Reed Genealogy

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V. F. Thomas Co. - P. O. Box 84 - Hulls Cove, Maine  04644
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(updated 10 October 2025)

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Reed households in 1790 census of the town of Mount Desert free white males 16 and upwards free white males under 16 free white females
Jacob Reed 2 1 4
Samuel Reed 1 3 4
   

Benjamin B. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. 1832   Maine
   m. Sarah A. […]
            b. 1835   Maine
            d. 1917
                  bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 1893
         bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   Nancy M. Reed   b. age 5 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Edmund B. Reed   b. age 21 y., 9 m. at death   Maine   -   d. 31 December 1880   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Zulma C. Reed   b. age 13 y., 6 m. at death   Maine   -   d. 1 October 1874   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Mildred E. Reed   b. age 6 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Benjamin B. Reed   b. age 2 y. as of 1870 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Benjamin R. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 25 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. intentions 10 August 1848
         certificate issued 25 August 1848
         [Lorenia or Lorania?] F. Norwood
               b. age 18 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

children:
   Salathiel Reed   b. age 8 m. as of 1850 census   Maine   -   m. Abbie […]
   Hannah Reed   b. age 9 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Howard N. Reed   b. age 9 m. at death   -   d. 5 March 1854   -   bur. Benjamin Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Andrew Reed   b. age 4 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Ezra Reed   b. age 2 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Henry A. Reed   b. age 15 y., 11 m., 28 d. at death   Maine   -   d. 28 October 1876   Vinalhaven, Maine   (“drowned”)   -   bur.[?] Benjamin Norwood Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Herschel E. Reed   b. 1864   Maine   -   m. Ellen E. […]   -   d. 1952   -   bur. Mountain View Cemetery   Bar Harbor, Maine
   Florabelle Reed   b. age 5 y. as of 1870 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Bloomfield Reed
   (son of Ira W. Reed and Sarah M. […])
   b. age 2 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   m. Vesta S. […]
            b. age 17 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

child:
   Ferdinand E. Reed   b. age 7 m. as of 1880 census   Maine

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Calvin M. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. 1853
   m. Mary A. […]
            b. 1855
            d. 1905
                  bur. James Reed Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

child:
   Myra C. Reed   b. age 15 y., 1 m. at death   -   d. 1 October 1895   -   bur. James Reed Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

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Edward R. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. 1851   Tremont, Maine
   m. Annabel Hodgdon
            (dau. of Mark W. Hodgdon and Mary Jane Trufry])
            b. 1862
            d. 1927
                  bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   d. 20 June 1917
         bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

children:
   Alvah L. Reed   b. 1877   -   m. Lettie S. [...]   -   d. 1946   -   bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   Catherine [C. or M.?] Reed   b. [age 2 y. as of 1880 census   Maine ?]
   Mark H. Reed   b. December 1879   -   d. 1953   -   bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   Harold L. Reed   b. 1893   -   d. 1946   -   bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   Ethel Reed
   […] Reed   m. Alfred A. James

documentation and notes

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Elwood B. Reed
   (son of [?])
   m. 13 March 1923
         Mary O. Wass

children:
   Elwood B. Reed Jr.   m. Anne [...]
   Gloria Reed   b. 11 July 1928   Northeast Harbor, Mount Desert, Maine   -   m. September 1957   George J. Haddad   -   d. 15 June 2014   Bangor, Maine   -   bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

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Eugene H. Reed
   (son of [?])
   m. Susie M. […]

child:
   Giles Almond Reed   b. 25 December 1903   -   d. 20 February 1904   -   bur. Head of the Harbor Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

