Thomas
Reed
Born in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of John Reed
and Ann (Unknown) Reed
Brother of
John Reede Jr. and Mary (Reed) Tuttle
Husband of
Mary (Olmstead) Reed
— married
9 May 1694 in Norwalk, Connecticut
Descendants 
Father of
Mary (Reed) Weed, Eunice (Reed) Bell, Thomas Reed, John Reed, Elizabeth Reed, Ann Reed, Temperance (Reed) Waring, Elias Reed and Nathan Reed
Died
at about age 85
in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 20 Feb 2011
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Biography
Thomas Reed was born Circa 1672 in Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut. He is The son of John and Ann (widow of Francis Derby) Reed. Thomas married Mary Olmstead on May 9, 1694, daughter of Lieut. John and Mary (Benedict) Olmstead.
Thomas is buried in Old Five Mile River Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut [1]
His will is dated 4 January 1752 and proved on 13 March 1758 in Fairfield.[2]
His inventory was taken on 24 March 1758.[3]
Sources
- ↑ Find A Grave, database and images (accessed 11 February 2020), memorial page for Thomas Reed (1672–9 Oct 1757), Find A Grave: Memorial #18137355, citing Old Five Mile River Cemetery, Norwalk, Fairfield County, Connecticut, USA ; Maintained by Jan Franco (contributor 46625834) . Gravestone picture
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 11-12, 1753-1762”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YLMP : 30 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627290, image 403-404, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 12, 1747-1761, Page 175-177.
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 11-12, 1753-1762”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-YL9J : 30 May 2022), FHL microfilm 007627290, image 401-402, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 12, 1747-1761, Page 171-174.
- Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Co., 1930)
- Cutter, William. Genealogical and Family History of Western New York (Lewis Historical Publishing Co., New York, 1912)
- Wright, Ella Frances (Reed). Reed-Read Lineage (Mattatuck Press, Waterbury, Connecticut, 1909)
- Olmsted, Henry King, M.D. Genealogy of the Olmsted Family in America (A.T. De La Mare Printing and Pub. Co. Ltd., New York, 1912) p. 192, #3961.
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