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William Reynolds, aka "William of Providence"
Facts and Events
| Name |
William Reynolds, aka "William of Providence" |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth? |
Abt 1560 |
England
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| Marriage |
2 Feb 1580 |
Kent, England[widely speculated] Citation needed
to Esther Ruth, (Roth) |
| Immigration[1] |
1622 |
Maine, United Statesnamed on visiting list |
| Immigration[1] |
1624 |
Maine, United Statesnamed on visiting list |
| Death? |
Aft 1646 |
Providence, Rhode Island[last known record] |
| Alt Death? |
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Bermuda[per some traditions - sources needed] |
Working timeline
(Sources needed for all of this)
Note: there is no proof of parentage presented.
20 Aug 1637 – Providence, Rhode Island. He and certain others were to pay two shillings six pence apiece for ground that they had granted to them, and he and twelve others signed the following compact:
- “We whose names are hereunder, desirous to inhabit in the town of Providence, do promise to subject ourselves in active and passive obedience to all such orders or agreements as shall be made for public good of the body in an orderly way, by the major consent of the present inhabitants, masters of families, incorporated together in Town fellowship, and others whom they admit unto them only in civil things.”
27 Jul 1640 – He was one of thirty-nine who signed an agreement for a form of government.
17 Nov 1641 – He with twelve others complained in a letter to Massachusetts of the “insolent and riotous carriage of Samuel Gorton and his company,” and therefore the petitioners desired Massachusetts to “lend us a neighborlike helping hand,” etc.
30 Jan 1644 – He was one of the Providence settlers who testified as to the outrage on Warwick settlers by Massachusetts.
27 Jan 1645 – He sold to Robert Williams all his houses and home share and three small pieces of meadow, and on the same date he sold to William Field a share of six acres on Fox’s Hill.
27 Apr 1646 – He sold to Thomas Lawton his valley of eighty acres, and three acres of meadow.
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Maine visiting lists before 1630, in Spencer, Wilbur D. (Wilbur Daniel). Pioneers on Maine rivers : with lists to 1651. (Portland, Maine: Lakeside Print Co, 1930).
p 19 -
... Other Englishmen: ...
... William Reynolds, master of the Charity, bound for Virginia. ...
p 20 -
1624
... Traders at Monhegan Island:
... Henry Hewett, factor for William Constable in the William and John.
William Reynolds, master of the William and John. ...
- Family Notes, in Source needed.
settled in Bermuda. Children: Stephan, Jonathan, William, Christopher, John, . Before living in US lived in Bermuda. James, Catherine & another daughter. per Rootsweb died 1621 in RI Source for arriving in US is Pages 13-23 contain "Maine Visiting Lists before 1630," a list of pioneers, often with the names of ships in which they arrived. Mostly British settlers. Other settlements mentioned.
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