Jeremiah Reed

Notes: !Birth (1760 NJ)-Spouse: Ancestrial File. !Birthdate: E-mail from Bonnie Strawn-Miller <b.miller@smania.com> Dec 1995. !Marriage: Ancestrial File says c1783 Bedford PA (suspicious). Bonnie Strawn-Miller gives 1785 Fayette Co., Pa. !Census (1790): Bedford Co., Pennsylvania (Turkeyfoot Twp): 1 Male 16 or more and 4 females. !Census (1800): Turkey Foot Twp., Somerset Co., p. 144: 20010-22110-00. There is also a John Reed in Turkeyfoot Twp. (00001-00001-00). !Census (1810) Pennsylvania: Two Jeremiah REEDs appear. 1st is in Manheim Twp., Berks Co., on Roll #45 pg. 169, with Males: 1 under 10, 2 10-15, 1 over 45; Females: 2 under 10, 1 16-25. The other is in Turkey Foot Twp., Somerset Co., PA, Roll #53 pg. 425, with Males: 1 10-15, 1 16-25, and 1 45 or more; Females: 2 under 10, 1 10-15, 1 16-25, and 1 45 or more. 1 Apr 1813: "Jeremiah Reed" obtained land in Perry Co., Ohio from the Zanesville Ohio District Land Office, (range 14, township 14, section 32 NE), near the town of Crooksville, not far from Clayton. If you draw a line from the middle of Deavertown to New Lexington, the lot lies just about on the midpoint of that line. ["Federal Land Series", Vol.3, 1810-1814, Clifford N. Smith, 1980, p.105, entry #1242]. Filed in the original books at A/5/141. c1817: They moved to Perry Co. They acquired land in Clayton Twp. and at least one lot in Somerset, then the county seat of Perry Co., Ohio. (some immediate neighbors: Jacob Gaddes (at 14-14-32-SE).. for future ref. 1819 Tax List of Perry Co., Ohio: Shown is Jeremiah Reed ["Early Ohio Tax Records", compiled by Ester W. Powell, 1971, p.295]. Other REEDs are 2 Johns (that's all). Note also note about Amos Reed below. !Census (1820): Clayton Twp., Perry Co., Ohio: p. 13A, "Jeremiah Reed" with Males: 1 45 or greater; Females: 1 10-15, 1 45 or more; 1 person in agriculture. !Census (1830,index): Clayton Twp., Perry Co., Ohio, p.389: "Jeremiah Reed" !Death: Ancestrial File. (6 Mar 1838 Perry Co., Ohio). (Note on will: It was entered in duplicate, both in the records of Perry Co., Ohio, and in the records of Somerset Co., Pennsylvania. The records of Somerset Co. have an additional paragraph after his decease.). !Will: from Will Book, Perry Co., Ohio, pg. 138-9. Dated March 1833. Text as follows: "Jeremiah Reed's Will. In the name of God Amen I Jeremiah Reed of the County of Perry and State of Ohio do hereby make and publish this my last will and testament in manner and forms following that is to Say: It is my will that my two sons John and Jacob Reed have the land I gave them clear of all incumbrances to them and their heirs forever as by their deeds will now fully and at large affirm. The Sum of one hundred and fifty dollars to be equally divided between John Dusenburry's five children by his first wife. The Sum of five dollars to each of my namesakes Jeremiah R. Larkins and Jeremiah R. Reams and Jeremiah R. Stiff also fifty dollars to Jeremiah Reed son of John Reed at the age of twenty one. The remainder of my estate equally divided between my eight children. The two sons and Six daughters after my wife receives her third excepting fifty dollars out of Rhodas Share for the use of Mary Ann Gasselman my land to be Sold at the discretions of my Executors to the best advantage. I hereby constitute and appoint John Reed and John [Mitchell?] the former my son and the latter my son-in-law to be the executors of this my last will and testament hereby revoking and annulling all former wills by me made and ratified and confirming this [? ? ?] to be my last will and testament. In testamony whereof I have hereunto Set my hand and Seal this day of March 