Stephen, I have two sets of Reed/Reid in NC mid to late 1700s. While trying to unravel my mess, I ran accross a Reed/Reid group ( and by the way the spelling of Reed was not used in any of the Reed families that I came accross at the Archives in the mid 1700s , it was spelled Reid,( in exception of the John Reed gold mine and this was later and he was a German whose family changed their German Spelling to Reed) so Reid must have changed in this area later than mid 1700s.Getting back to the Reid of Iredell Co. a John Reid and Alexander Reid , descendants left NC and settled in Ga. I looked hard a this family because of so many similar names to my family which were in TN during this time frame. I have not found any connection to my Reed/Reid with this group as yet but imagine they all came down from PA and were Scot Irish, There were also Reed in SC , 1700s, they could have also been connected. Patricia

You mentioned the John Reid/Reed family who was German. Most Reeds I've found are English or Irish. Did you find this German family located in either Pennsylvania or Virginia about 1800? This is a family I have been researching for two years and there are lots of missing pieces. Is anyone related to this family or have information to share? Pat ----- Original Message ----- From: <HPitt46@aol.com> To: <REED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:39 PM Subject: Re: [REED] Descendants (1) > Stephen, I have two sets of Reed/Reid in NC mid to late 1700s. While trying > to unravel my mess, I ran accross a Reed/Reid group ( and by the way the > spelling of Reed was not used in any of the Reed families that I came accross at > the Archives in the mid 1700s , it was spelled Reid,( in exception of the John > Reed gold mine and this was later and he was a German whose family changed > their German Spelling to Reed) so Reid must have changed in this area later > than mid 1700s.Getting back to the Reid of Iredell Co. a John Reid and > Alexander Reid , descendants left NC and settled in Ga. I looked hard a this family > because of so many similar names to my family which were in TN during this > time frame. I have not found any connection to my Reed/Reid with this group as > yet but imagine they all came down from PA and were Scot Irish, There were > also Reed in SC , 1700s, they could have also been connected. > > > Patricia > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx > >