Read, Hezekiah

William and Ruth''s orphaned son, Hezekiah, chose Josiah Reade and JohnReade as his guardians according to New London, Ct., court records of 13June 1679. "The Court haveing Considered of the petition of Hezekiah Readan orphane under age, & the allegations therein doe grant himLibertyaccording to Law to choose his Guardians, & accordingly he did inopen Court chose Josiah Read & John Read, his Elder Brothers, to be hisGuardians who are accepted by the Court & the sd orphan Committed totheir care for his good Education in the feare of God, good Literature, &some particular calling, and the sd orphane desireing to be with hisbother Jn Read dureing his minority to the age of twenty-0ne yeares, theCourt have Consented thereunto, he the sd John his Brother ingageingbefore the Cout to give him good education as before & to teach him thetrade of a weaver according to his best skill & to allow him Competent &Comfortable maintenance, meate, dinke, cloathing & other necessariesConvenient dureingthe sd terme & to pay him five pounds towards hissetting up at the expiration of the terme with Comly apparell, his EldestBrother & Guardian, the sd Josiah Read Consenting unto this dispose."[New London County Court Records, 3:124]{http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/read_bio.html}
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On 7 June 1681, "Ruth Percy Plaintiff Contra Jn Read Deffendt in anaction of Debt due to her for the sevice of her sonn Hezekiah Read forthe time he was with him to the value of eighteene pounts: In this actionthe Court orders a nonsuite." [ib. 3:156]{http://members.tripod.com/~ntgen/bw/read_bio.html}
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History of Norwich, Connecticut ...by Frances Manwaring Caulkins.Chapter 30, Page 197

Chapter XXX. Read (or Read)

A third brother, Hezekiah Read, was considerably younger than the others. The father, whose Christian name has not been recovered, died in 1679,leaving Hezekiah a minor, who, in accordance with his own request, wascommitted by the court to the guardianship of his brothers, Josiah andJohn, "for his good education in the fear of God, good literature, andsome particular calling.**

John and Hezekiah Read do not come again within the range of our history. It is possible that they removed from the town, as in the nextgeneration we find only five of the name enrolled as householders, andthese were Josiah and his four sons, Josiah, Jr., William, John, andJoseph,--all of them "farmers in ye Crotch of ye Rivers."
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**A Joseph Read appears at New London about as early as Josiah and John,who may have been the father of the family. The mother of Hezekiah Readin 1680 was Ruth Percy.
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