History of the Reed family in Europe and America

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Joseph Videll, born Aug. 22, 1812 ; had his name altered
from Owen. Married Hannah Goodwin, June 13, 1841 ; and
lives in West Newbury.
Gideon, son of Israel, lives in New Salem, Mass.
Simeon, son of Israel, lived in Whateley. Child, —
George, who now lives in Whateley.
3. John, son of Ralph and Mary of Woburn, born 1660 ;
married Elizabeth Houlding, March 21, 1682. Children, —
John, born March 22, 1684 ; Ralph, Sept. 5, 1686 ; Eliza-
beth, Feb. 25, 1690 ; Ralph, Sept. 5, 1686 ; Elizabeth,
Feb. 25, 1690. He married, for second wife, Abigail
Baldwin, Dec. 4, 1705, and had Susanna, March 13, 1706 ;
Henry, 1708 ; Amos, May 25, 1710. John, the elder, was
a weaver. He bought a lot of land, Jan. 1, 1700, of Henry
Baldwin, in Woburn, near the line of Billerica, on which
he moved and settled ; and it is occupied by his descendants,
Isaiah Reed and others. His will is dated July 20, 1732.
Died March 9, 1733.
4. Henry, son of John and Abigail, born in 1708, and
named, from his paternal grandfather, Henry Baldwin ; mar-
ried Rebecca. Children, — Rebecca, born June 1, 1731;
Henry, May 7, 1735 ; Abigail, July 6, 1736 ; Sarah, June
18, 1741. His wife was burned to death, June 18, 1768.
Married Prudence Hayward, Sept. 22, 1768, widow of
Thomas Hayward. The fact that his wife died in a strange
manner, and that an attachment was discovered between
him and Mrs. Hayward, led to suspicions that she had been
murdered. The excitement was great. The civil au-
thority had the body taken from its resting-place, and he
was required to touch the body ; it being the general
belief, that, if the murderer was made to touch the mur-
dered body, there would be some miraculous demonstration
of his guilt. But there was no such demonstration ; and
Mr. Thompson, the recording magistrate, made entry that