History of the Reed family in Europe and America

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borough ; being bis second wife.* (2.) Jacob, born July 7,
1720 : he married Rebecca Andrews. (3.) Hannah, born
Feb. 26, 1722 : she married Joshua Howe, Dec. 26, 1754.
(4.) William, born Sept. 20, 1725. (5.) Elijah, born
Feb. 14, 1727 : he married, in 1753, Sarah, daughter of
Obadiah Reed. (6.) Betty, born March 1, 1731 : she died
young. After the death of his wife Sarah, he married
Widow Hannah Noyes. Their only child was — (7.) Betty,
born in 1734. He appears to have been a man of influence,
from the fact that he was elected to the office of Town Clerk
of Abington nineteen years. He died in 1766, at the age of
seventy-five years.
4. William, son of Jacob and Sarah of Abington, born Sept.
20, 1725 ; married, in 1750, Silence Nash. Their children
were — (1.) Silence, born Aug. 6, 1753 ; died July 10, 1794.
(2.) William, born June 8, 1755. (3.) Jane, born June 23,
1757 : she married Rev. David Gurney, who was settled as
successor of Rev. Solomon Reed of Titicut Parish, Middle-
borough. (4.) Betsey, born Feb. 23, 1760 : she married
Ebenezer Porter of Abington. (5.) Susanna, born July 26,
1762 : she married Benjamin Bates of Abington. (6.) James,
born Oct. 6, 1764 : he married Ruth Porter of Bridgewater.
(7.) Timothy, born May 29, 1767 ; died Sept. 8, 1775. (8.)
Mehetabel, born Jan. 29, 1770 ; died Jan. 6, 1773. This
William, son of Jacob and Sarah, was an earnestly reli-
gious man, and for many years a leader in the neighbor-
hood religious meetings of his time. He died Dec. 4,
1807, aged eighty-two years : Silence, his wife, died March 9,
1807.
* During her maiden life, she was accustomed to say that there were three con-
ditions with which she would not be connected in marriage; viz., with a widower
who had children, with a clergyman, or with her own cousin. But she seems to
have changed her mind; for, in marrying Rev. Solomon Reed, she married them all