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HISTORY OF BUCKS COUNTY. 



died November 2, 1820, in the ninety- 

 tirst year of his age; and. his wife having 

 died previously at the same place, Au- 

 gust 5, 1804, both are interred side by 

 side in the old Leidy's burial ground in 

 Franconia township, Montgomery 



county, nearby the present borough of 

 Souderton. Jacob and Magdalena 

 (Leidy) Reed had nine children: Philip, 

 Jacob, Andrew, Margaret, Elizabeth, 

 Catherine, Magdalena, Eve and John. 



Lieutenant-Colonel Jacob Reed was 

 a man of prominence in his day. He was 

 active and influential as a citizen, and 

 filled a number of positions of public 

 trust. He was a member of the Re- 

 formed church in which he took a deep 

 and active 'interest. He was instru- 

 mental in founding the Reformed church 

 at Hilltown. He was a prominent and 

 active defender of his country during 

 the Revolutionary struggle, and served 

 during the whole war as an officer in the 

 militia service. He was lieutenant-col- 

 onel and major of the first battalion of 

 the Philadelphia county militia. He ac- 

 tively participated in the battles of Tren- 

 ton, Brandywine, Germantown, etc. He 

 escaped unhurt on the field of battle, 

 but on one occasion, when at home vis- 

 iting his family, he was waylaid by Tor- 

 ies, who first shot him through the leg. 

 then tied him to a tree, tarred and 

 feathered him, and commenced digging 

 his grave in which they purposed bury- 

 ing him. Before completing this last 

 act they were discovered and fled, and 

 he was released from his perilous situa- 

 tion. The parties engaged in this trans- 

 action fled the country, and their prop- 

 erty was subsequently confiscated. On 

 another occasion, while passing along 

 the highway, he was shot at by a Hes- 

 sian who lay concealed in a fence cor- 

 ner, the bullet grazing his head. 



As a token of esteem and respect for 

 their honored ancestor Lieutenant-Col- 

 onel Jacob Reed. Franklin P. Reed and 

 Dr. W. H. Reed (brothers), had erected 

 over his grave a handsome granite sar- 

 cophagus, bearing the following inscrip- 

 tion: — 



In Memory of 



Lieutenant Colonel Jacob Reed, 



Hatfield Twp.. Phila. Co.. Pa.. 



A Patriot and Soldier of the Revolution. 



An Officer of the Philadelphia County 



Militia. 

 Served his country actively during the 



whole war. 



Participated in the battles of Trenton. 



Brandywine. Germantown, etc., 



The monument was dedicated by the 

 Montgomery County Historical Society 

 on October 8, looi, with apnropriate ex- 

 ercises. The addresses and papers read 

 on this occasion are in press, and will 

 soon appear in a separate volume. 



Andrew Reed, grandfather of Dr. 

 Reed, was the youngest son of Lieuten- 



ant-Colonel Jacob and Magdalena 

 (Leidy) Reed. He was born in Hatfield 

 township May 14, 1781, and died June 

 10, 1869. He was a farmer by occupa- 

 tion, and remained and farmed his 

 father's place in New Britain until his 

 death in 1820. April 21, 1807, he mar- 

 ried Mary Hartman, daughter of Henry 

 Hartman, of Lykens Valley, Dauphin 

 county, Pennsylvania, and to whom 

 five children were born : Jacob, Michael 

 Hartman. Julian, Abigail and Sarah. An- 

 drew Reed, after the death of his father, 

 removed with his family to a farm that 

 he already owned in Hilltown township, 

 adjoining New Britain. Here he lived 

 until advanced years, when he removed 

 to Hatfield township, Montgomery 

 county, and soon thereafter died. For 

 some years previous to his death he was 

 totally blind. During his life he was 

 strictly honest in all of his dealings, de- 

 voted to his family, and much beloved 

 by his neighbors. Both Mr. an'd Mrs. 

 Reed wfere consistent Christians, early 

 Reformed and latterly were members of 

 the Church of the Evangelical Associa- 

 tion at Hilltown, Bucks county, in 

 whose graveyard their remains are in- 

 terred. 



Michael Hartman Reed, father of Dr. 

 Reed, was born October 24, 1809, at 

 the home of his grandfather, Lieutenant- 

 Colonel Jacob Reed, in New Britain 

 township, Bucks county, Pennsylvania. 

 He was educated in the nearby Men- 

 nonite district school. When he was 

 but a lad lie was indentured with Henry 

 Shellenberger at Line Lexington to 

 learn the trade of hatting. After com- 

 pleting his trade he worked for a while 

 as a journeyman in Schaffer's hat fac- 

 tory at Germantown. In 1830 he located 

 at Skippackville, Montgomery county, 

 Pennsylvania, and conducted the "hat- 

 ting" business. Two years later he sold 

 his hat business at Skippack and located 

 in Philadelphia at the same business. 

 After a successful business he retired 

 in 1847, and removed to Doylestown, 

 Bucks county, where on Februarv 15, 

 t8;2. he was married to Marv Ann Rock- 

 a fellow, eldest daughter of Jonas and 

 Elizabeth (Probasco) Rockafellow, of 

 Hilltown township. Bucks county. In 

 t8.t5. with his family, he removed to 

 Xorristown. ^Montgomery county, where 

 tine subject of this sketch was born; in 

 1857 he removed to Jefifersonville. Mont- 

 aroniery county, Pennsjdvania. At this 

 letter place he resided until his death, 

 Januarv 17. 1898. 



Dr. W. H. Reed, besides filling a num- 

 ber of positions of honor and trust, is a 

 member of the American Pharmaceuti- 

 cal Association: the Pennsylvania Phar- 

 maceutical .Association, and was its 

 president in 1804-95: is a member of the 

 Alumni Association of Tefferson Medi- 

 cal College: and the Philadelphia CoJ- 

 lege of Pharmacy, Philadelphia Botani- 



