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THE
REYNOLDS FAMILY
ASSOCIATION
1634
TWENTY^FIRST
ANNUAL REUNION
1912
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AUGUST FIFTEENTH. 1912
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Giles L. Reynolds, -------- Roslyn, Pa.
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John P. Reynolds, - - - Bristol, R. I.
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\V. MvRON Reynolds, M. D., - - - - - New York City.
G. G. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
George W. Guard, ------- Norwich, Conn.
Wilson C. Reynolds, ----- East Haddavi, Conn.
H. C. Reynolds, Scranton, Pa.
George a. Reynolds, Hartford, Conn.
tfiiaturiau anii CEurrraponiiinij Srrrrtarij
S. Walter Reynolds, Pinckncyvillc, III.
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Howard I. Reynolds, Koslyn, Pa.
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W. Myron Ricynoi.ds, M. I)., Nc7c York City.
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PURSUANT to the vote of the Association at the 191 1 meeting,
the 19 1 2 reunion took place August 15 in New London,
Connecticut, the scene of several previous gatherings of the
Association. The business meeting and banquet were held at
the Mohican Hotel.
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President John P. Reynolds called the meeting to order at
1 1 o'clock. Prayer was offered by W. Myron Reynolds, M. D.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
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IJpport of tl)c (Trpasurfr
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 15. 1912
191 1 RECKlPrS
Auf(. 16. Balance on hand, $65 73
1912
Auj<. 15. Membership dues for year, - - - - $11000
I-'roni sale of reports, - - - - - 9 5°
I'roni sale of arms, 2 50
From sale of jewelrv and stationery, - - 4 45
126 45
I192 iS
191 I PAYMENTS
Aii^. 14. Kxpense of rejwrting 191 1 reunion, - - $9 00
Nov. 20. Secretary for services, lo 00
1912
May 20. l*rintinj< i9i(>-ii rcixirts, - - - - 95 00
Auy. 15. TrintinK, miscellaneous, . - . . 6 10
I'ostaj^e for vear, '^ 93
f«37 03
nalancc on hand, $55 '5
Treasurer's rcijort accepted.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Ep^nrt of t\}t i^'xBtormx
PiNCKNEYViLLE, ILLINOIS, August lo, 1912.
To the Reynolds Family Association in Annual Reunion Assembled,
New London, Conn.:
Dear Kinsmen and Ladies. — Each year I find myself more decrepit
in body, and this year also shall be obliged to be absent in body, though
present in thought, at the twenty-first annual reunion.
During this year I have had several letters of inquiry, some of which
I was obliged to "turn down" for want of data, either to prove or
disprove their claims.
While absent at Hot Springs, Ark., to get the rheumatism "boiled
out," a letter from Mrs. Myron Lockman, Huntington, L. I., was
forwarded me, dated February 17, 1912, saying she was descended from
Caleb Reynolds and wife, Jane, who lived at Oyster Bay, L. I., had son
James, bom in 1768, who married Elizabeth Weeks; and asking if I
knew anything of this Caleb. After my return home I searched the
records and could find no such character concealed in any direction, and
so informed her. She wrote again, May 27, giving me much further in-
formation, and the names of eight Reynoldses who served in the Sixth
Regiment, Dutchess County, N. Y., in the Revolution, among them
her Caleb, and still I cannot find him.
April 25, 191 2, W. K. Reynolds, Providence, R. I., writes, calling me
over the coals because his name is listed under " William of Providence"
in our report, saying he knows nothing of such a person, claiming that
the founder of his family was James (the settler), who settled in North
Kingstown early in 1600. Also for sajdng that Thomas A. Reynolds,
who died last year, belonged to William's line. I fancy I upset his
apple cart by proving that James was a son of William; that he did not
trace his family back quite far enough to know who James was; and,
furthermore, that James was born in America, instead of being an
emigrant. I wrote him again June 6, acknowledging receipt of a
printed genealogy of his family, beginning with James, which must
have been convincing, for he has not written again.
May 8, I received a letter from Dr. R. D. Reynolds, Greenspring,
Ohio, giving the genealogy of John Reynolds of Saybrook, Conn., for
five generations, which looked so queer to me that I sent the letter to our
secretary for consideration, as I could find no connection between this
John and any other families of our Association.
Mrs. Elizabeth Bridenthal, Monmouth, Ills., writes May 15, 1912,
inquiring about John Reynolds, born in Westmoreland County in 1793,
and said to have been a son of William, but zc/iat William I cannot make
out, nor can I find where she comes in at all.
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I would like to inquire where all these Johns, whom nobody knows,
came from, for they do not seem to belong to any of the clans, though
described as living near where our people did. I answered Mrs.
Bridenthal that I could not locate her John.
Mrs. Bromley wrote me May 21, 1912, in reply to my request for a
copy of such records as she had of the Providence branch, and sent me
a small pamphlet compiled by Mrs. Wight, that gives about all the
information she had, but said Mr. H. C. Reynolds had a more complete
record than hers, but I have failed to get anything from him.
I do not believe we shall ever get anything definite from over the sea
as to whence we came, and will have to be satisfied to be Americans.
Wishing the Association all sorts of a good time at New London,
I am,
Yours fraternally,
S. Walter Reynolds, Historian.
P. S.— I almost forgot that Mrs. W. B. Northup, Asheville, N. C,
writes, June 17, 191 2, trying to trace her line of the Reynolds family,
and states it thus: John (i), Jonathan (2), Ebenezer (3), Nathaniel (4),
Philemon (5), Aney (6), Henry Close (7). Am happy to say that I
answered, June 25, that she undoubtedly belongs to the John of Water-
town clan, for the descent down to Philemon is correct.
S. W. R.
Report accepted and ordered placed ou file.
3Jii lilruuiriam
191 I -1912
Mrs. Sarah Kirk Fox. june 5. i9ii
Alfred h. Hartley. December le. 1911
FrankArthur Reynolds. February 27. 1912
William K. Re ynolds. j u ne 30.1912
Mrs. Mary L. Reynolds, august 11. 1912
8 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
lElrrtinu nf (iffirprs
Officers for the ensuing year were elected as follows:
President Emeritus
Giles L. Reynolds, ------- Roslyn, Pa.
President
John P. Reynolds, -------- Bristol, R. I.
I ^ice-Pres i dents
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., - - - - - New York City
G. G. Reynolds, ------- Brooklyn, N. Y.
George W. Guard, ------- Norwich, Conn.
Wilson C. Reynolds, ----- East Haddam, Conn.
H. C. Reynolds, -------- Scranton, Pa.
George A. Reynolds, ------ Hartford, Conn.
Historian and Corresponding Secretary
S. Walter Reynolds, Pinckneyville, 111.
Secretary and Treasurer
Howard I. Reynolds, ------- Roslyn, Pa.
Chapla in
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., - . - - - New York City
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1913 Brumon
On motion, it was voted to hold the twenty-second reunion
at or near Boston, on the third Wednesda}'- in August, the
details being left with the committee on arrangements. Clar-
ence G. Reynolds, of Boston, was elected a member of the
committee.
Letters of regret were read from several members unable to
be present.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Sin? PasBtng of (§ur Assorxattnnal ^ttxv
Gone is the 3-ear that at Bristol made entry
Bringing its pledges and promises fair.
Backward o'er-looking it judge we it gently;
Failures it shows, h»ut fulfillments are there.
\'aried the pathway the quick 5-ear has led us,
Many the lessons its changes have taught;
Strong we have grown on the good it has fed us-
Brave by the wrongs we have patiently fought.
Gladly we 've taken its moments of pleasure,
Wearily drudged through its long da3-s of toil-
Rich when it brought us its handful of treasure-
Robbed when it battled against us for spoil.
Now as it passes we know we have loved it,
Hard as its discipline sometimes has been,
For as a friend we have had it, and proved it
Given of God, and been happy therein.
-Ceua Mary Reynolds.
^OiStpraniital txrrrtBPB
JOHN P. REYNOLDS. TOASTM ASTER
After brief remarks bj^ the t(xistinaster, in which the hi.story
of the Association was reviewed, the speakers of the day were
called on.
W. Myron Rrvnolds, M. D. Mr. Toastmaster and Mevibers of the
l\eynolds I-'amily: We are celebrating to-day our twenty-first annual
reunion; and I am glad to see so large an attendance, to congratulate
our Association on reaching its majority.
I have no lengthy speech to make, nor weighty problem to lay liefore
you at this time; only a few suggestions to offer, while you wait.
We all enjoy these annual meetings — the social hour an<l the business
hour — but I think wliat we enjoy most, is the hour spent around our
banquet table; for there is something about the New luigland cooking
that ap])eals to our a])])etilc, when stimulated by wit and wisdom as a
sym])osium, more than the fancy dishes served uj) by the chefs in large
cities.
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Those of us -who are so fortunate to have been born in New England
have an inheritance so much admired by some of those born elsewhere;
they have, in fact, long since concluded it was scarcel}' worth while for
them to have been born at all in any other part of the United States.
We are glad to welcome these cousins from other States to meet with
us here in New England; to enjoy our picturesque landscapes, the ripple
of the brooks down our hillsides, the grain more golden in our harvest
fields, our fruits a better flavor, the flowers on our lawns more fragrant
and our homes more inviting.
Our gift of memory brings vividly back to us these dear old New
England homes, with the familiar scenes of childhood; while we rejoice
at seeing the happy and contented faces we are wont to meet at these
annual gatherings. And although we have ever}' reason to be proud of
our ancestors, we feel somewhat sorry for people Avho have nothing but
ancestors to be proud of.
We do not claim perfection for our parentage, for there are as yet no
perfect parents; and we fear there will be none, unless the coming gen-
eration shall arrive at the perfected state.
It may be excusable for the boy to feel at times that he is " father of
the man," and to think he knows best what is for his own good. I used
to think when my father chastised me, he put just a little too much
animated enthusiasm into the correction; but from what I have known
of myself since, I am inclined to think I received no more than I justly
deserved, and have thought at times that a little more would have been
salutary.
A minister, who employed a colored man in his family, noticed one
Sunday while preaching, that the negro, who could neither read nor
write a word, was busily engaged scribbling on a sheet of paper. After
the service he asked him: " What were you doing in church diiring the
sermon ?" He replied: " Taking notes of what you said, parson. All
the gemmen, they take notes." "Let me see your notes," said the
minister. Tom handed him his notes, which looked more like Chinese
than English, and the minister said: "Why, Tom, this is nothing, its
all nonsense," and Tom replied, "Well, I jes' thought so parson, all the
time that you was a-preaching it."
A clergyman recently told a marvelous story in Sunday-school where
his little daughter was present, and after reaching home she said to her
father: "Now, pa, was that story you told to-day really true, or were
you just preaching? "
Some years ago I advertised for an office boy, and from a dozen or
more applicants for the position I selected a bright, chubbv'-faced lad,
with a frank, honest expression, and after instructing him what his duties
would be between the hours of eight in the morning and six in the after-
noon, I asked him what hour of the day he would enjoy most, and his
face lighted up with pleasant anticipation as he answered, "The hour
when we close up the office and go to dinner."
A young lady went into Delmonico's during lunch hour, and taking a
seat at one of the tables overlooking Fifth avenue, said to the waiter:
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" I am very fond of chicken salad; do you serve a nice chicken salad
here ? " The waiter replied: " Yes, madam, we serve a very nice chicken
salad." " What do you serve with your chicken salad ? " " Bread and
butter, madam," the waiter replied. " Well, you may bring me a nice
plate of chicken salad." And as the waiter bowed politely and started
to serve the order, glancing at the menu she suddenly called out: "Oh,
waiter, what do you charge for your chicken salad? " " Eighty cents,
madam." " Eighty cents for chicken salad?" " \'es, madam, but our
chicken salads are v-e-r-y nice." "And what do you charge for bread
and butter? " " We make no charge for bread and butter, madam, they
are alwavs served free." "Well, you may bring me some bread and
butter, please; after all I don't think I care for chicken salad to-day."
It is conceded that a woman sometimes changes her mind, because she
has a mind to change; while a man who boasts of never changing his
mind unconsciously admits he hasn't a mind broad enough for two
opinions.
We realize here in New England the all-important benefit of early
education, combined with strict moral discipline, and in fact have long
since reached the conclusion that the common school is the bread of
life. All good fathers and mothers want their children to be better
informed than they have been. This is reasonably expected of them,
because they live in a more advanced age, in a better time for improve-
ment, with more advantages at their command; and if the children wish
to reflect credit on the memory of their parents, they will aim to do so
by accomplishing more than their parents could, with the advantages of
their time.
But do we see families continue to improve in education and morals as
they should, with these wonderful advantages of the present day ?
I recall an incident that occurred in a rapidly growing western city,
when a large taxpayer, born of ignorance and with untutored mind,
rose at a town meeting to vigorously protest against building a new
schoolhouse in a certain part of the town, fearing increased taxation.
" What 's the use of it ? " he vehemently contended; " They are only an
ignorant set over there anyway." And a farmer from that locality wrote
a New York editor: "Sir: You will find a two-dollar bill enclosed, for
which send me your pajjer for a year." The busy editor returned the
letter with a tart i)erenii)tory note on the margin: "This two-dollar bill
is counterfeit; send me another." The fanner sent him a ])ostal card
instead, saying: "That 's the only two-dollar counterfeit I have."
It is well for us to remember that our knowledge and al)ility for use-
fulness dejjend very largely on our birth and the community in which
we have lived, so that every man is, to a certain extent, the i)ro«hicl of
his own surroundings; and men have advanceil in knowledge aiul ability
for usefulness, just in ])roi)orlion as their thoughts ami observation
have been mingle<l with their surroundings and labor.
The j)o])ular iinjjression llial |)eoi»le are more hai>py in childhotxl ami
youth, than thev will be later in life, is to my mind incorrect. The fact
is admitted that diildliood and youth are to(» brief at longest, and that
12 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
both men and women age too soon; whereas, if they observe how to live
aright, their lives would be materially prolonged, and would become far
more happy as thej' advance in j-ears. Thousands of people shorten
their lives with continual worry, by always borrowing trouble, which
they make no effort to return.
We should never tolerate more than one kind of trouble at a time, but
some people entertain three kinds: all they have had in the past; all
they now have; and all they expect to have. They fail to realize while
they have the ability; they lack determination to make the best of what-
ever difficulty may arise.
Our unavoidable mistakes, for which we are sure to be criticised, will
become our best teachers, if we learn to profit by them in future; for we
are not the first to have our faults looked at through a microscope,
while our virtues are only seen through the wrong end of a telescope.
We may be sure that the world will always take notice of what we do
wrong, and usually forget to mention what we do right, though we can
rely on truth finally prevailing against falsehood and error; for the
motive behind the deed is after all what determines the value of our acts.
John Milton was in some respects a remarkable man and wonderful
poet, but was said to be severe in disposition and unreasonable in the
treatment of his family. Being blind, he compelled his daiighters to
read to him in several languages, which he would not permit them to
study, always contending that one tongue was sufficient for any woman.
We are living in an age of marvelous advancement of both science and
labor; the dawn of a brighter day is fast approaching. No thoughtful
observer can fail to see that we are continually finding out more about
the laws of health and disease and adding years to the span of human
life, while making the world more fit to live in. This onward march of
progress is checked only by the spirit of unrest existing at present
throughout the world between capital and labor. It is brought about by
the unhallowed advice of labor agitators, whose unwise council is sacri-
ficing thousands of lives, that should have been spared to their families
and devoted to years of usefulness.
Both parties to these bitter contests are somewhat at fault, and if
they would prosper, they must act together. Capital, sometimes im-
properly called the enemy of labor, should be in partnership with labor;
then when labor furnishes muscle and skill with capital combined, if
both factions do not prosper it will be their own fault.
For where industry and capital are equally protected by justice, pros-
perity and contentment are always sure to dwell. Nothing can be more
noble than a life of usefulness, while idleness and dissension should no
longer be considered respectable.
It is sad to admit that wealth and high social position are generally
considered the enemies of genius and the destroyers of talent and in-
dustry. It is hard for the rich to resist the thousand allurements of
pleasure, and those high in social circles to get down to serious thinking
and hard study; but let us be profoundly thankful and take courage,
since the world is undergoing a rapid change for the better.
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We no longer care for, nor even respect, an office holder, unless he
fills the office honorably, no matter if he has been President of the
United States. Honor is not a commodity that can be bought or sold,
nor gained by bribery, or merely for the asking; it must be honestly
earned to be deserved and respected.
The time will come when, no matter how much money or influence a
man has, he will not be respected unless he is using them for the bene-
fit of his fellow-men, and the time is rapidly approaching, instead of
these disrupting textile strikes, labor will unite to weave a garment of
joy that will eventually cover the world.
It is not necessary to be rich to be just and generous; nor to be
powerful to be happy; but daily happiness must build up character as
the gymnasium exercise builds muscle. Then the happy man will
become the successful man, looking for excellence in others rather than
for their faults; if some are higher up in social position, not envious of
them but rather thankful that those who are down need not fear a fall.
When we receive a request for assistance or sympathy, let us not
throw the communication in the waste basket of forgetfulness, but
answer it promptly; if we cannot give the aid asked for, we can at least
courteously off'er sym])atli\'.
We should not forget that the source of man's unhappiness is his
ignorance of the laws of nature; for knowledge consists in ascertaining
nature's laws, and that acquired wisdom, when turned to practical
account, is the science of true happiness.
It has been clearly demonstrated that an even temperament and
cheerful mind has nuich to do with both happiness and longevity and
that the more we strive to make others happy, the more happy we are
sure to become. Do we realize that ha])piness is the one thing in the
whole universe that pays ten per cent, to both borrower and lender?
For happiness begets hap])iness and is essential to longevity, as bread
to satisfy hunger.
Hismarck, with world-wide fame, said late in life: "I have counted
all the hours in which I have been ha])])y, and they do not equal twenty-
four." What a sad record for this great man to leave posterity as a
legacy. Every careful observer should realize if the best things are to
be actjuired they must be earnestly sought for, worked for, and often
suffered for.
We surely know that man advances only as he persistently overcomes
the obstacles of nature. This is done by close observation, diligent
study, and concentration of thought. We shouhl also know that with-
out intelligent labor it is ini])ossil)le to make great jirogress.
If man's eyes had not faile<l, we would have had no sjieclacles. Here
we have an e.\an>i)le of j)rogress overcoming one of nature's serious
defects, and as discriminating vision was attained only hy means of
shadow and darkness, so out of every loss should come the uplifting of
humanity; therefore, all tliat gives us better minds, purer hearts, and
nobler lives, in short, that makes us better men and women, will com-
bine to j)ro(luce what we call progress of the humim race.
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For example, we love truth because truth adds to human happiness.
We love justice, because justice preserves equity which brings human
joy. We love charity, because we all must realize that charity is justice
in full bloom.
Finally, as members of the Reynolds family, let us fix indelibly in
our minds the way to be happy is to strive continually to make those
happy with whom we come in daily contact; the place to be happy is
here; and the time to be happy is NOW.
George W. Guard. Felloic Kinsmen and Kinswomen : I have a
feeling that I would like to say a word to you to-day. I would not cause
a thought of sadness in this Association — I would not think to do that —
but I want to just say that she who has been with me through long and
happy years, who has been my guide, my counsellor and best friend, is
not; for soon after the Association met here in New London, which was
one of the happiest afternoons I remember to have spent, God took her.
I have shown some of you my home that I am now building, just out
of New London a little way, taking up life where I almost thought to
have laid it down. If anyone has been through that trouble, they know
whereof I speak.
I have listened with pleasure to the remarks of the Doctor, and I think
we might well vote him a vote of thanks. He certainly has told to us
stories that are new and has brought to us thoughts which, if we took
into our hearts, we would be better personally. I thank him. (I thank
you, Doctor.)
I had the jDleasureof welcoming, in my feeble way, this Association to
New London the first time that I had the pleasiire of meeting with 3-ou.
I cannot just tell you how long ago, perhaps fourteen years. I welcome
you again to a New London that is now spreading out. Some one asked
me, "How did 3'ou come to go to Norwich? " Norwich is not so much
separated from New London, but will in the future be a suburb of New
London. Our sidewalks are now reaching perhaps a mile and a half
towards that city, and that beautiful river that flows down to the sea.
I feel it is a wonderful privilege to live near a river like this and take a
sail on its clear waters now and then. Next week I hope to take in my
boat some newsboys and give them an afternoon of pleasiire — the boys
who are not able to go ovit, and no daddy to take them. To be born poor
is a grand possession for a boy. I would rather he be born poor and
work himself up.
I don't want to take your time and not give you back a little some-
thing. I want to give you a little thought to take with you. Why did
I come to this Association ? There seemed to be several answers come
to me. I spoke to forty-five boys from Brooklyn last Sabbath at Gard-
ner's Lake; one of the boys had a handkerchief tied around his head,
others dressed in such a manner that I saw that not long ago their fore-
fathers lay under the orange groves of Italy, or perhaps where the
sun was shining so warm and tender, and I thought to myself we are
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gathering to our shores a new people, and these young men — these boys
that are now — will be the American government.
And so I say to myself, we associate ourselves together, being tied by
kindred and tracing our ancestry back as we do, we come together in a
measure to hold ourselves, not against the tide, but because of the tide
that is coming in.
I looked about a little while ago, as I moved to the suburb of New Lon-
don called Norwich, to search for the name of a certain Raymond. 1
found that he was in the revolutionary army and that, after a period of
service, he with others must have died, and it seemed to me a grand
thing to have a lineage and to look back and say that was my great-
grandfather. These boys wdll not be able to say, " My great-grandfather
helped to deliver this countrj' from George III. and give it freedom."
Perhaps his grandfather was a " Dago." He may be President of the
United States, so it is up to us to make the best of these boys that are
coming over here for our own self-preservation, for on them will fall the
weight and care of this government. Some of us will look back and say,
"he that painted the pictures of animals was our forbear." On one side
of my family I can look back and sometimes think I see the cottage
where my forbear lived. I hope to go over and see it some day.
I am glad to say that on one side of my house I am an Irishman. You
see before you a fellow that calls himself " Paddy." Some of my rela-
tives spell their names different from mine, spelling it " Garde," showing
that they think their forbears came over from France with William the
Conqueror. My people lived up in the north of Ireland and they tell
me that in the night I was transported and kissed the Blarney Stone,
but I certainly love a thing that is bright and witty, and I love the old
green Ireland, but, in the meantime, I am glad to be with you this
afternoon.
Perhaps as long as I remain on this earth I shall never be quite what
I was, because there are things that come to us throughout the vail. I
am not one to say what shall come to us after we have left this world.
But I agree with you my friend who says, "Take the opportunities that
come to us by day and hour and make the most of them now," and I
ho])e that as we come together year after year it may be my pleasure to
meet with you again as I met with you in New Haven, and three times
in New London, but, in the meantime, I want to commend you to llim
wlio cares for you, and who has ])ut yon into this world as He has ])Ut
me, to fit ourselves for anotlier world.
I am sure, as I think over these things, 1 am in a strange land, and 1
am not so well fitted to live in this land as the worm tliat crawls along
the earth, and this fact to me is the testimony that I atn going to live in
another land, and it is n\> to me to make of myself a better man, that I
may enjoy the l)etter land when I come to it.
I am just as young as I really am. If we want to be young, and go into
that other country where we sliall remain young, for ever and ever, let
us try to be successful in j)leiising llim, which is the greatest success in
life.
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The following members were also called on and responded
briefly: Frederick F. Street, Clarence G. Reynolds, Edwin _
Reynolds, John F. Reynolds, Frank Bufiinton, Prescott D. ■
Reynolds.
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Adjournment.
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Notes
Changes in address should be promptly reported to the secretary.
Copies of this and previous reports may be obtained at fifty cents
each.
The twenty-second annual reunion will be held at or near Boston,
Mass., August 20, 1913.
The Constitution of the Association was printed in the last report.
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WILLIAM OF PROVIDENCE LINE
Harry C. Reynolds, -------- Scranton, Pa.
Mrs. Adelaide Coltart Reynolds, ----- " "
Alfred C. Willits, - - - - Holinesburg, Philadelphia, "
Mrs. Belle Reynolds Willits, - - - " "
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Ricketts, - - - Wilkes-Barre, "
John F. Reynolds, ------- N^orth Have?!, Conn.
Mrs. Carrie E. Reynolds, ----- " "
John Edgar Reynolds, ------ " "
Miss Marion I. Reynolds, . - - . - " "
Samuel Reynolds, -------- Ptilnaiii, "
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, - - Ma^isfield ( Eaglevillc P. O.), "
Miss Mary Geneva Rathbun, ------ 3lystic, "
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, ...---
Mrs. Mary Moredock Dickinson, ----- " "
Miss Mary Josephine Dickinson, - - - - - " "
Mrs. Susan A. Rej-nolds Heath, - - - Norivich Tozun, "
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, ------ Brooklyn, N. Y.
William T. Reynolds, ------ Poughkeepsie, "
Harris Smith Reynolds, ------ " "
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., - - - - - N^ezv York, "
Mrs. Clarion B. Winslow, - - . . - " "
Lucius E. Weaver, - Rochester, "
Joseph E. Reynolds, 3/ofison, Jl/ass.
Mrs. Sarah Rixford Reynolds, - - - - - " "
Mrs. Vivian Reynolds Seymour, " "
Charles Reynolds, ------- Spriiigfield, "
Maurice F. Reynolds, ------ " "
Frank Buflinton, -.-.-_. /•<?// River, "
Miss Mary E. Buffinton, " "
Rali)h W. Reynolds, "
Mrs. Ralph W. Reynolds,
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Reynolds, ----- " "
Stephen W. Reynolds, Boston, "
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe, Summit, X.J.
Mrs. Mame Reynolds McGeorge, - - - - - " "
Mrs. Mary R. l*'o<)te, ---.... Trenton, "
Miss ICthehvyne R. Foote,
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds, - . - . Wilmington, /hi.
Miss I'^izabfth Sdiee Reynolds,
Charles H. Reynolds, - - ■ Wick ford, R. I.
Joseph C.. ReynoMs, - - . . " "
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Mrs. Rebecca G. Reynolds, ------ JVickford, R. I.
Frank A. Reynolds, ------ Providence, "
Mrs. Georgiana Pierce Cook, ----- " "
Henry S. Reynolds, ------ << "
Mrs. Lula A. Reynolds Fowler, - - - - Pawtucket, "
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, - - - - _ Davisville, "
Mrs. Isabella Judson Essex Bosworth, - - - - Bristol, "
Miss Isabella Essex Bosworth, - - - - - " "
Giles S. Congdon, --------
Mrs. Lydia F. Vaughn, ----- East Greenic'ic/i, "
Wilber T. Reynolds, ------ " "
ROBERT OF BOSTON LINE
Hon. George Greenwood Reynolds, LL. D., - Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Lncie Reynolds Sackett, - - - _ " "
Mrs. Abbie L. Reynolds Kelley, - - - - South Aincnia, "
Luther Cole, --------- Warren, R. I.
Miss Alice Bradford Cole, ------ " "
William N. Burgess, ------- Bristol, "
Mrs. William N. Burgess. ------ " "
John Post Reynolds, - - - - - - - " "
Mrs. Fannie Greenwood Reynolds, - - - - " "
Francis B. Reynolds, D. D. S., - Gerinantonni, Philadelpliia, Pa.
Mrs. Lucy Ashley Reynolds, - - " " "
Mrs. Susan Reynolds Simmons, ----- P^utland, Ft.
Robert D. Reynolds, ------ Cavibridge, Mass.
Isaac N. Reynolds, ------- Brockton, "
Bion F. Reynolds, --------- '<
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, ------« <<
Henry E. Reynolds, ------ Braintree, "
Rear Admiral Royal Bird Bradford, U. S. N., - Washington, D. C.
Orrin Lyle Rejnolds, M. D., - Covington , Ay.
Mrs. Alice Russell Reynolds, ------ u i<
Charles Waugh Reynolds, M. D., ----- << <<
JOHN OF WATERTOWN LINE
Marcus T. Reynolds, ------- Albany, N. V.
Adelbert L. Reynolds, ------ Alew York, "
Harrah J. Reynolds, ------ Standing Stone, Pa.
Miss Celia M. Reynolds, Bennington, Vt.
Mrs. Emelette Rej'nolds Woodward, - - - " "
Miss Bessie Marian Woodward, - - . - " "
Mrs. Sarah Glisan Fenneman, ----- Cincinnati, O.
Arthur S. Kimball, ------- East Orange, N. J.
George A. Reynolds, ------ Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Reynolds, ----- " "
Frederick F. Street, ------ " "
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HENRY OF CHICHESTER LINE
Jerome E. Brumfield, - - - - ' - - Rising Sun, J/d.
Miss Mary Brumfield, - - - - - - " " '<
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds, ----- Colora, Ky.
Miss O. Lula Wicks, ------- Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Emilee Reynolds Tebbs, - . - . " "
Miss Nell Reynolds, ------- Harrisburg, Pa.
Joseph T. Richards, ------ Philadelphia, "
Miss Sarah Ann Reynolds, ----- Wheeling, W. Va.
JOHN OF WEYMOUTH EINE
Giles ly. Reynolds, -------- Roslyn, Pa.
Mrs. Belle W. Reynolds, - - - - - - " "
Howard I. Reynolds, ------- " >'
Mrs. Ethel M. Reynolds, ------
Clarence G. Reynolds, ------- Boston, Mass.
Willnir A. Reynolds, D. U. S., -----
Mrs. D. E. Penfield, Warren, "
Capt. S. Walter Reynolds,* ----- Pinckneyville, HI.
Wilson C. Reynolds, ------ East Haddani, Conn.
Mrs. Wilson C. Reynolds, " "
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds, ----- " "
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds, " . n
Harry W. Reynolds, " "
Ephraim O. Reynolds, - - Essex, "
Mrs. Aurelia H. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Lorinda E. Reynolds, - - - - Reynolds Bridge, "
Mrs. Flora I. Gray, - - • - - - - - - Ledyard "
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean, Neio London, "
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, Westerly, P. I.
■Prescott D. Reynolds, ------ Providence,
Mrs. Prescott I). Reynolds,
MISCELLANEOUS
George W. Guard, ------ \ot~cich. Conn.
George H. Reynolds, .M.I)., - Baltimore, A/d.
E<l\vin Reynolds, - Proiidence, R. I.
Miss Hettie Reynolds, k'oik Island, III.
Mrs. Jane Reynolds Forbes, ... Portland, Ore.
Edgar M. Reynolds, - (,'er>nanto7i'n, P/iiladelphia, /'a.
Roliert I^. I<ee Reynolds, . hnsterdani, \. )'.
Thomas A. Reynolds, - .\Vu' )'ork,
Ivigar V . Keyu(»lds, ... )'onl:ers
William IIc-rbtTl ReviK.lds. V. S. N., Wash ini; ton, JK C.
I.ifc iiu-imIkt.
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ICiHt 0f tl^nHr PrrsPttt at (I^uipnly-firBt iS^uuion
John P. Reynolds, -------- Bristol, R. I.
Henry S. Reynolds, ------ Providence, "
Edwin Reynolds, -------- " "
William T. Snow, - - -
Prescott D. Reynolds, ------- " "
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, ------ " "
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ------ Westerly, "
W. Mj^ron Reynolds, M.D., ----- New Y'ork, N. Y.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, ------- Bi'ooklyn, "
Giles L. Reynolds, ------- Roslyti, Pa.
Mrs. Giles L. Reynolds, - - - - - - - " "
Howard I. Reynolds, - - - " "
George W. Guard, -------- Nonvich, Conn.
Ephraim O. Reynolds, ------- Essex, "
Mrs. Ephraim O. Reynolds, ------ " "
Mrs. Elmer A. Ely, ------- Niantic, "
Frederick F. Street, ------ Hartford, "
John F. Reynolds, - North Haven, "
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, ------ " "
Miss Marion I. Reynolds, ----- " "
John E. Reynolds, ------- " '<
Miss Margaret A. Reynolds, ----- " "
Wilson C. Reynolds, ----- - East Hadda^n, "
Mrs. Wilson C. Reynolds, ----- " '<
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds, " "
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, ------ Eagleville , "
Mrs. John M. Gray, ------ Ledyard, "
Mrs. Joseph W. Dean, ------ New London, "
Mrs. S. Frank Dickinson, ----._ Mystic, "
Miss M. Josephine Dickinson, . - - - . " «'
Miss M. Geneva Rathbun, ------ " "
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, - " "
Mrs. John D. W. Chester, ---... Maynard, Mass.
Frank Bufhnton, ------- Fall River, "
Miss Mary E. Buffinton, --.-.. " "
Clarence G. Reynolds, - - Boston, "
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Twenty-Second
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W. MYRON REYNOLDS, M.D.
TM^enty-Second Annual Reunion
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Held at Hosloii, Mass.
W< mIiu sclii> , Auj^iist !*(), 101:5
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HENRY WARD BEECHER
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W. Myron Reynolds, M.D., - - - - - New York City
George W. Guard, ------- Not-uich, Conn.
Wilson C. Reynolds, ----- East Haddam, Conn.
Harry C. Reynolds, ------ Scranton, Pa.
John F. Reynolds, ------ North Haven, Conn.
Joseph G. Reynolds, Wickford, A'. I.
Ifiiatortan anJi (Unrrrs^juuiing ^rrrrtarij
S. Walter Reynolds, Pinckiieyville, III.
Aaanriatr Ifiiatoriaua
Harry C. Reynolds, Scranton, Pa.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, Brooklyn, N. V.
Srrrrtani Vi\\i\ Qlrraaurrr
Howard I. Ki.vnolds, ------- Roslyn, Pa.
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John I*. Reynolds, - - Pristol, A'. I.
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OK the first time in the history of the Association, a reunion
was held in Massachusetts, it having been decided at the
19 1 2 meeting to hold the following year's gathering in Boston,
thus enabling members from the upper part of New England
to attend. The business meeting and banquet were held at
the Copley Square Hotel.
President John P. Reynolds called the meeting to order at 1 1
o'clock. Prayer was offered l)y Chaplain W. Myron Reynolds.
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
iRcpnrt of tiw ©rrasurfr
FOR THE YEAR ENDING AUGUST 20. 1913
191 2 RECEIPTS
Aug. 15. lialance on hand, $55 15
1913
Aug. 20. Membership dues for Near,
From sale of reports, ...
I'rom sale of arms, - - - -
I'roin sale of stationery, . - -
Interest on bank de])osit, - - -
191 2 TAVMENTS
Aug. 26. Cost of re])<)rting 191 2 meeting,
Nov. 9. Secretary for services, 1911-12,
«9I3
Feb. 3. Printing 1912 rt-port,
Aug. 20. Printing, miscellaneous, -
I'cjstage and express,
Halance on liaiid. f^ 13
I70 50
3 80
6 00
60
I 50
82 40
f>37 55
J8 GO
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3H 1X3
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6S 43
Treasurer's report accepted.
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iRp^jort nf lltp l^tstnrian
PiNCKNEYViLLE, ILL., September 17, 1913.
To the Reynolds Family Association:
Dear Kinsmen: — I was prevented from submitting my report at
your meeting by circumstances beyond mj^ control, but requested that
the executive ofificers be authorized to receive and print it in the pro-
ceedings of the year.
November iS, 1912, ]\Irs. Grace Strocher Wood, New London, Mo.,
writes asking to trace the father of Zadock Reynolds, whose wife was
Polly , stating that a tradition sa^-s Zadock was drowned in Lake
Cayuga, N. Y. Zadock's father suffered from an arrow wound which
caused him much inconvenience. She does not know his first name,
nor date of his birth, marriage or death.
I was obliged to reply that I could not find Zadock in any of the
records in my possession.
Mr. Joseph B. Reynolds, S. Bethlehem, Pa., writes, November 27,
191 2, submitting a rough genealogy beginning with Henry Reynolds,
who came over from Nottingham, England, in the earh? days and settled
in Nottingham, Cecil Co., Md. He was a minister of Friends, had
twelve sons, Jacob, vStephen, Jonathan, Samuel, Reuben, David, Jesse,
Israel, Henry, William, Elijah, and Benjamin. This Henry is believed
to have been the son of Henry, born in Chichester, England, settled first
in Burlington, N. J., thence removed to Chichester, Pa. The writer,
Joseph, is trying to connect his family with the Maryland branch, and
from the data he submits, I wrote him that he evidently belongs to
the Henry of Chichester branch, but I cannot prove it as I have no data
of that branch.
Miss E. Maj' Christy, Silver Creek, N. Y., writes, Januar}^ 17, 1913,
stating that her ancestor, Ruth Reynolds, born December 28, 171 7,
probably in R. I., died January, 1S08; she married John Hall of
Portsmouth, R. I., born May 29, 1717, died 1782; they had nine children,
all married except one who died young. Miss Christy thinks John
Hall and Ruth Reynolds were of the Society of Friends, and that she
was of the Rhode Island ReA-noldses, but is unable to connect her with
any of those families.
I was obliged to reply that I cannot trace Ruth in any of the families.
Mr. George Spicer Reynolds, Lansingburgh, Troy, N. Y., writes,
March i (?), 1913, enclosing a typewritten copy of the Robert of Boston
line, as far as he knows it, bringing it down later than that published in
the 1907 report. I answered him March 4, thanking him for the same.
He wrote again May i, stating a Miss Crissey, one of the Librarians of
Troy Public Library, may be able to help him trace his line further.
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Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Ricketts, Wilkes-Barre, Pa., writes June 24,
1913, referring to my report of 1912, that James was the son of William
of Providence, saying she had long tried to find who James' father was,
without success. She says in her family record there is a Caleb Rey-
nolds, born June 21, 1731, married Sarah Anderson, January 23, 1755, in
Voluntown, Conn. He was son of William and Deborah Greene Rey-
nolds, born Kingston, R. I., about 1698, died Wyoming Valley, Pa., 1792.
The records I have do not show a Caleb, so I wrote her I could not
trace him, asked her for a copy of her record from James (2) down, which
she later furnished me, and it will be a valuable asset. She also writes
that the claim that William of Providence married Alice Kitson, August
30, 1638, as stated in Plymouth Colony Records, Vol. i, page 94, is
undoubtedly an error, as it was another man altogether.
Mr. William McClelland Re^molds, Pittsburg, Pa., writes July 3, 19 13,
that he had just heard of our A.ssociation, and wants to know more about
it and if he is connected to an}- of the branches. I replied, asking for
names of his father, grandfather and great-grandfather, with dates,
and I will look him up. He wrote again July 10, that according to
tradition his ancestor was Henry of Chichester, who married Prudence
, which is about all he knows of his family histor}-.
This correspondence and the searches necessary to reply to inquiries
is a very interesting one to me, and I again urge that I be furnished
with the data to handle this matter intelligently, as it is embarrassing
to have to say " I don't know you."
Respectfully suljniitted,
S. Waktkr Rkvnolds, Historian.
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TION
Pro iUfmorta
The Reynolds Family Association desires hereb}' to make
permanent record of their great loss, and their sincere and
heartfelt appreciation of the high character and valued service
of their kinsman, the late Honorable George Greenwood
Reynolds, who in his ninety-second 3'ear was suddenly called
to enter into life eternal.
Seldom if ever more markedly has the chain of friendship,
esteem, and loving kindness been wrought, than in the bond
which has existed between the members of this Association
and our deceased member; whose life has been a brilliant
legac}', so complete, so marvelous in activity, as instructor and
exemplar, and so beautiful to all wdio knew him. In the mau}^
responsible positions which he was called upon to fill, whether
on the bench, presiding as judge, at the bar, pleading the
cau.se of a client, presiding at the meetings of a great institu-
tion of learning, he showed by rare perceptive wi.sdom, through
a clear and impartial mind, by his life and teaching, that he
always kept the priceless principles of justice and right as the
sacred seal of a divine purpose and noble ambition.
To his bereaved children the members of this Association
offer their heartfelt sympathy, and pray that the God of all
comfort will lift up His countenance upon them and give them
peace.
Resolved: That in the death of our beloved kinsman,
George Greenwood Reynolds, this Association loses a most
distingui.shed member, a wi.se leader, .society a cherished orna-
ment, and his famil}^ an exemplary, devoted, and beloved
father.
Be it further resolved: That this resolution be entered in
full on the minutes of the meeting; and that a suitably engrossed
copy be sent to the family of our deceased kinsman.
iElprlinn of ©fitrrrs
The report of the nominating committee appointed by the
President, suggesting the officers whose names appear on page
3, to serve during the year 1913-1914, was accepted.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
1914 ISrnutmt
On motion, following the report of the committee on arrange-
ments, it was voted to hold the twentj'-third meeting at or near
Providence, Rhode Island, the third Wednesdaj' of August,
the details to be arranged bv the committee.
Letters of regret were received from several members unable
to be present.
T^ ilr ^
Secretar}' George A. Smith, of the American Society of
Colonial Families, the Association's guest for the da}-, ad-
dressed the meeting in relation to the aims of the Society and
the purpose of "The Colonial," the magazine published by it,
devoted to records of the old Xew England Families.
In the hope that our Association might benefit from the
publicity obtained and new members added thereby, it was
voted to subscribe for a "Reynolds" page in the magazine.
The copies of "The Colonial" to which the Association is
entitled will be sent to our members.
JOHN P. REYNOLDS, TOASTMASTER
Following the dinner, President John P. Reynolds of Bristol,
R. I., acting as Toastmaster, addressed the members as follows:
Tup: ToasTmastkr. The Reynolds Family Association is very fortun-
ate in havinj^ at least one member of J^reat alnlity who shines in many
diflerent ways. He is a fine speaker, he is a learned man, a man full of
energy, but like all the rest of us he has a fault. Let us hope that it is
his only fault. As I say, he is full of enerj^y, always willing to work
for the .Association, and to do all he can, but he likes to lay out his
own work and won't let anyone else lay it out for him. So when the
l)ro)<ram was ])rej)ared and his name was ])Ut on it, he objected very
decidedly, and knowinj<, I supimse, that I am jjood natured and that it
is dillicult for me to say no, he insisted on my taking the place to which
he was really a])])oiiited. 1 shall have more to say about him later, but
we will benin the exercises by callin){ for the poem for to-day. Miss
Celia M. Reynolds has prejjared, for a numl>er of years, u poem for the
occasion, and I will call on her t<i read one wliich she has now.
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Harattott Attrarltmts
There are pleasures by the seashore, 'mid, the bathers at the beach,
Or entranced with looking outward where the eye has farthest reach
O'er the ocean whose wide waters seemingly no shore line laves,
With its ever changing colors and its ever shifting waves;
With its wondrous, glorious sunsets crowning its long, peaceful days;
With its dashing white surf following on its wild and stormy ways;
With its curious living creatures swimming in each rock-bound cove,
And its sand-hid shells and pebbles that we seek as treasure-trove.
O the seashore calls us strongly when vacation time has come,
And we flee for recreation from the j-ear-long cares at home!
There is joy in woodland camping — tenting underneath the trees.
There to watch the dancing shadows of their leaves touched by the breeze,
And to listen to the bird songs in the branches overhead,
Or to tame the timorous squirrel tempted by our crumbs of bread,
Or to spend the hours in angling leisurely along the brook,
Or to lie and dream day-visions in some still, rock-shaded nook;
Drinking in the restful influence of the woodsy scenes and air.
Knowing that new strength and vigor back to work-life we shall bear.
O the voices — thousand voices — of the grand old forest call
To the God-made haunts of beauty where the cool leaf-shadows fall!
Or mayhap the call is louder that may lure across the deep
To the tourist trails which wonders for our seeking footsteps keep;
To the old-world cairns and castles, and cathedrals rich and grand,
To the city sights of Paris and the mounts of Switzerland,
To Berlin where Erudition stirs the very air we breathe
Till we fain would lift our own heads for her laurels to en wreathe;
Then through Italy the sunny, or across to London-town,
Up through Scotland, and to Norwaj' where the midnight sun looks down.
Or our happy lot may lead us long to linger, near to God,
In the Laud we name as Holy, where the One Divine once trod.
There are other great attractions, and among them not the least
For a good and loyal Reynolds is this yearly meet and feast.
Here we make a glad renewal of a friendship that is sweet,
And we find a day's enjoyment that is very real though fleet.
And we gain a wealth of profit from the golden stores of thought,
Good, instructive, bright with humor,which appointed ones have brought,
Here we feel the welcome pressure of the love-bond in a Name
Binding all our hearts as one heart to the source from whence we came.
O the honored ones and dear ones of our long ancestral lines
Stand to supplicate Heaven's blessing when the Reynolds Family dines!
— Celia Mary Reynolds.
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The ToasTmaster. I spoke of the shortcomings of one gentleman,
who is so energetic and has so many good qvialities. He reminds me
though of something that probably you have all heard, of other people
who like to have their own way. Now we have all heard of gentlemen
asking ladies a certain question and the lady would not seem to agree
to that exactly, but her answer would be, "I will be a sister to you."
Now when he declined filling the position which had been awarded to
him, he tried to excuse himself by saying he would help out all he
could. So I will call on Dr. Reynolds to make a speech.
\V. jNIvrcin Reynolds. Mr. Toastinaster aiid Members of the Rey-
nolds family: We have in our Association members of both the bench
and bar, good after-dinner speakers that we always anticipate with
much pleasure, and are all delighted to listen to. But a few minutes
ago, our President modestly confided to me, that in the absence of one
of our more eloquent orators, I would be called on for a speech. Of
course we all realize there is a wide difference between having something
to say and having to say something; howeyer, as the chaplain of the
Association, I accept the call for a .speech, both as an official duty, and
equivocal compliment. But as the office of chaplain gives no authority
to preach, doctors are at a disadvantage, they being trained only to
practice; and in keeping with their training, their speeches are apt to
be somewhat like their prescriptions, seldom understood.
I suppose that 's why people only listen to them as they take medicine,
not preferably, but by compulsion. An old colored man down in Georgia
— a well known night-prowler in that locality — was taken sick, and a
kind-liearted citizen thought he should have a white doctor to attend
him. The doctor looked him over carefully, wrote a prescription, then
gave significant advice about his diet, and after ordering him to stay at
home nights, went away. His colored friends asked him how he liked
the doctor. The darkey said the doctor might be a smart man, but he
"talked a-kind-a foolish." They asked him what the doctor said.
"Well," the darkey exjilained, "he first told me I must have plenty of
good chicken soup, but then said I musn't go out nights."
At a social gatliering in the })arsonage, the deacon s little son was
telling the minister about the bees stinging his pa; and the minister
imjuired: " What did your jia say when the bees stung him?" The lad
rejjlied timidly: " I clon't like to speak it out louil, but if you 11 step
this way, I '11 whis])er it to you."
A young miss looked u]) from reading an interesting book and asked
ini])ulsively: " Motlier, when I get married will I have a husband like
j)aj)a?" Her mother rej)lied: " Certainly, my dear." " .\nd if I remain
single," she in(|uired nervously, "will I be an old maid like .\unt
Anna?" "I am afraid yon will, dear." .\nd with a deep sigh the
miss continued sadly: "Well then, I am in a fix."
The late .\dmiral Ivvans, after his famous voyage aroinid tlie wurlti,
while sojourning for a few days in New York, went into Trinity Church
one Sunday morning to attend divine service, .\rriving considerably in
advance of the hour for llie service to ctMumence, he found the church
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practically empty; and quietly took a seat in one of the prominent pews,
where he became so much absorbed in meditation, that he didn't notice
the owner of the pew when he entered. The pew owner was so annoyed
at finding an unbidden stranger in possession of his pew, and one
apparently so unconcerned that he even ignored his presence, took a
card from his pocket, wrote on it: "I pay $1,000 for the exclusive use
of this pew," and handed it to the admiral. But the admiral had seen
too much hard service to either retreat or be disturbed by such a severe
rebuke; and with courage undaunted, took his own card, and wrote
over his name and title: " You pay too nmch for it," and politely
passed it to the owner of the pew. At the close of the service an apology
was given and accepted; teaching a wholesome lesson on entertaining
strangers unawares.
The greatest needs in all communities are moral needs; for every man
is to a large extent influenced by his surroundings, and dependent for
his prosperity and well-being upon his association with others, and the
average condition of the community he dwells in; as a man in trouble
naturally appeals for the sympathy of those around him. It is said that
to begin right is but half the contest; this being true, how unfortunate
that childhood and home is the only workshop in which a very large
majority are compelled to build for their future welfare; to gather all
the sympathy and steadfastness of character to fit them to combat the
errors and evils of this world; and who later in life have to look back-
ward for sympathy, for affection, for self-control, and for all that is
noblest and sweetest in their life. Though children are predestined to
inherit the characteristics of their parents, yet how often in large cities
we see young men, reared in peaceful homes, go from the arms of
mothers and the knees of fathers, to destruction, through improper in-
fluences and by unfortunate companionship.
In ever}' calling in life we see and feel the distinction between the
man who is continually looking out for himself, and the man who for-
gets self, in looking for the welfare and peace of mind of others.
Even in ever}- profession there is a middle line, or line of demarca-
tion; below that line, men live without the refining influences or real
beauty of life; often with but little to cheer, and still less to encourage,
to inspire and upbuild their manhood.
It is well known to medical men that discouragements, if allowed
full sway, may eventually undermine the stoutest character; and for-
tunate are those in distress of body or mind, who can go for relief to
others whose nature is so sympathetic and benevolent, to be a friend to
the bodily or mentally afflicted; for to sympathize benevolently with
the afflicted is to suffer with the afflicted. Friendship is really put to
the test by trials and self-sacrifice; it is only the great-hearted who can
prove by unselfish acts their true friendship. If your idea of friend-
ship is to be happy yourself regardless of the happiness of those around
you, then there is already too much friendship in the world; I have
learned by trying to comfort and uplift others all that I have known of
real joy and noVjility; something far more loyal than self advancement.
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Unwilling service performed grudgingly will prove neither pleasant
nor profitable; but cheerful service, that we all admire in others, yet
few of us practice, is the real standard of life and the true measure of
greatness. It has always been true, is true to-day and always will be
true, that he is greatest who does the greatest amount of good; indeed
we can win no laurels without faithful service to both kin and neighbor;
furthermore, he worships God best who serves his fellow-man willingly
and cheerfully.
In our highest society we find few men whose lives average but little
sweetness or real elevating enjoyment. We contend however that all
men have it within their power if they will, to make their own heart
and the hearts of their fellow-man pulsate with pleasure with every
throb; and such pleasure that will carry instruction with it; for knowl-
edge, to be of real value, should always bring pleasure.
We learn best by teaching, and can acquire nothing of intellectual
value except by giving; for we are not here as solitary individuals, each
free to wander through life at will, but to aid and encourage others
around us. The fountain of knowledge is filled by its outlets and
not by its inlets, while the enlightened and instructed still remain in
the great minority.
Character is far above wealth or intellect; and nothing rounds out
and beautifies character like the grace of kindness, benevolently be-
stowed. There is no human influence so instructive for good, nor
counts for so much, as that which goes oiit from a helpful and upright
life. This was clearly demonstrated by the evidence given by the late
J. Pierpont Morgan, before the Pujo connnittee in Washington, when
he testified: " I have known a man to come into my office and have
given him a check for a million dollars, and I knew that he had not a
cent in tlie world."
