John Reed | |
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Member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk [1] | |
In office May 1715 – October 1715 Serving with
John Betts | |
Preceded by |
Joseph Platt, Samuel Comstock |
In office October 1717 – May 1718 Serving with
Samuel Hanford | |
Succeeded by |
John Bartlett, Samuel Marvin |
Personal details | |
Born | 1633
[2]
[3] Wendron, Cornwall, England [2] |
Died | 1730
[2]
[4] (aged 96 - 97) Stamford, Connecticut Colony [2] |
Resting place | Reed's Farm, Rowayton, Connecticut [2] |
Spouse(s) | Anne Samson Derby (widow of Francis Derby) (m. 1652, Providence, Rhode Island), [2] [3] widow Scofield of Stamford |
Children | John Reed, Jr., Thomas Reed, William John Reed, Mary Reed Tuttle, Abigail Reed [2] [3] |
Residence(s) |
Providence,
Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations, Rye, Province of New York (1684–1687), Norwalk (present day Rowayton), Connecticut Colony (1687) [3] |
Occupation | Lawyer |
Military service | |
Allegiance | Roundhead |
Rank | Colonel |
Unit | Army of the Protector [3] |
Battles/wars |
English Civil War, Corfe Castle (1649) |
John Reed (1633 – 1730) was a member of the Connecticut House of Representatives from Norwalk, Connecticut Colony in the May 1715 and October 1717 sessions.
He was the son of James Reed. [2]
He was an officer in Oliver Cromwell's army, and a soldier from the age of sixteen. [4] When Charles II of England was restored to the throne, Reed left for America. He settled first in Providence, Colony of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations. [4] In Providence, he married Anne Samson Derby. [4] He later moved to Rye, Province of New York, in 1684, where he lived for three or four years. [4] He then established himself in the western part of Norwalk, at a house he built on the eastern side of the Five Mile River, north of the Old Post Road and nearly two miles from the Long Island Sound at a place called Reed's Farms. [4] His name is found among the records of the town of Norwalk in 1687. [4] John Reed was admitted to the bar in 1708 in Norwalk, Connecticut. His house was used for a meeting place for some years. His wife died and he married again to the Widow Scofield from Stamford.
He died in Norwalk, in the ninety-eighth year of his age, in 1730, and was interred in a tomb on his own farm.