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Ezra D. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 89 y., 10 m., 7 d. at death   Maine
   m. Lorenia F. […]
            b. age 69 y., 8 m. at death   Maine
            d. 3 June 1883
                  bur. Flye Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 24 May 1897
         bur. Flye Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   Athalany F. Reed   b. age 3 y., 9 m. at death   -   d. April 1837   -   bur. Flye Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Phebe Reed   b. age 13 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Hannah Reed   b. age 9 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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George Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. November 1834   Maine
   m. Eunice […]
            b. age 49 y., 1 m., 6 d. at death   Maine
            d. 16 July 1884
                  bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 19 July 1893
         bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   John William Reed   b. 1855   Maine   -   m. Rose E. White   -   d. 1929   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Nathan Adams Reed   b. 1857   Maine   -   m. Emma A. […]   -   d. 1912   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

documentation and notes

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Gerard R. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 45 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   m. Olivia A. […]
            b. age 36 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

children:
   Ellen E. Reed   b. age 13 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Gerard Reed   b. age 11 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Norova J. Reed   b. age 9 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Joseph W. Reed   b. age 7 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   [?] Reed [son]   b. age 5 m. as of 1880 census   Maine

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Hollis G. Reed
   (son of Nathan Adams Reed and Emma A. […])
   b. January 1888   Maine
   m. 21 August 1909
         Lillian M. Rich
               b. 1889
               d. 20 January 1973   Bar Harbor, Maine
                     bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 17 September 1967   Bar Harbor, Maine
         bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   Gardner A. Reed   b. 14 May 1912   -   d. 9 September 1976   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Kathlyn Reed   b. 1916   -   d. 1928   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Warren Stanley Reed   b. 5 March 1918   Tremont, Maine   -   m. Doris A. Cunningham   -   d. 10 July 2006   Bar Harbor, Maine   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   Hollis G. Reed Jr.   b. 1920   -   d. 1926   -   bur. Hillrest Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

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Ira W. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 74 y. at death   Maine
   m. Sarah M. […]
            b. age 72 y., 10 m., 25 d. at death   Maine   -   d. 1 December 1898   -   bur. James Reed Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 6 September 1894
            bur. James Reed Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

children:
   James W. Reed   b. age 5 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Arvilda M. Reed   b. age 3 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Ira W. Reed Jr.   b. age 1 y. as of 1850 census   Maine   -   m. Anna M. […]
   Reuben Edmund Reed   b. age 10 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Calvin Maynard Reed   b. age 7 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Verdanus M. Reed   b. age 4 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   Francis M. Reed   b. age 13 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Bloomfield Reed   b. age 2 y. as of 1860 census   Maine   -   m. Vesta S. […]
   John H. Reed   b. age 10 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Wilbert Reed.  b. age 6 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Isabel D. Reed   b. age 5 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Lorral Reed   b. age 2 y. as of 1870 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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Ira W. Reed Jr.
   (son of Ira W. Reed and Sarah M. […])
   b. age 1 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. Anna M. […]
            b. age 24 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

child:
   Vida E Reed   b. age 3 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

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Isaac O. Reed
   (son of Lemuel M. Reed and Lydia T. […])
   b. 1852   Maine
   m. Henrietta […]
            b. 1858
            d. 1936
                  bur. Center Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   d. 1878
            bur. Center Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

child:
   Edwin Reed   b. 1875   -   d. 1919   -   bur. Center Cemetery   Tremont, Maine

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James Reed
   (son of [?])
   
children:
   James Reed   b. 17 April 1792
   William Reed   b. 2 May 1794
   Martha “Polly” Reed   b. 18 July 1796
   Susannah Reed   b. 12 July 1798
   Mercy Reed   b. 17 October 1800
   Phebe Reed   b. 12 December 1802
   Rhoda Reed   b. 30 April 1805
   Ezra Reed   b. 17 July 1807
   Abigail Reed   b. 25 September 1809
   Mary “Polly” Reed   b. 2 December 1811
   Lemuel Reed   b. 17 May 1814
   Lemuel Reed 2nd   b. 18 August 1815
   George Reed   b. 1[9?] January 1820

documentation and notes

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James Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 50 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. Tryphena […]
            b. age 51 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

