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He was a member of Capt. Parker's company and a selectman in the period of the Revolution.
He married at Lancaster, 27 Nov. 1753, SUSANNA HOUGHTON, born 1 Oct. 1733, daughter of James and Sarah ( ).
Children, all born or baptized at Lexington:
i. BETTY or ELIZABETH,5 b. 26 Nov. 1754; m. 6 Jan. 1774 EBENEZER5 MuzzY; d. 15 Mar. 1846.
23. ii. JOSHUA, b. 11 Sept. 1756.
iii. SUSANNA, b. 11 Mar. 1759; m. JONAS5 BRIDGE; d. Aug. 1830.
iv. HEPZIBAH, b. 26 Feb. 1769; m. 30 May 1790 WILLIAM WAITE of Green- field.
v. JAMES, b. 8 Dec. 1771; m., he then of Rindge, N. H., SUSANNA STONE of Rindge, N. H., b. 28 Oct. 1770, d. 11 May 1840, dau. of Capt. Salmon and Susanna (Page); she m. (2) John Fenno. Children, b. at Lexing- ton : i. Hepzibah,6 b. 8 Jan. 1793. Joshua, b. 1 Feb. 1795.
vi. REBECCA, bapt. 10 July 1774; m. 22 Feb. 1801 DAVID WAITE of Deerfield, brother of William, husband of her sister.
16. ISAAC5 REED (Jacob, 4 Timothy,3 George,2 William1), born at Woburn 9 Aug. 1756, died 20 Apr. 1848.
He was a member of Capt. Belknap's Woburn company which served on 19 April 1775; he also served under Capt. Jonas Richard- son of Woburn at the battle of Bunker Hill.
He married 27 Apr. 1780 SUSANNA MUNROE, baptized 7 Apr. 1754, died at Woburn 15 Nov. 1829, daughter of William3 and Tabitha (Hobbs-Jones).
Children, both born at Lexington:
24. i. ISAAC,6 b. 12 Jan. 1781.
ii. SUSAN, b. 16 Oct. 1782.
Children,* all born at Woburn:
iii. WILLIAM, b. 14 Mar. 1785; m. REBECCA GORDON, t dau. of John; d. at Boston 30 Dec. 1851. They had seven children.
iv. OLIVER, b. 4 Aug. 1787; m. SARAH THAYER; d. at Boston 8 Sept. 1833. They had six children.
* The children were all born in the same house in what is now Durenville.
t See Hist. of Bedford, N. H., p. 942.
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V. THOMAS, b. 18 Jan. 1790; m. RELIEF PRATT; d. at Boston 10 Feb. 1829. They had five children.
25. vi. REUBEN, b. 25 Mar. 1792.
vii. HUGH MAXWELL, b. 23 Dec. 1793; d. unm. 18 Apr. 1821.
viii. ENos, b. 21 Aug. 1796; m. SARAHI GORDON, d. 5 May 1881, dau. of Nathaniel, and gr .- dau. of John above. They had seven children.
17. WILLIAM6 REED (William,5 William,4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 2 Oct. 1742, died 31 Aug. 1829.
He was a member of Capt. Parker's company on 19 April 1775, and marched with them to Cambridge 17 June 1775.
He married 1 Dec. 1768 ELIZABETH DAVIS of Bedford.
Children, all born at Lexington:
i !! ELIZABETH,7 b. 7 Mar. 1770.
ii. WILLIAM, b. 21 May 1772; d. 3 Apr. 1776.
iii. ABIGAIL, b. 21 May 1774 .*
iv. RUTHEY, b. 4 June 1776.
v. WILLIAM, b. 5 Apr. 1778; d. at Acton 5 Nov. 1846. He had ten child- ren born at Acton.
vi. LYDIA, bapt. 5 Nov. 1780; d. unm. 6 Mar. 1822.
18. THADDEUS6 REED (William,5 William,4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 25 Aug. 1755, died of smallpox 1 Jan. 1824, g. s.
He married 1 Jan. 1788 ANNA LONGLEY of Littleton, who died of smallpox 5 Jan. 1824, aged 66, g. s.
