page_title: Joseph Reade (politician)
section_title: Personal life
hierarchical_section_title: Joseph Reade (politician) / Personal life
context_page_description: Joseph Reade was a merchant, vestryman, and politician from New York.
context_section_description: In 1720, Reade married Anna French (1701–1778).  Anna was the daughter of Phillip French, who served as the Mayor of New York City from 1702 to 1703, and Annetje (née Philipse) French, the daughter of Frederick Philipse, 1st Lord of Philipsburg Manor, a Dutch merchant and one of the richest men in colonial New York.  Anna was the sister of Philip French III, who married Susanna Brokholst, daughter of Anthony Brockholst, acting Governor of Colonial New York under Sir Edmund Andros. Together, they were the parents of seven children, including:
  Laurence Reade (c. 1721–1773), who was a merchant in partnership with Richard Yates.  In his will, Laurence acknowledged and provided for the three children he had with "a mulatto woman on the Island of Jamaica."
  Joseph Reade.
  John Reade.
  Anne Reade (1726–1772), who married Gerrit Van Horne (1726–1765), a grandson of Robert Livingston the Elder.
  Sarah Reade (1728–1802), who married James de Peyster (1726–1799), a grandson of New York mayor Abraham de Peyster.
  Mary Reade, who married Francis Stephens.
  Reade died on March 2, 1771, at which point he had considerable holdings in mines, minerals, and ores, which were left to his three surviving sons in his will.
caption: Portrait of Anna French Reade by John Wollaston.
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