Read family.

South Carolina family. Jacob Read (1752-1816), a Charleston and Christ Church Parish, S.C. judge and politician, was the son of James Read (d. 1778) and Rebecca Bond Read. Jacob Read's brother, William Read (1754-1845), was a prominent physician of Charleston, S.C. and a plantation owner. William Read married Sarah Harleston, and their children included John Harleston Read (1788-1859). John Harleston Read's first wife was Mary Withers (1790-1817), by whom he had two sons, James Withers Read (1817-1851) and John Harleston Read (1815-1866). John Harleston Read (1815-1866), a Prince George Parish, S.C. attorney, plantation owner, and state Representative, also had a son by the same name, born 1843. William George Read was the son of Jacob Read (1752-1816).