Private John Reeder

DAR Ancestor # A094708
NEW JERSEY, PRIVATE
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John Reeder, "son of Isaac and Elizabeth Reeder, born April 12, 1725. Hannah Reeder, the wife of John Reeder, born September 16, 1732. John Reeder was married to Hannah Mershon January 18, 1753, " begins the record written in his family bible. "Hannah Reeder departed this life June 4, 1781 in the 49th year of her age. John Reeder departed this life August 19, 1788 in the 64th year of his age." The will of John Reeder of Trenton Township, Hunterdon County, NJ dated 2 June 1788, and proved 22 August following, requires my (second) wife Tapath to be supported by my sons Andrew and Amos..

Issue of John and Hannah (Mershon) Reeder:

1. Isaac Reeder born January 27, 1754 2. Andrew Reeder born April 7, 1756 3. John Reeder born June 12, 1757 4. Francina Reeder born September 15, 1758 5. Abigail Reeder born May 28, 1760 6. Letitia Reeder born October 26, 1761 7. Absalom Reeder born March 10, 1763

1. 10417497 8. Hannah Reeder born November 18, 1764 9. Abner Reeder born October 10, 1766 10. Benjamin Reeder born 1768, died in 16th year of his age 11. Amos Reeder born August 10, 1770 12. Rebecca Reeder born February 15, 1772 died in 12th year of her age. 13. Mercy Reeder born March 6, 1774 14. Elizabeth Reeder born June 23, 1776

Genealogies of New Jersey Families: Families A-Z

John Reeder - Captain Tucker's Company, First Regiment, Hunterdon; Captain Mott's Company, First Regiment, Hunterdon (Official Register of the Officers and Men of New Jersey in the Revolutionary War, pg 731).

• First Major Colonel Joseph Phillips, First Regiment, Hunterdon.