Halifax County, NC - Addendum to the Read Wills ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Harmon Read, son of Henry Read and Grandson of Peter Read of Prince George Co., VA, moved his family from IOW, VA and settled first in Edgecombe Co, which later became Halifax Co. Rose Edwards has forwarded you a copy of the Rev. Jesse Read will. Jesse was a son of Harmon Read and one of the first Primitive Bapt. Ministers in NC. In NC records, you will often find the names of Harmon and Mary Pendry Read's sons written as Moses Read Pendry, Aaron Read Pendry and Jesse Read Pendry. The sons, having been born before the parents were able to marry, because of the lack of Anglican ministers in the area at the time, followed the norm of the day using the mother's maiden name until the parents died, then reverting to using Read as their surname. ___________________________________________________________________ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm This file was contributed for use in the USGenWeb Archives by Helen L. Tice ___________________________________________________________________