Subject: Elnathan Reed
Source: Prescott Memorial by Dr. William Prescott, Concord, NH 1870
p.103 John Prescott/Mary Platts Line, Lancaster, Mass.
Elnathan Reed of Westford, Mass., b. Oct 12, 1758 m. Annie Prescott b. May
7, 1761 dau of
Timothy Prescott & his wife, Lydia Fletcher. They settled at Stoddard, N.H.
He served in
the Continental Army throughout the Revolution. He died July 25, 1845 aged
82 years,
8 mos. and 13 days. She died Dec. 6, 1821 aged 60 years, 7 mos. (see p. 149
for their children)
p.149
Elnathan Reed and his wife, Annie Prescott had issue at Stoddard, New
Hampshire:
1. Annie Reed b. June 16, 1783; m. (1) 1806 Moses Blood of Pepperell, Mass.
who died in
1816; she m. (2) Jonas Spalding of Cavendish, VT. She d. in 1865; 3
children:
p.205
1. Ivory Blood b. 1808 m. Susan Lindsey of Vermont
2. Emeline Blood b. 1811 m. Joshua Wedgewood; resided at
Bethel, VT; she
died in 1860 leaving several children.
3. Alvah Blood b. 1815; d. 1835.
2. Lydia Reed b. 1784; died unmarried in 1852 aged 68 years.
3. Mary Reed b. 1786; living in 1868, unmarried.
4. Ruth Reed b. Oct, 1788; m. 1812 Isaac Heald of Westford, Mass; settled at
Cavendish, VT
six children:
p.205
1. Mary R. Heald b. July 27, 1813; m. 1832, Franklin Putnam
of Cavendish, VT
She died 1840; three children: p.219
1. Marcia M. Putnam b. Jan 27, 1834; m. 1851,
William Sproul of China,
Maine and had five children, unlisted.
2. Charles F. Putnam, b. Oct 7, 1835; m. 1864,
Isabella Lacy and res. at
Ponia, Nebraska.
3. Mary E. Putnam, b. 1837; died 1840.
2. Eliza R. Heald b. 1816; m. 1834, Jonathan Hemmingway of
Ludlow, VT; nine
children - p.219:
1. Otis H. Hemmingway b. 1838
2. Ellen A. Hemmingway b. March, 1840.
3. Henry Hemmingway b. 1842.
4. Oscar Hemmingway b. 1844; d. 1864.
5. Melvina Hemmingway b. 1846; d. 1847
6. Emrilla R. Hemmingway b. June 1848; m. 1866,
Luke Stearns; one child.
unlisted.
7. Orlando Hemmingway b. 1850; d. 1852.
8. Ann F. Hemmingway b. 1852; d. 1864.
9. Isidera Hemmingway b. 1855.
3. Marcia A. Heald b. 1819; m. 1834 Jacob S. Parker of
Cavendish, VT; three
children, p. 220:
1. Charles Parker b. Dec 3, 1835; m. Anne Davis
of Springfield, VT. one
child, unlisted.
2. Horace Parker b. 1837; d. 1839.
3. Fortesco Parker b. Dec 2, 1845.
4. Emily A. Heald, b. 1821; m. 1839, Charles L. Spalding of
Cavendish, VT; 3 children:
p.220 1. Augusta Spaulding b. 1840; m. 1856, Hiram Grout;
5 children, unlisted.
2. Charles H. Spaulding b. 1841.
3. Josephine R. Spaulding b. 1844; d. 1851.
5. Otis M. Heald b. 1824 m. 1846 Rosetta Petigrew; five
children, p.220:
1. Ella R. Heald b. July 28, 1847.
2. Elinore H. Heald b. 1850.
3. Franklin Heald b. 1852.
4. Herbert H. Heald b. 1854.
5. Emily M. Heald b. 1857.
6. Lydia P. Heald b. July 1829 m. 1851, Clark Wardner of
Reading, VT; she died
in 1860, leaving one child, Ella Ann Wardner b. 1858.
5. Sarah P. Reed b. June 3, 1790, m. 1808, Jonas Keyes of Westford, Mass;
removed to
Pelham, N.H. in 1829 where he died June 18, 1863.
6. Phebe Reed b. April 23, 1792; m. 1814, Jacob Gilson of Westminster, VT
where she
died in 1842; he died 1855; three children - p. 205-206
1. Phebe Ann Gilson b. 1815; m. 1840 George Derby of Westminster,
VT; two
children, unlisted.
2. Elnathan Reed Gilson b. 1817; d. 1827.
3. John R. Gilson, b. 1819; m. 1846, Minerva Peck of Cavendish,
VT; two children:
1. Amanda Minerva Gilson b. Nov 1847; d. 1850.
2. Isabella Gilson b. 1860.
7. Charlotte Reed b. 1795; m. 1816 Joshua Reed of Westford, Mass.; removed
to Sodus,
Wayne Co., New York.
8. Olive Reed b. 1798; m. Reuben Pierce of Westminster, VT; two children, p.
206:
1. Leonard R. Pierce b. 1820; m. 1847, Arietta Spalding of
Cavendish, VT,
one child, Edwin L. Pierce b. 1849.
2. Melissa M. Pierce b. 1829 m. 1850 Maurice Orestes Peck of
Westminster, VT;
one child, unlisted.
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Transcribed by Janice Farnsworth