1833. Jeremiah Reed (Seal). Signed [?] and declared by the above Jeremiah. Read as his last will and testament in his presence and at his request have signed the same as Witnesses: Wesley Ileff, Samuel Leamaus, Isaac Delany, and Esthar A. Reed." [Note: Will obtained from Somerset Co., they transcribed witnesses as: Samuel Curran, Wesley Iliff, Isaac Delong, and Ethan Reed"] The following addendum appears only in the Somerset will books: "And now at this day, towit: At a Court of Common Pleas held for the County of Perry at the Courthouse in Somerset on the 6 day of March 1838, the last will and testament of Jeremiah Reed dec'd., was produced in open Court and proven by the oaths of Samuel Curran and Isaac Delong two of the subscribing witnesses to the same who upon their oaths do testify that they believed him at the time of sound and disposing mind and memory of lawful age and under no restraint and that they were by him requested by him to attest the same he declaring it to be the last will and testament. Whereupon it was ordered that said will be entered for Record." ----- Very misc. notes... Other possible connections: (Currently no connection known). There is a Rev. War Pension (abstract) for the following, who may be a close family connection. On the 29 Mar 1808 will of Jonathan Peirson of Maidenhead Twp., Hunterdon Co., New Jersey, he names his nephew Jeremiah Reed executor. Proved 6 Jan 1810. [Archives of NJ, First Series, Vol. XII, 1949, pg. 291]. From Mary Ann Unger, personal communication: This Jeremiah was born in Hunterdon Co, NJ March 1777, the illegitimate son of Melicent Peirson (Jonathan's sister) and Azariah Reed. As you might imagine, it was the subject of several lawsuits. Azariah was the grandson of William Reed who left Newtown, Long Island to settle in Maidenhead, NJ (now Ewing Twp, Mercer County) in 1701. He followed several Reed cousins into what was then Hunterdon County in the early 1700s. This Reed line starts with a carpenter named Thomas Reed, first seen in 1647 in Milford, CT and by 1650 in Long Island, where he died about 1665 with issue Mary (m. Samuel Moore), Joseph, John, and Sarah. All data point to Joseph being the father of William. Since the progenitor of the line is first found in records in the 1640s when there was no monarchy and thus no reason for ship's passenger records (no oaths of allegiance), his date of emigration and place of origin are not known. Amos C. Reed, NJ Line, R8657. Sol. appl 25 Apr 1818 Perry Co., Ohio. On 20 July 1820 sol. had moved to Belmont Co., OH, age 83. Son John (age 63 on 25 Sep 1844 in Belmont Co) said parents married in July 1780 in Bucks Co., PA, mother's maiden name was Gemima Kennard. Sol. d. 7 Jan 1834 in Belmont Co., OH. Widow died 12 Feb 1840 Belmont Co.. Leaving Children: John b. 25 Sep 1781, James Wilkinson, Gemima Pryor, and Rachel Vance. In ["Solders Burials, Belmont Co., Ohio, Rev. War & War of 1812" in "Ohio: The Cross Road of our Nation -- Records & Pioneer Families", Vol. 3, No. 2, April-June 1962, p.85], is shown: "Amos Reed, Rev. War, d. 1834" (cemetery & twp not stated). No Amos Reed appears in the 1800 census of Pennsylvania. An "Amos Read" appears on a Aug 1793 Tax List of Woolwich Twp., Gloucester Co., New Jersey, pg. 18. [Not clear that this is him -- note he was in Bucks Co., Pa in 1780] Other miscellany: ["Muskingham Co., OH Wills & Administrations, Book B", in [ibid, Vol. 4, #3, July-Sep 1963, pg.106], the will of David Campbell, probated 1814, mentions "money from Jane Reed of Penna" (David also had a dau. Jane, but no indication that these are not two different people). Just noted for future reference.