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- FAMILY CEMETERY Harris, Reeder, Townley in Leonardtown Maryland submitted by Marie M. Sarchin in Vol 25, No 2, Spring 1984
The following information is from a small family cemetery in St. Mary's County, Maryland The fenced in graves are located on the grounds of a private farm called "Ellenborough" on an inlet of the Potomac River one mile from Leonardtown which is about 65 miles from Washington, D.C. The present farm house was added to the original house for the convenience of the family living there now.
Judith Townley Reeder
Wife of Henry Reeder
died Oct. 24. 1771
27 years old - "3 small daughters"
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Historic Graves of Maryland and the District of Columbia By Helen West Ridgely, National Society of the Colonial Dames of America;
Ellenborough," now owned by William D. Henry, is
about a mile distant from Leonardtown, and on the left-
hand side of the road leading south. P. O. address and
steamboat landing " Leonardtown." Formerly it was the
Reeder home and for more than a century the Harris home,
Col. Joseph Harris marrying Susanna Reeder, the latter
part of the eighteenth century. In the graveyard may be
found the following :
In memory of Judith Townley Reeder and her three little children, Jane,
Thomas and Susannah, by her Affectionate Husband & their tender Father, Henry Reeder, to whom she was married ye 7th of July 1767, from whom he departed this Life the 24th of October 1771, Aged 27 years, being born the 26th of January 1744.
How loved, how honored once availes thee not
To whom related or by whom begot
A heap of dust alone remains of thee
Tis all thou art and all the proud shall be.
The verse to the children begins :
Happy the babe who privileged by fate —
The rest of the inscription is illegible.
Henry Reeder, the husband of Judith Townley Reeder,
is buried near, but grave unmarked. There were Reeders
also at " Westfield," St. Mary's county; Dr. Gustavus Brown
is buried there.
Susannah Harris, wife of Joseph Harris, born June 20th 1782 died April
17th 1827. She loved and was beloved by her family, was benevolent to
all and charitable to the poor, devoutly hoping for the mercy of God, through the merits of the Redeemer.
Joseph Harris, born August 7th, 1773. Died March 27 1855. He
enjoyed the respect and esteem due to an intelligent, upright and benevolent gentleman.
Jane Harris daughter of Joseph & Susanna Harris. Born Jany 21 1818.
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Early Colonial Settlers of Southern Maryland and Virginia's Northern Neck Counties
1744 - 1771 (27 years)