James Reed. Named as executor of his father's will, but was a minor at his death. Signed the Protestation return in Wendron 1641/2, illiterate. Taxed 1s in the Poll Tax of Wendron 1660. Married by 1623, Elizabeth …. Living 1660. Children:
1.
Edmund (Edward) Reed,
bap. 14 Apr.
1623/4 at
Stithians.
2. John
Reed the elder, bap.
28 Jan. 1625
at
Stithians.
3. John
Reed the younger,
bap. 16 Mar.
1632 at
Wendron.
4. Jerome
(Jeremiah) Reed.
Taxed on one
hearth in
Wendron 1664. Named in his brother John's will 1687/8.
Married 1stly
…. Children: in Original
Jerome married ?2ndly, 21 Oct. 1672 at Wendron, Jane Tregoan.
5. Allse (Alice). Named in her brother John's will 1687/8. Married by 1663, Michael Kempe of Stithians.
James may also have been the father of the following (though there are grounds for suspecting that Walter may have been an illegitimate member of the Coode family):
6. Walter Reed. Named in the wills of Luke Coode 1642 and of John Coode 1672 (then with three children), both of Stithians. Taxed 1s in the Poll Tax of Stithians 1660.