History of the Reed family in Europe and America

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8. William, son of Kobert of Nashua, and Rebecca, born
Jan. 29, 1820 ; graduated at Dartmouth College in 1839 ;
M. D. Harvard University, 1842 ; married Sarah A. P.
McLellan, June 22, 1843. Children, — William, born in
Lynn, Oct. 4, 1844 ; Frederick French, born in Lynn,
May 23, 1847 ; Robert McLellan, born in Boston, Sept. 6,
1848 ; Charles French, born in Boston, Sept. 17, 1853.
He is a celebrated physician, and practises his profession in
Boston. He lives at No. 713, Washington Street.
8. Abby Greeley, daughter of Robert of Nashua, and Re-
becca, born March 4, 1822 ; married to Rev. Jonas B. Clark
of Swampscott, Jan. 11, 1843. Children, — Helen Rebecca,
born East Windsor, Ct., May 9, 1844, died in Boston, Oct. 11,
1848 ; Henry Fields, born in Swampscott, Nov. 28, 1846,
died in Manchester, N.H., Oct. 18, 1848 ; Arthur French,
born in Swampscott, Aug. 4, 1849 ; Helen Grafton, born in
Swampscott, July 8, 1851 ; Grace Blanchard, born in Swamp-
scott, July 14, 1853. Mr. Clark is grandson and namesake
of Rev. Jonas Clarke, who was pastor of the church in Lex-
ington at the time of Lexington Fight ; the intimate friend
of John and Samuel Adams ; and brother-in-law of John
Hancock. The venerable pastor, on the night previous to
the fight, sheltered his three mysterious friends from the
chilling damp of night ; and, when his house was no longer
a safe retreat, they were conveyed to the house of the
minister of Woburn Precinct. From thence, a house in
the wood near the line of Billerica was their safe retreat.
Their heads being considered of greater value to the British
than such heads as grew on the shoulders of some other
men, a large reward was offered for them. The house in
Woburn Precinct, now Burlington, where one part of this
affair took place, is now occupied by the venerable Rev.
Samuel Sewell, a celebrated genealogist and antiquarian,
and a descendant of the celebrated Samuel Sewell of olden