Hi, Lucy!
If your very generous offer to do lookups from your copy of "Scotch-Irish Settlements in Virginia, 1745-early 1800s" is still open, I'd very much appreciate some help with my "brick wall" -- my g-g-grandfather, Alexander
REED. I am desperate (after 22 years of searching!) to locate proof of his parentage.
I don't think he's connected (or at least not very closely, if at all) to the prominent Andrew REID/Samuel McDOWELL family of Rockbridge Co. VA. Nor is my Alexander the same person as Alexander
Walker REED (b. 1825 Sevier Co. TN, d. 1894
Washington Co. AR), though I think they may have been 1st cousins, and am certain they were both in
Washington Co. AR at the same time.
Recently, I've been pursuing the possibility that my Alexander is a son of Hugh J. REED (b.c. 1794 Rockbridge VA) s/o Alexander
REED (b. 1748 PA, d. Jul 1816 Rockbridge VA) s/o Robert
REED Sr. (b. 1720
Ulster, Ireland, d. Feb 1794 Augusta, VA) s/o John
REED (b.c. 1690/95
Ulster, Ireland).
If I'm right, then this Hugh J. REED is a brother of Alexander
Walker REED's father, Robert
REED (b. 1788 Augusta Co. VA, d. 1861
Washington Co. AR), who m. Elizabeth
FAGALA (b. 1802 PA, d. 1897
Washington Co. AR). Most of this extended
REED family seems to have migrated to
Washington Co. AR together in the mid-19th century, by way of
Knox Co. TN and Whitfield/Murray Co. GA (including my Alexander, and his wife and eldest son from GA on; their next 4 or 5 children were b. in AR, and the last 2 were b. in Polk Co., MO).
I'm considering the possibility of this connection to Hugh J. REED because the eldest son of my Alexander (1828-1871) and his wife Winiford Stockburger (b. 1830 NC, d. 1870 MO) was Hugh
Wilson "Wils" Reed; this son might have been given his first name for his paternal grandfather. As for the "
Wilson" part of this son's name, there's a chance that "Wils" Reed's paternal grandmother (the spouse of Hugh J. Reed) was surnamed
Wilson -- but I'm not at all sure of this; only a guess.
I do hope you can help, and certainly appreciate your time.
Regards,
Bettyann
P.S. I have a Sarah CHURCH (b.c. 1760 NC) in my files, w/o
Jeremiah WOLLARD (b.c. 1750
Beaufort Co., NC).
I also have a couple of
MULLINS men who married into my
STANDLEY line: 1)
Bowker "
Buck"
MULLINS (b.c. 1780/85 prob. VA) marr. bond 12 May 1803
Franklin Co. VA to Judith "Judy"
STANDLEY (b.c. 1789 Henry or
Franklin Co. VA). And 2) William
MULLINS (b.c. 1750) m. Nancy 'Jane'
STANDLEY (b. 1756
Orange Co. VA; she was the aunt of the Judy
STANDLEY named just above).
And finally, I have a family by the name of
HOBBS whose children were all born in and lived in
Giles Co. VA, descending from Thomas
Jefferson HOBBS (b.c. 1805 VA?) s/o James
HOBBS (b.c. 1775) and Mary
DILLARD (b.c. 1780). Wife of Thos. J. HOBBS was Julina
DUNCAN (b. 1813
Giles Co. VA, d. bef. 1852
Giles Co., VA). I have the names of 11 of the HOBBS/DUNCAN children, and a couple of their spouses.
If any of the above info fits into your search, please don't hesitate to contact me for whatever other details I can provide. Again, many thanks.
