Windebank

b. 1948

m. Robert Liftig. 1971. b. 1947

Sir Thomas WINDEBANK of Hougham, Knight

Anya Liftig

b. 1977

Born: Jan 1538, Haines Hillhurst, Parish, Berkshire, England

m. Noel Hartman, 2011

Died: 24 Oct 1607, Charing, Westminster, Berkshire, England

Buried: 25 Nov 1607, Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

Dorothy Liftig

Father: Richard WINDEBANK (Sir)

b. 1981

Mother: Margaret Verch GRIFFITH

m. David Martin, 2009

Married: 20 Aug 1566, Scrivelsby, Lincolnshire, England

Children:

1. Anne WINDEBANK (b. 1567 — d. 8 Jun 1624) (m. Henry Reade)

2. Francis WINDEBANK (Secretary of State) ()

3. Thomas WINDEBANK (b. 21 Aug 1582 — d. 5 Nov 1607)

4. Mildred WINDEBANK (b. 21 Jul 1585 — d. 1656) (m. Robert Reade)

He owed his fortunes largely to his Lincolnshire neighbour, , who secured his appointment to the fourth stall in Worcester Cathedral in 1569 and sent him, as a travelling companion, to his son, Thomas (afterwards Earl of Exeter). Many of Windebank’s letters, describing his vain efforts to keep his charge straight and teach him French, and their travels in France and Germany during 1571 and 1572, are extant in the Public Record Office. He also took every opportunity of sending his patron lemon trees, myrtle trees and tracts on canon and civil law.After his return, he was made clerk of the signet, and occasionally acted as clerk of the Privy Council. He continued his friendly relations and correspondence with until the latter’s death and, afterwards, with .He married Frances, younger daughter of in Lincolnshire, by whom he left one son, , and three daughters. Of the latter, Mildred (d. 1630) married Robert Reade of Linkenholt near Andover in Hampshire, and was ancestor of President George Washington. He was knighted by James I on 23 Jul 1603, settled at Haines Hill in St. Nicholas Hurst (Berkshire) and died on 24 Oct 1607.

Mildred Reade (Windebank)

(c.1585 - 1630)

Nicknames: “Mildred; Windebanke”, “Mildred; Windibank”

Birthdate: circa July 21, 1585

Birthplace: Haines, Hillhurst Parrish, Berkshire, England

Death: Died 1630 in Virginia

Occupation: Source: http://worldconnect.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?opGET&dbdave-richardson&idI7531

m. Robert Reade, Esq.

(c.1575 - 1626)

Nicknames: “Robert Reade Esq”

Birthdate: circa 1575

Birthplace: Linkenholt, Hampshire, England

Death: Died December 10, 1626 in Faccombe, Hampshire, England

Born in Linkenholt, England to Robert & Mildred (Windebank) Reade. He married Elizabeth Martiau in 1641 in York Co., Virginia. George was the Secretary of the Colony and Acting Governor of Virginia (1638-39); member of the Council of Virginia; member of the House of Burgesses from James City Co.,VA in 1649 and frequently thereafer. He became a member of the Governor’s Council on 13 Mar 1657-58, which office he held until his death in 1671. Father of Mildred (Warner).

Adventurers of Purse and Person 1607 - 1624/5 and Their Families” published by the Order of First Families of Virginia, indicates in a footnote (pp. 419-420) the discrepancy between the dates inscribed on his Grace Church tablets and the filing of the wills for George Read and his wife Elizabeth as follows: “His and his wife’s gravestones were discovered during street 467

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