"He was born 1722, died Dec. 1788. Capt. John Reed was a blacksmith, a man of sturdy, honest character; he served as selectman of Taunton, MA in 1772-73, and was a member of the Committee of Inspection & Correspondence during the Revolutionary War." (2)

Sources

1. DAR Ancestor #: A094419
2. Pinneo, Andrew R. The First Four Generations of the Pinneo/Pineo Family: Being the descendants of James Pinneo (Jacques Pineau). (Seabrook, New Hampshire: Andrew R. Pineo, 1995)
3. Taunton, Bristol, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Taunton, Massachusetts, to the Year 1850. (Boston, Massachusetts: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1929, c1978), 359, 3:172.

359 REED, John [dup. h. Dorothy (Pinneo), h. Hannah Austin], ch. William (s. John) and Mary (Richmond), __, 1722. [s. William, s. John ("came to this town about 1680"), "probably" s. William Reade "of Weymouth in 1636," G.R.3.] 3:172 REED, John, h. Dorothy (Pinneo), h. Hannah Austin, s. W[illia]m, Dec.__, 1788. [s. William; s. John ("came to this town about 1680") ; "probably" s. William Reade "of Weymouth in 1636," G.R.3.]

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