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State of Service: VA
Qualifying Service: Captain
Birth: abt 1727 nr Bethlehem / / PA Death: abt 1784 / Shenandoah / VA
Qualifying Service Description:
1776-1777, he served as a Captain in the Augusta County, Virginia, Militia
Additional References:
Gwathmey, John H., Historical Register of Virginians in the Revolution: Soldiers, Sailors, Marines, 1775-1783, Virginia. Richmond: Dietz Press, 1938, pg 653
Spouse: Margaretha Maria Zimmerman Children: Michael; Adam;
Find-a-Grave memorial cites burial place is unknown.
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Author: George Emery Biles Ph.D.
Adam Reader was born about 1727 near Bethlehem, PA. He married Margaretha Maria "Margaret Mary" Zimmerman near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, and they had eleven known children:
Adam
Michael was born in 1750
Shadrach
Martin
Henry
Susanna
John
Conrad
Reuben
Margaret
Elizabeth
Adam and Margaretha lived in Augusta County, Virginia, for a short period. They removed to Upper Hanover Township, Pennsylvania, for a while to live near an uncle. They were listed as members of the Egypt Reformed Church near Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, while there. They then returned to Loudon County, Virginia, sometime between 1759 and 1769.
Adam Reader was named Captain in the Augusta County Virginia militia in 1776. On October 16, 1777, the county of Augusta was divided into four battalions. The lower battalion, which probably fell into the county of Rockingham, was the company led by Captain Adam Reader.
Adam Reader died sometime in 1783 in Shenandoah County, Virginia. Margaretha, his wife, was appointed an executor and bonded. These records are found in the Will Book and Administrator Records in Shenandoah County, Virginia.
An excellent resource for the Reader family is:
Rader, William A., and June L. (Hudnut) Rader, The Descendants of Adam and Anna Maria Röder, Johann Adam and Katharina (Tauber) Röder: From the Palatinate to Pennsylvania, the Shenandoah Valley and The United States of America, Florida. Sarasota: [np] 1987, pages 63-64.
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