Contents 1 Ogle County Illinois: Reed, Sanford and other families 1.1 Profile Status Summary 1.2 Local Histories 1.3 Timeline/Locations 1.4 Families 1.5 Marriages 1.6 Fraternal Twins 2 Sources

Ogle County Illinois: Reed, Sanford and other families

Several families migrated from Delaware County, New York to Ogle County, Illinois, including Reed, Sanford, Osterhoudt, and more. This page captures information about these families, their children, and the marriages among these families. Individuals that have profiles appear as a link to those profiles. .

County histories contain clues about relationships, dates and locations. These histories tell the stories of families migrating from New York to Ohio and Illinois together. Pertinent summaries follow.

Profile Status Summary

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Local Histories

Vol 2 of The Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Ogle County is based on previous works including Boss's "History of Ogle County (1850); Kett's "History of Ogle County" (1878); Portrait and Biographical Album of Ogle County" (1886); "The Biographical Record of Ogle County" (1899); Ford's "History of Illinois"

The biography of Samuel Reed Jr in The Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Ogle County^[1] states that Samuel Reed Jr was born in Middletown, Delaware County, New York 23 May 1790, the son of Samuel Reed and Mary Benedict. Samuel Reed Sr. enlisted in the War of 1812 and about 1817 or 1818 moved to Jackson County, Ohio and later to Ross County, Ohio until 1827 or 1828 when he moved to Fort Clark (now Peoria), Illinois. Samuel Reed Jr married Phebe Sanford and joined his father about 1820. In 1830 Samuel Jr spent the winter in Peoria and moved to Buffalo Grove (then Jo Daviess County, now Ogle) in the spring of 1831. Samuel Jr sent his family away during the Black Hawk War; they later returned to Buffalo Grove. Samuel Reed Sr was the first death in Buffalo Grove during a visit 17 Aug 1833 and was buried in what became the Reed cemetery.

In Sketches of the History of Ogle County, Ill, Boss^[2] discusses the arrival and settlement of Samuel Reed at Buffalo Grove and moving his family due to the war. He also notes that Elisha Doty arrived in Buffalo Grove in 1834, coming from Peoria. In May of 1834 Albion Sanford and his family arrived, followed in the fall by Cyrenus, Ahira, and Harrison Sanford. Cyrenus was the father of Ahira, Albion and Harrison.

In Kett's The History of Ogle County, Illinois^[3] the biography of William S Reed identifies his parents as Samuel Reed and Phebe Sanford and says that William, born 24 Aug 1828 near Chillicothe, Ohio came with his parents to Fort Clark in 1830 then to Buffalo Grove on 1 Apr 1831. This says that his father Samuel was a native of Delaware County, New York and mother Phebe a native of Connecticut.

Simon Reed has a biography in The History of Peoria County, Illinois.^[4] This states that he was born 11 Sep 1795 in Rensselaer County and raised on his father's farm in Delaware County, New York where he married Currance Sanford 13 Oct 1816. A few years after the marriage, they moved to Jackson County, Ohio where they remained until 1825, when he moved to Peoria County with two other brothers. A few years after Simon and Aaron (presumably a brother) moved to Peoria County, brothers Samuel and Thomas came west, Samuel settling in Ogle County and Thomas in Medina Township (Peoria).

The Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Ogle County Vol 2^[5] includes a biography of Cyrenus Sanford and his family. The family came from Roxbury, Delaware County, New York to Peoria County, Illinois in 1833 then settled in Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois. Cyrenus Sanford was born in Connecticut in 1775 and moved to New York at age 19 or 20. Son Albion Sanford married Mrs. Lucy Osterhoudt Moats and they had two daughters Mary Holmes and Emily Scranton. (Note: Albion Sanford married second to Ellen Power in 1858; Albion and Ellen later moved from Ogle County to Wapella Township, Dewitt, Illinois.)

Clues at the Delaware County NY Genealogy and History Site (https://www.dcnyhistory.org/index2.html) are found in old (1997) Surname Reed queries about Samuel D Reed Sr b. 1766 in Massacusetts married Mary Benedict 1789 in Middletown, Delaware County, New York. Mary Benedict b. 24 Jan 1771 Easton, Washington County, New York. First son Samuel Reed Jr b. 23 May 1790 Rensselaer County, New York. Another query has Mary born in Rensselaer County, and says he moved to Middletown soon after the close of the War of 1812 married Mary Benedict, a needlemaker's daughter. Existing profiles for Samuel Reed and Mary Benedict do not agree with some of these facts, but need sources.

