History of the Reed family in Europe and America

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son of the same name, bom May 21, 1805 ; Alexander,
June 8, 1806 ; Joseph, Aug. 24, 1810 ; Edward Maitland,
Jan. 16, 1815 ; Henry Mansford, Aug. 22, 1817 ; George
James Greystone, July 30, 1828 ; Agnes M. Helen, Eliza-
beth B., Mary Ann, and Louisa. He had been an eminent
merchant in London, and for some time Chairman of the
Court of Directors of the East-India Company.
Sir John Reid, of Ewell Grove in the county of Surrey,
son of James, Esq., married Maria Louisa, the only daughter
of Richard Eaton, Esq., Sept. 9, 1840. Their children were,
— John, born Aug. 14, 1841; a son, born Feb. 13, 1845;
and a daughter, in 1843. He succeeded his father as second
baronet, Feb. 29, 1824 ; and was Governor of the Bank of
England in 1840 and 1841.
William Reade, S.T.P., son of Edward and Isiod, supposed
to be born about 1450, had a son Sir William, who mar-
ried Ann Menis, and had a son William, who married
Rebecca, the daughter and coheir of Menis. Their chil-
dren were Matthew, John, Richard, Thomas, William, and
Lucy.
Matthew, Esq., the son of William and Rebecca, married
Alice, the daughter of Andrew Ward ; and they had William,
and a daughter who married Sir Henry Oxinden of Dene,
and was heir to half his estate. They also had a daughter
Elizabeth, who married Morace Dixwell, Esq., of Broome
in the county of Kent. William, the son of Matthew and
Alice, married Lucy Henage ; and they had John and Wil-
liam. Richard, the son of William and Rebecca, born in
1577, married Joan, daughter of Ralph Dale of London ;
and they had a son Richard, who lived at Whittlesey; Wil-
liam, and a daughter Rebecca. He was living at London
in 1657, aged eighty-seven years. John, the son of William
and Rebecca, was knighted in 1641 by Charles I. William,
who sailed from Gravesend in 1635, and settled in Wey-