Birth: Circa 1740
Father: Unknown
Mother: Unknown
Christening: Unknown
Marriage: 12 April 1760 St John the Baptist, Bressingham, Norfolk, UK
Husband: John Read (Reade, Road) c1739-1823
Death: February 1811 St John the Baptist, Bressingham, Norfolk, UK
Burial: 19 February 1811 St John the Baptist, Bressingham, Norfolk, UK
James Read 1764
Thomas Read 1767
Elizabeth Read 1770-1799
James Read 1772-1837
There is confusion regarding the first letter of her surname - it looks like B but some interpret it as H.
Entry in Ancestry England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973 for the marriage of Elizabeth Bunt and John Road (sic) on 11 April 1761 at Bressingham, Norfolk.
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Marriages and Banns, 1754-1938 for the marriage (sic - banns) of Elizabeth Bunt and John Read on 11 April 1760 in Bressingham. "The Year 1760:1:) Page 6 [...] No. 24 Banns of Marriage between John Read of this Parish Single Man and Elizabeth Bunt of the same Single Woman were publifhed on the three Sundays underwrittten: That is to say, On Sunday, the 28 March [...] On Sunday, the 4th April [...] On Sunday, the 11th April."
Entry in FreeReg for the marriage of Elizabeth Hunt, single, and John Reade, single, on 12 April 1762 at St John the Baptists, Bressingham, Norfolk, both making their marks.
Her four children were baptised in Bressingham on 8 April 1764, 13 December 1767, 3 January 1790 and 12 December 1772.
Two entries in FreeReg for the burial of Elizabeth Read, wife of John Read, on 19 February 1811 aged 71, at St John The Baptist, Bressingham, Norfolk,
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Transcripts of Church of England Baptism, Marriage and Burial Registers, 1600-1935 for the burial of Elizabeth Read on 19 February 1811 aged 71 in Bressingham, Norfolk, spouse John Read. "1810 [...] Burials [...] 1811 [...] Elizabeth the Wife of John Read aged 71 - 19th Febry."
Entry in Ancestry Norfolk, England, Church of England Baptism, Marriages, and Burials, 1535-1812 for the burial of Elizabeth Read on 19 February 1811 aged 71 in Bressingham, Norfolk. "Burials 1810 [...] Burials 1811 [...] Read Elizabeth the Wife of John Read aged 71 - 19th Febry."
Bressingham is 24 miles SW of Norwich on A1066.
Elizabeth Bunt (Hunt) was Felicity's fifth great grandmother.
Return to Bunt Gendex.
Return to Hunt Gendex.
Return to Main Gendex.
Return to Croucher Home Page.