William Reed Sr.
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William Reed Sr. (1729 - 1790)

William Reed Sr.
Born in Salem, Essex, Massachusetts Bay Colonymap
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Husband of — married 25 Apr 1749 in Falmouth, Cumberland, Massachusetts,map
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Died at about age 61 in Sedgwick, Hancock, Maine, United Statesmap
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Biography

1776 Project
Captain William Reed Sr. served with 5th Regiment, Lincoln County Militia, Massachusetts Militia during the American Revolution.
Daughters of the American Revolution
William Reed Sr. is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A094864.
SAR insignia
William Reed Sr. is an NSSAR Patriot Ancestor.
NSSAR Ancestor #: P-276292
Rank: Captain

WILLIAM6 REED (JONATHAN5, JACOB4, THOMAS3, THOMAS2 READE, COLONEL, THOMAS1) was born Abt. 1730 in Salem Ma.4, and died Abt. 1790 in Naskeag Maine. He married MERCY TUTTLE April 25, 1749 in Falmouth Maine, daughter of JAMES TUTTLE. She was born Abt. 1731 in Ramsey-Ipswich Ma.4, and died 1800 in Brooklin Me.4.

William Reed settled in N. Yarmouth about 1750, and in 1760 settled at Naskeag #4 He served as a Captain in the Revolution and is an ancestor for SAR and DAR. He was a first a lieutenant and then he was a Captain when called out for service in Machias in 1777 by Colonel Jonathan Buck (founder of Bucksport, Maine, He married Mercy Tuttle in Falmouth in 1749, and they had the following children:

  • i. SAMUEL REED, b. October 16, 1753; d. 1788.
  • ii. JACOB REED, b. 1755; d. 1802, at sea.
  • iii. ISAAC REED, b. Abt. 1757.m. Sally Freeman. Served in the Revolution. NSDAR : Volume 110 : 1914 member 109814
  • iv. WILLIAM REED, JR., b. April 02, 1757; d. October 22, 1826, Cumberland Me. Served in the Revolution. NSDAR : Volume 018 : 1897 member 17730
  • v. ABRAHAM REED, b. October 24, 1759; d. May 21, 1841.
  • vi. MARY REED, b. Abt. 1760; m. LEMUEL SMITH, LT. CMDR..
  • vii. ANNA REED, b. 17614; m. EPHRAIM PRAY; b. 1760; d. 1821.
  • viii. LYDIA REED, b. 1763; m. MOSES BLACK; d. 1790.
  • ix. ZEBULON REED, b. March 29, 1765, Sedgwick, Me..
  • x. MERCY REED, b. 1767; m. STEPHEN HARRIS.
  • xi. JAMES REED, b. 1771; d. September 24, 1838, Seal Cove Maine.

Revolutionary War Service

  1. Reed, William. Lieutenant, Capt. Timothy Langdon's co. ; engaged July 12,

1775; service to Dec. 31, 1775, 6 mos. 4 days; company stationed at Boothbay for defence of seacoast; also, Captain; engaged Aug. 19, 1777; discharged Sept. 28, 1777 ; sen-ice, 1 mo. 10 days ; company called on dxity from several townships for service at Machias by order of Col. Jonathan Buck. [1]

Sources

  1. ↑ Massachusetts. 1896-1908. Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War : A Compilation from the Archives. Boston: Wright and Potter Print. Co. State Printers Volume 13, Page 99.
  • NARA M881. Compiled service records of soldiers who served in the American Army during the Revolutionary War, 1775-1783.
  • Maine Vital Records, 1670-1921," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2HJ5-Q5J : 4 November 2017), William Reed and Mercy Tuttle, 25 Apr 1749; citing Falmouth, , Maine, United States, Division of Vital Statistics, State Board of Health, Augusta; FHL microfilm.

Acknowledgements

  • This person was created through the import of Cade Family Tree.ged on 08 April 2011.
  • This person was created through the import of Grant R. Phillips, Jr..ged on 08 April 2011.




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Dane-173 Kyle Dane
Reed-29637 and Reed-19503 appear to represent the same person because: I am baffled that this merge has been rejected once already. Every detail of these two profiles are identical and we need to get rid of this duplicate.
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Rejected matches › William Read (abt.1731-) › William Reid (abt.1730-)

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