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idence, Rhode Island. He had been an
officer in the Cromwellian army, and with
the collapse of the commonwealth had left
England. In 1684 he made his home in
Norwalk, Connecticut, and became a man
of means and great influence in spiritual
and temporal affairs. His death occurred
at the age of ninety-seven years. He mar-
ried (first) Mrs. Ann Derby, of Providence,
Rhode Island, and (second) Mrs.
Scofield, of Stamford, Connecticut, his
six children all of his first marriage.
(II) The line to Herbert C. Reed, of
the present generation of the family, con-
tinues through Thomas Reed, born in
1672, died October 9, 1757. He married
Mary Olmsted, daughter of Lieutenant
John and Mary (Benedict) Olmsted, of
Norwalk, Connecticut. Among the nine
children of Thomas and Mary (Olmsted)
Reed was Thomas (2) Reed, of whom
further.
(III) Thomas (2) Reed was born May
7, 1699, died September 4, 1776. He married,
October 2, 1729, Sarah Benham, and
they were the parents of six children.
(IV) Jesse Reed, son of Thomas (2)
and Sarah (Benham) Reed, was born July
29, 1734, and died March 31, 1822. He
enlisted in Captain Bell's company, 9th
Regiment of militia, commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel
John Mead, under General
Wooster, 1776 and 1777. After the battle
of White Plains, October 26, 1776, the
9th Regiment was ordered to march to
the Westchester border and place themselves
under General Wooster's command.
Jesse Reed was on the payroll
discharged December 25, 1776. He married
(first) Hannah Selleck ; (second)
Mercy Weed. There was one child of his
first marriage, eight of his second.
(V) Ebenezer Reed, son of Jesse and
Mercy (Weed) Reed, was born in 1776,
and died May 7, 1842. He and his wife,
Elizabeth (Seely) Reed, were the parents
of seven children.
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(VI) John Bowden Reed, son of Ebenezer
and Elizabeth (Seely) Reed, was
born November 6, 1818, died June i, 1890.
He married Almira A. Many, and among
their six children was Stephen Ebenezer.
(VII) Stephen Ebenezer Reed, son of
John B. and Almira A. (Many) Reed, was
born in Stamford, Connecticut, Decem-
ber 12, 1845, and died January 9, 1915.
He attended the public schools of Stamford,
entering the employ of the Stamford
Manufacturing Company as a young man,
and remaining in this connection for
forty-five years. His first duties were
those of clerk, and he subsequently became
secretary of the company, an office
he held for a period of about twenty-five
years, his service terminating with his
death. Mr. Reed was also a director of
the Stamford National Bank, and was a
prominent and faithful member and warden
of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church.
He married Jennie C. Calhoun, born in
New Haven, July 24, 1848, daughter of
Frederick J. and Mary A. (Marsh) Calhoun
(see Calhoun line). They were the
parents of: Frank C, born July 27, 1872,
died August 12th of the same year; Herbert
C, of whom further ; and Clarence
M., born May 30, 1876, died May 24, 1902.
(VIII) Herbert Calhoun Reed, son of
Stephen E. and Jennie C. (Calhoun)
Reed, was born in Stamford, Connecticut,
October 16, 1873. He prepared for col-
lege at King's School in Stamford, and in
1895 was graduated Ph. B. from Sheffield
Scientific School of Yale University.
Subsequently he took a short course in
the Philadelphia Art and Textile School
in textile dyeing, and on January i, 1896,
began a fifteen years' connection with the
Stamford Manufacturing Company as a
chemist. At the end of this time Mr.
Reed established his own laboratory in
New York City, at No. 227 Fulton street,
and there general analytical chemistry has
since claimed his time and attention.