Mary Reed

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name
Mary Reed
aka
[Mary Red, Mary Reid, Mary Collins, Mary Collings]
sex
female
access
public
summary
Daughter of James Reed, who asked the clerk of Clay County, Kentucky, in writing to license her marriage to Jesse Collins; they married there on 13 Dec 1827. The family moved through Indiana, Illinois and Missouri to Appanoose County, Iowa, where in 1850, widowed, she headed a household in which she and all her children were marked "M" for mulatto. Mother of Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Collins; she probably died about 1852.
born
date
c. 1804
place
Virginia
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
note
Aged 46, born Va., in December 1850. The 1804 of the master tree and the FamilySearch profile rests on this age.
died
date
c. 1852 (bef. 1856)
place
Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township, census-1856-iowa-appanoose-county]
research
research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
note
Alive in December 1850; gone by the 1856 state census, when her youngest son Spencer, 14, was living with the Hendon family. The research files give c. 1852 without saying what fixes the year.
residences
date
1810
place
Ashe County, North Carolina
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1810-ashe-county-north-carolina]
note
About six, one of the three little girls in her father James Reed's household of eleven.
date
1820
place
Clay County, Kentucky
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
note
In her teens when her father brought the family over the mountains to Clay County; James Reed is in the county in the 1820 census.
date
1830
place
Morgan County, Indiana
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1830-morgan-county-indiana-jesse-collins]
note
In Jesse Collins's household; Matilda was born there in May 1831.
date
c. 1838
place
Morgan County, Illinois
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
With Jesse Collins between Indiana and Missouri; their son Kalaska was born in Morgan County, Illinois, about 1838.
date
1840
place
St. Louis County, Missouri
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
note
In the probable 1840 household of Jesse Collins in St. Ferdinand Township.
date
1850
place
Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
note
Head of household, as "Mary Collings".
father
id
james-reed-1766
basis
documented
confidence
proven
sources
[marriage-consent-james-read-1827, marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
research
research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
note
James Read's consent note of 25 Nov 1827 is the only record that names her as his daughter.
mother
id
susannah-reed-1770
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1810-ashe-county-north-carolina, census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
research
research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
note
James's wife in 1810 and 1830, of an age to be Mary's mother. No record names Mary's mother. Her given name, Susannah, holds only under the Morgan reading of James.

Her father James Read wrote to the Clay County clerk, Abner Baker, on 25 November 1827: "Mr Abner Baker Sir ples to grant Jesse Collens lisens to marrey Mary Red and oblige them," with Stephen Read and Hiram Collins as witnesses. She married Jesse Collins in Clay County on 13 December 1827, the same day and before the same minister (J. Ambres) as Stephen Reed and Nancy Powell, probably a double wedding with her brother; Stephen was Jesse's surety on the marriage bond (record). Her daughter Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Collins had been born on 30 January 1827, ten and a half months before the wedding. A second daughter, Delilah Susan (b. 1828), may carry her mother's name, if that was Susannah. Her probable sister Elizabeth married Hiram Collins, Jesse's brother, in 1829. Her daughter Matilda's death certificate (Kirksville, 1918) gives her mother's maiden name as Mary Reed (record).

She and Jesse were in Morgan County, Indiana, by 1830, and Matilda was born there in May 1831, the county where her father's family settled in 1831 if he is the Morgan County James. The children's birthplaces then run through Indiana (to about 1836), Illinois (about 1838) and Missouri (about 1840) to Appanoose County, Iowa, where Jesse died in 1847.

In December 1850 she headed a household in Wells Township, Appanoose County, with Matilda, Reuben (16, farming), Lloyd, Kalaska and Spencer. She and all her children were marked "M" for mulatto, the only household so marked in the family's Iowa network; she could not read or write, and no property is listed. She had settled near Tilford and Benjamin Reed, possibly her brothers, rather than near the Collinses in Center Township. By 1856 the family had scattered.

