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v. JOHN June 21, 1838 (or 1841) ; d. unm. Walpole Feb. 24, 1914.
vi. HARRIET ELLEN Feb. 4, 1843; a widow, res. (1922) Keene; m. 1865 Joseph Warren Caldwell, q.v. Ch .: i. Etta Eudora4 b. S. Nov. 25, 1866.
REED
1. JOHN REED (or Read) the first American ancestor, b. in England 1598; came to America 1630, was in Weymouth, Mass., 1634; in Dorchester, 1638, then at Braintree; in 1643-44 he settled at Rehoboth, Mass. He m. Sarah
2. THOMAS' REED.
3. JAMES3 REED.
4. NATHAN REED, was of Rehoboth, Mass.
5. Dea. DAVID5 REED (Nathan', James3, Thomas2, John1) b. Rehoboth June 3, 1756; d. Alstead June 29, 1819; a soldier in Rev. q.v. He settled in N. H. as early as 1790 and was taxed that year in S. In 1800 he was not only taxed in S., but was a voter. For many years he lived at No. 140, just over the town line in edge of Alstead, where he d., but whether he first settled at that place or in the north part of S. has not been established. He appears to have been more closely associated with S. than with Alstead. At the time of his d. he was on the U. S. pension roll for service in the Rev. war. He m. Oct. 5 (or 25), 1781 Abigail Daggett, b. about 1760; d. Oct. 5, 1836.
Ch. b. in Rehoboth; v-ix all b. in S .:
i. WILLIAM6 July 31, 1782; d. 1847 in N. Y. state; lived in S. 1805-6. (6)
ii. DAVID Nov. 27 (or 29), 1784; d. S. June 1, 1855. (7)
iii. LEWIS 1786 (or 1788) ; d. Keene Jan. 6, 1823; bur. S. (8)
iv. OBADIAH 1789; d. Rockford, Ill. (9)
v. AARON Apr. 30, 1791; d. Keene July 21, 1859; a farmer. (10)
vi. ABIGAIL July 25, 1793; d. Oxford, N. Y., Aug. 18, 1833; m. Jan. 28, 1817 David Willson b. Keene June 5, 1791, son of Abijah and Phebe (- -) Willson. They rem. to Watertown, N. Y. Ch .: i. Maria Louisa7. ii. Abigail. iii. James.
vii. SARAH July 14, 1796; d. Keene Nov. 16, 1838; m. 1815 Caleb Wright, q. v.
viii. MARY MARIA Oct. 4, 1798; d. Alstead Feb. (or Mar.) 1822, unm.
ix. NATHAN DAGGETT Oct. 7, 1800; d. S. Aug. 5, 1892. (11)
6. WILLIAM® REED (Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas2, John1) rem from S. 1806 or '07; m. Dec. 1813 Charlotte Crane of Andover, Vt., afterwards they went to N. Y. state where she d. in 1847. Ch. :
i. ADELINE.
ii. ADDISON.
iii. HENRY.
iv. HORATIO.
v. BETSEY.
7. DAVIDG REED (Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas2, John1) was administrator of his father's estate in 1819. He first came to S. abt. 1810,
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living at No. 141; in 1818 he rem to No. 140 where he lived until abt. 1836 when he settled at Rockford, Ill. He ret. East and settled at No. 108 in 1852 and spent his remaining days here. He m. (1) Aug. 14, 1809, Lucy Thayer of Brookline, Mass. b. Sept. 6, 1791; d. Brookline, Aug. 23, 1828, dau. of Zil- pheon and Susanna (Bond, q.v.) Thayer. He m. (2) Oct. 11, 1829, Lucinda Knight b. Landgrove, Vt., Sept. 11, 1811; d. S., Mar. 11, 1889, dau. of Joseph Knight, q.v. (One record states Lucinda Knight was b. at Weathersfield, Vt.)
