John Reed

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Husband John Reed ¹

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           Died: 1799 1
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Children

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1 M Col. Robert Reed ^{1 2}

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           Born: Abt 1771
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           Died: 1849 - ? Butler Co, PA 1 3
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         Spouse: Rachel McClintock (      -      ) 1 4
           Marr: 1 Mar 1792 - Carlisle, Cumberland Co, PA 1

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General Notes: Husband - John Reed

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Cumberland County, Pennsylvania, was formed in January, 1750, and the Reed name is among the earliest entries on its records. The Reeds were evidently there before the county was organized. In 1754 Tyrone township (now in Perry County) was created, and in 1763 that township was divided, the western division being named Toboyne. It is there that that we find, as early as 1767, John Reed. He died in 1799, and his descendents possessed a copy of his will, which was made Aug. 13, 1799, and probated Dec. 20, 1799. In this will, among other items, he makes the following bequest: "I do bequeath to my son Robert one dollar and a black yearling colt; and to my son Robert's son John I do will and bequeath 15 pounds, when he is seven years of age, and all that tract of land which I am now possessed of, adjoining lands of John and Robert McKee, Samuel Reed and others, in the township aforesaid (Toboyne), containing 75 acres be the same more or less, all which I do bequeath to him, his heirs and assigns forever, provided always that if the last mentioned John Reed should die before he arrives at the age of twenty-one years, then I do allow all legacies mentioned to him to descend to the other children of my son Robert that now are or shall be in existence at my decease. I do allow that the profits of the aforesaid real estate shall go to my son David until the aforesaid legatee arrives to the age of ten years."

1 Editor, Jefferson County, Pennsylvania, Her Pioneers and People, Vol. II (Chicago, IL: J. H. Beers & Company, 1917), Pg 18.

2 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 396.

3 Editor, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (Chicago, IL: Waterman, Watkins & Co., 1883), Pg 397.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of the Allegheny Valley, Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1913), Pg 675.