Children, all born at Lexington, first three baptized the same day:
i. EDMUND,7 b. 20 Oct. 1788.
ii. ESTHER, b. 16 Aug. 1790; m. 21 Apr. 1812 JOHN PARKER.
iii. WILLIAM, b. 13 July 1792.
iv. THADDEUS, b. 1 Oct. 1794; m. 8 Dec. 1819 PHEBE PRESCOTT of Concord, t d. 22 Jan. 1824; d. 13 Jan. 1838.}
v. ANNA, b. 12 Feb. 1797; m. 6 Jan. 1819 LUTHER PRESCOTT of Concord, d. 25 Jan. 1824, aged 35; d. at East Sudbury 3 Sept. 1827, g. s. Child: Luther Noys,8 drowned 17 Aug. 1829.
vi. AUGUSTUS, b. 27 June 1799.
vii. LEVY, b. 24 July 1801.
19. MOSES6 REED (Samuel,5 William,4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 31 May 1749, died at Waterbury, Vt., 27 Jan. 1839. He resided at Lexington, Woburn, Grafton, N. H., and Water- bury, Vt.
He married 23 Apr. 1770 SARAH WHITTEMORE of Lexington, born 1 Nov. 1751, died at Waterbury, Vt., 2 Nov. 1830, daughter of Jacob4 and Esther (Whittemore).
Children, all born at Lexington except the last: i. WHITTEMORE,7 b. 16 Feb. 1771; killed at Bridgton, Me., by the falling of a tree. He left one child.
* "M" Abigail Read Sep' 19th " (1831). Jonathan Harrington's list.
t "Luther Prescott, s. of Benjamin and Amy (Wood), b. 26 Aug. 1793. Phebe Prescott, dau. of Benjamin and Amy (Wood), b. 22 July 1796." Concord rec.
# "Wife of Thad" Read J'. Died Jan' 22d & Child 25"> with Small Pox M' Luther Preist Son in law to Thad Read Died Jan" 26"h Small Pox Capt. Preist Father to Luther Jan 28." Jonathan Harrington's list.
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ii. MOSES, b. 10 Aug. 1773; m. MARY KINSMAN, d. 1836; went to Ohio in 1815 and d. 1824. He had seven children.
iii. SARAH, b. 1 Apr. 1775.
iv. ABEL, b. 8 May 1777; m. (1) 6 Mar. 1800 RUTH LANE of Candia, N. H., d. 3 June 1814; m. (2) 1815 DOLLY BROWN of Candia, N. H .; d. at Candia, N. H., 17 June 1842.
v. ELIZABETH, b. 17 Feb. 1779; m. PHILIP MASON of Grafton, N. H.
vi. ELIAB, bapt. 16 Sept. 1780; m. HANNAH HUSE. Lived at Craftsbury, Vt. He had two children.
vii. JACOB, bapt. 15 Sept. 1782; d. at Scituate 1828; m. 2 Oct. 1817 THURISSA BRYANT; she m. (2) 3 Oct. 1836 Martin Stockbridge of Abington. He had one child.
viii. SAMUEL, bapt. 25 July 1784; m. MARY POTTER ; d. at Roxbury 12 Nov. 1858. They had four children.
ix. CALEB SWAN, bapt. 9 July 1786.
20. HAMMON6 REED (Hammond,5 William,4 William,3 George, 2 William1), born 24 Feb. 1763, died 31 Aug. 1848, g. s.
He married 26 Oct. 1786 SARAH CHANDLER, born 27 Feb. 1764, died 29 Apr. 1854, g. s., daughter of John4 and Beulah (Merriam).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. SARAH,7 b. 17 May 1788; d. 10 Nov. 1788.
26. ii. BENJAMIN, b. 20 Jan. 1790.
iii. SALLY, b. 21 June 1792; m. 2 Apr. 1816 WILLIAM NICHOLS of Burling- ton, s. of Adna and Sarah (Loring).
iv. Child, bapt. 3 Feb. 1793.
v. BETSEY, b. 15 June 1799; m. 26 June 1823 AARON PARKER5 RICHARDSON.
vi. EMILY (twin), b. 26 Jan. 1804; d. in infancy.
vii. ALMIRA (twin), b. 26 Jan. 1804; m. 29 Jan. 1829 EBENEZER R.7 SMITH. 21. NATHAN6 REED (Nathan,5 William,4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 15 Sept. 1776, died 30 July 1836, g. s.
He married MARY MUZZY, born 14 Dec. 1777, died 9 Apr. 1871, g. s., daughter of John5 and Rebecca (Munroe).
