History of the Reed family in Europe and America

52 COL. THOMAS READ OF SALEM,
5. Abraham, son of William and Mary of Sedgewick,
born 1759, married Prudence Soames. Children, — Mercia,
born in 1784, married John Smith, and live in Brookline ;
Mary E., Oct. 17,1784; Betsey; Lucy, Nov. 4, 1786, married
Stephen Cousens, live in Brookline ; Abraham, Nov. 2, 1788 ;
Prudence, Jan. 6, 1790; Hannah, March 18, 1772, married
to Thomas Cousens, jun. ; Joseph, Nov. 24, 1795 ; Sally,
Jan. 3, 1800, married William Jackman ; Jacob, Dec. 22,
1803. He was a freeholder, and payer of direct taxes in
Sedgewick, in 1799, and died in 1841.
6. Beuben, son of Zebulon, married Mary Mitchel.
Children, — Sewell ; Alvan ; Mary, who married George
W. Tucker of Bath ; Francis R., lives in Georgetown ;
Mercy, who married Benjamin Lewis of Waterville.
7. Alvan, son of Reuben, married Sarah Spencer of
Machias. Child, — George.
7. Francis R., son of Reuben, married Ann Elizabeth
Chase of West Amesbury, Mass. Child, — Eva Augusta.
He lives at Georgetown, Mass.
6. Narcissa, daughter of Zebulon, married Jacob Lan-
caster of New Sharon.
6. Zebulon, son of Zebulon, married Deborah Shaw of
Cumberland, Me. Child, — Sarah, who married Eben
Russell.
6. Jane, daughter of Zebulon, married Thomas Lancaster
of New Sharon. Children, — William, Lyman, Prudence,
Samuel, Sarah, Alman, Orinda, Mary Jane, Clementine,
Helen.
6. Jacob, son of Zebulon, was a seaman, and died on the
Island of Madagascar.
6. Enoch M., son of Zebulon. Child, — Cynthia, who
married Hartson Blackstone.
6. Asa, son of Zebulon, married a Hicks. Children, —
Albert and Charles, who are traders in Windham.