. In 1720, Reade married Anna French (1701–1778). Anna was the daughter of
Phillip French, who served as the
Mayor of New York City from 1702 to 1703, and Annetje (née Philipse) French, the daughter of
Frederick Philipse, 1st Lord of
Philipsburg Manor, a Dutch merchant and one of the richest men in colonial New York. Anna was the sister of Philip French III, who married Susanna Brokholst, Together, they were the parents of seven children, In his will, Laurence acknowledged and provided for the three children he had with "a mulatto woman on the Island of Jamaica." • Joseph Reade. • Mary Reade, who married Francis Stephens. at which point he had considerable holdings in mines, minerals, and ores, which were left to his three surviving sons in his will. Through his daughter Sarah, he was the grandfather of James Abraham de Peyster (1753–1798), a
Loyalist during the
Revolutionary War who married Catherine Livingston (1759–1839) and moved to
Saint John, New Brunswick, where he eventually became
treasurer of the province; Sarah de Peyster (1761–1802); and Mary Reade de Peyster (1765–1790), who married Dr. Jacob Ogden Jr. (1762–1802) in 1789 (the parents of
James de Peyster Ogden, the President of the
New York Chamber of Commerce and
Saint Nicholas Society of the City of New York). Joseph was also the grandfather of Joseph Reade (d. 1809) and John Reade (1745–1808), who established a prominent freighting business and married
Catherine Livingston (1756–1829) in 1774. They were the parents of Catherine Livingston Reade (1777–1863), wife of
Nicholas William Stuyvesant (1769–1833); Helen Sarah Reade (1790–1879), wife of
Erie Canal Commissioner
James Hooker (1792–1858); and Anne Reade, the wife of Robert Kearney (grandparents of
Anna Morton, the
Second Lady of the United States).
Legacy Reade Street in
New York City's
Lower Manhattan is named after him. ==References==