Adam
Reed
Born in Abington, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
Ancestors 
Son of James Reed
and Abigail (Nash) Reed
Brother of
Tabitha Reed, Experience (Reed) Josselyn, Solomon Reed, Stephen Reed, Huldah Reed, Abel Reed and Molly Reed
Husband of
Silence Reed
— married
14 Jul 1768 in Abington, Plymouth, Province of Massachusetts Bay
[children unknown]
Died
at age 46
in Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States
Profile last modified
| Created 4 Jul 2016
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Biography
Born 19 Aug 1745. Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts
In 1765, above the age of 14 years, Adam Reed made the choice of Daniel Reed of Abington to be his guardian.[1]
He married Silence Reed on 14 July 1768 in Abington.[2]
Probate
The will of Adam Reed of Abington, yeoman was dated 26 May 1791 and proved on 2 July 1792 in Plymouth. He mentions his wife but not by name (her name is Silence in the probate proceedings) (executor), and his sister, Tabitha Reed, James Reed, son of his brother Abel Reed, Paul Reed, Thomas Hearsey, Joel Reed, and Adam Reed, son of Obadiah Reed.[3]
Sources
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-3XP : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1760-1767 vol 17-18 > image 385 of 419; State Archives, Boston.
- ↑ "Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q28L-MTP6 : 24 November 2022), Adam Reed and Silence Reed, 1768.
- ↑ "Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G97D-7QCW : 20 May 2014), Probate records 1791-1808 vol 32-33 > image 292-293 of 539; State Archives, Boston.
- Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/55919523/adam-reed: accessed 17 November 2023), memorial page for Adam Reed (19 Aug 1745–13 Jun 1792), Find a Grave Memorial ID 55919523, citing Mount Zion Cemetery, Whitman, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Barbara Shepard Martini (contributor 46949713).
- Mayflower Births and Deaths, Vol. 1 and 2 Ancestry.com Publication: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.
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