Andrew Reed

1693 - 1762  (69 years)

• Name	Andrew Reed
  Born	1693	Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK
  Gender	Male
  Move	1743	Townsend, Lincoln, ME, USA   [1]
  _UID	6974B28047824347A4F64C13A0DC21AAA2A0
  Died	22 Jul 1762	Townsend, Lincoln, ME, USA
  Person ID	I121	Irving Genealogy
  Last Modified	15 Feb 2010

  
  

  Family	Jean Murray,   b. 6 Jan 1698, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. 8 Feb 1780, Townsend, Lincoln, ME, USA  (Age 82 years)
  Married	1724	Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK
  _STAT	MARRIED
  _UID	75C7DCFB02313F47BDD0F1EF633E18AA9CF1
  Children	+ 1. Andrew Reed,   b. Abt 1725, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. 4 Mar 1807, Mill Cove, Lincoln, ME, USA  (Age ~ 82 years) + 2. Henry Reed,   b. Abt 1727, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. Abt 1755, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK  (Age ~ 28 years) + 3. David Reed,   b. Abt 1729, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. 28 Feb 1803, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA  (Age ~ 74 years) + 4. John Reed,   b. Abt 1731, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. Abt Jun 1769, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA  (Age ~ 38 years)   5. William Reed,   b. Abt 1733, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK   6. Paul Reed,   b. 1735, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. 6 Jan 1799, Salem, Essex, MA, USA  (Age 64 years)   7. Joseph Reed,   b. 1738, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. 6 Mar 1809, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA  (Age 71 years) + 8. Thomas Reed,   b. Abt 1740, Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK ,   d. 2 Mar 1810  (Age ~ 70 years)   9. Sarah Reed,   b. 19 Mar 1743, on board ship from Ireland ,   d. 10 Dec 1828, Boothbay, Lincoln, ME, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2016
  Family ID	F99	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Event Map		Born - 1693 - Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK Married - 1724 - Antrim, Ulster, Ireland, UK Move - 1743 - Townsend, Lincoln, ME, USA Died - 22 Jul 1762 - Townsend, Lincoln, ME, USA  = Link to Google Earth
  Pin Legend	: Address       : Location       : City/Town       : County/Shire       : State/Province       : Country       : Not Set

  
  

• Notes

  Andrew Reed founded the largest family which has lived in Boothbay. He was a man of sterling character, as all that can be learned attests. Four, at least of his sons were prominent in the Revolution, Andrew, David, Paul and Joseph; two John and Henry died before the war; and William was a private. Thomas, only of those living at the time shows no service record. Several grandsons were also active in the war. He has many times been mentioned as a settler under Dunbar, but there are indications this was an error, but no proof. Sarah Reed, his only daughter and youngest child was born on shipboard as they came to America, she married Samuel Adams. This puts the year of immigration at 1743. Andrew Reed was born in Antrim, Ireland, as was his wife, Jean Murray (Aunt of the Rev. John Murray). She was of Scot-Irish descent but he is said to be of English descent. The title of Colonel, which has often been applied to him, must have been obtained in Ireland, as he was too old to engage in the French Indian war and died before the Revolution. Andrew Reed built his first log house a little to the east of the Mill Cove dam, and southeasterly from the house of Capt. George Reed. He was driven from this house in 1745 by the Indians and returned in 1749. Traditions tell us that one winter while his family and the remaining settlers went westward for safety, he alone stayed in Townsend. He with his sons built a mill at the cove soon after 1749. He is said to have built the first frame house in Townsend.

  
  

• Sources

  [S182] History of Boothbay, Maine, Francis Byron Greene, (Somersworth, NH: New England History Press, 1994), Page 610 (Reliability: 2). Andrew Reed sailed to America in 1743. Last child and only daughter born at sea during this move.