David Read ^84,141

  General Notes:

David Read was born 12 August 1781, the ninth child and fifth son of Joseph and Sarah (Sutton) Read. He married
Anna Middlesworth (1782-1857), on 3 November 1804. They are buried in Union Brick Cemetery.

David Read died intestate (i.e. without a will) on 25 April 1831. John Cummins, the husband of his eldest daughter,
Lavina Read, appeared before the Warren County Orphans Court in June 1832, where he presented a petition for the
division of David's real estate among his heirs at law. Heirs at law refers to David's surviving children, some of whom
were minors and who could not sign land deeds which would divide the land. The transcript below uses the nineteenth
century spelling as it was found in the document. Note that the last name is spelled R-E-E-D throughout the document.
The probate records are filed under R-E-A-D in Warren County.

Children mentioned in the petition:

1. Lavina Read (circa 1805-after 1862), the wife of John Cummins
2. Isaac S. Read (1810-1876), the husband of 1)Charlotte Synder and 2)Mary (Last name unknown)
3. Joseph M. Read (born circa 1812-after 1862), the husband of Mary Jane (Last name unknown)
4. Sarah Ann Read (1819-1881), known as Sally Ann, the wife of Anthony J. Osmum
5. Eleanor Read (1823-1879), known as Ellen, the wife of Charles Flummerfelt
6. David J. Read (1828-1835), known as Jackson, died as a child.

Children not mentioned in the petition, who pre-deceased their father

1. Abraham Read (1808-1827)
2. David B. Read (1821-1823)

PETITION TO DIVIDE REAL ESTATE

Warren County, New Jersey Surrogate Court Records, Orphans Court Minutes Liber 1, folio 236

June Term 1832
Estate of David Read decd

The petition of John Cummins on behalf of his wife Lavina Cummins one of the heirs at law of David Reed late of the
Township of Knowlton County of Warren and State of New Jersey decd respectfully shweth, that the Said David Reed
departed this life on or about the twenty fifth day of April in the year of our Lord one Thousand eight hundred and thirty
one, intestate without having made and executed any last will and testement in writing, leaving Ifaac Reed, Joseph Reed,
Sally Ann Reed, Ellen Reed, Jackson Reed and Lavina Cummins wife of your petitioner; his only heirs at law - That by
reason of the minority of Joseph, Sally Ann, Ellen and Jackson Reed, a partition by deed of the real estate of Said
deceased cannot be made between them, We therefor pray to the Court to appoint three un{illegible} and uninterested
men as Commissioners to make partition of the real estate of the Said David Reed decd consisting of a certain farm
containing one hundred and sixty acres of land be the same more or Less Situate in Knowlton aforesaid, adjoinning land
of Samuel Reed, John Pearson, Jacob {illegible} and others, into six equal parts or shares, to the Said heirs at law of the
Said decd by metes and bounds so each may hold their own in Severalty - And whereas the Said several matters so
stated appear to the Court to be true - Therefore on the Said application it is ordered & decreed by the Court that
Aaron Davis, Garret Howell and Henry Mingle Esquires, being three disinterested persons be appointed Commissioners
to make partition of the real estate as aforesaid by metes and bounds into Six equal parts of shares between the Said
heirs at law of the Said decd according to the {illegible} directed by an act of the Legislature entitled an act directing the
decent of real estate - And it is further ordered that the report of the said Aaron Davis, Garrett Howell and Henry
Mingle or any two of them made in writing to the next or any Subsequent Term of the Orphans Court of Said County
after Division made and approved by the Said Court be made known Shall be Conclusive to all persons concerned -

by the Court ¹⁴²

David married Anna Middlesworth on 3 Nov 1804 in Sussex Co, NJ.⁸⁴ (Anna Middlesworth was born in 1782 ⁸⁴ and died on 15 Apr 1857 in Warren Co, NJ ⁸⁴.)