Continuing excerpts from Clif HInds New England file. Regards, Nan [email protected] ----------------------------------------------------- YEAR BOOK OF IL SOCIETY OF SONS OF AMERICAN REVOLUTION page 225 479. 8379. CHARLES H. SERGEL, BOOK PUBLISHER, 2124 MICHIGAN AVR. Born, Muscatine, Iowa, September 25, 1861; admitted February, 1896: John H. Sergel=Jean G. Pocock. Lloyd Pocock=Elizabeth Bassett. Nathan Bassett=HarrietWillard. Lckhart Willard=Salome Reed. James Reed=Abigail Hinds. GEN. JAMES REED. Born in 1724; died in Fitchburg, Mass., February 13, 1807. He raised a company of volunteers at Fitzwilliam, N. H., upon the tidings of the battle of Lexington, and marched at their head to Medford. He was appointed colonel of a regiment by the New Hampshire provincial assembly on June 1, 1775. He commanded this regiment in the battle of Bunker Hill, and remained with the army in the vicinity of Boston after its command was assumed by Gen. Washington, being posted upon Winter Hill, and upon the reorganization of the forces on January 1, 1776, his regiment was ranked second in the Continental army. He participated in the siege of Boston, and upon the evacuation of the city he accompanied the troops to New York. April 24th his regiment was put into the Third brigade under Gen. Sullivan ordered up the Hudson. He was attacked with fever at Crown Point and lost his sight. On August 9, 1776, and duing his illness he was appointed brigadier-general by the Continental Congress on the recommendation of Gen. Washington. GEN. JAMES REED. ANCESTOR OF CHARLES H. SERGEL. (From a portrait in the State House at Concord, N. H.) [p.225] Reference: N. H. State Papers, volume 14, pages 38, 39, 40, 480, 677, 681. Journals of the Continental Congress, August 9, 1776, page 437. County: Essex Co. Name: Hinds Reed Rank: Private Annual Allowance: 96 00 Sums Received: 1,524 76 Description of service: New Hampshire continental line When placed on the pension roll: May 15, 1819 Commencement of pension: April 17, 1818 Age: 76