Seth Reed

Male14 May 1765–1844

Brief Life History of Seth

When Seth Reed was born on 14 May 1765, in Dighton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States, his father, Samuel James Reed, was 39 and his mother, Rachel Williams, was 46. He married Cassandra Dean on 15 December 1787, in Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 1 daughter. He died in 1844, at the age of 79.

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Family Time Line

Seth Reed
1765–1844
Cassandra Dean
1770–1840
Marriage: 15 December 1787
Seth Read
1790–1863
Salmon Read
1795–1843
Cassandra Reed
1798–1835
Otis Reed
1801–1856
Stephen Dean Reed
1810–1862

Sources (18)

  • Seth Reed, "Massachusetts, Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Seth Read, "Massachusetts Marriages, 1841-1915"
  • Seth Reed, "Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    15 December 1787Bristol, Massachusetts, United States

    • Children (5)

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    Siblings (7)

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    World Events (8)

    1776

    Age 11

    Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

    1776 · The Declaration to the King

    Age 11

    """At the end of the Second Continental Congress the 13 colonies came together to petition independence from King George III. With no opposing votes, the Declaration of Independence was drafted and ready for all delegates to sign on the Fourth of July 1776. While many think the Declaration was to tell the King that they were becoming independent, its true purpose was to be a formal explanation of why the Congress voted together to declare their independence from Britain. The Declaration also is home to one of the best-known sentences in the English language, stating, “We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."""""""

    1786 · Shays' Rebellion

    Age 21

    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.

    Name Meaning

    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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