DAVID REED 1784-1855
Ch .: i., ii. and v. b. in S .; others, perhaps in Alstead :
i. ALEXANDER THAYER7 May 19, 1810; d. S., Mar. 2, 1838; unm.
ii. CHARLES DAGGETT Mar. 30, 1812; d. Philadelphia, Pa., Mar. 24, 1888. (12)
iii. LUCY SUSANNA Jan. 30, 1814; d. Mar. 5, 1814. iv. MARIA (or Mary) LOUISA Apr. 26, 1815; d. ;m. Oct. 30, 1843, Charles Jackson of Boston, Mass. They res. at Philadelphia. Ch .: i. Helen Lucretia8 b. Aug. 14, 1844; d. young. ii. Lucy Reed b. May 30, 1846. iii. Stephen Winchester b. Jan. 16, 1848; d. Nov. 9, 1849. iv. Rebecca Louise b. Jan. 2, 1850; d. Jan. 28, 1851. v. Louis b. June 8, 1852; d. N. Y. City. (?) vi. Horace b. Dec. 24, 1853; settled in Chicago.
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v. GIDEON FRENCH THAYER, S., Mar. 13, 1817; d. Jamaica Plain, Mass., 2/23, 1892. (13)
vi. NANCY PIERCE Dec. 19, 1819; d. ; m. May. 5, 1840, Edward Richards Mayo of Boston. Ch .: i. Elizabeth White8 b. Mar. 29, 1841; m. (1) Mr. Lockwood an Englishman, res. Paris; m. (2) Mr. DeHor- rack of Paris, and had a dau. by each m. ii. Edward Davis b. Mar. 16, 1843; d. Mar. 26, 1849. iii. Elliot Belknap b. July 3, 1848; d. ; m. Lizzie Lincoln; res. Jamaica Plain, Mass. Ch. b. 1. Lincoly and 2 Amy. iv. Amy Louisa b. Jan. 23, 1851; d. unm. v. Charles Reed b. Sept. 19, 1855. vi. Lawrence b ; res. 1916, Newton, Mass .; m. Helen Merrill of Troy. (?) They have 1 Reed9. 2 Harold. 3 Law- r'ence.
vii. LUCY THAYER May 19, 1822; d. Sept. 5, 1854; m. Jan. 21, 1851, Edwin Cowperthwaite of Philadelphia, b. Aug. 9, 1824; d. Philadelphia, June 17, 1857, s. of Joseph and Rebecca (-) Cowperthwaite. No ch. He was of the firm of Thayer & Cowperthwaite of Philadelphia. viii. GEORGE WELLINGTON Apr. 30, 1824; d. unm. July 1835.
ix. JAMES BINGHAM Dec. 9, 1826; d. unm. Oct. 8, 1847. Ch. by (2) w., the last five b. Rockford, Ill.
x. FRANCIS HENRY Jan. 31, 1832; d. Aug. 6, 1833.
xi. HARVEY K. July 11, 1834; d. Rockford, Ill., May 17, 1836.
xii. HENRY HUBBARD July 3, 1836; d., Rockford, Ill., Mar. 25, 1837.
xiii. MARY ELIZABETH July 23, 1838; d. Rockford, Ill., Mar. 28, 1844.
xiv. MISSOURI Nov. 14, 1840; d. S. unm. Oct. 2, 1859.
xv. JACKSON Mar. 14, 1845; d. Keene, Oct. 22, 1920 (14)
xvi. NEWTON Sept. 30, 1849; d S., Aug. 30, 1920 (15)
8. LEWIS® REED (Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas", John1), a car- penter and builder; res.S., as a lad; rem. before 1812 to Andover, Vt., where he res. until 1822 when he moved to Keene where he d. of "dropsy heart." The family state the cause of his d. was a fall from a building. He m. Oct. 15, 1812, Nancy Harvey, dau. of Asahel Harvey, q.v. She m. (2) Capt. Asa Wilcox, Jr., q.v. She had 7 ch. by (1) m., and two by last.
Ch. b. (Reed), the last in Keene, others b. Andover, Vt .; recorded in S. i. NANCY PAMELIA7 (or Palmyra) b. Mar. (Apr?) 9, 1813; d. S., Jan. 18, 1838; m. George Wilcox, q.v., a son of her step-father-Asa Wilcox, Jr .- by his (1) m. Ch. b. i. Henry. ii. Charles Wharton.
ii. FANNY HARVEY Feb. 8, 1815; d. S., July 1, 1847; m. Hiram Brit- ton, q.v.
iii. LEWIS GREENLEAF Sept. 17, 1816; d. (16)
iv. AURELIA MARIA Apr. 7, 1818; d. Dec. 25, 1854; m. George Wilcox, q.v., her brother-in-law, and widower of her deceased sister, Nancy. They had: i. George L.8 ii. Nancy A. iii. Mary.
v. PLINY LORENZO Dec. 6, 1820; d. Claremont, Cal., May 12, 1905. (17) vi. DIANTHA CLARINDA Mar. 7, 1821 (or Mar. 5, 1822) ; m. 1851, Albert Augustus Flagg of Mason, who d. 1876. They had five ch. Two sons and a dau. res. at Townsend, Mass., with their mother in 1895. vii. CHARLES HENRY Keene, May 15, 1822-3; d. S., Apr. 8, 1825; caused by swallowing a small bean on the 5th which lodged in his lungs; aged 3 yrs.
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9. OBADIAH“ REED (Dea. David5, Nathan', James3, Thomas2, John1) was taxed in S. from 1816 until 1827 (except 1819), he then settled in Keene at what is now (1921) 644 Court street, the house at that time stood several rods farther to the south and not far from Mrs. Sarah D. Allen's north line. He lived here until 1843-4 when he rem. to Rockford, Ill., where his s. Oba- diah S. had previously settled. He was of Alstead in 1819. He m. S. Jan. 26, 1815 Mary Whitman of Keene.
Ch. (the order and place of b. not positively known) :
i PRESCOTT WHITMAN7 1815; d. Keene, May 25, 1844; lived in Alstead. He m.
Ch .: i. A dau. ii. Pascall P.8 b. 1842; a soldier in Civil war; m. S., Dec. 31, 1866, Emily M. Ben- son of Alstead, b. 1845. He m. (2) Alstead, May 1, 1880, Mrs. Emily Shepard of Alstead.
ii. OBADIAH STILLMAN 1819 (?); settled at Rockford, Ill., when a young man.
iii. JULIA ANN 1821; d. Mar. 8, 1822.
iv. DAVID 1823 (?) ; d. unm. in Keene abt. 1840.
v. GEORGE LAKIN 1824-5; d. Keene Aug. 29, 1833.
vi. PASCALL 1827; d Keene Dec. 5, 1842.
vii. MARY MARIA 1829 (?) ; d 1836 (?).
viii. HENRY (?) ; d. young.
ix. LYDIA ANN Keene, Sept. 1832; d. there May 9, 1833; "whooping cough."
10. AARON® REED (Dea. David", Nathan4, James,3 Thomas2, John1) res. in Keene after his m. In 1829 he was living in a house that stood about ten rods north of Wilder F. Gates buildings, near Four Corners in Keene. Hosea Chase owned the farm and Mr. Reed lived in the "old house" and labored on the farm. Two years later moved to the farm now (1921) owned by Fred S. Wyman, living in the brick house still standing. In 1833 he bought and settled on the hill, fifty rods southeast of Wymans buildings where he lived until d .; then his s. Franklin D. owned the farm. He m. Keene, Dec. 16, 1818, Mary (Polly) Willson, b. Keene Apr. 18, 1794; d. there Nov. 27, 1877, dau. of Abijah and Phebe (Emerson) Willson.
