mhensley <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

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I am trying to help a friend with her lineage.  She has lineage written
by her late great aunt years ago with not many dates nor places.

George Reade came to Va in 1627 m Elizabeth Martian
Elizabeth Reade m Capt Thomas Chisman
Mildred Chismon m Col Lawrence Smith
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I suggest you consult ADVENTURERS OF PURSE AND PERSON, 3rd Edition, compiled
by John Frederick Dorman.  It contains a good sketch of the Martiau and
Chisman families.   The Reade and Martiau families have been thoroughly
researched as George Reade and Elizabeth Martiau are ancestors of President
George Washington.   Note the surname was more accurately spelled "Martiau."
  The abovementioned book will be a good place to start for this phase of the
lineage given above.  You may also wish to consult Faris' PLANTAGENENT
ANCESTRY OF SEVENTEENTH CENTURY COLONISTS for more information on the English
roots of the Reade family.

If your Wyatt family happens to descend from the Wyatt family of Gloucester
Co., VA, you can also find a good sketch of the Wyatt family in ADVENTURERS
OF PURSE AND PERSON.

Charles Ward
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