Sir Joseph Reid^{[1, 2]}

1695 - 1769  (74 years)

• Name	Sir Joseph Reid
  Birth	17 Feb 1695	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Married	16 Aug 1753	Inverkeithny, Banffshire, Scotland   [2]
  Death	5 May 1769	Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA   [2]
  Person ID	I53776	Master
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2024

  
  

  Father	Thomas Sir Reid,   b. 15 Oct 1675, Barachney, Lanark, Scotland d. 5 May 1769, , Inverness-shire, Scotland (Age 93 years)
  Mother	Mary Ann Hutt,   b. 1677, , Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 22 Feb 1732, , Inverness-shire, Scotland (Age 55 years)
  Marriage	1699	, , Scotland   [2]
  Family ID	F12047	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Lady Anne Gordon of Haddo,   b. 12 Aug 1710, Haddo, Inverness, Scotland d. 13 Dec 1770, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 60 years)
  Marriage	9 Dec 1729	Bellie Church, Fochabers, Scotland
  Married	23 Jun 1734	Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland
  Children	+ 1. Nathaniel Reid,   b. 4 Oct 1736, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 1 Sep 1798, Pendleton, Anderson, South Carolina, USA (Age 61 years)   2. William Rudd Reid,   b. 14 Dec 1746, , Augusta, Virginia, USA d. 20 Aug 1793, Pacolet, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (Age 46 years)   3. John Reid,   b. 15 Mar 1758, Woodville, Culpeper, Virginia, USA d. 24 Apr 1796, , Culpeper, Virginia, USA (Age 38 years)   4. Thaddeus Reid,   b. 24 Nov 1761, , Westmoreland, Virginia, USA
  Family ID	F12052	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2024

  
  

  Family 2	Lady Anne Gordon,   b. 12 Aug 1719, Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland d. 13 Dec 1770, , Augusta, Virginia, USA (Age 51 years)
  Marriage	16 Aug 1753	Inverkeithny, Banffshire, Scotland   [2]
  Children	1. Thomas Reid,   b. 1 Aug 1770, , Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA d. Jun 1831, , Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA (Age 60 years)
  Family ID	F12049	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	8 Jul 2024

  
  

• Event Map

  Birth - 17 Feb 1695 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Married - 23 Jun 1734 - Inverness, Inverness-shire, Scotland Death - 5 May 1769 - Spartanburg, Spartanburg, South Carolina, USA  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Notes

