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Sybil Reynolds Taylor, "Christopher Reynolds of Virginia," Reynolds Family Association Centennial Collection: 100 Years of Historical and Genealogical Material Collected by the Reynolds Family Association, 1992. Compiled and Edited by Susan Rogers Clement, RFA Executive Secretary and Archivist (Reynolds Family Association. Printed and Bound by The Gregath Company, Cullman, Alabama). pp417-424. Library of Congress CS71.R464 1992:
focused a great deal of his life's research tracing Christopher's descendants, with the results of his research published in two books, The Rennolds-Reynolds of Virginia and.Enqland.1530.- 1948; and The Rennolds-Reynolds family Roster 1530-1959. When new Southern Reynolds family historians begin their search, probably the first compilations of Reynolds family information they discover are these two books by Col. Tillman. These books are of enormous assistance to tracing southern families. We are fortunate to have them. What is unfortunate is that Col. Tillman provided very little source documentation in either book. Therefore it is crucial that Reynolds researchers seek documentation for family connections proposed by Col. Tillman, and not rely solely on his statements.
records and gather documentation of all Reynoldses included in the two books compiled and published by Col. Tillman. The initial efforts of the project have focused on the earliest Reynolds immigrants. The results of the search for data on Christopher Reynolds and his family has produced the following information. A discussion of the ancestry of Christopher Reynolds of Virginia can be found in the article "Christopher Reynolds of Kent County, England, 1530".
"TI-433 CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS, of George (2), and Thomasyn (Church) Reynolds, b 1611 Gravesend, England, and d 1654 Isle of Wight Co. VA. He m. Elizabeth -. Data is from his will. They came to Warwick Co. VA 1622 aboard the "Francis and John," where they settled on 450 acres, patent to which was dated 9-15-1636. Issue: Richard b 1641 [TI- 434]; Christopher b 1642 [TI-1135]; John b 1644, who d. unm. 3-11-1668; Abbasha b 1646; Elizabeth b 1648 [T1-1569]
Isle of Wight Co. VA, m. Elizabeth - . Data from his will. They arrived in Warwick Co. VA 1622 aboard the "Francis and John", and settled there on 450 acres patent to which was made 15 Sep 1636. Issue: Richard b 1641 [T2-6293]; Christopher b 1642 [T2-7471]; John b 1644 and d 11 Mar 1668; Abbasha b 1646; Elizabeth b 1648; Jane b 1650; and Thomas b 1655 [T2-7899]. [T2 designates S. F. Tillman, Reynolds Family 1530-1959 (Chevy Chase, MD, 1959), pp290- 291.]
R.B. Hathaway, in 1901, stated in The North Carolina Historical and Genealogical Register, Vol II, No 4, Oct 1901 [Repr Balto: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1979, ppl35-136] "Parker Family," that Christopher was the brother of Cecily, and the son of Thomas Reynolds: "The grandfather of Cicely Reynolds was Thomas Jordan, of Dorsetshire, England, grand daughter (sic), the mother of Cicely married a Reynolds. Her mother's maiden name was Cicely Fitzpen or Phippen, and she was the daughter of Robert Phippen and his wife Cicely or Cicellie Jordan. Robert Phippen was the son of one Joseph Phippen, whose mother was Alice Pierce, and thus Ciceley Reynolds was related to Capt. William Pierce and his wife Joane... Twelve years later, her brother, Christopher Reynolds, arrived on the 'John and Francis'.... "
with Judge Ray. Reynolds identified the father of Christopher as Thomas Reynolds b ca 1594 who m Cecily Phippen b 1575 in Dorsetshire, England. "Christopher Reynolds was the son of Thomas Reynolds [Ray Index, pl35] born 1604 in Dorsetshire England, and died 1654 (Isle of Wight) VA; married [p418] "1639 Mrs. Elizabeth (Matthews) Rivers relict of Geo. Rivers and dau of Anthony Matthews. Worth S. Ray, in Index to Hathaway's NC Historical & Genealogical Register, pl35, states "Christopher Reynolds was born in Dorsetshire, England, although Tillman takes a contrary position that it was County Kent, England. Boddie in Historical Southern Families, Vol II, 'Reynolds of Isle of Wight,' p20l, seems to agree with Judge Ray.'
Cecily could be the father of Christopher and Cecily. Please refer in this book to the article about "Cecily ?Reynolds? of Virginia" for a discussion of this parentage. To date, no record has been found that clearly relates Christopher of Isle of Wight to Christopher of County Kent, nor to Thomas and Cecily.
in court in 1625, when he would have been only 14 years of age. Before the General Court held at Jamestown 18 Mar 1625, "Christopher Reighnalls, sworne and examined sayeth that he did see and read Peter Collins indenture and the he was bound to serve Mr. Bennett four years." It is shown in Edward Bennett's muster of 1625 that Peter Collins came over on the "Adams" in 1621.
records. RFA member Robert A. Reynolds, Roselle NJ, provided much of the following information about Christopher.
Good Friday massacre, 22 March 1621-22); 33 survivors managed to drive off the attackers [Boddie 17th Century Isle of Wight County VA, p 35]. Robert Bennett and his new secretary, Christopher Reynolds was among them [W.G. Reynolds].
safety [Records of the VA Company of London, III, part ii, p50a]. On 7 Oct 1622 Edwin Bennett of the plantation of Warascoake requested that his people might be returned thereto [Records of the VA Company v.II, pp104-5.]