Timeline/Locations

1800 Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York Samuel Reed census

1802 Pittstown, Rensselaer, New York Samuel Reed paid taxes

1810 Middletown, Delaware, New York Samuel Reed census

1814 MIddletown, Delaware, New York Samuel Reed (Sr or Jr?) land purchase

13 Oct 1816 Delaware County, New York Simon Reed marriage

1817 or 1818 Jackson County, Ohio Samuel Reed migration

1817 or 1818 Jackson County, Ohio Simon Reed migration

Ross County, Ohio Samuel Reed migration

13 Apr 1823 Jackson County, Ohio Ira Moats birth

1824 Jackson County, Ohio Simon Moats birth

1825 Peoria County, Illinois Simon Reed migration

1825 Peoria County, Illinois Aaron Reed migration

30 Jun 1826 Jackson County, Ohio Samuel R Moats birth

1828 Peoria County, Illinois Samuel Reed migration

1828 Medina Township, Peoria County, Illinois Thomas Reed migration

1830 Jackson County, Ohio Emurit Moats birth

1830 Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois Samuel Reed Jr migration

1833 Peoria County, Illinois George Moats and family migration (from Ohio)

1833 Ogle County, Illinois George Moats and family migration

1834 Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois Elisha Doty migration

30 Apr 1834 Ogle County, Illinois Albion Sanford and Lucy Reed marriage

May 1834 Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois Albion Sanford migration

Fall 1834 Buffalo Grove, Ogle County, Illinois Cyrenus Sanford migration

Based on this and the timeline, Samuel Reed and Mary Benedict most likely married in Pittstown, and moved to Delaware County between 1802 and 1810. Thus, Samuel Reed Jr was likely born in Pittstown, and Lucy and Hannah could have been born either in Pittstown or Delaware County.

Families

Children of Samuel Reed and Mary Benedict

Aaron Reed b. 1793 New York m. Sarah Goff

Samuel Reed Jr b. 1790 Middletown, Delaware m. Phebe Sanford

Simon Reed b. Pittstown, Rensselaer 1795 m. Currance Sanford

Thomas Benedict Reed b. 1799 Pittstown, Rensselaer

Lucy Reed b. 1806 m1. George Moats m2. Albion Sanford

Hannah Reed b. 1808 Rensselaer m. Elisha Doty

Barbara Reed Root b. 1811 Delaware m. Erastus Root, Peoria County, Illinois

Children of Cyrenus Sanford and Anner Hubbell

Currance Sanford

Jerusha Sanford

Albion Sanford

Joel Sanford

William Sanford

Ahira Sanford

Vernon Sanford

Harrison Sanford

Warren William Sanford

Children of Ezekiel Reed (unknown relationship) and Elisabeth Peck

Fanny M Reed Curtis b. 7 Apr 1810 d. 3 Dec 1893

Luman Reed b. 1811 d. 28 Mar 1870

Ezekiel Reed Jr b. 3 Feb 1813 d. 31 May 1894

Elias Reed b. 18 Mar 1815 d. 14 Feb 1866

Ambrose Reed b. 1818 d. 8 Sep 1846

Charles E Reed b. 15 May 1822 d. 1895

Adeline Reed Moats b. 11 Jun 1826 d. 6 Feb 1849

Reuben P Reed b. 1825 d. 31 Jul 1897

Eugenia Ann Reed Osterhoudt b. 7 Nov 1828 d. 30 Oct 1848

Children of Zachariah Osterhoudt:

Jane Marie Osterhout b. 1816 Delaware m. Joel B Sanford

Dolly Ann Osterhoudt b. 1815 Delaware m. 1840 Ogle Warren William Sanford

Hiram Osterhoudt m. Eugenia Ann Reed daughter of Ezekiel Reed and m. the widow of Simon Moats

Children of Stephen Hull and Anner Sanford

Amanda Hull b. 1810 Delaware m. Ahira Sanford daughter Stephen Hull and Anner Sanford sister of Mary Hull

Marriages

Lucy Reed and Albion Sanford

Simon Reed and Currance Sanford (brother and sister to Lucy and Albion, respectively)

