RODENY R.7 REED (Lemuel6, Anna5, Thomas4, William3, James2, William1 ) was born at Dartmouth, Bristol County, Massachusetts, on 6 September 1825 a son of Lemuel Reed and his wife Fally Woodmansee, and died at Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, on 2 October 1894.[1] He married at Chilmark on 6 November 1846 PRUDENCE W. COTTLE.[2] She was born at Chilmark on 30 October 1828, a daughter of Francis and Sophronia Cottle. She died at Chilmark on 19 October 1907.[3]
On 6 November 1846 Lemuel Reed married Sophronie Cottle and Rodney Reed married Prudence Cottle. Two brothers from Dartmouth married two sisters from Chilmark, and they settled down together in Chilmark on Martha's Vineyard. Lemuel and Sophronie had a son, Lemuel, in 1846. Lemuel the father died in 1849, age 25, from dysentery.[4] The 1850 Census reported Rodney and Prudence and their two children, and Sophronie and her child, living together in Chilmark:[5]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | Birthplace | Other |
32. | Rodney R. Reed | 24 | M | laborer | Dartmouth | ||
33. | Prudence W. Reed | 21 | F | Chilmark | |||
34. | Sophronie R. Reed | 1 | F | Chilmark | |||
35. | Francis N. Reed | 5/12 | M | Chilmark | |||
36. | Sophronie W. Reed | 23 | F | Chilmark | |||
37. | Lemuel B. Reed | 2 | M | Chilmark |
The following year Sophronie (Cottle) Reed married Cyrus Look. The 1860 Census reported the two families in Chilmark with only one other household between them.[6]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birthplace |
39. | Cyrus Look | 41 | M | farmer | MA | ||
40. | Sophronie Look | 33 | F | MA | |||
1. | Lemuel B. Reed | 12 | M | MA | |||
2. | Cyrus C. Look | 8 | M | MA |
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birthplace |
11. | Rodney R. Reed | 34 | M | farm laborer | $400 | $20 | MA |
12. | Prudence W. Reed | 31 | F | MA | |||
13. | Sophronia R. Reed | 11 | F | MA | |||
14. | Francis H. Reed | 10 | M | MA | |||
15. | Rodney P. Reed | 8 | M | MA | |||
16. | Harriet A. Reed | 6 | F | MA | |||
17. | Albert B. Reed | 3 | M | MA | |||
18. | Jerusha A. Reed | 1 | F | MA |
Of the children, Lemuel, Cyrus, Sophronia, Francis, Rodney and Harriet were all attending school.
Sophronia, the daughter of Rodney and Prudence, married in 1866, but they and their first child were reported living with her parents in the 1870 Census; the Look family constituted the next entry:[7]
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth |
27. | Reed, Rodney R. | 44 | M | W | laborer | $900 | MA | |
28. | Reed, Prudence | 41 | F | W | keeping house | MA | ||
29. | Reed, Francis H. | 20 | M | W | mariner | MA | ||
30. | Reed, Rodney P. | 18 | M | W | mariner | MA | ||
31. | Reed, Hattie A. | 16 | F | W | attending school | MA | ||
32. | Reed, Albert A. | 13 | M | W | attending school | MA | ||
33. | Reed, Jerusha A. | 11 | F | W | attending school | MA | ||
34. | Reed, Martha E. | 7 | F | W | attending school | MA | ||
35. | Reed, Prudence L. | 4 | F | W | at home | MA | ||
36. | Reed, Mamie D. | 1 | F | W | at home | MA | ||
37. | Stuart, Alonzo | 33 | M | W | mariner | $15 | $1500 | MA |
38. | Stuart, Sophronia R. | 21 | F | W | no occupation | MA | ||
39. | Stuart, Emily B. | 10/12 | F | W | at home | MA |
Line | Name | Age | Sex | Race | Occupation | R.E. | P.E. | Birth |
40. | Look, Cyrus | 51 | M | W | farmer | $1000 | MA | |
1. | Look, Sophronia | 43 | F | W | keeping house | MA | ||
2. | Reed, Lemuel B. | 22 | M | W | blacksmith | MA | ||
3. | Look, Cyrus C. | 18 | M | W | mariner | MA |
The following decade brought much change. Harriet married in 1873, Francis in 1874, Jerusha in 1875, and Rodney in 1877. Lemuel, the son of Sophronie, also married in 1877. The 1880 Census reported from Chilmark:[8]
The following twenty years saw the children establishing their own families, but none moved very far from home. Martha married in 1884, Prudence in 1885, Albert about 1885-6. Lemuel Reed died in 1889 from consumption,[9] without children. His widow married Charles Norton three years later and they had three children. Emma married in 1890; that same year Rodney Reed's wife Sarah died. The patriarch of the family, Rodney Reed, died in 1894 from a celeberal hemorrhage;[10] Cyrus Look, who had married Rodney's sister-in-law, died in 1896.
Prudence (Cottle) Reed died in 1907 from valvular disease of the heart.[11] All of the family remained on Martha's Vineyard, many living in close proximitry, except for Hannah and Hiram Poole, who moved to Fairhaven, Bristol Couinty, some time between the 1910 and 1920 censuses.