1623. [List of names of persons living in VA 16 Feb 1623, set forth in Hotten Lists of Emigrants to America 16--1700, p
Company of London, III, par ii, p50a]. Waresquoack Plantation was located in the vicinity of present day Smithfield VA] .
of Edward Bennett's servants. [Hotten, note especially p241]. A year later on 18 Mar 1625, he appeared in General Court at Jamestown and swore that he, as secretary to Robert Bennett, had seen and read Peter Collins' indenture and that it said that Collins was bound to serve Mr. Bennett for five years from 1621.
tobacco trade with ENG. Christopher accompanied him and remained as his secretary during the time it took Mr. Bennett to secure the monopoly [W.G. Reynolds: Boddie, 17th Century Isle of Wight County VA, p 38].
Warrascoyak, in 1634, there were 522 persons, and 4,914 in VA. The county had an area about 350 square miles. It is in this setting in the original Warrisquick Co. (renamed Isle of Wight in 1637) [p419] that we find Christopher Reynolds, along with families of Jordan, Parker, Montague, Harrison, Pierce, Farrar, and many others.
arrival in Virginia of "Chri: Reinolds", aged 24, aboard the ship 'Speedwell' which departed from England 28 May 1635 (Hotten, p. 83; Boyer p67). I presume Christopher returned to England for a bride; his wife's name was Elizabeth and there were two women of his age aboard the 'Speedwell' with that name."
had been George Rivers, by whom she had a son, George. By Christopher Elizabeth had daughters Abbasha, Jane, and Elizabeth who later married Richard Jordan. She also had four additional sons: Christopher, John, Richard, and a posthumous child whom Christopher referred to in his Will as "the child my beloved wife now goeth with." This son was named Thomas.
VA was Peter Montague, who later became the fourth husband of Cecily Reynolds, Christopher (III)'s older sister. See American Historical Magazine, Vol I, No 1, Jan 1896, pp 8, 19]. Christopher's will had been witnessed five years before by Anthony Matthews, a relative of Samuels' in what is now Isle of Wight County VA. Anthony Matthews also was Christopher's father-in-law. Christopher was the second husband of Elizabeth Matthews. Her first husband was George Rivers, by whom she had a son George. By Christopher she had daughters Abbasba, Jane, and Elizabeth (Isle of Wight County VA Wills, Vol. A). The last of these, Elizabeth, later married her first cousin, Richard Jordan, Aunt Cecily (Reynolds) Jordan's posthumous child by Samuel Jordan. She also had four additional sons - Christopher, John, Richard and a posthumous child who her husband had referred to in his will as "the child my beloved wife goeth with." She eventually named this late arrival Thomas (III) [Tillman also identified the child as Thomas); [Ray, Index & Digest, p 135 says of Cecily's last Jordan offspring " ... the child was born. His name was Richard Jordan and he married his first cousin (as they so often did in those days) Elizabeth, daughter of Christopher Reynolds." [W.G. Reynolds, Reynolds History Annotated (1475- 1977)].
Christopher's will: "... to George Rivers (apparently a step-son) .... He apparently married (1) __ and (2) Elizabeth (__) Rivers." There is nothing in the article to give a clue as to what brought her to this conclusion. No additional information was provided in later editions of Adventurers.
of Wight Co; Bennett was chosen to be Governor of VA. [Hening, V.1, pp 371-373; Register of Ancestors, National Society of Colonial Dames of America in VA, pp. 77, 1979]
available for this will which is recorded in Isle of Wight County, Virginia, Will Book A. pp 46-48.
and form as followeth: FIRST, I give and bequeath my Soul into the hands of God my Creator and Maker, and my Body to be Buried in sure and certain Hope of Resurrection to Eternal Life through the only Merit and Satisfaction of Jesus my only Savior and Redeemer.
swamp that Richard Jordan now liveth upon. And I give unto my son John all my land on the Northerly side of the said freshet swamp and one cow; and he to enjoy the said land at Twenty one Years of Age. And, unto my son Richard I give all my Land now I live upon and one Cow, and he to possess the Sd Land at Twenty one Years of Age. AND, my daughter Abbasha I have given unto her a Portion already which was two cows and two calves. And, I give unto my daughter Elizabeth one heifer of two years old besides the stock I gave her formerly; And, unto my daughter Jane I give one Cow and one yearling heifer. And I give unto George Rivers one yearling heifer. And I give unto the child my wife now goeth with, if it lives, two cows to enjoy them at three years old. And, if any of my children dye, my will is that the other should succeed what Estate they leave. "AND, unto Elizabeth my loving wife, I give all the rest of my Estate both goods and chattels, moveable and unmovable, And Debts that are due to me from any person or persons whatsoever and my two servants, she paying all my Debts truly and justly. "AND, I do constitute and ordain Elizabeth, my loving wife my whole and sole Executrix. And, my will is that my wife Elizabeth shall have the ordering and bringing up of John and Richard, my sons, until they be sixteen years of age and Elizabeth and Jane until they be fifteen years of age. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I the Sd Christopher Reynolds have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day & Year first above written. Sealed & Subscribed Christopher Reynolds (Seal). Sealed, Subscribed and Delivered in the presence of Sylvester Bullen and Anthony Matthews." Came to Virginia on he "Speedwell", 1635. References
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