William W. Reynolds, Sr., was a native of Westerly, R. I., and settled in Petersburgh in the year 1780. He had a family of eight children, of whom Parley Reynolds was the first born in Petersburgh, Aug. 24, 1780, "the year the family came, then consisting of Mr. & Mrs. William W. Reynolds and their two sons, Thomas and Benjamin, who were born in Westerly, R. I.
Parley entered at an early age into the mercantile business as a clerk for his eldest brother, Thomas, and after a few years he was taken in as a partner. Commencing life poor, by close attention to business he became one of the wealthy men of his town. He married Esther Holmes, of Stonington, Conn. He held several town offices, and was a strong Democrat of the Jeffersonian school. ... He died Jan. 22, 1861, ...
