Samuel Reed (1771 - 1839)

Born 24 Jan 1771 in Townshend, Vermont

Ancestors

Husband of Prusha (Hitchcock) Read — married 7 Apr 1793 in Reading, VT

Descendants

Died 1839 at about age 67 in Stanstead Co., Quebec

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Biography

Samuel Read married Prussia Hitchcock. They were natives of Vermont. In the winter of 1798, they accompanied his brother-in-law, Paul Hitchcock, to Canada, with an ox team carrying a few articles of furniture and a small stock of provisions.

After a long and toilsome journey through the woods, they succeeded in reaching the opening of Mr. Hitchcock, in Hatley. In the meantime in prosecuting their journey through the rough woods of Northern Vermont, Mr. Hitchcock at one time lost his balance and was run over by the oxen and sled. His leg was severely wounded, and he had to ride during the remainder of the journey. Many weeks passed before he recovered from the effects of the injury.

Mr. Read was a carpenter and house joiner, and hence, his family was of the migratory stamp. They remained in Hatley about one year, and afterwards, we find them making improvements successively in Compton and other neighboring towns.

They were useful and valuable members of the community. He died in 1839, aged 68 years.

biography quoted verbatim from the History of Stanstead County, Quebec.

Sources

• Forests and clearing: the history of Stanstead County, province of Quebec.
• "History of the Reed Family in Europe and America," byJacob Whittemore Reed, Boston: John Wilson and Son, 1861 page 207.
• Twig and Springs of the Read family book, page 78