Benjamin Reed (1696 - 1765)

Born 22 Oct 1696 in Cambridge Farms, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Husband of Rebecca (Stone) Reed — married about 1717 in Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 21 Dec 1765 at age 69 in Lexington, Middlesex, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

"Benjamin [REED], s of Capt. William Reed & Abigail Kendall, b. Oct. 22, 1696" at Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts.^[1]

Benjamin Reed was a constable, assessor, selectman nine years and representative to the General Court; also justice of the peace.

Title

Title: Major in the militia

Marriage

First Marriage: Rebecca Stone b.1696, d. 31 Mar, 1748

Date: ABT 1717

Second Marriage: Hannah (Bowman)Estabrook b. 11 Nov. 1699, d. 10 Apr 1774.

Sources

• Lexington Record of BMD

• Source: S-21 Massachusetts Vital Records to 1850 (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2001-2010).

• Source: S-2140484333 Repository: #R-2140484335 Title: Ancestry Family Trees Publication: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members. Text: http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=15720285&pid=308503578 Note: This Ancestry link no longer works.

• Repository: R-2140484335 Name: Ancestry.com Address: http://www.Ancestry.com

• Hudson, Charles. Essay. In History of the Town of Lexington, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; from Its First Settlement to 1868, pages 559–60. Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913.
• Fact: Also Known As Major Benjamin Reed
• Fact: Also Known As Captain Benjamin Reed
• Fact: Christening (2 December 1718) Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America
• Fact: Burial Old Burying Ground, Lexington, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay, British Colonial America
• Fact: http://familysearch.org/v1/LifeSketch Lexington was first settled circa 1642[3] as part of Cambridge, Massachusetts.[3] What is now Lexington was then incorporated as a parish, called Cambridge Farms, in 1691. This allowed them to have a separate church and minister, but were still under jurisdiction of the Town of Cambridge. Lexington was incorporated as a separate town in 1713. It was then that it got the name Lexington

From Find A Grave: Major of the Militia.

His first wife was Rebecca Stone Reed, married Nov 28,1717 at Lexington,MA.

His second wife, married Jul 19,1753, was Hannah Bowman Estabrook Reed.

Children(by first marriage): Benjamin Reed Jr, Abigail Reed Muzzy, Jonas Reed, Rebecca Reed, Isaac Reed, Jonathan Reed, Thaddeus Reed, Dorcas Reed Cutler, Samuel Reed, and Ruth Reed Estabrook.

Sources

1. ↑ #S-21 Lexington VR's, Page 62

• "Family Tree," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org : modified 20 April 2021, 21:23), entry for Benjamin Reed (PID https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/4:1:KHB9-3MY ); contributed by various users.