There are a few in the community, who continually carry themselves
so that every one in their presence feels he has been made happy by
his intercourse with them. Yet some fail to realize that man's power
to i)roduce ])leasure or i)ain in his fellow-man, is not left optional with
himself; on the contrary, it is a command, that includes not only the
whole of his time, but the whole of his nature as well. It is however
hardly possible for us to remain continually in the sunny paths of
cheerfulness, for it is the order of nature to have our good days and
our had days; and making those around us happy, and to always feel at
ease, is neither a small nor uiiim])ortant occujjation. Hut good nature
is one of the distinguishing acc-om])lishments to cultivate in our every
(lav life; not only to refresh ourselves during labor, but to console
others around us, when in hours of des])oiulency. Some men move
through life with solemn dignity and stately tread, as if in continual
command; stern, just and upright, but unsympathetic. My illustrious
father, whose commanding voice was like the deej) tones of a cathedral
organ, was such a man. Others go through life with syin|)athetic voice
and calm denieanor, their calmness being strength in control, attracting
those they come in contact with by the goo<l cheer thrown <nit on every
side of them; somewhat like a band «>f music g«>ing down the street.
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They incorporate sj-mpathy in speech and action, to correspond with
the symphony in their nature; they strive to keep their system in tune,
to inspire harmony in others. To our late Mrs. Fosdick and some of
the other ladies is due a ver\- large share of the success attained by our
family Association; not alone for their personal work, but for the
enthusiasm they have inspired in the men of this Association, from the
oldest to our youngest member. In all ages women have been the
source of all that is pure, unselfish, enduring and forgiving, in the spirit
and life of men; their mission is, and always has been, to soothe, con-
sole and sweeten the lives of others. It is one of the laws of nature,
and a well known physiological fact, that boys inherit their moral and
spiritual characteristics, with all that is refining in their nature, from
their mother and not from their father. Blessed with an inquiring
mind and sympathetic heart, how could I do otherwise than on bended
knee and with und^-ing gratitude, devoutly reverence the memory of
my sainted mother for my inheritance. Happy is the temperament that
is well equipped with cheerfulness, with good humor, with bright
imagination; the current of whose life has not been embittered by cruel
disappointments; for our thoughts and acts really make us what we are;
what we did yesterday, makes us what we are to-day, and what we
think to-day, determines what we will be to-morrow.
When I think of happiness, I recall a good disposition with kindly
impulses, a life of cheerfulness, and nature that carries light in the eye
and joy in the heart. And as all pleasurable emotion is conducive to
health, right thinking always brings cheerful living. Habit is the most
powerful influence in human life; it gives tone and vigor to physical
manhood; the power of a good thought can change despondency to
hope, and will often turn fear into courage, or even to deeds of heroism.
From earliest time it has been discovered there is a close relationship
between happiness and goodness; indeed the source of all true happi-
ness consists in doing good. No man can be either happy himself, or
promote happiness in his fellowmen, until he has learned to put aside
cynical, sarcastic or selfish ways, that are intolerant in their effect upon
others; selfishness always degrades and poisons whatever it touches.
Every man carries within himself, to a large extent, his own destiny,
and often the destiny of others around him. We have heard men say
that life has too many serious duties for them to go about trying to
tickle others' fancies.
While this may in a measure be true, we admit that no man has
the right, for the sake of making men happy for the moment, to make
them worse permanentl}-; nor have the}- the right to go through life
with an icy disposition, that challenges sympatlw and tends by coercion
to repel their fellowmen.
W'hen men arbitrarily strive to compel their neighbors to think as
they do, they usually find them willing to accept the challenge; and
they spend so much time tr5-ing to coerce each other they have no time
left to be of service to others. There is much of man's selfishness and
peevishness that springs entirely from his own unhappiness, developing
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premature lines in his face; whatever will subdue this will tend to make
him a better man; and in turn, he will tend to make others around him
better; for while doing makes the deed, it is unselfish doing that really
makes the man.
It is useless to have high ideals unless we strive persistently to realize
them; and while the desire to do right may be from within, the power
which impels the right must always be from above.
The forgiving spirit is the most difficult of all virtues to cultivate;
yet, the greater the obstacle to be overcome the greater the success to
be achieved. It is natural for men to be true, it is natural for them to
live conscientiously; moral training and strict discipline brings them up
to this standard; it is only when they digress from right thinking and
right living they fall below that standard. Whj- then should we not aim
to make our thoughts and lives selective ? By so doing we learn to
choose the good and reject the evil. Few realize the most precious
thing in life to possess is personality, founded on high moral teaching.
As every human joy has its source in obedience and discipline, if a
man listens to wise counsel, he will gather that which makes him strong
and reject what makes him weak. There is no man who has made a
great success in life who has not trod the path of obedience and discip-
line; and that man who sets a high standard on personality and lives
up to it is always at a premium and entitled to the first page in the
volume of faithful histor}-. He does not tell the truth because public
sentiment is against falsifying, he tells the truth because truth is dearer
to him than falsehood.
If he is honorable, it is not on account of what he fears from being
dishonorable; but because there is beauty and fitness in honor that
appeals to his higher nature, to his sense of justice and right. We must
all stand on our merits; truth does not turn out of its cour.se for anyone,
but to the wise man it ever remains as merciful as it is just.
Healthful activity of both mind and body, according to our capacity,
is really necessary to keep our minds well l)alanced and faculties normal.
Questions and answers that arise from intelligent discussions tend to
sharpen the wits, to prove facts, and the knowledge thus gained is the
result of the mind having been at work. Some men are always prepar-
ing to do, but never really achieving anything; one of the most agree-
able allurements of Satan, atid the worst misfortune that can befall any
man, is enforced idleness. Voiir physician will tell you, that no occu-
])ation often jjroduces nervous troubles, and scjnietimes iliseases of the
mind; jjroviiig conclusively, we nuist all do something. So let the
laborer with hand or brain, animated by industrial activity, fall in love
with his work; then his lal)or will bring liim both joy and ujoney; aiul
above all other rewanls, it will win the ai)j)n>val of his own conscience.
Smiles and laughter are far more i)ro(UictJve of health and happiness
than sorrow and sighing; for joy is bred with good cheer, while sorrow
is correction and bitter nie<licine. Those who have eyes to see and ears
to hear should ])erceive and know this world was create<l a i>reparatory
school, to lit us for liiglur stations, to make us men of sym])alhy, nu-ii
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of honor, men that are just and true; and while life is for learning and
labor, learning and labor is also for life; but above all else, conscientious
labor stands preeminent, as the prayer that never goes unanswered.
Our age should be the age of improvement; surely every discerning man
must realize, this world is grandly constructed to elevate and develop
true manhood, in those who know how to use right the splendid
advantages God has given them; and to make them'prize more highly
their priceless divine inheritance. But how many go through life hav-
ing no standard of personality; with their eyes closed to their innumer-
able advantages; they resemble a blind man walking along the street,
where there are quantites of beautiful flow^ers by the roadside, but never
seeing one of them. Every man and woman also has undeveloped
strength of character undreamed of until emergencies call it forth.
And how many men there are who have given up self-discipline and
everything in life that is worth having for the sake of acquiring riches,
their motto being: " Get what you can and keep what you get."
They unwisely coin their manhood and sell it for base interest; their
greatest desire is not what they should be, but what they shall possess;
forgetting that money is only of value to purchase satisfaction ; then
later discover the loneliness of life, when mone}' was preferred to
morals.
Wealth no doubt is a good thing to have, if a man does not pay for it
with his manhood; riches however are not so much to be desired as not
to have poverty. Again, how many men there are who, b}* their blind-
ness or cowardice, let slip their greatest opportunity in life, forgetting
that: "they can conquer who believe they can." It was fearless
General Waj^ne who spoke to his troops with clarion voice and the
undaunted courage of an American Patriot before retaking Stony Point.
Stepping in front of the line, where his twelve hundred men were drawn
up for the charge, he said: " If there are any cowards here, let them
drop out now; there is no place for them on yon hill." He had learned
from practical training that high honors bring great responsibilities;
that faith in one's ability unlocks those hidden powers that all of us
have, but so few of us use; and that courage in the time of danger is
often a half won battle.
Yet the greatest courage is not always displayed on the battlefield,
mid waving banners and blasts of trumpets; but where the strong bears
the burden of the w^eak; where in the place of every man who does not
work some other man does double work; where those who do not dissi-
pate stand steadfast in the ranks of sobriety, made vacant by scores and
hundreds who do dissipate. The thoughtless man through lack of dis-
cernment thinks he proves his right to lead an enterprise when he is
really proving his unfitness by failing to realize that doing a thing
wrong many times over will never make it right; nor is it sufficient that
he need only keep going to succeed, unless he moves in the right
direction.
Let us then realize there is a time and place for the exercise of all the
faculties that God has given us; we should know that the place for
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courage is where there is danger; and that fear is nowhere else so
destructive as in the imagination; that the place for benevolence is
where charity is needed; the place for manhood, where there is stress
in the other direction; where men mingle with men who are tempted to
selfishness, to avarice, to be aggressive and greedy, and where their
higher manhood lifts them above these things; that they make light of
favors when doing them, seeming to be recei\'ing when they are really
bestowing.
The time is rapidly approaching when the faithful workman, though
of humble parentage, may take pride in the fact that humility is a rare
virtue, and be as justly proud of his lineage as the capitalist of his
millions.
It is harder for the lowly to walk a straight course through toil and
hardship than for the rich to travel in ease and luxury; but it means a
great deal more to those of a benevolent mind.
Then let each cultivate a helpful spirit of true harmony for the uplift-
ing of humanity; when the millionaire and the laborer unite to cement
the higher moral and physical qualities in manhood, that union will
surely conquer and inherit the earth.
It is right and proper for man to hold himself in high esteem, only
when he has just and equitable reason for doing so; and the realization
of difficulties overcome, of passions subdued, of opposition conquered,
should ultimately bring satisfaction to the mind and joy to the heart.
The TOASTM.A.STER. I think you will be fully convinced now of the
truth of my words as to what I have said of the person who has just
addressed tis. His words about professional language remind me of a
storv told b}' my old family physician. An Irishman was pretty badly
injured and was carried home in an unconscious condition. Several
doctors were sent for and three of them arrived who gave him a very
thorough examination. Speaking of the different injuries, they used
professional language. Finally it was finished and directions were
given to his wife what to do and they left. By that time Pat came to,
and liis wife said, "Pat, how are you?" He said, "I don't know,
Mary. I think all me Latin parts are knocked out of me entirely."
The story is told of a gentlemen traveling in Europe, who at one time
was in the eastern jiart of France, where there was no railroad, and
where lie had to travel in a stage. He went to the office of the com-
pany and i)urchased a ticket to carry him to the place where he was
going. He found on intiuiry that there were three classes, the first-
class, the second-class, and the third-class. Well, he wanted to ride
like an American he tliought, so he purchased a first-class ticket.
While waiting for the stage others came up, natives mostly, and they
to<jk second and tliird-class tickets. He felt a little su])erior to them.
Finally the stage came along and tt) his aslonishnienl they all took
seats in the same stage. That annoyed him a good deal, and he sjioke
to the con(hiclor and sjiid, "What is the meaning of this? I have u
first-class ticket and these i)eoi)le holding second and third class tickets
are here in the same place." The conductor just said, " You wait and
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see." They drove on and on, and finally the country began to be a
little hilly, and after a while it was still tnore so. The stage finally
stopped, and the gentleman looked out and saw quite a steep hill in
front of them. The driver came to the door and said " First-class pas-
sengers keep their seats; second-class passengers get out and walk;
third-class passengers get out and push."
Now I don't mean to say that we have any third or second-class pas-
sengers here, but we have one man who seems to be something of a
pusher, and he came to this meeting to-day to push. He is not a Rey-
nolds, but he belongs to a family that probably most of us have heard
of — the Smith Family — and he has told us how the different families are
united, how different lines cross one another, until finally we find that
we all come from the same ancestors. So, while perhaps we do not all
know about our Smith ancestors, or perhaps he has not discovered his
Reynolds ancestors, yet still we know he has a Smith ancestor and
perhaps he will tell us whether there is any Pocohontas blood in him.
So I am going to call on Mr. Smith for a speech.
George A. Smith. Mr. Toastmastcr and Friends of the Reynolds
Family Association: Just before these exercises a group at this table
were telling yarns and it seemed to be my turn, and 1 started to tell one.
The Toastmaster put his hand on my wrist and said, " Is it a good one?"
I said, "Well, I think so." "Then save it," he said, "and tell it in
your speech." That was the first intimation that I had that I was to
make a speech. But I remembered what he said and I have culled over
in my mind as to how it would fit in. So here it is:
It was suggested by a remark that Dr. Reynolds made about St.
Thomas' Church on Fifth Avenue, New York, very close to the Fifth
Avenue Presbyterian Church where Dr. Jowett is now pastor, having
recently come from England. ' And the story is told by Dr. Jowett.
He was at a little function in England, at a table where there were
several dignitaries of the bench and bar, and also several dignitaries of
the pulpit, he being one of them, I suppose. And as they had some
little time to spare after dinner before the train, they said, " What shall
we talk of?" One suggested that they get at the relative merits of this
question: "Who has the more influence in this world with the people,
the bar or the pulpit?"
' ' Very well, ' ' they said, ' ' we will talk about that. ' ' " And, ' ' said one,
"we will make Dr. Jowett the referee." So they began and chose a
man to speak for the bar. He said something, and then he closed it
with this remark: "And you know," he said, " it is beyond dispute that
we have the greater influence, we have a greater grip upon the people in
the world than the clergy do. Why, do you know, we can say, ' You
be hanged.' " And then he sat down.
Then the representative of the clergy was called upon and he made
his visual remarks and concluded by saying: " But I have you one better,
Judge. It is true you may say to this one or that one: ' You be hanged,'
but ah, we can say: ' You be damned.' Now I think we have won this,
Mr. Referee." And he sat down.
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The referee rose in his seat and said, "I hardly know about that,
Bishop. Yon see, it is this way; the judge can say, ' You be hanged,'
and the man is hanged. But you bishops may say, 'You be damned,'
and the man is not damned; or, if you damn him, he don't stay damned,
and I rather think the bar has won the case."
You know, Mr. Toastmaster, I thought that fitted in here because, as
Captain Tuttle says, the bearing of that point is the apphcation of it.
Now here is the application.
Three hundred years ago they said to our Puritan forefathers, " You
be damned," but they would not be damned, and sometimes if they
were they did not stay damned. Now, they in turn stood upon their
both feet and spoke out of their mouths and out of their hearts' fullness
and said, " We will be alive and we will assert ourselves, and if there is
no room in this nation for us we will make a nation for ourselves. If
this world is not big enough we will have a new one." And so the}-
began to leave their homes, practically evicted from them, you may say,
under James the First and Charles, and they took their pilgrimage to
Holland, where they remained until they outgrew the territory.
Then they began to look across these great waters of the ocean, and
in time came across to these inhospitable shores. They would not be
damned by the clergy of England. .\ii(l instead thereof they were
wonderfully blessed. They began laying the foundations of a new
world, and they have created the beginnings of a great nation.
Sometimes we glorify the discoverer and the explorer. Often we
glorify him in prose and poetrj-. It is taught in books, to school chil-
dren, but little is said of the man who creates. Columbus may indeed
go upon the high seas, and find other shores and di.scover worlds, but
when they had made their discovery they took ship and went back, if
indeed they did not die on the voyage, back to their own homes where
they had left their families. That is a simple and comparatively easy
thing to do, but our forefathers were not explorers, they were not dis-
coverers, but they were creators. They may not have discovered this
country, but the Puritans created it, which is a great distinction.
Tliey left their homes and founded new homes and to this very day
we are studying the jjrincijjles of home-making. So, as their descend-
ants, we may congratulate ourselves that we have such a noble ancestrv
of men and women who came under such unjjropitious circumstances
and forbidding surroundings, patiently and courageously fuUilling the
mandates of a pajjer such as has just been read to us, the qualifications
of a true man and true wonuin, they fulfilled these. They laid firmly
and securely tin- foundation on whidi we were retiuircd to build the
sujierstructure. .\iid the building is not yet done. It is not enough
for a Reynolds Association or a Smith Association sinii)ly to sit around
a table and indulge in reminiscences. The sentiment is l)eautiful, but
we nnist not stop there. We have a great task ujkju us; we have a very
great obligation. We have ne« generations of young men and young
women, of boys and girls, and of those not yet born, to teai"h, and tt)
whom we must leave the legacy of our forefalliers. .Xiid in llie light of
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what I have said to a-ou do jou wonder that some of the high-minded
representatives of this family association, getting together, have said,
" Let us see if we cannot bring to bear a larger influence and a greater
publicity, and a nobler enterprise, round about this great thought of
our forefathers, the things they did, and the things they have wrought
for us." And shall we not perpetuate that Compact of the Mayflower,
shall we not lay bare the things which actuated our forefathers and make
them better known to the generations to come?
We have a mighty task there, and we invite you all to join with us in
this enterprise, to see that there is a work to be done yet, as well as
something to be reminded of.
The question arose the other day at a function something like this:
How best to honor our forefathers ? Some said bj' building monuments,
by restoring old houses, by putting tablets in boulders, by writing
de lux volumes. All these things are well enough, but they are inade-
quate. What would William Bradford, or William Brewster, or William
Robinson, or Robert Rejmolds say if they could stand here to-day in
the light of this new century and be asked what shall we do?
They would say, " Take these principles that we have laid before you,
take these and work them out in this modern light, and work them out
into higher, more beauteous, and broader form, and teach the newer
generation better than we could teach them, so that when the American
nation comes a little closer to the realization of its ideals, then shall
our names stand for the things that we humbly wrought in our day,
and we shall be able to say to our children, and to our children's
children, you have lived these things and taught them, and thus shall
there be a true succession."
I don't know that I believe in apostolic succession, but I do believe in
this kind of true succession. What is the great work that we may do?
It is to teach not only ourselves and to remind ourselves of our present
duty, but the progeny who are coming after us, to infuse throughout
their minds and to instill in their very souls the undying principles of
our fathers, to keep them alive, to keep their principles emblazoned on
the frontlets and foreground of all their activities. This we may do and it
is a part of our functions. And I congratulate you that you are beginning
to understand the meaning and the value that pertains to a Family
Association.
The Toastmaster. — I am sure we all thank Mr. Smith for coming here
and helping us out in our postprandial exercises. We have enjoyed
them a great deal and consider it a great pleasure to have had him with
us. He spoke of the difficulty sometimes working a story in, to be
applicable to what we have to say. I think sometimes people have
given up any attempt of that kind. One of our great lecturers of one or
two generations ago had a lecture entitled "Milk." But, having read
the word "milk" in the title, it disappeared entirely and we hear
nothing more about it. I think it was our friend the Doctor who said
something which made me think of the story which you might like to
hear.
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It is something which took place in England at a fair of some kind.
The squire, or nobleman, or at least the man of wealth, passed through
the grounds or through the hall accompanied by his valet. He turned
to a table where there was a Ijeautiful young lady presiding. She said
to him, "Squire, aren't you going to buy something at this table?
My aunt and I have charge here, and we expect you to buy something.
We have so much. " He said, " Yes, I will take one of each." He said,
"Do you sell kisses here?" She said, "Yes, a guinea apiece." He
said, "I will take two. I want good measure." She said, "All right.
Auntie, come up here and give him what he wants." For a moment
he stood a little bit aghast. Bvit he was witty, and he said, "All right;
John, you come up and take the goods."
The following members were also called on and responded
briefly: Frank Buffinton, Fall River, Mass.; Robert D.
Reynolds, Boston; Henry S. Reynolds, Providence; Prescott
D. Reynolds, Providence; Giles S. Congdon, Bristol, R. I.;
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, Brooklyn, N. Y.; Mrs. Litcile
Reynolds Hall, Swampscott, Mass. ; Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds,
Providence; and Howard I. Reynolds, Roslyn, Pa.
Adjournment.
Changes in address, also deaths of members, should be
reported promptly to the secretary.
Copies of this and previous reports may be obtained from
the secretary at fifty cents each.
A copy of the Constitution of the As.sociation will be sent to
any member or prospective member on request.
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W. Myron Reynolds, the Association's president, was born in
Stamford, Conn., of New Ivngland jiarentage; the .son of
vSilas Reynolds and Ann Stuart (nee Walker) and traces his
direct ])aternal lineage back to i6ro. to the Ducie family in
Normandy; thence to vSir William Ducic, Hart., to Matthew
Ducie .Morton, who ser\ed tuidcr Kini; William during the
war in I'laiuk-rs, and for his services to the kingdom, was
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chosen to the first parliament called by King George I., and
was later advanced to the dignity of a Baron of the Kingdom
of Great Britain, by the style and title of Lord Ducie, this
title continuing down to Thomas Reynolds, then to Thomas
Reynolds Morton, Lord Ducie, through the Reynolds-Morton
family.
Doctor Reynolds commenced his medical education at the
Miami Medical College, under the tuition of the late Professor
Muzzy of Cincinnati, Ohio, then pursued an additional five
year course under the special instruction of the late Professor
Joseph Pancoast, at the Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia.
Ever since the beginning of his connection with the Asso-
ciation, Dr. Reynolds has been an indefatigable worker for the
success of its meetings. His after-dinner talks have for several
years been a feature of the annual gatherings. The president
is very anxious to secure the cooperation of ever}^ member in
the effort to increase the usefulness of the Association, and
that its ultimate aim — the publication of a complete genealogical
record of the Reynolds family in America — maybe accomplished.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 23
ilrmbprs
RHODE ISLAND LINE
Harry C. Reynolds, -.-,--. Scfauton, Pa
Mrs. Adelaide Coltart Reynolds, ----- "
Alfred C. Willits, - - - - Holnicsbiirg, Philadelphia,
Mrs. Belle Reynolds Willits, - - -
Baxter Reynolds, ------- Philadelphia,
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Ricketts, - - - JVilkes-Barre,
John F. Re3-nolds, ------- North Haven, Coiift
Mrs. Carrie E. Reynolds, - - - - - " " "
John Edgar Reynolds, - - - - - -" " "
Miss Marion I. Reynolds, - - - - - " " "
Samuel Reynolds, -------- Pitl>ia)ii, "
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, - - ]Mansfield ( Eagleville P. O.), "
Miss Mary Geneva Rathlnui, ------ Mystic, "
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, ------
Mrs. Mary Moredock Dickinson, ----- " "
Miss Mary Josephine Dickinson, ----- " "
Mrs. Susan A. Re3-nolds Heath, - - - N^orivich Torvii, "
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, - - - - 1 - P>yooklyu, N. Y
Mrs. Anna F. Rippier, ------ "
William T. Reynolds, Poughkeepsie,
Harris .Smith Reynolds, - "
W. Myron Reynolds, :\L D., ----- Nezu York,
Myron Reynolds, ------- "
Mrs. Myron Reynolds, "
Mrs. Clarion B. Winslow, "
James Adger Reynolds, k'inderhook,
Lucius E. Weaver, ------- Rochester,
Jose])!! ]•;. Reynolds, Monson, Mass
Mrs. Sarah Rixford Reynolds, - - - - - "
Mrs. \'ivian Reynolds Seymour, . . - - - "
Charles Reynolds, ------ Spriiigfuid,
Maurice V. Reynolds, . - - - "
I-'rank Buflinton, /■!/// /\'ir<r,
Miss Mary V.. Buflhitfm, -
Rali)h W. Reynolds,
Mrs. .Minnie I. Reynolds,
Abel W. Reynolds, - West Sonifn-ille,
Hiram Draijer Roj^ers, Hoslon,
Mrs. Mercy .\. Roj^ers,
Slcplii-ii W. Ri.-yM(»lds,
24 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe, ------- Siiniviit, N.J.
Mrs. Mame Reynolds McGeorge, - - - - - " "
Stephen B. Reynolds, ------ Colli !i,£^swood, "
Mrs. Mary R. Foote, --.--_- Tretitou, "
Miss Ethelwyne R. Foote, ------ " "
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds, ----- Wilmtngton^ Del.
Miss Elizabeth Schee Reynolds, - - - - " "
Charles B. Reynolds, ------- Wickford, R. I.
Mrs. Charles B. Reynolds, ------ " "
Joseph G. Reynolds, ------- " "
Mrs. Rebecca G. Reynolds, ------ " "
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds, ------ Westerly, "
Mrs. Susan C. Fones, ------ Washiiigton, "
Harrie G. Fones, ------- " "
Mrs. Mary R. Tillinghast, . - - - . Hope Valley, "
Mrs. Mary E. Reynolds Essex, - - - - Oiiidnessett, "
William Rejnolds Essex, - . . - - " "
Frank A. Reynolds, ------ Providence, "
Mrs. Georgiana Pierce Cook, ----- " "
Henry S. Reynolds, ------ " "
Mrs. Lula A. Reynolds Fowler, - - - - Pawtucket, "
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, ----- Davisznlle, "
Mrs. Isabella Judson Essex Bosworth, - - - - Bristol, "
Miss Isabella Essex Bosworth, - - - - - " "
Giles S. Congdon, -------- " "
Mrs. Lydia F. Vaughn, ----- East Greenwich, "
Wilber T. Reynolds, - - - - - - " " "
ROBERT OF BOSTON LINE
John Post Reynolds, ------- Bristol, R. I.
Mrs. Fannie Greenwood Reynolds, . . - . " "
William N. Burgess, ------- " "
Mrs. William N. Burgess, ---.-. " "
Luther Cole, --------- Warren, "
Miss Alice Bradford Cole, ------ " "
John B. Reynolds, -------- Rutland, 11.
Mrs. Anner A. Reynolds, ------ " "
Mrs. Susan Reynolds Simmons, ----- " "
Roscoe C. Reynolds, - - - - - - - Lewiston, Me.
Edward W. Bartlett, - - - - - -
Mrs. Edward W. Bartlett,
George G. Reynolds, ------ New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Abbie L. Reynolds Kelle}-. - - - South Ainenia, "
Edward G. Reynolds, ------ Dover Plains, "
Mrs. Lucie Reynolds Sackett, - - - - Brooklyn, "
George N. Reynolds, ------- Lancaster, Pa.
Mrs. Helen Koues Re3-nolds, ------ " "
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 25
Francis B. Reynolds, D. D. S., - Germantozvn, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Lucy Ashley Reynolds, - - ■' " "
Rear Admiral Royal Bird Bradford, U. S. N., - Washington, D. C.
Robert D. Reynolds, --..--. Boston, Mass.
Miss Madeline Re3-nolds, - - - - - - " "
John Reynolds, - - - - - - - - " "
Mrs. Audella Hyatt, ------- Sharon, "
Mrs. Mary Lovering Holman, . . . _ - Roxbury, "
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Keyes, ------ Concord, "
Isaac N. Reynolds, -------- Brockton, "
Bion F. Reynolds, -------- " "
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, - - - - - - " "
Henry E. Reynolds, ------ Braintree, "
Orrin Lyle Reynolds, M. D., - - - - - - Covington, Ky.
Mrs. Alice Russell Reynolds, ------ " "
Charles Waugh Reynolds, M. D., ----- " "
Mrs. Adelaide Reynolds Johnson, ----- Winsted, Conn.
Mrs. Ella Reynolds Oakley, " "
JOHN OF WATKRTOWN LINE
Marcus T. Reynolds, ------- Albany, N. Y.
Cuyler Rej'nolds, - - - - - - - - " "
Kenneth Gray Reynolds, - " "
James Bronson Reynolds, ----- New Yo7-k, "
AdeU)ert L. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Lauretta Hanford Chase, - - - . " "
Mrs. Jennie Glisan Cashing, Fredonia, "
Edwin Reynolds, - - Granville, "
Mrs. W. D. Temple, --.-...
Alvah L. Reynolds,- -.--..- Madison, N.J.
IvlniLT L. Reynolds,
Arthur S. Kimball, East Orange, "
Harrah J. Reynolds, Standing Stone, Pa.
Miss Celia M. Reynolds,- Bennington, !'t.
Mrs. Emelette Reynolds Wooilward,
Miss Bessie Marian Woodward, ... " ''•
Mrs. Sarah (ilisan I'eiineman, - - ('incinnati, O.
A. Heber Reynolds, - - • . (.'teen Bay, His.
George A. Reynolds, - - Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Reynolds, • - •< ..
Frederick F. Street, ... «» ••
Mrs. Mary A. Street, "
Frank Van R. Reynolds, (.nenwich, "
Miss Harriet L. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Waiter W. Norton, - - l.akeville "
Mrs. V.Ww Reynolds Hoggs. - h'ort Podge, la.
Hon. Wilbur l". Tuuh-, /hesden, .Uo.
26 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Anna R. More, ------- Rosedale, Wash
Milton H. Reynolds, ------- BostoJi, 3fass.
Mrs. Lucile Re\-nolds Hall, ----- Szuaiiipscotf, "
HENRY OF CHICHESTER LINE
Jerome E. Brunifield, ------ Rising Snii, Md.
Miss Mary Brunifield, ------ " "
Miss A. Mabel Reynolds, - - - _ - " "
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds, ----- Colora, "
Miss O. Lula Wicks, ------- Baltimore, "
Mrs. Eniilee Reynolds Tebbs, ----- " "
Miss Nell Reynolds, ------ Harrisburg, Pa.
Tilton C. Reynolds, ------- " "
Mrs. Margaret Reynolds Gorsline, - - - Rcynoldsville, "
Joseph T. Richards, ------ Philadelphia, "
Joseph B. Reynolds, ----- South Bethlehem, "
Miss Sarah Ann Reynolds, ----- Wheeling, W. Va.
JOHN OF WEYMOUTH LINE
Wilson C. Reynolds, ------ East Haddam, Conn.
Mrs. Wilson C. Reynolds, ----- "
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds, ----- " "
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds, ------ " '<
Harry W. Reynolds, ------ " "
Ephraim O. Reynolds, ------- Essex, "
Mrs. Aurelia H. Reynolds, ------ " "
Mrs. Ivorinda E. Reynolds, - - - - Reynolds Bridge, "
Mi's. Flora I. Gray, -------- Ledyard, "
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean, - - - - . Neiu London, "
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ------- Westerly, R. I.
Prescott D. Reynolds, ------ ProvideJice, "
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, ----- " "
Erie L. Reynolds, -------- Richmond, Ind.
Giles L. Reynolds, -------- Roslyn, Pa.
Mrs. Belle W. Reynolds, ------ "
Howard I. Reynolds, ------- " "
Mrs. Ethel M. Reynolds, - - - - - - " "
Clarence G. Reynolds, ------- Boston, Mass.
Wilbur A. Reynolds, D.D. S., -----
Mrs. D. E. Penfield, ------- Warren, "
Fred E. Webb, ------- Worcester, "
Mrs. Fred E. Webb, -------
Capt. S. Walter Reynolds,* ----- Pinckneyville, III.
MISCELLANEOUS
George W. Guard, -------- Noriuich, Conn.
Miss Enmia A. Reynolds, ----- West Haven, "
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 27
George B. Reynolds, M. D., ------ Baliimore, Md.
Wiley R. Reynolds, ------- Jackson, Mich.
Edwin Reynolds, ------- Providence, R. I.
Miss Bettie Reynolds, ------ Rock Island, III.
Mrs. Jane Reynolds Forbes, ------ Portland, Ore.
Edgar M. Reynolds, - - - Gennattto-wn, Pliiladelphia, Pa.
Thomas A. Rej-nolds, --_.-. NecV York, A^. }\
Edgar U. Reynolds, - - - - - - Yonkers, "
William Herbert Reynolds, U. S. N., - - - Washington, D. C.
Capt. W. E. Reynolds, ------ San Francisco, Cat.
* Life member.
28 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
ICist nf t^ast ^rpsput at Smntlg-^'i^rnnli ISrmttou
John P. Reynolds, -------- Bristol, R. I.
Giles S. Congdon, -------- <i <<
Mrs. Frederick Cook, ------ Providence, "
Henry S. Reynolds, ------ " "
Mrs. Henry S. Reynolds, ----- " "
Prescott D. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, ----- " "
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ..---. Westerly, "
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., - - - - - New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, ------ Brooklyn, "
Miss Celia M. Reynolds, ----- Bennhigion, Vt.
Robert D. Reynolds, . - - - - - - - Boston, Mass.
Miss Madeline Reynolds, - - - - - - " "
Hiram D. Rogers, --------
Mrs. Hiram D. Rogers, ------- "
George A. Smith, --------
Mrs. Lucile R. Hall, ------ Swampscott, "
Henry E. Reynolds, ------ Braintree, "
Frank Buffinton, ------- Fall River, "
Miss Mary E. Buffinton, ------ " "
Maurice F. Reynolds, ------ Springfield, "
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds, ----- East Haddam, Conn.
Mrs. Joseph W. Dean, ------ Neiv London,
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, ------ Eagleville, "
Mrs. H. K. Washburn, ----- South Coventry, "
Howard I. Reynolds, ------- Roslyn, Pa.
1H34
1914
if" Co*
OlllP Uryuuliifi iFamtly Aiifinriation
Twenty-Third Annual Reunion of
The
Reynolds Family Association
MARION H, REYNOLDS, A. B.
Harvard university
Held at Bristol Rhode Island
NA/ednesday, August 19, 1914
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—PLUTARCH
OPfiirrrH
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., New York City
|Iirp-5?rr^1i^^uts
George W. Guard, ------- Nonvich, Conn.
Wilson C. Reynolds, ----- /£asi Haddam, Conn.
Harry C. Reynolds, ------ Scmnton, Pa.
John V. Reynolds, ------ Nort/i Haven, Coun.
Joseph G. Reynolds, Wick/ord, A'. I.
I^iaturiau aub (Hurrrapuuiiug ^rrrrtarg
S. Walter Reynolds, ------ /'inckneyville. III.
Aaanriatr ffiiatnrtana
Harry C. Reynolds, - - Scrantou, Pa.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, Brooklyn, N. Y.
^rrrrtarii at^^ (Trraaurrr
HowAKii I. Reynolds, ------ h'oslyn, /'a.
(jllia|ilatit
JdiiN r. Ri'.VNoLKS, - - - - />'n'slt>l. A'. /.
®I|rg tl^at nn glnrimts aurrstura rulargr
llroiiurp tljftr htht tnatraft of tl|rtr DtHrlianiir.
—YOUNG
®1|0 Srjinnlba 3ffamtly ABannattntt
PURSUANT to the action of the Association at the 1913
reunion in selecting Bristol, Rhode Island, as the place for
the 19 14 meeting, it was a pleasure to journey to this delight-
ful spot, where several of our previous gatherings have taken
place, on August 19. The business meeting and banquet were
held at D'Wolf Inn, the scene of our previous meetings in
Bristol, as was also the reception held the evening before, an
enjoyable occasion, fairly well attended.
Tlie business meeting was called to order at 1 1 o'clock by
President W. Myron Reynolds. Prayer was offered by the
Rev. George C. Raynolds, D.I)., of Wan, Turkey-in-Asia,
following which the assembly arose and joined in singing
" America."
Minutes of last meeting read and approved.
i^ ■;•:- •:•:-
A^^rraa by thr JJrrii^^rnt
1 am not luiiiiiiHltul of tlie hij^li lioiior you have conferred on nie by
€lectiiij^ nie to preside at this meeting; it is an honor of which any one
may well be proud; it comes to me both unsought and unmerited; for
if I have added anything of interest to this Association in the past, it
has been bv catching the sjjirit of enthusiasm from the other members
present; and if I attain any degree of proficiency in the future, it will
only be by a coiUinuation of your hearty assistance and cooperation. I
am sure you will agree with nie, that we should be willing to make
some ])ersonal sacrifice, in time and investigation, for the advancement
of our family .Association, and ior j)riserving our family history.
I take it for granted that we are all both ready and willing to do this;
for surely we must realize that no man. however lofty or honorable,
can isolate himself froju his kindred, and by shutting himself up in his
exclusiveness, justify his determination to live for himself alone. So
nuich has l)een accojn])lished in the jiast, by some »)f those bearing the
Revnolds name, I sonietimes hesitate, peradventure, 1 shall be found
wanting in what may be rendered of me; but with a continuation of
your hearty coiiperation, 1 shall hoj)e lo sustain the dignity of the oflice
of President, and the high standard iilreudy attained by the Reynolds
I'amilv .Association.
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The following deaths were reported:
TiLTON C. Reynolds, Harrisburg, Pa., June 6, 19 13.
(Member of Henry of Chichester branch.)
Rear Admiral Royal Bird Bradford, U. S. N., Wash-
ington, August 5, 1914. Died at Chelsea, Mass.
(Member of Robert of Boston branch.)
"there is
A Tl M E
WE K NOW
NOT WHEN,
A PLACE
WE K NOVA/ NOT
WH ERE,
THAT
SEALS THE
DESTI NY
OF
MAN
FOR
GLORY OR DESPAIR.
The Committee on Family History reported that without
doubt a genealogical record of the Rhode Island branch of the
family could be prepared for publication in the 191 5 report.
It was announced that, through the efforts of Joseph B.
Reynolds, of South Bethlehem, Penn., a member of the
Association, a record of the Henry of Chichester (or Maryland)
branch had been collected and would be published as part of
the 1914 report. The hope was expressed that the publication
of this record would be the means of attracting to the Associa-
tion miany members of this line.
* * •»
iElprlimt of (iffirrrs
The nominating connnittee appointed by the president to
select ofhcers for the ensuing year recommended the reelection
of the officers then serving. The recommendation was
adopted.
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1915 IHriminu
It was voted to hold the next meeting at New London, Conn. ,
that place having been found a desirable and convenient loca-
tion, and one where the reunions have l)een well attended. A
di.scussion took place relative to the time of the meeting, it
being the opinion of several that a time earlier or later than
August would better suit many who would like to attend.
The .secretary was instructed to send return postal cards to
members, who were a.sked to state the date preferred. A
large number expressing a preference for June, the time was
finally set for June 9, a date more than two months earlier
than that of any previous reunion. However, as many of the
members were willing to make any time convenient, it is
expected the new date will suit all, for 1915, at least.
Letters of regret were read from several members unable to
attend, including James Bron.son Reynolds, chairman, Execu-
tive Committee, The American Social Hygiene Association;
John Reynolds, President, Boston Penny Savings Bank;
Harry W. Re\'nolds, Hartford, and Alvah RexiKjlds, Altona,
111., our oldest life member.
Recess.
* * *
fHnm— UIM ilUuuiiirl
'J'oiiialo I'liri-c with Croutons
I'ilrl of r.hic-risli Crcok- Sauct*
Slii'eil Cui-imibers
Roast Ril.s of lU-ft Hrowii Craw
Luhslcr Salad
Maslud Potatoes Maslicil I'uniii)
(irt-eii Com 011 Col)
I.fttucf ami 'roiiiiilo Sala<l
I't-ai-h Ii-f Cream
Assorted Cake Coffee
lO THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
(§ur iFatli^rs an& ©urB^lufB
Ovir fathers who were pioneers
In our thus honored land,
Bent to their tasks with earnest mind,
And toiled with busy hand;
Well schooled in what the world then knew,
Well trained in what it did.
Ne'er dreaming of the things that lay
In coming centuries hid.
Enough for them the patient ox
To plow the fertile field.
Or faithful horse to draw to town
The deep-turned furrow's 3'ield,
Their woodsy roads, scarce more than trails.
How proudly glad they trod !
Their plain, white Church was good enough
In which to worship God.
They bred their children to be strong.
And taught them to be true;
And what the Old World them denied
They fought for in the New.
Enduring hardships, conquering ills.
They laid with loving care
The Christian hearthstone for their sons,
And for their daughters fair.
Now we, their daughters and their sons.
Of many years remove.
Of our known kinsmanship with them
Our worthiness must prove.
O can we — do we — 'midst the rush
Of this advanced age,
vStill hold unsullied in our hearts
Our noble heritage?
Our floating-palace plows the sea,
Our aeroplane the air,
Our motor car flits o'er the land,
Steam trains our traffic bear;
Not wires alone but wireless space
Our messages convey,
And chained electric currents flood
Our nights with light like day.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 1 1
These wondrous gifts of recent years
Enrich our modern lives,
And higher lift achievement's goal
Toward which Ambition strives.
In these new blessings God has given,
We have new cause for praise
To Him whose Hand our fathers saw.
In all their simple ways.
— Chij.\ M.\kv Ri'.vxor.D.s.
Written for the 1914 reunion.
* i& -X-
MR. HARRY C. REYNOLDS. TOASTMASTER
Mr. Reynolds made a very iiUere.sting and enjoyable addre.s.s,
following which he called on the .speakers of the day.
. . . We have with us a ver}' distinguished IVIissionary who has devoted
a long life to the cause of Foreign Missions. In running through the lives
of his ])redeces.sors I was very much struck with the tendency there is
for good or bad by reason of the occu])ations or affairs of our forefathers,
and I am told that ten of his immediate relatives are now engaged in
the work of Foreign IVIissions. The Board has conferred a well deserved
honor on him of Doctor of Divinity.
Rkv. tiKORGE C. Raynoi.ds, D. D. I was going to remark, if I had
an opportunity to say anything, that the Reynolds family's different
branches were distinguished in different directions, and that the partic-
ular branch to which I belong might i)erhaps be .said to gain its distinc-
tion, as has already l)een said, by its interest in Foreign Missions. As
members of ihe Reynolds I''amily it may be well for me to particularize
for a moment as to who are or have been engaged in missionary work.
My father's sister was the first single lady missionary to be sent lu the
foreign field from the United States. She went to Turkistan first.
Later she married and ])raclically lur whole life until old age was s})ent
on mission ground.
Of my aunt's family the oldest son was for a time in Constantinojile,
but the liealth of his wife made it imjiossible for him to renuiin there,
so he returned to this country and look uj) work for the same cause.
He lived in Cleveland until he died a few years ago. The schot)! for
teachers for that kind ot work still biars his name.
Of his children, tin- oldest was a missioiuiry to Syria. His daughter
was married and her luisbatid was killed by the Kunls in Persia a few
years ago. She returned to this connlry and lived in New Hritain,
Conn. She has now transferred her residence to Hartford and is in the
Missionary Department of tin- llartioiil Theoloj^ical Seminar\.
12 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
My oldest sister, while living at the home of Dr. Storrs, after my
father's death, met Mr. Calhoun, one of the pioneer missionaries to
Syria, whom she married.
Of her children, the oldest daughter followed the same calling,
marrying Dr. Danford, also a missionary. Both of them are now dead.
Her son was a missionary in different parts of Syria. He also has
passed on. Her daughter is now a missionary in South Africa.
I would like to invite your interest in this department of work.
Forty-five years of my own life have been given to work in Turkey. It
is a satisfying life. I can testify that one doesn't find many better
opportunities for making his life count. The experiences through
which we have passed have all called out to the utmost our abilities.
Our work has now gone forward so far that our people have been
demanding a college, and it is with the approval of the American Board
that our High School should become a college. Of course I didn't
come here for that reason. I came here as a member of the Reynolds
family and simply mention that this is the work in which I am engaged.
TOASTMASTER. I now call upon Dr. Reynolds, our President, who
hardly needs an introduction.
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D. 3/r. Toastmaster and Members of the
Reynolds Family: This is the first New England dinner I have attended
since our meeting in Boston, one year ago, so you may imagine I was
glad when we were invited to be seated at this banquet table, for I felt
somewhat in the condition of the hungry school boy who, after a long fast,
went to a restaurant and ordered a chicken sandwich; when the waiter
asked if he preferred to eat the sandwich there or take it with him, the
lad replied emphatically, " I prefer to do both."
After our Boston meeting I resolved to learn more of the Reynolds
familv history and started out by corresponding with some ten or twelve
of our family name, asking for information of their individual families,
with the names and addresses of as many other Reynoldses as were
known to them. Some of those I tried to get information from turned
the tables on me, and instead of giving the information asked for,
replied by asking me a good many additional questions in return. This
procedure involved an exchange of a good many letters so that since
our last meeting I have been in correspondence with over two hundred
of the Reynolds name, involving letter writing which you may imagine
took most of a busy man's spare time.
However, I am not regretting the time spent in seeking this informa-
tion, for I have learned more of the Reynolds history during the past
year than 1 have been able to gather in all the preceding forty-nine years
of my life; and have finally reached the conclusion that the Reynolds
family are far more numerous than I had previously supposed. Not so
many in number, I admit, as the Smith family, but numerically and
alphabetically they apparently stand next.
Indeed the Reynolds name is found in nearly every part of the civil-
ized globe, whether in the castle on the mountain side, or living on the
THK REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TIOX I 3
plain; emblazoned on their escutcheon is the evidence of an astute clan
whose sagacity, courage and endurance is well defined and unmistak-
able. They are a race who clearly inherited the aptitude of making the
best of any condition by which they are surrounded; and as far as I have
been able to ascertain, the}' have always stood for advancement, con-
tinually looking forward, instead of looking backward, with stubborn
determination to maintain inde])endence and personal liberty.
Rut lest we appear boastful, I will mention only a few of the host of
those bearing the Reynolds name, that might with proprietv be greatly
niulti])lied on an occasion of this kind.
History informs us it was a Reynolds well learned in English law and
fearless in the discharge of his public duty, who sat as presiding judge
in the High Court at the trial of Charles I. of England; and after care-
fully weighing the legal evidence before him, judicially pronounced his
death sentence, then as fearlessly signing the warrant for his execution.
It was again a Reynolds, gentle in nature as a woman, with such wonder-
ful power of combining colors and placing them on canvas that first
gained the favorable mention of art critics, then the admiration of kings
and emperors, winning the well deserved honor of knighthood, — while
placing his marvelous works of art as rare prizes in so many homes of
wealth and culture on two hemispheres. Who can stand admiringly
before Sir Joshua's captivating picture, "The Age of Innocence," with-
out eagerly wishing one's self back to childhood ? Turning from the
old world to the new, we find other Reynoldses within the niemor\- of
some of us Irtc-, lliree of whom we mention willi conscious pride.
I'irst, the gallant soldier and brave commander, one knowing no fear,
but with sword in hand and with the undauntetl courage of an American
patriot, led his valiant troops at Celtysburg, never for a moment liesi-
tating, to seal his fidelity to his country and duty with his life's blood.
Next we find another devoted to country, but always to acts of kind-
ness; a good Samaritan, and a worthy example for our ladies. This was
Mrs. Ellen Reynolds, native of Windsor, New York, whose benevolent
nature and high Christian character prompted her to volunteer as
lrainc<l nurse soon after the beginning of the Civil War. She was
l)resent at many of the imj)ortaiil battles, tirelessly helping to care for
the wounded, by administering restoratives, then devoutlv soothing the
(lying, with inspiring words of Cliristian sym])atliy. .\l the second
l)attle of lUill Run, she displayed such remarkable bravery in giving aid
to ilii- uoiindid oil both sidi>. she won the admiration of the whole
army, with the well deserved title ".\ngel of the Haltlefield." Her
services were so highly regarded by all the oflicers in command, tliut
for her modest reward she was brevetted a major in the arni\ bv the
lamented rresident Lincoln.
Is there found in all history a name more worthy of our unstinted
praise and profound gratitude than her name, whose well trained hand
was ever ])rompt to bring fust aid to the woniide<l, and whose voice was
never too weary to whisper words of sympatliy to console the living.'
Her adojition as a wife in the Riyiiolils family added uiilimiliil honor
to the Revnolds name.
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We recall another Reynolds, modest and retiring by nature; eminently
typical of the true American — one whom we are sure will be long remem-
bered, while in charge of the National Botanic Garden at Washington,
devoted thirtj' years of diligent study, patient care and untiring experi-
ment, in developing plant life and flower culture. As many of you who
are lovers of flowers are aware, the rose had originally but five petals.
Our kinsman first aimed to give it strength of plant, then by most
delicate transfusion of color, under his intense scientific gaze, the rose
blushed profusely in submission, then gracefully surrendered both its
brilliancv and fragrance. And thus was brought into being this crimson
tipped gem, this marvel of beauty, most glorious of all the flowers, the
acme of perfection, scattering its perfumed incense so profusely that
the benevolent minded call it " God's smile." Few will ever realize what
care and patient devotion was required to develop and give birth to this
new creation; and as this gem of beauty was born to the family of one
of our kin, it is ours by inheritance, and by him generously dedicated
as the Reynolds family flower, while we in return gladly invite the
whole world as our guests to enjoy its beauty and fragrance with us.
If he who made two blades of grass to grow, where but one had grown
before, is to receive his reward, shall we not in loving memory place
our choicest garland of praise on the brow of C. Leslie Reynolds, who
has given us this exquisite gem of beauty as our family flower?
But glancing around this room, I have not failed to discover that many
of my kinsmen have already anticipated me and have individually taken
to their heart an " American Beauty " to cheer and brighten their home,
as their life companion.
Flowers were the first fragrant ornaments of God's wonderful creation;
they were scattered broadcast to beautify the earth, even before the
primitive age of man; they are the finest of all the Creator's handiwork,
and through all the ages since the creation they have served to cheer
the heart and lessen the sorrows of mankind. Yes, flowers are almost
human, they are always inspiring; the doctrine of the "Language of
Flowers" is very ancient; it was established according to sacred tradi-
tion. It has frequentl}- been asserted that it is even possible to divine
the future by means of flowers.
Briefly, they are the silent angels of the gardens and fields, whose
modesty both commends our admiration and bespeaks their merit.
We know they are sensitive and need our care, for we are sure they
all take nourishment. When the clouds speak, they thunder; when the
tempests speak, they scream; but when the flowers speak, they only
whisper. Was there ever a more princely gem than a full blown rose,
surrounded by a necklace of sparkling dewdrops lingering in the rays
of the morning sunlight? From the earliest dawn of creation, down
through unnumbered ages, the rose has always been received and
acknowledged a visible symbol of affection and good cheer.
It is found first at the birth, then at the marriage, and admitted by
all par excellence the flower of love. A wedding without the rose to
brighten the occasion and shower its fragrant blessing on the union,
would be as unusual as a marriage without the wedding march.
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It moreover has always been a welcome guest for congratulation, on
all social occasions, whence it is tenderly carried by loving hands into
the home of rejoicing, as well as to the house of mourning.
Job tells us: "A man cometh forth as a flower, and is cut down," so
the rose has its final resting place at the burial; placed in the center of
the cross, it was a symbol of the infinite, there suspended, it is emblem-
atic of the loving remembrance of Immortality and the Resurrection.
Finally, after tracing the Reynolds kindred in many lands, from age
to age, we have recorded a few of their innumerable achievements,
which are dedicated in verse to the Reynolds Family Association.
There 's a land where the eagle, free and unfettered.
O'er the cloud-capped mountains in majesty soars;
A land where the savage, brave though unlettered,
Once ruled native triV)es on its wilderness shores;
A land of bright dreams and of fond retrospections,
All rife with the legends of battle alarms.
And hallowed with visions and by proud recollections
Of triumphs achieved by its patriots' arms.
All boundless it lies on the map of creation,
Begirt by old ocean's tunmltuous wave,
'Tis the refuge of millions who fly from each nation —
It 's the land of the free and the home of the brave.
To these shores years remote by historians numbered
Reynoldses came seeking a free country to find;
They left other kinsmen where tyrannies slumbered.
To guard and protect the just rights of mankind;
They marched in the van of the Creeks till each minion
Of Persia had broken the yoke of its shame.
They helped give the Romans a boundless dominion
When Corinth lay wrajiped in its mantle of flame, —
They passed o'er all Kurope till ancient thrones crumbled.
That reeked with oppression of the drudge and the slave
And crowns were cast down and proud monarchs humbled.
Then sank in one common inglorious grave.