children:
   Rachel Reed   b. age 21 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Mary M. Reed   b. age 22 y., 1 m. at death   Maine   -   d. 25 March 1853   -   bur. James Reed Cemetery   Tremont, Maine
   James Reed III   b. age 17 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Susan M. Reed   b. age 15 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Samuel M. Reed   b. age 12 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Nancy W. Reed   b. age 9 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Emily B. Reed   b. age 7 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Elmira B. Reed   b. age 5 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   Mary Ann Reed   b. age 10 y. as of 1860 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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James Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 35 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   m. Hannah […]
            b. age 29 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

children:
   Amelia Reed   b. age 9 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Luther Reed   b. age 7 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Anna Reed   b. age 5 y. as of 1880 census   Maine
   Henry A. Reed   b. age 3 y. a of 1880 census   Maine
   Adelbert Reed   b. age 1 y. as of 1880 census   Maine

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Jared Richardson Reed
   (son of John Reed and Achsa […])
   b. 1836   Maine
   m. Olevia [sic] A. Higgins
            b. 1843
            d. 1909
                  bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   d. 1920
         bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

children:
   Ellen E. Reed   b. age 3 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   Jared Richardson Reed Jr.   b. age 1 y. as of 1870 census   Maine
   infant son Reed   [b. and?] d. 12 May 1875   -   bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine

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John Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 49 y. as of 1850 census   Maine
   m. Achsa […]
            b. age 52 y. as of 1850 census   Maine

 children:
   Mercy Tuttle Reed   b. 8 Septeber 1831   Maine
   William L. Reed   b. 18 March 1833   Maine
   Jared Richardson Reed   b. 22 May 1834   Maine   -   m. Olevia [sic] A. Higgins   -   d. 1920   -   bur. Forest Hill Cemetery   Mount Desert, Maine
   Hannah [Somes?] Reed   b. 20 February 1838   Maine
   Louis[e] A. Reed   b. 19 May 1841   Maine
   Betsey M. Reed   b. 16 February 1846   Maine

documentation and notes

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John C. Reed
   (son of [?])
   b. age 40 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   m. intentions 9 July 1849
         certificate issued 25 July 1849
         29 July 1849   Tremont, Maine
         Mary E. Dow
               b. age 32 y. as of 1860 census   Maine

children:
   George B. Reed   b. age 10 y. as of 1860 census   Maine
   John Henry Reed   b. age 7 y. as of 1860 census   Maine

