Shield – ermine on a fesse azure between two cresents or, the points up, a leopard’s head proper.Louis Noble Eeeder of Mattoon, Illinois determined that nJohn Reeder of Boston 1630 used these arms. All bear the leopard’s head, as do the seven variations of the arms in England. Today, in the United States, there are three different versions of the Reeder coat of arms used by descendants of John Reeder of Middleburg (Newtown) Long Island. Reeder Coat of Arms by Culletons of London, England GENERAL FRANK REEDER EASTON PENNSYLVANIA 1910.“ANCESTRY OF AND DESCENDANTS OF JOHN REEDER I OF LONG – LONG ISLAND, NEW YORK” #John reeder updateI had been familiar with the excellent work of Miss Consuelo Furman in 1948, who did such outstanding work in the courthouses of Long Island, and am sure she had access to much of General Frank Reeder’s records.Ī family association has been formed to update the Reeder family tree, and to publish in the future General Frank Reeder’s “History of the Reeder Family” in book form.” I have had the privilege of reading his original correspondence which brought his Bible records, cemetery records, excerpts from old histories and geneological books, as well as fond reminiscences of Aunt Sarah and Cousin Phebe. Recently, the General’s granddaughter inherited his old desk which had so carefully protected his work for seventy years. The General had the stamina to make him a truly good genealogist. carefully preserved the General’s voluminous notes and correspondence from all over the United States, including five beautiful family tree volumes. His collaborator, Eastburn Reeder of New Hope, Pennsylvania had died in 1908. Unfortunately, General Frank Reeder died in 1912 without publishing. He spent the last ten years of his life gathering data for his book. In the custom of his peers, he decided to spend his spare time with the Chinese puzzle of genealogy and to publish a History of the Reeder Family descended from John Reeder who emigrated to Boston, Massachusetts in 1630 aboard the flagship “Arbella” of Governor Winthrop’s Fleet. “Once upon a time there was an old General living on the banks of the Delaware River in Pennsylvania, waiting “to fade away”.
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