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Note: From Genealogy and Personal Memories of Mercer County, New Jersey; Francis B. Lee, Page 604: John Reeder, the earliest known ancestor of this branch of the Reeder family, was born in England, came to Massachusetts in 1636, was in Connecticut, 1643-50, and settled at Newtown, Long Island about 1652. "John Reeder (1), the earliest American ancestor of the families of that name residing in Ewing township, and vicinity, was of English origin, having emigrated from that country before the year 1656, to Newtown, L.I. His name is found in that year, on the list of residents of that town who purchased the title to their lands of the Indians, having failed to obtain it by patent from the Dutch governor, Stuyvesant. His son, John (2), came to Ewing in the early part of the eighteenth century, and married Hannah, daughter of Jeremiah Burroughs, also one of the first settlers of the township, and by her had a son, Isaac (3), whose name is signed to an agreement August 26th, 1703, and also Joseph Reeder's."-- Cooley The Reeder Farm near Birmingham--- "Rose Hill": It is now known as Jones Farm and is operated as a dairy facility and minimum security state correctional institution. "The original deed for the Reeder Plantation at Ewing, which is called 'Rose Hill,' bearing date of May 24, 1707, was given by Daniel Cox, Jun. 'late of London' to Zebulon Heston, who in turn conveyed the same property by deed bearing date of Oct 20, 1710, to 'John Reeder of Newtown, Long Island, and Isaac Reeder, son of said John Reeder.' "-- Moses Bigelow, The Scudder Family of Trenton, p 23 (1948)
The Newtown Reeders: Like many of the settlers of Ewing, the Reeders hailed from Newtown, Long Island. Early in the 18th century they followed the old Indian trails down from New York State to the township now known as Ewing. John Reeder who married Joanna Burroughs and Isaac Reeder who married Sarah Hunt were half-siblings. Their father John Reeder had two wives - by the 1st (Hannah) he had John (m Joanna Burroughs), Joseph & Elizabeth (m Thomas Stevenson); by the 2nd (Margaret) he had Jacob(m Martha Furman), Jeremiah (m Elizabeth Wattels Simpson) & Isaac (m Sarah Hunt).
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