History of the Reed family in Europe and America

AND HIS DESCENDANTS. 393
thar Hall ; Zilpah, born Dec. 1, 1763, married Gershom
Sullivan ; Enos, born Nov. 22, 1765, died in Boston of small-
pox ; Dydin, born May 30, 1768, married Ebenezer Deane.
His first wife died in 1770. Married, for second wife, Mrs.
Hannah Austin, Jan. 9, 1771. Children, — Nathan, born
Oct. 8, 1771 ; Phebe, July 16, 1773, married a Basset of
Norton ; David, born Oct. 11, 1775 ; Jonathan, twin of Da-
vid. He died December, 1788, aged sixty-six. He was a
blacksmith by trade, and a man of considerable business ;
was one of the Committee of Inspection and Correspondence
in the Revolution ; and was also a pious man. He was above
the middle stature, and rather stern in his manners. His first
wife was the daughter of James Pinnea, a French Huguenot,
who had escaped from France during the persecutions of that
pious and devoted band ; and, after having been secreted in
dens and caves in France, he finally made his way to America,
settled in Lebanon, Conn., and brought up a family of chil-
dren ; one of whom was Dorothy, the wife of John Read. The
Rev. Bazaliel Pinnea of Milford, Conn., is his great-grandson.
5. Ruth, daughter of John and Dorothy, born Nov. 20,
1747 ; married Capt. Joseph Knapp of Taunton, and moved
to Douglas, Mass. Children, — Job; Cyrus; Rufus; Ruth;
Sally ; Dolly, who married Otis Preston (her husband
dying, she married Esquire Whitney, and moved to Ox-
bridge) ; a daughter Abigail, who married a Walker.
5. Lois, daughter of John and Dorothy of Taunton, mar-
ried Daniel Drake, Oct. 4, 1764, and moved to Grafton, N.H.
Children, • — ■ Daniel, who married Lydia Aldrich ; James,
married Abigail Bullock ; John, married Betsy Cogswell ;
Lois, married Daniel Cobb of Connecticut ; Rhoda, married
Eli Haskins of Taunton ; Sibyl, married Benjamin Bullock ;
Betsy, married Baruch Smith ; Dolly, married Jonathan
Aldrich, and Mr. Dustin of Hill, N.H. ; Sally, married Wil-
liam Chellis ; Bethiah, married Samuel Wright.
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