Children, all born at Lexington:
27. i. CYRUS,7 b. 9 Nov. 1798.
ii. NATHAN HORATIO, b. 28 Sept. 1805; m. 20 Apr. 1841 LUZILLA MEIGS, d. in Wisconsin 9 Jan. 1868, aged 48 y. 5 m., dau. of John and Abigail ( ) of Lyndon, Vt .; d. 11 Mar. 1854. They had one child.
iii. HIRAM, b. 8 Feb. 1810; d. unm. 30 Mar. 1854.
iv. MARSHALL, b. 4 Oct. 1815; d. 31 July 1837.
22. CHRISTOPHER6 REED (Nathan, 5 William, 4 William, 3 George, 2 William1), born 18 Mar. 1792, died 25 Sept. 1861.
He married BETSEY GIBSON of Francestown, N. H., born 12 July 1790, died at Charlestown 15 Oct. 1866, daughter of John and Hannah (Brown-Quigley). Child:
i. WILLIAM EUSTIS,7 d. 24 Jan. 1831, g. s.
23. JOSHUA6 REED (Joshua,5 Joshua,4 William,3 George, 2 William1), born 11 Sept. 1756, died 9 Sept. 1826. He was a member of Capt. Parker's company.
He married first 11 Sept. 1780 SUSANNA LEATHERS, born 4 Nov.
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1760, died 8 Sept. 1802, g. s., daughter of William and Ruth (Rich- ardson); secondly at Concord, 31 Jan. 1805, MRS. ELIZABETH (BROOKS) BROOKS, born at Lincoln 23 Sept. 1766, died at Concord 23 Dec. 1840, daughter of Timothy and Elizabeth (Jones) Brooks and widow of Abel Brooks of Concord.
Children by the first wife, all born at Lexington:
28. i. CHARLES,7 b. 10 July 1781.
ii. SUSANNA, b. 30 Jan. 1783; m., she then of Concord, 30 Nov. 1813 JOHN5 MULLIKEN, JR.
iii. PHEBE, b. 28 Aug. 1792; m. 2 Oct. 1822 THOMAS7 GREENLEAF; d. 21 Aug. 1871.
24. ISAAC6 REED (Isaac,5 Jacob, 4 Timothy,3 George,2 William1), born 12 Jan. 1781, died 29 Oct. 1853. He came to Lexington about the time of his marriage.
He married 24 Apr. 1804 ELIZABETH MUNROE, born 30 Mar. 1785, died 24 Oct. 1865, daughter of Philemon4 and Elizabeth (Waite).
Children, the last born at West Cambridge, the others at Lexing- ton :
i. EMELINE,7 b. 10 June 1805; d. 20 Dec. 1822.
ii. SUSAN ELIZABETH, b. 16 Dec. 1807; m. 8 Apr. 1835 WILLIAM H.2 FOWLE.
iii. ISAAC EMERY, b. 2 Jan. 1810; d. unm. 31 Dec. 1836.
iv. ADELINE, b. 10 Jan. 1812; m. 2 Nov. 1842 JAMES PARKER of Peterboro, N. H., b. 22 Jan. 1803, d. 22 Mar. 1890; d. 12 May 1884. Child: James Emery, 8 b. 30 Aug. 1845; d. unm. 26 May 1875.
29. v. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON, b. 26 Nov. 1813.
vi. HORATIO, b. 21 Dec. 1815; m. MARY PHIPPS, d. at New York, N. Y., 8 Nov. 1905; d. at New York, N. Y., 21 Apr. 1888. He had seven child- ren.
vii. PARNELL MUNROE, b. 30 Apr. 1818; d. 16 Oct. 1821.
viii. EDWIN, b. 20 Feb. 1821; m. LUCINA CHICKERING, b. at Milford, N. H., d. at East Bridgewater 6 May 1910, dau. of Charles and Servia E. (Douglass); d. at Brant Rock 31 Dec. 1898.
30. ix. HUGH MAXWELL, b. 27 Mar. 1824.
x. EMELINE, b. 5 Oct. 1826; m. 20 Dec. 1860 WILLIAM H.2 FOWLE, widower of her sister Susan.
25. REUBEN6 REED (Isaac, 5 Jacob, 4Timothy, 3 Gcorge,2 William1), born 25 Mar. 1792, died 4 Mar. 1864.
He married 8 Dec. 1819 SALLY HUTCHINSON RUSSELL, born at Cambridge 17 Jan. 1796, died 2 Aug. 1822; secondly 25 Feb. 1824 MARY HASKELL WILLARD of Harvard, born 15 Oct. 1791, died 11 Feb. 1860, daughter of Joel and Polly (Haskell).
