Jacob Saunders. 4. Moses Abbot. 5. Joshua, April 3, 1801. 6. Eliza. 7. Franklin. 8. Mary Ann.

(VII) Isaiah Reed, son of Jonathan Reed (6), was born at Burlington, Massachusetts, April 3, 1795, died there November 16, 1881. He spent his boyhood on his father's farm, and attended the brief terms of the district school. For some years before marriage he was an officer in the state prison, Charlestown, and a sword cane that he carried is in the possession of his family. He carried on the old Stoddard Farm for several years after his marriage. The old Reed farm in Burlington that has descended from one generation to another in the Reed family was his home. He bought, after his father's death, the rights of his brothers and sisters, and conducted the farm until his death. In religion he was an Orthodox Congregationalist; in politics a Whig and later a Republican. In his youthful days he belonged to the militia company of his town. He married, February 26, 1815, Sally Ellsworth, who was born February 17, 1785, at Deering, New Hampshire, died May 27, 1878. Their children: 1. Isaiah, born July 7, 1816, mentioned below. 2. Charlotte Lucretia, born December 25, 1817, married, September 19, 1839, John F. Snow. 3. Jonathan Ellsworth, born January 10, 1819, died January 12, 1888; married, April 12, 1846, Deborah R. Hunt. 4. Joseph Wyatt, born April 26, 1820, died April 17, 1898; married, April 25, 1844, Mehitable C. Wyman. 5. Josiah Thomas, born November 11, 1821, died August 1, 1893; married, April 20, 1848, Lydia M. Symmes, died March 28, 1876. 6. Will iam Abbot, born November 8, 1823, married (first), October 5, 1848, Mary Ann Skilton; (second), Febraury 26, 1857, Andora G. Loucks, resided in Philadelphia. 7. Nancy Lowell, born March 24, 1825, died September 20, 1895; married, April 27, 1845, Charles D. Partridge, who died December 11, 1877. 8. Franklin Oliver (recorded Oliver Franklin), born July 3, 1826, married (first), November 6, 1850, Mary Charlotte Roberts, who died. November 12, 1883; (second), Abbie Roberts; (third) Frances Hawkins. 9. Levi Houghton, born November 18, 1829, died September 13, 1896; married (first), September 15, 1853, Jane Cook; (second), October 3, 1864, Octavia Marshall.

(VIII) Isaiah Reed, son of Isaiah Reed (7), was born at Burlington, July 7, 1816. He was educated in the district schools of his native town and at Warren Academy in the same village. He learned the trade of currier

under B. F. Thompson, of Winchester, and worked at this trade to the time of his marriage in 1837. Then he bought the old Converse place of Revolutionary fame, and had a teaming business in addition to his farming. When the Boston & Lowell Railroad Company built its second line of tracks he was employed throughout the period of construction. Afterward he worked again for Mr. Thompson. At length he and his brother Jonathan bought the homestead of their father. A few years later Isaiah bought out his brother and became the sole owner. He added by purchase a portion of the adjoining Fiske farm, originally part of the Reed tract. In winter he carried on a large business in wood and lumber. He established in a small way the business now conducted by his son, T. I. Reed, beginning in a room twenty feet square to cure hams and bacon. He followed the business of curing hams, at which he was an expert, until the time of his death and the business grew to large proportions. He associated his son with him in the business and the son succeeded him as proprietor. He was a member of the Congregational church and was on the parish committee, being a leading citizen of the town as well as prominent figure in the church. He was active in temperance movements, an able and convincing advocate of temperance. In politics he was first a Whig, then a Republican. He was highway surveyor of the town, member of the school committee and held other positions of trust and honor. He was instrumental in getting through what is known as the new road in Burlington, he carrying the chain for the surveyor. The road was built by Asa Shildon, of Wilmington.

He married, November 28, 1837, at Loudon, New Hampshire, Mary Blake Wales, who was born January 8, 1814, died January 17, 1893, daughter of Samuel and Lydia (Babcock) Wales, of Loudon; children: 1. George Wales, born July 28, 1840, died April 20, 1848. 2. Thomas Isaiah, born July 14, 1846, mentioned below.

