{"id":2450,"date":"2023-03-23T10:23:50","date_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:23:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=2450"},"modified":"2023-03-23T10:23:50","modified_gmt":"2023-03-23T17:23:50","slug":"new-clues-in-old-kentucky","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/?p=2450","title":{"rendered":"New Clues in Old Kentucky"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"\/This year I am focusing my research on my third great-grandparents, Thomas Reed (1783-1852) and Ann Kirkham (1782-1869).\n<\/p>\n

The first step was to review and analyze all the material I have collected concerning their children. They had five who reached adulthood:\n<\/p>\n

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  1. Robertson Mitchell Reed (1808-1871).\n<\/li>\n
  2. Eliza Reed McAlister Walton (1810-1886).\n<\/li>\n
  3. Jane Reed Galbreath (1817-1899).\n<\/li>\n
  4. Caleb Reed (1818-1903).\n<\/li>\n
  5. William Reed (1822-1845).\n<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To accomplish this task, I emptied my Reed bin of everything concerning Thomas and his children. I also pulled all the pertinent Reed folders from the genealogy filing cabinet I inherited from a Reed cousin.\n<\/p>\n

    Much of her material duplicated my own research, and I was able to discard many extra copies of documents. Then I made sure to enter all the evidence into my database.\n<\/p>\n

    In the filing cabinet, I found a few papers I had not seen before.\n<\/p>\n

    One was an 1817 Kentucky land conveyance to Thomas Reed and his two brothers Caleb and John. The grantor parties included a man named Robert Robertson. I know nothing of this man, but I have often wondered why Thomas named his eldest son Robertson. Was the Robert Robertson in the land transaction the inspiration for Robertson Reed’s name? Was he related to Reeds?\n<\/p>\n

    The other discovery I made concerned a childhood friend of Thomas’ son, Caleb. The friend’s name was Robert Boyd, and I learned they had known one another in Spencer County, Kentucky. The two of them relocated to Coles County, Illinois and eventually married Carter sisters.\n<\/p>\n

    Now I am wondering whether Caleb Reed and Robert Boyd were more closely related than just in-laws. Caleb’s maternal grandmother was Jane Boyd, so it is possible that Robert Boyd was a member of her family.\n<\/p>\n

    A Boyd researcher has told me that they have reached a brick wall with the Kentucky Boyds. This line is crying out for further research. Perhaps the Reed\/Kirkham connection to the Boyds offers a valuable clue.\n<\/p>\n

    Reviewing Reed documents already in my possession has uncovered some interesting avenues for learning more about the Reed family. The Robertson and the Boyd affiliations might give me a better understanding of my Reed line.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    This year I am focusing my research on my third great-grandparents, Thomas Reed (1783-1852) and Ann Kirkham (1782-1869). The first step was to review and analyze all the material I have collected concerning their children. They had five who reached adulthood: Robertson Mitchell Reed (1808-1871). Eliza Reed McAlister Walton (1810-1886). Jane Reed Galbreath (1817-1899). Caleb […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2450","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-genealogy","category-reed"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2450"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2451,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2450\/revisions\/2451"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2450"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2450"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/genealogyjottings.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2450"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}