Child by the first wife, born at Lexington:
i. REUBEN,7 b. 5 Feb. 1821; d. 22 June 1822.
Children by the second wife, both born at Lexington:
81. i. REUBEN WILLARD, b. 12 Jan. 1825.
32. ii. JOSIAH HASKELL, b. 12 Feb. 1827.
26. BENJAMIN7 REED (Hammon, 6 Hammond, 5 William, 4 William, 3 George,2 William1), born 20 Jan. 1790, died 16 Oct. 1860. He was
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selectman for six years, and held a commission as captain in the militia.
He married 3 Feb. 1825 BETHIA LANE WEBBER, born at Bedford, 16 Aug. 1799, died 31 Jan. 1870, daughter of John and Bethia (Lane).
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. FRANCES WALKER, 8 b. 21 Dec. 1825; d. unm. 4 Apr. 1863.
33. ii. HAMMON, b. 25 Sept. 1829.
27. CYRUS7 REED (Nathan,6 Nathan,5 William, 4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 9 Nov. 1798, died 11 Jan. 1873.
He married 4 Apr. 1824 SARAH JEWETT of Boxboro, born 11 June 1802, died 15 Feb. 1873, daughter of Joseph and Mary ( ).
Children, all born at Lexington:
34. i. JOHN MUZZEY, 8 b. 24 May 1825.
ii. GEORGE HENRY, b. 7 May 1831; d. 21 Feb. 1832.
iii. CATHERINE ELIZA, b. 30 Jan. 1833.
28. CHARLES7 REED (Joshua,6 Joshua,5 Joshua,4 William, 3 George,2 William1), born 10 July 1781, died 19 May 1846.
He was selectman for twelve years, assessor for five years, town clerk seven years, and treasurer seven years.
He married first 23 Oct. 1817 ELMIRA MUZZY, born 21 Oct. 1794, died 15 Nov. 1819, daughter of Amos6 and Lydia (Boutelle); secondly 28 June 1821 MARTHA WELLINGTON, born 12 Dec. 1785, died 10 May 1838, daughter of Benjamin5 and Martha (Ball).
Child by the first wife, born at Lexington:
CHARLES MUZZY, 8 b. 12 Sept. 1819. i.
Child by the second wife, born at Lexington:
ii. HENRY ALBERT, b. 29 June 1822.
29. WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON7 REED (Isaac,6 Isaac,5 Jacob, 4 Timothy,3 George,2 William1), born 26 Nov. 1813, died at Charles- town 1 Sept. 1872.
He married 3 Sept. 1850 MARY P. CROWNINSHIELD, born at Charlestown, died 16 Apr. 1890, aged 62, daughter of A. W.2 and Sarah B. (Peters).
Children, first four born at Lexington, the others at Charlestown:
i. MARY ELLA, 8 b. 9 Mar. 1852; d. 5 Sept. 1853.
ii. JULIA ELLA, b. 12 June 1854; m. at Charlestown SILAS LIVINGSTONE MORSE.
iii. MARY ALICE, b. 30 Nov. 1855; d. at Charlestown 28 July 1863.
iv. EMMA WATSON, b. 16 Oct. 1861; d. 19 June 1863.
v. EvA, b. 18 Jan. 1864; m. at Charlestown WESLEY G. HALL.
vi. MARY CROWNINSHIELD, b. 5 June 1868; m. at Charlestown HENRY MANNING.
30. HUGH MAXWELL7 REED (Isaac,6 Isaac, 5 Jacob, 4 Timothy,3 George,2 William1), born 27 Mar. 1824, died at Providence, R. I., 5 June 1907.
He married 13 Apr. 1854 CATHERINE SOPHIA LAWRENCE, born
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26 Aug. 1836, died at Providence, R. I., 13 Oct. 1904, daughter of Phineas7 and Catherine (Pierce).