(IX) Thomas Isaiah Reed, son of Isaiah Reed (8), was born at Burlington, July 14, 1846. He was educated in the public schools and at Warren Academy, Woburn. He worked on the farm in his youth. He left home first to accept a postion with the firm of F. O. Reed & Company, Charlestown, remaining from May to September. His father, sustaining a compound fracture of the leg, which incapacitated him for work for some time, Thomas I. returned to Burlington and assumed charge of his father's farm, remaining

for one year. He then resumed his position with F. O. Reed & Company, Charlestown, which he held a year, at the expiration of which time the name was changed to Reed, Sawin & Company, and F. O. Reed & Company purchased a store in Boston. Mr. Reed remained with the first company a year after the name was changed, and then accepted a position with F. O. Reed & Company in Boston, remaining two years, and having a one-fourth interest. In 1870 he returned to his father's farm in Burlington and was employed there until 1874, when he leased the farm of his mother, his father having previously died, and conducted business in his own name. The present extensive business was established at this time. After his mother's death the entire property came to him. Year by year the business of curing hams has been enlarged and has grown more prosperous. From the early days of the beginning, when he began with one hundred hams, there has been a great change in the volume of business. Mr. Reed buys and sells by the carload. His Burlington hams and bacon are known far and wide; they are famous for their excellence, and while his trade extends all over New England his own townsmen are his best customers. He has some foreign trade also; for five years he had the contract to supply all the ham for the Robert College of the American Board of Foreign Missions at Constantinople. He has one of the best plants in the country. It is located on the old Reed farm, has a floor area of ten thousand square feet, including three large smoke houses and large vaults capable of holding four hundred thousand pounds of the product under process of curing. Nothing is lacking to the completeness of this curing plant, and even the teams used in transporting his goods are models in every respect. In addition to his other business he deals extensively in wood for fuel and has a large retail trade in Winchester, Medford and Boston. A busier man than Mr. Reed would be hard to find and he devotes himself exclusively to his business, knowing every detail and neglecting nothing. His two sons are employed with him in business and are receiving careful and thorough training.

Mr. Reed is a member of the Congregational church at Burlington, and has been deacon for several years, superintendent of the Sunday school since 1871 to the present time, member of the parish committee since 1881 and has been treasurer of both the church and parish a number of years. He has been intensely interested in the growth and welfare

of the church, and it is to his efforts largely that the best entertainments for the amusement and instruction of the people have been provided in the church and town. He has broad views of life and a practical knowledge of human nature that have made him a very useful servant of the Lord, as the good old phrase of the Fathers would have described him. He was chairman of the committee that raised the funds and remodeled Chirst's Church. In politics he is a Republican, and has often been chosen delegate to important nominating conventions. He has been on the Republican congressional committee since 1902; has served the town of Burlington on the school committee and has been elected to various other town offices which he was obliged to decline. Mr. Reed is at present promoting the establishment of an electric lighting plant in the town of Burlington to fill a very evident need and demand. He is a member of Crystal Fount Lodge, No. 9, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; of the Burlington Agricultural Society, of which he was the second president, serving for a number of years, and its marshal annually at the fairs. He was formerly president of the Boston & Lowell Street Railway Company, resigning March 21, 1904. He is a member of the Woburn Five Cents Savings Bank.

He married, May 17, 1870, Margaret Ellen Dadmun, who was born at Groton, Massachusetts, July 24, 1846, daughter of George Alexander and Almira (Young) Dadmun, of Groton. Their children: I. Grace Wales, born February 10, 1871, died May 23, 1877. 2. Carrie Florence, born October 10, 1876, married, October 28, 1896, Rev. Alexander P. McDonald, of Bath, Maine; children: i. Ralph Reed McDonald, born July 4, 1897; ii. Marguerite Ellen McDonald, November 5, 1898; iii. Malcom McDonald, August 16, 1903. 3. Guy Ellsworth (twin), born June 18, 1888. 4. Ernest Young (twin), born June 18, 1888.

Alexander Dennett and his DENNETT brother, John Dennett, were early settlers in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, and each is the progenitor of many American families. Dennett is an ancient English surname dating back to the days of Hugh Dennett, who came to England from Normandy with the Conqueror. One important line is found in the Isle of Wight; another has the Manor Woodmancote, Sussex, consisting of six hundred acres, which have

been in the family for several centuries. The present or recent owner was John Leighton Wade Dennett. Alexander was born about 1639, probably in England, and died at Newcastle, New Hampshire, in 1698. The children of John Dennett: John, born December 15, 1675; Amy, April 9, 1679; Joseph, July 19, 1681, married Elizabeth Meed. (See Old Eliot Monthly for John's descendants.) John was made a freeman May 15, 1672, died May 1, 1709, aged sixty-three years. Alexander had a son Alexander, mentioned below, and probably Moses, who was in Portsmouth, 1727, a taxpayer.