  Sir Thomas Reid of Inverness, Scotland Bible records: Joseph Reid and Anne Gordon Reid who were married in holy Wedlock the 23rd day of June in the year of our lord one thousand seven hundred thirty four in the home of Sir Thomas Reid, Inverness Births: Nathaniel Reid was born October 4, 1736 Inverness William Reid was born at 3 oclock in the fore noon in our new home Augusta County, Virginia December 14, 1746 Edith Reid was born Feb 18, 1761 to Nathaniel and Elizabeth Rachel Reid was born Jan 5, 1762 to Nathaniel and Liz William Reid born to Nathaniel + Elizabeth Decemb 10, 1762 Anne Nancy Reid was born on Oct 4, 1765 to Elizabeth and Nathaniel Reid John Reid was born March 29, 1766 -- first born child of William Reid + Jane Reid Sarah Reid was born Jan 23, 1767 to William + Jane Nathaniel Reid was born March 7, 1768 to Nathaniel + Liz William Reid was born August 19, 1768 to William and Jane Thomas Reid was born on the 1st day of August, 1770 to William Reid and Jane Reid in the afternoon around 3 oclock. Deaths: Sir Thomas Reid dyed this earth on the 5th day of May one thousand seven hundred sixty nine. Anne Reid, beloved wife of Joseph Reid dyed at 7 oclock in the afternoon of Monday 13th day of December in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred seventy Augusta County, Virginia at age of 51 years, 4 months and one day Marriages: Nathaniel Reid was married April 5, 1760 to Elizabeth Clayton -- Augusta County, Virginia William Reid, youngest son of Joseph and Anne Gordon Reid was married to Jane Anderson in Augusta County, Virginia this afternoon the 10th day of March, 1765 From Family Bible of Joseph and Anne (Gordon) Reid: Sir Thomas Reid dyed this earth on the 5th day of May one thousand seven hundred sixty nine. Notes: Inverness-shire (before the reorganisation of Local Government in 1975) was the largest of all the old counties and stretched from Inverness to Fort William and Strath Spey in the Grampian Mountains out west as far as it was possible to go. This included many Islands i.e. Rum, Eigg, Muck, Skye and all the outer Hebrides except the northern tip of Lewis. Covering such a vast area, many Clans were included e.g. MacNeil, MacLeod, MacKinnon, Maclean, Fraser, MacIntosh, Cameron, MacPherson, Campbell, Gordon, and MacDonald & Clanranald to name only the largest. A Mrs. Etta Reid Wells, twice married but never blessed by children, salvaged out of her belongings, her family's genealogical notations and passed them on as a legacy to a nephew in South Carolina. After her death, her voice would trail off and be forgotten, but the written message would remain. These notations reach back through the awful and empty chasms of the ages to a perpetual silence that shuts out everything. The Reid connectedness is with the totality of forces that operated within the clans of the Scottish Highlanders in the tenth century. These Highlanders, whether novice or immigrants, were from the first to last of the same Celtic stock. There we find the Reids of Scottish nobility with a reputation for moral and physical strength, energy, ingenuity, piety, resourcefulness, and the ability to lead and direct others. Having been confined for many years within their natural boundaries and having little or no intercourse with the rest of the world, they formed strong attachments with their neighbors, the BROWNS, the KEITHS, the EDENS, the RANDOLPHS, the HESTERS, the DOUGLASES, and the SUTHERLANDS, and intermarried with them. The REIDS and their allied families lived in Inverness-Shire, the Strath-Sprey. The Reids and their allies were loyal to the Stuarts and followed them with the clang and color of weaponry during all their misfortunes. They took part in the BATTLE OF FLODDEN when the English won the victory near Branxton, Northumberland, in 1513. Scarcely a family of eminence survived without having had an ancestor killed at Flodden Field. This battle was in fact, the beginning of Scotch genealogical records. Again the Reids and their allies were engaged in the BATTLE OF CULLODEN, fought in support of Prince Charles on a tract of land in Inverness-Shire about six miles east of Inverness, when the fate of the house of Stuart was decided on April 16, 1746. SIR JOSEPH REID was driven from Scotland as a political refugee, he and his family with their friends and other families mentioned above, along with other notable families of Scotland. For them it was farewell to the "land of brown heath and shaggy wood". He, like his father, SIR THOMAS REID, who was born and died in InvernessShire, had been knighted for deeds of Chivalry. The trip to America was an eight weeks voyage in a sailing vessel. His destination was Botetourt County, Virginia, where he settled. The genealogical notations on our Sir Joseph Reid end with the notation that he died in Virginia, the date of death not given. His son, NATHANIEL REID, loving the cause of liberty, fought on the side of America in the War of Independence. He lived in Virginia until after the war, but was given grants of lands in the Old Pendleton District of South Carolina in compensation for his war service, and he and his family moved to that District in upper South Carolina. (From the book "The Nathan Reids of Virginia in the March of Freedom", by Elizabeth Reid Austin and Helen Reid Roberts. The source for names and dates of Thomas and his children are from the Family Bible of Joseph and Anne (Gordon) Reid, dated 1698. Matthew Morris who descends from the line of Alexander Reid was kind enough to send me photo copies of the Family Register and Title page. He also gave me the information on William Reid, born 1746 and his descendants. Source: Lois Branch's website Sir Thomas Reid lived his whole live in Iverness-Shire, Scotland. His name places him squarely in the Robertson Clan (Donnacaidh in gaelic). The clan Robinson/ Donnacaidh is composed of many families, including Duncan, McInroy, Stark, Collier and the largest sept, Reid. He was knighted by the King, as was his son Joseph Reid. Joseph was also born in Iverness. He was exiled to North America after the Jacobite uprising in Scotland. Joseph and his father had been strident supporters of the restorations of the Stuart Family (Bonnie Prince Charlie) to the English throne. After the Scots were defeated at the Battle of Culloden in 1746, the English exiled many of those rebellious Scots in an effort to break up the Clans and control the unruly ones left behind. Andrew Reade (1550 - 1623) 12th great-grandfather John Reid Major (1574 - 1665) son of Andrew Reade Andrew Reid (1600 - 1690) son of John Reid Major Andrew Reid (1622 - 1712) son of Andrew Reid Andrew Reid (1648 - 1679) son of Andrew Reid Thomas Reid Sir (1675 - 1769) son of Andrew Reid Joseph Reid Sir (1695 - 1769) son of Thomas Reid Sir Nathaniel Reid Captain (1736 - 1798) son of Joseph Reid Sir Nathaniel Reid (1768 - 1819) son of Nathaniel Reid Captain

  
  

• Sources

  [S761] Yates Publishing, Ancestry Family Trees, (Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com. Original data: Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.), Ancestry Family Tree. [S1162] Ancestry.com, Geneanet Community Trees Index, (Ancestry.com Operations, Inc.).