At Runnymede too, where tlie Harons assembled,
They helped wrest the free Magna Charta from John.
And Philij) at Cressy with cowardice trembled
When they crowned the Hlack with the laurels he won.
All over the Iliglilands of Scotland Ihey wandered,
Till the claymores of Hrnce and of Wallace had sealed
The fate of their foes who at SliiHiig surrendered
.■\nd from nannockbiirn lleil, or lay dead on the lield, —
Then away to the Aljis where a peasant sat dreaming
Of liberty, there they aroused William Tell,
Whose swift-sjjeeding arrow unerring went streaming
To (iessler's proud heart and hasc tyranny fell.
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Then leaving the nations whose chains had been broken,
They crossed the broad ocean and came to this shore
And here raised their standard, triumphant, in token
Of greater achievements that yet were in store;
From ocean to ocean, all broadcast and lavish,
They scattered the seeds of their family tree,
Till the land was redeemed from the beast and the savage
And sheltered the homes of the brave and the free.
Thus as onward the cycles of centuries shall go,
The Reynolds renown will unceasingly grow,
For no idlers are they in the great human hive
Where science and art by bold industries thrive,
But men of achievement, and of trtie moral worth —
The brain and the sinew, " the salt of the earth."
Then hail to Reynolds, their scions and sires —
And to the ladies — God bless them forever and aye —
Let us kindle anew our fraternal camp fires
By advancing the standard of our own R. F. A.
ToASTMASTER. Carlisle in his History of the English People speaks
of one William Reynolds, a Greek Professor at Oxford, who with sing-
ular purity of diction urged upon Charles I. the rights of the Puritans to
their religious liberty, which Charles I. refused to grant, but neverthe-
less in Cromwell's campaign in Ireland Col. Reynolds was one of the
most trusted lieutenants of Cromwell, and we as members of the
Reynolds family can be justly proud of his high sense of dut}-.
We have with us here to-day the grandson of Judge George Re3'nolds,
whom everybody that knew him loved. There never could be any
doubt of the affection that his friends had for him. Upon the occasion
of the 6oth anniversary of his admission to the New York Bar a banquet
was tendered him at which Elihu Root presided and the leading lawyers
and judges of America attended to do him honor. This j-oung man who
is his grandson is here to-day, and I feel sure that out of the affection
we have for his grandfather he will respond in such manner as he
may be prepared to respond in order that we may hear the sound of his
voice and become better acquainted with him.
A friend of mine relates the following experience he had with a wit-
ness. The local judge and the judge of the circuit court had gone over
to the adjoining town in a carriage, and returning late at night the
carriage had been hit by an express train and both men injured. As
they were well known men and had a high standing in the community
the railroad counsel expected that the road would practically have to
go into the hands of a receiver. But a colored man who was the watch-
man at the crossing where the accident happened swore that the man
who was driving the team had driven it right on the crossing — that he
had swung his red lantern right under the noses of the horses in an
effort to stop them. He maintained that same stor}- so stoutly that the
jury gave a verdict in favor of the railroad. The next day they sent for
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the colored man and said, " We want to tell yon we appreciated your
help at the trial. Why, you saved us thousands and thousands of
dollars; but we understand that you appeared very nervous." The
colored man said: " I was nervous." " Well, what about ? " " W'hy, I
was wondering what I was going to say if that lawyer asked me was the
lantern lit."
Perhaps there may be some experience that this young memlier of the
bar can relate to us.
George G. Reynolds. It is with reluctance that I am responding to
the request of the Toastmaster. In the first place, I am afraid mine
will not stand comparison with the previous addresses you have listened
to this afternoon, and T cannot fail to be subjected to the record of my
own grandfather who for so many years has entertained us.
I am led bv our President's remarks to tell you of a call I had from a
member of the Reynolds family not many months ago. This gentleman
is very much of a genealogist and came into my office one day as he
thought he would like to pick up an acquaintance. In the course of
our conversation I remarked that my grandfather was a judge and he
said, "I am glad to hear that, as it is so seldom that the Reynolds
family attain distinction." I am sorry he could not have been here
this afternoon to hear our President's address and to learn of the many
Reynoldses who have gained distinction, not only in this country but
throughout the whole world. But, notwithstanding that, we both
agreed that whether the Reynolds family were distinguished or not,
wherever one was found he was trying to do his best for the welfare
of his town or city, for if we cannot be famous we can be useful, and it
is my experience that the Reynolds family can claim the honor of being
respectable, high minded members of their respective communities.
Mv friendship for Judge Reynolds of Bristol is one of the most
pleasant associations of my life and it is with great pleasure that I came
here to-day. When I see all these ])eoj)le here it makes me very glad I
am a Reynolds and in some way connected with them, and I hope to
see all or many of them on future occasions wherever the .Association
may meet.
ToASTM.vSTKK. We would like to hear from the ladies. I see one
declines with thanks. That reminds me of the story of Mark Twain.
The Prince of Wales was a warm ])ersonal friend of his, and Twain said
that he dichi't have a very good job, so always felt free to borrow from
him but always failed to pay, but now that he is King he has a better
job, so Twain decided to go over to visit him. They entertained Twain at
a dinner one night and he sat between two Lords and was very much boretl
(hiring the wliole evening, .\fter it was over the King asked him how
he got on with the Lords and Twain answered that he didn't have any
use for tlieni, that he called them a pair of jackasses. The King was
very much ilistressed and saiil that was a great mistake iis those men
were social leaders. ".\nil nosv you have olTeiuled tlicni." " Yes, but
I didn't speak loud enuugli for them to hear nie," answered Twain
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Several of the other members present were called on by the
toastmaster and responded briefl3^
Adjournment.
Changes in address, also deaths of members, should be
reported promptly to the secretary.
Copies of this and previous reports may be obtained from
the secretary at fifty cents each.
A copy of the Constitution of the Association will be sent to
an}' member or prospective member on request.
Our Association has been invited to send representatives to
the International Congress of Genealogy, to be held in San
Francisco, July 26 to 31, 1915. Any members who may be
attending the Panama-Pacific Exposition at that time are
authorized to represent the As.sociation at the several meetings
of the Congress, when various genealogical matters will be
considered.
V<^;
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RHODE ISLAND LINE
Harry C. Reynolds, ------- Scrantou, Pa.
Mrs. Adelaide Coltart Reynolds, - . . . " "
Miss Adelaide C. Reynolds, ----- " "
Alfred C. Willits, . . - - Holmesburg , Philadelphia, "
Mrs. Belle Reynolds Willits, - - -
Baxter Reynolds, - Philadelphia, "
John R. Congdon, ------- " "
John F. Reynolds, ------- Pittsburgh, "
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Ricketts, - - Wilkes Barre, "
John F. Reynolds, ------ North Haven, Conn.
Mrs. Carrie E. Reynolds, .... " "
John Edgar Reynolds, " "
*Miss Marion I. Reynolds, . - . . " "
Miss Margaret A. Reynolds, - - . . " "
Samuel Reynolds, - Putnam, "
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, - - iMansJield {Eagleville P. O.) "
Miss Mary Geneva Rathbun, ----- Mystic, "
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, ..----
Mrs. Mary Moredock Dickinson, . . - - " "
Miss Mary Josephine Dickinson, - - . - •« n
Mrs. Susan A. Reynolds Heath, - - - Noncich Tozcn, "
Merick Reynolds, Los Angeles, Cat.
Sheridan Iv. (kirdiner, ^L D., - - Mount Pleasant, Mich. -^Z,
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, ------ Brooklyn, N. Y.-^^^ r » *
Mrs. Anna F. Rippier, " "
William T. Reynolds, Poughkeepsie,
Harris Smith Reynolds, - " "
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., - - Xen' York,
Myron Reynolds, - . - - " "
Mrs. Myroti Reynolds, - - - - "
Mrs. Clarion B. Winslow, ..."
James Adger Reynolds, - K'inderhook,
(ieorge 11. Reynolds,
Lucius E. Weaver, - h'oihester,
John S. Reynolds, /lurlington, I'l.
Jose])h E. Reynolds, .Monson, Mass.
Mrs. Sarah Rixford Reynolds. " "
Mrs. Vivian Reynolds Seymour, " "
Charles Rcynolils, ... .Spi ingfield,
Maurice 1". Kevnolds, " "
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Frank Buffinton, --..... fall River, Mass.
Miss Mary E. Buffinton, ------
Ralph W. Reynolds, ------
Mrs. Minnie I. Reynolds, - . - - . " '<
Abel W. Reynolds, ----- West Someiinlle,
Hiram Draper Rogers, ------ Boston, "
Mrs. Mercy A. Rogers, ------ " '<
Stephen W. Reynolds, ---.._ " "
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe, ------ Summit, N.J.
Mrs. Manie Reynolds McGeorge, - - - - " "
Stephen B. Reynolds, ----- Colling szvood, "
Mrs. Mary R. Foote, ------ Trenton, "
Miss Ethelwynne R. Foote, ----- " "
Frederick G. Reynolds, ----- West Hoboken, "
Benjamin G. Reynolds, ----- " "
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds, . - . . - Wilmington, Del.
Miss Elizabeth Schee Reynolds, - - - - " "
Ernest S. Reynolds, - - - - Agricultural College, No. Dak.
Charles B. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I.
Mrs. Charles B. Reynolds, ----- " "
Joseph G. Reynolds, .-.--. " '<
Mrs. Rebecca G. Reynolds, . - - - . " "
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds, ----- Westerly, "
Mrs. Mary R. Tillinghast, - . - - Hope Valley, "
Frank A. Reynolds, ------- Providence, "
Mrs. Georgiana Pierce Cook, ----- " "
Henry S. Reynolds, ------- " "
Mrs. Lula A. Reynolds Fowler, - - . . Pawtucket, "
•»-Miss Marion G. Reynolds, Davisville, "
Miss Ruth Pierce Reynolds, ----- " "
Mrs. Isabella Judson Essex Bosworth, . - - - Bristol, "
Miss Isabella Essex Bosworth, - - - - - " "
Giles S. Congdon, -------- " '<
Mrs. Lydia F. Vaughn, - ... - East Greemvich, "
Wilber T. Raynolds, . . . . -
ROBERT OF BOSTON LINE
jXjohn Post Reynolds, ....--. Bristol, R. I.
1 Mrs. Fannie Greenwood Reynolds, - - - - - " "
, Mrs. Catharine Reynolds Allen, - - - - - " "
^Miss Madeline Reynolds, - - - - - - - " "
William N. Burgess, - - - " "
Mrs. William N. Burgess, - - - - - - - " ''
Mrs. Maria G. Gibson, ------- " <■<■
Luther Cole, ......... Warren, "
Miss Alice Bradford Cole, - " "
V Roscoe C. Reynolds, ..---.- Leiviston, Me.
George G. Reynolds, ...--- Nezv York, N. Y.
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Mrs. Clare R. Chickering, ..... New Y'ork, N. Y.
Mrs. Abbie L. Reynolds Kelley, - - - South Anienia, "
Miss Abbie R. Reynolds, ...... Ameiiia, "
K Edward G. Reynolds, . - . . . Dover Plains, "
Mrs. Lucie Reynolds Sackett, - - - . . Brooklyn, "
/ George Spicer Reynolds, ...... Xorth Troy, "
Joshua Re^'nolds, ....... " "
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds, ...... " "
Joshua Reynolds, Jr., ....... Troy, "
/^George N. Reynolds, ....... Lancaster, Pa.
*Mrs. Helen Koues Reynolds, ...... " "
I. Prancis B. Reynolds, D. D. S., - - Germantown, Philadelphia, "
Mrs. Lucy Ashley Reynolds, - - " " "
•^Lincoln C. Reynolds, ....... Empire, Ore.
J^Robert D. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Miss Madeline Reynolds, ---... " "
(^ John Reynolds, <• "
t '-^Mrs. Florrie Reynolds Carver, .... - " "
V^*>»Marion H. Reynolds, - ...... Cambridge, "
Mrs. Mary Lovering Holman, Allston, "
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Keyes, ..... Concord, "
*' '^Isaac N.Reynolds, Brockton, "
"^^^^Bion F. Reynolds, '• "
NMiss Marion S. Reynolds, " "
I' Henry E. Reynolds, - - Braintree, "
Orrin Lyle Reynolds, M. D., - . . . . Covington, Ky.
Mrs. Alice Russell Reynolds, " "
Charles Waugh Reynolds, M. D., - - - - " "
George C. Raynolds, D. D., .... Win, fiir/cey-in-.-isia.
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JOHN OK WATKRTOWN I.I.NE
Marcus T. Reynolds, - Albany, A'. )'.'^^
Cuyler Reynolds, " " *■*"
Kennetli Gray Reynolds, " "
James Bronson Reynolds, Xeic i'ork, "
Mrs. Lauretta Hanford Chase,
Mrs. Jennie (ilisan Cushing, Fredonia,
Mrs. Clara Reynolds Teni])le, ----- Ciranville,
Augustus R. Reynolds, J//, k'isco, "
Miss Amelia Todd, . . . . Cross A'iver, "
George W. ReyiioUls, " "
Harrah J. Reynolds, - JUitavia,
Mrs. Mary Caswell. Hr^t lleurietta,
Alvah L. Reynolds, - Madison, .W J .
Khner L. Reynolds, - - ....
Arthur S. Kimball, - Last Orange,
Alvah Reynolds,* Altona, III.
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Mrs. Amelia A. Retnley,"'' ....... Gifford, III.
Miss Celia M. Reynolds, - - - - - - Bennington, Vt.
Mrs. Emelette Reynolds Woodward, ... " "
Miss Bessie Marian Woodward, .... " "
Mrs. Sarah Glisan Fenneman, ----- Cincinnati, O.
George A Reynolds, ------- Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Reynolds, ----- "
Frederick F. Street, ------- "
Mrs. Mary A. Street, ------- "
Frank Van R. Reynolds, ------ Greenwich,
Miss Harriet L. Reynolds,- ----- "
Mrs. Lilian Reynolds Norton, ----- Lakeville,
-Milton H. Reynolds, ------- Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Ivucile Reynolds Hall, Swampscott, "
HENRY OF CHICHESTER LINE
Joseph T. Richards, - - Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Thackara, - GermantoTvn, " "
Mrs. Mabel W. Reynolds Taney, ----- JMedia, "
Arthur T. Parke, - - West Chester, "
Mrs. Margaret Reynolds Gorsline, - - - - Reynoldsville, "
Miss Olive V. Reynolds, ------ "
Vincent G. Reynolds, ------ Johnstoivn, "
William J. Middleton, M.D., ------ Steelton, "
Walter D. Reynolds, ------- Swarthmore, "
Joseph B. Reynolds, ------ Soiith Bethlehem, "
P.S.Reynolds, -------- Neiv Castle, "
W. B. Seeman, --------- Carlton, "
M. E. Chatley, -------- Sandy Lake, "
William Lawrence Reynolds, ----- Pittsburgh, "
William McClelland Reynolds, ----- Mars, "
Miss Nell Reynolds, ------- Harrisburg, "
"Miss Sarah Ann Reynolds, ----- Wheeling, W. Va.
Harry F. Reynolds, ------- New York, N. Y.
Lewis G. Reynolds, ------- Richmond, Ind.
Arthur Parke Reynolds, ------ G7-ee7ifield, "
Miss Frances Reynolds, ------- Poison, Mont.
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D., - - - - Lexington, Ky.
Mrs. Delia Banks Sadtler, ----- Baltimore, Md.
Joseph P. Reynolds, -------
Mrs. Emilee Reynolds Tebbs, ----- " "
Miss O. Liila Wicks, ------- " "
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds, . - - - - Colora, "
Jerome E. Brumfield, ------ Rising Sun, "
Miss Mary Brumfield, ------ " "
Edwin H. Reynolds, ------- "
Isaac Reynolds Hitt, ------ Washington, D. C.
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JOHN OF WEYMOUTH LINE
Wilson C. Reynolds, ------ East Haddain, Co7i?i.
Mrs. Mary Emma Reynolds, - . - - " "
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds, - - - . '« <«
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds, ----- «' ««
Harry W. Rej'nolds, ------ «' '«
Ephraim O. Reynolds, ------- Essex, "
Mrs. Aurelia H. Reynolds, - - - - - - " "
Mrs. Lorinda E. Reynolds, - - . . Reynolds Bridge, "
Mrs. Flora I. Gray, ------- Ledyard, "
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean, ----- New London, "
Giles L. Reynolds, - " "
Mrs. Belle W. Reynolds, -----
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ------ Westerly, R. I.
Prescott D. Reynolds, ------ Providence, "
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, - - - - " "
Erie L. Reynolds, ------- Richmond, Ind.
Mrs. Alma L. Reynolds, ------ " "
Capt. S. Walter Reynolds,* ----- Pinckneyville , III.
Wilbur A. Reynolds, D. D. S., ------ Boston, Mass.
Clarence G. Reynolds, - - - - - - - " "
Mrs. Alice B. Penfield, ..-.-- Warren, "
Howard I. Reynolds, -.-..-. Roslyn, Pa.
Mrs. Ethel M. Reynolds, -------
MISCELLANEOUS
Georj^e W. Guard, - - Norwich, Conn.
George 15. Reynolds, >L D., - - - - - Baltimore, Md.
Wiley R. Reynolds, ------- -Jackson, Mich.
F;<l\vin Reynolds, ------- Providence, R. I.
Miss Bettie Reynolds, - Rock Island, III.
Edgar M. Reynolds, - - - - Gcn)iantoivn, Philadelphia, Pa.
Harry T. Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa.
Thomas A. Reynolds, . - . - . . New York, N. Y.
Edgar I'. Reynolds, ------- Yonkers, "
William Herbert Reynolds, U. S. N., - - - Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Elizabeth Noonan Reynolds, - - - -
Capt. William E. Reynolds, San Francisco, Cat.
* Life niemlier.
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IGiBt of tliosp Prrsnil at (ilujpnttj-crbtr& iRntntou
Harry C. Reynolds, -------- Scran ton. Pa
Miss Adelaide C. Reynolds, ------ "
John R. Congdon, ------- Philadelphia,
George Myrick, - - - - - - - - "
Mrs. George Myrick, ------ "
George Myrick, Jr., - - - - - - - "
Howard I. Reynolds, ------- Roslyn,
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., ----- Neiv York, N. Y.
George G. Reynolds, ------ "
Mrs. Frank Reynolds, ------ Brooklyn, "
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, ------ "
Mrs. Anna F. Rippier, ------
Rev. George C. Raynolds, _ - - - Van, Turkey in Asia
John P. Reynolds, -------- Bristol, R. I.
Mrs. John P. Reynolds, ------- "
Miss Catherine A. Reynolds, ------ "
Miss Madeline ReN-nolds, ------- "
Mrs. H. M. Gibson, -------- "
Giles S. Congdon, -------- "
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ------ Westerly,
Frederick Cook, ------- Providence,
Mrs. Frederick Cook, ------ "
Prescott D. Reynolds, ------ "
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, ----- "
William T. Snow, - - "
Henry S. Rej-nolds, ------- "
Mrs. Henry S. Reynolds, ------ "
Mrs. George H. Fowler, ------ Pawtucket,
Miss Angle G. Reynolds, ------ "
Miss Ruth P. Reynolds, ------ Davisville,
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, ----- "
Wilber T. Reynolds, ------ East Greenwich,
Giles L. Reynolds, ------ New London, Conn
Mrs. Joseph W. Dean, ----- "
John F. Reynolds, ------ North Haven,
Mrs. John V. Reynolds, ----- "
Miss Margaret Reynolds, ----- "
IVIiss Edith M. Rathbun, ------- Mystic,
Miss M. Geneva Rathbun, -------
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, ------ Eagleville,
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Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds, . . . . East Haddaiii, Coiiii .
Miss Helen A. Knight, ------ W'illimantic, "
Ernest S. Reynolds, - - - - Agricultural College, No. Dak.
Frank Buffinton, --.-..- Fall Rii'er, Mass.
Miss Mary E. Buffinton, ------ " "
Clarence G. Reynolds, ..-----. Boston, "
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Ap:prnliix A
A brief genealogical record of the Descendants of HENRY
REYNOLDS of Burlington, N.J. (later of Chichester, Pa.)
Henry Reynolds, third son of William Reynolds and Mar-
garet (Exton), was born in England 1655. He was probably
a brother of John to whom William Penn made a grant of
1,000 acres of land in Pennsylvania, for we find his descend-
ants later in litigation over that grant. Henry sailed from
Chichester, England, in 1676, and after a tempestuous voyage
of twenty-two weeks landed at Burlington, New Jersey, where
he married, November 10, 1678, Prudence, daughter of William
and Prudence Clayton. He and his wife moved some time
prior to 1680 to Chichester, Pa. (then called Marcus Hook),
where he died August 7, 1724. Prudence Reynolds died
April 2, 1728.
Children
2. I Margaret, b. May 25, 1680.
2. 2 Mary, b. Sept. 13, 1682; 111. 171 3 Matthew Morgan (?).
2. 3 Francis, b. Aug. 15, 16S4; m. 1712 Elizabeth Acton, who
d. 1760.
2. 4 Prudence, b. March 20, 1687.
2. 5 Deborah, b. April 16, 1689.
2. 6 William, b. May 30, 1691.
2. 7 Henry, b. Aug. 16, 1693; d. Dec. 17, 1779; ni. (1) Hannah
Brown, d. Dec. 12, 1731; ni. (2) March, 1733, Ann
Howell, who d. June 16, 1741; ni. (3) Mary Haines.
2. 8 John, b. Dec. 21, 1695.
2. 9 Hannah, b. Nov. 11, 1697; d. March 13, 1726; m. Aug.
30, 1717, Richard Brown.
2. 10 William, b. July 5, 1701; m. (i) 1723, Mary , who d.
July I, 1739; m. (2) Oct. 19, 1739, Rachel John.
SECOND GENERATION
2. 3 Francis Reynolds m. Elizabeth Acton.
Children
3. I Prudence, b. Jan. 16, 1713; m. Aug. 4, 1733, John Dutton.
3. 2 Lydia, b. Feb. 24, 1716; m. March 17, 1739, Jos. Townsend, Jr.
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3. 3 Christian, b. April 22, 1718; m. August 20, 1743, John
Hoopes.
3. 4 Henry, b. April 12, 1720; d. Nov. 17, 1765; ni. July 2, 1751,
Sarah Davis.
3. 5 Benjamin, b. Aug. 26, 1722; d. Feb. 26, 1798; ni. (i) Sarah
Baker, who d. Aug. 26, 1792; m. (2) Sept. 18, 1794,
Phoebe White, who d. Aug. 10, 1803.
3. 6 John, b. Oct. 13, 1725.
3. 7 Samuel, d. Feb. 26, 1786; m. Jan. 31, 1755, Jane Jones,
who was b. Nov. 8, 1734; d. Nov. 17, 1779.
3. 8 Francis.
2. 7 Henry Reynolds, m. (i) Hannah Brown.
Children
3. 9 Rachel, b. Nov. 6, 1717; d. Jan. 31, 1756; m. (i) John
Piggott, Oct. 21, 1737; m. (2) Oct. 27, 1744, Jacob
Dingee; m. (3) Churchman.
3. 10 William, b. Jan. 22, 1721; m. March 5, 1743, Prudence
Haines.
3. II Samuel, b. Aug. 26, 1723; d. April 27, 1799; m. (i) March
12, 1743, Sarah Haines; m. (2) Jan. 25, 1747, Susannah
Sidwel, who d. Aug. 13, 1796.
3. 12 Henry, b. Feb. i, 1725; d. Feb., 1809; m. Feb. 29, 1747,
Mary Haines, who was b. 1733; d. Dec. 27, 1817.
3. 13 Jacob, b. Sept. 14, 1728; d. Feb. 6, 1799; m. (i) Aug. 10,
1751, Rebecca Daye, who d. 1785; ni. (2) May 14, 1789,
Sarah Lownes, who d. Jan. 8, 1804.
3. 14 Joseph, b. June 30, 1730; d. July 19, 1760; m. I'eb. 27, 1754,
Sarah Haines.
Henry Reynolds, m. (2) Ann Howell.
No Children
Henry Reynolds, ni. (3) Mary Haines.
Children
3. 15 Benjamin, b. Nov. 30, 1743; m. Mary Job.
3. 16 John, b. Maj' 20, 1745.
3. 17 Isaac, b. May 20, 1745; ni. 1772, Ann Rich.
3. 18 Jesse, b. Aug. 22, 1747; ni. 1770, Sarah Haines.
3. 19 David, b. March 27, 1750.
3. 20 Klisha, b. I'"eb. 2, 1753.
2. !(► W'll.i.iAM Ri-.v.Noi.Ds, ni. (1) Mary — .
Children
3. 21 Jeremiah, b. Nov. 23, 1725.
3. 22 David, b. Sept. 1, 1727.
3. 23 Catlierine, 1). Dec. i, I7.'9; d. 1731.
28
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
25
26
24 Hannah, b. Sept., 1733; d. Jan. 19, 1758; m. Nov., 1755,
Stephen Cook.
Jonathan, h. July 5, 1735; d. March 9, 175S.
William, b. Nov. 15, 1737.
3. 27 Mary, b. Nov. 15, 1737.
William Reynolds, m. (2) Rachel John.
C/iild
3. 28 Thomas, b. Feb. 10, 1742.
The family of William Rej-nolds, 2. 10, removed to
Carvers Creek, North Carolina, about 1750.
THIRD GENERATION
3. 4- Henry Reynolds m. Sarah Davis.
Children
1 Elizabeth, b. March 13, 1754; m. George Martin.
2 Rebecca, b. Nov. 21, 1755, ni. John Martin.
3 Joseph, b. Jan. 25, 1757.
4 Sarah, b. Dec. 15, 175S; m. Daniel Sharpies.
5 James, b. Dec. 21, 1760; m. Hannah Webster.
6 John, b. March 17, 1764; d. April 29, 1862; m. 1800, Ann
Osborne.
3. 7 S.AMUEi. Reynolds m. Jane Jones.
Children
4. 7 Thomas, b. Jan. 2, 1759; d. August 8, 1837; m. Ann Rey-
nolds (no kin), who was b. March 8, 1763; d. Jan. 5, 1845.
4. 8 Margaret, b. Sept. 9, 1760; d. Sept. 10, 1839.
4. 9 Abraham, b. Sept. 4, 1762; d. Aug. 14, 1819; m. (i) Jan. 22,
1797, Margaret Odell, who d. March 4, 1804; m (2)
Sarah Folger.
4. 10 Mary, b. Sept. 6, 1764; d. July 9, 1771.
4. II Jane, b. July 22, 1767; d. Sept. 21, 1767.
4. 12 Samuel, b. April 23, 1769; d. June i, 1841; in. Ruth .
4. 13 Benjamin, b. April 22, 1773; d. July 6, 1774.
3. 10
William Reynolds, \\\. Prudence Haines.
Children
14 Henry, b. Jan. 18, 1743.
15 Joseph, b. July 23, 1747.
16 Hannah, b. Oct. 3, 1748.
17 Mary, b. Sept. 25, 1750.
18 Prudence, b. April 25, 1752; m. 1778 —
19 Sarah, b. Feb. 13, 1754; ni. 1782
Knight.
Wade.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 29
3. 11 Samuel Reynolds 111. (i) Sarah Haines.
No children
Samuel Reynolds m. (2) Susannah Sidwel.
Ch ildre7i
4. 20 Henry, b. Nov. 11, 1751; d. Jan. i, 1753.
4. 21 Richard, b. May 31, 1754; d. Sept. 9, 1823; m. April 8,1779,
Rachel England, who was b. 1752; d. Dec. 4, 1830.
4. 22 Samuel, b. Dec. 17, 1756; m. July 10, 1776, Isabel King,
who d. July 3, 1794.
4. 23 Reuben, b. May 11, 1759; d. July 5, 1823; ni. Oct. 11, 1781,
Margaret King, who d. 1825.
4. 24 Joseph, b. Aug. 6, 1761; d. Feb. 3, 1813; m. Sept. 6, 1792,
Mary King.
4. 25 Levi, b. March 12, 1764; d. May 3, 1797; m. Jean
, who d. June 6, 1799; she m. (2) Thomas Waring.
4. 26 Joanna, b. Sept. 25, 1766; d. June 18, 1779.
4. 27 Rachel, b. Dec. 24, 1770; d. Oct. 7, 1804; m. Vincent King.
3. 12 Henry Reynolds, m. Mary Haines.
Ch ildren
4. 28 Nathan, b. March 12, 1749.
4. 29 John, b. .-^ug. 2, 1 75 1.
4. 30 Samuel, b. Oct. 13, 1754; m. Margaret .
4. 31 Henry, b. Jan. 31, 1757; m. Oct. 19, 1780, Elizabeth Sidwel.
4. 32 Hannah, b. June 30, 1759; m. Mullen.
4. 33 Emmanuel, b. Dec. 10, 1762; d. 1825; m. March 29, 1788,
Sarah Sargent.
4. 34 Joshua, b. Feb. 28, 1766; d. 1841; m. April 7, 1791,
Margaret Job.
4. 35 Elijah, b. Nov. 23, 1772.
4. 36 Sarah, b. Nov. 14, 1774.
4. 37 Mary, b. ; d. Jan. 10, 1793.
3. 13 Jacoh Reynolds, m. (i) Rebecca Daye.
Child ri'7i
4. 38 John, b. Sept. 28, 1752; d. Oct. 26, 1764.
4- 39 Josepb, b. May 5, 1754; d. Nov. 9, 1836; ni. Dec. 17, 1778,
Rachel Barnard.
4. 40 Jaco]>, b. Nov. 10, 1755; d. I'eb. 2, iSii; m. .\ug. 19, 1785,
Esther Taylor.
4. 41 Henry, 1). .Marcli j;,, 1757: d. I'd). 1, 1.S21; m. April 15,
1779, Mary Knight.
4. 42 Israel, h. Nov. 5, 175^; d. I'"eb. 7, 1S2.S, m. about 1S24.
4. 43 Stejjheii, b. Sept. 12, 1760; d. \\^x\\ 12, iSif); m. Dec, 1807,
Haiinah Kinsey.
30 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
4. 44 Thomas, b. May 28, 1762; d. May 24, 1841; ni. Mary Taylor,
who d. July 22, 1857.
4. 45 Lydia, b. Dec. 24, 1763; d. Nov. 7, 1766.
4. 46 Evan, b. Jan. 8, 1766; d. April 2, 1775.
4. 47 Hannah, b. July 15, 1769; d. Nov. 24, 1814; m. (i) John
Ginna; ni. (2) John D. McCutcheon.
4. 48 Samuel, b. Dec. 27, 1770; d. June 23, 1842; m. May 20, 1793,
Mary Chambers, who d. May 14, 1851.
4. 49 Reuben, b. Dec. 12, 1772; d. March 31, 1817; ni. ,
Henrietta Cromwell.
4. 50 Jonathan, b. June 9, 1775; d. Oct. 13, 1857; m. April 12,
1798, Elizabeth Haines, who d. April 9, 1828.
4. 51 Rachel (Rebecca), b. Sept. 30, 1777; d. Aug. 25, 180S; m.
, Joseph Haines.
Jacob Reynolds, m. (2) Sarah Lownes.
Child
4. 52 Eleazer (Ebenezer), b. Nov. 22, 1790.
3. 15 Benjamin Reynolds, m. Mary Job.
Ch ildren
4. 53 Stephen, m. (1) Dora vSidewell; m. (2) Elizabeth Ricketts;
m. (3) Elizabeth (Hartman) Kreidler.
4. 54 Isaac.
4. 55 Jesse, b. 1767; d. Dec. 27, 1837; m. Mary Guinna.
4. 56 John, m. Hannah Knight.
4. 57 Levi, m. Nancy "Wilson, widow of John Purdy.
4. 58 David, m. Polly Cole.
3. 18 Jesse Reynolds, m. Sarah Haines.
Child
4- 59 Jesse, b. Oct. 21, 1784; m. Rachel Brown, who was b.
June 5, 1779.
FOURTH GENERATION
4.. 7 Thomas Reynolds, m. Ann Reynolds.
Children
5. I Mary, b. July 9, 1793; d. Aug. 11, 1868; ni. Arthur Parke.
5. 2 Jane, b. April 28, 1794; d. Aug. 24, 1795.
5. 3 Abraham, b. Jan. 27, 1796; d. April 29, 1851; m. Rachel
White.
5. 4 Samuel, b. Feb. 12, 1798; d. Sept. 4, 1851; m. (i) May 15,
1836, Hannah Ferris; m. (2) .
5. 5 Tilton, b. Nov. 14, 1801; d. June i, 1856; m. Nov. 24, 1824,
Sara Sprague.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 3 I
5. 6 William, b. Nov. 25, 1803; d. June 2, 1854; m. March 30,
1 84 1, Elizabeth Kyle.
5. 7 Thomas, b. Sept. 19, 1807; d. May 16, 1881; m. July 9, 1842,
Juliana Smith.
4-. 9 Abraham Reynoi,d.s, m. (i) Margaret Odell.
Ch ildren
5. 8 Sallie A., b. April 21, 1798.
5. 9 Joana, b. Jan. i, 1802; d. Dec. 10, 1806.
5. 10 Margaret Jane, b. Dec. 28, 1S03; ni. Oct. 7. 1824 Matthew-
Myers.
Abraham Reynolds, m. (2) Sarah Folger.
Children
5. II Mary, b. Dec. 9, 1807; d. April 23, 1833.
5. 12 Abraham, b. Sept. 28, 1809; d. Dec. 19, 1853; m. Jan. 29,
1833, Amanda Purdy.
5. 13 Henry Hinsdale, b. July 21, 181 1; d. Nov. 23, 1868; m.
Wynkoop.
5. 14 Ruth, b. Oct. 12, 1S17.
4-. 21 Richard Revnold.s, m. Rachel England.
Ch ildren
5. 15 Warner, b. July 25, 1780.
16 Elislia, b. Jan. 22, 1783.
17 Joel, b. Feb. 28, 1785.
18 Rachel E., b. vSept. i, 1787; d. Dec. 7, 1825.
19 Sarah, b. Nov. 6, 1789.
20 Richard, b. Dec. 27, 1792; d. Oct., 1795.
21 Susannah, b. Ajiril 2, 1795.
4. 22 Samiki, Rkvnolds, m. Isabel King.
Children
5. 22 Levi, h. Oct. 2, 1777; m. March 3, 1801, Mary Kirk.
5. 23 Martha, b. Jan. 17, 1780.
5. 24 Samuel, b. Jan. 11, 17S2; m. Mav 2, 1804, Ann Rt-vnulds,
5- 56.
5. 25 Thomas, b. May 21, 1786.
5. 26 Eli, b. May 4, 1788.
4. 23 RiviHKN Ki'.VNoi.DS, m. Margart-l King.
Children
5. 27 Ann, b. Nov. S, 17.S2.
5. 28 Richard, b. jun. 20, 17S4; ni. Mary .
5. 29 Susannah, b. .March 29, 1785.
5. 30 Jol), b. Jan. .|, 17S7; nj. Eli/.al>eth .
32
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
31 Joanna, b. Nov. 22, 1788.
32 Reuben, b. June 7, 1791.
33 Hannah, b. June 17, 1793.
34 Vincent, b. April 25, 1795.
35 Margaret, b. Jan. i, 1797; d. May 5, 1839; ni. David Brown.
36 Isaac.
37 Amor.
38 Lydia.
4-. 24 Joseph Reynolds, m. Mary King.
Ch ildren
5. 39 Joel, b. ; d. June 20, 1796.
5. 40 Rachel, b. June 10, 1794.
5. 41 Noah, b. Jan. 18, 1796.
5. 42 Levi, b. Nov. 29, 1797.
5. 43 Elias, b. Oct. 23, 1799.
5. 44 Joseph, b. May 30, 1801.
5. 45 Abia, b. March 21, 1803.
5. 46 Amy, b. Feb. 11, 1805.
5. 47 Mary, b. Jan. 3, 1807.
4-. 25 Levi Reynolds, m. Jean .
Ch ildren
5. 48 James, b. Oct. 16, 1787.
5. 49 Amer, b. Feb. 14, 1789.
5. 50 Jacob, b. March 13, 1790; d. July 27, 1793.
5. 51 Abner, b. Nov. i, 1791; d. May 21, 1798.
5. 52 Lewis, b. Sept. 23, 1793.
5. 53 Miriam, b. Oct. 5, 1795.
4-. 30 Samuel Reynolds, m. Margaret .
Child
5. 54 Joel, b. March 25, 1793.
4.. 31 Henry Reynolds, m. Elizabeth Sidwel.
Childreti
5. 55 Josiah, b. Feb. 3, 1782.
5. 56 Ann, b. March 29, 1784; m. 1804, Samuel Reynolds, 5. 24.
5. 57 Mary, b. Feb. 23, 1787.
5. 58 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 6, 1790; d. Aug. 18, 1876; m. Gray.
5. 59 Henrj', b. , 1792; d. , 1878; m. Mary .
4'. 33 Emmanuel Reynolds, m. Sarah Sargent.
Ch ildren
5. 60 Eli, b. May 3, 1789.
5. 61 Nathan, b. Dec. 18, 1790'.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
33
5. 62 Hannah, b. Aug. 21, 1792.
5. 63 Ann, b. July 19, 1794.
5. 64 Mary, b. Jan. 21, 1796; d. Dec. 27, 1817.
5. 65 Jeremiah, b. Sept. i, 1797; d. Sept. 13, 1799.
5. 66 Henry, b. July 24, 1799; d. Feb. 27, 1809.
5. 67 Sarah, b. April 21, 1801.
5. 68 Manuel, b. June 22, 1803.
4-. 34 JosHu.A. Rkvnolus, ni. Margaret Job.
Children
5. 69 Morris, b. Jan. 26, 1792; d. i860; ni. Lydia
5. 70 Mary, b. May 26, 1793.
5. 71 Lydia, b. June 28, 1795.
5. 72 Elijah, b. March 20, 1797.
4. 39 Joseph Rp:vnoi,1).s, ni. Rachel Barnard.
Children
73 Jeremiah, b. March 24, 1780.
74 Israel, b. April 3, 1782; m. Hannah .
75 Rebecca, b. March 24, 17S4.
76 Susannah, b. Sept. 21, 1786.
77 Lydia, b. June 27, 1788.
78 Richard B., b. Aug. 31, 1790; d. Aug. 3, 1829; m. A])ril i<
18 1 2, Esther Sidwell.
79 Joseph, b. June 29, 1792.
80 Cyrus, b. Jan. i. 179^.
81 Lettice, b. Oct. 7, 1797.
82 Abia, b. Aug. 12, 1800.
4. 40 Jacob Reynolds, m. Esther Taylor.
Children
5. 83 Lydia, b. Nov. 5, 1786.
5. 84 Mary, 1). Dec. iS, 178S; d. I'eb. 5, 1840; m. Timothy
Kirk.
5. 85 Jacob, b. May 8, 1791; d. May 12, 1869; m. Nov. 10, 1813,
Ann Moore.
5. 86 Taylor, b. Sej)!. 23, 1793; d. .\pril 23, 1850; ni. V.W/.a
Taylor.
5. H7 Rebecca, 1). I'eb. 1, 1796; d. July 12, iSdS; m. Joseph
I'reslon.
5. 88 Slej)heii, b. Sept. i, 1798; d. Jan. 31, 1872.
5. 89 Sarah Lownes, b. l-'eb. 22, i8tji; d. Jan. 21, 1882.
5. yo John, b. Nov. 19, 1803; d. Sejit. 17, 1854; m. Margaret
\Vo(m1.
5. 91 Esther, i>. June 30, i8«)<); d. ()ii. 1, iSjo, m. John Kirk.
34
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
4". 4-1 Henry REYNOTa)S, ni. Mary Knight.
Ch ildini
92 Jacob, b. Nov. 16, 17S0; d. Feb. 7, 1S02.
93 William, b. Aug. 9, 17S2.
94 Elizabeth, 1). April 12, 1784.
95 Rebecca, b. May S, 1786; d. June 13, 1788.
96 Rebecca, b. Sept. 12, 1788.
97 Sarah, b. Nov. 21, 1790.
98 Mar}-, b. Sept. 9, 1794.
99 Henry, b. March 21, 1798; d. Feb. 11, 1803.
100 Israel, b. June 17, 1801; d. March 12, 1818.
loi Francina, b. Dec. 2, 1803.
4. 4-3 Stephen Reynolds, m. Hannah Kinsey.
Children
5. 102 Stephen K., b. March 24, 1808.
5. 103 Ann M., b. Feb. 20, 181 1.
5. 104 Mary J., b. May 14, 1813.
4b. 4^4^ Thomas Reynolds, m. Mary Taylor.
Children
05 John, b. Aug. 25, 17S7; d. April i, 1796.
06 Rebecca, b. Oct. 30, 1789; d. March 27, 1796.
07 Mary, b. Dec. 17, 1791; d. March 25, 1831.
08 Amelia, b. July 16, 1794; d. May 13, 1837.
09 Eli, b. May 23, 1796; d. March 24 .
10 Deborah, b. July 27, 1798; d. Dec. 21, 1799.
11 Albina, b. Aug. 8, 1800; d. March 26, 1805.
12 James (Thomas?) b. May 27, 1803; d. July 3, 1809.
13 Reuben, b. Nov. 30, 1806; d. June 30, 1843.
14 Israel, b. April 8, 1809.
15 Herriott, b. Feb. 25, 1812; d. Nov. 13, 1842.
4.. 47 Hannah Reynolds, m. (i) John Ginna.
Children
5. 116 Rebecca.
5. 117 Jesse.
5. 118 Susan.
Hannah Reynolds, ni. (2) John D. McCutcheon.
Children
5. 119 Samuel.
5. 120 Eliza.
5. 121 William.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TION
35
4. 48 Samiei. Reynolds, ni. Mary Chambers.
Children
5. 122 Kdith, ]). April 9, 1796; d. Sept. 30, 1870; m. .
5. 123 John K., b. Nov. 5, 1801; d. Oct. i, 1854; 111. Klizabeth P.
, who d. Feb. 10, 1876.
5. 124 Caleb, b. Oct. 27, 1804; d. Feb. 24, 1862; 111. Mary ,
who d. Aug. 28, 1863.
5. 125 Josiah (Isaiah?), b. Dec. 4, 1807; d. May 29, 1867; ni. June
6, 1836, Orpha F. , who d. Feb. 9, 1880.
5. 126 Samuel Day, b. Nov. 30, 1810; d. April 10, 1877; in.
Hannah M. , who d. Jan. 10, 1878.
5. 127 Sarah E., b. Feb. 27, 1813.
5. 128 David M., b. Nov. 5, 1815; d. Sept. 23, 1867; m. Amanda
G. , who d. July 31, 1886.
4. 49 Rei'HKX Reynolds m. Henrietta Cromwell.
Children
129 Mary Kljza, m. (i) Col. Prosser; m. (2) Renj. Briscoe.
130 Rebecca.
131 Maria M., m. George Galbraith.
132 John C, ni. Kllen M. Reynolds (5. 185).
133 Delilah J., m. Thaddeus Banks.
4. 50 Jonathan Reynolds, m. Klizabeth Haines.
Children
5. 134 Isaac, b. Oct. 3, 1799; d. Oct. 29, 1882; m. Myra
Feb.
Haines.
27, 1S24,
5. 135 Haines, b. Jan. 11, 1800; d. 186 — ; n
Phoebe Moore, who d. Sept. 9, 1861.
5. 13^) Jacob, b. Oct. 5, 1802; d. April 22, 1S28.
5. 137 Reuben, b. .\])ril 7, 1805.
5- '38 Jonathan, h. .\i)ril 30, 1807.
5. 139 Mary K., i). March 3, 1811; d. May 2, 1S49; ni. Samuel
Haines.
5. 140 Israel, b. March 3, 1811; d. I'-eb. 13, 1821.
5. 141 Henry, b. .-Vpril 21, 1813; d. March 26, 1889; m. Ajiril 10,
1839, Ivli/.a P. Mocjre.
4. r>l Kaciiiu, ( Ri'.iiiA *. ai Ki;v.nuli>s, in. Joseph Haines.
Children
5. 142 Mary, ni. \'iiui-nl Slubbs.
5. 143 Nallian.
5. 144 S<)i)hia, m. .Xmor Caitir.
36
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
53 Stephen Reynolds, m. (i) Dora Sidwell.
Children
Polly, m. James Cummings.
5- 145
5- 146
5- 147
5. 14S
Henry, not ni.
Benjamin, 111. Sallie Burge.
Stephen.
Stephen Reynolds, m. (2) Elizabeth Ricketts.
Children
5. 149 David, m. Amelia Major.
5. 150 Stephen, m. Mary Black.
5. 151 Isaac, m. (i) Fanny Guinna; m. (2) Nancy Rothrock.
5. 152 Azzar, not m.
5. 153 Sarah, m. John McCahan.
5. 154 John, not ni.
Stephen Reynolds, m. (3) Elizabeth Kreidler.
Ch ildren
5- 155 Jefferson, m. Katy Graybill.
5. 156 Levy, tn. Hannah Van Ormer.
5. 157 Deborah, ni. Thomas Berryman.
5. 158 Eliza, m. Jacob Boehl.
5. 159 Jesse, d. young.
54. Isaac Reynolds, m. .
Children
5. 160 Levi.
5. 161 Sarah, m. Spencer.
5. 162 Benjamin, ni. .
5. 163 Ebenezer, m. .
5. 164 John, m. .
5. 165 Culbertson, m. .
5. 166 Matilda, m. Ortan.
5. 167 Polly, m. • Wright.
5. 168 Isaac, m. Hughes.
4. 55 Jp;ssE Reynolds, m. Mary Guinna.
Ch ildren
5. 169 Rachel, m. James Crawford.
5. 170 William, m. Elizabeth Robinson.
5. 171 Katy, m.(i) Robert Armstrong; m. (2) Alexander Robinson.
5. 172 Polly.
5- 173 John, m. Harriet Gallaher.
5. 174 Susan, m. Robert Kennedy.
5. 175 Eliza, ni. James Kincead.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 37
5. 176 Hannah.
5. 177 Benjamin, ni. Elizabeth Martin.
5. 1 78 Nancy.
4-. 56 John Rkynoi^ds, m. Hannah Knight.
Children
5. 179 Mary, m. Daniel Megredy.
5. 180 Eliza, m. Rev. Robert Gerry.
5. iSi Lyclia Ann, m. William Parker.
4-. 58 David Rkvnoi.ds, m. (i) Polly Cole; m. (2) Ellen Moore.
Children
5. 182 John.
5. 183 Mary, m. John Cristy.
5. 184 Bryson, m. Ella Schofield.
5. 185 Ivllen, m. John Reynolds (5. 132).
4-. 59 JKSSE Rkynoijj.s, m. Rachel Brown.
Children
5. 186 Mary, b. April 17, 1809.
5. 187 Joshua, b. April 19, 181 1.
5. 188 John, 1). May 24, 1813.
38 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
AptJni&ix M
A Short Genealogical Record of the Family of ROBERT REYNOLDS,
of Boonsborough, 3Td.
In western Pennsylvania there is a numerous and prosperous
family bearing the name of Reynolds, the members of which
claim relationship to Henry of Chichester, although no definite
connection has yet been established. Perhaps the best evidence
of kinship is the fact that this family, throughout more than a
century of separation from the Henry family, has preserved a
traditional history of him and his children that is remarkably
like that now held by the Benjamin branch of Henr5^'s family.
The first members of the Robert Reynolds family of whom
there is definite knowledge were brothers Joseph and Robert.
Joseph moved west and settled on the Miami River, north of
Cincinnati, Ohio, in 1787. Prior to the Revolutionary War,
Robert, who died 1786, settled in Washington Co., Md., and
was the father of the following children:
2. I William, b. Aug. 21, 1771; d. 1831; ni. vSusan , who was
b. 17S1; d. 1849.
2. 2 Robert, b. May 18, 1776; d. May 16, 1867; ni. 1798, Eliza-
beth Specard, who was 1). March 15, 1781; d. Jan. 5, 1850.
2. 3 Joseph, m. Elizabeth Inbody.
2. 4 Mary, 111. (i) John Inbody; m. (2) Peter Gundy.
SECOND GENERATION
2. 1 William Reynolds, ni. Susan .
Children
3. 1 Amelia, b. Dec. 20, 1796; d. April 9, 1822.
3. 2 Elizabeth, b. July 26, 1799.
3. 3. Jacob, b. June 13, 1803; d. March 18, 1832.
3. 4 John, b. Sept. 27, 1806; d. 1S79.
5 Moriah, b. March 12, 1809; m. James Watkins.
6 William, b. Jan. 6, 1810. d. 1876; m. (i) Elizabeth Grimes,
who was b. 1815; d. Feb. 5, 1858; m. (2) Doven-
berger.
3. 7 Lovenah, b. March 7, 1813; m. Joseph Wheeler.
3. 8 Letha, b. Sept. 5, 1815; d. June 15, 1886; m. Elias Eakle.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
39
2. 2 Robert Reynolds, m. Elizabeth Specard.
Children
3. 9 William, b. June 11, 1801; d. Nov., 1876; m. (i) Oct. 8,
1825, Margaret Gundy; m. (2) Oct. 20, 1866, Eliza
(Smart) Young.
3. 10 John F., b. Oct. 23, 1802. d. Jan. 14, 1S92; m. Nov. 18, 1830,
Margaret Jane Hickman.
3. II Nancy, b. April 26, 1804; d. July 25, 1885; m. John
McCaslin.
3. 12 Elizabeth, b. Jan. i, 1806; d. April 4, 1892; m. James
McCaslin.
3. 13 Robert, b. Feb. 14, 1S08; d. IMarch 13, 1886; m. Elizabeth
Newcomb.
3. 14 Mary A., b. May 21, 1810; d. June 29, 1900; m. Nov. 11,
1830, Samuel H. White.
3. 15 Michael, b. June 10, 1813; d. 1878; m. Miranda Hudson.
3. 16 Peter Specard, b. Aug. 22, 1817; d. May 31, 1896; m. Sarah
Catherine Holt.
3. 17 Joseph B., b. Aug. 22, [817; d. Jan. 16, 1884; not m.
3. 18 James, b. Sept. 8, 1819; d. June 19, 1907; m. April 18, 1S39,
Lydia Tidball.
3. 19 Isaac, b. Dec. 10, 1821: d. Nov. 10, 1905; m. (i) Maggie
Basquin; m. (2) Adda Basquin.
3. 20 Christian, b. Jan. 18, 1827; d. Oct. 31, 1899; m. April 20,
1843, Samuel McISIillen.
2. 3 JoSEi'H Reynolds, m. FHi/abelh Inbody.
Children
3. 21 A daughter.
3. 22 William H.
3. 23 Jacob.
3. 24 Belinda.
3. 25 Keziah.
3. 26 Sojjhiah.
2. 4- .M.\KV Revnoi.ds, m. (i) John Inbody.
Child
3. 27 .'\ son.
Mary Reynolds, m. (2) Peter (iundy.
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3. 2.S l<etha K., m. William Wallace.
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HISTORICAL SKETCH
In August, 1892, some descendants of John Reynolds of Stonington, on a
visit to their native place in Lyme, Conn. , became interested in the records
of that historic town, and as their thoughts reverted to their ancestors,
a strong and worthy ambition to know their early family history was
awakened, and led to the spontaneous formation of a family association.
