Thomas was born in 1675. He married Mary McKean from the Scottish highlands and they had children: John, Nathan, Elinor, Alexander, Thomas, Mary and James, of which three, Colonel John Reid, Jr., Nathan and Alexander are mentioned in the book. [1] All of the children are included in the will of Thomas Reid, [2] from which the death date has been inferred. No gravesite has been identified for this Thomas Reid.
"Among the pioneers of Augusta county, were three brothers, of Scottish extraction, who came from the County Down, in Ireland, where they were born Thomas, John and Andrew Reid. (They were the sons of Alexander and Sarah Milne Reid.) The oldest of these brothers, Thomas Reid (the subject of this profile) married a highland woman named McKean, and had by her three children, two of whom married their cousins, daughters of their uncle, John Reid, Sr., who bore the title of Colonel. These two were Colonel John Reid, Jr., who married his uncle John's daughter, Martha; and Nathan, who married his uncle John's daughter, Sarah. . . The third brother, Andrew Reid, Sr., had, among others, a son, Andrew Reid, Jr., who married Sarah, daughter of his uncle, Colonel John Reid, Sr. and Martha Nisbet, and the widow of his uncle Thomas Reid's son, Nathan."[1]
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Thomas is 23 degrees from Herbert Adair, 20 degrees from Richard Adams, 17 degrees from Mel Blanc, 22 degrees from Dick Bruna, 17 degrees from Bunny DeBarge, 30 degrees from Peter Dinklage, 17 degrees from Sam Edwards, 15 degrees from Ginnifer Goodwin, 18 degrees from Marty Krofft, 15 degrees from Junius Matthews, 14 degrees from Rachel Mellon and 18 degrees from Harold Warstler on our single family tree. Login to find your connection.
Update: I believe the other John (Reid-9683) should be detached from the parents. I'll put a comment on that profile.
edited by [Living Kelts]