Ira Moats son of Lucy Reed and Adaline Reed daughter of Ezekiel Reed

Esther Reed daughter of Simon Reed and Elias Reed son of Ezekiel Reed

Joel Sanford and Jane Osterhoudt

William Sanford and Dolly Osterhoudt

Hiram Osterhoudt and Eugenia Ann Reed daughter of Ezekiel Reed

Simon Moats son of Lucy Reed and Caroline Dodson

Caroline Dodson widow of Simon Moats and Hiram Osterhoudt

Sarah Hammond daughter of Jerusha Sanford and Harrison Reed son of Currance Sanford

Ahira Sanford and Amanda Hull daughter of Stephen Hull

Luman Reed son of Ezekiel Reed and Mary Hull daughter of Stephen Hull

Amos H Sanford and Maggie RIngold Sanford. Maggie was the widow of William Warren Sanford. William Warren was the son of Joel Sanford and Jane Osterhout. Amos was the son of Warren William Sanford and Dolly Osterhoudt. Warren William Sanford was the son of Cyrenus Sanford and Ann Hubbell. William was Warren's nephew. William and Amos were first cousins. Jane and Dolly were sisters, the daughters of Zachariah Osterhoudt

Other marriage connections:

Ezekiel Reed had son Ezekiel Reed who had son Victor Seymour Reed who had daughter Nettie L (Reed) Peck and son Albert Reed. Albert had son Ralph Albert Reed who had daughter Patricia Ann Reed. Nettie L Reed had son Fay Peck who had son Kenneth Fay Peck. Patricia and Kenneth married; they were second cousins.

Children of Jonathan Smith and Martha Van Horn included Albert Lee Smith and Sarah Emily Smith. Sarah married first James August Coursey and had daughter Ora Ellen Coursey, who married Osborn Reed, son of William Sanford Reed. Albert Lee Smith married Flora Reed, daughter of William Sanford Reed. Sarah Emily Smith Coursey marriedWilliam Sanford Reed after his first wife died.

Second cousins Charles Lester Bland grandson of Simon Reed and great grandson of Samuel Reed and Luella Lois Hicks granddaughter of Sarah Reed and great granddaughter of Samuel Reed.

Arthur Winfield Snyder and Harriet Hazel Preston. Arthur was the son of Sarah Hicks, grandson of Sarah Reed, great grandson of Samuel Reed, great great grandson of Samuel Reed. Harriet was the daughter of James Preston and Eliza Reed, grandson of Thomas Benedict Reed and great grandson of Samuel Reed. Relationship?

Hiram Reed and Margret Bland. William J Bland and Barbara Reed. William and Margret were siblings. Hiram, son of Thomas Reed, and Barbara, daughter of Simon Reed, were first cousins.

Fraternal Twins

Noticed many sets of fraternal twins born to the children (and great grandchildren) of:

Simon Reed and Currance Sanford

Sarah Reed and Lucas Coleman Hicks

Phebe Reed and William Avery

Sources

1. ↑ Historical_encyclopedia_of_Illinois_and_History_of_Ogle_County: Page 995 https://archive.org/details/historicalencyclop02bate/page/n561/mode/2up
2. ↑ Sketches of the History of Ogle County, Ill., and the Early Settlement of the Northwest: Page 51-53 https://archive.org/details/sketchesofhistor00inboss/page/52/mode/2up
3. ↑ The History of Ogle County, Illinois: Page 698 https://archive.org/details/historyofoglecou00inkett/page/698/mode/2up
4. ↑ The history of Peoria County, Illinois: Page 761 https://archive.org/details/historyofpeoriac00john/page/760/mode/2up
5. ↑ Historical_encyclopedia_of_Illinois_and_History_of_Ogle_County Vol 2: Page 1009 https://archive.org/details/historicalencyclop02bate/page/n575/mode/2up

• Sketches of the History of Ogle County, Ill., and the Early Settlement of the Northwest (Henry Rush Boss, Polo, Illinois, 1859.)

• The History of Ogle County, Illinois (H.F. Kett, Chicago, Illinois, 1878)

• Historical encyclopedia of Illinois and History of Ogle County (Newton, Bateman. Chicago, Illinois. Munsell Pub. Co., 1909.)

• The History of Peoria County, Illinois (Johnson & Co, Chicago, Illinois, 1880.)