Gertrude Ross Read
(1733-1802)
BIRTH
1733
PLACE
NAME
Gertrude Ross
DEATH
September 2, 1802
PLACE
FAMILY
FATHER
George Ross
(1679-1754)
HUSBAND
George Read
(1733-1798)
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RELIGIOUS VIEWS
RELIGION NOT DOCUMENTED
DENOMINATION NOT DOCUMENTED
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AWARDS
Gertrude Ross Read was a daughter of Reverend George Ross of New Castle, Delaware, and a sister of Declaration signer George Ross. Widowed after her marriage to Thomas Till, she married lawyer George Read in 1763. His surviving letters to her describe domestic concerns, court business and the unsettled years of the Revolution. She died in 1802. Her birth year varies across published accounts, and a portrait identified with her has an uncertain attribution.
EARLY LIFE
The exact date and place of Gertrude Ross Read’s birth have not been established in the source used for this entry. The surviving biographical summary provides only limited evidence about childhood, schooling, and the daily circumstances of the household, so those details are not reconstructed here without documentation. What can be stated securely is that this person belonged to the interconnected family world from which HistoryGPS traces participants, relatives, and later descendants of the Revolutionary generation.
No distinct public profession or office for Gertrude Ross Read is established by the source summary used for this entry. The surviving record is primarily genealogical and documents family identity rather than an independent public career. Gertrude Ross Read died on Sep 2, 1802. Additional claims about employment, public service, or accomplishments have been omitted where the consulted source did not support them.
CAREER
DEATH
Gertrude Ross Read died on Sep 2, 1802. Gertrude Ross Read was a daughter of Reverend George Ross of New Castle, Delaware, and a sister of Declaration signer George Ross. Widowed after her marriage to Thomas Till, she married lawyer George Read in 1763. His surviving letters to her describe domestic concerns, court business and the unsettled years of the Revolution. She died in 1802. Her birth year varies across published accounts, and a portrait identified with her has an uncertain attribution. The available account does not establish a medical cause or a dependable sequence of final symptoms and care.
Immanuel Episcopal Graveyard
50 Market St, New Castle, DE 19720
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