The first Association reunion was held in North Lyme, August 23, 1892, ^
at the home of Judge and Mrs. Frederick Fosdick, who were the inspira-
tion of the early gatherings. Every summer since that memorable
convention, numerous, and many illustrious, descendants of early
Rej-nolds' have assembled at some centrall}- situated shore city in
southern New F^ngland, exchanged the results of genealogical researches,
made pilgrimages to the old homes of their Puritan forefathers, and
enjoyed the brilliant speeches for which the banquets of the R. F. A.
have long been distinguished. Membership, at first restricted to the
John of Stonington line, was in a few years broadened to include all
persons connected with the several branches by descent or marriage.
Beginning with the Eighth Reunion, in 1899, an attractive Report in
booklet form was published, and has appeared every year since, for the
preservation of the reunion reports and the dissemination of valuable
historical records of ancestors. As stated in our Constitution, "The
purpose of this Association is to ])romote the recognition of a connnon
ancestry; to increase acquaintance and sociability among relatives; to
collect and preserve memorials; and to secure the preparation and pub-
lication of a genealogical and historical sketch of the Reynolds Family
Association."
OFFICERS
PRESIDENT
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., - 220 W. 42d St., Neiu York City
VICE-PRESIDENTS
Wilson C. Reynolds, ------ East Haddam, Conn.
Harry C. Reynolds, - - Scranton ^ Pa.
John F. Reynolds, ..._.- North Haven, Conn.
Joseph G. Reynolds, ------- Wickford, R. I.
Alvah L. Reynolds, ------- Madison, N. J.
RECORDING SECRETARY
Marion H. Reynolds, A. B., Hari'ard University, Cambridge, Mass.
CORRESPONDING SECRETARY
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ------ Westerly, R. I.
TREASURER AND ASSOCIATE HISTORIAN
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, - - - 494 Tenth St., Brooklyn, N. V.
HISTORIAN
Capt. S. Walter Reynolds, - - - - Pinckneyinlle, III.
ASSOCIATE HISTORIAN
Harry C. Reynolds, ------- Scranton, Pa.
CHAPLAINS
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D.D., - - - Lexington, Ky.
Rev. Frank Ten Broeck Reynolds, - - - Keyport, N. J.
Hon. John Post Reynolds, Ph. B., - - - - Bristol, R. I.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION
Harry W. Reynolds, A.B., - - - - Hartford, Comi.
Howard I. Reynolds, - - - - - - - Roslyn, Pa.
Hon. John Post Reynolds, Ph. B., - - - - Bristol, R. I.
THOUGHT, PLAN, AND PURPOSE
An eager Thought set forth one day
Upon a mission high,
And then to join it on the way
An earnest Plan drew nigh.
Together, as they toiled along
And journeyed down the years.
They formed a Purpose true and strong,
Whose worth tO'day appears, —
The Purpose to make permanent
The records of a name
Which, from the Old-world continent.
Back in the centuries came —
Our name, the name our fathers bore,
The name we speak with pride.
Because it crowned them who of yore
So nobly lived and died.
Thought, Plan, and Purpose — mighty Three !
They since the world began
Have wrought with God in unity
To bless and prosper man.
What things there are in our own lives
We have accomplished well —
The best for which life ever strives —
Their touch and influence tell.
Silent, invisible are they
Our festive board beside.
But with us they have come to-day.
And with us they abide.
Still records of the R. F. A.
To children's children shown.
Thought, Plan, and Purpose will display
When time for us has flown.
— Ct'liii Miiiv h'rvnolils.
REAR-ADMIRAL ROYAL BIRD BRADFORD
Admiral Bradford, who died August 5, 1914, at Chelsea, Mass., was of
the tenth generation from Robert Rejniolds of Boston, as follows:
Mary (Bird) Bradford9; Polly (Reynolds) Bird^; Ichabod Reynolds?;
Joseph^; ThomasS; Nathaniel^; Nathaniel^; NathanieP; Robert'. His
descent is also traced to Elder Brewster of the Mayflower and to
Governor Bradford. He was born in Turner, Me., July 22, 1844; married,
Newport, R. I., May 26, 1875, Harriet Stanhope, daughter of Samuel
and Elizabeth (Stanhope) Engs, of Newport, born November 16, 1847.
Their residence was in Washington, D. C.
In the scholarly and highly readable Brett Genealogy (pub. 1915, by
Mrs. L. B. Goodenow; see appendix in this report) an excellent account
of him, as well as of many Reynolds' of the Robert of Boston line, is
given :
"The active service of Rear-Admiral Royal Bird Bradford in the
United States Navy extends from the time of his entering the Naval
Academy in 1861 to the time of his retirement, July 22, 1906, when
he took the fleet into the harbor at Mt. Desert, through the fog
which had kept him outside for a day or two bej'ond the date when
he was to have sent in his resignation. During all these years his
career has been characterized by rare ability, high professional zeal
and constant usefulness. He has accomplished much through his
studies in electricity as applied to his profession, as well as in
torpedo warfare and the use of explosives. Through familiarity
with these subjects he has often been called upon to serve upon
technical boards and commissions. Graduating number three in a
class of fifty-four members, 1865, he served in the s\i\-ps John Adams,
Macedonian, Marion, America, 3/arblehead, and ll'innepeg, some of
which sailed up and down the coast in search of Confederate cruisers.
In 1866 he served on board the Szvatara; 1866 served on the Rhode
Island, flagship of the'North Atlantic Squadron, and was promoted
to Ensign. Was attached to the Iroquois, Asiatic Station, 1867-69.
Was made Lieutenant, March 26, 1869; served on the Delaware, flag-
ship of the Asiatic Squadron, 1869-70. At the United States Torpedo
Station, Newport, R. I., he was (1872-73) engaged in special studies
■ as an instructor, whence he went on the flagship of the European
Squadron, the Wabash and the Franklin. Returning to Newport,
he became instructor in torpedo warfare until appointed executive
officer of the Alliance, European Station, 1 877-1880, and from this
time his record shows rapid advancement. Promoted to Lieutenant-
Commander, November 30, 1878, he was first commander to have
his flagship lighted by electricity, and this was done under his
supervision on the Trenton, of the Asiatic Squadron, 1883-85. He
was Chief of the Bureau of Equipment, United States Navy Depart-
ment, during the Spanish War, where he probably did his most
valuable service. He was promoted to Rear-Admiral, November
23, 1904." The children of Admiral and Mrs. Bradford are:
Elise, b. July 5, 1876; m. Rev. Edw. D. Johnson, in Washing-
ton, Jan. 8, 1902. They reside in West Pittston, Pa.
Catherine Engs, b. Aug. 15, 1881; m. Howard A. Brockway,
in Washington, April 17, 1906. They reside in Baltimore.
Rose Mary, b. Sep. 2, 1883; m. June 30, 1914, Lieut. Clarence
A. Richards, U. S. A.
For a more detailed account see the Brett Genealogy.
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY
ASSOCIATION
THE twenty-fourth reunion of the Reynolds Family Asso-
ciation, as decided at the 1914 meeting in Bristol, was held
June 29 and 30, 1915, at the Mabrey House, Ocean Beach,
New London, Connecticut. Numerous members, intent on a
pleasant ' ' mid-week ' ' stay at the shore, gathered the day be-
fore. An informal reception was held in the parlor of the
hotel on the evening of the 29th, for the purpose of introduc-
ing new members and visitors, and extending the cordial hand
of fellowship to those who had recentl}^ been honored b}^ the
privileges of membership in the Association. The Mabrey
House was a hotel well chosen, excellently shaded by trees,
on a long, cool beach, and with a good view out upon Long
Island Sound. Many members expressed regret that they
had not come prepared to enjoy several days more at the
shore.
THE BUSINESS MEETING
On Wednesday morning, June 30th, the annual business
meeting was called to order by President W. Myron Reynolds,
M.D., of New York City. After the invocation by Judge
John Post Reynolds, the members joined heartily in singing
"America." Thereupon the Secretary read the minutes of
the preceding meeting and, with the 19 14 Annual Report,
they were unanimously approved without comment.
In his opening addre.ss the President extended a cordial
welcome to past-presidents Giles L. Reynolds and Judge John
Post Reynolds, and a very hearty welcome to the other mem-
liers a.s.semble(l , inthuling .several present at the reunion for
the first time.
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TREASURER'S REPORT
For the period August 19. 1914, to June 30, 1915
RKCEIPTS
1914
Aug. 19. Balance on hand, -...-.. 130 43
1915
June 30. Received for dues, ----- $93 81
Received for arms, ----- 7 45
Received for reports, - - - - 6 00
Interest on bank deposit, - - - - 118
108 44
I138 87
DISBURSEMENTS
I914
Aug. 19. Expenses of 1914 reunion, . . - 114 50
Sept. 26. Secretary, for services, - - - - 10 00
1915
April I. Paid for printing 1914 reports, on account, 67 60
June 30. Miscellaneous printing, - - - - 11 00
Postage, ------- 21 79
Balance, ------- 13 98
The report of the Treasurer was accepted.
$138 87
OBITUARY
Professor Ray Green Ruling, M. A., Brown University
Trustee; died at his home in Marshfield, Mass., Sept. 4,
1915. (Rhode Island line.)
Hiram Draper Rogers, died August 14, 19 14, in Boston.
(Providence line.)
Mrs. George C. Raynolds, died in Armenia, two days
before her husband, the Rev. G. C. Raynolds, D. D.,
arrived there. (Robert of Boston line.)
Mrs. William Franklin Reynolds (nee Mary Etta Mann),
daughter of Orren Mann of Randolph, Mass., married
Jan. I, i860, was badh' burned when her clothing acci-
denth' caught fire on October 28th, and died November
3, 1 91 5, at the home of her son in Avon, Mass. Six sons
mourn her loss, her husband having died Oct. 16, 1898,
at East Wilton, Me. (Robert of Boston line.)
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SECRETARY'S REPORT
We know that if any organization of this character is to be a success,
it must have a certain amount of attraction for its members and for
those eligible to membership whom we try to enlist as co-workers with
us. Your secretary has regarded it as a part of his duties — indeed,
quite an important part — to solicit new blood, to sell reports as far as
possible to new members, and to do as much as can be accomplished by
correspondence, for this is practically the only way in which results
can be obtained.
Despite the fact that much time has Ijeeu spent during the past decade
and more in an endeavor to increase our roll, it seems difficult to make
substantial gains. A glance at, for instance, the membership list con-
tained in our last report shows for the most part the same faithful ones
who by their presence have contributed toward the success of the meet-
ings in the past, and have done their part financially year after j-ear.
If we are to judge from the inquiries being constantly received by the
historian, the list of well-known Reynolds' continually getting into
the limelight, including bankers and athletes, and a large number of
those whom we know to be closely related to some of our members,
and therefore eligible, we have a right to assume that there nmst be a
way to attract at least a portion of them. How are we to do it?
Is it best to enlarge on the possibility, or likelihood, or probability,
of a complete genealogical record of the various branches of the family
being published in the not far distant future? Would it be better to
use the argument that, as so many foreigners are flocking to our shores,
those who have not joined us should become affiliated with an organiza-
tion of this kind? Shall we say they will get more for their money in
the future than a small booklet such as has been issued in former years ?
None of you probably know as well as I that when genealogical records
are published as part of the reports, more than ordinary interest is
manifested Ijy several from the line represented, some of whom, how-
ever, do not stay as long as they should. But this should not discourage
our efforts to publish all the records that are furnished us by the his-
torians of the various branches. Until such time as something like
a complete book covering all the Reynolds famiHes in America can be
gotten out, I submit we should try to have something of interest along
genealogical lines in every annual rej)ort, even if only anecdotes and
stories of the doings of our ancestors, or historical items of interest that
can be gleaned from various sources. This is a matter that can be
discussed by the Associalimi.
In the 1907 report, the records of the Ro1)itI of Hoston and John of
Weyujoulh lines were i)ul>lished. In the following year's issue the
Jolin of Watertown line was rejjresented, the work of gathering data
having l)een done by Mr. Marcus T. Reynolds, who had spent years in
searching recorrls anil in travel. No more records ajjpeared until that
of the Maryland brancli came out as j)art of last year's report, thanks
to the palifiiie and labors of Mr. Josfj)]! 15. Reynolds, to whom \se owe
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a debt of gratitude. Last year it was announced, as you will remember,
that by this time the data concerning the Rhode Island family, the most
prolific one of all, would be ready, at least so much of it as Mr. Harry
C. Reynolds was engaged on. And, having very efficient helpers, the
record is doubtless in excellent shape. By means of this record and
the personal efforts of members of this large family, which has so much
good material in it, we should be able to sell a large number of reports
and interest permanently in our work a good many representatives of
this line, many of whom certainly live near enough to attend our
meetings.
Speaking of reunions, the secretary knows of one which is never
attended by less than 400 to 500 persons. The Longacres, Longakers, and
Longeneckers meet at a park where they enjoy a basket picnic — men,
women, and children. One thing is certain, cooperation is necessary;
each one who considers himself or herself an active member can aid in
some way. If we were to hazard a guess, we w-ould say nearly all those
who write to the historian for information are eligible, judging from
the locations they give, and from the given names of their ancestors.
How can we place them ? The more records in the hands of the his-
torian, the more who will be glad to come in, when they have found
out how to locate their ancestors.
Why not double our roll during the coming year, and have something
worth while to give in the way of service to those who appreciate what
they get, and will stick if they are suited ? It can be done.
Howard I. Reynolds,
Secretary, igi^-i^.
The report was approved.
REPORT OF THE HISTORIAN
PiNCKNEVviLLE, ILL., June 22, 1915.
To the Reynolds Family Association, in Annual Reunion assembled,
New Londo7i, Conn.
Dear Kinsmen; — Much as I would like to be with you once again, I
am unable to do so, and must greet you by aid of my machine.
Some time last August, Mr. Cuyler Reynolds sent me a letter from
Benoni Orrin Reynolds, Lake Geneva, Wis., stating the first ancestor of
his was his great-great-grandfather, Benoni Reynolds, said to have
come from Wales, previous to 1790, for the census of that year records
him as living in Easton Township, Albany Co., N. Y. He was a Revo-
lutionary soldier.
I do not remember what I answered, except that I could not find him.
I have had a number of letters from Dr. S. E. Gardiner, Mt. Pleasant,
Mich., regarding his line, particularly inquiring about Job, — the latest
saying he has caught him and has his line complete.
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Mrs. Ulric Nolin, Little Rock, Ark., saying her line sprang from John
Reynolds, born June, 1749, who married Elizabeth Pickett at Marble-
head, Mass., December 24, 1772. His second son was Joseph. I had to
reply that I could not trace that John.
October 28, 1914, our secretary sent me a letter from Wilbur D. Brown,
Providence, R. I., inquiring about Zipporah Reynolds, who married
Samuel Rockwell; they had daughter Zipporah, who married Gershom
Mott, Preston, Conn.; and daughter Ruth, who married Updice Pullman.
This was too nmch for me, and I had to reply that I could not find
Zipporah.
In November last I received a list of early marriages of Reynolds'
which is very interesting, and I search it whenever inquiry comes, to
see if asked-for names are there.
George W. Reynolds, Los Angeles, Cal., writes January 15, asking
about his great-grandfather, Daniel Reynolds, and Betsey his wife, but
that was another conundrum, and I had to say, "cannot find them."
January 15, 1915, Miss Clara M. Rowell, Public Library, Los Angeles,
Cal., inquires about another Ruth Reynolds, who married Rev. Lewis
Merwin (seems nearly every family had a Ruth), but diligent search
fails to find that particular Ruth, and I so informed her.
January 20, Mr. A. B. Gould, East Cleveland, Ohio, inquires about
Lucretia Reynolds, daughter of Vincent Reynolds and Amanda Turner,
who married Myron Gould (his father), but I was obliged to answer him
that I could not trace Vincent in any lines I had.
February 6, Mrs. Josephine Reynolds Weeden writes, asking if I can
trace her ancestor, Clark Hoxie Reynolds, son of Robert Reynolds and
Hannah Hoxie; she wants to trace back to the creation I believe, but I
could not find her Robert; referred her to Mrs. Bromley.
March 22, Mrs. Clarence G. Becker, Los Angeles, Cal., writes for
information regarding her ancestor, William Reynolds of Virginia, his
son James Madison Reynolds married Elizabeth Welsh, and their
daugliter Margaret was her grandmother, and wants to find where she
belongs in tlie race, but I had to answer that I could not find her William.
May 12, 1915, Mrs. Lue Reynolds Spencer, Lexington, Neb., writes,
her father was Phineas Bates Reynolds, son of Nathaniel Gardiner
Reynolds, and he son of Griffin Reynolds, and he of James Reynolds
and wife Suzannah, but I had to say that I could not find those names.
I hope tlie Association will have a glorious reunion, and eat all the
clams and fish in sight.
Respectfully suliinilled,
S. \V.m.ti:r Rkv.ndi.d.s, Historian.
P. S. — Kinsman .\lvah Reynolds of .\llona, 111., si-ut mc- a coi)y of his
line, Jolm of Wali-rtoun, that will be of great use to me in tracing out
names.
The report was accepted without coinineiit.
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Mr. John F. Reynolds read to the meeting the vigorous and
interesting letter of Dr. Gardiner:
Mount Pleasant, Mich., June 28, 1915.
Mr. John F. Reynolds, North Haven, Conn.
My Dear Sir and Relative: — Your letter of August 7, 1902, to
Mr. Joseph Warren Gardiner, Dunning, Neb., has just been read by
me. Am glad to know that you have some interest in the Rej'uolds
Family. I am descended from two of the sons of James the Settler,
namely, Francis and Joseph, Sr., and I now vindoubtedly have the
largest amount of Reynolds information ever collected by one individual.
I have nothing to sell, neither have I any children to inherit the records
that I am preparing. Do you know the ancestors of your John, b. Sept.
10, 1710? I note that you omit the wives all along down your line.
Can you supply them ? The wife of the above John was Abigail , b.
Mar. 22, 1715, d. July 30, 1798. Who do you say she was before her
marriage ?
I have had here for examination some of the most valuable books and
manuscripts owned in R. I., and I have copied everything about the
Reynolds lines. If you have any books, papers, letters or manuscripts,
kindly send them to me that I may copy them. The final results of my
work will be given to the Reynolds Family Association. Have never
attended a meeting. The meeting of the 30th inst. may be of interest.
I was invited to be there and to give an address, but it is too far and
too expensive a trip.
There is something a little queer about the John, b. 1710. His first
son Stephen was born February 2, 1749, and ^-our Henry was probably
born about 1751 as you suggest. This means that he had no children
until 39. The question is, had he been married previous to his marriage
to Abigail ?
This morning's mail brings information from L,os Angeles relative to
two more lines of the family. I have now spent something like $300
and a lot of good time. Have you anything to add to my collection of
Reynolds information?
Yours very truly,
S. E. Gardiner.
The Association ordered a vote of thanks communicated to
Dr. Gardiner for his interesting letter.
Secretary's Note. — Any member who can aid Dr. Gardiner or
supply him with old genealogical data or manuscripts is urgently
urged to do so.
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ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Upon the report of the Xominaling Committee, an amend-
ment to the Constitution was passed, rearranging old offices
and estabhshing new ones. Officers were elected, as appears
on page 4 of this report.
NEW PUBLICATIONS
Under the head of new business a spirited discussion of the
feasibility of increasing the publications of the Association
took place, during which Mrs. Bromley warmly encouraged the
Association to extend its usefulness by the compilation and
publication of a genealogy- of the Reynolds Family in America.
Judge John Post Reynolds spoke upon the past publications of
the organization, and the possibility of publishing one complete
record of all the Reynolds families, and the cost of such a work.
He urged strongly that future reports contain a greater amount
of complete, reliable appendices of family history, anecdotes of
early Reynolds', etc. He and Mrs. Bromley were of the
opinion that the long-projected compilation and publication of
a book on all the branches be definitely begun, or abandoned.
Dr. Reynolds spoke of a member of the Association who had
offered to support a trained genealogist in such a work. The
A.ssociation evinced a strong desire to get out a complete
genealogy of the Family. The necessity of adequate funds
and trained historians for such a large task was emphasized at
some length.
GENEALOGY OF JOHN REYNOLDS
BY
ALVAH REYNOLDS
of Ahona, Illinois
The Association was highly pleased with tlie gift of several
copies of this book on the descendants of John of Watertown,
Mass., from whicli so man\ eminent Connecticut, New York,
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Pennsylvania, and Illinois Reynolds' are descended. The
work, published April, 1915, primarily for the members of his
immediate family and cooperating genealogists, and wholly at
his own expense, does Mr. Reynolds great credit, and the
Association is proud to aid in disseminating such complete
genealogical information. There are some ninety-two pages of
genealogies, which lack only the insertion of the places of
residence of different families, to make them excellent; several
appendices of old documents of the family; a coat of arms; a
good collection of English records of early Reynolds' , furnished
by John J. Reynolds of 28 Harrison St., New York; and a
chapter on distinguished Englishmen of the name. Mr.
Reynolds has made gifts of copies to the Massachusetts His-
toric Genealogical Society; the Library of Congress; the
Harvard University Library, and others. But Mr. Reynolds
avers that the printed copy contains many annoying errors
and is preparing a corrected and revised edition.
By applying to the Recording Secretary, whose address is in
this report, persons interested may later this year be able to
purchase copies of this creditable work. Those planning to
issue similar compilations and genealogies should notify the
Recording Secretary before such work goes to the press, and
an effort will be made to secure financial or genealogical
cooperation.
A rousing vote of thanks was unanimously voted to our
senior member for his good work.
INCREASE OF ANNUAL DUES
From Fifty Cents to One Dollar
It was suggested by the President that inasmuch as the 1914
printing deficit was considerable, and as increased funds would
be needed for the larger reports and genealogies projected by
the Association, a raise in the amount of our annual dues was
advisable. After a short debate a motion that the dues be
increased from fifty cents to one dollar was unanimously
carried.
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The members of the Association tendered a vote of thanks
to the President and other officers who had contributed so
much to make the occasion a success.
Letters of regret were read from a number of members
unable to attend: among them Mr. Joseph T. Richards of
Philadelphia; James Bronson Reynolds, Esq., of New York;
the Rev. Frank Ten Broeck Reynolds of Keyport, N. J.;
H. C. Reynolds, Esq., of Scranton, Pa.; Dr. Sheridan E.
Gardiner of j\It. Pleasant, Mich., and others.
DATE AND PLACE OF THE 1916 REUNION
Although late June proved a good time for the meeting,
the attendance would have been somewhat larger had court,
school and college .sessions been ended. Therefore, after
.some debate, the .second Friday in July, igi6, was decided
upon; and, at the afternoon meeting, the Association resolved
upon Cold Spring House, Wickford, R. /., as the next place of
reunion. Those attending next year should plan to spend the
week end at this delightful .shore resort.
On due motion and vote the busine.ss meeting was adjourned
to the baii([UL-l al one o'clock.
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THE REYNOLDS-FRANKLIN HOUSE, BOSTON, MASS.
The picture shown is that of the house owned by Captain Nathaniel
Reynolds, built about 1685, and rented to Josiah Franklin, Benjamin
Franklin's father, from 1688 to 1 712. It was in this Reynolds house in
Boston that Benjamin Franklin was born, on January 17, 1706. The
property passed by will to Nathaniel Reynolds, 2nd, in 1706; then to
Nathaniel Reynolds, 3rd, in 1717. Nathaniel Reynolds' widow conveyed
the property to John Fosdick (who married Sarah Reynolds, daughter
of Captain Nathaniel Reynolds) May 21, 1725. Burned, 1810.
[Photograph from a model, courtesy Bay State vStreet Railway.]
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POSTPRANDIAL ADDRESSES*
JUDGE JOHN POST REYNOLDS, of Bristol, Toastmaster
Toastmastkr: a number of years ago when a man now famous was
a candidate for an office, one of those advocating his election gave as
an argument in his favor something he had said a short time before,
which was this: " First when I began work in my profession I never
asked anybody to do anything which I could do myself. Now I never
do anvthing myself that I can get anybody else to do." Without pre-
tending to be a great man, it is allowable for any one to follow great
men. I propose to-day to make others make my speech for me. There
are a number here ready and anxious to talk; I propose to give them a
chance.
A good many vears ago a ])roniinent member — I cannot say of the
Reynolds Association, but of the Reynolds family, the late Dr. Edward
Reynolds of Boston (who was at that time .somewhat interested in the
subject of genealogy), was asked if he had noticed any characteristics
of the Reynolds family. He immediately answered, "Yes, I have found
them noted for three things — piety, poverty, and longevity." I think
perhaps those characteristics of the Reynolds family we will accept as
true, in so far as I propose to-day to give others a chance to say some-
thing on that subject. I am sorry we have not with us the Reverend
Frank Ten Broeck Reynolds, who is to be our chaplain next year, and
who could talk to us on Piety.
The second part — Poverty — I will pass over for the present. The
third — Longevity — we will discuss next. Two factors will enter into
that, one of which is a pretty important part — our own actions, temper-
ance, etc., on our part. It 's always a very good plan to have a guide:
we natural Iv look to the medical profession for that. For the s])eaker
to tell us how to live up to the characteristics mentioned by Dr. Edward
Reynolds, I will call on our worthy president, Dr. \V. Myron Reynolds.
DR W MYRON REYNOLDS
Mr. Toastmaster and tncmbcrs of the Reynolds Family:
I have appeared before you so often, I am sure if it were put to a vote,
a majority of the members present would i)refer to listen to some one
else.
Nearly two months ago I undertook to secure a miniber of gotxl
S])eakers for this annual ban<inet, and I thought I lunl ])rovided four
excei)tionallv good oratcjrs for this (occasion. It used to be coiisidereil
that only the ladii-s, after making a ])romise, had the i)rivilege of
changing their minds. IJut since I have had the honor of being j)resj-
dent of this Association, I find to my surjjfise that men who are niarried
have assumeil the ladies' jirivilege of changing their niimls, j)robal>ly
• This siflimi of Hit rcimrl lias ticcii consiilcn»l>l.v ii)iriitt;cil. in milcr tliat cmrcs-
IMiiKliiiitly inurc simicc niik'lit l>c tfivcii tii the liistoricul iiifurmiition in the iiptHrniliccH.
1 8 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
thinking the marriage vow has given them all the rights of changing
their minds that was the prerogative of their former sweethearts. Now,
as a single man, I contend this is very unreasonable, as it has upset our
speakers' list for to-day that we are all so nmcli interested in.
We have other excellent speakers among our members, and I believe
it should be the duty and aim of every member of The Reynolds Family
Association to strive to make our meetings so pleasant that every
person who attends one meeting will go away feeling they have been
made more happy by being present with us, and will want to come
again.
I have only endeavored in the past to throw out an occasional
suggestion to encourage others to take part in our exercises; for all
thinking and all speaking in an association of this kind is only doing
its intended work when it makes others both think and act.
Besides, all members of this Association should prove the right to
their title of membership by serving in some capacity in the ranks of
the Association. And I am of the opinion that the youngest member
among us can make a better speech than I can; for the best speech I
ever made, at least I thought so at the time, was before I was thirteen
years old.
Let me tell you about it. As a young lad I attended school near
New Haven, Conn., and one year about twenty of the boys decided to
go up on the top of East Rock on the Fourth of July and hold a flag-
raising and picnic. We selected a twenty-five-foot flagpole, and with
this on our shoulders and a basket of lunch on the arm of each boy,
after a long dusty walk, we started to climb the mountain of rock, the
hottest Fourth of July any of us had ever known. It was fortunate
that we were sturdy lads, for, if it is true that man earns bread "by
the sweat of his brow," we boys shed enough perspiration to buy out
several bakeries.
After a laborious effort, we finally reached the top of the mountain,
well exhausted I assure you; but with courage undaunted we began a
plan to fasten the flagpole to the top of the tallest tree. And this was
no day dream, but an engineering feat we hadn't counted on; but after
placing a boy on each limb of the tree, we soon had our task under
way. How we ever succeeded in securely fastening that flagpole to the
top of the tree, without some of us getting killed, I never could realize.
After this daring feat was accomplished, our boyish delight knew no
bounds; and our enthusiasm ran so high we thought there was no limit
to time, nor to what we could accomplish.
At the stroke of twelve o'clock noon, we hoisted the stars and stripes
on the flagpole. As the colors ran up, the cheers of the boys broke
loose, so they must have been heard down in the city of New Haven,
for straightway the bells in the city began to ring and the whistles to
blow; of course we concluded the whole city of New Haven had joined
in our celebration.
The boys had selected me in advance to make a Fourth of July
speech. That speech was not printed, as w'e had no stenographer to
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 1 9
take it down. I can only recall a few of the lines. After extolling
the glorious Fourth, then with all the enthusiasm of youth saluting the
Stars and Stripes, I wound up in this strain: "When I die — if I ever
do die — let nie die on the mountain top; with the flagstaff of my
countrj^ for my pillow, and the stars and stripes for my winding sheet."
The late Bishop of New York returned home one hot summer after-
noon after a long dusty ride. On going to his bathroom he found his
little grandson had filled his bathtub with water and was sailing a tiny
l)oat in the bathtulj, with much delight. The good Bishop told the lad
he was anxious to take a bath, and that he nmst find some other place
than his bathroom to amuse himself. But the lad was too much
interested in his miniature yachting to pay any attention to the request,
and when the Bishop returned he found it necessary to threaten the lad
with physical force to eject him, and compromised by allowing him
five minutes to find some other place for his amusement.
A short time afterward one of the members of the parish happened to
pass the rectory, and found the lad sitting on the steps quite downcast
and muttering to himself. He asked the little chap what was the
matter, and the lad replied: " I don't think the Bishop will take any
bath this afternoon." "Why?" said the surprised parishioner; "Be-
cause," said the lad, shaking his head vindictively, "I have his bath
I)lug here in my pocket."
A man's disposition to produce pleasure or pain in another is very
much like a boy's; but it is not left to man of mature judgment to
jjroduce pleasure only when he is in a particular mood. Wit branches
out and draws on the imagination, until a person becomes romantic; if
this is continued, he may become optimistic; then if dwelt upon long
enough he may further draw on his imagination until he becomes
visionary; in this condition of mind should you read him a few lines of
a chapter, without further assistance than his imagination he can go on
with the story. He may finally become so visionary if you show him
an egg, he will instantly imagine the air filled with feathers. Still, we
must admit, it is only reasonable to take some things for granted; if we
hud to test every bridge before we crossed it, we would never get far
from home.
In Irving to secure new members for our family association, I have
sometimes wondered whether the person I was about to invite would
accept my invitation to join our membershii). To decide this result, I
have occasionally recalled a circumstance that occurred while I was
attending the Jefferson Medical College. Kvery student of medicine is
obliged to spend a certain tiuiiiliLT of hours each week attending the
clinics and visiting the hospitals, to study the different diseases. To
make it more easy Un the members of the class to become familiar with
llie names of the diseases, the initials of certain diseases are placed over
the head of tlie patient's cot.
I remembtr one occasion while going thr»)Ugh the different wards of
the reiinsvlvania Hospital, I came to a cot on which a man lay with an
indescribal>le exjiressioii on liis waxen face. I studied the face diligently
20 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
for a time, but failed to get any indication of the poor fellow's ailment;
the more I studied that face the more blank it appeared to me. I
glanced at the head of the cot to learn what disease this patient had,
and there read the initials G. O. K. I repeated these initials over and
overthoughtfull}-, to recall this unfamiliar disease, but I couldn't remem-
ber what disease G. O. K. stood for. One of the hospital physicians
came along just then, watched the patient thoughtfully for a few min-
utes, took his pulse and temperature, entered these on the chart as a
record for the nurse, then quietly walked away shaking his head. I
was very anxious to ask the doctor what the poor fellow was suffering
from, but was reluctant to let the doctor know that I was unfamiliar
with the disease G. O. K.
I concluded to wait until I reached home and ask my room-mate; he
was two years my senior in college, and would know all about the dis-
ease that G. O. K. indicated. But I couldn't relax my interest in
watching that patient, and continued to revolve in my mind the whole
list of diseases, but failed utterly to find any disease that answered to
those initials. When I reached home I bounded upstairs two steps at a
time; rushing into the room, I found my friend Scott seated at a big
round table, with several text-books open before him.
I had always admired my room-mate, for he was an exceptional
student; in fact, so well read I had never gone to him with a difficult
question, without getting a satisfactory answer. Now that I had found
something more difficult than usual, I admired him more than ever; and
at the same time I took to myself great shame at the lack of my medical
knowledge. I finally asked impatiently: "Scott, what disease is
G. O. K. ?" He looked at me for a moment, then replied: "Why that
is: ' God only knows '."
So, occasionally, when I have found a man I thought would make a
bright member of this Association, I have asked myself the question,
will he join us? The answer usually involved a more intimate knowledge
of human nature than I possessed, and Scott's answer has sometimes
reappeared to me.
I have not been a little surprised, to find what indifference exists in
some families of our kin, on the subject of genealogy. We may admit,
for the sake of argument, that the subject of genealogy is somewhat
dry; but it has been to me a subject that has grown more interesting
the more I have studied it. And I have sometimes thought that the
reason why some people are unwilling to look more into the subject of
genealogy is because they were not given the opportunity to say when
nor where nor of whom they should be born. Be that as it may, we
know that we are born into this life finding nature fully prepared to
receive us; and while it is distressing to know that so many soon learn
to impose on nature's laws, it is fortunate for them there is a bounteous
forgiveness in nature; for only in starting life are we forced to take
things from nature as we find them. But, alas, some of us have seen in
after years, that damaged constitutions reappear in our children, and
entail on them far more of ill, than great fortunes yield them of good.
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While trying to bring new members into our family circle, I have
always aimed to select those who, by their talents and virtues, I had
reason to believe would add new- lustre to this Association.
It is character and disposition that we seek in our membership; for
these are the only qualifications that bring true happiness. There is no
poverty of purse that can ever make us poor, while we have the love,
the sympathy, and kindness for others implanted in our hearts. And I
have gone upon this theory, that any Reynolds with these qualifications
to offer is entitled to claim kinship with us, and to have the claim
allowed.
As great as has been the achievements of some of the Reynolds
family in the past, the future demands even more from us who still
remain; and the golden age for those that are here is not behind us, but
lies before us. It is important that we as a family should advance, not
stand still, nor that we should simply mark time.
I am a matter-of-fact man, as most of you may have discovered, and to
this present day I am as ready as in boyhood to join in manly sport, or to
take a hand at labor. I have learned from years of personal observation
that quite as many people in the humble walks of life, toiling for their
daily bread, find as much real enjoyment as those in the ranks of wealth
and fashion.
vSo I repeat, it is character and disposition that we seek as a qualifica-
tion for meml)ersliip, and not wealth, nor power, except power of mind^
that brings into service manly and womanly influence for the good of
others around us.
I have sometimes been anmsed and much disappointed at the indiflfer-
ence of some brainy men. witty men, excellent speakers, entitled to
membership with us, that I have asked to join for our nmtual advance-
ment, and the preservation of our family history. I'or I claim it is the
duty of any man who can please his fellow men with good words to do
so; as he is really making himself a better man, by making himself and
others around him more hap])y.
We know that liappiness is not a matter of position, or place, or honor,
or of rank, nor even of money. It is a matter of disposition, of char-
acter and habit, of kindly thoughts for others. Indeed, a good disposi-
tion and a contented mind are the only things in life worth craving;
and these can be cultivated and acquired. Then why should anyone
withliold this pleasure from himself, and froju benefiting others around
liini?
I will give you one exanii)le of my interview with a bright lawyer since
our last meeting. After hearing the object of this Association and
learning who our active members are, he said jujlitely: " I am a busy
trial lawyer; if it is any i)ersonal favor to you, doctor, for me to join The
Reynolds Family Association, I am willing to join, but otherwise I am
not interested." I toUl him wedichit want any one to join as a personal
favor to any indivi(huil member; but, on the contrary, it should be con-
sidered a personal favor and privilege to the indivithial himself to be
admitted a member of this .Association; and unless he fell in this way, I
would jjrefer not to j)resenl his name for membership.
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Of course we are all entitled to our own opinion; but why any man of
intelligence would not be as much interested in preserving his family
history as he would be in protecting his good name has always been to
me one of the seven wonders.
Every member of this Association should have an opinion and a voice
of their own; and I am now referring to the ladies as well as to the
men. If we have 250 members in this Association, then a 250th part of
the responsibility for our success or failure rests on the shoulders of
each one of us. This being a family circle, and the ladies being in the
majority, they are expected to have the most to say; and of course, they
are always to have the last word.
If the ladies are not to have a voice in an association they are mem-
bers of, then we have only a paternal Association, and their power of
influence is lost. Some men may admire a paternal Association; but to
my mind it has no developing power in it, no drill of thinking, no drill
for education.
An association like ours should help us all through our association
with others, to help one another in thinking and living the life God
would have us live; what other members think may be counted good,
providing it makes us all think for ourselves, and act for ourselves as
well. And thus may we all:
Remember while charity begins at home,
Each man is your brother, wherever you roam.
You should lighten his pathway and aid his success,
Nor falter in soothing his hours of distress.
Out of life's many trials come patience, they say, —
Let this virtue be cherished, though born in this way.
Do good unto others, and thus unto you
Shall surely return all the kindness you do.
Fight the battle of progress, defying defeat,
And give words of encouragement to all whom 3'ou meet;
Make no secret of striving to lead in the right.
If your grievance is righteous, stand firmly and fight;
Let your motto be ever one of Right against Wrong,
Your cause being just, yoiir arm will be strong.
Advise what is wise for both here and hereafter.
Send into each sad life some sunshine and laughter,
Sow the seeds of contentment, of peace and good will
O'er the field which the hosts of humanity till;
Cast your bread on the waters and trust in the Lord,
It will surely return with abundant reward.
And always remember, the best time is now,
To make and uphold a well chosen vow.
In closing I thank you; my effusion is o'er,
Of this family acrostic, you'll hear nothing more;
Now, resuming my seat, I'll surrender the floor.
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ToASTMASTER. — The last part of my characteristics has been so
well answered I will go backward to the second part, — Poverty. I
think most of us would say we don't need any help in that line; that it's
easily enough acquired; only make up your mind to have it and we'll
surely succeed. I want to tell a story I heard a Scotchman tell. I hope
if there is a Scotch person here he won't think I'm personal. I have a
little Scotch blood in me. He was speaking of the different character-
istics of the English, Irish and Scotch. He said if a train with one of
each nationality aboard should arrive at its destination, the Irishman
would get out immediately and proceed on his way. The Englishman
would get out and look around to see if he had left anything. The
Scotchman would get out and look around to see if anyone else had left
anything.
Now as a means to the end we are seeking in this part, I will call
on one who, I am sure, can help any of you that need his assistance.
In order to make him know who I mean I will perhaps have to call
several names, — Harry O. Reynolds, Harry ])!. Reynolds, or Harry W.
Revnolds.
HARRY W. REYNOLDS, ESQ.
Mr. Toastinaster and Friends: Whichever of these names I respond
to, I think it is rather evident, after what has been said by our worthy
president, that it was not on that sacred list which he has in his vest
pocket. But there is room for improvement I am sure in all of us,
which was not present in the case of the colored lady who was at the
altar to get married, and the minister said to her, ' Eliza, do you take
this man for better or for worse?' 'No, sah. If he gets any better, I
know he's gwine to die, and if he gets any worse, I kill him myself.'
And I think that is probably the way you will feel, when 'H.W.'or
' H. M.' or ' H. O.' Reynolds gets through.
I thought that Dr. W. Myron Reynolds was to be toastmaster and I
expected all of us probably would get touched up more or less, and I
thought the jjosition of toastmaster did not make a person immune.
I know there is a possibility that Dr. Reynolds may have another
word later, and in order to steal any thuuder which may come from that
direction, I will preclude it by including a story, which also takes in
the legal profession. It 's a very clear day when lawyers don't get
some sort of a crack. I think I '11 be fair and tell this one. Jones was
on his last legs; he felt he was going to die; he knew he was going to
die; and the jjhysician confirmed his belief. So he called three men —
a minister, a doctor, and a lawyer — to his bedside and there to them
assembled he SJiid that if each (»ne would \n\\. one hundred dollars
into his coflin, he would leave them five thousand dollars as a legacy, in
his will. A few days after this Jones died. The minister met the
doctor on the street, the day of the funeral. Stejjping up to him he
said, ' Doctor, you remember the deathbe<l conversiition we had with
Jones? Did you ])Ul a hundred dollars into the cotlin ?' The doctor
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said, 'Yes.' 'What form did you put it in?' 'I put in five twenty-
dollar gold pieces.' 'Well, you'll get j-our legacy all right.' Then
the doctor queried, "Atid you?' The reverend said, 'I did slip in one
hundred dollars.' ' W^hat form did you put yours in ?' ' I put in a new,
crisp hundred-dollar bill.' They walked down the street a block when
they met the lawyer. Both crossed the street and said to him, ' Did you
put a hundred dollars into Jones' coffin?' ' Yes, sure.' ' In what form
was it?' ' Well, I put in my check for three hundred dollars and took
out the change.'
I am very glad to be here to-day. I have been absent from several
gatherings, but it is a great pleasure to be here to-day; it is a great
pleasure to come to New London any time. I would like to have been
here last Friday, with my friend, Mr. Marion H. Reynolds; it alwavs
used to be a pleasure to come to New London to the boat races with
any Harvard man. Latterly the pleasure has not been quite so keen; but
last Fridaj' I would like to have been here with any Harvard man.
We are all interested in the genealogy; we have all hoped it
might come out some time. I think we all, in reading the lives and life
work of men of our state and countrj-, get some sort of inspiration; but
I get some sort of an idea, perhaps different from some, from genealo-
gies I have read — from some we frequently see — for example, we see
genealogies, and they are many, which will proceed something like
this: "John, the son of Henry and Mary, born (blank date), at (blank
place) " ; and so on.
All this is very useful and of great assistance to us, no doubt, and
}-et it seems to me that the most interesting and the great piece of work
would be to try to search out the personal characteristics and traits
and peculiarities, if there are any, of the members of our own blood;
that it seems to me would be a very interesting thing to find and a very
interesting thing to have. I think it was Oliver Wendell Holmes who
said to an inquirer as to the best specific for longevity, — ' The chief
thing, the first thing to do is to select long-lived parents.' And I
suppose it is fairly well settled that personal traits are transmissible by
inheritance. Take for example some of the genealogies we know
about; it just occurs to me — I think I am right — I think there is a
Pomeroy family where the original ancestor (according to the informa-
tion that has been gleaned), was settled somewhere in Dorchester, along
in 1630 or so, — a blacksmith by trade. In those days that trade included
all the mechanical arts. His son and grandson followed the same
trade; they settled in Massachusetts. This original Pomeroy afterward
moved to Windsor, Connecticut, near Hartford. So noted were these
men in their line of work that they were eagerly welcomed in all settle-
ments in Massachusetts and Connecticut. Grants of land were made to
them to encourage them to settle and ply their trade. And this particu-
lar talent, it is said, and I believe justly said, was due to an inherited
skill from ancestry perhaps at some time away back in the past.
I think the family of Fairbanks combined great inventive ability
with great executive abilitj-, and that one of this family invented the
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platform scales. This particular abilit}' was acquired from some ances-
tor that had it to a remarkable degree. I appreciate that I am perhaps
getting beyond my depth. It seemed to me a fascinating, an interest-
ing, and particularh- useful study. I read somewhere that where a trait
was conspicuous in an ancestor, the same particular characteristic or
trait had in some cases appeared in generations afterward — sometimes
to a remote time. And all these things it seemed to me go to show that
it may be one of the most useful things we can do, in our search of
genealogy and in our search of our ancestry, to find if we can if there
are some peculiar traits — some characteristics — physical or mental
habits — which sort of belong to the members of the family or families
l)earing our name. There are a great number of these characteristics
which may appear to you to be trivial, yet which I think are most
worthy of note — eye color, hair color, muscular ability, stature, bodily
weight, musical ability, temperament, memory, bodily energy — all of
these details are most worthy to be recorded and to be retained for us,
in our search of the various members of our families. So then that is
what I would like to see, if the work is to go forward along the lines of
genealogy; I would like to see these traits searched out; I would like
to have the physical and mental habits inventoried, so to speak, of the
different members of our family.
And what would we of the younger generation seek with the most satis-
faction or with the most pride? Some of us I believe, Mr. Toastmaster,
would take most })ride and would deem it most worthy of record that
we worship
"The God of the men who do things.
He has one motto and only one:
lie loves things doing and loves things done, —
This God of the men who do things."
Among others called upon by the Toastmaster who responded
briefly were Marion H. Reynolds, Secretary-elect; Mr. Alvah
M. Reynolds of Madi.son, N. J.; Mr. John J. Reynolds of
New York; and Mr. Milton H. Reynolds of P.oston. The meet-
ing adjourned at four o'clock.
SECRETARY'S ANNOUCEMENTS
Deatlis of members, changes of aildres.ses, etc., should be
promptly reported to the Corresponding Secretary.
Co])ies of the Re])<»rls for 1900, 1902, 1904-5-6, 190S-9-10-
I 1-12-13-14-15 may be had from the Corresjionding vSecre-
tary for fifty cents each. Also a limited number of gold
R. I'. A. badges. The stock of lithograjihed coats of arms is
exhausted, l)Ut when the demand is sulVicieiil more will be
struck olT the stone.
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The Association gives copies of its Reports to the following
libraries, and, upon request of large libraries and genealogical
societies, may enlarge its exchange list:
Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Harvard University Librar}-, Cambridge, Mass.
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.
Mass. Historic Genealogical Society, Ash burton Place, Boston.
Note should be made that this Association issued its first
published report in 1899; though it was called the "Eighth
Annual Report," there is nothing therein to indicate that there
had not been seven others printed before it. Some of our
members are very anxious to have copies of the reports for
1903 and 1907 and will pay $1.00 each for them. Please report
such to the Recording Secretary. They are wanted to make
complete sets for binding into volumes. Also several of our
large libraries have gaps in their files and the Recording Secre-
tary would like to have Reports of 1899, 1900, 1901, 1903,
and 1907 to give them.
All persons having data on the Robert of Boston line are
invited to correspond with the Recording Secretary, who is
writing a book on this branch and has it near completion.
It is urgently requested that criticisms or suggestions for
improving our annual reports be directed to the Recording
Secretary, who compiles this booklet each year.
Let us hope that the coming season will find the members
striving to interest eligible people in the good work of this
Association.
RECEPTION COMMITTEE
For the 25th Reunion, Wickford, R. I.. July M, 1916
The President appointed the following reception committee
for the Twenty-Fifth Annual Reunion of the Reynolds Family
Association to be held at Wickford, R. I., July 14, 1916:
Mr. Joseph G. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I., Chainnatt.
Mrs. Joseph G. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I.
Mr. Charles S. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I.
Mrs. Charles S. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I.
Mr. John F. Reynolds, North Haven, Conn.
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, North Haven, Conn.
Mrs. George Fowler, Pawtucket, R. I.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, Westerly, R. I.
Mrs. Marion G. Dean, New London, Conn.
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, Davisville, R. I.
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DR. W. MYRON REYNOLDS' HOMESTEAD
The picture reproduced here is that of the old family homestead of
the President of the Reynolds Family Association, located near New
Haven, Conn., which was built during the revolution in 17S1. The main
building is 38 feet front by about 60 feet deep, having 18 living rooms,
with an extension of 25 feet used as kitchen and laundry. The timbers
used in the building in those early days were hewed from locust; a
carpenter employed by Dr. Reynolds to make some repairs more than
one hundred years after the building had been erected, reported it
was utterly impossible to drive a nail in one of these timbers, which he
said were as hard "as ivory."
The decorations shown in the picture were for a house party given by
Dr. Reynolds, while entertaining friends for a few days, in the summer
of 1887.
The black walnut tree shown in the foreground, was planted by one
of Dr. Reynolds' kin, in 1729; at the time of the above mentioned
house party, this tree was greatly admired, and the size of its trunk
was the subject of nmch guessing; on being measured, it was found
to be 20 feet in circumference. During one fall, after a severe wind-
storm in the night. Dr. Reynolds' children gathered several barrels of
black walnuts under this mammoth tree. A New Haven paper men-
tioning the circumstance at the time, remarked that this was " an off
year for black walnuts."
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MEMBERS*
RHODE ISLAND LINE
Harry C. Reynolds, -------- Scranton, Pa
Mrs. Adelaide Coltart Reynolds, ----- "
Miss Adelaide C. Reynolds, ------ "
Alfred C. Willits, - - - - Holmesburg, Philadelphia,
Mrs. Belle Reynolds Willits, - - " "
Baxter Reynolds, ------- Philadelphia,
John R. Congdon, ------- "
John F. Reynolds, ------- Piltsburgh,
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Ricketts, - - - - Wilkes-Barre,
John F. Reynolds, ------ North Haven, Conn.
Mrs. Carrie E. Reynolds, ----- " "
John Edgar Reynolds, ----- " "
Miss Marion I. Reynolds, ----- " "
Miss Margaret A. Reynolds, . - - - " "
Samuel Reynolds, ------- Putnam, "
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, - - Mansfield ( Eagleville P. O.), "
Miss Mary Geneva Rathbun, ------ Mystic, "
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, -
Mrs. Mary Moredock Dickinson, - - - - - " "
Miss Mary Josephine Dickinson, - - - - - " "
Mrs. Susan A. Reynolds Heath, - - ' - Norwich Town, "
Merick Reynolds, ------- Los Angeles, Cal.
Sheridan E. Gardiner, M. D., - - - - Mou7it Pleasant, Mich.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, ------ Brooklyn, N.Y.
Mrs. Anna F. Rippier, ------ "
William T. Reynolds, ----- Poughkeepsie, "
Harris Smith Reynolds, ----- "
W.Myron Reynolds, M. D., ----- New York, "
Myron Reynolds, ..-_--- "
Mrs. Myron Reynolds, ------ " "
Mrs. Clarion B. Winslow, ------ " "
James Adger Reynolds, ------ Alnderhook, "
George H. Reynolds, ------- "
Lucius E. Weaver, ------- Rochester, "
John S. Reynolds, ------- Burlington, Vt.
Joseph E. Reynolds, ------- Monson, Mass.
Mrs. Sarah Rixford Reynolds, ----- " "
Mrs. Vivian Reynolds Seymour, - - - - " "
Charles Reynolds, ------- Springfield, "
Maurice F. Reynolds, ------ "
* Note.— The names are grouped within each of the lines, according to place of
residence.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASvSOCIATION 29
Frank Biiffington, ------- Fall River, 3Iass.
Miss Mary E. Buffingtou, ------ " "
Ralph W. Reynolds, -------
Mrs. Minnie I. Reynolds, ------ " "
Abel W.Reynolds, ------ West Sot)ierville, "
Mrs. Mercy A. Rogers, ------- Bostofi, "
Stephen W. Reynolds, - - - - - - - " "
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe, ------ Smnviil, N.J.
Mrs. Mame Reynolds McGeorge, - - - - " "
Stephen B. Reynolds, ------ Colliuf^zvood, "
Mrs. Mary R. P'oote, Trenton, "
Miss Kthehvynne R. Foote, -----." "
Frederick G. Reynolds, ----- West Hoboken, "
Benjamin G. Reynolds, ----- " "
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds, ----- Wihniiigtoii, Del.
Miss Elizabeth Schee Reynolds, - - - . " "
p;rnest S. Reynolds, - - - - Agricultural College, No. Dak.