Ch. b. Keene:
i. FRANKLIN DAGGETT7 Sept. 6, 1819; d. Keene June 7, 1879. (18)
ii. MARY MARIA May 7, 1822; d. Red Oak, Ia., Nov. 13, 1874; m. Aug. 20, 1851, Daniel Lock Tolman of Marlboro, b. July 9, 1823; d. 1912 (?) son of Maj. Thomas and Sally (Sarah) (Clark) Tolman. They res. a few years in Keene then in Marlboro until 1872 when they rem. to Red Oak, Ia. Ch. b .: 1-3, in Keene, others in Marlboro. i. Clara Maria8 b. Oct. 5, 1852; m. 1879 William W. White of Hawthorn, Ia. ii. Lizzie M. b. Dec. 19, 1853. iii. Fayette Cahill b. Aug. 25, 1855. iv. Laura M. b. Aug. 6, 1857; m. 1879 J. Walter Scott of Stanton, Ia. v. Mary Louisa b. May 6, 1860, or '61. vi. Sarah Emma Augusta b. Oct. 30, 1864, or Oct. 31, 1865.
iii. DIANTHA PAMELIA Feb. 10, 1824; d. unm. Keene, Aug. 7, 1852.
iv. HENRY WILSON Apr. 25, 1827; d Keene, Mar. 19, 1832.
v. WILLIAM BRAYTON Oct. 17, 1829; res. (1922) 20 Prospect St., Keene. (19)
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vi. CHARLES JOSEPH Apr. 15, 1832; d. Keene, Mar. 31, 1833.
vii. GEORGE FRANCIS June 19, 1834; d. Mar. 3, 1903, Keene.
(20)
viii. SARAH ELIZA Sept. 2, 1836; d. Keene Mar. 16, 1901; m. Sept. 13, 1855, Jarib S. Herrick, b. Chesterfield, Nov. 10, 1832, s. of Mason and Sally (Sanderson) Herrick; res. in Keene. Ch. b .: i. Ella Maria" b. June 1, 1867; m. Keene, Apr. 1, 1891, Lucius E. Amidon, b. Westmoreland, 1871, s. of Amasa O. and Sarah C. (Black) Amidon. They res. in Lakeland, Florida. ii. Jennie Alice, b. Mar. 31, 1873; m. Keene, Mar. 20, 1906, Edwin W. Morse, b. Williamsville, Vt., 1868.
11. NATHAN DAGGETT REED (Dea. David5, Nathan', James3, Thomas2, John1) lived at No. 139 and after 1864 at No. 135. He was a farmer and musician; moderator 1855; selectman 1845, 6, 7, 8, 55, 6, 60, 1; representative to General Court, 1850 '51. Politically, he was a thorough Democrat; ardent in his sympathy for the South in the time of the Civil War. He m. Nov. 16, 1829, Charlotte Dwinell, b. Mar. 9, 1808; d. S. Oct. 1, 1890. She was a sister of Luther Dwinnell, q.v., also of Charles Dwinnell who kept the Sun Tavern in Keene, 1845-50. There is some reason to think she was a dau. of Bartholo- mew and Rebecca ( ---- ) Dwinnell, q.v.
Ch. b. S .:
i. GEORGE MILTON Nov. 1, 1834; d. S. Sept. 21, 1896; "a respected citi- zen. (21)
ii. CHARLES WARREN June 13, 1840; d. S. Sept. 19, 1916, at No. 135. (22)
iii. MARTHA ANN May 6, 1842; d. Alstead, Feb. 16, 1916; m. Feb. 18, 1873, Asa Hosmer Burge, b. Alstead May 4, 1829; d. Alstead May 23, 1906, s. of Almond Burge. Ch. b. Alstead: i. Eva Reeds b. May 27, 1877; m. Dr. Lee C. Stillings, q.v. ii. Charlotte Louise b. Nov. 6, 1878; d. Walpole, Dec. 29, 1917; m. June 21, 1916, George Matthew Wieber, b. Walpole, 1894 (?) s. of Charles Wieber.
iv. SARAH REBECCA b. Sept. 25, 1846; d. S. Dec. 24, 1918; m. Otis W. Kingsbury, q.v.