(II) Alexander Dennett, Jr., son of Alexander Dennett (1), was born in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, about 1670, and died there in 1733. He settled in what is now Eliot in 1681 and had a grant of land there in 1694. He was a taxpayer in Portsmouth in 1727. He married Mehitable Tetherly, daughter of Gabriel Tetherly. Their children: 1. Moses. 2. Samuel, mentioned below. 3. Ebenezer, resided in Kittery. 4. Mehitable, married Stewart. 5. Elizabeth, married. Sanborn. 6. Sarah, married Joshua Weymouth. 7. Susanna, married Joshua Downing, of Newington, New Hampshire.

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(III) Samuel Dennett, son of Alexander Dennett (2), was born in Portsmouth or vicinity about 1700. He was a blacksmith and resided in Portsmouth. An account book that he used in his business is in the possession of James V. Dennett, of Framingham, Massachusetts. There is also a sword, two books and other articles said to have been brought from England by the two brothers. books are: "Saints Everlasting Rest," London, printed for Francis Tyton and Jane Underhill and are to be sold at the Sign of the Three Daggers in Fleet Street and at the Anchor and Bible in Paul's Churchyard, 1662. The other: "A Description of the New-born Christian," printed 1620. The Dennetts probably came to America about 1665. The children of Samuel Dennett, all born at Portsmouth, were: 1. David, mentioned below. 2. Charles, April 21, 1729. 3. Lydia, April 15, 1731. 4. Hannah, August 2, 1733. 5. Elizabeth, December 20, 1735. 6. Moses, January 19, 1737. 7. Lydia, February 23, 1738. 8. Mary, July 31, 1740.

(IV) David Dennett, son of Samuel Dennett (3), was born at Portsmouth, New Hampshire, March 15, 1727. He was a farmer and owned a farm in Portsmouth, whence he removed October 3, 1768, to Scarborough, Maine, where he also had a farm. He was a

soldier in the Revolution. He marched first February 1, 1776, and during the remainder of that year was in the service at Falmouth, now Portland, then Cumberland county, Massachusetts, now Maine. He enlisted in the Continental army and was mustered in at Boston, February 16, 1777, in Captain Thomas's company, Colonel Marshall's regiment. The official pay-rolls show that he died in the service January 20, 1778. The family records indicate that he left home for the last time January 18, 1776. He married Dorothy Downing, of Newington, New Hampshire; she died at Buxton, Maine, where her son lived, December, 1800. Children: 1. Lydia, born April 25, 1753. 2. Samuel (twin), April 25, 1756, died young. 3. Ebenezer, April 25, 1756, died young. 4. Elizabeth, January 17, 1758, died August 16, 1775. 5. John, June 13, 1760, died at Buxton, February 15, 1847. 6. Clement, mentioned below. 7. Sarah, May 7, 1766, married Lemuel Nutter, who died at Buxton; she died at Buxton, July 26, 1836. 8. Mehitable, January 7, 1768, died May 2, 1847.

(V) Clement Dennett, son of David (4) and Dorothy (Downing) Dennett, was born at Scarborough, Maine, January 10, 1763. He received his education in the district school of his native town and followed the occupation of farmer. In December, 1786, he made his home in Buxton, Maine, where he bought a farm and where he continued to live the remainder of his life. His mother and brother John also settled at the same time in Buxton. Clement's farm was called "Seven Hundred Acres." He died at Buxton, August 10, 1841. He married, January 3, 1793, Mary Leavitt, born July 14, 1769, died July 28, 1863, daughter of Samuel Leavitt, of Buxton, Maine. Their children. 1. Edmund Phinney, born May 19, 1796, married Ann Libby and Mary Leavitt, both of Saco. 2. Olive, born November 3, 1799, died February 25, 1821. 3. John, born April 27, 1802, married Fidelia Fogg and Sophia Stevenson; he died November 10, 1852. 4. Alvan, born October 3, 1804, married Hannah Haley, of Hollis; died at Porto Bello, South America, July 29, 1838. 5. Daniel, mentioned below. 6. Oren, born January 4, 1811, married Olive Woodman, of Buxton. 7. Stephen, born October 23, 1813, died April 18, 1822.

(VI) Daniel Dennett, son of Clement (5) and Mary (Leavitt) Dennett, was born at Buxton, Maine, May 31, 1807. He received the common school education provided for the farmer's son of his day and was brought up on the farm, following his father's occupation