Charles B. Reynolds, ------- Wickford, R. I.
Mrs. Charles B. Reynolds, ----- " "
Joseph G. Reynolds, ------- " "
Mrs. Rebecca G. Reynolds, ----- " "
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds, Westerly, "
Mrs. Mary R. Tillinghast, ----- Hope Valley, "
I'rank A. Reynolds, ------- Providence, "
Mrs. Georgiana Pierce Cook, " "
Henry S. Reynolds, .i..<
-Mrs. Lulu A. Reynolds Fowler, - - - - Paxvtucket, "
;\Iiss Marion G. Reynolds, Davisville, "
Mrs. Ruth Pierce Reynolds, ----- " "
Mrs. Isabella Judson Essex Bosworth, - - - - Bristol, "
Miss Isabella Essex Bosworth, - - - - " "
Ciiles S. Congdon, - - - - - - - - " "
Mrs. Lydia I". Vaughn, East Greemaich, "
Willier T. Reynolds, -
ROHIvRT OK HOSTON tINK
John Post Reynolds, Bristol, R. I.
Mrs. I'annie (ireenwood Reynolds, ---.-"
Mrs. Catharine Reynolds Allen, ..-.." "
Miss Ma<leliiie Reynolds, ------ *•
William N'. Burgess, - - - - ....
Mrs. William N. Hurgess,
Mrs. Maria G. Gibson, ...-.-•
Luther Cole, Uar/cu, "
.Miss Alice Hradfonl Cole,
Hon. Edward C. Reynolds, LL. M., - South J'ortland, Afe.
Mrs. I'rank Iv. Clark, /•/. I'airjicld, "
ITiiiry J. Reynolds, A'idtou'ville /'. (>., "
30 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Everett E. Reynolds, -.-.-.. Canton, Me.
Mrs. Orrie L. Hardy, ------ Livermore Falls, "
Roscoe C. Reynolds, ------- Lewiston, "
W. Emerson Reynolds, -.--.. Monmouth, "
Frederick I. Reynolds, ------ Winthrop, "
George G. Reynolds, ------- New Y^ork, N. V.
Mrs. Clare R. Chickering, ----- " "
Mrs. Abbie L. Reynolds Kelley, - - - South Ainenia, "
Miss Abbie R. Reynolds, ------ Ametiia, "
Edward G. Reynolds, ----- Dover Plains, "
Mrs. Lucie Reynolds Sackett, ----- Brooklyn, "
George Spicer Reynolds, ------ North Troy, "
Joshua Reynolds, -.--.-_ " "
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds, ------ " <■
Joshua Reynolds, Jr., --..--. Troy, "
Mrs. Perry Dodson, Wedderburn, Ore.
Lincoln C. Reynolds, ------- Empire, "
George Franklyn Reynolds, - - R. F. D. No. 2, Clackamas, "
Mrs. Clarence Johnson, - - - - jjo Water St., Salem, "
George N. Reynolds, ------- Lancaster, Pa.
Mrs. Helen Koues Reynolds, ----- " «'
Francis D. Reynolds, D. D. S., - - Germantown, Philadelphia, "
Mrs. Lucy Ashley Reynolds, - - " " "
C. H. Reynolds, -------- State College, "
Robert D. Reynolds, ------- Boston, Mass.
Miss Madeline Reynolds, ------ " "
John Reynolds, -------- " "
Mrs. Florrie Reynolds Carver, --..-- " "
Marion H. Reynolds, A. B., ----- Cambridge, "
Mrs. Mary Lovering Holnian, ----- Allston, "
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Keyes, ----- Concord, "
Isaac N. Reynolds, ------- Brockton, "
Bion F. Reynolds, ------- " "
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, ----- " "
Henry E. Reynolds, ------- Braintree, '•
Miss Stella M. Butterfield, - - - - W. Somerville, "
Orrin Lyle Reynolds, M. D., - - - - - Covington, Ky.
Mrs. Alice Russell Reynolds, - - - - - . " "
Charles Wai:gh Reynolds, M. D., - - - - " "
George C. Raynolds, D. D., - - - - Van, Turkey in Asia
JOHN OF WATERTOWN LINE
Marcus T. Reynolds, ------- Albany, N. Y.
Cuyler Reynolds, ------- " "
Kenneth Gray Reynolds, ------ " "
James Bronson Reynolds, ------ Neiv York, "
Mrs. Lauretta Hanford Chase, " "
Mrs. F. C. Smith, " "
Mrs. Mary E. Lockwood Smith, - - - - " '<
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 3 1
Mrs. Jennie Glisan Gushing, Fredonia, N. Y.
Mrs. Clara Reynolds Temple, ----- Granville,
Augustus R. Reynolds, ------ Mt. Kisco, "
Miss Amelia Todd, ------- Cross River, "
George W. Reynolds, ------ " "
Harrah J. Reynolds, ------- Batavia, "
Mrs. Mary Caswell, ------ West Henrietta, "
Alvah L. Reynolds, ------- Madison, N.J.
Elmer L. Reynolds, ------- " "
Arthur S. Kimball, ------- East Orange, "
Alvah Reynolds,* -------- Altona, III.
Mrs. Amelia A. Remley,* - - Gifford, "
Miss Celia M. Reynolds, ------ Bennington, Vt.
Mrs. Emelette Reynolds Woodward, - - - " "
Miss Bessie Marian Woodward, - - - - " "
Mrs. Sarah Glisan Fenneman, ------ Cincinnati, O.
George A. Reynolds, - - Hajiford, Conn.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Reynolds, ----- " "
I'rederick F. Street, ------- " "
Mrs. Mary A. Street, -------
Frank Van R. Reynolds, ------ Greenwich, "
Miss Harriett L. Reynolds, ----- " "
Mrs. Lilian Reynolds Norton, ----- Lakcville, "
Milton H. Reynolds, - Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Lucile Reynolds Hall, Swampscott, "
HKNRY OI" CHICHKSTER LINE
Joseph T. Richards, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Thackara, - Germantoicn, " "
Mrs. M.ihL-1 W. Reynolds Taney, Media, "
Arthur T. Parke, - - West Chester, "
-Mrs. Margaret Reynolds Gorsline, - - - - Reynoldsville, "
Miss Olive V. Reynolds, ------ " "
Vincent G. Reynolds, Johnstoicn, "
William J. Middk-ton, M. D., Steelton, "
WalUr \). ReyiKjlds, Siva rth more, "
Jose])!! H. Reynolds, South Bethlehem, "
I'. S. Reynolds, Nezv Castle, "
W. H. vSeenuin, . - . Carlton, "
^L !<;. Chatley, - - Sandy /.ake, "
William Lawrence Reynolds, J'ittshurgh, "
William McClelland Reynolds, . . . . . Mars, "
.Miss Nell Reynolds, J/arrisbiirg, "
.Miss Sarali Ann Reynolds, Uherling, II'. I'a.
Harry 1". Keytiolds, A'ezv )'orf: , \. )'.
Lewis G. Reynolds, Richmond, Ind.
Arthur I'arke Reynolds, l.'recu/tcld, "
Miss l'"raiices Revnolds, /'olsi>n, .Mont.
32
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TION
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D.
Mrs. Delia Banks Sadtler,
Joseph P. Reynolds, - - -
Mrs. Eniilee Reynolds Tebbs, -
Miss O. Lnla Wicks, -
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds,
Jerome E. Brumfield,
Miss Mary Brumfield,
Edwin H. Reynolds, -
Isaac Reynolds Hitt, -
Lexington, Ky.
Baltimore, Md.
Col or a,
Rising Snn,
Washington, D. C.
JOHN OF WEYMOUTH LINE
Wilson C. Reynolds, -
Mrs. Mary Emma Reynolds,
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds,
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds,
Harry W. Reynolds, -
Ephraim O. Reynolds,
Mrs. Aurelia H. Reynolds,
Mrs. Lorinda E. Reynolds,
Mrs. Flora I. Gray,
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean, -
Giles L. Reynolds,
Mrs. Belle W. Reynolds, -
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, -
Prescott D. Reynolds,
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds,
Erie L. Reynolds,
Mrs. Alma L. Reynolds,
Capt. S. Walter Reynolds,*
Wilbur A. Reynolds, D. D. S.,
Clarence G. Reynolds,
Mrs. Alice B. Penfield,
Howard L. Reynolds,
Mrs. Ethel M. Reynolds, -
East Had da in. Con 71.
Essex,
Reynolds Bridge,
Ledyard,
New London,
Westerly, R. I.
Providence, "
Richmond, Ind.
Pinckneyville, III.
Boston, Mass.
Warren, "
Roslyn, Pa.
Mme. Albertine de Diaz,
Marcus Reynolds (Mayor),
Mrs. Marcus Reynolds,
George W. Guard,
George B. Reynolds, M. D.,
Wiley R. Rej'uolds, -
Edwin Reynolds,
Miss Bettie Reynolds,
Edgar M. Reynolds, -
MISCELLANEOUS
2§ Ave. du Bois de Boulogne, Paris, France
Bridgeport, Conji.
Norwich, "
Baltimore, Md.
Jackson, Rlich.
- Providence, R. I.
- Rock Island, III.
Germantocvn, Philadelphia, Pa.
Harry T. Reynolds, ------- Philadelphia, Pa.
Rey. Frank T. B. Reynolds, ----- R'eyport, N. J.
34 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
THOSE PRESENT AT THE 24TH REUNION
Arranged according to place of residence
Marion H. Reynolds, A. B., - - - - - - Berkeley, Cal.
Hon. Marcus L. Reynolds, - - - . _ Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. Marcus L. Reynolds, - - - - - " "
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, ---_-. Eagleville, "
Ephraim O. Reynolds, ------- Essex, "
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds, ----- East Haddam, "
Miss G. P. Reynolds, ------ " "
W. C. Reynolds, ..---_
Mrs. W. C. Reynolds, ----- << "
Harry W. Reynolds, A. B., ----- Hartford, "
Mr. J. M. Gray, -------- Ledyard, "
Mrs. J. M. Gray, --------
Mrs. Kate F. Jewett, ------- Lynne, "
Miss M. G. Rathbnn, ------- Mystic, "
G. S. Reynolds, ------- New London, "
Mrs. G. S. Reynolds, -----
Mrs. J. W. Dean, ------ " <«
Mrs. E. A. Ely, ------- New Britain, "
Mrs. S. Q. R. Heath, ------ Norwich Town, "
John F. Reynolds, ------ North Haven, R. 1.
Milton H. Reynolds, -------- Boston, Mass.
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, A. M., - - - - Brockton, "
Alvah Reynolds, ----._. Madison, N.J.
W. Myron Reynolds, M.D., ----- New York, N. Y.
John J. Reynolds, ------- << "
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, ------ Brooklyn, "
Charles W. Reynolds, ------ Peterburg , "
Mrs. Charles W. Reynolds, ----- "
Alonzo P. Reynolds, - - " "
Mrs. Alonzo P. Reynolds, ------ " "
Miss Lucy G. Reynolds, ------ " "
Howard I. Reynolds, ------- Roslyn, Pa.
Hon. John Post Reynolds, Ph. B., ----- Bristol, R. I.
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, ----- Davisville,
Miss Ruth P. Reynolds, ------ "
Mrs. Lyman Aylesworth, ----- East Greejiwich,
Mrs. M. R. Tillinghast, ------ Hope Valley,
Miss Angie G. Reynolds, ------ Pawtucket,
Mrs. Lula A. Reynolds Fowler, - - - - "
Mrs. F. Cook, -------- Providence,
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds, ------ Westerly,
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ------ "
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 35
EXHIBIT I.
ROBERT REYNOLDS OF BOSTON
WHAT IS KNOWN OF THIS PURITAN IMMIGRANT
Robert Reynolds, the founder of a great American family, was born
in England, approximately 1585. From well authenticated ' private
" records of long ago," he is knoivn to have been in Boston (then called
Shawmut) as early as 1632, and that has come to be the accepted date of
his immigration.^ He probably came in the great immigration which
streamed over to New England shores in the few years after 1630. With
him canie his wife, Mary — maiden name unknown — a son, Nathaniel,
aged about five, four daughters, and probably his supposed brother,
John Reynolds of Watertown, born in i6i2(?), whose wife Sarah Rey-
nolds, came over 3 in the ship " Elizabeth" of Ipswich in 1634. In the
" Genealogy of New England," •♦ Mr. Charles Nutt of Worcester, Mass.,
asserts, without stating the ground for the assertion, that Robert came
from Aylesford, County Kent, 5 some thirty miles southeast of London.
The parochial records of that little town, the Vicar recently informed
me, now extend back to only about 1660, previous records having been
" foolishly loaned to an exhibition " and never returned.
Because of their early marriages, and because there are no discovered
American records of their births, all the five children of Robert and
Mary are supposed to have been born in England before 1632. In order
of their marriage, they are:
II. I Ruth, b. i^ji, d. bef. 16S5, m. John Whitney of Watertown,
approx. 1642. Ten children. (For her descendants, see
N. E. Hist. Gen. Register, xi, 113 et seq.)
II. 2 Tabitha, b. , d. 1661, m. Matthew Abdy, about 1646.
Three children. He married a second time. (Savage:
"Genealogical Dictionary.")
II. 3 Mary, b. prob. 1620-25, d. after 171 1, ni. Richard Sanger,
about 1648. Several children. Made a legatee in her
brother's will in 1708, so that she was jjrobalily then the
sole survivor of the original immigrant Reynolds family.
(Of Sanger see Savage, supra.)
' Kimiitl-. M. T.: " Tlic Kimiiels iiiiil Kf.viii)Uls I'nniilics." 1N73. p. 3.S3.
■-■ l.owfll .M. Kcymihls of llrot-kloii. Mass , is cuiiviin.-i-tl Hint Koliert caiuc in ItJo with
(;<iv. John Wiiithroi) and otlit-r I'uiitans in the " .Vrhclla." The evidence for this belief,
wliicli seems wholly plansihle. is heiiiii investiuateil. See /loslunian 1.. 38-65 (1895).
' ilotten: " ICarly Ininiijfrants."
* Cntter. W. K.. etlitor. vol. II., p. HHS,
' Hroin n history of lioston which khvc ii brief account of the early settlers
36 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
II. 4 Sarah, b. , d. , m. Robert Mason, about 1653. Five
children. (See Savage, supra.)
II. 5 Nathaniel L., b. 1627, d. Bristol, R. I., July 10, 1708, o. s.
m. 1st Sarah, dau. John Dwight of Dedbani, 1657. 2d
Priscilla, dau. Peter Brackett of Boston, " well-to-do trades-
man," bef. Feb. 21, 1666, o. s. Ten children. (See R. F.
Assoc. Rept. 1907; or N. E. Gen. Register, xiji., 97.)
Upon his arrival in the New World, Robert settled for a short while
in Boston, where he was admitted to the church August 10, 1634,' and
" made a freeman," or citizen, Sept. 3, 1634, o. s.^ Then he removed to
Watertown, Mass., with his brother John; but on March 29, 1635,3 or
1636, he, with the Reverend Denton and several others, was dismissed
from the church in Watertown to form a new church in Wethersfield,
Conn., where his brother John followed before 1642. John and his
family remained in Connecticut to found a long and illustrious line of
southern New England Reynolds', but in a few years, probably well
before 1640, Robert took his family back to Boston, where he acquired
considerable property and lived the rest of his life. His wife Mary was
admitted to the Boston Church, Oct. 4, 1645, o. s. His occupation is
frequently mentioned in various records as " cordwainer " (shoe-
maker), and property owner.
Robert acquired, just about 16404 or shortly previous — the early pages
of the "Book of Possessions" have been lost — a pretty large piece of
land, which he afterward divided up into several lots, on the site of the
modern Transcript Building, southeast corner of Washington and Milk
Streets 5 (then called High and Fort Streets, respectively), on the corner
across Milk Street from the Old South Church, then part of Governor
Winthrop's home lot. On one of these lots of the Reynolds estate,
Josiah Franklin became about 1685 the tenant of Captain Nathaniel
Reynolds, then living in Bristol, and apparently remained there until
about 1712. It was thus on Reynolds property, as has recently been
firmly established by Mr. Isaac N. Reynolds ^ of Brockton, that Benjamin
Franklin was born, January 6, 1705 o. s. Though most of the other
lots of the original homestead passed out of the Reynolds family before
1700, this particular Franklin lot was not disposed of until May 21,
1725, when the widow of the third Nathaniel Reynolds conveyed it to
John Fosdick, son-in-law of Captain Nathaniel Reynolds, for ^388.
Robert also owned land at Muddy River (modern Brookline), which
he conveyed in 1645 and 1653. In 1638 he was mentioned 7 as owning
land "bounded on NW with Newtowne." In 1640, June 31, o. s., a
1 Cutter. W. R., ed.: Geneal. and Personal Memoirs, p. 1900.
- N. E. H. Gen. Register, iii., 93.
^ For account of this see N. E. G. R., xiit., 301.
■* " Book of Possessions," compiled 1643.
^ Shurtleff, N. G.: History of Boston, chap. li.
^ He found a document in which Josiah declared this still to be his residence in 1708.
Bristol Co., Reg. Probate, Taunton; 11., 226.
' Boston Record Commissioners Reports, 11., 29.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 37
Robert Reynolds is mentioned as selling land on Hogg Island. Robert's
name is often found in the county records of land transfers, as a wit-
ness to legal papers, as an appraiser of estates, etc.
At the tinfe the sharp old Captain Robert Keayne and Mrs. Shearman
went to law over a stray pig, and an excited public opinion turned upon
the old captain, and judges wrangled over what has become a notable
case in the history of bicameral "courts" or legislatures, Robert
Reynolds apparently lent his voice to the defence of Keayne,' for, some
years later (Nov. 14, 1653 o. s.), the following paragraph appears in
Keayne's will: ^
" Unto our Ijrother Renolds, shoomaker, senior, twenty shillings;
not forgetting a word he spake, publiquely & seasonably, in the
time of my distresse, and other men's violent opposition against
me."
About 1650 Robert's only son, Nathaniel — later Captain Nathaniel —
rapidly came to be a young man of importance, being elected in 1658 to
the Ancient and Honorable Artillery Company; marrying in 1657; and
commanding a company at Chelmsford, 1676, in King Philip's Indian
war.
In 1658 Robert, "being stricken in age," realized his end to be
approaching, for on April 20, o. s., he drew up and signed his will with
his own hand, and died a year and seven days later, on April 27, 1659,
o. s. His wife, Mary, died January 18, 1663, o. s. Until a generation or
so ago the original will was on file in the Suffolk Registry of Probate in
Boston and was copied into the volume of early wills and also published in
the New England Genealogical Register, 3 but it has evidently long been
stolen. The yellowed original inventory of his estate, 1659, however,
taking minute account of pots, rope-ends, shoe soles, etc., is still to be
seen at the Registry. Following this sketch is a copy of Robert's
holograph will, as nearly exact as can be had from Registry copies.
The fact that its English is comi)aratively very good would indicate that
he had a fairly good education.
There was another Robert Reynolds, + "Boston, 1670," died 1708,
a fisherman and "husbandman," living at Pullen Point with his wife
Elizabeth, who had:
Elizabeth, b. 2 Jan., 1669; Ann, b. 11 -Aug., 1670; Mary; Sarah;
John; .-\bigail; Robert, "brazier," d. 1705, " Ijatchelior."
This man's history is obscure; he was jirobably a later immigrant. I
have never traced any of his descendants. Tliere was also a third
Robert Reynolds in Wethersfield, Conn., died in Saybrooke, 1*162;
children Reinold, Mary, and Hannah.
Robert's descendants now number many, many thousands, and ihey
are scattered pretty well over the UiiiUil Slates. .\ few fanulies of this
' For this iiiiiiisiiii;ciisr, sec I'lilfity: lli-^t .N'l-w Iviik^laiiil, I.. blS.
* N. K. <;. R.. VI.. ISi..
" N. !•;. C. K.. I.X.. 1.^-8.
* StifTolk RcK- rriilMite, xvi: 510-11. his will ainl inventory, .^tmvc chililicii uivcii in
onliT i)f iiKC. except Ki>t)ert. Jr.
38 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
line are in California and Oregon; many in New York State; some in the
Middle States; some in Connecticut, Virginia; great numbers in Maine,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, etc. Among cities promi-
nently connected with the family history are: Boston, Brockton, Marble-
head, Mass.; Bristol and Providence, R. I.; Winthrop, Canton, Sidney,
Vassalboro, Auburn, Augusta, Lewiston, Dennysville, Pembroke, East-
port, Lubec, Caribou, Jay, in Maine; Sutton, P. Q., Canada, etc.
A number of genealogists have been at work upon Robert's descend-
ants for many years, and Judge John Post Reynolds of Bristol, Mr.
Isaac N. Reynolds of Brockton, and the writer, have compiled a fairly
complete history of this old Puritan line. The first four generations of
Robert's descendants were published in our Association Report for 1907,
now out of print. The fifth generation follows this article. In the
course of a few years a family history will be completed and published.
Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 39
EXHIBIT 11.
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT* OF
ROBERT REYNOLDS
Will. Now Lining in Boston. ITEM: I giue to my wife, my house
with all that appertaine unto it, with my Marsh ground at Muddy River,
with one Lott of Ground at Long Island, so Long as she Liveth, with all
my house hold stuflfe whatever is in my house, and what money there i&
left, and after her decease I haue given my house & Orchard to my sonne
Nathaniell and to his heyres foreuer, and if he should dye without
Children, or any one Child Lawfully begotten of his owne body, then
his wife to enjoy the said house and Orchard so long as she Liueth,
and after her decease, to Returne to my fowre daughters Children, that
is to say, one part to my daughter Ruth Whitney and to her Eldest
Sonne; a second part to my Daughter Tabitha Abdy & her sonne
Mathew Abdy, and if he should dye, to her two dau^. one part to either
of them alike; a third part to my daughter Sarah Mason and her sonne
Robert Mason, & if he dye, to her daughter Sarah; and a fourth part
to my dan. Mary Sanger & her sonne Nathaniell & if he dye to her
next child, either sonne or daughter; likewise I give to my daughter
Ruth Whitney twentie pounds to be payd in good countrey pay &
likewise I give to my Daughter Tabitha twentie pounds & also I give
to my daughter Sarah twentie pound & likewise I give to my dan. Mary
twentie pound, & for the payment of these Legacies I have eight accres
of marsh Land, which if my sonne Nathaniell will pay ^20 in good pay
towards this fower score pound, then he to haue and enjoy my Marsh
land and his heyres foreuer; but if he refuse to pay the twentie pound,
then to be devided eciually to my fower daughters & to theire children,
that is to my daughter Ruth ^c her Children one part, and to my
daughter Tabitha & her Children one jjart, i<: to my daughter Sarah
and her Children one jjart, and to my daughter Mary & her Children
one part, or else that it may be sold for as much as it will yeekl,
and <leviiled among them ecjually as I .said before, .S: the other three
score poun<l to be raysed out of my owne estate, & what is ouer and
aboue, my will & desire is, my wife shall haue, and so I do make her my
Executrix to jjay all my debts and receive all my debts, and also I
joyue my sonne Nathaniell with her, to be as hel|)efull to my wife, his
motlier, as possil)ly he can, and these legacies to be j)avd witliin one
yeare and a day, and if it slumld please (lod that I doe Line so Long as
any of my Estate shoulil be spent, as it is likely it may, I ^: my wife
• KufTolk, Mass.. RcKistry of I'loliiitc. Ilixik 1., \>. iM. o. n. Sec iilxo inventory, siime
voliimr
40 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
l)eing stricken in age & are almost past our Labour, then, for euery
one of them to abate proportionably alike. Written with my owne hand
the 20th day of the 2d month 1658.
Robert Reynols."
At a Cou?itie Court 2jth July 1^59. Thomas Grubb and Natha^iiell
BisJiop deposed, that being a vissiting of Robert Reynols, a little before
his death, the said Reynols, in their prnce, declared this paper to be his
Last Will & Testament, & yt he was of a sound and disposeing minde
when he so declared it to theire best knowledge.
Inventory of the Estate prized by Nathaiiiell Bishop, Richard Woody.
Mary Reynolds, widoiv of Robert, deposed 2j July i6^g. House & land
in Boston, valued at £110.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 41
EXHIBIT III.
ROBERT REYNOLDS OF BOSTON LINE
Note: The first four generations of this venerable old line appeared
in the R. F. A. Report of 1907, now out of print. This fifth generation
is compiled largely from the notes of John Post Reynolds, Esq., of
Bristol, and Isaac N. Reynolds, Esq., of Brockton, by Marion H. Rey-
nolds, A. B.
FIFTH GENERATION
V. I Nathaniel Reynolds, 4th, (3 Nathls., Robt.), b. Mch. 19, 171S,
Boston; d. Nov. 26, 1807, Vassalboro (.Sidney), Me. Married
twice, as below. When he was about three his widowed mother
returned from Boston to her father's home in E. or W. Bridge-
water (Brockton) and remarried to David Ames. Nathl. and his
brother Thomas were reared and lived most of their lives in
Bridgevvater, though Nathl. about 1779 removed to Vassalboro,
Me., where many of his descendants still are. His five youngest
children went with him. Early Justice of Peace at Bridgewater
for the King, country storekeeper, farmer, represented his town
in the Mass. Genl. Ct. 1776-7. Delegate to Plymouth Co.
Congress, 1774. Abtnit 17.S0 moved to Vassalboro, Me., with
children by second wife.
(1) m. 1st Hannah Hartwki.i,, dan. Samuel, Dec. 12, 1739.
She d. Aug. 12, 1742. They lived in llie ])reseiit home
of I'dw. Packard in Brockton.
\'l. 1 Philip, b. Sep. 19, 1740; d. Jan. 4, 1775; m. Hannah
Packard, Oct. 29, 1765.
VI. 2 Jonas, b. Jan. 28, 1742; d. Aug. 5, 1795; m. Anna Per-
kins, 1768.
(2) m. 2(1, Maky Toi.man of Stoughlon, Jun. 14, 1744, by
Rev. Saml. Dunbar of Canton, Mass.
VI. 3 Hilly, bap. Mch. 27, 1745; d. in infancy (?).
VI. 4 Timothy, b. Oct. 29, 1746; d. (?); m. Rebecca Tolman,
Jun. 15, 1769.
VL s Silion, baji. Jun. 19^ 171>>; d. in infancy (?).
\ 1. '> Ibmnah, 1). Mar. 4, 1750; ni. \Vm. Packard, Jun. 8, 1769.
\T. 7 .Mary (?), baji. Jul. 26, 1752; d. young (?).
\I. 8 .Mary, b. Mar. 23, 1754; bap. .Aug. 11, 1754; m. Deac.
Ivbeiif/.cr Packard. Mch. 3, 1774.
42 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
VI. 9 Nathaniel, 5th, b. Ap. 26, 1757; m. ist Bethiah Keith;
2d, Mary Adams.
VI. 10 David, b. Mch. 9, 1759; d. 1842; m. Mary Bisbee(?).
VI. II Silence, b. Oct. 30, 1760.
VI. 12 Jonathan, b. May 17, 1764; ni. Anna Thayer, Oct. 18,
1794, Sidney, Me.
VI. 13 Cynthia, b. Oct. 9, 1769; ni. ; descendants in
Sidney, Me.
V. 2 Thomas Reynoi.ds (3 Nathls. Robt.), b. Feb. 25, 1719, Boston;
d. 1795, Bridgewater (Brockton); caught cold running down
street to see efiBgy of John Jay burned, and d. of pneumonia,
according to old tradition. He started a house and m. when he
had one room finished, on site of present old Thayer house in
Brockton. Farmer, m. Elizabeth Turner, dau. Amasa (?) of
Duxbury (?), Nov. 3, 1748; shed. ab. 1816. Both their wills filed
in Plj'mouth. Mass. Descendants all over S. W. and N. E.
Maine. Children all b. in Bridgewater (now Brockton):
VI. 14 Amy, b. Oct. 29, 1749; d. May 9, 1752.
VI. 15 Joseph, b. Jun. 21, 1751; d. Mch. 15, 1831, Auburn,
Me.; m. Jemima Perkins, Sept. 17, 1772.
VI. 16 Am}', b. Feb. 25, 1753; d. ; m. Silas Dunbar, July
2, 1772.
VI. 17 Elizabeth, b. June 22, 1755. Living in 1837.
VI. 18 Susanna, b. Ap. 24, 1757; d. Dec. 31, 1817; m. Oliver
Hay ward, Nov. 2, 1780.
VI. 19 Martha (Patty); b. Mch. 23, 1759; m. Capt. Parmenas
Packard, Apr. 9, 177S.
VI. 20 Thomas, b. Jan. 27, 1762; d. ; m. Tabitha Thayer,
Feb. 10, 1785; removed to Winslow, Me.
VI. 21 Josiah, b. July i, 1766; d. ; m. Mary Phillips of
Abingdon, on Feb. 5, 1785, and moved to Ches-
ter, Vt.
V. 3 John Reynolds (John, 2 Nathls., Robt.) b. (1722?) He or his
son may have been the "John Rennel of Marblehead," in
list of men taken in the "Grand Turk's Prize," and com-
mitted to "Old Mill Prison," England, during the Revolu-
tion, 1781-2. (N. E. H. G. Reg.) His father deeded property
to him in 1754.
V. 4 Nathaniel Reynolds (John, 2 Nathls., Robt.) in controversy.
See at end of this Exhibit.
V. 5 Samuel Raynolds, M. D., (Peter, Peter, Nathl, Robt.) b. En-
field, Ct., Nov. 25, 1728; d. Feb. 16, 1774. Educated Yale;
settled at Somers, Ct.; m. Jan. 4, 1759, Martha Williams,
dau. Rev. Stephen Williams, granddau. Rev. John Williams of
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TlON 43
Deerfield, who was taken captive by Indians and French, 1704.
After Samuel's death she remarried to Deacon Nathl. Ely,
Nov. 15, 1787, being his 4th wife; she d. Long Meadow, Feb.
18, 1825, aet. 92.
VI. 22 Elizabeth, b. Oct. 7, 1759; d. 1841; m. an Ely of
Long Meadows, 5 ch.
VI. 23 Martha, b. Feb. 3, 1761; m. Rev. Aaron Bascomb,
Chester; 2d a King.
VI. 24 Samuel, b. May 18, 1762; m. Lucy Pitkin of Somers,
Ct., Nov. 17, 1787; II ch.
VI. 25' Abigail, b. Aug. 31, 1763; died young, Aug. 14, 1774.
VI. 26 Mary, b. Jun. 14, 1765, m. Rev. Eben Kingsbury,
Jericho, Vt.
VI. 27 Freegrace, b. Jan. 20, 1767; 111. Nancy Brown,
Wilmington, Mass.; 8 ch.
V. 6 Peter Raynolds (Peter, Peter, Nathl., Robt.) b. May 17, 1730,
Enfield, Ct., d. Jun. 15, 1780; m. Jan. 26, 1766, Hannah
• Wells, dau. Capt. Saml. She wash. Dec. 26, 1693; a granddau.
of Saml. Wells, b. 1662; and he was son of Hon. Thos. Wells;
grandson of Gov. Thos. Wells and Esther Ellsworth.
VI. 28 Peter, b Dec. 4, 1761; d. Jan. 25, 1777.
VI. 29 Samuel Roger, b. Nov. 23, 1767.
VI. 30 Hannah (?) "from Enfield "; m. Rev Nathan Fiske,
int. Dec. 27, 1789. Is probably his daughter.
V. 7 John Ravnold.s (Peter, Peter, Nathl., Robt.) b. Jun. 8, 1738,
Enfield, Ct.; d. Jul. 4. 1812. At Wethersfield, Ct., Nov. 30,
1768, he m. Makv Lockwood. She was 1). Feb. 2, 1745 or Feb.
I, 1744, and d. Ap. 21, 1S17, aet. 73.
VI. 31 John, b. Dec. 23, 1769; d. in N. V. Ap. 11, 1S03.
VI. 32 Elizabeth (Betsey), b. May 26, 1771; m. Peter Ludlow.
VI. 33 Mary (Polly), b. Jul. 30, 1773.
VI. 34 Clarissa, b. Dec. 13, 1775; d. Feb. 19, 1805 in N. Y.
^'I- 35 James Lockwood, b. Jul. 18, 1777.
VI. 36 Hannah, b. Dec. 24, 1779.
VI. 37 Peter, b. Jul. 5, 1781.
VI. 38 William, b. Feb. 10, 1783.
VI. 39 Horace, b. May 29, 1786; d. Nov. 29, 1786.
V. S Edward Ravnolds (Peter, Peter, Nathl., Robt.), b. May 25,
1740; d. Jun. 29, 1741.
\'. 9 Thomas Ri.vnoi.DS (I-;iea/.er, Peter, Nathl., Robt.), b. Jan. 10,
1734, Bristol, K. I; m. Sisa.n .%L\n.n, dan. of Meleliah Mann »>f
of Wrentham, to wliicli place lu- niuvcd. He was a blacksmith.
When enlisted in Revolution, "stature, 6-1; conij)lexion, dark;
hair, dark; occupation, carpenter;" often grossly confused
with Thomas of Hridgewater. The following nuiy apply to
Tliomas: Marriages, Sloiighton, Mass. : " Dec. 3, 1761, Thomas
44 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Rnnnells and Mrs. Catherine Randall of Wrentham and
Stoughton."
VI. 40 Susan, b. 175S; d. 1838; ni. John deWolf, Bristol, R. I.
VI. 41 Charles, b. 1760.
VI. 42 Eleazer, b. 1762.
VI. 43 Ann, b ; d. unmarried in Wrentham ( ?)
V. 10 John Reynolds (Eleazer, Peter, Nathl., Robt.), b. Jun. 26, 1744;
Bap. May 22, 1748; d. May 30, 1805.. He lived at E. Hartford,
Ct.; ni. Abigail Beaumont, or Bemont, Feb. 7, 1770. She was
b. Feb. 22, 1747 and d. Aug. 21, 1822.
VI. 44 Infant, b. Dec. 26, 1770; d. at birth.
VI. 45 Amher.st, b. Dec. 29, 1771; d. Aug. 4, 1821.
VI. 46 John, b. May 26, 1773; d. Sept. 16, 1776.
VI. 47 Abigail, b. Dec. 12, 1774; d. Sept. 15, 1776.
VI. 48 John, b. Sept. 9, 1776; d. Sept. 15, 1826.
VI. 49 Abigail, b. Jun. 25, 1779; d. Sept. 24, 1827; m. Elisha
Beaumont.
VI. 50 Daniel, b. May 5, 1781; d. ? . Tradition says he
m. Hawaiian Island queen. Went to sea and never
again heard of.
VI. 51 George, b. May 29, 1784; d. ; m. Cath. Benton.
VI. 52 Mary, b. Aug. 9, 1786; d. Feb. 2, 1S75.
VI. 53 Hester, b. May 5, 1789; d. Dec. 3, 1827.
Joseph Reynolds, 3rd (2 Josephs, Nathl., Robt.), b. Sept. 20,
1748, Bristol, R. I.; d. Oct. 10, 1818, Bristol (he and w. in No.
Cemetery). Inherited large part of paternal estate and old home
on Bristol Neck. Because of the disturbance of "political"
sermons his family withdrew from the old family Congrega-
tional Church and joined the Episcopal. He always lived in
Bristol and was Judge in Supreme Court of R. I. from June,
1801, to May, 181 1 ; m. Sarah Cox, dau. of Wm. of Bristol,
Dec. II, i77i(.^). She d. Sept. 6, 1838, in Bristol, aet 93.
VI. 54 William, b. Feb. 29, 1772; m. Eliz. Peck, Feb. 2, 1797.
VI. 55 Sarah, b. Oct. 25, 1773; "i- Danl. Bradford, Nov. 29,
1799; 8 ch.
VI. 56 Greenwood, b. Feb. 12, 1776; d. Nov. 21, 1840; m.
Mary Caldwell, Dec. 8, 1799.
VI. 57 Ann, b. Ap. 15, 1778; m. John Peck, May 16, 1802.
VI. 58 Phebe, b. 17S1; d. Ap. 10, 1854, Warren, R. I.; never
married.
VI. 59 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 5, 1784; d. Aug. 9, 1S71; m. Saml.
Bradford, Jan. 29, 1806.
VI. 60 Joseph, b. Feb. 1787; d. Jan. (Feb.?) 17, 1788.
VI. 61 Hannah, b. ? ; bapt. Nov. i, 1789; m. Jas. P. Bur-
gess, May 6, 1810.
Cato, a famous family slave, d. Apr. 23, 1826, aet. 89.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 45
V. 12 George Reynolds (2 Josephs, Nathl., Robt.), b. Bristol, R. I.,
Nov. 7, 1756; d. Amenia, N. Y., Apr. 1808, aet 52; m. Abigail
Peck, dan. Capt. Jonathan & Mary, and she d. Amenia, N. Y.,
March 7, 1837, aet 78. He moved with family to Amenia, N. Y.,
about 1794.
VI. 62 Lydia, b. May 4, 17^5-
VI. 63 Jonathan Peck, Nov. 9, 1786.
VI. 64 George, b. Nov. 15, 1788.
VI. 65 Abigail, b. Jul. 11, 1791.
VI. 66 Joseph, b. Jun. 21, 1794.
V. 13 Samuel Reynolds (2 Josephs, Nathls., Robt.), b. Dec. 26, 1760,
Bristol, R. I., d. Dec. 1835, Bristol, R. I. Never married. He
was a thrifty farmer, and was familiarly known as "Uncle
Sammy." He lived in part of the old house on Bristol Neck.
V. 14 Jonathan Reynolds (2 Josephs, Nathl., Robt.), b. Jan. 29, 1763,
Bristol; d. Bristol, June 29, 1845, aet 83; m. Mary Peck, dau.
Capt. Jonathan & Mary Peck, Jan. i, 1789. She died April 13,
1831, aet 64. Stones in North Cemetery, Bristol, R. I.
VI. 67 Maria, b. 1790.
VI. 68 Samuel, b. Sep. 22, 1792.
VI. 69 Elizabeth Peck, b. Dec. 14, 1794; d. Oct. 8, 1796.
VI. 70 Elizabeth, b. Apr. 17, 1797.
VI. 71 Jonathan, b. Jan. 3, 1800.
V. 15 Greenwood Reynolds (2 Josephs, Nathl., Robt.), bap. May 25,
1766; d. July 2, 1767.
V. 16 Samuel Reynolds (John, Benj., Nathl., Robt.); b. April 3, 1754,
Bristol, R. I.; d. . Samuel Reynolds served in Revolution,
and was wounded by a bayonet thrust at time of Lee's capture,
injured for life. He probably m. DOLLY Baker, Dec. 12, 1793,
by Rev. John Elliot, and left no issue; though another account
would have it that he was wounded Dec. 13, 1776, and died of
his wound. I'nmarried.
\'. 17 Grindall Reynolds (John, Benj., Nathl., Robt.,), b. Oct. 12,
1755, Bristol, R. I.; d. May 8, 1847, in Boston. His name appears
as one of the petitioners to General Assembly of R. I. to make
provision for free public schools throughout the State, Jan.
1799. A Lieutenant in the Revolution, aided in cai)turing the
"Gaspar" in 1773; married three times.
(i) m. Ahk.ail RiiKADKS, Newport, K. I., March 2, 1780,
by Rev. Joseph Smith. She d. Providence, Sep. 26, 1789.
VI. 72 Dorothy, b. Providence, Nov. 28, 1780; d. young.
\I. 73 /ii/iinl, b. .\\n\\ 15, 1782; d. two weeks later.
VI. 74 Polly, b. I'rovidence, March 17, 17S4; d. Oct. 4, 1785.
VI. 75 Mary, b. Providence. Jan. 21, 1786; d. March 6, 182S,
in HosloM.
46 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
VI. 76 Rebecca, b. Providence, Feb. 7, 1789; d. Nov. 30, 1791.
(2) m. Mehitable RrssELL, Jan. i, 1795; b. Providence,
Jan. 1777; d. Nov. 6, 1798.
VI. 77 John Russell, b. Providence, Mav 1797; d. Sep. 16,
179S.
(3) m. Cynthia Kendall, of Franconia, or Landaff, N. H.,
Aug. 9, 1820. She was b. April 13, 1795; d. Sep. 3, 1865.
VI. 78 Cynthia, b. Franconia, N. H., May 12, 1821; d. March
18, 1870, Boston; unmarried.
VI. 79 Grindall, b. Franconia, N. H., Dec. 22, 1S22; Harvard
University, 1847; ordained, Jamaica Plain, 1847.
VI. 80 Henry Russell, b. Boston, April i, 1830; d. April 5,
1912; m. Susan Duncan.
V. iS Benjamin Reynold.s (John, Benj., Nathl., Robt.), b. March 17,
1757, Bristol, R. I.; d. at home of his son, Nansemond Co., Va.,
Dec. 4, 1842, aet. 86. Lived many j'ears in Norfolk, Va., and
at home of his son; m. Molly Waldron, dau. of Daniel and
Phebe, Oct. 15, 1786. She d. Norfolk, Va., Aug. 9, 1818.
VI. 81 Nancy Waldron, b. Feb. 4, 178S, Providence; d. Suffolk,
Va., Jan. 19, 1790.
VI. 82 Mary, b. Dec. 26, 1790, Norfolk, Va.; d. Norfolk,
Jul}- 18, 1792.
VI. 83 Benjamin, b. Dec. 4, 1792, Norfolk, Va.; d. Provi-
dence, June 26, 1797.
VI. 84 William, b. Nov. 8 or 5, 1794, Providence; d. Norfolk,
April 24, 1817, of disease incurred in War of 1812.
VI. 85 Mary Ann Waldron, b. Jan. 20, 1797, Providence; d.
St. Louis, Feb. 19, 1836.
VI. 86 Elizabeth Waldron, b. April 5, 1799, Providence; d.
Oct. 12, 1800, Boston.
VI. 87 EHzabeth Waldron, b. Feb. 2, 1801, Boston; d. Elk-
ton, Ky.; ni. Rev. John J. Pierce.
VI. 88 Benj. Bradford, b. Oct. 21, 1S03, Norfolk, Va.; d.
Sep. 27, 1847; m. Maria G. Davis.
VI. 89 George Leonard W., b. Nov. 14, 1811, Norfolk; d.
Portsmouth, Va., Jan. 31, 1897.
V. 19 John Reynolds (John, Benj., Nathl., Robt.), b. Feb. 3, 1759,
Bristol; d. Strafford, Vt., Jan. 11, 1848. Lived long at Norfolk,
Va., where brother located. His descendants have since lived
there, engaged in cotton shipping. One was an officer in Con-
fed, army, afterwards President of Norfolk Y. M. C. A., also of
colored Y. M. C. A. His son was sent by missionaries to Seoul
and was one of the earliest, if not the first missionary there.
John returned north and located at Strafford, Vt.; m. 3 times.
(i) Elizabeth Bentley of Providence.
VI. 90 Lucy (or Mary Jane Bentley ?)
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 47
(2) Hannah FAULDERof Manchester, Eng. ; m. Feb. 5, 1797.
She was born June 9, 1773.
VI. 91 John, b. Jan. 10, 1798; d. Oct. 23, 1798, Providence.
VI. 92 William, b. July 26, 1799, Providence; d. July 31, 1799.
VI. 93 John, b. Dec. 26, 1801, Norfolk; d. Dec. 8, 1874, Boston.
VI. 94 William, b. June 23, 1804, Norfolk; d. about 1845,
Strafford, Vt.
VI. 95 Edward Fanlder, b. May 29, 1806, Portsmouth, Va.;
d. Rutland, Vt., aet. 66. Once a farmer in James-
town, N. Y. In i860 removed to old home in Ver-
mont; m. INIaria Pennock, dau. Peter.
(3) Lucy Bartholomew of Hartford, Vt.
VI. 96 Fletcher, b. Nov. 17, 1816; d. Dec. 25, 1S16.
VI. 97 Emily Augusta, b. Feb. 23, 1819; d. April 27, 1834.
VI. 98 Mary Jane, b. June 29, 1822; m. Rev. George Chese-
borough.
VI. 99 Susan H.
V. 20 Edward Reynolds (John, Benj., Nathl., Robt.), b. Boston or
Providence, March 28, 1761; d. Nov. 2, 1848. He was a mer-
chant in Boston, owned more or less shipping, and ran the first
line of packets between Boston and Philadelphia; m. twice.
(1) m. Deborah Bej^cher, dau. of SamL and Deborah of
Boston, June 20, 1790. She was b. Aug. 11, 1760; d. Oct.
8, 1813.
VI. 100 Jane Thompson, b. Aug. 28, 1791; m. Ephraim Hall,
Medford, Mass., 7 ch.
VI. loi Edward, b. Feb. 28, 1793; d. Dec. 25, 1881; m. twice;
grad. Harvard, 181 1, M. D.
VI. 102 Frances Mackay, b. Dec. 2, 1795; m. William Tur-
rel Andrews.
VI. 103 William Belcher, b. Jan. 16, 1797; d. Feb. 19, 1S66;
m. Eliz. M. Carter, Newburyport, Mass.
VI. 104 Charles Greene, b. July 10, 1802; ni. Charlotte P.
Staniford, Roxbury, Mass., 1831.
VI. 105 Emily Agusta, b. April 7, 1807; m. Thomas Dimmock,
3 children.
(2) m. Ann Foster, May 28, 1819; d. Jan. i, 1866. Dau.
Dr. Isaac F. of Charleston, Mass. Edward and Ann had
no children.
V. 21 Wii.i.iAM Reynolds (John, llcnj., Nathl., Robt.), b. June 3, 1763,
Providence (.^); d. about 1S47; ni. Mrs. SrSAN Harris; no ch.
\'. 22 Thomas Ca1'i;kin<-, Reynolds (John, Itenj., Nathl., Robt.), d.
v<'ii'ig.
V. 23 (For sons of lU-njauiin <>i 1\ . yi'it-ialioM see end of this exhibit.
In controversy.)
48 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
V. 24 Nathaniel Reynolds (Grindall, Benj., Nathl., Robt.), b. 1759;
bapt. May 6, 1759; d. Putney, Vt., ab. 1855, aet. 96; m. Eunice
White (Mrs. Eunice Ranisden ?).
VI. 106 Katurah, b. July 18, 1792, Putnej', Vt. (changed her
name to Kate).
VI. 107 Nathl. Searls, b. June 4, 1794, Putney, Vt.; no ch.
VI. 108 Arabella, b. May 21, 1796, Putney, Vt.; d. young.
VI. 109 Alvah, b. May 29, 1799, Putney, Vt. ; d. young.
VI. no Lucy, b. Oct. 28, 1801, Putney, Vt.; m. R. Kathan.
VI. Ill Sarah.
VI. 112 Alvah M., b. May 14, 1812.
V. 25 Benjamin Reynolds (Grindall, Benj., Nathl., Robt.), b. 1762;
bap. July 17, 1762; d. March 27, 1847, aet. 84; deacon of church
in Putney, Vt. ; m. Mary Sheffield of Framingham, Mass.
She d. May 29, 1835, aet. 71 (or 67).
VI. 113 Elizabeth, b. Nov. 7, 1787, Putney, Vt.
VI. 114 Grindall, b. June 10, 1791, Putney, Vt.
VI. 115 Selinda, b. March 13, 1793, Putney, Vt.; d. Sep. 21,
1796.
VI. 116 Mary, b. Nov. 30, 17*95, Putney, Vt.
VI. 117 John Curtis, b. Sep. 14, 1797.
VI. 118 Benjamin Clark, b. March 14, 1800.
VI. 119 Horace, b. May 11, 1804.
VI. 120 Almira, b. ; d. aet. 19.
VI. 121 Melinda, b. ; d. in old age, unmarried.
V. 26 Grindall Reynolds (Grindall, Benj., Nathl., Robt.) b. 1764;
bap. Sep. 23, 1764; d. Nov. 29, 1843. Served in Revolution,
near close of the war, " at the early age of sixteen years," and
soon after migrated with his younger brother on foot over
mountains and through wildness from Putney, Vt., to the
new town of Grand Isle, on Lake Champlain; m. Dorcas
Lander of So. Hero, Vt., 1789.
VI. 122 Amelia, b. Sep. 12, 1791; d. May 17, 1875; m. Thomas
, at Melbourne, P. Q., and moved to Sun
Prairie, Wis.
VI. 123 Jesse, b. 1793 (?); d. Grand Isle, 1818.
VI. 124 Sally, b. 1795; m. Streeter; d. Covington, N. Y., 1867,
VI. 125 Guy, b. March 9, 1797; d. Grand Isle, Jan. 27, 1883.
VI. 126 Amanda, b. Feb., 1799; m. Bullis; d. 1882 or 1881,
Decorah, Iowa.
VI. 127 Henry Hardy, b. Feb. 24, 1801; d. July, 1871; left
large family in Grand Isle, Vt.
VI. 128 Julia B., 1803; d. Milton West, 1843; m. Fuller;
large family.
VI. 129 Elizabeth, b. 1805 (?); m. Seymour. She d. Newark,
111., 1861.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 49
VI. 130 Johu, b. April, 1S07; d. Winooski, Vt.; lived in
Georgia, Vt.
VI. 131 William V., b. Jan. 11, 1809; d. Grand Isle, 1876,
Winooski Village, Vt.
V. 27 Constant Reynolds (Grindall, Benj., Natbl., Robert), b. 1766;
bap. Sep. 21, 1766, Bristol, R. I.; d. 1844. Was a farmer in So.
Hero, Vt., until 1830, when he moved to Pierpont, N. Y., and
died there about 1844. Several children and grandchildren
" scattered over the West." m. Margaret Graham.
VI. 132 Edward, Congregational Minister, Oniri, Wis.
VI. 133 Searle, d. in Minnesota.
VI. 134 Grindell, d. in Michigan.
V. 28 Samtel Reynolds (Grindall, Benj., Nathl., Robt.), b. ab. 1772
or '773- Settled in Hatley (Stanstead Co., P. Quebec, Canada).
Descendants in Sutton, P. Q., now. Am tracing.
NOTE ■'-
The following two heads of families, Nathaniel and Benjamin, are in
all available printed accounts strangely confused both by genealogists,
and even by their descendants. Jonathan, given last, is probably the
son of Nathaniel, which would make him of the sixth generation.
Though it is asserted that Benjamin, son of Benjamin of the third gen-
eration, came to Lubec and founded the large family there, my opinion,
after a careful consideration of the evidence, is that he never came to
this part of Maine, and that the facts and children set down below
belonged to Nathaniel. lUit it is hard to explain why manv of the
Lubec and Kastport descendants who A->/07i' that their great-grandfather
was Nathaniel, ascribe to him part of the known history of Benjamin.
A comijctent genealogist could, at some small expense of time and
money, i)robably clear up this problem in the Reynolds genealogy. Let
us hope that some of the descendants of the branch in cjuestion will
make a careful study of the old records of that part of Maine and of
Auilie-rst, Nova Scotia.
\'. Nathaniei, Reynolds (John, 2 Nathls., Robt.), b. Beverley, Mass.,
bapt. Oct., 1730, (or Nov. S, 1735); il. about 1782. On his tinal pas-
sage to .Marblehead, Mass., frt)m Lubec, Me., returning to get his
second wife, whom he had married only a short lime before,
he was knocked overlioard in a s(|nall by a flving boom and
<lrowne(l. " Al the nionunl liis arms were entniigled in the
sleeves of a pea-jacket whii li lu- was i)ntling on; but he shook
himself loose in the water and swam uearlv a mile after the
scudding vessel, the crew of which were unable to lower a boat
on account of tlie storm." He was a ship captain. He first
50 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
settled in Marblehead, Mass., but moved to Amherst (Ft.
