Reader families were fairly prolific in both Castle and Shudy Camps. Here are my deductions of family groups based on entries in the parish register. (More information of the family of (Thomas READER & Eleanor BARKER)

John READER married Mary:

• William bp 10 Aug 1746

• Elizabeth bp 27 Mar 1748

• Jeremiah bp 25 Dec 1750

• Henry bp 9 Dec 1753

Jeremiah married Ann LEIVEN on 27 November 1773.

• Robert bn 15 Jan 1774

• Jeremiah bp 4 May 1777

• William Roberts bp 14 Sep 1783

Henry married Susannah BROWNE on 23 November 1772. She was buried 8 Mar 1827 in Shudy Camps.

• Thomas bn 16 Feb 1773

• William bn 3 Aug 1774

• Henry bn 23 Jan 1776

• Edward bn 21 Sep 1777

• Edmund bp 2 Apr 1780

• Daniel bp 9 Mar 1782

• Ann bp 27 Nov 1785

• Charlotte bp 9 Dec 1787

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Thomas READER, baptised 21 February 1773 married Rebecca. She was buried 26 August 1824 and listed as being 'of Horseheath" and he was buried 5 Dec 1839.

• Dorcas bp 20 Sep 1795

• William bp 5 Nov 1797 bu 6 May 1799

• Rebecca bp 12 Jul 1801

• Thomas bp 24 Apr 1803

• Harriet bp 6 Apr 1806 bu 23 Mar 1807

• John bp 10 Jul 1808

• William bc Sep 1810 bp 14 Mar 1813

• Stephen bp 14 Mar 1813

William READER (baptised 7 August 1774) married Elizabeth SMITH on 5 November 1799. She was buried 2 Mar 1818.

• William bc May 1804 bu 15 Nov 1805

• Charlotte bp 31 Mar 1807 bu 31 May 1807

• Thomas bp 31 Jul 1808

• John bp 30 Dec 1810

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Henry READER was baptised on 4 February 1776 amd on 8 November 1796 he married Mary CLAYDON. He was buried on 22 May 1832 and a possible burial for Mary is 14 Jun 1837.

• John bp 21 Apr 1806

• William bp 30 Jul 1809 bu 26 Nov 1828 (twin of Henry)

• Henry bp 30 Jul 1809 (twin of William) Henry married Elizabeth TAYLOR on 25 Dec 1827 and had Susan (bp 19 Oct 1828), Mary (bp 11 Apr 1830), Sally (bp 18 Nov 1832), William (bp 13 May 1838) and James (bp 11 Jul 1840).

Edmund READER married Mary RAWLINSON on 29 January 1804.

• Harriet bp 6 Mar 1808 ?m Thomas CHAPMAN 5 Jun 1828

Mary died and was buried 15 Aug 1808 and Edmund remarried Anne CHAPMAN on 27 June 1830.

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Daniel READER married Elizabeth GLASSCOCK on 22 November 1803. She was buried 15 January 1831.

• John bp 1 Apr 1804

• Charles bp 2 Feb 1806

• Ann bp 29 Jan 1809 ?m 21 Jan 1828 William STINTON

• Hannah bp 1 Mar 1812

• Rebecca bp 19 nov 1815

• Susan bp 11 Oct 1818

• James bp 17 Dec 1820

• George bp 6 Jul 1823

• Samuel bp 12 Mar 1826

Son John possibly married Lydia and had the following children:

• William bp 24 Jul 1824

• Charles bp 2 Mar 1828

• Elizabeth bp 15 Aug 1830

• Hannah bp 10 Feb 1833

• Daniel bp 21 Jan 1838

• George bp 25 Dec 1840

Charlotte READER married Isaac OSBORN on 24 December 1807. After she died he appears to have married her sister Ann on 15 May 1810