Saturday, November 20, 2010

Surname Saturday - REED (England > MA)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week. I am up to number 133, who is Susannah Reed (1745-1833), one of my 5th-great-grandmothers. [Note: The 5th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts]

My ancestral line back through six generations of REED families is:

1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

66.  Nathan Gates (1767-1830)
67.  Abigail Knowlton (1774-1855)

132. Simon Gates, born 1739 in Stow, Middlesex County, MA; died 11 March 1803 in Gardner, Worcester County, MA. He was the son of 264. Amos Gates and 265. Mary Hubbard. He married  27 May 1766 in Marlborough, Middlesex, MA.

133. Susannah Reed, born 04 December 1745 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA; died 18 December 1833 in Gardner, Worcester, MA.

Children of Simon Gates and Susannah Reed are:  Nathan Gates (1767-1830); Elizabeth Gates (1769-1778); Susannah Gates (1772-1778); Simon Gates (1774-1778); Anna Gates (1777-1778); Simon Gates (1779-1852); Daniel Gates (1782-1847); Gerry Gates (1784-1784); Reuben Gates (1786-????); Ezekiel Gates (1789-1809); Elizabeth Gates (1794-1819).

266. Nathan Reed, born 03 January 1718/19 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA; died 03 September 1795 in Washington, Sullivan, NH. He married  09 February 1741/42 in Boston, Suffolk, MA.
267. Susannah Wood, born 06 March 1723/24 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 534. Josiah Wood and 535. Ruth Walker.

Children of Nathan Reed and Susannah Wood are: Nathan Reed (1744-????); Susannah Reed (1745-1833).

532. Ebenezer Reed, born 06 March 1689/90 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA; died 09 July 1767 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA.  He married about 1714 in probably Woburn, Middlesex, MA.
533. Huldah Blodgett, born 09 February 1688/89 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA; died 11 May 1777 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 1066. Samuel Blodgett and 1067. Huldah Simonds.

Children of Ebenezer Reed and Huldah Blodgett are: Ebenezer Reed (1715-????); Huldah Reed (1717-1775); Nathan Reed (1719-1795); Abigail Reed (1721-1806); George Reed (1723-1804); Eliphaz Reed (1726-1776);

1064. George Reed, born 14 September 1660 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA; died 20 January 1756 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA.  He married 18 February 1684/85 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA.
1065. Abigail Pierce, born 20 November 1660 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA; died 09 September 1719 in Woburn, Middlesex County, MA. She was the daughter of 2130. Thomas Pierce and 2131. Elizabeth Cole.

Children of George Reed and Abigail Pierce are: Abigail Reed (1686-1767); Ebenezer Reed (1690-1767); George Reed (1697-1697); Elizabeth Reed (1700-1786).

2128. George Reed, born before 04 October 1627 in Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire, ENGLAND; died 21 February 1705/06 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA.  He married  04 October 1652 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA.
2129. Elizabeth Jennison, born 04 April 1637 in Watertown, Middlesex, MA; died 26 February 1664/65 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 4258. Robert Jennison and 4259. Elizabeth.

Children of George Reed and Elizabeth Jennison are: Elizabeth Reed (1653-1718); twins Reed (1654-1654); Samuel Reed (1656-1709); Abigail Reed (1658-????); George Reed (1660-1756); William Reed (1662-1718); Sarah Reed (1665-1703.

4256. William Reed, born about 1587 in ENGLAND; died before 17 February 1661/62 in Newcastle-on-Tyne, Northumberland, ENGLAND. He married about 1626 in probably Hertfordshire, ENGLAND.
4257. Mabel Kendall, born 1605 in ENGLAND; died 15 June 1690 in Woburn, Middlesex, MA. She was the daughter of 8514. Henry Kendall and 8515. Gabriel Armstrong.

Children of William Reed and Mabel Kendall are: George Reed (1627-1706); Ralph Reed (1630-1712); Justus Reed (1633-1633); Sarah Reed (1636-1681); Abigail Reed (1638-????); Bethiah Reed (1640-1717); Israel Reed (1642-1711); Rebecca Reed (1647-1734).

Sources for the first generations include:  Nora Emma Snow, The Snow-Estes Ancestry, Hillburn, N.Y.: Snow, 1939;.pages 323-327.

And for the later generations:  the Vital Record books of the various Massachusetts towns.

2 comments:

Charley "Apple" Grabowski said...

I have lots of Reed and Read in my file but no direct line and I don't see an immediate connection to yours.

William Symonds and Judith Phippen were my 9th great-grandparents. Have you done your Simonds line yet? Feel like I'm missing something with the Pierce and Jennison lines, can't quite make a connection.

Heather Wilkinson Rojo said...

Oh, Randy, I have LOTS of connections here. Huldah Blodgett, wife of Ebenezer Reed is the daughter of Samuel Blodgett and Huldah Simonds. She is the sister of James Simonds and Susannah Blodgett, my 7x great grandparents. William Reed and Mabel Kendall are my 10x great grandparents. I descend from their daughter Abigail who married Francis Wyman. Their daughter Rebecca married Joseph Winn, whose parents, Edward Winn and Joanna ? are my 10x great grandparents, too, from their son Increase who married Hannah Satell. There are loads of other Reed marriages in my family tree since I have many Watertown and Woburn lines (Wyman, Richardson, Carter, Thompson, Simonds, etc. etc.)