William W. Reynolds came from Rhode Island in 1780. He had eight children, viz: Parley, Thomas, Benjamin, Elijah, Howard, Amy, Hannah, and Polly. ... Amy became the wife of Noah Smith after being Mrs. Whitford. She was the woman murdered, mentioned elsewhere. Hannah and Polly became successively the wives of Benjamin Babcock.
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.