James Reed and Esther "Hettie" Ayres

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Husband James Reed ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1753 - Reed Twp, Dauphin Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 11 Feb 1822
         Buried:  - Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA

       Marriage: 31 Mar 1782 2

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Wife Esther "Hettie" Ayres ^{1 2}

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           Born: 1755 - Pennepack, Philadelphia Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 2 Mar 1830 1
         Buried:  - Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA

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         Father: William Ayres (1720-1784/1785) 3 4
         Mother: Margaret "Mary" Kean (1726-1784) 3

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Children

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1 M John Reed ¹

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           Born: 26 Jun 1783
     Christened: 
           Died: 10 Nov 1821
         Buried:  - Dauphin Cemetery, Dauphin, Dauphin Co, PA

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2 F Deborah Reed ¹

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           Born: 9 Oct 1785
     Christened: 
           Died: Abt Apr 1798
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Did Not Marry

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3 F Elizabeth Reed ¹

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           Born: 11 Sep 1787 - Montgomery Co, PA 5
     Christened: 
           Died: 7 Jan 1836 5
         Buried:  - Abington Church Cemetery

         Spouse: Judge Hiram McNeill (1763-1837/1837) 1

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4 M William Reed ^{1 6}

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           Born: 9 Jul 1789 - Dauphin Co, PA 1
     Christened: 
           Died: 6 Nov 1864 1 6
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Elizabeth Steele (1787-      ) 1
           Marr: 1814 - Philadelphia, PA

         Spouse: Clarissa "Clara" Hatfield (1800-1880) 1 6
           Marr: 1825 - Philadelphia, PA

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5 F Mary Reed ¹

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           Born: 8 Sep 1791 - Reed Twp, Dauphin Co, PA
     Christened: 
           Died: 
         Buried: 

         Spouse: Thomas McConnell (1787-      ) 1
           Marr: 1811

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General Notes: Husband - James Reed

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The Reed family was one of the oldest families of Paxtang township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, and located on Scull's map of 1759, and for whom Reed township, Dauphin County, was named.

1 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 48.

2 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 389.

3 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 47, 257.

4 William Henry Egle, Historical Register: Notes and Queries, Historical and Genealogical (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Company, 1894), Pg 387.

5 William Henry Egle, M.D., M.A., Pennsylvania Genealogies; Chiefly Scotch-Irish and German (Harrisburg, PA: Harrisburg Publishing Co., 1896), Pg 50.

6 —, Commemorative Biographical Encyclopedia of Dauphin County, Pennsylvania (Chambersburg, PA: J. M. Runk & Company, Publishers, 1896), Pg 731.