When John C. Reed Sr. was born on 3 May 1675, in Hopewell Township, Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States, his father, Joseph Reed, was -23 and his mother, Elizabeth Giles, was 20. He married Elizabeth Smith about 1696, in Burlington, New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 1 son. He died on 20 August 1731, in his hometown, at the age of 56, and was buried in Hopewell Township, Mercer, New Jersey, United States.
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Historical Boundaries: 1700: New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1714: Hunterdon, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States 1838: Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Historical Boundaries: 1700: New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1714: Hunterdon, New Jersey Colony, British Colonial America 1776: Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States 1838: Mercer, New Jersey, United States
Historical Boundaries 1714: Hunterdon, New Jersey, British Colonial America 1776: Hunterdon, New Jersey, United States
English and Scottish: nickname from Middle English and Older Scots red(e) ‘red’, no doubt denoting someone with red hair or a ruddy complexion.
English: from Middle English ride, rede, rude (Old English rīed, rēod, rȳd) ‘clearing’. The surname may be topographic for someone who lived in or near a clearing, or habitational, for someone who lived at one of a number of places so named, including Rede Court in Strood (Kent), Rides in Eastchurch (Kent), Ride Way in Ewhurst (Surrey), and Reed Farm in Wadhurst (Sussex). The word is particularly common in the southeastern counties of England, from Kent to the Isle of Wight. See also Rider and Reader .
English: habitational name from Read (Lancashire), Reed (Hertfordshire), or Rede (Suffolk). The Lancashire placename derives from Old English rǣge ‘roe, female roe deer’ + hēafod ‘head’. The Hertfordshire placename derives from Old English rȳhth ‘rough piece of ground’. The etymology of the Suffolk placename is uncertain.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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