah Pierson are:

389	i.	Mary Hawley, born 7/6/1697 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 2/14/1747-48 in Redding (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married John Read 2/20/1722-23 in Fairfield (Fairfield County), Connecticut.
390	ii.	Joseph Hawley, born 1707 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 12/12/1771 in Redding (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married Hannah Walker 1/25/1727-28 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut.
	iii.	Henry Hawley, born 1/26/1686-87; died 2/18/1751-52; married (1) Mary Curtis; married (2) Mary Pickett 6/18/1713; born 1/15/1692-93.
	iv.	Hannah Hawley, born 10/13/1689; married Joseph Judson 3/14/1718-19.
	v.	Deborah Hawley, born 4/21/1692; married David Fairchild 4/20/1711.
	vi.	John Hawley, born 1/4/1692-93; died 1742; married Sarah Walker 12/20/1716; born 7/23/1697.
	vii.	Nathan Hawley, born 3/15/1699-00; died 2/24/1746-47; married Silence Mallory 8/6/1719.
	viii.	Katherine Hawley, born 3/6/1701-02.
	ix.	Sarah Hawley, born 1/1705-06; married Daniel Porter 3/25/1725.

      782. John Walker, born 10/29/1674 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 1726 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut. He was the son of 1564. Jacob Walker and 1565. Elizabeth Wheeler. He married 783. Tabitha Wooster 10/15/1705 in Stratford.

      783. Tabitha Wooster, born Abt. 1681 in Derby (New Haven County), Connecticut; died in unknown. She was the daughter of 1566. Edward Wooster and 1567. Tabitha Tomlinson.

Notes for John Walker:

birth: 10/29/1674 (Jacobus)

marriage: 10/15/1705 to Tabitha Wooster

death: 1726
      widow remarried to Joseph Birdsey 10/11/1726

Notes for Tabitha Wooster:

birth: 1680 (estimate based on birth of siblings)

marriage: 10/15/1705 to John Walker (Stratford town records)
second to Joseph Birdsey 10/11/1726

death: unknown

Children of John Walker and Tabitha Wooster are:

	391	i.		Hannah Walker, born 1710 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut; died 7/16/1769 in Redding (Fairfield County), Connecticut; married Joseph Hawley 1/25/1727-28 in Stratford (Fairfield County), Connecticut.
		ii.		Sarah Walker, born 10/12/1708.

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