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Family: Joseph D. of James [B103-(5)] Reynolds, Sr. / Mercy Reynolds (F6847)  [1, 2, 3

m. 1675


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  • Father | Male
    Joseph D. of James [B103-(5)] Reynolds, Sr.

    Born  27 Nov 1652  Plymouth, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1739  North Kingstown, Greenwich, Rhode Island, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Married  1675  [4]  Exeter, Washington Co., RI  [4] Find all individuals with events at this location
    Other Spouse  Susannah Spencer | F6482 
    Married     
    Father  James [B103] Reynolds | F6424 Group Sheet 
    Mother  Deborah Potter/Jordan | F6424 Group Sheet 

    Mother | Female
    Mercy Reynolds

    Born  Abt 1654  North Kingstown, Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Yes, date unknown   
    Buried     
    Father   
    Mother   

    Child 1 | Male
    + Robert of Joseph D. [B103-(5)(B)] Reynolds

    Born  20 Jan 1737  Kingstown, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Sep 1806  Wyoming County, Factoryville, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried    Evergreen Woodlawn Cemetery, Factoryville, Wyoming Co., PA Find all individuals with events at this location
    Spouse  Eunice Waite | F6907 
    Married  Est 1756   

    Child 2 | Male
    Clement of Joseph D. [C104-(2)] [RI] Reynolds

    Born  Est 1710  North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  Aft 1730   
    Buried     
    Spouse  Private | F7230 
    Married     

    Child 3 | Male
    + Joseph of Joseph [C104-(2)(A)] [DE] Reynolds, Jr.

    Born  1672  North Kingstown, Greenwich, Rhode Island  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Died  1722  North Kingstown, Greenwich, Rhode Island  Find all individuals with events at this location
    Buried     
    Spouse  Susannah Babcock | F6481 
    Married  1696  Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location

  • Notes  Married:

  • Sources 
    1. [S46] Marriage Record/Certificate, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/3824/gpc_newenglandmarriages-0634?pid=64686&backurl=http://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?indiv%3D1%26db%3DNewEnglandMarriages%26h%3D64686%26tid%3D22493484%26pid%3D29789006350%26usePUB%3Dtrue%26usePUBJs%3Dtrue%26rhSource%3D60525&treeid=22493484&personid=29789006350&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=gpc_newenglandmarriages-0634.
      Job Reynolds and Sarah Crawford
      John Reynolds (1552-1736) + Ruth Knapp (1666-1736+); b. 1696 Greenwich CT
      Jonathan (1635-16674 & Rebecca Heusted (1645-); ca 1660 Greenwich Connecticut
      Joseph (1672-1722) & Susanna Babcock
      Mercy LNU m. Joseph (1652-1739 2nd wife b. 1701?; N. Kingstown, RI

    2. [S146] Reynolds Family Association, http://www.geneajourney.com/reynldj.html.
      Joseph Reynolds [b] b 27 Nov 1652, Plymouth, MA, d aft 24 Jun 1739, North Kingstown, Washington, RI. He md [1] Unknown abt 1671, and [2] Mercy abt 1706. Mercy was b abt 1678.
      Children of Joseph Reynolds and Mercy were:

      Sarah Reynolds b 21 Oct 1709, North Kingstown, Washington, RI; md Joseph Clarke 15 Nov 1727.
      Susannah Reynolds b 1711.
      Alice Reynolds b abt 1715.
      Robert Reynolds b abt 1720, North Kingstown, Washington, RI; md [1] Anna Gardiner Jul 1742, [2] Hannah Bentley 15 Jul 1753.

