Brief Life History of Hannah
When Hannah Reed was born about 1738, in Stafford, Tolland, Connecticut, United States, her father, David Reed, was 33 and her mother, Hannah Raynsford, was 33. She married Waterbury Hoyt on 12 December 1755, in Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony, British Colonial America. She died about 1760, at the age of 24.
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- Hannah Reed in entry for Waterbery Hoit, "Connecticut, Vital Records, Prior to 1850"
Spouse and Children
1736–1795 Male
1738–1760 Female
Parents and Siblings
1706–1763 Male
1706–1799 Female
Siblings (9)
1734–1818 Male
1734–1806 Female
1736–1828 Male
1738–1760 Female
1742–1743 Female
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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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