Rebecca Reed who was born in VT about 1811/13 whose parents were born in RI could be of the Jonathan Read family of Smithfield RI. Jonathan moved from Salem MA to Smithfield in 1745 and had a large family. Many of his family moved to upstate NY, but some had a short stay in VT. My study of the family does not go far enough to determine if Rebecca belongs. Jonathan was the grandson of Thomas Read of Salem. Five generations of the family surnamed Read or Reed will be covered in The Read Family of Salem Massachusetts targeted for publication about two years from now. Other branches of the family settled in Berwick, North Yarmouth and Freeport, Maine. Richard H. Benson