Leah (Brown) Reed (abt. 1789 - 1818)

Born about 11 Dec 1789 in Virginia, USA

Ancestors

Wife of James Reed — married 10 Feb 1806 in Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA

Descendants

Died 13 Aug 1818 at about age 28 in Loudoun Co., Virginia, USA

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Biography

Leah Brown was born in December 1789 in Virginia.^[1]

She was mentioned in his father's will following his death in 1794.^[2]

She married James Reed 10 February 1806 in Loudoun Co., Virginia. ^[3]

Leah was reported to have married out of unity in April 1806. She was removed from membership in July 1806.^[4]

1810 census -- Loudoun Co., Virignia

Name: Jas Reed L [Jas Reed]

Home in 1810 : Loudoun, Virginia

Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 1 (Thomas)

Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44 : 1 (James)

Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1 (Mary)

Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 (Leah)

Numbers of Slaves: 1

Number of Household Members Under 16: 2

Number of Household Members Over 25: 1

Number of Household Members: 5^[5]

She died 13 August 1818 in Loudoun Co., Virginia.^[6][7]

Sources

1. ↑ Gail Hamil and Viola Reed, Reed Family History (N.p.: n.p., 1985), n/a: 38; Leah Reed, the daughter of Thomas and Ann Brown, was born December 11th 1789.
2. ↑ Abstracts of Wills, Inventories, and Administration Accounts of Loudoun County, Virginia, 1757-1800 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006; Book E, p 44: Thomas Brown, 23rd day of 4th month, 1794. 14 July 1794. Wife: Ann Brown. Sons: Moses and Aaron. Daughters: Rachel, Leah, Tamar and unborn child. Executors, wife, Ann, Benjamin Mead, Jonathan Lovett. Witnesses: James Trahern, Mahlon Baldwin, John Whitacre.
3. ↑ Gail Hamil and Viola Reed, Reed Family History (N.p.: n.p., 1985), n/a: 38; James Reed and Leah Brown were married February 10th 1806..
4. ↑ Hinshaw, William Wade, et al., compilers. Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy. 6 vols. 1936–1950. Reprint, Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991–1994.
5. ↑ "United States Census, 1810," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/XH2Q-RF5 : accessed 10 October 2017), Jas Reed L, Loudoun, Virginia, United States; citing p. 260, NARA microfilm publication M252 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), roll 69; FHL microfilm 181,429.
6. ↑ Gail Hamil and Viola Reed, Reed Family History (N.p.: n.p., 1985), n/a: 39; Leah Reed wife of James Reed died August 13th 1818.
7. ↑ Gail Hamil and Viola Reed, Reed Family History (N.p.: n.p., 1985), n/a: 32; The story is told that Leah, James' first wife, returned to Virginia on a visit in August 1818 with baby Leah, who had been born in February of that year. While on the visit, Leah (the mother) died and her daughter Leah remained in Virginia for several years at the home of her uncle, Moses Brown.