Children, first three born at Lexington, the others at Providence, R. I .:
i. ELIZABETH MUNROE, 8 b. 14 July 1858; m. at Providence, R. I., 11 Sept. 1877, TRISTAM MOWRY, b. at Smithfield, R. I., 11 Sept. 1856, s. of Al- vah Smith and Martha Miranda (Mowry). They have three children.
ii. WILLIAM MAXWELL, b. 5 Mar. 1860; m. at Providence, R. I., 1887, ADA MAY, b. in England 1867, dau. of Francis and Mary (Tanner). They had one child.
iii. CORA SOPHIA, b. 18 Dec. 1861; m. at Providence, R. I., as his second wife,
1 3 Jan. 1894, GEORGE HAMILTON, b. at New Ipswich, N. H., 8 Jan. 1854, g. of William and Isabella (Gibson). They had one child.
iv. Daughter, d. in infancy.
v. EDWIN, b. 20 Jan. 1869; m. 1885 MARY McKENNA, dau. of William.
vi. JAMES EMERY, b. 17 Mar. 1875; m. at Providence, R. I., 30 Oct. 1906, LOUISE AUGUSTINE LEVEZ, b. at Providence 18 June 1878, dau. of August Louis and Louise Eugénie (Poinsard).
vii. EVELYN PIERCE, b. 20 June 1877; d. 2 June 1900.
31. REUBEN WILLARD7 REED (Reuben, 6 Isaac,5 Jacob, 4 Timo- thy,3 George,2 William1), born 12 Jan. 1825, died at Orwell, Vt. He was a member of the first board of trustees of the Lexington Sav- ings Bank, and a selectman 1870-72.
He married 26 Oct. 1854 GEORGIANNA AUGUSTA FERRIN, born 14 July 1833, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Raymond).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. EMMA GEORGIANNA, 8 b. 10 Nov. 1856; m. 28 Oct. 1903 ALLSTON PINEO.
ii. MARY HATTIE, b. 7 Sept. 1859; d. 15 Oct. 1864.
iii. LIZZIE VIRGINIA, b. 27 Apr. 1866.
32. JOSIAH HASKELL7 REED (Reuben, 6 Isaac,5 Jacob, 4 Timothy,3 George,2 William1), born 12 Feb. 1827, died 22 Mar. 1890.
He married 9 Oct. 1860 CLARA REBECCA GATES, born at Ashby 17 Oct. 1835, died 16 Aug. 1884, daughter of Howard and Clarissa (Kendall).
Children, first two born at Lexington, the third at Somerville:
35. i. FRANK HASKELL, 8 b. 26 Dec. 1862.
ii. ALICE GATES, b. 25 Aug. 1864.
iii. MARY WILLARD, b. 4 July 1868; m. 11 Sept. 1900 EDWARD FURBER MILLER, b. at Somerville, s. of William G. and Sarah (Furber).
33. HAMMON& REED (Benjamin,7 Hammon, 6 Hammond,5 William,4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 25 Sept. 1829, died 2 May 1911.
He was overseer of the poor, selectman, chairman from 1863 to 1865, chairman of the school committee 1875-76, and a justice of the peace. He was a member of the first board of trustees of the Lexington Savings Bank, and for many years a trustee of the Min- isterial Fund.
He married 19 Oct. 1856 SYLVIA JANE WADSWORTH, born at Milford, N. H., 13 Apr. 1835, died 6 Jan. 1908, daughter of Samuel and Rhoda (Fitch).
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Children, all born at Lexington:
36. i. GEORGE HAMMON, 9 b. 31 Jan. 1858.
37. ii. WILLIAM WADSWORTH, b. 28 June 1859.
iii. SYLVIA BERTHA, b. 21 May 1864; m. 19 Oct. 1886 FRED KEYES3 BROWN. 34. JOHN MUZZEY & REED (Cyrus,7 Nathan, 6 Nathan, 5 William, 4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 24 May 1825, died 7 Mar. 1882.
He married 7 June 1866 ALICE LOUISA HOBART, born at Hing- ham, daughter of Seth Lincoln and Louisa Caroline8 (Muzzey).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. LOUISA HOBART, 9 b. 19 Apr. 1867.
ii. SARAH AUGUSTA, b. 20 July 1871; d. 16 Aug. 1872.
iii. HERBERT MUZZEY, b. 22 Mar. 1878; d. at Bedford 12 May 1905.
35. FRANK HASKELL & REED (Josiah H.,7 Reuben, 6 Isaac, 5 Jacob, 4 Timothy,3 George,2 William1), born 26 Dec. 1862.
He married at Somerville, 20 Apr. 1893, GERTRUDE READ FOBES, born at Roxbury 6 Jan. 1870, daughter of Edward and Annie Showell (Sturtevant).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. HASKELL, 9 b. 4 June 1894.
ii. MALCOLM WILLARD, b. 17 Dec. 1895.
iii. KENDALL STURTEVANT, b. 9 Aug. 1898.
