Ancestry of
Ezekiel Reed

(1722–1763)

Ezekiel Reed

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• • 1st Generation
  • Ahnentafel No:
  • 1 
  • Father:
  • John Reed 
  • Mother:
  • Mary Wheeler   
  • Birth Date:
  • 14 Nov 1722 
  • Birth Location:
  • Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Christening Date:
  • 11 Mar 1722/1723 
  • Christening Location:
  • Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts 
  • Death Date:
  • 1763 
  • Death Location:
  • at sea 
  • Burial Date:
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  • Burial Location:
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  • Notes: 

  • Ezekial Reed died during the French and Indian War and was buried at sea. He died in 1763 on the return passage near the conclusion of the war. Of the 273 persons who embarked on the voyage, only 77 survived. It is believed that yellow fever broke out on board.

    Ezekiel Reed's baptism record gives the date as 11 MAR 1722, but due to his recorded birth date it would appear that it is actually 11 MAR 1722/23.

• Marriages for Ezekiel Reed

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  • Spouse:
  • Hannah Beal
  • Marriage Date:
  • 25 Nov 1742
  • Marriage Location:
  • Abington, Plymouth, Massachusetts

• Sources for Ezekiel Reed

  • ¹ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Abington, Vol. 1, p. 191, Birth record for son Samuel Reed.
  • ² Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Abington, Vol. 1, p. 183, Birth record for Ezekiel Reed.
  • ³ Massachusetts: Vital Records, 1620-1850, Abington, Vol. 1, p. 183, Baptism record for Ezekiel Reed.
  • ⁴ U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970, S.A.R. #66684, Membership application for Paul Marion Reed, gives wrong parents for Ezekiel.
  • ⁵ Reed, John Ludovicus, The Reed Genealogy: Descendants of William Reade of Weymouth, Massachusetts From 1635 to 1902, n. p.: n. p. (1902), 27, 60-61, 111.
  • ⁶ Wood, Ralph V., Jr., Mayflower Families Through Five Generations: Vol. 12, Francis Cooke, Revised Edition, Rockland, Maine: Picton Press (2011, revised edition 3rd printing), 224 (note about possible error with birth year), 571-572.