Joseph Reed (1739 - 1785)

Descendants

Died 1785 at about age 46 in Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

Problems/Questions Profile manager: David Place [send private message]

Biography

According to his tombstone, Joseph was born in 1735 and died in 1895. He was buried with his wife, Sibyl Proctor in the Woodlawn Cemetery in Acton, Massachusetts. ^[1] His parents are unknown.

He married Sibyl Proctor in 1769. "The names of Joseph Reed of Temple in New Hampshire and Sibel Proctor of Chelmsford, and their Intention of Marriage was entered October 7, 1769 and publishment of such their Intention was made by posting up their names and Intention at the Meeting House in said Chelmsford for the Sabbath day following." ^[2] They were married in Concord on November 16, 1769. ^[3]

Joseph fought in the Revolutionary War, "engaged for the town of Acton". ^[4] In the book The History of the Town of Acton, the author states that Joseph fought throughout much of the War, and was at Concord Fight and Bunker Hill. He then returned home to find that his home had been sold for taxes. ^[5]

Sources

1. ↑ Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/75354226/joseph-reed: accessed 17 September 2023), memorial page for Joseph Reed (1739–1785), Find a Grave Memorial ID 75354226, citing Woodlawn Cemetery, Acton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Crystal (contributor 47526998).
2. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q29L-YXNT : 20 May 2022), Joseph Read, 7 Oct 1769; citing Marriage, Chelmsford, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 004934227.
3. ↑ "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QPCW-7LKY : 11 May 2022), Joseph Reed and Lebbel Proctor, 16 Nov 1769; citing Marriage, Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America, Massachusetts Secretary of the Commonwealth, Boston; FHL microfilm 007011227.
4. ↑ United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QG2M-55CD : 6 June 2023), Joseph Reed, 24 Nov 1779; citing Military Service, Acton, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States, Citing various published state rosters, United States; FHL microfilm 101711090.
5. ↑ Phalen, Harold Romaine, History of the Town of Acton. Middlesex Printing, Inc., Cambridge, Mass., 1954. p. 64 (https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofa00phal/page/64/mode/1up?view=theater | accessed 17 Sep 2023)

See also: