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Elizabeth Martiau

Female 1625 - 1685  (70 years)

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  • Name Elizabeth Martiau
    Birth Between 1615 and 1625  England Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female
    Will 10 Feb 1685  York Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location  [1
    Proved 1/24/1686/1687 
    Death Between 10 Feb 1685 and 24 Jan 1686/87  Yorktown, York Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Findagrave.com 21 Oct 2023 
    See Notes 
    Burial Yorktown, York Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Grace Episcopal Churchyard
    Person ID I2536  Butler Family Tree
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

    Father Capt Nicholas Martiau,   b. 02 Apr 1591, Saint-Martin-de-RĂ©, Departement de la Charente-Maritime, Poitou-Charentes, France Find all individuals with events at this locationd. 16 Apr 1657, Yorktown, York Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 66 years)
    Relationship natural
    Mother Elizabeth ???
    Relationship natural
    Marriage Bef 1625 
    Family ID F660  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Col George Reade,   b. 25 Oct 1608, Linkenholt, Test Valley Borough, Hampshire, England Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Oct 1671, Yorktown, York Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 62 years)
    Marriage 1641  York Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Mildred Reade,   b. 02 Oct 1643, York Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this locationd. Between 20 Oct 1686 and 1694, Gloucester Co, VA Find all individuals with events at this location (Age 43 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     2. Robert Reade,   b. 1644   d. Between 1722 and 1723 (Age 78 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     3. George Reade, Jr,   b. 1648  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     4. Francis Reade,   b. 1650   d. 1694 (Age 44 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     5. Elizabeth Reade,   b. 1654   d. 1717 (Age 63 years)  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     6. Benjamin Reade,   b. 1667  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     7. Thomas Reade  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
     8. John Reade  [Father: natural]  [Mother: natural]
    Family ID F656  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
    Last Modified 6 Jun 2026

  • Event Map
    Link to Google MapsBirth - Between 1615 and 1625 - England Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsMarriage - 1641 - York Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsWill - Proved 1/24/1686/1687 - 10 Feb 1685 - York Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsDeath - Between 10 Feb 1685 and 24 Jan 1686/87 - Yorktown, York Co, VA Link to Google Earth
    Link to Google MapsBurial - - Yorktown, York Co, VA Link to Google Earth
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  • Photos
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  • Notes 


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      Found at findagrave.com on 10/21/2023

      Elizabeth Martiau Reade

      Birth: 12 Dec 1625 York County, Virginia, USA
      Death: 10 Feb 1696 (aged 70) Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA
      Burial: Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA
      Memorial #: 11591903

      Bio:
      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.

      (1608 - 1674)
      Family Members
      Parents
      Nicolas Martiau 1591-1657
      Elizabeth Jane Page Martiau 1593-1640
      Spouse
      George Reade 1608-1674
      Siblings
      Sarah Martiau Fuller 1625-1694
      Mercy Martiau Fleming 1637-1717
      Children
      Mildred Reade Warner 1643-1686
      Robert Reade 1644-1712
      Francis Reade 1645-1694
      Thomas Reade 1669-1716
      Created by: Kaaren Crail Vining (11705756)
      Added: 22 Aug 2005
      URL: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11591903/elizabeth-reade
      Citation: Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/11591903/elizabeth-reade: accessed 21 October 2023), memorial page for Elizabeth Martiau Reade (12 Dec 1625-10 Feb 1696), Find a Grave Memorial ID 11591903, citing Grace Episcopal Churchyard, Yorktown, York County, Virginia, USA; Maintained by Kaaren Crail Vining (contributor 11705756).
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  • Sources 
    1. [S48] See Notes.