Brief Life History of Benjamin
When Benjamin Reeder was born in 1765, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States, his father, John Reeder, was 60 and his mother, Susannah Ashcomb, was 61. He married Lydia Morgan on 2 August 1788, in Shenandoah, Virginia, United States. They were the parents of at least 2 sons and 7 daughters. He lived in Lebanon, Wilson, Tennessee, United States in 1820 and Overton, Tennessee, United States in 1840. He died before 28 September 1834, in Wilson, Tennessee, United States.
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- Benjamin Reeder, "United States Census, 1810"
- Benjamin Reeder, "Virginia, County Marriage Records, 1771-1989"
- Benj Reeder, "Virginia, Vital Records, 1715-1901"
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1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1780 · Richmond Becomes the Capital
On April 18, 1780 Richmond became the capital of Virginia. It was the temporary capital from 1780-1788.
1786 · Shays' Rebellion
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: occupational name for someone who used reeds as a roofing material (a thatcher), a derivative of Middle English rede ‘reed’ + -er. Compare Reed and Redman .
English: topographic name for someone who lived by a clearing, a derivative of Middle English rede, ride, rude ‘clearing’ (see Reed ) + -er, synonymous and interchangeable with atte Rede, atte Rude ‘at the clearing’. This type of name, composed of a topographic term + -er, is common in Kent, Surrey and Sussex, and it is also found in Essex.
Dutch and German: variant of Reder 3.
Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.
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