Hester A. Reed

Femaleabout 1789–10 September 1854

Brief Life History of Hester A.

Hester A. Reed was born about 1789, in Virginia, United States. She married Braxton Blake on 25 April 1811, in Jessamine, Kentucky, United States. They were the parents of at least 1 daughter. She died on 10 September 1854, in Appanoose, Iowa, United States, at the age of 66.

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Braxton Blake
1785–1813
Hester A. Reed
1789–1854
Marriage: 25 April 1811
Elvira Blake
1815–1855

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  • Hester Reed, "Kentucky, County Marriages, 1797-1954"

Spouse and Children

  • Marriage
    25 April 1811Jessamine, Kentucky, United States

    • Children (1)

    World Events (8)

    1789

    Age 0

    George Washington elected first president of United States.

    1789 · The United States Constitution

    Age 0

    Originally comprising seven articles, the United States Constitution is the backbone of the law in the Nation. The first three articles talk about the separation of powers, dividing the government into three branches: the legislative, the executive, and the judicial. Articles Four, Five and Six describe the what each state governments have rights to do, how the states and the federal government should act in their relationship, and how the constitutional amendments are shared between all states. The Seventh Article explains and establishes the procedure used by the thirteen States to ratify it. It is regarded as the oldest written and codified national constitution in force. Since the Constitution came into force in 1789, it has been amended 27 times, including an amendment to repeal a previous one.

    1808

    Age 19

    Atlantic slave trade abolished.

    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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