John Reed | |
|---|---|
| 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.