My father is a Peed whose family was from Baden, MD, but I have traced back to Westmoreland County, VA. His grandfather was Charles Amos Peed and great grandfather was William H Peed who fought in the civil war. I have been able to trace back to William's father, John Peed, jr. born in 1807 who married Rebecca Coates. According to the Peed Bible in the Library of VA (online), John Peed, Jr's parents were John Peed and Jane his wife (but the writing looks like Janes). That is my family. There seem to have been a lot of Peed's in Westmoreland, Portsmouth, and Norfolk.