Cumberland), Nova Scotia, 1762. List of settlers brought from
Newport, R. I., to Falmouth, N. S., in sloop "Sally," John
Lovatt, Master, May, 1760, Nathl. Reynolds and family of four.
He was assigned two lots at Falmouth, Nov. 15, 1760, but in
lists of Falmouth and Newport in 1760-2 cannot find his name,
so he had left there. He was a sea-captain and left Amherst at
beginning of Revolutionary War to fight for the Colonies.
Amherst was once known as Chicquecto or Ft. Cumberland.
Married twice.
(1) m. first, Lydia Raymond, Nov. 8, 1753, Beverly or
Marblehead, Mass., old record reads to "Nathaniel Rey-
nolds." She died in Nova Scotia during the Revolu-
tion, while he was with the Colonial navy.
VI. Benjamin, bapt. December i, 1754, at Marblehead; d.
Pembroke, Me., 1835. His father took him early to
Amherst, N. S., but he m. Lydia Watson and returned
to Maine with his father after the Revolution. 10
children.
VI. Lydia, m. Elisha Freeman; settled in N. Y.
VI. Mary, bapt. April 17, 1757; m. ■ Campbell.
VI. Sarah (Sally), m. Pond.
VI. John. Went to New York state — Cherry Valley, sup-
posedly— with his brother below.
VI. James Nathaniel, b. Amherst, N. S., July 22, 1765; d.
Valatie, N. Y.; m. May 17, 1787, Sarah Gillette in
New York; millwright; burnt to death Jan. 10, 1829,
by having cauldron of tar accidentally upset on him
while he was down in a mill-race pit. He and John
had moved to Cherry Valley, N. Y., soon after the
close of the Revolution.
VI. Raymond Parker, lost at sea.
VI. Jonathan, b. March 7, 1774, Amherst, N. S.; d. Pem-
broke, Me., 1866; m. Persis Wilder. Lived practically
all his life in Pembroke, Me. 14 children.
VI Eunice, b. 1776; d. i860; m. Colprit.
(2) m. second, Mrs. Mary Blaney, of Marblehead, Mass.,
Jan. 13, 17S2. She died May 16, 1812, aet. 81.
(B)
Below is what is told of the history of Benjamin.
VI. Benjamin Reynolds (Benj., Nathl., Robt.), b. Bristol, R. I.,
Nov. 15, 1722. Moved to Chiquecto, Nova Scotia. When the
Revolution broke out he sided with the colonists and against
the majority of the Tory Nova Scotians, and returned to New
England in 1776, entering the Revolutionary Army and having
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 5 1
a romantic record therein. At the close of the war he was
granted lauds in Marietta, Ohio, for his services, but never
claimed them. Instead of moving westward, tradition has it
that he settled in the wilderness of what is Lubec, Me. He is
said to have been drowned at sea. The children above are by
some genealogists said to belong to Benjamin and not Nathaniel
Reynolds, but the historical facts are on Nathaniel's side.
Note: Several books mentioning these descendants of Robert are:
Runnells, M. T. : " Runnells Genealogy," p. 256.
Little: "Old Families and Representative Men of Maine," p. 680.
History of Eastport and Lubec.
Dennysville, Me.: "Centenary," p. 86, no.
(C)
Following is Jonathan, son of Nathaniel or of Benjamin:
V. or VL Jonathan Reynolds, b. Ft. Cumberland (now Amherst),
N. S., March 7, 1774; d. Pembroke, Me., 1866; m. Persis,
dau. of Capt. Theophilus Wilder formerly of Hingham,
Mass. They settled in Pembroke, Me. Theophilus d. in
Pembroke, Me., aet. 92.
VII. Lydia, b. 1795; d. 1839, aet. 44; m. Wm. Lawrence.
VII. Bela R., b. Sep. 15, 1797; d. May 10, 1853; m.
I St Deborah Wilder, 2d Amelia Jones.
VII. Persis, b. 1799; d. 1821, aet. 22; m. an Avery.
VII. Jonathan, b. 1801; d. 1891; m. Hannah Sampson.
VII. Nathaniel, b. 1803; m. Eunice Sampson.
VII. Benjamin G., b. 1805; m. Emma Clark.
VII. Maria S., b. 1806; d. 1871, aet. 65; m. Lewis
Wilder.
VII. MaryK.,b. 1808; d. 1890; m. Nathaniel Reynolds.
VII. William Kilb}', b. 1810; m. Caroline Delaney; said
to have built St. John suspension bridge.
VII. Parker R., b. 1812; d. 1837, aet. 25.
VII. Clarissa J., b. 1814; d. April 15, 1892; m. Simeon
H. Reynolds, a great-grandson of Captain
Nathaniel.
VII. Klisha T., b. 1817; d. 1895; m. Martha M. Smith.
VII. Lenuiel Trescott, b. 1819; d. 1894; m. .Abbie
Freeman.
VII. Alfred, b. 1S23; d. 1827, aet. 3.
.\(i<liliiiM ti> I'^xhiliit III. on i);igc 60.
52 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
EXHIBIT IV.
A CRITICAL BIBLIOGRAPHY OF EARLY REYNOLDS' IN AMERICA
Note: This is the first attempt ever made to compile a complete list
of books which make any worth-while reference to early American
settlers of the name of Reynolds. Though most of these works can be
found at any very large public library, practically all this list is obtain-
able at the Library of Harvard University; Boston Public Library; and
New Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc. Library, Boston, which specializes in such
works. As many of the books are out of print, reference to publishers
is useless, but wherever possible the date of pviblication is given.
Where possible the branch of the family represented is given as a
guide.
As all genealogists know, there are numerous general collections, not
mentioned here, of early original materials on New Knglanders, — such
as the published editions of early town, county, church, grave-yard,
military, and other records; as well as civil and jury lists. The most
fruitful and accurate sources are to be found in early wills, filed in pro-
bate registries, and in registries of deeds, or civil court records of each
count)'. Those who have learned how often unreliable family traditions
of forefathers are, will welcome such original, and generally indisput-
able, records.
The compilation of such critical lists of books always does much to
simplify and systematize the task of genealogists, and the many weary
days spent upon this list are cheerfully given to those who seek to read
of their good old Puritan forbears. I think that most of these works
will deeply interest not only the genealogist, but the Reynolds who
reads only for his own information and enjoyment.
As new genealogies appear this list will grow incomplete, — and in-
deed now it may lack some important works about our fathers, so that
the compiler will deeply appreciate any addition sent to him.
Marion H. Reynoi^ds, A. B., Compiler,
October 31, 19 15. Harvard University,
Cambridge, Mass.
A. L. A. Portrait Index. Published by Lib. Cong., 1906, G. P. Office.
References to very man}- pictures of early and modern Reynolds'.
Allen, F. O.: Hist, of Enfield, Ct., 1900, Lancaster, Pa. Many refer-
ences to early Reynolds', mo.st of John of Norwich, Watertown line,
and Robert line.
Ancient and Honorable Artillery Co. of Mass. Roll of Members, 1638-
1894. Published by the Company, Boston, Mass., 1895. Contains
four of the Robert of Boston line, 1658-1823.
Arnold, J. N., editor: Vital Statistics of Rhode Island, 1636-1850. Pub-
lished 1891-1901, 20 vols. Births, marriages, deaths — family register.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 53
Austin, J. O.: Ancestral Dictionary. 1891, Providence. William of
Providence line. P. 48, Christopher Reynolds, 1790-187 1, of Mans-
field, Ct. Four generations of Rhode Island Reynolds'.
Aylsworth, H. E.: Arthur Aylesworth's Genealogy. 1887, Providence,
Narrag. Pub. Co. Probably William of Providence line, pp. 153, 302;
Genealogy of Mary Havens, m. 1801, John B. Reynolds, son of Benj.
and Eliz. R. of Wickford, R. I. Dwelt in No. Kingston.
Bailey, F. W., editor: Early Connecticut Marriages. Published by
Bureau of Am. Ancestry, New Haven, Ct.
Ballou, Adin: History of Town of Milford, Mass. 1882, Boston. See
especially pp. 176, 989. No Reynolds' before 1800 mentioned.
Bolton, C. K. : Marriage notices, 1785-1794 for whole U. S. See p. 103.
Bond: Watertown History. P. 912, for items concerning John. Tells
a little of Robert. Says Robert admitted freeman there on Sept. 3,
1634.
Boston Record Commissioners: Reports, 1876-1915. About 40 vols.,
publication of early records of marriages, land transfers, births,
deaths, etc. Excellent source materials, carried up to 1849.
Bostonian: 1895, I., 38-65, 173, 552. Development of Shoe and Leather
Trade. Says Robert came about 1630. Interesting article.
Brown, C. H.: Brown Genealogy. 1907. P. 39, Descendants of Betsey
Brown and John Reynolds of Stonington, Ct., m. Aug. 15, 1793.
John, son of Thomas and Sarah (Clark) Reynolds. Includes Holmes'
branch of Westerly, R. I.
Browning, Charles H.: Americans of Royal Descent. See especially
p. 170 and index, in Robert of Boston line.
Carv, Moses: Genealogies of Early Bridgewater and North Parish
Families (of No. Bridgewater, now Brockton). Privately printed
1824, reprinted 1902. P. 31, interesting contemporary data on
Robert of Boston descendants who lived in Brockton, many of whom,
1770-1850, emigrated to Maine.
Caulkins, I'\ W.: History of Town of Norwich, Ct. 1845, Norwich
(later i-diiioii 1874). See especially pp. 83, 140, no. P. 11 1, account
of John R. of Watertown (?). Later edition nun-h material on de-
scendants <jf John; see index of persons.
Cave Browne, Rev. J.: Marriage Registers of Church of All Saints,
^L■lidstoIle, Co. Kent, England, 1542-1750. 1901, London. Many
Reynolds' with given names similar to American Reynolds'. R<)l)frt
branch sn])j)osed to have come from this region in England.
Chajmian, l". \V.: The ChajMnan l-'amily. 1S54, Hartford. P. no,
Valeria Chajjinan, 17S8-1S47, m. Janus Reynolds, and their cliil-
dren; brief.
Cleveland, S. C. : History of Yates County, N. V. 1H73, New York.
Pp. 609, and index. Gives number of Reynolds who came from
No. Kingston, R. L, bt-tweeii 17S<' and iS<h) to Orange Co., N. Y.,
where they became (Quakers. William of I'rovidence or James
line(.>).
54 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Cope, Gilbert: Sbarpless Family. 1887, Philadelphia. P. 221. Descend-
ants of William R. who married Margaret Exton, f. of Henry, who
came over in 1676.
Cregar, \Vm. F. : W. S. Haines Ancestry. 1887, Philadelphia. See
index and p. 39 et. seq., Man}- Rej-nolds' of Risitig Sioi and Cecil
Co., Md., running back to about 1750. Good.
Cutter, W. R.: New England Families. 1913, Lewis Hist. Pub. Co.,
N. Y., 4 vols. II., 888, Robert of Boston genealog}'; makes state-
ment that he sailed from Aylesford, England (County Kent), in
1632. Only writer to mention his probable home. See index for
William R. and Marg. Exton; Lfewis R. of Dutchess Co., N. Y.;
John of Weymouth; John of Watertown, etc. Sadly mixed on
Thomas Rej-nolds. P. S89.
Cutter, W. R. and Adams, W. F. Genealogy and Personal Memoirs, —
Families of Mass. 1910, Lewis Hist. Pub. Co., N. Y., 4 vols. Pp.
1800, Robert of Boston line; 1803, William of Providence line; i960,
Stephen R., blacksmith of Southbridge, Mass., once of Charlton,
Mass., etc. Thorough as far as it goes, but often inaccurate as to
dates.
Davis, C. H.: History of Wallingford and Meriden. 1S70, Meriden.
P. 888, Reynolds genealogy, descendants of John of AVatertown.
See also index.
Deunysville, Me.: Centennial Memorial. 1886, Portland. P. 85 and
pp. no, Jonathan R.; descendant of Robert of Boston line through
Capt. Benjamin (1722 ?, drowned at sea) of Marblehead, settled at
Lubec.
Drake, S. G. Result of some researches in England. 1865. Sarah R.
aged 20, supposed to be wife of John of Watertown among list of
passengers on " Elizabeth" to New England, 1634, April.
Dwight, B. W.: Descendants of John Dwight of Dedham, Mass. Pub-
lished 1874, N. Y. See especially p. loi and index. Robert of
Boston's son Nathaniel married John Dwight's daughter 1657.
Dwight, B. W. : Strong Genealogy. 1871, Albany, N. Y. Descendants
John of Norwich. See index, especially pp. 1363-65, picture of
Hon. Wm. A. Reynolds, 1810-? Genealogy of several generations.
Field, Charles H. B.: Reynolds; Ninety-nine years among the Family
Archives. 1893, Montrose, O. Listed in Library of Congress.
Futhey, J. S. and Cope, Gilbert: History of Chester County, Pa. 1881,
Philadelphia. P. 710, Genealogies: a. Henry of Chichester line;
b. William Rej-nolds who married Marg. Exton and their children.
GoODENOV/, L. B. (Mrs.): The Brett Genealogy. 1915, published by Mur-
ray & Emery, Cambridge, Mass. (illustrated). Admiral Bradford and
Isaac N. Reynolds are of this descent through Polly Brett, who
married Ichabod Reynolds, 1796, of the Robert of Boston line.
Many Reynolds' listed. See index.
Greene, F. L.: Descendants of Joseph Greene of Westerly, R. I. 1894,
Albany, N. Y. Notices of many intermarriages with Reynolds' and
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 55
references to that family, etc. A part of this family and conse-
quently children of intermarrying Reynolds' trace descent from
King Hetiry I. of France. See books: Browning, above; T. A. Rey-
nolds, below; George W. Reynolds, below; Mrs. Jane Wight, below;
etc.
Greer, Geo. C: Early Virginia Immigrants, 1623-1666. 1912, Rich-
mond. Contains numerous early Re^molds'.
HiNMAN, R. R.: Puritan Settlers of Connecticut. (1846, Hartford.,
No. i: Account of John I., see pp. 226-27: Robert of Boston, p. 243)
See also espec. pp. 68, 176, 226.
Hotten, J. C: Original Lists of Emigrants to American Plantations,
1600-1700. 1874, New York. Difficult to identify any of Reynolds'
mentioned.
Huntington, t;. B.: History of Stamford. 1868, Stamford. Much about
John and his descendants. Index.
Hurd, D. H. (editor): History of Fairfield Co., Ct. 1881, Philadelphia.
Pp. 404-05 two fine pictures and biographies of William T. and
John G. of Greenwich, who are descended through 3 Nathaniels,
one of whom m. a Sarah Lockwood, etc.
Kingman, Bradford: History of Old North Bridgewater (now Brockton),
Mass. 1866, Boston. See indices. Elaborate complete genealogy,
7 pp. of descendants of Robert of Boston line, begins with Thomas
and Nathaniel (5th generation, 1720). See pp. 629-35. I^^st pub-
lished partial genealogy of this line to date.
LiTTi.K, G. T., (editor): Genealogy and P'amily History of the State of
Maine. 1909, Lewis Hist. Pub. Co., N. Y., 4 vols. Three different
lines, all descendants from Robert of Boston. Nathaniel 4th and
descendants, from No. Bridgewater; Benjamin (or Nathl.?), who
went to Nova Scotia; Ichabod ist, descendant of Nathaniel 3rd,
tlirough Thomas and Joseph. Connects up many missing lines,
but unreliable as to dates, etc.
Maci.av, E. S. : Maclay Genealogy. 1S89. P. 64. Eliz. Mc, daughter
John Mc, Roxbury, married William Reynolds of Franklin Co.,
Pa., 1795. Their descendants brought down to date.
Marshall, Gc<j. W.: (ieiiealcjgist's Guide. (1903, London). A list of
histories and genealogies of ancient English Reynolds'. Refer-
ences worth investigating.
Mass. State Publication: Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary
War. Publ. Sec. Commonwealth 1905, Boston. Name of Reynolds
apjjears in \'ol. xiii, pj). r 26, 127, and see index. Tells what is
known of each Massarluiselts Reynolds in the Revolutionary War,
and his military career. Other states ])ublish similar rolls.
Mass., Brigadier General: Records of Mass. \'ol. Militia in War of 1S12.
1913, Boston. Names of tweiity-ft)ur Massachuilttts and Maine
Reynolds' ami their comiiaiiies.
56 . THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Mead, S. P.: Ye Historic of Greenwich. 191 1, (new edition). P. 63S,
John of Watertown line; brief account of John and many of his
descendants. Names many in the French and Indian War.
Mitchell, Nahum: History of the Early Settlement of Bridgewater
(Brockton). (Published 1840, Boston.) Includes family register of
all the old families of the town.
Munro, W. H.: The Story of the Mt. Hope Lands (Bristol, R. I.). Robert
of Boston line. See especially pp. 92, 128, 131, 240. Concerns
Captain Nathaniel I, and his immediate descendants.
N. Eng. Hist. Geneal. Soc: Vital Records of different Massachusetts
cities, compiled to 1850. About 100 volumes, by towns; published
last ten years. Excellent for indisputable birth, death, and marriage
records.
Notes and Queries (English): A Medium of Intercommunication for
Literary Men, Genealogists, Antiquaries, etc. Editorial offices,
Braem's Bldgs., Chancery Lane, E. C, London, England. This
magazine will accept and publish inquiries about families and gene-
alogies sent to it; other genealogists very often give satisfactory
answers in a succeeding number of the magazine. Files are in
many large American libraries. Many inquiries about English
Reynolds' are answered here. See indexes.
Paul, H. and Robert Parks: Hist, of Wells, Vt. 1869, Rutland. P.
106, four Reynolds'.
Perkins, Mary E.: Old Houses of the Antient Town of Norwich. 1895,
Norwich, Ct. (illustrated). Splendid. Ch. V, about the old Reynolds
house and its famous occupants. Contains also part of the charm-
ing diary of Abigail R., 1774-1854. Genealogy of descendants of
John and Sarah Backus on pp. 407 and 514, etc.
Pierce, Ebenezer W.: Civil, Military, and Provisional Lists of Plymouth
and R. I. colonies. 1881, Boston.
Poor, J. A.: Merrimak Valley Researches. Pp. 114, ii6(?).
Pope, C. H.: Pioneers of Massachusetts. 1900, Boston. Contains some
meagre materials. See also index.
Prosch, Thos. W. (Seattle: Conkling-Prosch Family with references to
. . . Reynolds . . . and other Connections. 1909, Seattle, Wash.
See especially 68, 69, and index. Descendants of Wm. Reynolds,
emigrant from England, 1770; mostly Pennsylvania Reynolds'.
Very good.
Representative Men and Old Families of R. I. Published by J. H.
Beers & Co., Chicago, 1908, 3 vols. Contains much on Robert of
Boston line.
Representative Men and Old Families of Southeastern Mass. Published
by J. H. Beers & Co., Chicago, 1912, 3 vols, (illustrated). Much
material and many handsome engravings; compiled from the
careful notes of Isaac N. Reynolds, on the branch of Robert of
Boston's descendants in No. Bridgewater.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 57
Reynokis, Alvah, of Altona, 111.: Partial Geuealogy of John Reynolds.
Published Galesburg, April, 19 15. John of Watertown line, from
which so many Connecticut, New York, and Pennsylvania descend-
ants come. Good appendix of English records of early Reynolds';
coat of arms; and short biographies of distinguished English
Reynolds', etc. (See extended account of this book on pp. 13, 14
of this Report.)
Reynolds, Cuyler: American Ancestry. Twelve vols., beginning 1887.
Many biographies of prominent New York State Reynolds' with
their descent. See index.
Reynolds, Cuyler: Genealogy and Family History of So. New York and
the Hudson River Valley. 1914, New York, Lewis Hist. Pub. Co.,
3 vols. Vol. I., 392-416; excellent genealogy and history of the
John of Watertown line by Marcus T. Reynolds of Albany, N. Y.
Careful and workmanlike; extensive.
Reynolds, Cuyler, editor: Hudson-Mohawk Families, Geneal. Memoirs.
1911, New York, Lewis Hist. Pub. Co., 4 vols. Vol. IV., p. 1654,
six descendants of a New Plngland Jonathan, father of Job; father
of Porter Hanks R. Vol. IV., pp. 1825-47: Excellent 22 p. history
of descendants of John of Watertown as compiled by Marcus T.
Reynolds of Albany, N. Y. Excellent, careful, genealogy of this
line.
Reynolds, Edward R.: Geneal. of Reynolds, Jules and Bahr families.
1875, Albion, N. Y. Traces Jonathan and Abigail Reynolds' de-
scendants, of Warren, R. I., nine children between 1699 and 1717.
Also of Fairfield, Ct. Says came from Devonshire, Eng.
Reynolds Family Association: Annual Reports, 1899- . Files in
New Eng. H. Gen. Assoc, Boston; Congress. Library, Washington.
None published before 1899. Much material in speeches and reports
of historian in each report, but especially:
VIII. Short geneals. of Robert of Boston, John of Watertown, John
of Weymouth, William of Providence, John of E. Saybrook,
etc. (1899).
IX. Picture of Bristol gravestone with coat of arms. Short notes
on English Reynolds families, etc. (1900).
X. Picture of old Reynolds pitcher (Henry of Chichester). Con-
tinuation of English Reynolds', and iiileresting account of
Reynolds family in England (1901).
XI. Many valuable notes on different founders. History of the
Association.
XII. Account of the suj)])osed origin <>f the coat of arms, (ieneal.
of William of Provideiici-.
XIII. Scallered notes.
XIV. Mention of projjosed R. 1". ])ublications.
XV. Mention of projjosed R. I*", jjublicalions.
X\'l. Picture of Mrs. I'osdick, founder R. 1''. A.; ])icture of Judge
G. G. Reynolds, and appendix of the Robert of Boston line,
five generations. Numerous pictures. (1907.)
58 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
XVII. Appendix, John of Watertown family, four generations.
XVIII. General notes and English genealogy of Reynolds (1909).
XIX. No appendices; see historian's report.
XX. No appendices; see historian's report.
XXI. No appendices; see historian's report.
XXII. No appendices; see historian's report.
XXIII. Four generations, Henry of Chichester; two generations,
Robert of Boonsborough, Md.
XXIV. See this booklet; most complete report published.
Reynolds, George \V. : Gen. of a Branch of Rej-nolds Family in
U. S. 1897, Houston, Tex. William of Providence line; connects
Reynolds families of North Kingston, Wickford, Davisville, etc.,
and shows connection of Tillinghasts. For same famil}-, but minor
branches, see books of: i. Thomas A. R. (described below); 2. Mrs.
Jane A. Wright (described below). Excellent.
Reynolds, James: Journal of an American Prisoner at Fort Maiden and
Quebec in War of 181 2. Published 1909, Quebec: F. Carrel.
Reynolds, Hon. John (1788-1865): My own times. 1S55, Belleville, 111.
Autobiography of Congressman and Governor of Illinois.
Reynolds, Marion H.: American Descendants of Robert Rey-
nolds OF Boston, 1632. In preparation. Judge John Post Reynolds
and Isaac N. Re3'nolds, Esq., collaborating. Comprehensive and
readable. Expected to be complete for publication within two
years. Members of this line will please submit any material they
may have to the compiler, care of Harvard University, Cambridge,
Mass.
Reynolds, Thomas A. and William A.: Ancestors and Descendants of
William and Elizabeth Reynolds of Providence and North Kings-
town, R. I. 1903, J. P. Lippincott Co., Philadelphia. The branch
through William and S. Francis of North Kingstown. For same
line see also books by: i. George W. R. (described above); 2. Mrs.
Jane A. Wight (described below). Note: Those Reynolds of this
line whose fathers intermarried with Greenes of R. I. are of royal
descent, through King Henry I of France. See Greene Geneal.
above, also book of C. H. Browning, above.
Root, J. P.: Root Genealogy. 1870. P. 422, descendants of John
who married Sarah Backus? Also of Robert of Boston through
Nathaniel, Peter, Peter, etc.
Runnels, M. T.: The Runnels (Reynolds) Famil}-. Published, 1873,
Boston, 355 pp. Contains sweeping, and thorough, though some-
times incorrect, genealogies of the different branches of New Eng-
land Reynolds', especially John of Watertown and Robert of
Boston. This book out of print, but can be obtained at most big
public and University libraries. Very interesting and thorough.
This book is the nearest approach to a complete history of all the
Reynolds branches, but is now over forty years old.
Savage, James: Genealogical Dictionary of the First Settlers of New
England — before 1692. Published 1861, Boston, Little, Brown &
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 59
Co., 4 vols. VoL III., pp. 525-6, contains reference: Reynolds, and
lists the patriarchs of all the early branches of the Reynolds', and
relates in condensed form what is known of them and their im-
mediate children. Interesting and succinct.
Shiirtleflf, N. G. : History of Boston. (Pub., Rockwell & Churchill, 1891,
Boston.) See Ch. li., which gives four pages or so on Robert and
his children, and the history of their possession at the corner of
Milk and Washington Streets, and the tenancy of Josiah Franklin.
Smith, H. A.: Geneal. . . . Rev. Nehemiah Smith of New London Co.
1889, Munsell's, Albany. P. 106. Many Reynolds' of New London,
descended from Gamaliel Reynolds and Sarah Hagar, 1750-.
Smith, Joseph J.: Civil and :\Iilitary List of Rhode Island. 1900, Provi-
dence. Many Reynolds' mentioned in this.
Stearns, G. C: Stearns . . . and Raynolds' Family Memorial. 1891.
P. 61. Noted branch of the Robert of Boston strain, which spell
name Raynolds — through Nathaniel, Peter, Peter, 2d, etc. Rev.
Dr. Geo. C. Raynolds and noted missionary line have ancestry
traced in this book. Badly mixed up and erroneous in parts,
especially as to Capt. Nathaniel, ist.
Thurston, Brown: Genealogy of Thurstons. 1892, Portland, Me.
Different Reynolds' of R. I., Oregon, etc.; intermarried; mostly of
last 125 years. See index.
Tillotson, E. S. : Wethersfield Inscriptions. P. 99. Only one reference
in this book.
U. S. Bureau ok the Census: Census of 1790. Gives names, occupa-
tions, residences, and other facts concerning Reynolds' living in
1790. Much used by genealogical writers.
Waters, Henrv F.: Gen. Gleanings in England. Boston, 1901, 2 vols.
Numerous and very old English records, wills, etc., containing
names of many Reynolds'. vSee espec. p. 11 28, Robert of Boston (?).
Whitefield, Edw.: The Home of our Forefathers. 1882. Some material
on early Reynolds'.
Wight, Mrs. Jane A. (Eaton): Geneal. Christopher and Clarissa Reynolds
of Mansfield, Ct. 1905, Springfield, p. 38. This is part of Wil-
liam oi' Providence line, and son of James of Kinc.ston. For
same line see alsf) books of: i. George W. Reynolds; 2. T. .\. Rey-
nolds, both describecl above.
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ADDITION TO EXHIBIT III.
ROBERT OF BOSTON LINE
V. 3 John Reynolds (John, 2 Nathls., Robt.). (Page 42.)
B. Boston, 1722; d. Marblehead, Mass., Nov. 28, 1790, aet. 68;
m. Judith , who d. March 19, 1785, aet. 62. They lived in
Marblehead.
VI. Judith, bap. Jan. 10, 1748; m. March 24, 1772, John
Nicholls.
VL John, bap. June 11, 1749; m. Dec. 24, 1772, Elizabeth
Pickett.
VI. Nathaniel, bap. Jan. 27, 1751; d. Sep. 18, 1816; m. Dec.
22, 1774, Mary Grant.
VI. Wm. Hooper, bap. Oct. 7, 1753; d. Jan. 14, 1808; m.
Dec. 6, 1779, Mrs. Sarah Follett.
VI. Martha, bap. March 6, 1757; m. July 31, 1788, Sam'l
Striker.
VI. Joseph, bap. Feb. 4, 1759.
VI. Andrew, bap. April 22, 1764; m. ist Nov. 23, 1786, Mary
Chapman; 2d, June 2, 1795, Sarah Coombs.
VI. Liberty, bap. June 8, 1766.
VI. Jacob, bap. Sep. 6, 1767.
PRESS OF PELTON & KING, INC.
MIDDLETOWN, CONN.
It is a reverend thing to see an ancient
castle or building not in decay, or to see
a fair timber tree sound and perfect ;
how much more to behold an ancient
.... family which hath stood against
the waves and weathers of time.
— Lord Bacon.
1632
T!^E ^'E"^ VOriK
PUBLIC LIBRM-Yj
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LlReyiiolb0 3^amih| Aaanriatinu
Scmilutinnary ^iili>icrs iNumlicr
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
1892 — 1916
TWENTY-FIFTH
ANNUAL REPORT
COMPILED BY
MARION H. REYNOLDS, A. B.
Recording Secretary
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REUNION HELD
A T
W ickford, R h o d e I \ / a n d,
July I.Uh and 14tli, V)\i)
The Reynolds Family Association, as explained in the his-
torical sketch in the 1915 Report, \vas founded in 1892. Since
1899 it has published annually one of these booklets, giving the
proceedings and speeches of the annual reunions, short biog-
raphies of deceased members, membership lists, and valuable
appendices containing genealogies of the different lines, etc.
The purpose of the Association is to promote the recogni-
tion of a common ancestry; to increase acquaintance and soci-
ability among relatives; to collect and preserve memorials; and
to secure the preparation and publication of a genealogical and
historical sketch of the Reynolds Family.
Any descendant of any of the American Colonial families
of the name of Reynolds is eligible to membership in the Asso-
ciation. Application should be made to either of the Secreta-
ries, and should be accompanied by one dollar, the annual mem-
bership fee, whereupon blank forms will be sent for the record-
ing of the genealogical history of the applicant. The annual
report is sent free, postpaid, to each member in good standing,
and also other conununications or publications of the Associa-
tion. And members are entitled to the use of the coat-of-arms,
embossed stationery, jewelry, etc., bearing the Reynolds crest
which can be obtained through the Corresponding Secretary.
iMii-thermore, all members are aidetl with any information of
their families from data in the hands of the Historians. Com-
plete lists of members are published in the Report. The Associ-
ation will wek-(Mne the receipt of any carefully prepared Rey-
nolds genealf)gies, or accounts of the early pioneers, and will
consider the publication of such data in the Annual Reports.
Single copies of this Report, or some of the back numbers,
as listed on another page, may be had for 7') cents each by writ-
ing the Corresponding Secretary, llxtra copies of this repcirt
f(i nu'iiibei-s .")() cents eacii.
©fficeta
W. Myron Eeynolds M. D, - i^ JV. 6oth St., Nczu York City
J^ice-^rcai^Eutfi
WiLsox C. Eeynolds, .---£. Haddam, Conn.
Harry C. Eeynolds,
John F. Eeynolds,
Joseph G. Eeynolds,
Alvah L. Eeynolds.
Scranton, Pa.-
North Haven, Conn.
Wickford, R. I.
Madison, N. /.
Marion H. Eeynolds, A. B. - - - - Boston, Mass.
Care of the Harvard Chib.
dj^orreapnuiiiugi Secretary
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, .... Westerly, R. 1.
OlrEaaurer
Mrs, Viola A. Bromley, - 49,/ Tenth St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
I^iatonait
Captain S. Walter Eeynolds,
Associate U^iatonans
Harry C. Eeynolds, ...
Edward B, Eaub, . . . .
(SJljaplaius
Eev. George C, Eaynolds, M. D., D. D,
Eev. Adolph Frederick Schauffler, D. D.
Eev. Charles Lee Eeynolds, D. D,
Eev. Frank Ten Broeck Eeynolds,
Eev. Charles Newton Eansom,
Eev. William B. Eeynolds.
Pinekneyville, III.
Ser anion, Pa.
Indianapolis, Ind.
Van, Turkey-in-Asia.
New York City.
Newark, N. J.
Keyport, N. J.
- Natal, So. Afriea.
Bethel, Vermont.
OJommittcc mt Publiratintt
Harry W. Eeynolds, A. B., .... Hartford, Conn.
Howard I. Eeynolds, ...... Roslyn, Pa.
Wilbur T. Eeynolds, . _ . . £, Greenwieh, R. I,
The enthusiasm of the numerous members who
gathered at The Cold Spring House in Wickford, R. I.,
on Thursday evening, July 13th, was not a whit damp-
ened by the violent thunder and electrical storm which
greeted the opening of the Twenty-fifth Annual Reunion
of The Reynolds Family Association. Although the
storm soon put out of commission electric lights all over
the City, the reception proceeded merrily by the faint,
but social, glimmer of tallow candles. The meetings of
the next day, Friday, were prodigalW blessed with sun-
shine, a cool breeze, the rustle of elm leaves and a beau-
liful view out upon Narragansett Ray. Not a few of the
members extended their visit over the week-end.
♦ ii: ♦
al|C iBusiucsa iHcctiuij
The President called the business meeting to order
at 11:00 o'clock Friday morning, the 11th, and the Rev-
erend Charles Xewlon Ransom of Natal, South Africa,
spoke an inspiring invocation. Frederic L. Reynolds,
of Hai'vard I'nivei-sily, conducted the singing of "Amer-
ica" by the whole gathering. The minutes of the
Twenty-fourth Reunion were read, and, with the 1!)15
Report, were approved.
The reports of tiie Recorchng and Correspond-
ing Secretaries and tiie Treasurer were read and ap-
pi'ovcd (as pi-intcd on following pagis). When the
commit Ices had rcpoi'tcd, the Recorthng Sicrelary
placed on cxliibit ion a complete set of R.F.A. Reports
Ironi 1<S'.)9 to date, neatly homxl in two volnmc>s and
witli the bac-ks leltei'ed witli the title :ind the owner's
n:ime, and he urge<l cNcry |)erson who h;i(i a conii)lete
set of the Ke[)orls, to ha\c them bound into one or two
l)ooks i)efoi'e any were lost oi" destioyed. Miss Sarah
li. Reynolds of Kingston, N. ^'., exhibited to the meeting
6 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
an ancient yellowed ivory-handled razor, which bore en-
graved on it the statement that Henry Reynolds of Chi-
chester, Penna., brought it over with him in 1661 from
England. A full account of it is given in Part Four of
this Report.
The Recording Secretary read the names of mem-
bers deceased since the last Annual Reunion, and the
President, Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, made the following
eulogistic remarks :
It is both fitting and proper that we say a word of praise,
of hope and consolation, about those of our kindred who have
passed beyond the veil, since last we met, to note their absence
from this reunion, and mark their journey's end.
We should keep before us the fact that life is not a thing
left in our discretion, to be measured only by years; divinely
planned from its beginning, and ordained by an all-wise Father,
why shouldn't its earthly ending be left with implicit faith in
His Holy Keeping.
With this thought fixed in our minds, we should recover
from some of our blind prejudice concerning the passing of our
friends from this life into life eternal, that we usually call
death; for death is not an enemy, it is a messenger of God; and
such a messenger cannot be other than kindly.
This is oqly the temporary lodging, in which we sleep on
the last night, before we reach our final home.
In the glorious morning when we awake, w^e shall find
ourselves on the bright and happy shore; in the presence of
the loved ones, who have gone before us.
Such faith makes us peaceful, contented and happy; glad
to live as long as we may, and glad to go, when our Heavenly
Father calls us, to our eternal home.
]\Iuch might be said with fellow-feeling and tender senti-
ment about the noble charm of character of these our absent
kindred, could I find w^ords appropriate at this moment, to ex-
press suitably my sincere and heartfelt sympathy.
Their journies with us in the past, to and from our family
reunions, have been most pleasant; but here all earthly paths,
in their enjoyable companionship are at an end.
Yet, the pleasing memory of their friendship and their
w^orth shall continue to cling to us, like the strains of sweet
music which ring in our ears, long after the instrument that
produced them, has ceased to vibrate.
They ever had the courage to plant their feet where duty,
right and justice drew the line; and no one ever doubted where
they stood, when they greeted alike the frowns of fortune and
the smiles of opportunity; possessing under both conditions, a
faith and devotion most earnest and sincere.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 7
To the members of the Reynolds Family Association their
memory shall ever be sweet as summer air, amid the ripened
grain and sheaves of the harvest field. There was another
phase in the commendable life of our past President, Judge
John Post Reynolds; another vault in his great heart, where the
richest treasures of his model life were stored. To this, the
secret key was intrusted to the devoted wife and loving daugh-
ters; who now mourn their irretrievable loss. His love and
unceasing devotion to his family, and in directing the wisest
course of those under his inspiring guidance, as superintendent
of schools, to prepare their lives for usefulness; with a dignity
and purity of mind that spurned the improper and the unfit;
and a buoyancy which sometimes brought the highway of hope,
to the very door of the desi)airing; a service so helpful, so noble
and beautiful, still more conunends his cherished memory to
a ijlace in the innermost recesses of our hearts.
Then later came another sad parting; (juick and crushing
as a meteor's fall. While this message came without warn-
ing, it found the modest, retiring, sympathetic, and tender-
hearted Frank BufTmton fully prepared. He was a devoted
brother, and a faithful friend of all who knew him; his patient
and studious life, which had been devoted to the cultivation
of plants and flowers, ciualifled him as one of the leading botan-
ical and lloral experts in New England, and kept him in con-
stant touch with nature, of which he was an ardent lover.
Little wonder that even the most sensitive plant he cared for
so tenderly, did not hesitate to yield to him its sweetest blos-
som; nor on the morning he did not return, forget to mingle
a dew-drop tear with thousands of weeping plants that had
known his watchful care.
We shall miss the i)resence of these genial kindred with us,
at our family reunions; but we shall meet again.
The warmth of their hearts, kindled with a noble passion
for hclptiilness, is indestructible; the fire of their souls in
kindred fellowship, and a worthy cause, ignited by a spark
divine, is imperishable; therefore, we know we shall meet
again.
In closing the record of their earthly journey with us, we
m:i> proclaim willi unwavering conlidence:
(lone to that land from whose i)eaceful shore,
'I'hey know no sorrow, they endure no pain;
I'^riends while here are theic icunited —
Kindred departed, we shall uicct again.
I.<l us all arise and stand for a luomeid in siliMici-, with
bowed he;i(ls, in counuenioration of these oui- departed kimlred.
"Ilarth to eai'th, dust to dust,"
(lahulN now the words we say,
8 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Left a-while, we wait in trust —
For the Resurrection day.
There all earthly tears are dried,
There earth's hidden things are clear,
There our work of life is tried
By a Judge, more just than here.
Father, in Thy gracious keeping,
Leave we now, our kindred, sleeping.
;!: H« *
Letters of regret were read from Mr. Joseph T.
Richards; Mr. Harry C. Reynolds; Hon. Marcus L. Rey-
nolds; Mr. Henry E. Reynolds; Mr. Colby Bassett; Mr.
George G. Reynolds; Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds; Dr. S.
E. Gardiner; Mr. Howard I. Reynolds; Rev. Dr. George
C. Raynolds.
After the election of officers, the Association in-
structed the Recording Secretary to send a farewell tele-
gram to Rev. Dr. * George C. Raynolds, sailing for his
mission-station in Van, Turkey-in-Asia, on the Kris-
tianiafjord on the 15th, which was done. Recess from
12:30 to 1:00.
* * *
*His niece writes March 27, 1917, "A letter received from him this
week states that he lias not yet been able to go to Van, but is very pleas-
antly and comfortably situated at Erivan, where he is able to do much re-
lief work for the Armenian orphans. He is with several other mission-
aries, and they are doing a large industrial work among tlie 200,000 refugees
in tlie Caucasus. His address is Erivan, Caucasus, Russia, P. O., Box 423."
Erivan, Russia, is on the border of Turkey, almost in the sliadow of Mt.
Ararat, some 100 miles from Van. His picture appears in tliis Report.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TION
Ecpnrt of t\}t (i[reaBurcr
For the period July 1, 1915, to June 30, 1916.
Receipts
1915
July 1. Dues collected at meeting $39.00
From former Treasurer 13.48
1915-16
Received for dues 157.45
Sale of arms 1.00
Sale of reports 9.05
$219.98
191
5
July
1.
July
21.
Sept.
20.
Oct.
12.
Dec.
19.
Jan.
11.
Mar.
29.
Mar.
4.
May
4.
Mar.
29.
Disbursements
Expenses 1915 reunion • 12.00
Paid 1914 deficit 25.00
Postage for secretary 3.65
Letterheads, envelopes, etc. 10.00
Prinfing one half-tone 5.85
Printing 1915 report 75.00
Printing one half-tone 4.00
Printing 1915 report 25.00
Printing 1915 report 22.95
(lor. secy, postage acct. 10.95
$194.40
Balance to begin 1916-1917 $25.5J
* * *
Sate an^ JJlacc uf the l\M7 (CimucutUin
Nt'xl year's iviinion, July l.'J-lolh, 11)17, — will l)c
held at flic Hri^iiloii Hoach Hotel, Greater New Yoi'k
(".ily. il is ail ideal |)laee loi* siieli a nieetiiii^, as it is
directly on liie ocean, and has many anuisenient places
all about. Meinhei-s cominii; to the i-eunion should
iiKikc llicif plans to sla>- i'or Ihe week-end and enjoy a
liltle Nacalion in (lie conipanionsliip ol' liieii- lainilies.
rile alleiidaiice will nndonhtedly l)\ lar exiced (he
largest on iceord. ^On are iiijued lo come and hrinij
a Keynolds who is no! a niendni-. I'linled nolic'es will
be mailed lo menibeis aboiil Ihe lliird week in .IniU',
I'.IIT.
10 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
jRcpurt of iRccoriiing g'ecretary
Since the last Reunion, I have had occasion to make a
number of extended trips over the New England States, gather-
ing data for my book on the Robert Reynolds Line, and for the
Association. I have been to Chester, Ludlow, and Rutland,
Vermont, in December, 1915; to Canton, Winthrop, Livermore
Falls, Sidney, Winslow, ^Yaterville, Maine, the same month;
to Bristol, R. I., a number of times; to Marblehead and Salem,
Mass.; to New York City, Bronxville, Troy, and Albany, New
York; and recently to Lubec and Pembroke, Me. I should like
to express my pleasure in the universal hospitality and kind-
ness of R.F.A. Members.
I spent nearly all of last July and August (1915) in the Li-
braries of Harvard University, the New England Historic Gene-
alogical Society, and the Boston Public Library, gathering the
data on books and persons compiled for the 1915 Report.
In co-operation with the Corresponding Secretary, I greatly
extended the list of libraries to which we give our Reports.
Our library list is on another page, and now includes two li-
braries in England. This Association obviously cannot reach its
maximum of usefulness until its gleanings and Reports are
placed where future generations will have easy access to them.
The Association will note that not only has a deficit been
wiped out, but the most expensive report we ever printed has
been fully paid for, and a modest surplus remains to begin the
approaching year's work. I owe it to my fellow-officers to
state that this is due in no small part to the fact that none of
the officers presented any bill to the Association for the ex-
penses of travel, postage, stationery, etc., — no inconsiderable
item for any officer.
Everywhere I have been the past year, I have tried to add
to our membership, with the result that our total membership
for the year shows an appreciable increase, and the Robert Line,
w'ith which I have most often come into contact, now has more
members in good standing than any other. I believe, too, that
there have been proportionately fewer delinquent memberships
than any previous year.
I have written innumerable letters, certainly a thousand, to
people of the name and descent, and have at all times tried to
make the Recording Secretaryship as helpful and useful as
possible. I have enjoyed co-operating with the Historian, and
should like to call the attention of the Association to the handi-
caps he is under because of the scarcity of books and records
with which he is furnished.
I would strongly recommend that the Association pay $5.00
for the membership of a competent representative in the N.E.H.
Genealogical Society Library in Boston.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION H
I wish to invite suggestions from members as to the con-
tents and form of our annual reports. I strive very earnestly
to make each Report better than its predecessor. I am par-
ticularly anxious to get carefully compiled manuscript gene-
alogies for publications in the reports.
I should be very remiss if I did not here express a word in
appreciation of the faithful work of our former Secretary,
(which I can now appreciate the better), which extended over
more than eighteen years. And I wish to express my satis-
faction in the helpfulness and co-operation of my fellow-
ofRcers.
Marion II. Reynolds, A. B.
♦ ♦ *
It gives me great pleasure to present to you my first re-
port as Corresponding Secretary.
At the Annual business meeting, held at New London one
year ago, it was voted to increase the dues from 50 cents to
one dollar a year. Notices to that effect were mailed to every
person whose name appeared on the membership roll, as
printed in the Heport of 1914, unless present at the meeting
or represented by some member of the family. A prompt and
generous response was received from the members, many of
them accompanied by letters of appreciation.
A copy of the Annual Report of 1915 was mailed to each
iiiember, and extra copies were sold, as were also Reports of
the previous years. As the supply of some of the numbers
was exhausted and out of print, we were unable to furnish
complete sets. However, we contributed to the libraries listed
on p. i;^, as complete a file as we had in order that members
searching for records of the Family might be benefitted.
During the year 1 have received and acknowledged 295
letters, wriffeii Ili9 circular letters, mailed ."il.") He|)<)rts, and
(til .lune l.Jtli mailed 225 notices of the 25tli .\nnual lU'union
wliich we are observing todax. Tlie total amount of corres-
pondence was 9(11 ieflers which docs not include the corres-
|)()n(lcnce witli llic Olliccis (tf the Association.
Respi'(lfull\ siibniilltMl.
I'anmk I). 11(11. MKs, L Orrtspoiuiiiiij Siiii-litry.
1902
10
1904
19
1905
23
1906
16
1908
1
1914
100
1915
100
1916
500
12 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TION
Attuinuuemeittii. April 2. 191 T
Deaths of members, changes of addresses, and
newspaper clippings regarding members should be
promptly reported to the Corresponding Secretary.
The following copies of back numbers remain on
hand and will be sold at the following prices:
10 copies, 75c each 1909 70 copies, 75c each
75c " 1910-11 58 " 75c "
75c " 1912 30 " 75c "
75c " 1913 60 " 75c "
' §1.00: John of Watertown Genealogy.
' 75c: Henry of Chichester; Robert of Boons-
boro, Genealogies.
' *75c: Robert of Boston Genealogy; and list of
published Reynolds genealogies, etc.
' *75c: Reynolds Revolutionary Soldiers.
Henry of Chichester data.
The 8th Report (1899) was the first one printed. 1899-
1901; 1903; 1907; are out of print. You are urged to
complete your collection of Reports and bind them into
volumes. Five dollars will be paid for a copy of M. T.
Runnels' The Runnels (Reynolds) Family, pub. 1873.
* * *
It is the duty of every member to introduce to the
Association eligible and worthy people of the name or
descent of Reynolds. Talk to your kinsmen about our
publications and interest them in the Association.
* * *
IGtst of IGtbraiies
It is the policy of the Association to send compli-
mentary copies of the Report each year, as issued, to the
libraries listed below, practically all of which make
special collections of materials for genealogists. As
many of the back numbers of the Reports are now out
of print, only a few^ of these libraries have complete sets
1
*Extra copies of 1915 and 1916 Reports to members oOc each.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 13
of the Reports published since 1899. Those starred
have complete, or nearly complete, files, the Otis Li-
brar}^ of Norwich, Conn., and the libraries of Syracuse.
N. Y., and Westerly, R. I., also in addition, although they
are not regularly on our gift list.
American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Mass.
Boston Public Library, Boston, Mass.
*Britisli Museum, London, England
'California, University of I3erkeley, Calif.
Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, Conn.
Connecticut State Library, Hartford, Conn.
"Daughters of Am. Rev. (Ntl. Library) Washington, D. C.
Essex Institute, Salem, Mass.
* Guild Hall Library, London, England
"Harvard University Library, Cambridge, Mass.
"Library of Congress, Washington, D. C.
Long Island Historical Society, Brooklyn, N. Y.
"Massachusetts State Library, Boston, Mass.
Minnesota Historical Society, St. Paul, Minn.
Newbury Library, Chicago, Illinois
"New England Hist. Geneal. Society, . Boston, Mass.
"N. Y. Geneal. & Biog. Society, New York, N. Y'.
New Y'ork I^ublic Library, New Y'ork, N. Y.
"New Hamj)shire Historical Society, . . Concord, N. H.
Pennsylvania Historical Society, .... Phila., Pa.
Pennsylvania State Library, Harrisburg, Pa.
Rhotle Island Historical Society, Providence, B. I.
Western Reserve Historical Society, . Cleveland, Ohio
Wyoming Historical Society Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Yale University Library, New Haven, Conn.
:i: ♦ *
Hjinvmrtmtt 3\^iticc
In llic next report of Ihc Associalion, wi" liopi- to
piihhsh among other good Ihhigs a hirgt' iuiml)i"r ot
rare old liiilypes, daguerreotypes, and portraits. If you
liave anv such pictures of ohi-lime Reynolds', please iii-
lorm die Recording Secretary at once, giving a briet
biography of eaeli piclni-e you luive; and an elVorl wdl
be made' to prinl Ibe picture. Vou are urged to read
lliis earerully. and if you have sucli pictures, lo respond
Id tills |-e(iuesl at once!
14 THE REYNOLDS FAJSHLY ASSOCIATION
Hepart of tl]e l^istorian
PixcKXEYviLLE, III., July 9, 1916.
Dear Kinsmen of the R. F. Association ;
I believe I have very little of interest to communicate this
year, but have had a few inquiries, as follows:
Dr. S. E. Gardiner, Mt. Pleasant, Mich., Jan. 18, says: 'Noth-
ing is known of JVilliani of Providence after he sold out his
holdings there; he was not the father of James as we thought."
Mr. G ^Y. T. Reynolds, East St. Louis, Ills., says, Feb. 14,
1916, that he and his brother, of Wagner, Okla., have a pretty
full record of descendants of Henry of Chichester, and I hope
he will furnish it to the Association.
Miss Jannette Burlingham, Shullsberg, Wis., writes, March
13, inquiring about Zacheus Reynolds, who had daughter, Tacy,
who married Josiah Whitter, of (she thinks) Preston, Conn.
Their children were, Susannah, Hannah. Joseph Eunice, Josiah, Jr.,
IVelden, and .Sarah. She asks for the ancestral line of Zacheus.
I was obliged to answer that the only Zacheus I had record of
was a son of Thomas (2) (John cf Weymouth line) and he had son,
Zacheus (4) who married 1st, Desire Babcoek. 2d, Phoebe .
Had eight children, but I do not know names.
Miss Fannie S. Pieynolds, Fulton, Oswego Co., N. Y., writes,
June 11, 1916, that her great grandfather, was Griffin Reynolds,
who died and is buried in Pawling, Dutchess Co., N. Y. (died
Dec, 24, 1823). His wife, Elizabeth, died Jan. 4, 1807. The chil-
dren were, James, Clark. Thomas, (her Grandfather); Polly, Luey,
Anna, Catherine, Ruth and Hannah. Thomas and his wife, Fannie
Van Walkenbcrg. came to Oswego Co. in 1811 or 12. They had
several children, James being her father. Is anxious to trace
back of GrifTm. Said he came from Mass. or Conn.
I was obliged to reply that I could not trace that Griffin.
With kindest regards to all Reynolds'.