12. CHARLES DAGGETT REED (David®, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas2, John1) and his brother Gideon, left their home and went to live with their own mother's people, near Boston, abt. 1830. Finally he settled at Philadelphia, Pa., where he entered the wholesale shoe business in company with Haddock & Reed (not of his kin) ; the firm name was, "Haddock, Reed & Co.," and at one time, "Haddock, Haseltine & Reed." He accumulated a comfortable fortune in the business; purchased a home for his aged father (No. 108) in 1851. He and his brother Gideon remembered their native town by paying the town debt of nearly $5,000.00 and gave another $5,000.00 to establish the REED FREE LIBRARY in S. village. He d. unm.
13. GIDEON FRENCH THAYER REED (David6, Dea. David5, Nathan', James3, Thomas2, John1) was b. at No. 141, the site of the dwelling can still be found in the forest not far from the north-east corner of the town. When a young lad he went to Boston with his brother Charles, and remained until manhood. He became a jeweler and kept a store at the corner of Washington and Court streets in Boston; subsequently he rem. to New York City and be- came associated with the Tiffany Jewelry Co., where for many years he was an expert judge of diamonds and pearls for this well known house. He took
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frequent trips to Paris to purchase jewels for the firm and crossed the ocean over fifty times. During the latter years he would frequently take a "run up to Surry for a day or two, visit his old birth place, then hasten back to catch the boat for Paris."
While in this business he accumulated wealth rapidly and became a mil- lionaire. So far as known no other son of Surry has amassed a greater for- tune, and these two sons-Charles and Gideon Reed-born in humble sur- roundings in the early part of the last century, went out into the world when young lads and in due time became benefactors and honored by the citizens of their native town. He established his son Charles A. 2nd, in business in Paris at an expense of over a million dollars, but the son died within a few years. He m. Oct. 24, 1839, Rebecca Thayer Jackson of Boston, who d. Jamai- ca Plain, Mass., Feb. 20, 1906. Ch .:
i. REBECCA JACKSONS b. Aug. 13, 1840; d. June 27, 1845.
ii. CHARLES ALEXANDER Dec. 12, 1841; d. Feb. 23, 1842.
iii. CHARLES ALEXANDER Aug. 1, 1843; d. Apr. (?) 1880 (?); unm. He was a jeweler in Paris prior to his d.
iv. MARIA LOUISA Oct. 29, 1845; d. unm. when 19 or 20 yrs. of age.
v. ALBERT LINCOLN Apr. 3, 1847; d. Feb. 23, 1850.
vi. MARY PIERCE Oct. 3, 1849; d. Paris, France, Feb. 28, 1857.
14. JACKSON REED (David®, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas", John1) lived at No. 149 for over 40 years then removed to 7 Pine Ave., Keene, where he d. For several years he lived at both places during a portion of each year. Mr. Reed states: My parents moved to Illinois in the spring of the year and while en route one of their children died (this probably was Harvey K. who d. May 17, 1836); in passing through what is now South Chicago the roads were in several inches of mud which caused much trouble and discomfort, and the land could have been bought at $1.00 per acre. He m. S., Dec. 12, 1868, Nancy Aurelia Wilcox, dau. of George Wilcox, q.v.
Ch. b. S .:
i. HELEN JACKSON8 Feb. 1, 1870; res. (1921) Keene; unm.
15. NEWTON REED (David6, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3 Thomas2, John1) lived nearly all his life where his parents settled in 1852. He m. (1) Nov. 25, 1875, Marion A. Towne b. Walpole, 1853; res. (1921) at 45 Elm street, Keene, a widow, dau. of Salem and Louisa (Cushing, q.v.) Towne. They were divorced; she m. (2) Keene, Oct. 22, 1902, Marshall A. Davis, b. Rockingham, Vt., 1824; d. Keene, Dec. 26, 1914. He m. (2) May 8, 1883, Mary Lizzie Wright, b .S. Sept. 8, 1857; res. Keene and S. (1921) a wid .; dau. of Calvin Wright q.v. No. ch.