36. GEORGE HAMMON9 REED (Hammon, 8 Benjamin,7 Hammon, 6 Hammond,5 William,4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 31 Jan. 1858, died 27 June 1910.
He graduated from the Harvard Law School, LL.B., 1880. He served on the school committee 1884 and '85.
He married 5 Nov. 1884 SARAH AUGUSTA ADAMS, born at Bed- ford 16 July 1858, daughter of Dr. Abel2 Bryant and Susan Frances (Merriam).
Child, born at Lexington:
i. CONSTANCE, 10 b. 14 July 1891.
37. WILLIAM WADSWORTH9 REED (Hammon, 8 Benjamin, 7 Ham- mon,6 Hammond,5 William,4 William,3 George,2 William1), born 28 June 1859.
He obtained his education in the Lexington public schools, in the Bryant and Stratton Commercial School and at Boston Uni- versity. He is a real estate dealer.
He married 26 June 1890 KATIE SOPHIA GILMORE, born at Charlestown 24 June 1869, daughter of Kelsey M.2 and Mary L. (Thayer).
Children, both born at Lexington:
i. KELSEY G.,10 b. 5 Apr. 1891.
ii. SYLVIA W., b. 27 May 1894.
JOHN MORTON8 REED (John P.,7 Poulter, 6 John,5 William, 4 William,3 George,2 William1) was born at Bedford 6 ·Mar. 1840, younger son of John Poulter, born at Littleton 22 Dec. 1805, died
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10 June 1895, and grandson of Poulter and Molly (Hartwell). His mother, Nancy Whitcomb, was born at Littleton 4 July 1808, died 31 Dec. 1897, daughter of Peter and Nancy (Vinal).
He married EMELINE A. GOODWIN, born at Littleton.
Child, born at Lexington:
i. EMMA AUGUSTA, 9 b. 8 Sept. 1864; m. 24 Oct. 1883 EDWIN J. B.3 NOURSE. 1. SETH6 REED (Thomas, 5 Seth, 4 Daniel,3 Ralph,2 William1) was born 21 June 1765, died 19 Sept. 1813, son of Thomas and Rhoda (Crosby).
He came from Charlestown. He served three years in the Army of the Revolution, and his first marriage was "after his return" from the army. He resided at Westminster, Vt., for two years.
He married 26 June 1796 FANNY HARRINGTON, baptized 11 Mar. 1781, daughter of Thaddeus5 and Lydia (Porter); secondly LYDIA HARRINGTON, her sister, baptized 11 Mar. 1781.
Children, the first born at Westminster, Vt., the last at Lexing- ton :
2. i. SETH,7 b. 24 Apr. 1798.
ii. LEWIS, m. MARY FLINT of North Reading.
iii. SYLVESTER S., d. young.
iv. FANNY, m. 6 Feb. 1834 WARREN EMERSON of Woburn.
v. LYDIA, d. at Woburn 24 Nov. 1867, aged 57 y. 3 m .; m. 1 Feb. 1842 NATHANIEL HUTCHINSON of Woburn, b. at Lexington, d. at Woburn 6 Aug. 1849, aged 52.
vi. RHODA, d. at Woburn 22 Mar. 1844, aged 30. Child by the second wife.
2. SETH7 REED (Seth,6 Thomas, 5 Seth,4 Daniel,3 Ralph,2 Wil- liam1), born 24 Apr. 1798, died at Woburn 8 June 1868.
He married, published 9 July 1820, ELIZA FROST of West Cam- bridge, born 4 Nov. 1797, died at Andover* 23 Mar. 1848.
Child:
3. i. JOSEPH G., b. 29 Jan. 1824.
3. JOSEPH G.8 REED (Seth,7 Seth, 6 Thomas,5 Seth, 4 Daniel, 3 Ralph,2 William1), born 29 Jan. 1824, died 12 Jan. 1895.
He married 12 May 1850 ANN MURPHY.
Child :
4. i. FRANCIS W., 9 b. 14 Mar. 1854.
4. FRANCIS W.9 REED (Joseph G., 8 Seth,7 Seth,6 Thomas,5 Seth,4 Daniel,3 Ralph,2 William1), born 14 Mar. 1854.
He married at Arlington, 29 Oct. 1885, NELLIE C. MAHIGEN, born in Ireland, daughter of Michael and Ellen ( ).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. ELIZA, 10 b. 29 Aug. 1886.
ii. ANNIE FRANCES, b. 29 Sept. 1888.
iii. MARY ANN, b. 29 Dce. 1890.
