Although the names are uncertain as there is no civil or religious record of all the births of the Reed children of John C. Reed, the history of Madison County, NY says there were 12 of them and 7 lived to adulthood. The known names as well as we can establish are John, William, Martin, Samuel, Salmon, Eunice, Amanda, and Lucinda. As I have never been able to find any record of the females at all aside from family notes, I can't say Electa could not be a sister, but I find it doubtful. Unfortunately the records from Durham, or Wallingford, CT are no longer in existence for the time when many of John's children were born so we can't check. There were a number of Reeds in Connecticut, and several who came from Massachusetts, but from all reports, John C. Reed seems to have come from Germany. I've not found any connection with any other Reeds for this family. They did marry into several colonial families though as they stayed longer in the area. Sorry I couldn't be of much help. Carol

Thanks. When I started to do research on my family, I already had info on the Hoag's. Teets, Terry and Fitch of the NY and Ct area in early 1800's. I thought with names like that it would be easy. Not so. My maiden name was Green and my father's family from Tn. With a zillion Green's in Tn I thought it would be a hopeless cause. It was a breeze as they all left wills, so it was easy to trace back to early 1700's and into Va and NC. So far haven't found any wills for the north east families. Thanks again. M.E. ----- Original Message ----- From: <HubbellGen@aol.com> To: <REED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Friday, March 24, 2006 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [REED] Samuel Francis REED family Durham CT > Although the names are uncertain as there is no civil or religious record > of > all the births of the Reed children of John C. Reed, the history of > Madison > County, NY says there were 12 of them and 7 lived to adulthood. The known > names > as well as we can establish are John, William, Martin, Samuel, Salmon, > Eunice, > Amanda, and Lucinda. As I have never been able to find any record of the > females at all aside from family notes, I can't say Electa could not be a > sister, > but I find it doubtful. Unfortunately the records from Durham, or > Wallingford, > CT are no longer in existence for the time when many of John's children > were > born so we can't check. > > There were a number of Reeds in Connecticut, and several who came from > Massachusetts, but from all reports, John C. Reed seems to have come from > Germany. > I've not found any connection with any other Reeds for this family. They > did > marry into several colonial families though as they stayed longer in the > area. > > Sorry I couldn't be of much help. > > Carol > > > ============================== > View and search Historical Newspapers. Read about your ancestors, find > marriage announcements and more. Learn more: > http://www.ancestry.com/s13969/rd.ashx >