History of the Reed family in Europe and America

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min Tyler, William, Polly, Rebecca, Martha. He was a
cabinet-maker and an innholder. His wife died in 1830.
7. Benjamin T., the son of Benjamin T. and Mary, mar-
ried Rebecca Blackley. Their children were,- — -Benjamin T.,
Lucy Ann, Mary, Rebecca. His wife died Feb. 8, 1837, in
her sixty-third year. He died June 6, 1829, of jaundice,
aged fifty-four years. He was known as Esquire Reed.
8. Benjamin Tyler, the son of Benjamin T. and Rebecca,
was formerly Treasurer of the Eastern Railroad. He married
Elizabeth T. Hooper; and had a son, — John Hooper, who
is of the firm of Reed and Hooper, in State Street.
8. Hon. William, son of Benjamin T. and Mary, married
Hannah Hooper. He was a member of Congress. He died
suddenly, of apoplexy, Feb. 22, 1837, aged sixty years and
six months. This family of Reeds, with their relatives the
Hoopers, are among the wealthiest people of Massachusetts,
and are also distinguished for high moral religious standing
as well as business talents. Benjamin T. was for several
years Treasurer of the Eastern Railroad, and his son is one
of the Bankers of State Street. Hon. William Reed was a
very distinguished man ; and his widow survived him till
recently, and was known as Madam Reed. She was looked
up to in Marblehead as a pattern of piety and virtue. Her
abundant wealth enabled her to do much for the poor, and
to make her splendid mansion a home to the philanthropist
and the destitute.
7. Polly, the daughter of Benjamin T. and Mary, married
the Hon. William Hooper of Marblehead. Their children
were, — Robert C: Isaac D., who died young; Mary; Han-
nah ; Rebecca, who married Robert Hooper, and botli de-
ceased, leaving one child.
8. Mary, the daughter of William Hooper and Polly Reed,
married Francis Blacklie. They have two sons and four
daughters.