Saturday, September 13, 2014

Surname Saturday - REYNOLDS (England to colonial Massachusetts)

It's Surname Saturday, and I'm "counting down" my Ancestral Name List each week.  


I am in the 8th great-grandmothers and I'm up to Ancestor #1041 who is Ruth REYNOLDS (1623-1706) 
[Note: the earlier great-grandmothers and 8th great-grandfathers have been covered in earlier posts].

My ancestral line back through two generations in this REYNOLDS family line is:


1. Randall J. Seaver

2. Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983)
3. Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002)

4. Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942)
5. Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)

8. Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)
9. Hattie Louise Hildreth (1857-1920)

16. Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)
17. Lucretia Townsend Smith (1827-1884)

32. Benjamin Seaver (1791-1825)
33. Abigail Gates (1797-1869)

64. Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816)
65. Martha Whitney (1764-1832)


130.  Samuel Whitney (1719-1782)
131.  Abigail Fletcher (1720-1783)

260.  William Whitney (1683-1720)
261.  Martha Pierce (1681-1759)

520.  Nathaniel Whitney (1647-1733)
521.  Sarah Hagar (1651-1722)

1040.  John Whitney, born befiore 14 September 1621 in Isleworth, Middlesex, England; died 12 October 1692 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 2080. John Whitney and 2081. Elinor.  He married about 1642 in probably Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.
1041.  Ruth Reynolds, born 1623 in Aylesford, Kent, England; died before 1706 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  

Children of John Whitney and Ruth Reynolds are:
*  John Whitney (1643-1727), married 1669 Elizabeth Harris (1644-1727).
*  Ruth Whitney (1645-1744), married (1) 1664 John Shattuck (1647-1675); (2) 1677 Enoch Lawrence (1648-1725).
*  Nathaniel Whitney (1647-1733), married (1) 1674 Sarah Hagar (1651-1722); (2) 1724 Sarah Shepard (1667-1748).
*  Samuel Whitney (1648-1731), married 1684 Mary Bemis (1644-1730).
*  Mary Whitney (1650-1693)
*  Joseph Whitney (1652-1702), married 1675 Martha Beach (1650-????).
*  Sarah Whitney (1654-1720), married 1681 Daniel Harrington (1657-1728).
*  Elizabeth Whitney (1656-1712), married 1678 Daniel Warren (1653-1713).
*  Hannah Whitney (1658-????).
*  Benjamin Whitney (1660-1736), married 1687 Abigail Hague (1663-????).

2082.  Robert Reynolds, born about 1586 in probably Aylesford, Kent, England; died 27 April 1659 in Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States.  He was the son of 4164. George Reynolds and 4165. Thomasyn Church.  He married about 1615 in England.
2083.  Mary Pulleyne, born about 1590 in England; died 18 January 1663 in Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States.  She was the daughter of 4166. George Pulleyne.

Children of Robert Reynolds and Mary Pulleyne are:
*  Ruth Reynolds (1623-1706), married 1643 John Whitney (1621-1692).
*  Tabitha Reynolds (1625-1661), married 1646 Matthew Abdy (1620-????).
*  Nathaniel Reynolds (1627-1708), married (1) 1657 Sarah Dwight (1638-1663); (2) 1664 Priscilla Brackett (1641-1744).
*  Sarah Reynolds (1629-1718), married 1655 Robert Mason (1590-1667).
*  Mary Reynolds (1631-1711), married 1650 Richard Sanger (1620-1691).

Information about this Reynolds family was obtained from:

Susan Rogers Clement (compiler and editor), Reynolds Family Association Centennial Collection (Cullman, Alabama : The Gregath Company, 1992).

Stephen Tillman, Christopher Reynolds and his Descendants (Chevy Chase, Md. : 1959).

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