Harriet REED: Darlene's Family Genealogy

1789 - 1860 (70 years)

Generation: 1

Harriet REED was born on 30 Jan 1789 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut (daughter of Ezra REED and Jemima FITCH); died on 29 Jan 1860 in Galway, Saratoga Co., New York; was buried in Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., New York.

Harriet married Matthew Fitch MIDDLEBROOK in abt. 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Dr. Josiah PULLING. Josiah was born on 1 Jul 1788; died on 16 Dec 1860; was buried in Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Generation: 2

2.	Ezra REED was born on 3 Aug 1765 in Norwalk, Connecticut (son of Eliakim REED and Sarah RICHARDS); died on 31 Jul 1852 in Amenia, New York. Ezra married Jemima FITCH on 4 Feb 1787. Jemima was born on 8 Feb 1763; died on 7 Mar 1789. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jemima FITCH was born on 8 Feb 1763; died on 7 Mar 1789.

Children:

1. Harriet REED was born on 30 Jan 1789 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 29 Jan 1860 in Galway, Saratoga Co., New York; was buried in Greenridge Cemetery, Saratoga Springs, Saratoga Co., New York.

Generation: 3

Eliakim REED was born on 18 Sep 1725 in Norwalk, Connecticut (son of Daniel REED and Elizabeth KELLOGG); died on 28 Oct 1810 in Amenia, New York.

Notes:

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While Eliakim was on a visit to his brother James in Amenia he bought of Isaac Delamater, for "nine hundred and thirteen pounds of good and lawfull money of the Province of New York," a farm of two hundred acres. He then returned to Norwalk and sold his farm of forty acres which he owned there, and moved to the new field in 1773, where he soon afterward purchased about forty acres more.

In the settlement of his estate after Eliakim's death this farm was purchased by his son Ezra, the price being as follows: 160 acres at $30. per acre, and seventy-five acres at $22.50 per acre; $6,487.50. After Ezra's death his son, Newton Reed purchased the farm for ten thousand dollars. After Newton's death, his son, HenryVan Dyck Reed, the present occupant, purchased the farm at nine thousand dollars, and on it have been born the ninth generation of reeds in America.

Eliakim married Sarah RICHARDS on 16 Jun 1748. Sarah was born on 24 Jun 1727 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 8 Jun 1795 in Amenia, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah RICHARDS was born on 24 Jun 1727 in Norwalk, Fairfield Co., Connecticut; died on 8 Jun 1795 in Amenia, New York.

Other Events and Attributes:

Fact: Daughter of Samuel Richards

Children:

2. Ezra REED was born on 3 Aug 1765 in Norwalk, Connecticut; died on 31 Jul 1852 in Amenia, New York.