===================================================================== Match: Boles Source: READING-L@rootsweb.com From: cwreding@yahoo.com Subject: North Carolina - Joseph Reading This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Surnames: Reding, Redding, Reading, Jennings, Pendleton Classification: Query Message Board URL: http://boards.ancestry.com/mbexec/msg/an/xYCBAIB/110 Message Board Post: Seeking information on the origin of Joseph Reading born 1680 in North Carolina. There are a number of entries about his descendents on the "Reding" board. Everybody there seems to think the original spelling is Redding, but I found his will abstract (below) with the spelling "Reading", so I thought I'd give this board a try. My paternal line is pasted below the will reference (Joseph's first wife was Elizabeth Jennings). Name: Joseph Reading Location: Pasquotank County Will Date: 29 Jun 1731 Probate Date: 03 Aug 1731 Will: Sons: Samuel, Thomas, John, Jonathan and Joseph. Daughters: Mary, Miriam and Sarah Reading, Ann Pendleton. Wife and Executrix: Sarah. Witnesses: David Boles, Daniel Rhodes and Benja. Pritchard. Proven before Geo. Burrington. Source Information: Grimes, John Bryan. Abstracts of North Carolina Wills. Raleigh, NC: North Carolina Department of State, 1910. My paternal line is below if any would like to review to see if there is a tie-in. Sara Pendleton was Joseph's second wife (first was Elizabeth Jennings). Joseph (spouse Sara Pendleton) b. abt 1680 Pasquotank Co, NC d. abt 1731 Pasquotank Co, NC John (spouse Rachel Chancey) b abt 1725 Pasquotank Co, NC d 1765 Pasquotank Co, NC Robert (spouse Ann Needham) b 9 Oct 1745 Pasquotank Co, NC d 11 May 1832 Fayette Co, TN Afred S (spouse Catherine Childress) b 9 Sep 1787 Randolph Co NC d 1 Jul 1864 Robertson Co TN George R (spouse Fora Jane Chaudoin) b 1825 Robertston Co TN d 3 Jul 1862 Camp Riceville, Hancock MS Alfred Maxwell (spouse Margaret Sedonia Osaler Reed) b 12 Jan 1855 Robertson Co TN d 12 Oct 1929 Batesville, Independence AR John Franklin (spouse Mayme Ethel Ross) b 11 Jul 1877 Cushman, Independence AR d 12 Jul 1961 Batesville, Independence AR William Dortch (spouse Joan Rose Thies) b 3 Aug 1937 Batesville, Independece AR Christopher Wayne (spouse Janette Marie Holland) b 27 Jul 1968 Harrison, Biloxi, MI