Ensign Eli Reed

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Eli Reed (Read), I

Also Known As: "Read"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
Death: August 29, 1831 (75)
Steuben County, New York, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Hanson Read and Hannah Read
Husband of Eleanor Huff and Judith Mehitable (Jepherson) Reed
Father of Joseph I. Read; Eli Read, 2nd; Hanson B. Read; Seth Read and Hannah Raymond
Brother of Huldah Traske; Hanson Read; William Read; Minerva Read and Patience Read
Half brother of Jonathan Porter; Sarah Starr; Eunice Prince; Samuel Porter; Flint Porter and 4 others

Occupation: American Revolution
Managed by: Sabrina Leah Lowther
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About Ensign Eli Reed

REED, ELI Ancestor #: A094252 Service: RHODE ISLAND Rank: ENSIGN Birth: 2-11-1756 SMITHFIELD PROVIDENCE CO RHODE ISLAND Death: 8-29-1831 PLEASANT VALLEY STEUBEN CO NEW YORK Service Source: SMITH, JJ, CIV & MIL LISTS OF RI 1647-1800, PPS 377, 387,388,401,408 Service Description: 1) CAPTS EBENEZER TRASK, VIOL ALLEN; COL CHAD BROWN, LT COLS PELEG ARNOLD, GEORGE PECK, JEREMIAH OLNEY


  1. : A094252 http://services.dar.org/public/dar_research/search_adb/?action=full...

His headstone has his name spelled as Eli Read, his DAR record shows his name spelled as Eli Reed. https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/47101663/eli-read

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Ensign Eli Reed's Timeline

1756
February 11, 1756
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
1779
October 23, 1779
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
1781
June 5, 1781
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
1783
June 1, 1783
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
1785
September 17, 1785
Smithfield, Providence County, Rhode Island, United States
1787
September 4, 1787
Steuben County, NY, United States
1831
August 29, 1831
Age 75
Steuben County, New York, United States