History of the Reed family in Europe and America

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Thomas and Brackley were his successors : his grandson
Edward followed in his turn.
5. Brackley Reed's estate was administered upon in 1786,
and that of Thomas in 1785. Edward, the son of Thomas,
took letters of administration, de bonis non, of the estate
of his grandfather James, who had been captain of an
engine company at the age of twenty-three years. Brack-
ley, Thomas, and Thomas, jun., were sufferers by the great
fire in 1760.
5. James, the son of James and Mary, married Mehitable
Fenno in 1759. Children, — James, born Feb. 14, 1762;
Abigail, March 24, 1764 ; Benjamin, May 20, 1767 ; Thomas,
March 1, 1770 ; William, May 11, 1775 ; Elisha, Oct. 31,
1777; William H., Sept. 26, 1779; Samuel, July 5, 1782;
Clarissa, Sept. 5, 1785. His wife died July 2, 1828, aged
eighty-eight years. He worked with his father at pump and
block making, in the shop near Oliver's Dock, till his mar-
riage. He soon after settled in that part of Dorchester
which is now Milton.
6. Benjamin, the son of James and Mehitable, born
May 20, 1767 ; married Lydia Voce, March 25, 1787. Chil-
dren, — Joshua V., born Oct. 29, 1787; John, May, 1789;
Joseph S., March 31, 1792 ; Elijah, April 20, 1795 ; Benja-
min, Sept. 16, 1796 ; Joseph E., May 16, 1802.
6. Thomas, the son of James and Mehitable of Milton,
born March 1, 1770 ; married Polly Allen, April 25, 1803.
Children, — Joshua Thomas, born Jan. 20, 1806; James;
Samuel, Jan. 14, 1808 ; Mary Ann, June 27, 1814 ; Me-
hitable Fenno, Nov. 29, 1816.
6. Samuel, the son of James and Mehitable, born July 5,
1782 ; married Phebe Raymond of Westford, Nov. 28, 1816.
Child, — Henry Rowland, born June 24, 1821.
7. Joshua, son of Thomas and Polly of Milton, born
Jan. 20, 1806.
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