Rodney Reed and his wife Prudence Cottle had the following children:
1Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 26 September 2017), vol. 445, p. 349, e. 5, Chilmark Deaths, 1894, Rodney R. Reed.
2"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 24, p. 81, e. 6, Chilmark Marriages, 1846-7, Reed-Cottle.
3"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 32, certificate no. 437, Chilmark Deaths, 1907, Prudence W. Reed.
4"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 39, p. 135, e. 2, Chilmark Deaths, 1848-9, Lemuel Reed.
5Seventh Census of the United States: 1850, population, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, roll 309, p. 411B, household 53, Rodney Reed family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 15 January 2016); NARA Microfilm Publication M432; Record Group 29; National Archives, Washington, D.C.
6Eighth Census of the United States: 1860, population, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, roll 493, p. 698, household 48, Rodney Reed family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2016); NARA microfilm publication M653; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 1860 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, roll 493, p. 697-8, household 46, Cyrus Look family.
7Ninth Census of the United States: 1870, Population, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, roll 606, p. 678B, household 37, Rodney Reed family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 December 2016); NARA microfilm publication M593, Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration. 1870 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, roll 606, p. 678B-679A, household 38, Cyrus Look family.
8Tenth Census of the United States: 1880, population, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachuestts, enumeration district (ED) 128, roll 526, p. 529D, household 115, Rodney R. Reed family family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 16 January 2016); NARA microfilm publication T9; Record Group 29. National Archives, Washington, D.C. 1880 Census, Dukes County, Massachuestts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 529D, household 116, Onslow Stewart family. 1880 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachuestts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 529D, household 117, Rodney P. Reed family. 1880 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 529D, household 118, Jared Mayhew family. 1880 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 524B, household 16, Francis H. Reed family. 1880 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 528A, household 82, Hiram Poole family. 1880 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 524A, household 9, George H. Davis family. 1880 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 525C, household 18, Lemuel B. Reed family. 1880 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachuestts, ED 128, roll 526, p. 529D, household 109, Cyrus Look family.
9"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 400, p. 222, e. [3], Chilmark Deaths, 1889, Lemuel B. Reed.
10"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 445, p. 349, e. 5, Chilmark Deaths, 1894, Rodney R. Reed.
11"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 32, certificate no. 437, Chilmark Deaths, 1907, Prudence W. Reed.
12"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," amended vol. 1, p. 619, e. 6, Chilmark Births, 1848, Sophronia R. Reed; vol. 189, p. 151, e. 4, Chilmark Marriages, 1866, Stewart-Reed; Deaths 1920 v. 48, certificate 338; Onslow Stewart. Massachusetts Archives, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Deaths 1915, v. 32, certificate 231; Chilmark, Sophronie Stewart, ; digital images, American Ancestors (americanancestors.org : accessed 23 February 2020).
13"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 214, p. 157, e. 6, Chilmark Births, 1869, Emily E. Stewart; v. 418, p. 271, e. 4; Deaths Chilmark 1891; Emily Stewart.
14"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 268, p. 172, e. 5, Chilmark Births, 1875, (female) Stewart; v. 478, p. 279, e. 2; Marriages Chilmark 1899; Robinson-Stewart. 1900 Census, Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 244, p. 5, household 144, Edward D. Robinson family.
15"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 520, p. 385, e. 2; Births Tisbury 1902; Onslow Robinson. Fifteenth Census of the United States: 1930, population, New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana, enumeration district (ED) 10, p. 6B, household 183, Onslow Robinson family; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 7 February 2020); NARA microfilm record group T626; Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration.
161930 Census, New Harmony, Posey County, Indiana, ED 10, p. 6B, household 183, Onslow Robinson family. Sixteenth Census of the United States: 1940, population, Shively, Jefferson County, Kentucky, enumeration district (ED) 56-37, roll 1321, p. 16A, household 317, Onslow Robinson; digital images, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 13 February 2020); NARA microfilm group T627.
17"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," amended vol. 9, p. 395, e. 3, Chilmark Births, 1849, Frank H. Reed; vol. 262, p. 163, e. 6, Chilmark Marriages, 1874, Reed-Mayhew; vol. 72, p. 143, e. 6, Chilmark Births, 1853, Frances H. Mayhew. Massachusetts Department of Public Health, Registry of Vital Records and Statistics "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," digital images of index, Ancestry (ancestry.com : accessed 24 February 2020), Francis Reed, 1930.
18"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 286, p. 165, e. 4, Chilmark Births, 1877, Henrietta Reed; vol. 524, p. 341, e. 1, West Tisbury Marriages, 1902, Burt-Reed; vol. 286, p. 156, e. 145, Taunton Births, 1877, Otis Burt.
19"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 520, p. 387, e. 5; Births West Tisbury 1902; Erford Burt. 1930 Census, Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 6, p. 11A, household 297, Erford Burt family.
201930 Census, Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 6, p. 11A, household 297, Erford Burt family.
21"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 542, p. 389, e. 3; Births West Tisbury 1904; Hazel Burt; Deaths 1904 v. 96, certificate 407, West Tisbury; Hazel Burt.