16. LEWIS GREENLEAF REED (Lewis6, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas", John1) learned the printing business in the office of the Cheshire Republican, Keene, about 1836, and was in this business in New Hampshire and elsewhere for many years; subsequently he was in the mercantile business, then res. in N. Y. City. He attended several Surry Old Home Days and about 1907, was one of the speakers of the day. He has written a good deal for publication, and a collection of his poems and short prose pieces was published in New York in 1894, under the title, "Jingles of Humor, Sarcasm and Fact." He m. in N. Y. City, Dec. 7, 1843, Mary Thompson, b. Scotland, 1821.
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Their living ch. (1896), all then living in N. Y. City, were:
1. MARY FRANCES8 ; widow of William H. Berch.
ii. JOSEPHINE ; wife of D. D. Dunbar.
iii. HARRIET A.
; widow of W. J. Boyd.
iv. JOHN T.
v. EMMA L. ; Widow of J. F. Connell.
17. PLINY LORENZO REED (Lewis®, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas2, John1) "left home to earn his own living when he was seven years old"; after working on a farm for two or three years, went to Keene when about fourteen years of age, where he learned the trade of a printer in the office of the New Hampshire Sentinel. In 1841 he went to N. Y. City where for 19 years he was a compositor in a printing-house where the printing of books from stereotype-plates was a specialty. Then he became associated with the D. Appleton & Co., N. Y. City where he was for over 33 years a proof- reader in this well known publishing-house, and for over twelve years he read all the first-proofs, sometimes for fifty compositors. He finally retired and removed to California where he d.
He m. (1) N. Y. City, May 29, 1845, Mary Ann Whitmore b. 1820; d. Nov. 2, 1848. He m. (2) July, 1850, Elizabeth Belle Whitmore b. 1818; d. Oakland, Cal., Jan. 1878, a sister of his (1) w .; m. (3) Brooklyn, N. Y., May 28, 1879, Magdalene Williamson b. 1846; d. Aug. 22, 1884; m. (4) Albany, N. Y., June 27, 1888, Grace Beekman Staats b. 1855.
Ch. by (1) m .:
1. ELIZABETH CAROLINE® b. June 13, 1846; res. (1895) Los Angeles, Cal .; m. Oct. 27, 1880, George E. Ross of Portland, Me., b. Sept. 23, 1836; d. Los Angeles, Jan. 2, 1915; ch. b .: i. Ronald H.º b. 1884. ii. Evelyn, (twin) ; she m. Dec. 25, 1910, Lawrence H. Jenkins; two ch. b. L. A. iii. Enid E. (twin) b. 1889.
Ch. by (2) m .:
ii. FREDERICK HOLLAND N. Y., Sept. 30, 1851; educated at Brooklyn Poly. Institute and at Dartmouth College; removed to California, 1874; engaged in engineering, fruit, etc. He m. 1883, Frances Eleanor Allen, dau. of Gen. Thomas Allen of San Francisco, formerly Secy. of State of Wisconsin. They have a s. and two daus .; res. Oakland, Cal.
iii. MARION N. Y., Nov. 30, 1853; res. (1895) near Pomona, Cal. Ch. by (3) m .:
iv. CLARENCE HENRY Sept. 9, 1881; res. (1895) near Pomona, with his sister and half-sister.
V. ETHEL MAUD Nov. 20, 1883.
18. FRANKLIN DAGGETT REED (Aaron6, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomasª, John1) was a farmer and lived on his father's old farm on top of the hill, on land now owned by Fred S. Wyman. He and his family went on a day's visit while living here, and upon their return discovered their house had been burned during their absence. The dwelling was never rebuilt; the barn close at hand is still standing. He m. June 27, 1862, Mrs. Gratia (Sy- monds) Matthews, b. Hancock, Oct. 14, 1822; d. Keene, Feb. 5, 1901; dau. of Charles and Sally (Dennis) Symonds, and divorced wife of Sylvester Matthews of Marlow; four ch. by (1) m.
