Susannah Reed

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name
Susannah Reed
sex
female
access
public
summary
Probably the wife of James Reed and the mother of Mary Reed, who married Jesse Collins. In James's 1830 household in Clay County, Kentucky, she was the one person counted white. Her maiden name is unknown, and even her given name is uncertain.
born
date
c. 1770-80
basis
documented
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
note
The white woman aged 50-60 in James Reid's 1830 household. She would be the woman 26-44 in 1810 and, under the Morgan reading, the free colored woman 55-100 in 1840.
residences
date
1810
place
Ashe County, North Carolina
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1810-ashe-county-north-carolina]
note
The white woman of 26 to 44 in the J. Reed household of eleven.
date
1830
place
Clay County, Kentucky
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
note
The woman of 50 to 60 in James Reid's household, the one person counted white.
date
1840
place
Morgan County, Indiana
basis
inferred
confidence
probable
sources
[census-1840-morgan-county-indiana]
note
In James Reed's household in Morgan County, counted free colored with the rest, under the Morgan reading of James.

The wife of James Reed, Mary Reed's father, and taken to be Mary's mother. Her maiden name is unknown, and her given name is known only under the Morgan reading of James (see James Reed): JoEllen Reed's notes report a Morgan County land transfer naming Naaman Reed as "son of James and Susannah" (the deed has not been seen).

In the census she is the woman 26-44 in the J. Reed household of eleven in Ashe County, North Carolina, in 1810, counted white; the woman 50-60 in 1830 in Clay County, Kentucky, the only person in the household counted white; and, if the Morgan James is hers, the woman 55-100 in the 1840 Morgan County household, there counted free colored. She is not named in James's will of 1836. Under the Morgan reading she was alive in 1846, when Randal Reed sold 36 acres to "James' widow, probably his mother." Under the Clay reading she is taken to be the "Mrs Reid" who bought part of the 1841 Clay estate. An online tree gives her dates as 1770-1859, with no source.

The Hollingsworth claim, set aside. Online trees make her "Susannah Hollingsworth," daughter of Vincent Hollingsworth and Mary Beasley of Wilkes and Ashe. The published lists of Vincent's daughters (from Betty Hollandsworth Jackson's The Holly Tree) include a Mrs. Stephen (Winny) Reed but no Mrs. James Reed, and JoEllen Reed rejects the identification. At least five other Susannah Reeds and Susannah Hollingsworths in the Morgan County records (Isaac Hollingsworth's daughter; the brides of Solomon Reed, 1834, James Kemp, 1837, William Hollingsworth, 1839, and Samuel S. Bates), and a Susannah Hollingsworth who married James L. Russell in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1814, explain how trees have merged her with other women. The Susannah Reed aged 8 in William Reed's 1850 household in Warrick County, Indiana, is not her.

Open questions

  • Her maiden name and origin.
  • Is she in the 1850 Morgan County census (about 70-80, born about 1770-80, perhaps indexed as Susan or Reid)? Her age and birthplace would test the Morgan reading.
  • A copy of the land transfer that names her (ask JoEllen Reed).
  • Was she Mary's mother, or did James have an earlier wife? No record says.
  • Under the Clay reading, was the 1841 "Mrs Reid" she or Polly Silver, whom a James Reed married in Clay in 1839?
  1. ---
  2. name: Susannah Reed
  3. sex: female
  4. access: public
  5. summary: >-
  6. Probably the wife of James Reed and the mother of Mary Reed, who married Jesse Collins. In
  7. James's 1830 household in Clay County, Kentucky, she was the one person counted white. Her
  8. maiden name is unknown, and even her given name is uncertain.
  9. born:
  10. date: c. 1770-80
  11. basis: documented
  12. confidence: probable
  13. sources: [census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
  14. note: The white woman aged 50-60 in James Reid's 1830 household. She would be the woman 26-44 in 1810 and, under the Morgan reading, the free colored woman 55-100 in 1840.
  15. residences:
  16. - date: "1810"
  17. place: Ashe County, North Carolina
  18. basis: inferred
  19. confidence: probable
  20. sources: [census-1810-ashe-county-north-carolina]
  21. note: "The white woman of 26 to 44 in the J. Reed household of eleven."
  22. - date: "1830"
  23. place: Clay County, Kentucky
  24. basis: inferred
  25. confidence: probable
  26. sources: [census-1830-clay-county-kentucky]
  27. note: "The woman of 50 to 60 in James Reid's household, the one person counted white."
  28. - date: "1840"
  29. place: Morgan County, Indiana
  30. basis: inferred
  31. confidence: probable
  32. sources: [census-1840-morgan-county-indiana]
  33. note: "In James Reed's household in Morgan County, counted free colored with the rest, under the Morgan reading of James."
  34. ---
  36. The wife of James Reed, Mary Reed's father, and taken to be Mary's mother. Her maiden name
  37. is unknown, and her given name is known only under the Morgan reading of James (see
  38. `james-reed-1766`): JoEllen Reed's notes report a Morgan County land transfer naming
  39. Naaman Reed as "son of James and Susannah" (the deed has not been seen).
  41. In the census she is the woman 26-44 in the J. Reed household of eleven in Ashe County,
  42. North Carolina, in 1810, counted white; the woman 50-60 in 1830 in Clay County, Kentucky,
  43. the only person in the household counted white; and, if the Morgan James is hers, the
  44. woman 55-100 in the 1840 Morgan County household, there counted free colored. She is not
  45. named in James's will of 1836. Under the Morgan reading she was alive in 1846, when Randal
  46. Reed sold 36 acres to "James' widow, probably his mother." Under the Clay reading she is
  47. taken to be the "Mrs Reid" who bought part of the 1841 Clay estate. An online tree gives
  48. her dates as 1770-1859, with no source.
  50. **The Hollingsworth claim, set aside.** Online trees make her "Susannah Hollingsworth,"
  51. daughter of Vincent Hollingsworth and Mary Beasley of Wilkes and Ashe. The published lists
  52. of Vincent's daughters (from Betty Hollandsworth Jackson's *The Holly Tree*) include a
  53. Mrs. Stephen (Winny) Reed but no Mrs. James Reed, and JoEllen Reed rejects the
  54. identification. At least five other Susannah Reeds and Susannah Hollingsworths in the
  55. Morgan County records (Isaac Hollingsworth's daughter; the brides of Solomon Reed, 1834,
  56. James Kemp, 1837, William Hollingsworth, 1839, and Samuel S. Bates), and a Susannah
  57. Hollingsworth who married James L. Russell in Shelby County, Kentucky, in 1814, explain
  58. how trees have merged her with other women. The Susannah Reed aged 8 in William Reed's
  59. 1850 household in Warrick County, Indiana, is not her.
  61. ## Open questions
  63. - Her maiden name and origin.
  64. - Is she in the 1850 Morgan County census (about 70-80, born about 1770-80, perhaps
  65. indexed as Susan or Reid)? Her age and birthplace would test the Morgan reading.
  66. - A copy of the land transfer that names her (ask JoEllen Reed).
  67. - Was she Mary's mother, or did James have an earlier wife? No record says.
  68. - Under the Clay reading, was the 1841 "Mrs Reid" she or Polly Silver, whom a James Reed
  69. married in Clay in 1839?
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