S. Walter Eeynolds, Historian.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION J5
3(nfarmattntt 5iatiteii
If any one who reads these queries can answer any
of them, tlie officers of the Association urge him to do
so at once:
I. ALBRO REYNOLDS: Who can give his ancestry or tell
anything about him? His intentions of marriage to Olive
Hovcy were published 9 February, 1771, in Dudley, Mass.,
and he was living there in 1790, but responded to the "Lex-
ington Alarm" in April 1775 from Woodstock, Conn. He
may have died in Southbridge, Mass. Would also like list
of his children. Write:
Mrs. Jessie A. Porter, Genealogist,
95 Euclid Avenue, Springfield, Mass.
II. ROBERT REYNOLDS' descendants: Information wanted
for this genealogy in preparation by Marion H. Reynolds.
Rec. Secy, of the Association, as follows: (All descendants
of this line please correspond at once.) (1) Reynolds.
Robert Reynolds, American founder of the family (about
1580-1659), admitted to Freemanship, 1634, Watertown,
Mass. When did he come to Boston and in what ship? Is
there any suggestion as to his English home? He brought
over his five children: Nathaniel; Tabitha, married Matthew
Abdy; Sarah, married Robert Mason; Mary, married Richard
Sanger; Ruth, married John Whitney of Watertown. Who
can supply dates of birth, death, marriage of any of these?
Nathaniel, (3), son of Nathaniel above; whom did he marry
and when? When and where (Ud he die? He lived for
many years in the old family home on the site of the pres-
ent Transcript Building, Boston. Benjamin, great-grandson
of Robert, immigrant, was born Bristol, R. I., Nov. 15, 1722,
and moved to (Ibignecto, X. S. Did he marry and have anv
descendants? What became of him? He is said to have
had: Benjamin, Jonathan, John, Robert. Samuel (Grindall (4).
Benjamin (3), Nathaniel (2), Robert (1), born Putney, Vt.,
abcjut 1772, and moved to Sutton and Haticy, P. Q., Canada.
Wbom did be marry and what descendants did he have?
Xathaniel Re.Miolds (Peter, Natbaniel, Robert), bai)tized
Bristol, R. I., Oct. 27, 1717. married Mary Little. 1741, went to
.lamaica. What became of him? (".hildren? (2) Reynolds.
Robert Re.Miolds of '•i'ulllng Point." lisherman and farmer.
What became of his descendants? lie died 17().S. CJ)
Rennet. Who was the ".lohn Rennel t)f Marblehead." in men
taken from "(irand Turk's Prize" in Revolution, I7S1, and
connuillfd to "(Hd Mill Prison," lingland? (D l{i'\ Molds.
16 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Josiah Reynolds, son Thomas of North Bridgewater (Brock-
ton), Mass., born 1766, married Mary Phillips of Abington
and moved to Chester, Vt. What became of him and his
children? (5) Reynolds. Nathaniel of Marblehead, Mass.,
ship captain, who married, 1753 Lydia Raymond. What was
name of his second w'ife, married about 1780, who became
his widow in a few weeks, upon his drowning? What
became of his son John, who moved to Dutchess County,
N. Y,? (6) Reynolds. John, son of John Reynolds and
Anna Blanch of Marblehead, born 1722. His wife was
Judith — . She died 1785, aged sixty-two. Who can tell me
anything of their descendants? (7) Reynolds. Charles of
Wrentham, Mass., who married Hannah Bidzvell about 1790.
Who can tell me of his descendants? (8) Reynolds.
Jeremiah. Who were his father and grandfather? He lived
Sutton, P. Q., Canada, but moved to Picrpont, N. Y. about
1830. (9) Reynolds. Joseph of Marblehead, Mass., who
fought in Revolution, son of John and Judith . Inten-
tions recorded, but no marriage, to Sarah Tedder, 1786.
What became of him? (10) Who can tell me to what
branch the Reynolds family of Hadley and Hampshire
County, Mass., which has been there over a hundred years,
belongs? Were they originally from Connecticut? (11)
I am very anxious to see any daguerrotypes or tintypes or
other very old pictures of members of the Robert of Boston
Line. If you have any such among your family treasures,
write me about them. Copies of them are desired for my
book. (12) Whose son was Thomas who m. "Sukcy" (Susanna)
Battles. No. Bridgewater, Mass., and moved to Sidney,
Maine?
HI. REYNOLDS-KELLOGG: Amos Reynolds, born at Shafts-
bury, Vermont, April 17th, 1786, died at Maumee City, Ohio,
Sept. 12th, 1868, married in Winfield, Herkimer County,
New York, March 20th 1808, Laura Kellogg, born in Hartford
Conn. Dec. 11th, 1786 died in Maumee City, Ohio, Sept. 27th
1853, daughter of Capt. Martin Kellogg, ( soldier of the Rev-
olution) and Lucy Seymour. Who was the father of Captain
Martin Kellogg and could anyone give data concerning his
ancestry and that of his wufe? Did any ancestors of either
hold ofTice, or were any soldiers under the Colonies, which
would entitle a descendant to membership in the Colonial
Dames? John T. Boddie,
8 So. Dearborn St., Chicago.
IV. JOHN REYNOLDS: who lived in Bedford, Westchester
County, N. Y,, married whom? Of what Reynolds line /s
he? He was probably the "John Runnelds of Bedford"
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who was enlisted by Daniel Mills, Capt., and Elijah Hunter,
Lieut., July 29, 1775. He had Isaac. Alphcus, James, John,
Le-ivis. Sally, John, Jr. ni. Ruth Toi^'iiscnd; Sally m. a Fields.
Further data upon writing to
William A. Nicholson,
177 Broadway, Bayonne, N, J.
V. JOHN REYNOLDS: ("Capt. John Runnals"). Fourth gen-
eration, descendant ot John of Watertown through John;
John. He was b. 1700 d. 1789 m. Rebecca who d. 1779.
What was his wife's maiden name? Am very anxious to
trace her ancestry. Mrs. Myra Robbins McNabb,
The Cordova, Fla. Ave. & 20th St., Washington, D. C.
VI. JONATHAN REYNOLDS, m. Mary Tanner, 1745-6 and had
many children. North Kingstown Records were much in-
jured by fire 18(58 and my list is incomplete, see Arnold:
Vital Record of North Kingstown, — names burned od".
Who can supply names in proper order? JOHN REY-
NOLDS, m. Rebecca Coggeshall. Anything about them?
JAMES REYNOLDS m. Deborah . I would like to re-
ceive any records of families in any of the lirst five gener-
ations of this line, not to be found in Austin, Arnold, or
any of the books of reference mentioned in 1915 Report.
Sheridan E. Gardiner, M. D.,
Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
VII. OHADlAll REYNOLDS, m. 1st ; m. 2d Polly Bryan,
dau. Dav. and Jean (Muckingham) Hryan. When Obadiah
died she remarried to a U'ashburn. and d. 187G. Obadiah
was b. ab. 1779; killed in mill near JeflFerson, Schoharie
Co., N. Y., about (1815?). He had a brother William, who
m. Elizabeth . There is a tradition that this family
consisted of three brothers, two of whom m., other re-
mained single and owned much land in IMiiladelphia on
100-yr. lease which expired before 1872. Obadiah had
Hector; 2 sons, Julia Ann. b. 1811, and by second wife, had
r.lizabelh. d. 1874, m. James I-^vans. Who can give me any
information? W-hemiah Reynolds, son of David and Lois
(l'"inch) Reynolds, probably born about 1770, lived near
Hallsville, Roseboom, Otsego County, N. ^. Is anything
known of him oi- his family? Nehemiah lUviiolds. son of
Nchemiah and Mary < .Irmstrnii,/) Reynolds, was born prob-
al)l.\ about 1770, perhaps at Chatham, .\. Y. Is anything
known of him. .Nchemiah Meynolds was assessed for high-
way tax at Chatham. N. V., in 1801. Who was he? Nehe-
niiah Mcn iiolds was killed in a iiiill at West Kill, near
.Iflleison. Schoharie (lounty. N. V., in 1825. Letters of ad-
ministialion were granted on his estate to his widow
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Polly, May 11, 1825. This Nehemiah had by his first wife,
name unknown, Hector, Julia Ann, born Jan. 12, 1811, and
another son. He married second, Polly, daughter of David
and Jane (Buckingham) Bryan, and had one child Eliza-
beth. Was this Nehemiah identical with any of those men-
tioned above? Amos Reynolds, son of Nehemiah and
Abigail Reynolds, was born, probably at Nine Partners,
N. Y., June 10, 1759. Did he have a son Nehemiah?
Percy Raymond,
63 Wendell St., Cambridge, Mass.
VIII. HENRY of CHICHESTER: Who has record of descend-
ants of any of his daughters? Or of his son Johu, b. 1095;
or son JVilliam, b. 1701, and moved to Carvers Creek Meet-
ing, Orange Co., N. C, 1750. Isaac Reynolds, son of Benja-
min of Cecil County, son of Henry of Nottingham, son of
Henry of Chichester, in 1794 married Mary Cole. She was
of Quaker descent and her father (according to tradition)
was a Colonel of the Revolutionary Army. She had a
sister, Sarah Cole, who married Azzur Wright, of Juniata
County, Pennsylvania. Any information as to the father
of these two would be greatly appreciated.
Edw. B. Raub,
Suite 312, Board of Trade Bldg., Indianapolis, Ind.
IX. GEORGE and PRYOR REYNOLDS: of Penna. Moved
possibly first to Culpepper Co., Va., then Franklin Co., Va.,
finally to Pittsylvania Co., Va., near Cascade or Leaksville,
N. C. — ^probably died there, where his son Pryor was b. ab.
1780, and d. 1820. Pryor, had John, George, Susan, James T.,
Thomas, Pryor, Jr.. Samuel, Annie O., Mary. Pryor, Sr., moved
to Tenn., also Ala. Probably related to Gen. J. F. Reynolds
of Gettysburg fame. Who knows anything of any of this
family? J. F. Reynolds, .4tty.,
Winston-Salem, N. C.
X. DEBORAH AND CHARLES REYNOLDS: Deborah m.
April 8, 1736, Middleboro, Mass., to John Burnett. She was
dau. Charles and his w. Sarah . What is known of
them? Or of Elecfius Reynolds?
Colonel C. D. Parkhurst,
189 Williams St., Nevk^ London, Conn.
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Win (5iiat-uf-Arma
Editor's Note: In response to a query of Miss
Holmes, Mr. Howard Reynolds, who has made a study
of our coat-of-arms, has written the following letter
explanatory of the supposed origin of the coat-of-arms
of the tribe of Robert of Boston, which has since 1900
been generally adopted by all members of the R. F. As-
sociation. There is to-day a Renaud or Reynard family
in France, whose coat-of-arms is not dissimilar to ours,
and is officially recognized. Two of the members of
this family are officers of the French Legion of Honor.
See also R. F. A. Report 1900 and pp. 10-12, 1902 Re-
port.
* * *
My Dear iMiss Holmes: The coat of arms is a reproduction
of one on a tombstone in Bristol, R. I., (See picture frontispiece
1900 R. F. A. Report) of the line of ROBERT of BOSTON. It
represents three foxes, with a fourth as a crest.
It is supposed that the family was originally Norman-
French, and the name a corruption of Renard, Reynard,
Renaud, — or Reynard (English form), which of course is "fox."
The use of three on the escutcheon, or shield, instead of one, is
a repetition which is usual in such matters, — as witness the
three leopards (they are not lions, as is popularly supposed)
on the coat of arms of England — the three lilies of France — or
actual illustration of a name by symbols was common in an age
when few could read — and in battles, etc., was very helpful
in identifying men enclosed in armour. The name Bofhschild
was derived from their insigna, — literally a red shield. Shake-
speare's arms bears a spear upon it, etc. The fact that our
shield is so simple in design, with no quarterings or incorpor-
ations of other families, as was customary when imi)ortant
families intermarried, shows that we were just plain folk of
medium class, and this is also indicated by the lielmet which
is ;i s(iuire's, — being faced to the left. A knight's is toward
llic front. Our status in the connnunity today — as a family —
upholds this rating with rcniaikable persistence — we have as
a class "neither povi-iiy nor riches," i)ut run singularly even as
|)laiii well-lo-do iiiiddie-dassers — and most of us aii- content
so lo he! r.iil I li;ive never heard of one of the old stock — in
an> of tile lines, \s In. \v;isn't res|)e(t;d)le. pali'iotie, and law-
abiding.
The colors of the shield ;iihI foxes are largely of ni\ own
seleclion as tlieic is iiolhiiin on the old gravestone lo indicate
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what they might be. So in memory, or indication of our prob-
able French extraction, filtered through England since William
the Conqueror's time, — for five Renards, are on the Battle
Abbey list, I believe, — I made the background or body of the
shield French blue. Now it is a law of Heraldry that color
must not go on color, or metal on metal, — but one upon the
other. So I had only the choice of silver or gold for the foxes —
and chose the latter as infinitely more decorative.
If there is any further information I can give, I shall be
delighted to serve you. Sincerely,
Howard Keyxolds, ^04 Grand St., Neio York.
Care of the R. Hoe Co.
Vfi V^ i^
g'tatiottcry auii ileutcUii iJfor g>al0
Miss Holmes, the Corresponding Secretary, has the
following jewelry, stationery, and arms for sale:
Ornamental Pins, enamelled with coat-of-arms, each, .35
Pins, enamelled with coat-of-arms, each, 75
Gold watch-fobs; engraved with the Reynolds arms,
each, $4.00
The Coat-of-Arms, carefully drawn and hand-colored,
for framing, each, 3.00
Stationary, embossed with the arms, with envelopes,
box, /. .75
Correspondence and envelopes, 75
Post Cards: 3c each, 2 for 5c.
The origin of the coat-of-arms is explained on page 19.
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JOHN REYNOLDS (1612-1660) of WATERTOWN: By Alvah
Reynolds of Altona, Illinois. 160 pages. Price only $2.00.
Since the announcement, page 13, 1915 Report, this book
has been revised, corrected, and much enlarged and re-
published. There are many interesting collections of notes
printed on various other lines of Reynolds' which make the
book valuable for other genealogists. Only a very few
copies remain before this book is forever out of print.
THE BODDIE AND ALLIED FAMILIES: by John T. Boddie,
8 So. Dearborn St., Chicago, 111. Just published. Price
$10.00 postpaid. The Reynolds Notes which appear in this
Genealogy refer to the branch of Daniel Reynolds (John
(4), Peter (3), Francis (2), James (1), who was born ai
Sand Hill Farm near North Kingston, R. I., 3rd June 1760,
and who died in Jefferson County, New York 16th Jan.
1816. He married his second cousin, Waite Reynolds, born
25th December 1759.
ROBERT REYNOLDS (15807-1659) of BOSTON: by Marion H.
Reynolds, A. B. to be published within the year. 12 gener-
ations; possibly 10,000 descendants, with as much bio-
graphical history of each individual as obtainable. The
completion of a work upon which a number of genealogists
have labored upon nearly a hundred years. If you think
you are of this line, correspond at once, that your family
may be included; or if you have old tintypes, daguerro-
types, or pictures of old family paintings, kindly notify
the author. Address: as on page 4.
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3oscpl) (ii. iRirliarbs
Mr. Joseph T. Richards, whose picture appears opposite,
has long been a member of the Association, Henry of Chi-
chester Line. He was born in Cecil County, Maryland, and at-
tended West Nottingham Academy and the Philadelphia Poly-
technic Institute. In 1869 he first went to work as a rodman
in the engineering corps of the Pennsylvania Railroad; and by
1876 had risen to be assistant engineer of maintenance of way.
Later he was principal assistant engineer of the United Rail-
roads of New Jersey and subsequently assistant chief engineer
of all lines east of Pittsburgh and Erie. In 1893 he became
engineer of maintenance of way, and in 1903 chief engineer of
this department, — becoming consulting engineer about 1913.
March 1st, 1917, Mr. Richards retired from active service.
In all his positions Mr. Richards displayed an innate ability
and enterprising trend of mind, as w^ell as a quick grasp and
ready mastery of important details and problems. Mr. Richards'
training has been of an eminently valuable and practical char-
acter, and for forty-six years he has steadily exerted an active
and personal influence and ability in his work. Strong in
courage and self-reliance, yet imiformly courteous to all wuth
whom he comes in contact, Mr. Richards is a representative of
that solid and useful class of citizenship which achieves success
by indomitable force of character and concentration of pur-
pose. In integrity, enterprise, and perseverance Mr. Richards
forty-six years of constructive service affords an excellent
model for our vounger generation.
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St. John, New Brunswick
One stormy Saturday night in the early part of 1849,
Wilham Kilby Reynolds, Sr., was crossing the harbor in a row-
boat when the thought of a bridge came to him with special
force and refused to be driven away. Early Monday morning
he made a visit to the shores and hills around the mouth of the
River St. John. When he reached Split Rock, at the Falls, he
studied the situation for a few moments, and exclaimed, "This
is the place for a bridge; and, with the help of God, I will build
one!"
This was the beginning of a daring enterprise. A compar-
ative stranger in the country, a man of very moderate means,
but armed with a most resolute nature and a wonderful faith,
he undertook to build what was to be (for his time) one of the
largest susjiension bridges in America. In the agreement with
the stockliolders he undertook to build a suspension bridge at
a cost of $80,000; but not a dollar was to be paid to him until
the bridge was completed, tested, and passed by the govern-
ment engineer. If he failed to carry out his contract the stock-
holders could lose nothing. Even under these extraordinary
conditions it was hard to get people to give the sanction of
tlieir names; and when the first stock list was closed, the
amount not taken up, and therefore assumed by Mr. Reynolds,
was considerably more than a third of the total capital. The
work was pushed forward, with ICdward W. Serrell of New-
York as Engineer. The bridge was opened on the first day of
January, 1853. It has been well termed the monument of the
man by whom it was undertaken and completed. In 1915 it
was replaced by a modern bridge for street car service. In
the piclure the Reynolds bridge is the nearer one.
'i'he "reversil)le" rapids underneath this bridge are world-
famous because they How 'u|>^t'"i':"'i' <>" llood-tide and down-
stream on the ebb.
William Kilby R.eynolds. Sr.. was born in Pembroke, Me..
1810. (See p. 51, 1915 lU'porl) and died in Lepreau. N. R.. Mar. 9.
1881!. For an interesting anecdote see i)age 1.3 herein.
24
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2[lje0C lays
We have passed on through many
A troubled scene,
By days whose thrust of pain was
Sharp and keen;
Through other bright events of
Kind employ,
By days that touched us with a
Quiet joy.
Till we have come to these — these
Present days
Which with momentous things
Have strewn our ways;
These aw^ful days, strife-crimsoned
Morn and night,
When Peace lies wounded, sore,
In bitter plight
By hands that claimed her hand
In friendship's clasp.
Then turned, alas! the sharpened
Sw^ord to grasp;
These days when in the balance
To be weighed
The Lord the nations of the earth
Has laid;
These summer days whose golden
Warmth of sun
Has from the ground a wealth
Of verdure won,
And promise given of fruitage
Later stored
To load with bounty many a
Festive board.
And meet our humbler needs
W^ith good supply.
While winter's snowbound months
Are passing by; —
Till we have come to this, the
Meeting day
W^hich calls the Reynolds Clan
Their steps to stay
Within the circle of its social
Hours,
And to its charm yield heart and
Mental powers.
While at its banquet table we
Draw near
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Each to the other in deUghtful
Cheer.
That we have thus been called, and
Thus endued
With blessings of old friendships
Here renewed
And new acquaintance made,
Is due alone
To God's preserving mercy, which
We own
With grateful hearts and words
Of earnest praise,
And glad devotion of our
Lengthened days.
Cell\ Mary Reynolds, Bennington, Ft.
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©bttuary
AUSTIN REYNOLDS, M.D.; 9th generation of Robert Reynolds'
descendants, was born Jay, Me., Jul. 9, 1830, the eldest child
of Luther C and Rhoda (Jackson) Reynolds, and died
Farmington, Me., Feb. 11, 1916, aet. 86. His grandfather
was Luke Reynolds, who about 1800 moved to Jay, Me.,
from North Bridgewater (now Brockton), Mass., and mar-
ried Alice Austin. As a young man he was a shoemaker,
but graduated from the Medical School of Harvard Uni-
versity iii 1864. When the Civil \Yar broke out, he ofTered
his services as a medical cadet, and his work began in
Washington a day or two after the battle and panic of Bull
Run. In February, 1909, the Boston Globe contained a
picture of Dr. Reynolds with a very interesting account
of his personal recollections of Lincoln. He found great
pleasure in mechanical work and his spacious and beauti-
ful home in Farmington, where he practiced for fifty years,
shows much taste and skill. Home was always a centre
of interest with him, but he was not, however, unmindful
of public interests and was glad to aid wherever he could
be of use. He married first Abigail A. Eustis April 1, 1851,
by whom he had George William (now Doctor of Divinity
of Hartford, Ct.), and Charles, who died young. His
second wife, by whom he had no children was Mrs. Luella
(Stevens) Cutts, who died April 23, 1914. He leaves
brothers: Rev. Lauriston, of Belle Fourche, S. D.; Dr. Henry
E., of Livermore Falls, Me.; Geo. A., of Randolph, Mass.
MRS. CURTIS H. GALBRAITH: See page 32.
EDWARD CLINTON REYNOLDS: 10th generation, Robert's
descendants, born Auburn, Me., May 17, 1858, second child
of Franklin C and Ada (Saville) Reynolds, died Port
Huron, Mich., April 22, 1916, aet. 58. His grandfather and
great-grandfather were named Ichabod and lived in
Auburn, Me. He was an express messenger on P. M. trains
in [Michigan for some years; then conductor, which posi-
tion he held for nearly 30 years. Choir leader in Method-
ist church; and was a Mason and K. T. He was a silent
partner in Earle B. McKay Drug Firm of Port Huron, Mich.
He was well and favorably known from Upper to Lower
Michigan, his friends were legion; a man of sterling worth
of solid and excellent character with a sunny disposition
and a hand always held out to help anyone in need. Be-
sides Mrs. Reynolds, (Elizabeth Conger), whom he married
at Abbottsford, Mich., May 22, 1882, he leaves one adopted
daughter (his niece), Florence, Mrs. Earle B. McKay, of
Port Huron, Mich.
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MRS. EPHRAIM G. REYNOLDS: (Nee Abigail Edmunds), whose
husband is of the 9th generation of the Robert Reynolds
hne, was daughter of Eli and Harriet (Hopkins) Edmunds
of Dixfield, Me.; she died Roxbury, Mass., Jan. 3, 1916.
With her husband moved from Dixfield, Me., to Roxbury
about 1896. Resides Mr. Reynolds, she leaves children:
Howard, Sporting Editor of the Boston Post; Walter C,
of Dodge Rros. Auto. Co., Roston; and Lucy L., living with
her father.
EPHRAIM O. REYNOLDS: a descendant of John Reynolds of
Weymouth, was born Lyme, Ct., July 29, 1837, son of
Henry B. and Mandana (Merriss); and died as the result
of a fall Essex, Ct., May 26, 1915, aet. 78. He left his
father's farm in 1859 to enter the carriage and mercantile
business in Lyme, where continued until 1902, when he
retired and moved to Essex. Always active in public
affairs, he represented Lyme in the Connecticut General
Assembly in 1893, and in Essex was for three terms a
Selectman, He was Vice-President of the Essex National
Bank and a Trustee of the Essex Savings Bank. A thorough
gentleman and loyal friend, he held the respect and kindly
regard of all who knew him. Of keen intellect and de-
cided views, he was nevertheless possessed of broad sym-
pathies. With a discriminating appreciation of literature,
he familiarized himself with what is best in that Held.
Though of severe manner at times, there was in his nature
a vein of delightful humor and sentiment and shrewd
philosophy. He was a man of forceful and unique per-
sonality. Mrs. Reynolds, to whom he was married in 1859,
survives him. He leaves five sons: Hayden L. of Lyme;
Alden H., of Essex; Wilson S., of Middletown; Carl Schurz,
of Waterford; and Louis E., of New York. He leaves also
three daughters: Mrs. Charles I^. Reynolds of ICssex; Mrs.
F. L. Drury of Wetherslleld; Mrs. H. L. Hayden of i:iling-
ton, — also seventeen grandchildren and nine greatgrand-
children. Two brothers and a sister of Mr. Reynolil>
survive: Wilson C, of E. Haddam; Giles L., of Philadelphia;
and Mrs. E. A. Ely of New Britain. Ct.
El'.ANK BTFELNGTON: of liu- i'diode Island line of iU-ync.lds'
was born July 8, 18 IC), in Fall River, >hiss., son of Oliver
and i:iizabeth .M. Hiillinlon. He died there unmarried. Mar.
18, 191(). only a few days after I he deatli of his brother
Waldo. As a xoung man he taught sihool but early tt)ok up
the study of lloriculturc, his life-work. Being a traveller as
well as a large imixirler of seeds, |)lants, and bulbs, he
gained an exti-nded accpiaintance over the entire world.
His gitfiiliinises were lillcd with rare and cnslly i)!aiils
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from all sections of the world, many of which are to be
seen only in their native lands. He was a man of sincere
but mellow, genial character, a splendid type of the New
England gentleman. His attendance at Reynolds Family
Reunions was always to be remembered because of his
popularity there. He was modest, sympathetic, retiring,
and tender-hearted, — a devoted brother and faithful friend.
His exquisitely beautiful character developed with his be-
loved flowers and gave blessing equally charming to all
who came into contact with him. The surviving relatives
are a sister. Miss Mary E., and a nephew and niece, William
H., and Mrs. Annie E. Ferguson.
MRS. GEORGE FRANKLIN REYNOLDS: whose husband is of
9th generation of Robert Reynolds line, was born Win-
throp. Me., Aug. 7, 1855, daughter of John and Julia (Hans-
come) Wood; married Dec. 5, 1882; died, Marshfleld,
Oregon, Oct. 5, 1914, Bright's Disease. She was reared in
Caribou, Me., and with her family always lived there until
December, 1906, when the entire family migrated to Coos
Bay, Oregon, where Mr. Reynolds engaged in lumbering.
During Mr. Reynolds' six annual trips to Anvil Creek,
Alaska, during 1900-06, she had the responsibility of a
large farm and family upon her hands. She was a de-
voted Methodist and a member of the Eastern Star, — a
noble woman, one who loved her family and received in
return the love and adoration of each child. She was a
kind neighbor, a constant worker for the cause of right,
and took great pleasure in doing things to make others
happy. She leaves her husband, and sons: Harland and
Burleigh of Clackamas, Ore.; and John, Arthur, and Harold
of North Bend, Ore.; and daughters: Mrs. Perry Dodson of
Wedderburn, Ore.; and Mrs. Clarence Johnson and Flor-
ence Reynolds of Clackamas, Ore.
MRS. HENRY F. REYNOLDS: (Nee Lorinda Edwards) whose
husband was a descendant of John and Annie Holbrook
Reynolds of Weymouth (see p. 13, 1902 Report), was born
Hadley, Mass., Sept. 17, 1821, daughter of David and Lorinda
Edwards, — a descendant of the noted Jonathan Edwards of
Puritan fame. She died Dec. 28, 1915, at Reynolds bridge,
Ct., aged 94 years. She married in Thomaston 1844, Sept.
24, to Henry Foote Reynolds, son of Russell and Mary
(Caster) Reynolds. She was a woman of strong person-
ality, always taking an interest in the development of Rey-
nolds Bridge, Ct. Of strong character, a devoted attendant
at her church, her kindness and benevolent spirit will long
be remembered. She leaves two brothers and a daughter,
Mrs. C. F. Williams of Reynolds Bridge, Ct.
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HENRY E. REYNOLDS: See page 32, and engraving herein.
JUDGE JOHN POST REYNOLDS, Ph. B., 8th generation, Robert
Reynolds' descendants, youngest child of Samuel G. and
Catherine A, (Hamlin) Reynolds, was born March 17, 185(t,
Bristol, R. L, where he died December 8, 1915. (For his
picture and a brief account of his career see R. F. A. 1915
Report, page 33.), His love and unceasing, unselfish, de-
votion to his family; his dignity and purity of mind, that
spurned the improper and the unfit; his bouyance, which
sometimes brought the
highway of hope to the
very door of the des-
])airing; his service, so
helpful, so noble and
beautiful, have conse-
crated his memory eter-
nally in the hearts of
the many who knew
him. AH kinsmen of
his, however distant,
ought to feel a tleep
gratitude to him, for
over a period of thirty
years his careful re-
searches into family his-
tory built the ground-
work for a history of
the many many thou-
sands of descendants of Robert Reynolds, 1632. He was a
devout and most .spiritual Churchman. The fact that he
never was absent from a meeting of the School Connnittee
during the 31 years of his service as Sui)erinten<lent of
Schools u|) to the time of his last illness, speaks volumes
for his interest and faithfulness in the work of education.
His rector said (jf him: "lie was a great optimist; was very
kind and gentle, and is said to have been the very paragon
of justice and fair-mindedness in his public life." His
eldest daughter, i:iizabeth, died in 1909. He leaves behind
Mrs. Be.\nolds, and four daughters, Catherine .\rin (Mrs.
Henry dc W. .Mien); .Madeline; Mary; and Margaret,— all
of Bristol.
MBS. .lOSi-l'll G. Bi;V.\()l.l)S: (iieberca G. Tillinghast). of the
B. 1. Be\nolds line, who was born I'rovidenre. B. I., Oct.
7, 1S53, daughlei- Chas. \:. and Bebecca C. Tillinghast; who
married .1. G. Be\ tiolds. .Ian. 1. 1879. I'rovidenee; ilied at
Wickford. li. I.. Sept. L'((, BMC). I'.esides Mr. Be.\ nolds. she
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leaves children: Marion T., Stephen B., Joseph G. Jr. Mrs.
Reynolds was a fond and loving wife and a devoted mother,
MARTHA TINKER RAYNOLDS: wife of Rev. Geo. C. Raynolds,
D. D., who is of 8th generation from Robert Reynolds, was
born in Old Lyme, Ct., Dec. 7, 1839, daughter of Reuben and
Almira (Wade) Tinker, and died at Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia,
August 27th, 1915, a martyr to the cause of Turkish mis-
sionary service. In 1859 she graduated from Mt. Holyoke
Seminary and until 1869 she taught in seminaries in Indiana
and Illinois. August 31, 1869, she married Dr. Raynolds,
then a practicing physician in Chicago. Eleven days later
they sailed for mission service in Syria, but shortly they
established a station on Lake Van, near Mt. Ararat, in the
interior of Turkey, where for 47 years she bravely bore
the burden of the Armenian people's sufferings, lived with
them through pestilence, wars, famines, massacres, and
always sympathized keenly with them in their sorrows.
When the European War broke out in 1914, Dr. Raynolds
was on a visit to America, organizing means for a college
in Van. From April, 1915, until the time of Mrs. Raynolds'
death the little Mission station was the centre of a bloody,
brutal siege by Turkish chieftains, mad with the lust to
slaughter the helpless Armenians. Several of Mrs. Ray-
nolds' American associates were taken with the typhus, the
Armenians were butchered in thousands about the mission
compound, and the Mission itself shelled, and its inmates
many times threatened with a cruel death. At the end of
July, 1915, the approach of the victorious Russian army
made possible the escape of the harrassed missionaries and
a few Armenians from the vicious Turks who began to
withdraw. In the flight of the small American staff in two
rude carts supplied them by Countess Tolstoi's Red Cross
toward Tiflis, the refugees were again assaulted by Kurd
bandits, and in trying to give help to one of her party Mrs.
Raynolds was run over by a cart and her leg broken. Once
in a private hospital in Tiflis, Mrs. Raynolds seemed to be
suffering from a collapse of her whole system, and she
died only two days before Dr. Raynolds reached Tiflis.
The responsibilities and cares in the face of the atrocities
and horrors of those last four months in Van had been too
great. She lies buried in a little German Lutheran ceme-
tery in Tiflis. A little memorial booklet has been pub-
lished which can be had upon application to the A. B. C. F.
M., 14 Beacon St., Boston.
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31
NATHAN REYNOLDS: 9th generation, Robert Reynolds line,
was born September 29, 1859, Canton, Me., son of Nathan
Perry and Florrie (Staples) Reynolds. He died Canton,
Me., Sept. 13, 1910, aet. 56, of heart trouble. He married
Sarah Emily Mitchell, at Canton, Dec. 22, 1883, and, besides
his wife, leaves one son,
James Alton Reynolds.
Upon finishing Hebron
Academy, as a youth, he
studied pharmacy in his
uncle Orlando Hayford's,
shop, whom he succeeded,
and which shop Nathan
Reynolds conducted for
over 38 years. He was
prominent in town affairs
and held offices of trust and
responsibility, and was at
one time town clerk and
post master. He was a
worthy citizen; a kind, thoughtful friend; and a man of
sunny, genial, generous good-nature. He was interested
in the history of his family and left to his son a good many
old relics and heirlooms of older generations of his family.
Mrs. Emily Mitchell Reynolds is of Standish-Alden May-
flower descent.
WALLACI-: EVERETT HUTCHINSON: husband of Nellie Howe
Reynolds of the Robert line, whom he married in Canton,
Me., April 25, 1880. He was born April 25, 1857, son of
Luther and Julia (Winter) Hutchinson, of Carthage, Me.,
and died Canton, Me., Nov. 2, 1915. At various times he
lived in (Canton, Dixlield, and Carthage, Me. He spent his
last years on the old farm which Daniel Reynolds cleared
and settled in Canton, Me., a hundred years before. He
was a i)o|)iil;ir man, — hardworking, conscientious, and
loyal,— intciiscl\ devoted to his family, and always a
Iriiiid of tilt- imforliuiatf. Resides Mrs. Hutchinson of
(iauton. Me., he leavi-s ciiildreii: Ethel, with hei* mother;
Sybil J.. (.Mrs. A. Vinton Rridge) of Canton; I la/el V. (Mrs.
l-"rc(i II. Hasselt) of Canton.
WILLIAM Hi:VN()LI)S: 9lli gtiicralioii, Itohert Heyiiol.ls' de-
scendanls, was horn in .Maiblehead, Mass., .Ian. 2."), 1S7L
the oldest child of William and lili/.abeth lllli-n (.Magouu)
l>f\ Holds. He (lied in Mai-|)lehead, .Se|)teinber 5, 1915, un-
iiiaiiicd, act. II. .MIcr linishing school was a clerk of
Moston Towhoat Conipan> ; then hi' remained with the
<>ld ColoiiN rrnsi CoMi|):in\ of lioston until ill health
32 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TION
forced him to retire a year before his death. He was a
great student and had a speaking acquaintance with Span-
ish and made several trips to Cuba. He is survived by
his mother and a brother Joel W., of Marblehead; and
sisters: Mrs. Wm. E. Smith and Mrs. Henry A. Goodwin of
Marblehead.
* * *
HENRY E. REYNOLDS; Xth generation Robert Reynolds of
Roston Line. Rorn Randolph, Mass., Dec. 8, 1867, son of
William F. and Mary Etta (Mann) Reynolds, d. Rraintree,
Mass., March 31, 1917, heart failure. He was educated in
Randolph and in Farmington, Me., and when 19 became
a car conductor for the Rrockton Street Railway Co., in 2
months he was promoted to the offices, and at the close
of 17 years' service he was the company's Treasurer.
Under a reorganization he became division superintendent;
purchasing agent; and eventually assistant general man-
ager of the Ray State Street Railway Co. Two years ago
he represented his company on the board appointed to
settle the question of increased wages. Lately he had
been working very hard in connection with the movement
of the National Guard. President Sullivan of his Company
said of him: "He was a most capable and efficient official
and won and held the confidence of everyone associated
with him. His generosity, integrity and lovableness had
endeared him to every member of the organization. * * *
No words that I can command can express my own sense
of personal loss." He leaves his wife, who was Miss Carrie
Elizabeth Morse, b. Canton, Mass. .lun. 3, 1867, dau. Wm.
H. and Fannie (Rlaney) Morse, married Sept. 14, 1887,
Rrockton. He leaves also five brothers, Herbert F., Weldon
H., Orrin E., Howard S., and Wallace S.
(His picture appears in this Report.)
^ *Tfi *^
MRS. CURTIS H. GALRRAITH: (nee, Louise Mary Reynolds)
Tenth generation Robert Line, was b. Canton, Me., June
24, 1875, dau. James S. and Julia M. (Goddard) Reynolds;
d. August 16, 1916. She attended the University of Minne-
sota one year. March 31, 1902, m. C. H. Galbraith, whom
she leaves with three children: Dorothy, James, and Rey-
nolds, whose home is in Minneapolis, Minn.
Part (i[mo — ^hhttsBtB
Delivered at the Twenty-fifth Anniversary of the
Reynolds Family Association.
Joseph G. Reynolds, Esq., of Wickford, Toastmaster.
ToASTMASTEK. Dear Kinsmen and Ladies: I welcome you
one and all to this little New England village, where so many
of the Reynolds family have lived and died. I am not the
Mayor of the city, but I assure you a cordial welcome, and as
a citizen I invite you to inspect our library building and the
old church building, which is said to be the oldest Episcopal
church north of Virginia.
Last evening when our President told me he wanted me
to act as Toastmaster, I suspected he had canvassed the field
thoroughly and could get no one else to serve, and so he asked
me (laughter). However, I have the promise of some of our
members and guests that they will do all the speech-making,
and I am only to introuduce them.
It gives me great pleasure to introduce as our first speaker,
the Rev. Charles Newton Ransom, who has traveled extensively,
and has since 1890 been a missionary in South Africa. He will
tell us some of his experiences, and I am sure it will be inter-
esting to us all. (applause).
't^ H* ***
Rkv. Chaules N. Raxsom. Dear Kinsmen: This is my first
meeting of this kind, and so it is a red letter day. A Zulu,
when he begins to speak, says, "A ngi namazwi amaningi," and
then we know he may talk for twcj hours, straight. So that is
my training, you see.
When Lord Ralmerston went down to Yorkshire to speak.
after the Reform Rill had been carried, those lusty farmers
were disturbed by his size, and said, "What, he carry the Re-
foiiii liillV" Sydney Smith said to them, '*(), he was a large
man, but the labors of the Reform Rill shrunk him." I have
not the stature worthy of this distinguisluMi coiupanN and,
alas! have no Sydney Sinilli to apologize for the defect. Rut
it is a pleasure to be with such an enthusiastic gathering. I
believe in cultivating the tribal spirit when it can be done in
an unseWish way. The (|uaint .leri'iiiy Ta\ lor says. "He that
boasleth of his ancestors doth but confess that he himself is
of inferior pails." I veiitun- to boast, and. therefore confess
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the inferiority. David said, "I will make my boast in the Lord."
Here we are on safe ground, and can, as a family in Him, try
to work out the magnificent plans of God.
If I should give any heading to my little talk, it might be,
"The Reynolds' at the Rim"
Today Rhode Island is our family hub — next year, New
York. I thought it might be interesting to run along some of
the spokes to the circumference. Some of our Puritan ances-
tors while grubbing and scrubbing on these New England
farms caught the World Vision, and though they never passed
the confines of their own stone walls, their children's children
struck for the regions beyond. One of these was Mary Ray-
nolds, a daughter of Samuel Raynolds of Somers, Ct. (In Col-
lege days wx used to sing "On Somers mountain there did
dwell," etc. Do you know the song?) She was an extra-
ordinary woman, and one of the most notable members of our
branch of the family. She was, I believe, the first unmarried
lady to go from this country as a missionary to Turkey. She
went in 1829. The journey was perilous. Pirates infested the
Mediterranean Sea. Our heroine's ship ran into a terrific
storm in the Aegean Sea, and the Captain gave up hope. The
little mission band (with whom I believe was Stephen Rrewer,
afterwards father of the Chief Justice of the U. S. Supreme
Court) gathered in the cabin, and quietly read the 46th psalm,
"God is our Refuge and Strength, a very present Help in
trouble." The Captain came down to this little cabin with
its calm, caught the note of confidence and cheer, and returned
with courage to the wheel. They outrode the storm. This
kinswoman's life is worthy of a book, though her husband's
autobiography (foot note) gives something of it. I used to sit
at her feet for hours till she would perhaps say, "Get up Cousin
Charles, and go to your necessary work."
When teaching her missionary school in Smyrna the plague
killed so many the streets were full of dead bodies. But she
continued her school, undauntedly walking over the dead, re-
peating to herself Watts' hymn, "I'll go and come, Nor fear to
die. Till from on high. Thou call me home."
Her love story is very interesting. At the beginning of the
19th Century the Czar of Russia brought a number of German
Colonists to help build up Odessa on the Black Sea. A son
of one of these Colonists was William G. Schaufiler. He was
musical, fond of languages, of which he learned more than
twenty. He was converted when a young man and came to
this country, studied several years, and returned to engagfe
Autoljiography of Wm. G. Schauffler. Edited by his sons, 1887. New York.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCJATION 35
in Christian worlc in the East. While hving in Constantinople
he visited Smyrna, saw Miss Raynolds, fell in love, but was
not in a position to marry. After his return to Constantinople
he heard Miss Raynolds was leaving for America, and sent a
proposal of marriage. She accepted, but in his absent-minded
devotion to study he pocketed the reply unopened, and thereby
nearly lost the prize. They were married, however, and spent
over fifty years in wonderful missionary service in Constanti-
nople.
Now let us see the vital connection of rim and hub — see
how Home and Foreign Missions work back and forth like :i
shuttle. Their eldest son, Henry, was at one time Instructor
in Robert College, then missionary to Austria, then providen-
tially detained in the U. S. he labored for our great foreign
population, especially the Bohemians and Poles, going, as he
playfully said, from Pole to Pole, and in time, some of these
foreigners, trained on American soil, went back to the old
world with the message of light. Another son of Mrs. Schauf-
fler helped fight our battle for the freedom of the slaves, and
then became a distinquished physician of Kansas City. An-
other occupied an important position in educational work, in
New York City, and a fourth won world-wide fame in Sunday
School work. In the third generation a son of Henry (Dr.
W. G. S.) was for a time a medical missionary in Syria, and
is at present a physician of repute in N. J., and attached to the
Governor's staff. One of Henry's (huighters went as a mission-
ary to Persia, and after the tragic nuirder of her husband re-
turned to this country only to do perhaps a greater work
among the foreigners in New Britian, Ct., and is at present on
the professional staff of Hartford Theological Seminary, the
"School of Missions" department. The hub, the rim — the rim,
the hub.
We are all proudly thankful for our brave kinsman, Rev.
G. C. Raynolds, I). I)., of Asia Minor. Forty-seven years ago,
as you know, he went to Eastern 'i'urkey, soon founding a new
Mission in Van, among the Armenians. Since he met witii you
here he started to return to Van, and reached Tillis, Russia,
only in time for the funeral of his brave and devoted wife.
Once more he came to this country, and this last winter has
been studying Turkish that on his return to Asia he might
help not only his beloved Arnienians, but tiieir bitter, cruel
l)ersecutors the Turks.
His sister, i".iiiil.\ I'. I'«:i\ iinlds, iiiariit'd thai saintl.\ mission-
ary, Simeon II. ( '.iiIIkhiii, iiihI siniit nearly foi-ty years in mis-
sionary servicf on Ml. i.thiiiioii, S.\ria, and the last lifteen
l)eautiful years oi \\v\- iil'c with her daughler, my l)elo\o(l wife,
in .\frica.
.M\ own inttrtsi in missionary woi-k l)egan as fai' back
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as the days of my grandmother, a sister of Mrs. SchaufHer.
Her love for Livingstone and Africa was the beginning of mine.
She was one of the lovliest women I have known. She culti-
vated the family ties, and would have been delighted to attend
this reunion. With such connections, and a mother of the most
devoted and sympathetic type, no wonder I became a mission-
ary.
With my "Bride of Lebanon" I began work among the
Zulas in Natal, So. Africa, in 1890. (Here Mr. Ransom gave ex-
planations of photographs from Natal on the wall, transcript
of which is not rendered because it v»ould not be clear without
the pictures).
In describing the Zulu language Mr. Ransom said: The
Zulus had no written language when the first missionaries
arrived. Their beautiful language was capable of expressing
almost any thought or emotion, was rich in inflection, in
musical concord, but without a sign. You can imagine what
years of labor were necessary to reduce it to writing. Now
thousands of volumes in Zulu are sold every year. I want to
introduce you to the language because we are going to have
a Raynolds celebration in So. Africa, and you should be some-
what at home in this tongue of the South land, and should
begin to save money for the trip. My theory is to teach the
hardest thing first. Let us begin our practice on the clicks.
Ca ce ci co cu cicoria, cicoria, cwi je li co cum.
qa qe qi qo qu qiqoria, qiqoria, qwi je li cjo (jum.
xa xe xi xo xu xixoria, xixoria, zwi ze li cjo qum.
The language is not all as hard as these clicks. Let me
recite the 23rd Psalm, "UJehova u ngumalusi wami, a ngi yi
ku swela." It is not strange that a people with such a beauti-
ful language should be a people with character. They belong
to the great Bantu family and are materially difTerentiated
from the negro. The Bushmen were the aborigines, the Hot-
tentots, now nearly extinct or absorbed, followed and then
came the great Bantu family of which the Zulus are one of the
most virile representatives.
There are three stiff factors in the battle between Chris-
tianity and heathenism in So. Africa, — polygamy, drink, witch-
craft. One chief of my acquaintance has 34 wives. The sys-
tem grows more and more pernicious. The white man's drink
added to their own drinking customs is damning. Just before
we left the field we felt afresh the horror of witchcraft. A
family in Zululand was losing children, perhaps because of un-
sanitary conditions. They called in the witch doctor to point
out the author of the trouble. When this was done, after va-
rious rites and incantations, two women of the kraal crept up
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 37
in the night to a neighbor's kraal, set fire to one hut, and every
occupant of that hut was burned to death. These poor ignor-
ant women were arrested, put in the Durban jail, tried, found
guilty, and condemned to be hung. Our Durban missionary, at
that time Mr. Bridgman, took the Gospel message to these
prisoners. With astonishing receptivity they opened their
hearts to Jesus. When the time came to go to the scafTold,
though they were leaving life with all its sweetness, leaving
little babes behind, they went with courage and hope born
from above, that amazed the executioner. He had "never seen
it on this fashion."
This race has great possibilities. They are a bigger asset
than all the gold of the land.
I remember watching a little Zulu boy cutting grass to earn
a Bible. He worked 70 hours for that -prize. He w^ent through
our schools and then, hungry for more, earned his way to the
Cape, to England, to America. He took four years study at
Mt. Hermon, four years at Columbia University, where he grad-
uated with honors, was the path-breaker of his nation at Ox-
ford University, where he studied law for three years, then
went to Holland to study Dutch law and is now a barrister at
law in Johannesburg So. Africa, and one of the leaders of the
nation.
The battle with heathenism has been a stiff one. Chiefs
ridiculed (Christianity and contended against it. It took ten
long laborious years to win one convert, but at our 75th
anniversary, just before our return, there were reported about
6000 native church members in our little mission, and 60,000
in all Natal, with a Christian constituency of about 200,000.
The stiffest battle today is not with heathenism, but with the
godless white man who is there to exploit the black man.
When we went to So. Africa, Johannesburg was a babe
only four years old. Today, with its outlying districts, it is
a city of 500,000 with its electric lights, trolleys, luxuries, and
its mines pouring out $15,000,000 a month: but even a So. Afri-
can politician has called Johannesburg a "I'niversity of Crime."
Nevertheless a constructive missionary work is going on. Our
mission has in this city 0 chapels, ranging in cost from $2,700
to $250 each. Five of these buildings, including the largest,
were entirely paid foi- l)> native contributions. In 29 com-
pounds are grou|)s, from 1.") lo OO >oung nieii, who meet for
worship. I'llementaiN scliools arc carrie<l on. A native by the
name of l-\-/i foinui tiie i.did in our .lohaiinesburg mission,
went lo his lu'athen hoini', oiif of the darkest I'egioiis, bi-ought
Ills hrotlu r Tobi, to tiie Master, and together tlu'N worked with-
f)Ut |)a.\ oi- hacking, for C.luisl. Mi'. I'>ri<igiiian when visiting
tlifir (hstrici, KK) inili's Iroiii .IoIkiii in'shiir.i;, t'ouiui as a n-siiit
38 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
of their efforts, five chapels, the extremes being 80 miles apart.
I congratulate you, my kinsmen, that you have represen-
tatives on the rim. I plead for more. I plead for the handi-
capped peoples. Our own advanced position is absolutely con-
ditional on what we do for these less favored. "Inasmuch as
ye have done ... to the least" is a principle of judgment. I
plead for more earnest prayer, for a bigger share in the work,
for an intelligent, sustained, enthusiastic support of Foreign
Missions, as well as of every enterprise for the less favored
at Home.
Thank you for your long suffering patience which is, I
suppose, one of the greatest virtues of the Reynolds Family.
* ♦ *
ToASTMASTER. Of coursc no comment can be made on the
address the speaker has just given us. It now gives us pleasure
to listen to our President, Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, (applause).
UocTOR W. Myron Eeynolds. Mr. Toastmasfcr, and members of
the Reynolds family: I have no doubt that th& stenographer has
taken down the speech of Rev. Mr. Ransom verbatim, and when
this South African language (he has given us such an interest-
ing example of) is printed in our Annual Report, it will make
very interesting reading, (laughter)
I took the precaution, several weeks ago, to invite ten after
dinner speakers, whom we have seldom heard at our banquets,
and who could be relied upon to make these post-prandial ex-
ercises interesting.
One of the ten invited, has responded most acceptably; but
where are the nine?
A distinguished writer has challenged the world by asking,
"What's in a name?" Every member of this Association, with
pardonable family pride, should be able to answ^er that ques-
tion without deliberation. In fact, the question was answered
more than two thousand years ago, as we read in the Book of
Proverbs: "A good name is rather to be chosen than great
riches." It should therefore, be to each of us a lifelong grati-
fication to be born with the good name of Reynolds, and the
members of this family cannot prize too highly their preroga-
tive, which others less fortunate have been eager to share.
A dear lady of excellent family, and with clear descern-
ment, confided to me that the greatest honor she had ever re-
ceived in her whole life, was when a Reynolds proposed to her.
With a woman's keen perception she choose the name Rey-
nolds, rather than the endowment of great riches.
Honor, is the other thing needful to be added to the good
name we have inherited; and I am happy to say I have never
known dishonor, to be imputed to any member of the Rey-
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCLVTION 39
nolds Family Association, and I consider it a great pleasure
to be present with so many of our members on the Silver Anni-
versary of this Association.
I suppose it is known to many of us, that the different
branches of the Reynolds family have been found in nearly
every branch of business, and in all the leading professions —
in the editorial chair, on the farm, in banking, in fine arts, and
in manufacturing. The finest bristol-board that has ever been
produced, used by artists throughout the world, is the Rey-
nolds Extra Superior Board, manufactured by one of our kin.
Milton Reynolds, was at one time Editor of a St. Louis daily
paper. Passing a prominent church in that city while a funeral
was in progress, with a newspaper man's keen sense of news-
getting, he went into the church to get an item for his paper.
Learning from the sexton the name of the deceased, whom he
recognized as one who had amassed a large fortune by ques-
tionable methods; he thought he would learn the cause of the
man's death, and asked the sexton briefly, "what complaint?"
