History of the Reed family in Europe and America

110 WILLIAM EEADE OP WOBURN,
5. Christopher, son of Deacon Christopher and Elizabeth
Keed, born June 11, 1721 ; married Rebecca Haskell of
Rochester in 1739, when he was eighteen years of age.
Child, — Christopher, who settled in Swansey, N.H., and
had a numerous family. He died Dec. 3, 1772.
5. William, son of Deacon Christopher and Elizabeth, born
May 2, 1723 ; married Mercy Aiken, Jan. 11, 1744. Chil-
dren, — William, born May 5, 1745 ; James, Sept. 19, 1747;
Rebecca, Oct. 8, 1749 ; Jesse, March 4, 1752 ; Mercy, May 18,
1754 ; Lucy, March 19, 1757 ; Christopher, June 12, 1762.
He succeeded his father in the office of deacon of the church
in Hardwick, and was captain in the French War ; was
selectman ten years ; was delegate to the Provincial Con-
gress in 1775, and delegate to the Constitutional Convention
in 1779 ; representative fonr years. He died Feb. 14,
1790: his wife died Feb. 19, 1823, aged a hundred and
two years.
6. William, son of William and Mercy, born May 5, 1745 ;
married Mercy Raymond, Oct. 6, 1768. He was deacon
of the church in Ware ; where he died June 23, 1826,
leaving posterity.
6. James, son of William and Mercy, born Sept. 19, 1747 ;
married Thankful Raymond, Oct. 6, 1768. Children, —
Ralph, born Aug. 21, 1769 ; Charles, Oct. 16, 1771 ; James,
Oct. 14, 1773 ; Nathaniel, April 14, 1776 ; Benjamin,
July 24, 1778 ; Lucinda, July 28, 1780 ; Mercy, Nov. 12,
1786 ; Ira, June 17, 1789. He was a major of militia and
a selectman. Married, for second wife, Widow Mary Lawton,
sister of his first wife, March 22, 1807 ; and died in Hard-
wick, Feb. 18, 1818.
7. Ralph, son of James and Thankful, born Aug. 21,
1769 ; lived in Rutland, Vt. ; was a justice of the peace;
and died Aug. 20, 1857, leaving posterity.
7. Charles, son of James and Thankful, born Oct. 16,