REID

JOHN (1804-1869) In. Feb. 15, 1838 to Margaret Kent (1814-1885)

Margaret Kent Reid

The Reid name came to Lot 22 through JOHN REID and MARGARET KENT. Margaret, daughter of Robert Kent, emigrated from New Ross Co. in Wexford Ireland. It is thought that she came in 1835 with her brother Nicholas Kent and her sister, Bridget (Kent) Fitzsimmons. In 1837, Margaret met John Reid, son of Thomas Reid and Mary Hayden of County Offaly, Ireland. They were married on Feb. 15, 1838 in South Rustico by the Bishop of Charlottetown, B.D. MacDonald, who then resided at South Rustico. They built a home in Hope River just below where Lea and Marion live today. The 1841 census states that John and Margaret farmed 36 acres of land. By 1861 they held 111 acres in leasehold from proprietor Lawrence Sullivan. Fifty acres of this was on the North Road. The other 25 acres was land leased to Cornelius Murphy on the Graveyard Hill. John and Margaret had eight sons and four daughters. Six sons married and farmed near the homestead property. The four daughters were married on PEI, but

three of them moved to the USA. Their children are:

1.

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MARY (Dec. 2, 1838 - Nov. 25, 1937) m. John Harrington, son of Timothy and Margaret Leonard Harrington. They moved to California in 1889. They have a family of eight children: Walter, Sabinus, Joseph, Margaret, Mary Ellen, Beatrice,

John and Symphorosa.

THOMAS (Apr. 25, 1840 — June 8, 1917) ROBERT (Sept. 16, 1841 - May 29, 1899) {see NORTH ROAD}

PATRICK (June 30, 1843 — Nov. 4, 1920) ANN (Jan. 26, 1845 - 1927) m. JAMES REID of Covehead and later moved to

Worchester, Mass. Six of their children were born on the Island and their names are: Ellen, Ann B., Mary Emily, John T., Margaret, Martin F., Daniel B. ELLEN (Dec. 27, 1846 - 1867) m. DANIEL MULLEN. They lived in Lot 35 and

had one son Edward. 436