John Reading and Elizabeth his wife, the father and mother of the Governor, emigrated from England with their two children, John and Elsie. They were Quakers, and left their country on account of the persecution to which the Quakers were subjected They settled in the town of Gloucester, New Jersey, previous to the year 1683, as he was that year a member of the Council meeting in Burlington. He was a landholder in and about Gloucester, of which town he was Recorder from 1693 to 1701, inclusive. He was one of the proprietors of west Jersey and a prominent member or the council, being often appointed on important committees. He, with William Biddle, Jr., and John Mills, was sent to purchase in 1703, the great tract or one hundred and fifty thousand acres, between the Raritan and the Delaware. He was a surveyor and appointed one or the commissioners to define the boundary line between New York and North Jersey, in 1719. He removed to his tract of land above Lambertville, where he died, and was buried in the ground or the Buckiagham Meeting House in Bucks County, Pa.
The first century of Hunterdon County, state of New Jersey by Mott, George Scudder, 1829-1901
The first century of Hunterdon County, state of New Jersey by Mott, George Scudder, 1829-1901
John Reading and Elizabeth his wife, the father and mother of the Governor, emigrated from England with their two children, John and Elsie. They were Quakers, and left their country on account of the persecution to which the Quakers were subjected They settled in the town of Gloucester, New Jersey, previous to the year 1683, as he was that year a member of the Council meeting in Burlington. He was a landholder in and about Gloucester, of which town he was Recorder from 1693 to 1701, inclusive. He was one of the proprietors of west Jersey and a prominent member or the council, being often appointed on important committees. He, with William Biddle, Jr., and John Mills, was sent to purchase in 1703, the great tract or one hundred and fifty thousand acres, between the Raritan and the Delaware. He was a surveyor and appointed one or the commissioners to define the boundary line between New York and North Jersey, in 1719. He removed to his tract of land above Lambertville, where he died, and was buried in the ground or the Buckiagham Meeting House in Bucks County, Pa.
The first century of Hunterdon County, state of New Jersey by Mott, George Scudder, 1829-1901
The first century of Hunterdon County, state of New Jersey by Mott, George Scudder, 1829-1901
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