Person:Elizabeth Reed (102)

Watchers
Elizabeth Reed
 
m. 27 Dec 1722
  1. Sarah Reed1723 -
  2. Mary Reed1725 -
  3. Susanna Reed1726 - Bef 1757
  4. Hannah Reed1727/28 -
  5. Ruth Reed1729 - Bef 1746
  6. Samuel Reed1730 -
  7. Daniel Reed1732/33 -
  8. Joshua Reed1734 - Bef 1786
  9. Elizabeth Reed1736 -
  10. Esther Reed1738 -
  11. Abigail ReedBef 1740 - 1824
  12. James Reed1741 -
  13. Ruth Reed1746 -
m. 16 Mar 1756
  1. Elizabeth Osburn1757 -
  2. Abraham Osborn1759 -
  • H.  Nathan Champney (add)
  • WElizabeth Reed1736 -
m. 24 Jun 1760
Facts and Events
Name[2] Elizabeth Reed
Gender Female
Birth[1] 13 May 1736 Charlestown, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Marriage 16 Mar 1756 Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Abraham Osborn
Marriage 24 Jun 1760 Arlington, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United Statesto Nathan Champney (add)
References
  1. Joslyn, Roger D. Vital Records of Charlestown, Massachusetts to the Year 1850. (Boston, MA: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1984-1995)
    Vol. 1, p. 327.

    REED, Elizabeth, dau. of Daniel & Mary Reed, b. May 13, 1726.

  2. Watterson, Virginia Hewitt. Descendants of the elder Richard Champney of Cambridge, Massachusetts. (Carlsbad, California: W.H. Watterson, 1989)
    p. 52.

    Nathan Champney, s/o Solomon Champney and Elizabeth Cunningham, m. 24 Jun 1760 Elizabeth (Reed) Osborn, d/o Daniel Reed and Mary Converse, widow of Abraham Osburn.

  3.   The Ancestor Table of Frank Norton Dorlan, published in TAG, p. 39:181, includes Nathan Champney (1733-1770, Cambridge) and Elizabeth Reed (1736-1790, Charlestown). [It is frustrating that such a fine magazine allowed such a practice without documentation: e.g. in this case, this couple is listed as parents of Nathan Champney 1754-1827, whose birth is 6 years before their marriage!] This contributor obviously believes the Cambridge death record for "CHAMPNEY, Elizabeth, wid. of ---, Sept. 22, 1790. CR1" applied to her. However, it seems odd that Elizabeth does not appear to be mentioned in her mother's will dated 1769. [Note: Source:Genealogical Quarterly Magazine (Eben Putnam), Vol. 3, p. 232, appears by its ambiguous phrasing to turn a reference to granddaughter Elizabeth Osborn into a reference to daughter Elizabeth Osborn, but neither Source:Wyman, Thomas Bellows. Genealogies and Estates of Charlestown, Massachusetts, 1629-1818, Vol. 2, p. 803, and FHL film 0421500, Source:Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States. Probate Records 1648--1924, Case 18568, support such a reading, nor would her name be Elizabeth Osburn in 1769.] With all the confusion here, more evidence would be useful.