The Reids of Newfoundland

Thomas Unwin's wife as has been mentioned was ANNE REID.
According to the details on her marriage entry when she married Henry Vette, after Thomas died, her parents were JOHN REID and SARAH PHILLIPS.
She was born in 1845 at Island Cove, Newfoundland.
To date, I have not been able to confidently identify either John or Sarah in the Newfoundland/Canadian records.

Perhaps DNA matches can help.  I have on my DNA match list a number of Reids or people descended from Reids who still live at Newfoundland.  Three of the matches have family trees connected with their results, and these same three I have managed to link together under a common ancestress - Elizabeth Reid, the daughter of Stephen Reid (1772 - 1831) and his wife Elizabeth Pinhorn (1778 - 1815).   Elizabeth Reid has a brother, John Pinhorn Reid - but this does not automatically make him the John Reid that we are looking for, though it does make him a potential candidate.

From ancestry.com, the three matches are :

• David Reid 33cM/2 
• Darrel Sparkes 32cM/1
• Beatrice Rixon 22cM/2 

There is a table below that shows their common descent from Elizabeth Reid, as well as the placement of her brother, John Pinhorn Reid.    Moving forward from this point, it would be beneficial to know whether they all share the same chromosome placement with me.   An important point to note, is that in the case of Darrel Sparkes and Beatrice Rixon, they are Reid descendants in more than one way, which means that they may show up as being related more closely than they are. 

Another shared DNA match, this time from GEDMATCH shows Cyril Sparkes, as sharing 32cM/1 with me on Chromosome 15.  see below.  I haven't been able to identify which line Cyril descends from as yet, but have written to him.

All matches have today received the following letter from me; all that can be done at this stage, is to try to gather more information.  The ancestry chart of the matches is below the letter.  "Watch this space"

It is amazing to see REIDS from Newfoundland on my DNA match list.
My 3rd Great Grandmother ANNE REID left Newfoundland in 1870, with her English Soldier [Royal Canadian Rifles] Husband first to the UK then eventually here to New Zealand.  ANNE REID was born in 1845 @Island Cove, the daughter of JOHN REID and SARAH PHILIPS.
I’ve searched for a long time for John and Sarah Reid.  Haven’t been able to find them.
I’ve been looking at these three, including yourself, all descendants of Elizabeth Reid, daughter of Stephen Reid and his wife Elizabeth Pinhorn:

• David Reid 33cM/2

• Darrel Sparke 32cM/1 

• Beatrice Rixon  22cM/2

 I also have a Gedmatch with

• Cyril Sparkes, 32cM/1 on Chromosome 15,

 but have not been able to ascertain his line of descent (no tree). 

Do you have any further information about John Pinhorn Reid, brother of Elizabeth, and have you considered using Gedmatch to ascertain the actual chromosome placement of your DNA matches.
 Sorry if this is so ‘full on’, I am just very keen to try to find John and Sarah and how we connect to our Newfoundland roots.
Thank you for being related to me!

Pare