Reed Family Association collection
Content Description
Papers of the Reed Family Association of Taunton, Massachusetts
Dates
- 1836 - 1892
Creator
- Reed Family Association (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
This collection is open to researchers.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright of these materials may not be held by Connecticut College. Copyright to materials created by others may be owned by those individuals or their heirs or assigns. Researchers are responsible for identifying the copyright holder and securing permission to reproduce copyrighted materials beyond “fair use” before publishing.
Biographical / Historical
This collections contains manuscript items of the Reed Family Association of Taunton, Massachusetts. This association is one of the oldest in America and was founded in 1847. The family descends from William ReedReade (1605-) who immigrated to America in 1635 and settled at Weymouth, Massachusetts. William married Avis Deacon and had several children, and two, James and John, relocated to Taunton, Massachusetts in approximately 1680. An early family estate at Taunton became the meeting place of the family association. Henry Gooding Reed (1810-1901), the seventh in lineal descent from William Read of Weymouth, was a long-term president of the association.
Extent
1 Boxes
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
Reports, literature, and ephemera documenting the 19th century activities of the descendents of the Reed Family, early settlers in Massachusetts.
Condition Description
Good
Creator
- Reed Family Association (Organization)
- Title
- Reed Family Association collection
- Author
- J. Ishee
- Date
- 2022-09-27
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Repository Details
Part of the Linda Lear Center for Special Collections and Archives Repository
Connecticut College
270 Mohegan Ave
New London CT 06320 United States
860-439-2686
learcenter@conncoll.edu