Open questions

  • What fixes her death at about 1852? Where is she buried?
  • She gave Virginia as her birthplace in 1850, while her father's household was in Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1800 and 1810. Ashe borders Grayson County, Virginia.
  • Her maternal line is the one a Reed mtDNA test would trace (Elizabeth Reed's daughter-lines are the cousin route; see the origin-line addendum, task 60).
  1. ---
  2. name: Mary Reed
  3. aka: [Mary Red, Mary Reid, Mary Collins, Mary Collings]
  4. sex: female
  5. access: public
  6. summary: >-
  7. Daughter of James Reed, who asked the clerk of Clay County, Kentucky, in writing to license her
  8. marriage to Jesse Collins; they married there on 13 Dec 1827. The family moved through Indiana,
  9. Illinois and Missouri to Appanoose County, Iowa, where in 1850, widowed, she headed a household
  10. in which she and all her children were marked "M" for mulatto. Mother of Mary Elizabeth "Polly"
  11. Collins; she probably died about 1852.
  12. born:
  13. date: c. 1804
  14. place: Virginia
  15. basis: documented
  16. confidence: probable
  17. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
  18. note: Aged 46, born Va., in December 1850. The 1804 of the master tree and the FamilySearch profile rests on this age.
  19. died:
  20. date: c. 1852 (bef. 1856)
  21. place: Appanoose County, Iowa
  22. basis: inferred
  23. confidence: probable
  24. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township, census-1856-iowa-appanoose-county]
  25. research: research/collins-reed/meredith_collins_research.md
  26. note: Alive in December 1850; gone by the 1856 state census, when her youngest son Spencer, 14, was living with the Hendon family. The research files give c. 1852 without saying what fixes the year.
  27. residences:
  28. - date: "1810"
  29. place: Ashe County, North Carolina
  30. basis: inferred
  31. confidence: probable
  32. sources: [census-1810-ashe-county-north-carolina]
  33. note: "About six, one of the three little girls in her father James Reed's household of eleven."
  34. - date: "1820"
  35. place: Clay County, Kentucky
  36. basis: inferred
  37. confidence: probable
  38. sources: [census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
  39. note: "In her teens when her father brought the family over the mountains to Clay County; James Reed is in the county in the 1820 census."
  40. - date: "1830"
  41. place: Morgan County, Indiana
  42. basis: documented
  43. confidence: probable
  44. sources: [census-1830-morgan-county-indiana-jesse-collins]
  45. note: "In Jesse Collins's household; Matilda was born there in May 1831."
  46. - date: "c. 1838"
  47. place: Morgan County, Illinois
  48. basis: inferred
  49. confidence: probable
  50. note: "With Jesse Collins between Indiana and Missouri; their son Kalaska was born in Morgan County, Illinois, about 1838."
  51. - date: "1840"
  52. place: St. Louis County, Missouri
  53. basis: inferred
  54. confidence: probable
  55. note: "In the probable 1840 household of Jesse Collins in St. Ferdinand Township."
  56. - date: "1850"
  57. place: Wells Township, Appanoose County, Iowa
  58. basis: documented
  59. confidence: proven
  60. sources: [census-1850-appanoose-county-wells-township]
  61. note: Head of household, as "Mary Collings".
  62. father:
  63. id: james-reed-1766
  64. basis: documented
  65. confidence: proven
  66. sources: [marriage-consent-james-read-1827, marriage-register-clay-county-kentucky]
  67. research: research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
  68. note: James Read's consent note of 25 Nov 1827 is the only record that names her as his daughter.
  69. mother:
  70. id: susannah-reed-1770
  71. basis: inferred
  72. confidence: probable
  73. sources: [census-1810-ashe-county-north-carolina, census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
  74. research: research/collins-reed/Reed_Family_Investigation_Addendum.md
  75. note: James's wife in 1810 and 1830, of an age to be Mary's mother. No record names Mary's mother. Her given name, Susannah, holds only under the Morgan reading of James.
  76. ---
  78. Her father James Read wrote to the Clay County clerk, Abner Baker, on 25 November 1827:
  79. "Mr Abner Baker Sir ples to grant Jesse Collens lisens to marrey Mary Red and oblige
  80. them," with Stephen Read and Hiram Collins as witnesses. She married Jesse Collins in
  81. Clay County on 13 December 1827, the same day and before the same minister (J. Ambres)
  82. as Stephen Reed and Nancy Powell, probably a double wedding with her brother; Stephen was
  83. Jesse's surety on the marriage bond ([record](/files/sources/marriage-bond-collins-reed-1827/)). Her
  84. daughter Mary Elizabeth "Polly" Collins had been born on 30 January 1827, ten and a
  85. half months before the wedding. A second daughter, Delilah Susan (b. 1828), may carry
  86. her mother's name, if that was Susannah. Her probable sister Elizabeth married Hiram
  87. Collins, Jesse's brother, in 1829. Her daughter Matilda's death certificate (Kirksville, 1918)
  88. gives her mother's maiden name as Mary Reed
  89. ([record](/files/sources/death-certificate-matilda-davis-1918/)).
  91. She and Jesse were in Morgan County, Indiana, by 1830, and Matilda was born there in May 1831,
  92. the county where her father's family settled in 1831 if he is the Morgan County James.
  93. The children's birthplaces then run through Indiana (to about 1836), Illinois (about
  94. 1838) and Missouri (about 1840) to Appanoose County, Iowa, where Jesse died in 1847.
  96. In December 1850 she headed a household in Wells Township, Appanoose County, with
  97. Matilda, Reuben (16, farming), Lloyd, Kalaska and Spencer. She and all her children were
  98. marked "M" for mulatto, the only household so marked in the family's Iowa network; she
  99. could not read or write, and no property is listed. She had settled near Tilford and
  100. Benjamin Reed, possibly her brothers, rather than near the Collinses in Center Township.
  101. By 1856 the family had scattered.
  103. ## Open questions
  105. - What fixes her death at about 1852? Where is she buried?
  106. - She gave Virginia as her birthplace in 1850, while her father's household was in Ashe
  107. County, North Carolina, in 1800 and 1810. Ashe borders Grayson County, Virginia.
  108. - Her maternal line is the one a Reed mtDNA test would trace (Elizabeth Reed's
  109. daughter-lines are the cousin route; see the origin-line addendum, task 60).
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