      Susannah Reynolds b 1711, North Kingstown, Washington, RI, d aft 14 Apr 1755, North Kingstown, RI. She md Elisha Clarke abt 1734, RI, son of Carew Clarke and Ann Dyer.
      NOTES:
      a. He is believed to be the same "James Renell" in Plymouth who was among those "from sixteen to sixty years of age" able to bear arms. It is believed he may then have removed to Newport, as he was among those who petitioned the R.I. Assembly for land in King's Province (later Kingstown, RI), May, 1665; many others who settled in this vicinity were known to have been Newport men. In 1669 he was living not far from the village of East Greenwich on a tract of about 150 acres. On 25 Sep 1671, the Assembly directed that "for the inhabitants between Pettaquamscutt and Warwick the Assembly do nominate Mr. Richard Smith, Mr. Thomas Gould, Mr. Samuel Dyre, Mr. James Reynolds, and Henry Tibbotts, they or any three or more of them shall be the persons to levie and assess the rate of the Inhabitants there." On the eve the breakout of King Philip's War in 1675, James' eldest son John was killed, but James and the remainder of his family escaped, as did many others, to Wickford, when Indians attacked and burned the settlers homes. He was a large landowner and later in his life, gifted or transferred much of his land to his sons. He was almost always referred to in the records as Mr. James Reynolds, indicating the degree of respect with which he was held.
      b. He was about 12 years of age when his father petitioned for land in King's Province. Tradition states that he settled on the "Great Plan" (a plateau of land near Wickford and then a wildnerness) before the advent of King Philip's War. After the war, when the land had been vacated by the Indians, we find that on 3 Jun 1709, the Colony agents sold "Joseph Reynolds, Sr., Joseph Reynolds, Jr., Robert Reynolds, and William Bentley" 727 acres "as platted...North by the new highway, South by the Pettaquamscot Northwest Line, East by the road running to East Greenwich, and West by vacant lands." Joseph held 255 acres of the southeastern portion of the above 727 acres. He and his sons were literally the first white settlers of this territory. By his first wife, whose identity is not known, he had 11 children, Joseph (md Susannah Babcock, (2) Deborah (md Job Babcock), Robert (md Deliverance Smith), James (md Sarah), Benjamin (md Experience Hull), Hannah (md Samuel Crandall), John (md Hannah Hull), Mercy (md Jeremiah Jones), Samuel (md Rosanna), Mary (md Thomas Bentley), and Clement (md Jane Bentley). His second wife, Deborah, whose surname is not known, was said to have close in age to James' eldest surviving son.
      The Will of Joseph Reynolds

      June 24, 1730, I, Joseph Reynolds, being aged and weak of Body but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given to God therefore and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this my Last Will and Testament, That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my Body to the earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial and as touching such Estates wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give Devise and dispose the same in the following manner and form:

      I Give and Bequeath to Mercy, my dearly beloved wife, all the use Benefit and profit of my now Dwelling house and orchard and all the rest of my land that is remaining now in my Possession Being in all 40 acres to be and remain unto my said wife all the time that she do and shall Remain my widow, but after my said wife's Decease or marriage, said house and lands to be and Remain unto my son John Reynolds his heirs and assigns.

      I Devise and Bequeath unto my said Wife the whole profit and benefit of my onmovable estate during the whole time of her Widowhood to me and after her decease or marriage, the same to be disposed of as hereafter mentioned.

      I Devise and Bequeath unto my Grandson Joseph son of my son Joseph Deceased ..... .....

      I Devise and Bequeath unto my son James Reynolds, Benjamin Reynolds, John Reynolds, Samuel Reynolds and Clement Reynolds to each one shilling they having had considerable of my estate already.

      I do give unto my two daughters Sarah Clark and Susanna Clark to each of them one pound and unto my daughter Mercy Jones I give to her five pounds, and unto my Daughter Alice I give and Bequeath eighteen pounds but should my Daughter Alice happen to Die before she shares the eighteen pounds, then my will is that the eighteen pounds shall be given to my Daughter Mercy Jones her daughters the same to be Equally Divided between all them that shall be living.