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Ch. b. Keene:
i. JULIA ELLA* Jan. 30, 1864; a successful school-teacher.
ii. FLORENCE HOWARD July 23, 1867; res. (1921) a wid. at 567 West St., Keene; m. Keene, May 15, 1902, Charles L. Johnson, b. Vershire, Vt., 1844; d. Keene, s. of Thomas and Louisa (Howard) Johnson. She was his (2) w. No. ch.
19. WILLIAM BRAYTON REED (Aaron®, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas", John1). He m. (1) Sept. 9, 1855, Elizabeth Maria Breen of White- field, Me., b. Jan. 3, 1825; d. Keene, Apr. 2, 1883; m. (2) Apr. 26, 1885, Har- riet Barber Chandler, b. Chesterfield, Jan. 1, 1844, dau. of Alexander and Lydia J. (Herrick) Chandler. (Note: Mrs. Harriet B. Reed's brother, Clark N. Chandler, was a member of the firm of "Dort & Chandler" druggists, of Keene, 1885; Obed G. Dort, q.v., was the other member. Lydia J. (Herrick) Chandler was a sister of Jarib S. Herrick who m. Sarah E. Reed, q.v.) He d. in Keene, May 13, 1922. He res. in Boston, 1851 until 1871.
Ch. :
i. JOHN W. (adopted s.) b. Jan. 1, 1883; res. in Keene, 1922.
20. GEORGE FRANCIS REED (Aaron6, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas2, John1) lived in Keene; m. May 19, 1858, Elizabeth O. Eveleth, b. June 2, 1839; d. Sept. 26, 1906.
Ch. :
i. GEORGE FRED' Feb. 13, 1859.
ii. MARY LIZZIE Mar. 10, 1862.
iii. LUCY AGNES Jan. 21, 1873.
21. GEORGE MILTON HEED (Nathan D.6, Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas2, John1) usually called "Milton Reed"; lived about 25 years at No. 126, farming and a small business as hotel proprietor. He represented the town in General Court, 1871, '72. He m. Oct. 31, 1867, Eliza Ann Kings- bury, b. Gilsum, Aug. 1, 1832; d. S. Aug. 8, 1906, dau. of William Kingsbury, q.v. No. ch.
22. CHARLES WARREN REED (Nathan D.", Dea. David5, Nathan4, James3, Thomas2, John1) d. at No. 135 where he had lived since 1864. During his last illness he gave the writer material concerning kindred, friends and neighbors. He m. May 8, 1893, Emma Manerva Lane, b. Charlestown May 2, 1856; a wid. res. (1921) Springfield, Vt., dau. of Mark and Louisa (Holden) Lane.
Ch. b. S .:
i. CHARLOTTE LOUISA8 Feb. 4, 1896.
23 JONATHAN' REED, b. Mar. 30, 1707, lived at Lyme, Conn. He m. (1) Dec. 24, 1729, Elizabeth3 Mack, b. Feb. 14, 1712; d. Jan. 18, 1732/3, "in her 21st year." She was dau. of John2 and Love (Bennett) Mack, and gr-dau. of John1 Mack the emigrant, q.v. The epitaph on her head-stone in Lyme reads thus :
"Here Lieth ye Body of Mrs. Elizabeth ye wife of Jonathen Reed, who Died Jenewery ye 18 An. Do. 1732-3, in ye 21- year of Her age."
He m. (2) Mar. 14, 1734, Mrs. Elizabeth (Smith) Smith, widow of Daniel Smith, her cousin.
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Ch. by (1) m .:
i. JONATHAN" Sept. 17, 1730; d. ( ?) ;res. in Surry. (24)
24. JONATHAN2 REED (Jonathan1) settled in S. as early as 1784, doubt- less being attracted hither on account of his Mack kindred. He lived at or near No. 126 and removed from town, 1789. He was called an "Ensign" in 1788 and represented S., Gilsum and Sullivan in the General Court during that year. He m. Apr. 15, 1756, Abigail Comstock. He probably m. (2) Molly -.
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i. JONATHAN3 Dec. 21, 1757; d. Apr. 8, 1759.
The following ch. were b. in S. to "Jonathan2 and Molly Reed":
i. DOROTHY July 23, 1782. ii. CHARLOTTE July 2, 1786. iii. DAVID Aug. 12, 1788.
25. WILLIAM' REED (perhaps s. of Thomas) b. 1587; m. Mabel Kendall.
26. RALPH REED b. Eng. 1630; perhaps, was of Watertown, Mass.
27. JOSEPH3 REED.
28. JOSEPH REED, Jr., b. Woburn, Mass., 1698.
29. Gen. JAMES5 REED b. Sudbury, Mass., 1724; res. Brookfield and Lunenburg, Mass., then at Fitzwilliam during the Rev. war, then at Keene and finally he went to Fitchburg, Mass., where he d. His headstone can be seen in Laurel Hill cemetery in that city. He was the well known N. H. Gen- eral in the Rev. war. He m. Abigail Hinds of New Salem, Mass.
30. FREDERICK® REED (Gen. James", Joseph, Jr.4, Joseph3, Ralph2, William1) b. Aug. 16, 1752. He was living at "Monadnock No. 4"-now Fitz- william-in 1773; in Mar. 1780, he bought a farm in S. Jan. 26, 1781 he bought of Job Gleason land in north part of town; 1780 he is called an "In- holder." He appears to have lived at No. 33 or 35 for a portion of the time while in S. In 1784 he sold to his father, Gen. James Reed of Keene, although the General probably never lived here. He m. Hannah
Ch. b. S .:
i. FREDERICK7 Dec. 10, 1781.
ii. ESTHER Aug. 20, 1783.
31. JOSEPH' REED taxed in South part of town, 1813, 14, 15; kept tav- ern latter year.
32. STILLMAN' REED, a County pauper, boarded at David Cushing's, 1860 ( ?).
33. JOHN W. REED (Reid) of S. m. S., Sept. 24, 1827, Abigail Sears of Keene. He was taxed 1829, also 1831.
RENSHAW.
1. Rev. GEORGE A. M.1 RENSHAW m. Emily M. McCrosky. Among their ch. was:
2. Rev. WILLIAM EAGLESTON2 RENSHAW (Rev. George A. M.1) b. Cave Spring, Mo., July 18, 1851; d. Keene Community hospital, Feb. 20, 1923, after a few days' illness from a paralytic shock. He was educated at Drury
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HISTORY OF SURRY
college, Springfield, Mo., 1881; graduated from Union Theological Seminary, N. Y. City, 1884; was ordained June 14, 1884 and soon after his m. went West. He had settlements at Richmond, Utah, Shoshone, Ida., then in 1890, returned to N. H. and became pastor of the Gilsum and Surry Gongregational churches. Although he did not res. in S. yet he revived the religious life of the town, and for a period of four years he labored faithfully in both towns. He later held pastorates at Warner and Hinsdale, Lynnfield, Mass., and served various churches in New York state. In Sept. 1919, he returned "home to Gilsum" where he labored until, on account of ill health, he resigned, Dec. 31, 1922. He m. May 8, 1884, Mary Addie Burpee b. Nelson, Nov. 6, 1862; dau. of Daniel March and Ursula Newell (Stone) Burpee of Sullivan.
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1. EMMA MAY3 Richmond, Utah, Sept. 13, 1886; m. Wilson C. Bartley; res. (1923) at Sandwich, Mass. Five ch.
ii. MINNIE LAURA Richmond, Utah, May 9, 1889; d. Warner, Dec. 22, 1884. iii. DAISY Gilsum, Feb. 28, 1891; d. there Mar. 5, 1891.
RICE.
This name appears as Rice, Roys and Royce. There were two or three of the name who res. in S. prior to 1800, and others since that date.
*PHINEAS RICE FAMILY
1. Dea EDMUND1 RICE b. England about 1594; settled at Sudbury, Mass. 1639; removed to Marlboro, Mass., where he d. May 3, 1663; m. and had eleven ch.
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