I mentioned in my previous email, there was a John MERRILL family in between your Nathan REED and Sanford REED households on the 1840 Montgomery Co., OH census. On the 1850 census for Brooklyn, Schuyler Co., IL listed directly below your families of Nathan REED and Sanford REED is-- John MERRILL, age 78, Occ-Shoemaker, b Maine Hannah Merrill, age 75, b Maine Rufus Merrill, age 37, Occ-Cooper, b Maine (wife)-Susan Merrill, age 35, b OH Rachell Merrill, age 9, OH The Merrill's are either relatives of your REED family, or very good friends who traveled with them from Montgomery Co., OH to Schuyler Co., IL I have also found it interesting, on the 1870 Census for Liberty, Tipton Co., IN, there is a Sanford REED age 34 b IN, wife Elizabeth 34, and children Florida, Franklin, Richard, Oliver and Caroline, all born Indiana. Cicero, Tipton Co., Indiana is where my Nathan and Harriet BARCLAY REED moved to in 1853, from Adams, Muskingum Co., OH (then to Rice Co., MN) I would also agree, with the Tipton Co., IN connection to my Nathan REED and for "a" Sanford REED (possibly a son of one of you Harrison, Sanford or Nathan REED brothers?), your REED's and mine may be related. As Sanford is not such a common given name.... I am still looking, Diana >
I agree that Sanford isn't common - Sandford is more common - that's part of the reason I thought Currance Sanford may have been their mother. In my Reed family, they often used surnames as first names when naming children and grandchildren. Also, they use some of the same naming conventions common in to many nationalities - i.e. 1st son is named for husband's father, 2nd for wife's father, etc. Sandi ----- Original Message ----- From: "Diana Owen" <dianaowen@cox.net> To: <REED-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Thursday, June 22, 2006 6:16 PM Subject: [REED] Nathan REED, Sanford REED and the John Merrill family >I mentioned in my previous email, there was a John MERRILL family in >between your Nathan REED > and Sanford REED households on the 1840 Montgomery Co., OH census. > > On the 1850 census for Brooklyn, Schuyler Co., IL listed directly below > your families of Nathan REED and > Sanford REED is-- > John MERRILL, age 78, Occ-Shoemaker, b Maine > Hannah Merrill, age 75, b Maine > Rufus Merrill, age 37, Occ-Cooper, b Maine > (wife)-Susan Merrill, age 35, b OH > Rachell Merrill, age 9, OH > > The Merrill's are either relatives of your REED family, or very good > friends who traveled with them > from Montgomery Co., OH to Schuyler Co., IL > > I have also found it interesting, on the 1870 Census for Liberty, Tipton > Co., IN, there is a Sanford REED age 34 b IN, > wife Elizabeth 34, and children Florida, Franklin, Richard, Oliver and > Caroline, all born Indiana. Cicero, > Tipton Co., Indiana is where my Nathan and Harriet BARCLAY REED moved to > in 1853, from Adams, Muskingum Co., OH (then to Rice Co., MN) > > I would also agree, with the Tipton Co., IN connection to my Nathan REED > and for "a" Sanford REED (possibly a son of one of you Harrison, > Sanford or Nathan REED brothers?), your REED's and mine may be related. As > Sanford is not such a common given name.... > > I am still looking, > Diana > >> > > > ============================== > Search Family and Local Histories for stories about your family and the > areas they lived. Over 85 million names added in the last 12 months. > Learn more: http://www.ancestry.com/s13966/rd.ashx > > >