William
Reed
Born about in Scotland
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Son of [father unknown] and [mother unknown]
[sibling(s) unknown]
Husband of
Dorothy Leston
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Descendants 
Father of
William Reed Sr.
Died [date unknown]
in Donegal, Ireland [uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 3 Oct 2017
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Biography
William Reed was supposedly born in Scotland, probably around 1685. [1]
William had 5 children, 1 or more may have been with a first wife. After his death, his widow, Dorothy Letson or Leston, born in Ireland, brought the children to settle in Delaware around 1721.
Sources
- ↑ William Reed Sr. - U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970. Ancestry.com
- McMahan, Samuel. History of the McMahan Family with Brief Biographical Sketches and Incidents in Pioneer Settlement. Milton, PA, 1899. Accessed 10 Aug 2019, Thomas Beaver Free Library, Danville, PA.
Research Notes
Thomas Reed probably left the Scottish lowlands to settle in the Ulster Plantations. Limited rights of Presbyterians under the Catholic Charles II inspired many Scots-Irish to flee to the American colonies and Canada in the late 1600s and early 1700s. Others were transported as convicts or indentured servants, and it is possible one of the 5 children originally arrived under these circumstances, later urging the rest of the family to follow.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with William:
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~0.78%
Paul Mason
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member paulgenemason
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~0.39%
Bill Dorr :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A329939 [compare], Ancestry member williamdorr
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~0.39%
David Whittington :
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member davescabin
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