Mary Read Powers (ca. 1755-1819)
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This white person has 1 related event in the database, listed at the bottom of this page.
- Identifier
- NJS-PER-01523
- Given Name
- Mary
- Family Name
- Powers
- Alternate Name
- Read
- Reed
- Birth Date
- 1755
- Death Date
- 1819
- Sex
- Female
- Biographical Description
- Mary Read (or Reed) Powers was the daughter of the Rev. Israel Read. She was born in the 1750s and grew up in Bound Brook, NJ, where her father was the pastor of the Presbyterian Church for many years. Her father was an enslaver and bequeathed a woman named Isabel to her in his will.
- Keywords
- white person
- enslaver
- Places
- Bound Brook
- Enslaver of
- Isabel
- Child of
- Israel Read (d. 1793)
- Spouse of
- John Powers (1759-1831)
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This person is represented on the following page(s):
Find a Grave: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53181016 - Record Contributor
- Jesse Bayker
- Linked Events
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Additional Participant in:
- 1785-12-01 Will (of Israel Read): Tony, Isabel, Jean (Role: Enslaver, Heir or Beneficiary)
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