When Abiah Reed was born in 1785, in Middleborough, Plymouth, Massachusetts, United States, her father, Benjamin Reed Sr, was 39 and her mother, Abiah Macomber, was 36. She married Dr Hugh Cunningham on 27 April 1806, in Shutesbury, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons. She lived in Cazenovia, Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States for about 10 years. She died on 26 June 1874, in Cazenovia, Madison, New York, United States, at the age of 89.
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Caused by war veteran Daniel Shays, Shays' Rebellion was to protest economic and civil rights injustices that he and other farmers were seeing after the Revolutionary War. Because of the Rebellion it opened the eyes of the governing officials that the Articles of Confederation needed a reform. The Rebellion served as a guardrail when helping reform the United States Constitution.
Established in 1793.
War of 1812. U.S. declares war on Britain over British interference with American maritime shipping and westward expansion.
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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