documentation and notes

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John W. Reed
   (son of [?]
b. age 58 y., 3 m., 9 d. at death Orono, Maine m. Lizzie E. […] b. age 31 y., 6 m., 29 d. at death Maine d. 19 March 1892 bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine d. 1918 bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine children: Lewis Reed Winfield Reed documentation and notes - - - - - John William Reed (son of George Reed and Eunice […]) b. 1855 Maine m. Rose E. White b. 1847 Maine d. 1918 bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine d. 1929 bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine children: Harvard M. Reed b. age 3 y. as of 1880 census Maine Marcie Reed b. age 4 m. as of 1880 census Maine child child child - - - - - Lemuel M. Reed (son of [?]) b. age 33 y. as of 1850 census Maine m. Lydia T. […] b. age 27 y. as of 1850 census Maine children: Esther Norwood Reed b. 22 October 1839 Maine Martha Reed b. 2 June 1841 Maine Hannah Reed b. 22 December 1842 Maine Samuel Reed b. 22 December 1842 Maine Abigail Reed b. age 5 y. as of 1850 census Maine Persis Maria Reed b. age 4 y. as of 1850 census Maine Amasa Reed b. age 2 y. as of 1850 census Maine Phebe Reed b. age 5 m. as of 1850 census Maine Isaac O. Reed b. 1852 Maine - m. Henrietta […] - d. 1878 - bur. Center Cemetery Tremont, Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Maynard Reed (son of [?]) b. age 26 y. as of 1880 census Maine m. Mary A. […] b. age 23 y. as of 1880 census Maine child: Samuel [K.?] Reed b. age 4 y. as of 1880 census Maine - - - - - Nathan A. Reed (son of [?]) b. age 40 y. as of 1860 census Maine m. Sarah B. […] b. age 34 y. as of 1860 census Maine children: Martin V. Reed b. age 11 y. as of 1860 census Maine Sarah E. Reed b. age 5 y. as of 1860 census Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Nathan Adams Reed (son of George Reed and Eunice […]) b. [September 1856 or 1857] Maine m. Emma A. […] b. [April 1857 or 1858] Maine d. 1932 bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine d. 1912 bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine children: Georgietta Reed b. October 1875 Maine Leon G. Reed b. age 5 y., 5 m., 6 d. at death - d. 25 February 1883 - bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine Eunice L. Reed b. December 1878 Maine Edmond E. Reed b. December 1880 Maine Lelia A. Reed b. January 1883 Maine R[?]na V. Reed b. August 1884 Maine Charles A. Reed b. March 1886 Maine Hollis G. Reed b. January 1888 Maine - m. 21 August 1909 Lillian M. Rich - d. 17 September 1967 Bar Harbor, Maine - bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine Emma A. Reed b. April 1889 Maine Miller C. Reed b. November 1890 Maine Lucy L. Reed b. July 1892 Maine Elmer D. Reed b. November 1893 Maine William C. Reed b. August 1896 Maine Helen Reed b. May 1898 Maine Berr[…?] Reed b. May 1898 Maine documentation and notes - - - - - Salathiel Reed (son of Benjamin R. Reed and [Lorenia or Lorania?] F. Norwood) b. age 8 m. as of 1850 census Maine m. Abbie […] b. age 34 y. as of 1880 census Maine child: Clarabel Reed b. age 5 y. as of 1880 census Maine - - - - - Warren Stanley Reed (son of Hollis G. Reed and Lillian M. Rich) b. 5 March 1918 Tremont, Maine m. Doris A. Cunningham (dau. of Asa Cunningham and Frances Blaney) b. 10 December 1915 Stillwater, Maine d. 30 April 2014 Bass Harbor, Tremont, Maine bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine d. 10 July 2006 Bar Harbor, Maine bur. Hillrest Cemetery Tremont, Maine children: Bradley A. Reed m. Dorothy Vine Dana C. Reed m. 27 June 1987 Katherine L. Stetson documentation and notes - - - - - Wendell Reed (son of [?]) m. Rosemary Smalllidge child: Lorraie Lee Reed b. 6 May 1935 - d. 13 November 1935 - bur. Center Cemetery Tremont, Maine - - - - - William Reed child: Samuel Reed - m. Hannah Somes - - - - - William Reed (son of [?]) b. age 93 y., 11 m., 26 d. at death Maine m. Susan S. […] b. age 66 y., 4 m. at death Maine d. 21 February 1868 bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine d. 4 September 1882 West Eden, Bar Harbor, Maine bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine children: Samuel Reed b. 15 July 1821 - d. 3 March 1833 - bur. Brookside Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine William Reed Jr. b. 13 January 1823 Maine - m. Catherine […] - d. 8 March 1905 - bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine Daniel O. Reed b. age 9 y., 1 m. at death - d. 25 October 1835 - bur. Brookside Cemetery Mount Desert, Maine Roxana O. Reed b. age 21 y. as of 1850 census Maine - m. James E. Hamor documentation and notes - - - - - William Reed Jr. (son of William Reed and Susan S. […]) b. age 82 y., 1 m., 23 d. at death Maine m. Catharine […] b. age 52 y., 4 m., 19 d. at death Maine d. 27 June 1878 bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine d. 8 Narch 1905 bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine children: Rodman V. Reed b. age 17 y., 19 m., 17 d. at death Maine - d. 27 May 1869 - bur. Mountain View Cemetery Bar Harbor, Maine Ann Louisa Reed b. age 6 y. as of 1860 census Maine documentation and notes