1. NEWALL® REED (Eliphaz,5 Ebenezer,4 George,3 George, 2 William1) was born at Woburn 10 Feb. 1754, died at Burlington 12 Apr. 1831, son of Eliphaz and Sarah (Newell).
Jonathan Harrington's list.
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He was a soldier from Woburn, in the Continental Army.
He married MARY HARRINGTON, born 19 Apr. 1756, daughter of Henry4 and Sarah (Laughton).
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. JOEL,7 b. 13 May 1777; m. 6 Mar. 1833 LUCINDA SARGENT.
ii. ABIGAIL, b. and d. 21 July 1778.
2. iii. NEWHALL, b. 5 Apr. 1783.
iv. NATHAN, b. 18 Feb. 1786.
v. MARY, b. and d. 26 Sept. 1790.
vi. FLORINDA, b. 24 Nov. 1793.
vii. ABIGAIL, b. 21 Nov. 1795.
2. NEWHALL7 REED (Newall,6 Eliphaz,5 Ebenezer,4 George,3 George,2 William1), born 5 Apr. 1783, died at Bedford 8 Apr. 1855. He married 27 May 1808 SARAH BLOOD .*
Children:+
i. SARAH,8 b. at Burlington; d. 12 Apr. 1880, aged 70 y. 7 m.
ii. JOEL, b. 27 Feb. 1813; d. 15 Dec. 1886.
iii. NATHAN, b. at Burlington; d. 12 Jan. 1876, aged 60.
iv. CHARLES, b. 14 Oct. 1818; d. unm. at Bedford 15 Jan. 1862.
v. MARY, b. at Woburn; d. 10 Feb. 1864.
vi. NEWELL, b. at Burlington; d. unm. 6 Feb. 1875.
1. SWEETHERN1 REED died at Woburn 19 Feb. 1790, aged 77 y. 5 m. He went to Burlington from Nottingham West, formerly part of Dunstable, now Hudson, N. H., in 1740.į William and Elizabeth Simonds conveyed to James Perry and Sweethern Reed land, etc., in Woburn Second Precinct, now Burlington, on 12 July 1742.
He married, intention dated 16 Sept. 1737, MARGERY PERRY, died at Burlington 25 May 1806, aged 95.
Children, all born at Burlington:
i. ELIZABETH, 2 d. at Woburn 9 Dec. 1818, aged 77; m. 31 Mar. 1763 THOMAS Fox of Woburn, (?) b. 10 Dec. 1739, d. 7 May 1815, s. of Jonathan and Ruth (Carter).
ii. MARGERY, m. 18 July 1765 JOSEPH GREENWOOD of Boston.
2. iii. ROBERT.
iv. SUSANNAH, d. 3 Oct. 1802; m. 23 Apr. 1775 JUDUTHAN5 WELLINGTON; he m. (2) 31 May 1803 Elizabeth Winneck, who d. 11 Mar. 1851, aged 83. Susannah had eight children.
v. RUTH, m. 5 June 1777 MATTHEW FARRINGTON, who m. (2) Rhoda Ken- dall; d. 14 May 1790.
3. vi. JAMES.
vii. NANCY, m. 14 May 1780 NATHANIEL4 TRASK; d. 20 July 1789.
2. ROBERT2 REED (Sweethern1) was enrolled in Capt. Parker's company 1775-76. He was also in service on campaign to Ticon- deroga 1777, and performed other service of lesser importance.§ He was drowned outside Boston Light 5 June 1805.
He married ELIZABETH HARTWELL, born at Bedford 20 Oct. 1745, died 8 May 1792, daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Wilson).
* "Wife of Newall Read Died in Feb." 1841." Jonathan Harrington's list.
t "an infant Child Newell Jr. Died March 8th 1829."
Reed Gen., p. 470.
§ See State List, xiii. 89.
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HISTORY OF LEXINGTON
Children, all born at Lexington:
i. SWEETHERN,3 b. 13 Aug. 1771; m. (1) 19 Nov. 1795 ANNA5 WYMAN, d. at Chelsea 4 June 1806, aged 38; m. (2) 8 Feb. 1807 SUKEY FILLE- BROWN of Charlestown, who d. 30 Oct. 1834, aged 60; d. 28 Oct. 1834.
ii. ELIZABETII, b. 8 Apr. 1773.
iii. ROBERT, b. 4 Sept. 1775; drowned in Boston Harbor 5 June 1805.
iv. SARAH, b. 22 Feb. 1778.
v. DANIEL, b. 11 Dec. 1781. Moved to Oakham where his wife d. 10 June 1833, aged 45. He had three children.
