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    Person Info
  • Name: William REED
  • Sex: M
  • Birth: 3 Apr 1792 in Virginia b
  • Death: 11 Feb 1864 in Mercer Co, Pennsylvania d


  • Parents:
  • Father:
  • William REED Birth: Abt 1763 in Virginia Death: Jan 1831 in Neshannock Twp, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania
  • Mother:
  • Jane GILKEY Birth: 1766 in Ireland Death: 25 Aug 1846

Family:
Marriage: Children:
  1. Jane Ann REED Birth: 21 Aug 1814 in Mercer Co, Pennsylvania Death: 2 Sep 1896 in Illinois
  2. Hugh M REED Birth: 17 Jul 1817 in Mercer Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Feb 1871 in Fairfield Twp, Jackson Co, Iowa
  3. Mary Alice REED Birth: 8 Sep 1819 in Mercer Co, Pennsylvania Death: 28 Sep 1881 in Sanjoanquin Co, California
  4. Rebecca Angeline REED Birth: 14 Jun 1821 in Mercer Co, Pennsylvania Death: 25 Sep 1887 in Tulare Co, California
  5. Nancy Caroline REED Birth: 25 Sep 1824 in Mercer Co, Pennsylvania Death: 26 Sep 1904 in Sargent Bluffs, Iowa
  6. William E REED Birth: 25 Feb 1827 in Pine Grove, Mercer Co, Pennsylvania Death: 13 Oct 1905
  7. Margaret Amelie REED Birth: 5 May 1833 Death: 28 Apr 1867 in Douglas Co, Oregon

Bibliography
  1. Gilkey, George Leland, The Gilkeys: A History of the Early American Gilkeys and their descendants. Merrill, WI: 1950. G3908. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/catalog/110992. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p[0-9]*].
  2. Carpenter, Mrs Philip N, Will abstracts and vital records of Mifflin and Mercer Counties, 1793-1880, SLC: GeneSocUT, 19xx. LDS Film#0383437. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/007516527 images 07-52 Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MercerCoPA WillAbs 1820-32 #[0-9]*].
  3. Mercer County Pennsylvania Register of Wills, Will Books 1804-1917, SLC: GeneSocUT, 1971. Book 1, 1804-1853, LDS Film#0878967#1. Available at https://familysearch.org/search/film/005538219 image 113. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: MercerCoPA Wills 1-200].
  4. Phelps, Paul, Reed family info, private email 10/21/2014. Author address: pbphelps1 at verizon dot net Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Paul Phelps 10/21/2014].
  5. Reed, Rod, Isaac Reed, private email 11/17/2008. Author address: auberg at iinet dot net dot au. Information from this source tagged as [Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008].

Sources for birth and parent Information
date:
[Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008]
1792 [Ref: Paul Phelps 10/21/2014],
place:
[Ref: Paul Phelps 10/21/2014, Rod Reed 11/17/2008],
parents:
[Ref: GilkeyGL GILKEY p260, Paul Phelps 10/21/2014, Rod Reed 11/17/2008],
father:
[Ref: MercerCoPA WillAbs 1820-32 #513, MercerCoPA Wills 1-200]
Sources for death Information
date:
[Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008]
living 1831 [Ref: MercerCoPA WillAbs 1820-32 #513],
place:
[Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008]
Sources with Information about marriage to Margaret McKEAN
date:
[Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008],
place:
[Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008],
child:
[Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008]
Research Notes:
served in War of 1812; with Commadore Perry on Lake Eror and in the Battle of Chippewa [Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008]

1842: moved to Iowa with his family by steamboat and landed at Bloomington on 14 Jun [Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008]

1856: returned to Pennsylvania [Ref: Rod Reed 11/17/2008]



Pedigree of William REED
                   /-----Benjamin RIED
          /-----William RIED
 /-----William REED
|         \-----Polly O'DONNELL
William REED
|         /-----Robert GILKEY
 \-----Jane GILKEY



Descendants of William REED
1. William REED m. Margaret McKEAN
m. Margaret McKEAN father: Hugh McKEAN mother: Jane (McKEAN)