Jean Reid was born about 1822, in Stoneykirk, Wigtownshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. She married John Hewitt on 2 December 1844, in Glenluce, Wigtownshire, Scotland, United Kingdom. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Cunningham, Ayrshire, Scotland in 1851. She died from 1855 to 1859, in Ayrshire, Scotland, United Kingdom.
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Scottish: variant of Reed , of which Reid is the common modern Scots spelling.
History: Samuel Chester Reid (1783–1861), the sea captain who designed the stars and stripes form of the present the American flag, was born at Norwich, CT. His father, Lt. John Reid, a former British naval officer of a distinguished Glasgow family, had resigned his commission and joined the cause of the American Revolution.
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