" a Molatto Child out of M" Robert Reeds Family," d. 27 Jan. 1790.
3. CAPT. JAMES2 REED (Sweethern1), died 21 Jan. 1832, aged 87, g. s. at Burlington. He served in the Revolutionary War in the Woburn companies.
He married ELIZABETH WELLINGTON, born 6 Nov. 1753, died 2 Mar. 1824, g. s. at Burlington, daughter of Joseph and Dorcas (Stone).
Children, all born at Burlington:
i. JOHN,3 b. 30 Jan. 1779, bapt., Woburn 2d Precinct, 9 May 1779; m., he then of Charleston, S. C., 6 Oct. 1819 SUSAN CLAPP of Woburn.
ii. ELIZABETH, b. 4 Oct. 1780; m. JEDIDIAH STEARNS.
iii. JAMES, b. 12 Apr. 1783; m. 11 Jan. 1810 SUSANNA JOHNSON of Woburn; both d. at Burlington 29 Nov. 1844.
iv. SUSANNA, b. 10 Aug. 1785; m. at Burlington, 18 June 1812, NATHAN RUGG of Boston.
v. JOSEPII, b. 9 Sept. 1787; m. (1) at Burlington, 3 Sept. 1811, MARAH S. WALKER; m. (2) (intention dated Woburn 22 Nov. 1831) ROXANNA RICHARDSON; d. at Burlington.
vi. LUKE, b. 16 Sept. 1789; m. (1) BARBARA Ross of Augusta, Ga .; m. (2) BARBARA McMURPHY of South Carolina; d. at Madisonville, La.
vii. ARTEMAS, b. 1 Dec. 1792; d. at the age of 16.
viii. FLORANNA, b. 20 Nov. 1794; m. at Burlington, 19 Sept. 1811, THOMAS JONES HERSEY of Charleston, S. C.
JAMES4 REED (James,3 Capt. James,2 Sweethern1) was born at Burlington, dicd at Lexington 16 Sept. 1877.
He lived in the house located in the South School District, Wo- burn Second Precinct, 1791, owned and occupied by his father. Five generations of Reeds have lived there. The room where the British prisoners captured at Lexington were confined before their removal elsewhere is still in existence.
He married at Boston, 25 Dec. 1849, MARY JANE MAGEE of Cornwallis, N. S., born 3 Mar. 1822, died 18 Nov. 1904.
Children, all born at Boston:
i. JAMES RUSSELL, 5 b. 4 Jan. 1851. He served on the school committee 1877-84.
ii. HENRY MAGEE, b. 29 Aug. 1852; d. 26 June 1895.
iii. ANNIE BRIMMER, b. 13 Dec. 1855; m. 7 June 1881 GEORGE ABBOTT FUR- NESS, b. at Boston 22 Sept. 1853, died 18 June 1904, s. of Nathaniel Hurd and Emily Douglass (Abbott).
iv. FREDERICK, b. 30 Sept. 1861; d. 13 July 1888. Grad. Harvard.
Authority: J. W. Reed, History of the Reed Family, 1861.
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GENEALOGIES
ALBIN RUFUS3 REED (Rufus, 2 Asa1) was born at Lowell 27 Oct. 1852, died at Westboro 24 Dec. 1904, elder son of Rufus, born at Westford 6 Sept. 1818, and grandson of Asa and Betsy (Prescott). His mother was Martha Safford Dodge, born at New Boston, N. H., 18 Aug. 1824, daughter of Samuel and Sophia (Chandler). He was descended from Elias Reed, born 1595 at Maidstone, Kent, Eng- land, and settled at Woburn, who was son of William Reade, pro- fessor of divinity.
He was a teacher of vocal music, and studied music, in Europe, for several years. He became a resident of Lexington in June 1894.
He married at Arlington, 7 July 1884, ANNIE GOODWIN, born at Arlington 6 Oct. 1854, daughter. of Charles E. and Susan Clark (Lane).
Children, all born at Boston:
i. EDWARD GOODWIN, 4 b. 2 Sept. 1885; grad. Harvard, A.B., 1908; studied architecture at Paris for a year and a half.
ii. MARTHA, b. 27 May 1891.
iii. ROSAMOND, b. 18 Nov. 1893.
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