22"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 550, p. 379, e. 2; Births West Tisbury 1905; Clifton Burt.
23"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 566, p. 413, e. 2; Births West Tisbury 1907; Percy Burt. 1940 Census, Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 4-16, roll 1576, p. 5B, household 103, Percy Burt family.
241940 Census, Tisbury, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 4-16, roll 1576, p. 5B, household 103, Percy Burt family.
25"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 582, p. 427, e. 1; Births West Tisbury 1909; Francis Burt.
26Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, v. 598, p. 467, e. 4; Births West Tisbury 1911, (male) Burt.
27Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, v. 614, p. 467, e. 4; Births West Tisbury 1913, Alice Burt.
28Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, v. 628, p. 447, e. 2; Births West Tisbury 1915, Milton Burt.
29"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 412, p. 281, e. 2, Chilmark Births, 1891, Lemuel Bradford Reed.
30"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 34. p. 209, e. 26; Births Chilmark 1848-9; (male) Reed; vol. 289, p. 147, e. 5, Chilmark Marriages, 1877, Reed-Vincent; vol. 114, p. 172, e. 7, Chilmark Births, 1858, Sarah T. Vincent; vol. 409, p. 224, e. 8, Chilmark Deaths, 1890, Sarah Reed; vol. 570, p. 371, e. 1, Chilmark Marriages, 1907, Reed-Look. "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," Rodney Reed, 1927. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, Deaths 1914 v. 99, certificate 159; Tisbury, Carrie Reed.
31"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 349, p. 197, e. 2, Chilmark Births, 1884, Carlton E. Reed; vol. 578, p. 341, e. 2, Chilmark Marriages, 1908, Reed-Norton; vol. 385, p. 217, Tisbury Births, 1888, Laura Foster Norton. "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," Carlton Reed, 1947; Laura Reed, 1955.
32Massachusetts Vital Records, 1911-1915, v. 598, p. 455, e. 3; Births Chilmark, 1911, Thelma Reed.
33Massachusetts Archives, "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1916-1920," digital images, American Ancestors (american ancestors.org : accessed 24 February 2020), v. 640, p. 459, e. 1; Births West Tisbury 1917; Ellsworth Reed.
341930 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 1, p. 2B, household 60, Carl Reed family.
351940 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 4-1, roll 1576, p. 1B, household 17, Carl Reed family.
36"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 81, p. 140, e. 2, Chilmark Births, 1854, Harriett A. Reed; v. 253, p. 173, e. 1; Marriages Chilmark 1873; Poole-Reed. "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," Harriet A, Poole, 1937. Vital Records of Chilmark, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850 (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1904), p. 27. "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1916-1920," Deaths 1920 v. 41 Fairhaven, certificate 444; Hiram Poole.
37"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 295. p. 161, e. 3; Births Chilmark 18478; Flossie Reed; v. 469, p. 297, e. 4; Marriages Chilmark 1897; Mayhew-Poole; v. 5 amended, p. 273; Births Tisbury 1876; William Mayhew. "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," Flossie Mayhew, 1959; William Mayhew, 1959.
38"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," amended vol. 1, p. 635, e. 2, Chilmark Births, 1856, Albert E. Reed. "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," Albert Reed, 1925. 1900 Census, Chilmark, Dukes County, Massachusetts, ED 239, p. 2, household 61, Mary Davis family. "Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1916-1920," Deaths 1911: v. 74, certificate 279; New Bedford; Clara Reed.
39"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 394, p. 219, Cottage City Births, 1889, Louisa A. Reed.
40"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 123, p. 163, e. 1, Chilmark Births, 1859, Jerush A. Reed; v. 271, p. 150, e. 1; Marriages Chilmark 1875; Mayhew-Reed; v. 63, p. 109, e. 8; Births Chilmark 1852; Jared Mayhew. "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," Jerusha Mayhew, 1930; Jared Mayhew, 1927.
41"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 304, p. 158, e. 1; Births Chilmark 1879; Lovey Mayhew; v. 478, p. 279, e. 1; Marriages Chilmark 1898; Flanders-Mayhew; v. 241, p. 177b, e. 2; Births Chilmark 1872; Allen Flanders.
42"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 542, p. 377, e. 1; Births Chilmark 1904; Aleta Flanders.
43"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 574, p. 427, e. 5; Births Chilmark 1908; Leslie Flanders.
44"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," vol. 159, p. 139, e. 4, Chilmark Births, 1863, Martha C. Reed; v. 352, p. 182, e. 1; Marriages Chilmark 1884; Cleveland-Reed; v. 123, p. 165, e. 28; Births Tisbury 1859; Charles Cleveland. "Massachusetts Vital Records Index to Deaths [1916–1970]," Martha Cleveland, 1944; Charles Cleveland, 1944.
45"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 394, p. 223, e. 7; Births Tisbury 1889; Genevieve Cleveland.
46"Vital Records of Massachusetts, 1841-1910," v. 430, p. 315, e. 6; Births Tisbury 1893; Rodney Cleveland.
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