The sexton, knowing the man's unsavory life, replied, "No com-
plaint, everybody is satisfied." (laughter)
One of our kinsmen, Mr. Joseph T. Richards, a member of
this Association, has been connected with the Pennslyvania
Railroad for forty-six years, and for the past thirty years, the
Chief Engineer of that great corporation. Had he not been
comi)elled to go away for a much needed rest, we would have
had an interesting paper from his pen for this occasion, but
that is i)romised us for another meeting.
It was a Reynolds, from the Green Mountain State, with
an iron frame and nerves of steel, who secured many of the
rights of way, for building the Delaware & Hudson Railroad,
and for more than a (juarter of a century was a trusted em-
ployee of that corporation.
He directed the surveys for a large part of the roadway,
hiid out and constructed the bridges along most of the line,
ordered tiie supplies at will, employed and discharged the
workmen. When one of Iheni puzzled and bafiled over a plan
or working drawing, which his untrained mind could not com-
pass, his modest answer to the workman was, "I never ask
anyone in my employ to do what 1 cannot do myself." .\nd
the workman's unskilled mind was enlightened, and his un-
trained hand was made lo (\(t the task, l)y llu' master work-
iiKiii |iiii iitiiiL; out a (Inc. lo i^niilc tlu- mind and h;iii(l ari.uht.
The crowning work of his l)iis\ lifi-, which was brought
about from his many years of practical i-xpi'rience in laying
dilliciilt f()nnd;iliiiiis and bridge hnilding. was assisting in plan-
40 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
ning and constructing the foundations of the Brooklyn Bridge,
the first of the gigantic structures to span the East River, after
he was seventy years old.
The foundation work was commenced in 1877, and the
bridge was opened for traffic in 1883. During its construction,
it was predicted by many that this structure was an extrava-
gant waste of money, and would end a total failure. But this
far-seeing old man, who lacked only the good fortune of youth,
persisted it would be a success from the day it was finished,
would "carry millions of people annually;" and the actual fig-
ures have proven the trafiic far beyond his prediction.
I well remember, as a young physician, advising against
his undertaking this gigantic work at his advanced age, but
he persisted, with the remark, "I'm only a boy when it in-
volves work." Then with his inflexible determination he un-
dertook this difficult engineering task which was to extend
over a period of years. During this time it was his modest
boast that five o'clock in the morning seldom found him in bed.
Some of the foundation stones of the bridge, brought from his
native state, were laid on the solid bed rock, more than one
hundred feet below the surface of the river. After the founda-
tions were completed, and the massive granite pillars reared
on each side of the river, two wire cables were stretched across
the river from the top of these pillars. On these cables were
laid a row of planks, six feet long and about a foot apart, cor-
responding with the ties on a railroad. Near each end of the
planks, rising about three feet above them, ran a small wire
cable stretched from shore to shore, between the two granite
pillars, for a guide or hand rail, to protect the workmen while
passing over the temporary planking.
It was my privilege to have been invited by this old man
to cross this temporary structure among the first, except the
workmen, to have ventured across. And I shall never forget
the words of caution given me by this grand old man, before I
started to cross the perilous path he had crossed only the day
before. As he placed his hand on my arm, he said: "Doctor,
don't look dowm, for the swaying foot path under your feet,
and the shifting current below% will bewilder and make you
dizzy; look straight ahead, and you'll cross over all I'ight." I
have never forgotten those words of caution and have always
endeavored in times of danger ever since, to follow that old
man's advice and, "look straight ahead."
While recalling this incident of years ago, I desire to place
on our records the crowning work of W. W. Reynolds, one of
our kin, and to say in commemoration of his final achievement:
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCJATIOX 41
An aged kinsman, along life's way,
Came at even-tide, quite cold and gray,
To a chasm that was deep and wide.
This man crossed in the twilight dim,
For a turbulent stream had no fear for him;
But he paused when safe on the other side
To plan a bridge that would span the tide.
"Sire," said a young friend standing near,
"Why waste your strength in building here?
Your journey will end with the ebbing tide,
Why plan to built at your even-tide?"
The venerable man shook his silvery head,
"Young friend, o'er the path I've come," he said,
"Other kinsmen will follow me after to-day.
Some youth must surely pass this way.
This chasm, while safely crossed by me.
To a younger man may a pitfall be.
He, too, must cross in the twilight dim —
My friend, I'll build this bridge for him." (applause)
^ M- ^
ToASTMASTER. W'B havc our kinsman, Mr. John F. Reynolds,
with us, and we will be glad to hear from him. (applause)
Mr. John F. Reynolds. Mr. Toastmastcr. and members of the
Association: Speaking of this meeting to-day and the people,
that we are gathered together here to honor, I was wondering
whether any records that we would leave would be as interest-
ing as those we are endeavoring to look up. It is diflicult to
iind just what family each of us belongs to. A good many have
children (jf the name and unless the records are very complete
you are apt to find persons of the same name belonging to dif-
ferent families. And while this Association has some fairly
complete records, if those now alive would see that their
records were as complete as possible perhaps the people would
not have as much trouble as we have had. And then I think
that some of the older ones can give us a lot of information
and if the records do not beai- them out in all detail some of it
might 1)1' of great hel|> to us.
When I was in California ii-centl.N I met a Mr. Clareme
(iardner. His mother was a IU-.\n(ilds. I told him of this
Association and he was \vv\ iiuicli interi'sled. .\b()ut a week
ago I received a letter tr him s:i\ing he expecli-d to comi'
to Rhode Island for his l;ist trip and hoped to gel hen- for this
iJciinioii. hill l:itcr caiiic :iiiollici' Ifllcr s;i\ing he was no! able
42 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
to make the trip. I think when we meet people like this if we
would talk to them and make these little notes and memoranda
it would help to clear away many difficult points for us. (ap-
plause)
* * *
ToASTMASTER. We have a number of Marion Reynolds' who
belong to our Association. Most of these we speak of as our
sisters, or our nieces, etc. But the one that I would call upon
next is neither a niece nor a sister, but a live man. We would
be pleased to hear from our Recording Secretary, (applause)
Marion H. Reynolds. Mr. Toasf master, Kiiisiiicii: There are
present here this afternoon five persons of the name of Marion
Reynolds. Four of them are perfect ladies; of the fifth, I am
moved to remark that the male of the species is not celebrated
for post-prandial brilliance. The skillful and privileged hand
of the Toastmaster, it seems, has dragged forth the least at-
tractive of the quintet from his place of refuge.
* * * To find something of interest to tell you, I must draw
from some of the genealogist's experiences that have occupied
all of my leisure time and the best of my attention and energy
for the past three years, in gathering the necessarily vast store
of dates and anecdotes for my DESCENDANTS OF ROBERT
REYNOLDS OF BOSTON.
Last fall I had occasion to visit the little mountain villiage
of Chester, Vermont, on a search for a lost Josiah Reynolds of
my line, who was born 1766. After a weary day in searching
old town and church, realty and probate, records; and in mak-
ing myself a pest to ancient citizens of the town, I was in-
formed by the postmistress that a Reynolds, a blacksmith, lived
eight miles over the mountain in another town. Well, I squan-
dered the last two hours of a cold day in plodding up and over
a muddy wearying big mountain, only to find, he was in no
way connected with the Reynolds I was in search of.
Reynolds' up there in Vermont, certainly live over the hills
and far away.' The next morning I trudged up another frosty,
glistening mountain-side to find another hoped-for descendant
of my lost Josiah. Again I was disappointed in that, but this
time I found a Mrs. Emma Reynolds, a very hospitable, genial,
and interesting old lady of seventy-eight years, who is the
widow, actually, of a man who fought 104 years ago in the War
of 1812. She and Captain Samuel Reynolds married many
years ago when they were about thirty-five and seventy-five,
respectively. Samuel lived to be over ninety years old, when
a fast freight train one day crashed into his carriage and
rushed him and the old horse he was driving out of this world.
Mrs. Reynolds, whose 1812 pension affords her a modest in-
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TIOX 43
dependence on her little Vermont farm, told me that her hus-
band was of the Christopher and Clarissa Reynolds (Provi-
dence) Line, and that he had once lived in Danielson, Connecti-
cut.
Many of my tribesmen think that ROBERT REYNOLDS
came from Devonshire, England. Sir Joshua Reynolds, the
famous painter, was born in Plympton, Devonshire, and one of
my kinsmen, a very estimable, successful business man, once
told me that when he was in London some years ago, while
visiting the National Gallery, he was struck with amazement
at the astonishing resemblance of a painting before him to the
face of his own brother. Extremely interested, he at once
made inquiry of an attendant, and was even more amazed to
learn that the painting was of Sir Joshua Reynolds, by him-
self. My kinsman, who was a better corporation president
than genealogist, then and there inclined to the idea that he
was a descendant of Sir Joshua. When he related this curious
coincidence to me and stated his conviction I fear I dis-
appointed him rather sharply by giving him two conclusive
reasons against it: In the first place, Sir Joshua was an ex-
emplary old bachelor; in the second, my friend's actual im-
migrant ancestor, Robert, came over to America a hundred
years before Sir Joshua was born.
Only a few weeks ago I took a few days off to run up to
Campobello in New Brunswick and to I-lastport and Lubec,
Maine, — where the tides come in twenty-five feet high, — to
trace the descendants of a wvy romantic, adventurous Captain
Nathaniel Reynolds, of Revolutionary times. Of this intrepid,
dashing, heroic man I shall have many interesting anecdotes
in my book, and I nuist not here anticipate a great deal of valu-
able biographical material. However, I cannot forbear telling
you a little story of this Captain's grandson, William Kilby
Reynolds, a brave engineer who built the first bridge to stay
built over the famous reversing falls at St. John, N. B. (see page
23 in this report,) William Kilby Reynolds was so sure of his
ikill that when the bridge was finished, he demanded an ox-
team and wagon, and loaded it with double the capacity load
ills bridge was designed to sustain, lie drove fearlessly out
i'p(tn the very middle of that span then jumped around to test
his stiiiclure. That briilge did service for sixty-three years,
wlicii it was ri'i)la(ed icciiith by a MKiri' modern one.
Part 5[l)r^e— MemberB
•ROBERT REYNOLDS OF BOSTON LINE
(1580?— 1659)
Rev. Charles N. Ransom
Mrs. Charles N. Ransom
James A. Bowman ...
Herschell A. Bowman - . .
Josiah Spalding Reynolds
Claude M. Griffet'h
Miss Mae Reynolds
Mrs. C. F. Gorham
Miss Edith E. Reynolds
Clarence Newton Reynolds, Ph. B.,A. M
Benjamin Bradford Reynolds
John SchaufTler Ransom
Orrin Lyle Reynolds, M. D.
Mrs. Alice Russell Reynolds
Charles Waugh Reynolds, M. D.
Miss Lotta Farrington
Miss Alice Southworth Reynolds -
Mrs. Walter S. Wyman
Byron Cony Hodgkins
Mrs. Nathan Reynolds
James Alton Reynolds . . . -
Everett E. Reynolds . - - .
Mrs. Frank E. Clark - . . -
Arthur Thomas Reynolds . . -
Hon. Roscoe Clinton Reynolds
Mrs. Orrie L. Hardy - - - -
Henry Reynolds, M. D. - - -
W. Emerson Reynolds . . . -
Hon. Edward C. Reynolds, LL. M, -
Henry J. Reynolds . . . -
Mrs. Henry Ransom . . . -
Mrs. John N. Webber . . . -
Thomas J. Reynolds, A. B. - - -
Miss Eva May Reynolds, A. B.
Frederick I. Reynolds . . - -
Jay Bird Reynolds ... -
J. Colby Rassett, A. M., LL. B.
Miss Madeline Reynolds . . -
- Natal. So. Africa
- Little Rock, Ark
_ » " '* "
- - - Oakland, Cal.
La Casada, Rcdlands. "
- Sherbrooke, P.Q., Canada
- St. John. N. B..
Mcridcn, Conn.
Middlctoim, "
- JVilniington, Del a.
- Chicago. III.
Covington, Ky.
- Augusta,
it
Me.
_ _ u
- Bangor,
a
- Canton,
»
_ _ ((
- Ft. Fairfield,
«
- Gardiner,
Lezviston,
((
Livcrnwre Falls,
"
Monmouth,
So. Portland,
"
- Ridlozvville.
"
Pembroke,
«
Watcrville,
«
Winslozi.
JViiithrop.
"
- At hoi, Mass.
Boston.
"
"Arranged alphabetically by states and towns.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
45
John Phillips Reynolds
John Reynolds . . - .
Mrs. Florrie Reynolds Carver
Howard Sidney Reynolds
Philip M. Reynolds, A. B.
Frank Sanford Reynolds
Frank W. Reynolds
fMarion H. Reynolds, A. B. Care of
Robert Duncan Reynolds
Ansel C. Reynolds
Mrs. Silas A. Swett
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Keyes
Bion F. Reynolds,
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, A. M.
Mrs Henry E. Reynolds
Weldon Howard Reynolds
Mrs. Win. Elliot Henry -
Mrs. Julia Reynolds Bartlett
Mrs. Helen Estelle Brown
Mrs. Carolyn E. Gardner
Miss Mary Elizabeth Reynolds
Frederic L. Reynolds,
Isaac X. lieynolds
Mrs. Laverne A. R. Johnson
Herbert V. Reynolds
Mrs. Frank White Reynolds
Miss Margaret R. Starratt
Wm. H. Reynolds
Mrs. Katherine Campbell Scott,
(Icorge A. Reynolds
Mrs. Audc'ila Hyatt
Mrs. Clare W. Chickerinf^
Miss Abbie W. Reynolds
Mrs. Abbie E. Reynolds Kelley
Ceorge (1. Reynolds, A. B., EE. B.
Mrs. Eucie lieynolds Sackett
Edward C. Reynolds
Rev. Adolph Frederick Scbaulller.
Miss Anna Vaughn Hyatt
(ieorge Spicer l'>c\ iiolds
Joshua Reynolds - - -
Mrs. Josluia IU-n iioids
Joshua Reynolds. Jr.
Mis. Chuciicc .lohnson
(ieorjie I'". lU-vnolds
Eincoln C. Reynolds
Mrs. I'erry Dodson
tLifr iiiciiilMi ship.
Boston, Mass.
the Harvard Club. "
Cambridge,
CampcUo,
Concord,
Brockton,
• - - Braintrcc,
Fitchburg,
Holyokc,
Lotvcll.
Jamaica Plain.
Marh/ehead.
Harvard Univ. Cambridge,
Montcllo.
Randolph.
Salcni,
IVinchcstcr,
Minneapolis, Minn.
./. Pittsfield. N. H.
Greenfield. " "
Princeton, N. .f.
Nciv York, N. v.
Amenta,
So. Amenia,
Brooklyn,
R, F. D.
D. I).
Dover Plains,
New York,
New York,
- Troy,
Clackamas. Oreg.
Cushman. "
- IVedderhitrn,
46
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Mrs. L. O. Phillips
George N. Reynolds . . -
Mrs. Helen Koues Reynolds
Francis B. Reynolds, D. D. S.
Mrs. Lucy Ashley Reynolds
C. H. Reynolds . . - -
Mrs. Fannie Greenwood Reynolds-
Mrs. Catherine Reynolds Allen
Miss Madeline Fleynolds
William N. Burgess
Mrs. William N. Burgess
Mrs. Alaria C. Gibson
Luther Cole . - - - -
Miss Alice Bradford Cole
Rev. George C. Raynolds, D. D.
Rev. William B. Reynolds
William B. Reynolds
Miss Stella May Buttertield -
- Harrisburg, Perm.
Lancaster, "
Gcnnaiifoz\.'u. Phila., "
Staie College, "
- Bristol, R. I.
- Warren. "
- _ " "
Fan, Turkcy-in-Asia.
Bethel, Vt.
Seattle, Wash.
West Somert'ille, Mass.
RHODE ISLAND LINE
Descendants of William of Providence; James,
Francis, or Henry of Kingstown, R. I., etc.
Merick Reynolds . . . .
Mrs. Edward B. Field . . -
John F. Reynolds . - -
Mrs. Carrie E. Reynolds
John Edgar Reynolds . . -
Miss Marion I. Reynolds
Miss Margaret A. Reynolds
Miss Ida E. Reynolds - Mansfield.
Miss Mary Geneva Rathbun
Miss Edith M. Rathbun
Mrs. Susan Reynolds Heath
Samuel Reynolds . - . -
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds
Miss Elizabeth Schee Reynolds
Miss Mary E. BufTmgton
Ralph W. Reynolds
Mrs. Minnie I. Reynolds
Stephen W. Reynolds
Joseph E. Reynolds
Mrs. Sarah Rixford Reynolds
Mrs. Vivian Reynolds Seymour
Charles Reynolds
Maurice F. Reynolds
Sheridan E. Gardiner, M. D.
- Los Angeles,
Hartford,
North Haven,
(Eagleville. P. 0.)
Mystic,
Norii.<ich Tozi'ii,
Putnam,
Wilmington,
Cat.
Conn.
Del.
Fall River, Mass.
- Boston,
Monson,
- Springfield,
Mt. Pleasant.
Mich.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
47
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe . _ .
Mrs. Maine Reynolds McGeorge
Mrs. Mary R. Foote
Frederick G. Reynolds
Renjaniin G. Reynolds
Mrs. Ellen Reynolds Wright
Mrs. Viola A. Rromley
Mrs. Anna F, Rippier . . -
James Adger Reynolds
George H. Reynolds . - .
Miss Helen R. Reynolds
Henry Suydam Reynolds, A. R., LL. R.
Mrs. Clarion R. Winslow
William T. Reynolds
Harris Smith Reynolds
Lucius P]. Weaver . . .
Ernest S. Reynolds
Harry C. Reynolds . _ .
Mrs. Adelaide Coltart Reynolds
Miss Adelaide C Reynolds
Alfred C. Wiliits . . . .
Mrs. Relle Reynolds Wiliits
John R. Congdon . . .
John F. Reynolds . . -
Mrs. l-llizabeth Reynolds Ricketts-
(^harles R. Reynolds
Mrs. Charles R. Reynolds
Joseph G. Reynolds
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds
Frank A. Reynolds
Mrs. Georgianna Pierce Cook
Henry S. Reynolds
Mrs. Lulu R. Reynolds Fowler
Miss Marion G. Reynolds
Mrs. Ruth Pierce Reynolds
Mrs. Isaht'lla .ludson l-^ssex liosworth
Miss Isal)ella lOssex Hosworth
Giles S. Congdon . . . .
Mrs. Lydia F. Vaughn
Wilber T. Reynolds
Miss Di Reynolds - - - -
John S. Revnoids - - - -
Siiinmit, N. J.
Trenton,
West Hoboken,
Albany, N.
Brooklyn,
_ _ a
- Kindcrhook,
- Nezv York,
- _ " '<
Poughkeepsie,
Rochester,
Agricultural College, No. Dak.
- Scranton, Pa.
- _ _ " a
Hohncsburg. Philadelphia. "
- Pittsburgh.
- Wilkes-Barrc. "
IVickford. R. I.
Westerly,
Providence,
Paz^'tuckct,
Davisville,
n
- Bristol.
I'.ast Greeiru'ich, "
'< « it
Berryvillc. I 'a.
Burlinqton, I't.
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
JOHN REYNOLDS OF WATERTOWN, MASS.
and Wethersfiekl, Conn.
(1612—1660)
Mrs. Myra Robbins McNabb
George A. Reynolds
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Reynolds
Frederick F. Street
Mrs. Mary A. Street
Frank van R. Reynolds
Miss Harriett L. Reynolds
Mrs. Lillian Reynolds Norton
tAlvah Reynolds . . _ .
tMrs. Amelia A. Remley
Milton H. Reynolds
Mrs. Lucile Reynolds Hall
Alvah L. Reynolds
Mrs. Alvah L. Reynolds
Arthur S. Kimball
Samuel R. Reynolds
Floyd C. Reynolds
Marcus T. Reynolds
Cuyler Reynolds . . . .
Kenneth Gray Reynolds
Harrah J. Reynolds
Mrs. M. E. Genung
Mrs. Jennie Glisan Gushing -
Mrs. Clara Reynolds Temple
Miss Amelia Todd - - - -
George W. Reynolds
Augustus R. Reynolds
James Rronson Reynolds
Mrs. Lauretta Hanford Chase
Mrs. Mary E. L. Smith -
Mrs. Mary Caswell
Mrs. Sarah Glisan Fenneman
J. W. Reynolds . - - -
Miss Celia M. Reynolds
Mrs. Emelette Reynolds Woodward-
Miss Bessie Marian Wooodward
Wasliiiii/toii. D. C.
Hartford, Conn.
- Grcciizi'ich,
Lakcvillc.
Altona, III.
- Gifford, "
- Boston, Mass.
Szi^'ampscott, "
Madison. N. J.
E. Orange, "
IVestivood, "
Owasso, Mich.
Albany, N. Y.
Batavia.
Brouxvillc,
Frcdonia,
Granville,
Cross River,
Mt. Kisko,
New York,
W. Henrietta, "
Cincinnati. Ohio.
Mansfield, "
Bennington, Vt.
j-Lifc membership.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
49
HENRY REYNOLDS OF CHICHESTER, PA.
(1655—1724)
Isaac Reynolds Hitt
Edward B. Raub . - -
Geo. W. T. Reynolds
Mrs. Delia Banks Sadtler
Joseph P. Reynolds
Mrs. Emilee Reynolds Tebbs
Miss O. Lula Wicks
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds
.leronie E. Brumfield
Miss Mary Brunilield
Edwin H. Reynolds
Mrs. A. Rausaville Fronie
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D.
Harry F. Reynolds
tMiss Sarah B. Reynolds
.Joseph T. Richards
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Thackara
Mrs. Mabel W. Reynolds Taney
Arthur T. Parke . - -
Mis. Margaret Reynolds Gorsline
Miss Olive V. Reynolds
Vincent G. Reynolds
Walter D. P.eynolds
.losc'ph B. P>eynolds
W. B. Seeman . - .
M. E. Chatley
William Lawrence Reynolds -
Miss Nell Reynolds
Miss Sarah Ann Re.\ noids
Mrs. Alice M. Stephen
IVashiiigfoii, D. C.
Indianapolis. Ind.
E. St. Louis, III.
Baltimore, Md.
- Color a,
Rising Sun,
Camden, N. J.
Newark, "
- Nczv York, N. Y.
Kingston, "
- Philadelphia. Penu.
Germantozcn. Phila.. "
- - - Media. "
- jr. Che.^tcr. "
Rcynold.^-villc.
Johnstoxvn. "
- Sii'arthmore, "
So. Bethlehem, "
Carlton.
.S'andy Lake. "
Pittsburg.
- Ilarrisburg. "
- Wheeling. W. J 'a.
Moundsviile. " "
* * *
.loii.N i;i:vN()Li)s oi" \vi:vM()i rii. mass.
and .Stonington, C(jnn.
(b. ab. lC)li5. (!.— )
Wilson ('. I'ic>ii()l(ls
Mrs. Mary Emma Bexnolds
Miss Gertrude 1'. lieyiKilds
Miss Elsie I?. I'ic\ riolds
llan\\ W. I'cNiinlds
.Mis. .\iircli;i I I. l!c\ iiolds
Mrs. Iloiii I. (ir;i\
/;. Iladdain. Conn.
I.edwtrd. *'
50
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean
Giles L. Reynolds - - -
Mrs. Belle W. Reynolds
Miss Fannie D. Holmes
Prescott D. Reynolds
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds
tCapt. S. Walter Reynolds
Clarence G. Reynolds
Mrs. Alice B. Penfield
Howard I. Reynolds
Mrs. Ethel M. Reynolds
Howard Reynolds - - -
Wilbur A. Reynolds, I), I). S.
A^civ London.
Westerly, R. I.
Providence, "
a <f
Pinckneyvillc, III.
- Boston, Mass.
Warren,
- Roslyn, Penn.
a (I
New York. N. Y.
boston, Mass.
MISCELLANEOUS
(or Reynolds ancestry undetermined)
Captain William E. Reynolds
Hon. Marcus Reynolds - - -
Mrs. Marcus Reynolds . . _
William Herbert Reynolds, U. S. N.-
Mrs. Elizabeth Noonan Reynolds -
Miss Bettie Reynolds . _ .
Miss Clara J. Reynolds -
George B. Reynolds, M. D.
Wiley R. Reynolds . . -
Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds
Herbert B. Reynolds - . -
Mme. Albertinc de Diaz
Thomas A. Reynolds
John Jay Reynolds
Frederick Gedney Reynolds -
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D.
Myron Reynolds . . - .
Oliver C. Reynolds
Charles W. Reynolds
Edgar U. Reynolds
Mrs. John T. Boddie
Myron Herbert Reynolds, M. D.
Mrs. Fannie Close Northup -
John Fewel Reynolds
Edgar M. Reynolds
Harry T. Reynolds
Baxter Reynolds _ - - .
Hon. John M. Reynolds
Mrs. Clara Hanson - - - ■
Mrs. Frank T, B. Reynolds -
Edwin Reynolds -
San Francisco, Cal.
- Bridgeport, Conn.
a it
- JVashington, D. C.
Rock Island, N. Y.
Jamaica Plain, Mass.
Baltimore, Md.
Jackson, Mich.
Kcyport, N. J.
- Nezv York. N. Y.
Petersburg. "
Yonkers. "
- Chicago, III.
St. Paul, Minn.
Asheville, N. C.
JVinston-Salem, "
Gennantoii'n, Phila, Penn.
- Philadelphia, "
- Philadelphia, "
Bedford,
Roosevelt, Utah.
Keyport, N. J.
- Providence, R. I.
THE LATE HENRY E. REYNOLDS
^art 3[our
HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL COLLECTIONS
1916
T. Our Honor Roll in the Revolutionary War — Reynolds'
who fought for our Indejjcndence,
by Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.
II. Some notes on Henry Reynolds of Chichester,
by Edward R. Raub.
in. The Henry of Chichester Razor,
from Miss Sarah B. Reynolds.
IV. Robert Reynolds of Boston: Additions and corrections to
i:\hil)its I-H-IH, pp. :ir)-51. in the 1915 Report last
year, b.\ Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.
♦ * *
52 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCLITION
I
Wm l^ottor EoU in tl|e iScunhtttnnarii Wut
Compiled by Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.
Detailed records of hundreds of the name of Reynolds who
fought for the Independence of the Thirteen Colonies.
1775-1783
After several months of painful research the follow-
ing military records in the Revolutionary War have
been extracted and prepared for publication. While
this contains almost five hundred records, it makes no
pretense to completeness; it is onlj^ as complete as pub-
lished documents and lists from the various states make
possible. There are probably several hundred Reynolds
soldiers, whose names do not here appear, whose mil-
itary records are stored away in the faded ink on yel-
lowed papers in state archives or mouldy basements,
and which only the most diligent special search can
bring forth.
To those who wish to trace their military fathers'
records further, I would suggest that they procure from
the National Society of the Daughters of the American
Revolution a little pamphlet entitled, "How to Become
a Member," which contains valuable lists of books or
sources for search in the various States, and tells how to
look up a military record.
In Revolutionary times Company Sergeants were
not so well-lettered, (or well-spelled) as now-a-days, and
to get in very many records, one must look in the in-
dices under some fifty spellings of the simple name Rey-
nolds:
Reynolds. Rainolds, Ranalds, Ranels, Rannells, Rannolds,
Raynalda. Raynold, Raynolds, Raynols, Reanolds, Reanoulds,
Renels, Rennell, Rennells, Rennels, Rennolds, Rennols, Renolds,
Renoulds, Reynald, Reynalds, Reynold, Reyonls, Rinnels, Ron-
alds, Ronels, Ronoulds, Rounolds, Roynolds, Runalls, Runals,
Runch, Runelds, Runells, Runels, Runills, Runnelds, Runnell,
Runnels, Runnils, Runnls, Runolds. Rynnels, Rynold, Rynolds.
Then, too, in Northern New England, particularly
in the States of New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 53
Massachusetts there are numerous famihes by the name
of Runnels, many of which, a hundred years ago
adopted the spelUng Reynolds, and whose presence in
the old records, is very confusing — especially as Rey-
nolds was often spelled in militaiy records, Rannels.
Runels, Runnels, etc. The Reverend M. T. Runnels
wrote his book on the Reynolds-Runnels Families, in-
tending to prove their relation, but after years of dil-
igent study was compelled to abandon his thesis.
Many of the Revolutionary soldiers did not enlist
in tiieir own States, but often, as in Rhode Island and
Connecticut, went into regiments in neighboring States.
Consequently I have thought it well to adopt the ar-
rangement below, classifying first alphabetically, and
sul>arranging by States.
In compiling this list the following are the prin-
cipal works that have been consulted:
CONNECTICUT: Adjutant-General— Record of
Service of Conn, men in the War of the Revolution.
Also Vols. 8 and 9 Conn. Hist. Soc. Collections.
DELAWARE: The two volumes of Delaware Arch-
ives.
C. EORC. lA: Candler's Revolutionary Records.
Third and I'irtli D. A. R. Reports. G. G. Smitlr. Story
of Georgia.
MARYLAND: Archives. Also Satlell's Revolu-
lionarv Records.
MASSACIirSETTS: Secy, of the Commonweallh:
Soldiers and Sailors, etc. 17 vols.
NLW IIAMI'SHIRE: Hammond, 1. W. Rolls of
llie Solds. in the Rev. War. Also Vol. 'M) Stale Papers.
N'ilal Records.
Ni:W .lERSEY: W. P.. Slryker Ollieial regisler of
ollicers and nien, etc.
NEW YORK: 1). A. R. and S. A. R. Reports, and
lineage books. H. Eernow's New York in the Revoln-
tion.
NORTH CAIU)LINA: Slate Records.
SOI 1 II CAPiOLINA: I). A. R. Fourth Report.
RHODl- ISLAND: Arnold's Records. Cowell's
S|)irit of '7li. Smith's Military Lists. 1 understand a
compute rieord of soldiers is in |)|-e|)ai ation.
54 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
VERMONT: J. E. Goodrich— Rolls of Soldiers in
the Revolutionary War. Hemenway's Gazeteer.
VIRGINIA: Saff ell's lists. Eighth and Ninth Re-
ports of Va. State Library. McAllister's Militia.
Resides I have consulted half a hundred collateral
records. I have made careful and thorough lists of
soldiers in the States of Massachusetts, (where the
printed records are most excellently arranged), and in
Connecticut, Vermont, and New York. It is difficult to
get a complete list of privates in Rhode Island; and the
Pennsylvania Archives contain a tremendous amount of
information, but are very incompletely indexed, or not
indexed at all, where indices are most needed. Conse-
quently I have had to make an incomplete list there. I
estimate that I haven't found more than a fourth of the
whole number of our name who fought in Pennslyvania
regiments. The records of the Southern States, as
South Carolina, are very few; and this list is not thor-
ough there.
Those names marked with an asterisk (*) are
known certainly to belong to the line of ROBERT REY-
NOLDS of BOSTON, nearly all of whom are described
fully in the appendices of the 1915 Report.
Anj'one who can definitely identify any of the
soldiers below as belonging to any of the various lines
of Reynolds', is emphatically urged to inform the com-
piler, that so much data may be added to our historical
records. Perhaps such information will be printed in
the next Report. When writing, please mention the
number in brackets at the end of each record.
In referring to any of the following in correspond-
ence, or in later Reports, any soldier may be easily iden-
tified by the number in square brackets following his
name.
It must be remembered that these dates and brief
statements give only a very hazy idea of the actual ser-
vice of these men and the terrible sacrifices many of
them had to endure, as at Valley Forge with Washing-
ton. Again if you find "deserted" after the name of
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TIOX 55
your great-gi-andfather, don't hold it too hard against
the old gentleman, as the military organization was such
in those days that many mistakes were made, and fur-
loughs were not regularly kept account of. Very many
listed as deserters appear as volunteers time and time
again after they have been reported deserters. Many
perhaps, as Richard of Delaware below, had to be tem-
porarily informally absent because the}^ had "craps"
(crops) to attend to, and the army's food supply in those
days was no less a determining factor than now.
MARION H. REYNOLDS, A. B., Compiler.
April 20, 1917.
♦ * *
— A—
AHBRON REYNOLDS: (Coiui.) Private, Capt. Ephraim Man-
ning's, 7th Co., Genl. Putnam's Srd Regt. Served, May 11th,
to Dec. 14th, 1775. Probably all of Woodstock, as officers
all come from there. "Regiment raised on first call for
troops by the Legislature at special session. Marching in
May by companies to the camps forming around Boston,
it was stationed during the siege in Putnam's Center Divi-
sion at Cambridge until expiration of term of service, Dec.
10, 1775. In July it was adopted as Continental. A de-
tachment of ofiicers and men was engaged at Bunker Ilill.
A few also joined the Quebec expedition. In re-
enlisting tro()i)s for service in 177(5 this regiment was re-
organized with Benedict Arnold, then before Quebec, as
Colonel." [1]
ALBIU) REYNOLDS: (Coiiii.) Private, under Capt. Benj. Lyon.
() days service on the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. En-
listed from Woodstock, Ct. r2l
ALLEN RI:YN()LI)S: (Conn.) Private, under Captain in Col.
Selh Warner's Regt., Enlisted Dec. 2'.i, 1779; continued to
17S1. The regiment served in the Northern l)ei)artment, as
at Bennington and Saratoga, and was stationed for some
time at Ets. Anne and deorge. In Oct. 17.S0, the enemy ap-
proached these forts by way of Lake Chami)lain. ('apt.
Chi|)man, connnanding at Ft. (leorge, sent his force out to
oiler resistance l)ut his men were oveiwhelmed and nearly
all killed or taken prisoners. Tlu" eoniniand was divhanded
Jan. 1, I7SI. 3'
AMRIUS Hl'.NNAI.S: (Count I'rivale. C.a\){. Ahraliani Mead's
Co.. Col. .luliii Me;id\ '.(111 Hfgl. of Mililia "<>n command al
56 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
the Saw Pits under General Wooster," Nov. 1, 1776 to Jan.
11, 1777. Also, same company, "on an expedition to New
York and in Continental Service, August, 1776." Dis-
charged Sept. 6th, 1776. [4j
ABSALOM REYNOLDS: (Ga.) Mentioned 1901 D, A. R. Report
as Revolutionary Soldier. Also G. G. Smith's "Story of
Georgia" p. 622. An "A. Reynolds" is mentioned elsewhere
as Rev. Soldier. [51
AARON REYNOLDS: (Ky.) One of the defenders of the Fort
at Bryan's Station, Kentucky, August 16, 1782, "faced a sav-
age host in ambush." [6]
AMOS REYNOLDS : (Mass.) List of prisoners sent in the car-
tel "Silver Eel" from Halifax to Boston Oct. 8, 1778, to be
exchanged for British prisoners, as returned by Bat. Fox,
Commissary of Prisoners; reported a Seaman. [7]
ALEXANDER REYNOLDS: (N.H.) Private, Capt. Saml. Paine's
Co., " for defence of Western frontiers under command of
Major Benj. Whitcomb at Coos, 1780" Due him £701.16—
"reduced to good money £10.13.9." Also, same Co. of State
troops in the service of U. S. 6 mos. service from June 18,
1780. [8]
ABIJAH REYNOLDS: (NJ.) Private "official roster.'" [9 J
ABIJAH REYNOLDS: ^A^. V.) Private, Captain Waters' Co.,
Col. Roswell Hopkins' Regt., (6th Dutchess Co.) [10]
ABRAHAM REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Captain Ackerson's
Co., Col. Ann H. Hays, Orange Co. Mihtia. [llj
ANDREW REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. van Wyck's Co.,
Col. Dirk BrinkerhofF's 2nd Dutchess Co., Regt. [12J
ARNOLD REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Mentioned as second lieuten-
ant, who resigned from 5th Regiment, Beekman's Precinct,
as reported Mch. 10, 1778. [13]
AUSTIN REYNOLDS: ^A^ Y.) Ensign in Capt. Headan's Com-
pany, 3rd (North, or Manor of Cortlandt) Regt., Col. Pierre
Van Cortlandt, — commissioned June 29, 1781. Under Col.
Gilbert Drake, appears an Austin Reynolds, Sergeant-Major,
who is probably this man. [14]
ABIZAH REYNOLDS: (Penn.) Mentioned in Penna. Archives
3-iii-as Revolutionary pensioner, 1820-25. [15]
ADAM REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Private, second-class. Capt. Wm.
Swansey's Co. (7th), 2nd Batt, Cumberland Militia, CoL
Thos. Gibson. [16J
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TION 57
ALEXANDER REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Private, Captains James
Chambers & Jas. Grier. Enlisted in Franklin Co. with Wm.
Reynolds same Co., under Col. Edw. Hand. Also, Same
Co. enlisted again June 14, 76. Also, Capt. Richd. Man-
ning's Co., Mch. 13, '76, Lancaster Co. upper Paxtang &
Hanover, 4th Battal. Also, Private, Capt. James Murray's
Co. 4th Lancast. Battal. for '78, 8th class private. (All the
same Alexander?) [17]
ABRAHAM REYNOLDS: (Md.) Among Kent County troops
enlisted for three years, as of May 16th, 1781. (also a James
R.); Also, private, 6th Co., 3rd Regt. (also a James R.) re-
ceived pay Aug. 28, '81. Also, commenced Jan. 1, '82, pri-
vate, "not heard from since March muster, then sick, ^Vil-
iamsboro." (Also a James R. 2nd) I Co., 3d Batt., Capt.
Christian Orendorf, [18]
AARON REYNOLDS: (Va.) Con^oral. Va. Contl. Line. 3
yrs. service. Land bounty warrant for 200 acres, dated
June 30, '84. [19]
AARON REYNOLDS: (I' a.) Private, Captain John F. Mercer's
Co., No. 1 "as it stood Feb. 1, '78," Col. Thos. Marshall's &
Lt. Col. Wm. Heth's 3rd Va. Application for grant of
bounty land. (See Va. St. Lib. rept. 8th, p. 370, for another
"Aaron Reynolds;" also 9th Rept.) [20]
ALEXANDER REYNOLDS: (l-a.) Bedford. See 8th and 9th
ann. rept. Va. St. Lib. p. .370; .386. Also Safiell's Va. Solds.
[21J
ARTHUR REYNOLDS: (Va.) Auditor's Acct. Book. See 8th
and 9th annual Reports Va. State Lib. p. 370. [22]
ALEXANDER REYNOLDS: ill.) Private, Capt. Clias. Nelson's
Co., entered Service March 1, 1781, served 2(5 das., receiv-
ing tlO per month. His V.u. "for tlie defence of the fron-
tic-rs." [23]
— B—
Hl-.N.IAMIN P,i:V.\()Ll)S: (\'t.} Private. V.d\){. \W\\\. Hates'
I'ownal Alarm Company, wiiich marched to Castelton on
alarm October. 1781. iliitered Oct. l.')th. 1781. served 9 das.,
travelled 70 miles. [211
BENJAMIN REYNOLDS: (Coim.) Capt. Wm. Satterlee's Co..
"In garrison. .loliiislowii," Col. Saml. I .liiioic's Hegt.. 177(>.
Enlisted .\|)r. Hi, 1776. (a .loiialliaii ItiNiiolds also in this
(■,,,.. 12.^.1
l'.i:.\.l.\.MI.\ l!i:V.\< )1.I>S: li'i'HiK. rrivalf. ('.apt. Waihridge's
Co.. Col. Clias. \Vcl)l). laid- iimlcr Col. /.chulon lUiller. V.w-
58 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
listed Jan. 25, 1778, for 3 yrs. Disch. Jan. 25, 1780. Present
Battle Monmouth, '76; wintered '78-79 at Redding; served
on E. side Hudson River, 1779; part of regt. in storming of
Stony Point, '79. Wintered '79-80 Morristown. (In this
Regt. were also Simeon, Solomon, and Matthew Reynolds.)
Also, musician, — fifer, — enlisted Sept. 1, 1777, same regt., to
Jan. 25, 1778. [26]
BENJAMIN RENELS: (Conn.) 1818, pensioner from Conn., re-
siding in Penna. a "private." [27]
BENJAMEN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) of Greenwich, private, Capt.
Chas. Smith's Co., Col. Mead's Regt., enlisted for 3 yrs. As
of list May 1, '78. [28]
BENJAMIN RENNALS: (Conn.) Enlisted between '77-81 from
town of Stafford. [29]
BRIGGS REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Captain George Peek's
Co., Col. Jno. Mead's regt. of militia. Briggs being among
men that served at Greenwich, but did not go to West-
chester, being stationed at Greenwich as a Guard." Dis-
charged Jan. 8. 1777, after 2 mos. 8 das. service. [30]
BENJAMIN REYNOLDS: (Ga.) Mentioned 1901 D. A. R. Report
as of Jones County. [31]
•BENJAMIN RUNNELS: (^Ma.^s.) Private, Capt. Nathaniel
Lindsey's Co., service from Dec. 10, 1776, to March 18, 1777,
3 mos. 9 days; company raised in Marblehead to reinforce
Continental Army; affidavit dated Marblehead, June 25,
1840, made by Nathaniel Lindsey, son of Capt. Lindsey,
on reverse of roll, declares the same to be a true copy of
the original found among his father's papers, and that the
service was rendered at Rhode Island. (Son of John and
Anna (Blanch) Reynolds of Marblehead, b. about 1725.
Killed in the War? Brother of John, "V. 3" p. 60 and of
Nathaniel, pp. 49-51, of Reynolds Family 1915 Report.) [32]
BENJAMIN REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Job Pierce's
(Middleborough) Co., Col. Sprowtt's (Sprout's) Regt.;
marched Dec. 9, 1776; service, 5 days; Company marched
to Tiverton, R. I., on an alarm at Rowland's Ferry. Also,
Capt. Job Peirce's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotten's (Plymouth
Co.) Regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1777, dated Middleborough;
service, 30 days, at Rhode Island. [33]
BENJAMIN ROYNOLDS: (Mass.), Middleborough. Private,
Capt. Abiel Peirce's Co., Col. Nicholas Dike's Regt.; pay
abstract for travel allowance to and from camp, etc., sworn
to Nov. 29, 1776; said Roynolds credited with 3 days allow-
ance; mileage for 92 miles also allowed. [34]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 59
BENJAMIN RAYNOLS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Henry Pierce's
Co., Col. Ebenezer White's Regt.; marched Aug. 1, 1780;
discharged Aug. 1780; service, 9 days; company marched
to Rhode Island on an alarm. Roll sworn to at Middle-
borough. [35]
BENJAMIN RANDOLS: (Mass.) List of prisoners sent in the
cartel "Swift" from Halifax to Boston, Sept. 30, 1778, as re-
turned by Thomas Baildon, Commissary of Prisoners; re-
ported a Seaman. [36]
BENJAMIN RUNDELS: ^-V. Y.) Private. Capt. Marshall's Co.,
Col. Willett's Regt., Tryon County Militia. [37]
BENJAMLN REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Ackerson's
Co., Col. Ann H. Hays Orange Co., Militia. (There are Ben-
jamin Reynolds' also described : Private, Capt. Stevenson's
Co., above Regt.; Private, Capt. Delevan's Co., Dragoons;
a Benj. Reynolds, Jr., Private, Capt. Lawrence's Co., Col.
Crane's Regt.) [38j
BENJAMIN REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Lawrence's
Co., Col. Drake's Regt. "Right arm fractured by a musket
ball, Oct. 26, 1781. Farmer, Lower Salem, Westchester
Co." [39]
BENONY REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Col. van Veghten's
Regt. [40]
BENEDICT REYNOLDS: (Pam.) Mentioned among Penna.
Archives 3-xxiii. 4G5 Revolutionary pensioner, 1820-25. [41]
BENJAMIN REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Lieutenant, in Capt. Lt. Jas.
lioone's Co. of Artillery, Exeter, 2nd Regt., Aug. '81. [42 j
BENEDICT P.EYNOLDS: (Md.) Private, Enlisted 28 July '78,
served time out and was discharged; 3r(I Regt. Md. Line.
Also, Sergeant, Enlisted 28 July '78, Capt. Riely's Co., in 4th
Regt. Md. Line. Also, served as private, 1st Aug. '80, and
discharged on 28th July '81 . [43]
BARNARD REYNOLDS: (\'a.) See 8th annual rept. Va. S».
Lib. p. 370; same p. .see also a "Bernard." [44 1
BEN.IAMIN l',i:YN()LDS: (\'a.) See 8th Annual lU'i)t. Va. St.
Librarian, p. 37(1. [-15]
Bl'LNONT HI:YN0LDS: il'i.K Corporal in Capt. .Insc|)h Saf-
ord's Co., "raised for 3 wks. to guard tin- inhabitants of
White Creek, conunencing the 'Jth Aug. and ending Otb
Sent inclusive, 1781." Served 21 das. marched 21 miles.
[461
60 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— c—
CHARLES REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. James Morton's
Co., Regt. of "Artificers." Charles was from E. Hartford,
Enlisted Apr. 25„ 1777, for duration of the War. The duties
of this body were those of "pioneer and construction
corps." The men were largely artisans, carpenters, build-
ers tent-makers, tailors, etc. The regiment was at Brandy-
wine, Germantown, Monmouth, and other fields. (There
was a Sergeant John Reynolds in this same company.) [47]
COLEMAN REYNOLDS: (Ga.) Mentioned p. 622, G. G. Smith's
"Story of Georgia." [48]
CALEB RENOLDS: (Mass.) "Penwell, Albany Co." List of
deserters from Col. Joseph Vose's (1st) Regt., dated Camp
Highlands, July, 13, 1780; age, 28 years.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.;
residence, Penwell, Albany Co. [49]
CALEB REYNOLDS: (Mass.) List of men mustered between
Jan. 20, 1777, and June 1, 1778, by Truman Wheeler, Muster
Master for Berkshire Co.; term, 3 years or during war; re-
ported received State bounty. [501
CHARLES REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Marine, brig "Hazard," com-
manded by Capt. John Foster Williams; engaged July 10,
1779; service to Sept. 6, 1779, 1 mo. 28 days. Roll sworn to
in Suffolk Co. (See Charles Reynolds, of whom: Marine,
brigantine "Hazard," commanded by Capt. John Foster
Williams; list of officers and men, endorsed "July 20, 1779;"
stature, 5 ft. 9 in.; reported an Italian.) [51]
CHARLES REYNALDS: (Mass.), Scarborough. Private, Capt.
Abraham Tyler's Co., Col. Edmund Phinney's (31st) Regt.;
billeting allowed from date of enlistment. May 12, 1775, to
date of enlistment. May 12, 1775, to date of marching to
headquarters, July 6, 1775; credited with 54 days allow-
ance. t52]
CHARLES RUNNELS: (Mass.), Middleborough. Private, Capt.
Edward Sparrow's Co., Nathan Tyler's Regt.; enlisted July
11, 1779; discharged Dec. 15, 1779; service, 5 mos. 7 days, at
Rhode Island. Also, same Co. and Regt.; pay roll for Dec,
1779, allowing 1 mo. 2 days service at Rhode Island, travel
(40 miles) included. [53]
CHARLES REYNOLDS: (Mass.), Middleborough. Return of
men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt.
Abishai Rinkham's Co., Col. Sprout's (4th Plymouth Co.)
Regt.; residence, Middleborough; engaged for town of Mid-
dleborough; joined Col. Bradford's Regt.; term, 3 years.
Also, Private, 3rd Co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's Regt.; Con-
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TIOX 61
tinental Army pay accounts for service from March 10, 1777
to March 2, 1778; reported deceased. Also, Capt. Thomas
Turner's Co., Bradford's Regt.; subsistence allowed from
date of enlistment, May 6, 1777, to May 28, 1777; credited
with 23 days allowance. Also, same Co., and Regt.; return
(year not given); mustered by County and Continental
Muster Masters; reported enlisted April 6, 1777, joined May
21, 1777, died March 27, 1778. [54|
CONSTANT REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Return of sentences by a
general court-martial. Brig. St. Clair, President, appearing
in a general order, dated Headquarters, Ticonderoga, Oct.
16, 1776, taken from Col. Wheelock's Orderly Book; said
Reynolds tried on a charge of mutiny, and sentenced to
receive 20 lashes on the bare back and to pick oakum for
a week. [55]
COON REYNOLDS: {(J'f.) Private, according to paybook for
1780 in N. Y., Capt. Clarke Parker's Co., in Vermont Militia.
[56]
CALEB REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private Capt. Waters' Co., Col.
Roswell Hopkins, (6th Dutchess Co.,) Regt. [57]
CHARLES REYNOLDS: (R.I.) Private, '76 Col. .John Topham's
Regt., pay warrant. [58]
CHRISTOPHER REYNOLDS: (Md.) Mentioned among Har-
ford Co., maimed soldiers entitled to half-pay under Act
of '78. [59]
CHARLES MACCIIBIN REYNOLDS: (Md.) Private, Capt.
¥a\\\. Burgess' Co., of militia in the Lower Dist. of h'red-
erick Co., Md. Enlisted .July 12, '76. [60]
CHARLES REYNOLDS: (.Md.) Private, 3d Regt., Continental
Line, enlisted May 22, '77 disch. Jan. 9, '80. Mentioned July
'80, as recruit for "extra regiment." Also, Sergeant, served
Aug. 1, '80 to death July 15. '81. [61]
CHARLi:S REYNOLDS: (fa.) See Sfli annual re|)f. Va. St. Lib.
|). 370. [62]
COON (or COAN) iU-YXOLDS: (ft.) Private. Capt. Chas.
Parkei"'s Co., in (lol. Sand. Herrick's lU'gt. of Volunteers,
taking from llie 12tb October to 7fh Novembei". Service
26 das. Also, Cai)t. \Vm. Dsre's Co.. in Col. Ebene/er \Val-
l)ri(lge's Battalion, raised lor titrtiicc of frontiers of the
.Slate of Vermont, and stationed at Ilic |iost of Skei'nsboi'o,
1781. Served Sr])[. 3(1, lo .Nov. 22, I7.SI. (i;{ d;is. mai-(licd
(■).") miles. .Also, private, (lapt. Clarke I'arkei's (lo.. Vei'-
nioid .Militia. pa>roll in 1780. [631
62 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
— D—
DANIEL RONALDS: (Coiiii.) Private, Capt. Geo. Peck's Co. 9th
Regt. of Militia, at New York, 1776. Discharged Sept. 3rd
[64]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Paul Rrigham's Co.
5th Regt. "Conn. Line" under Lt. Col. Isaac Sherman, forma-
tion '81-83. Paid for entire year of 1781. Probably same
David in Capt. Saml. Mattock's Co., previous formation.
(May be same David mentioned in Capt. John Dixon's Co.
3rd Ratt. Wadsworth's Rrig. q. v.) [65J
DAVID RENALS: (Coini.) Private, in Captain John Dixon's (3rd)
Co. 3rd Battalion, Wadsworth's Brigade, under Col. Sage.
Battalion raised, June, '76 to reinforce Washington, at N. Y.
Served in N. Y. City and in L. I. Caught in the retreat from
the city. Sept 15, and suffered some loss. Engaged at battle
of White Plains, Oct. 28. Time expired Dec. 25, '76. [66]
DAVID RONALDS: (Coim.) Fifer, Capt. Geo. Peck's Co., 9th Regt.
of Militia, at New York, 1776. Discharged Sept. 8, 1776. [67]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Enlisted as a Private Conn. Mihtia
N. Y. campaign '76. b. 1743 d. Plymouth, