Bucks County PA Archives Biographies.....Reeder, Eastburn
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Source: History of Bucks County, Pennsylvania; edited by 
J.H. Battle; A. Warner & Co.; 1887
Solebury Township


   EASTBURN REEDER farmer and dairyman, P.O. New Hope, was 
born in Solebury June 30, 1828, being a son of Joseph E. and 
Letitia (Betts) Reeder.  Charles Reeder was born in England 
June 24, 1713, emigrated in 1734, and settled in Bucks 
county.  He was one of the petitioners that Makefield be 
organized as a separate township in 1737.  The same year he 
married Eleanor Merrick, by whom he had eleven children.  
Merrick, the seventh son, was born July 31, 1754, and in 
1773 married Elizabeth Collins.  In 1810 they removed to 
Muncy, Lycoming county.  They had thirteen children, of whom 
Merrick, Jr., was the second son, born February 8, 1776.  In 
1802 he married Elizabeth Eastburn, and had three sons:  
Joseph E., David K. and William P.   Merrick Reeder, Jr., 
was a prominent citizen of his day.  He was a good surveyor, 
was a clerk of the almshouse, and a justice of the peace for 
many years.  He died in 1851, aged 75 years.  Joseph E. 
Reeder, eldest son of Merrick Reeder, Jr., and father of 
Eastburn Reeder, was born March 28, 1803.  He married 
Letitia, daughter of Stephen and Hannah (Blackfan) Betts, by 
whom he had two children:  Eastburn and Elizabeth; the 
latter of whom died November 7, 1860.  Eastburn Reeder, the 
subject of this sketch, was married December 15, 1853, to 
Ellen, daughter of John E. and Martha (Quinby) Kenderdine.  
Mr. and Mrs. Reeder are the parents of four children:  
Watson K., Elizabeth (Mrs. Newton E. Wood), Letitia and 
Martha.  Mr. Reeder is a representative citizen of Solebury, 
and is an extensive breeder of Jersey cattle, in which he 
has been interested since 1872.  He has been the 
representative of the State Board of Agriculture from Bucks 
county since 1876, and is a member of the Hicksite Society 
of Friends, and politically is a republican.