Became a brilliant scientist, an F.R.S. who had a mineral named after him and a street in Bristol. See entry in Dictionary of National Biography.
Esquire Of Tenby Andrew Stevens REED
Andrew Stevens Reed in Tenby, was a landowner (from a fairly wealthy family) and they had their 9 children there. They lived in a big house overlooking South Beach and the house is now the Imperial Hotel. Andrew was a mayor of Tenby for a short period and his ancestors are buried in the church (St. Mary's, the main church in the center of town) There is a huge window in the church that has all of the names of Andrew and Anna's children and themselves. There are also some buried in the main cemetary outside town.
1857 Served as Mayor for 9mths. Known for opening a space in the town walls adjoining the North Front of the Belmont Houses - known as the Belmont Arch
Andrew and Anna and all of the children left Tenby for America in about 1871
They settled in Clay County, Kansas - a town called Wakefield and they were early settlers.after they had been there for a year or 2. It is very revealing about their hard life and the conditions they lived under
Jim Braden and his brother are descendants of the youngest son of Anna and Andrew - great grandsons. Jim and Margie live part time in Clay Center, Kansas where he has a business and part time in the state of Arkansas. Jim was a state senator in the state of Kansas and was Speaker of the House. Jim's brother, Gailen, and Gailen's wife Dixie, live in Wakefield and they are retired.