      I give and Bequeath unto my son Robert Reynolds surviving all that my fourty-seven Acres I purchased of my son John by my agreement purchase, said land to be and remain unto my son Robert and his heirs and assigns should he attain to the age of twenty-one years but should my son Robert chance to Dye Before becoming of age, not having issue, then my Will is that all I do hereby give unto my said son Robert. both real and personal Estate, shall be divided equally between all his own sisters who are by my now wife Mercy; unto my Daughter Mary Bentley and Sarah Clark, I give and bequeath them Sixteen pounds and ... shillings; unto my Daughter Mercy Jones ..... pounds and ... shillings; unto my Daughter ..... ..... pounds and eight shillings ..... . of my money given as a Legacy of credit of some of the Coloneys out of the two-hundred and fourty pounds which my son John Reynolds shall pay at the time when he comes into the Possession of my dwelling house and fourty acres of land ajoyning. The Rest of the two-hundred and fourty pounds above mentioned. if I do not make use of the same in my lifetime. or so much Thereof as shall be Remaining after my decease, I Bequeath unto my son Robert Reynolds for Building a house and all the remaining .......... Estate which shall Remain after my Wife's Decease or marriage again, I give and Bequeath unto all the children of my now Wife Mercy, who shall be then surviving to be equally Divided among said children, and I do constitute and appoint my said Wife my Executrix and my son John Reynolds my Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly Disallow and Disannul all and any other former made Wills, Legacies, Bequests and ..... ways before named Wills and Bequeasts ..... confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, I witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal, the day and year above written.
      JOSEPH REYNOLDS

      Witnesses:
      WILLIAM HALL,
      BENJAMIN .....NELLY,
      JACOB MARSHALL.

    3. [S82] Wikitree, https://www.werelate.org/wiki/Person:Joseph_Reynolds_%2815%29.
      Abstracts of North Kingstown Wills, in Rhode Island Genealogical Register. (Princeton, Massachusetts: A. G. Beaman), 12:98.

      WILL:
      Dated June 24, 1730; wife Mercy;
      sons: James, John & Samuel get 1 shilling;
      daughters: Susanna Clark & Alice, Mercy Jones & Mary; son Robert < 21;
      I give ... unto all the children of my NOW WIFE.. [Reynolds Family Assoc. Centennial Collection, p. 461]
      -North Kingstown Probate Vol. 7, 1731-1742, p. 123-6: Dated June 1730, rec. Sept. 13, 1739;
      Now wife Mercy; [NOTE; PARTS OF THIS WILL WERE BURNED: NOTED IN ABSTRACT; DOCUMENT ABOVE.
      sons: Joseph decd, [burn] Reynolds, John, Samuel, [born] Reynolds & Robert Reynolds;
      daughters: [burn], Susanna Clark, Mercy Jones, [born] Alice (no surname), Mary B[burn] & Sarah Clarke; grandson J[burn].
      Witnesses: Wm Hall, Benjamin [burn]. [RIGR 12:98]

      North Kingstown Births and Deaths, in Arnold, James N. Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636?1850: First series, births, marriages and deaths. A family register for the people. (Narragansett Hist. Publ. Co., 1891), 92.

      REYNOLDS, Joseph, of James (of William), and Deborah, [born] Nov. 27, 1652.

      LAND: 1713, ack Jan 8, 1713 Joseph Reynolds Sr & wife Mercy to son John 150 Acres.
      [NK Land 1699-1718, p. 54-55; RIGR 8:178]
      -March 1713/4 I John Renalds of Kingstown obliged to father Joseph & mother-in-law
      (step-mother) Mercy for .... Witnesses: Wm Hall & Comfort Baker. [NK Land
      1699-1718, p. 60; RIGR 8:178]
      -Sept 1, 1714 purchased land in East Greenwich (1/4 share) from brother Henry Reynolds.
      -Sept 29, 1714 deeded to son Benjamin of Kingstown 1/2 of above land.
      -Aug 27, 1717 deeded to son James, late of Kingstown the remaining 1/2 of above.

    4. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33V1-BBW.
      !Reynolds Family 1530-1959 by S.F. Tillman p 232 (4950).
      "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33V1-L49 : accessed 29 July 2022), entry for Joseph /Reynolds/; "My Family" file (2:2:2:MMD8-DZJ), submitted 2 February 2014 by WebsterGene [identity withheld for privacy].