Read, Joshua

Joshua READ, grandfather of Miss Ruth READ, was born 28 February 1762 inMansfield [Tolland County], Connecticut, son of Amasa READ. Joshua READcame from Mansfield, Connecticut, as far back as 1785, and was one of theearliest
pioneers of this part of Vermont. He located on a tract of two hundredacres of land adjoining that now occupied by his granddaughter anderected one of the first farm houses in the town. Miss READ cherishes andpreserves the original deed given by Ethan ALLEN to Joshua READ, bearingthe date 30 June 1785. Most of this land is still held by Miss Ruth READ.He spent most of his life on this place and [Joshua READ] died 30 April1846, at the residence of one of his sons, after reaching the age ofeighty-four years. He held the office of justice of the peace for manyyears, and was a good business man. He [Joshua READ] married [Miss?]Orphena HURLBURT, who was born 05 November 1766 in Connecticut, and byher had ten children, of whom six grew to maturity, but all are longsince dead, the mother herself [Orphena] passing away 28 December 1812.Her [Orphena''s] sister [Desire HURLBURT?] was the wife of Remember BAKER,distinguished in the early history of Vermont. The HURLBURTs were ofWelsh origin. Joshua READ was married a second time, to [Miss?] RuthSTEWARD, who is now also numbered among the dead. He was a man ofenterprise and industry, accumulated valuable real estate, and for manyyears was a lading citizen of the town, where he filled.

--Genealogical and Family History of the State of Vermont: A Record ofthe Achievements of Her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and theFounding of a Nation. Carleton, ed. Chicago: Lewis, 1903, pp 411-413
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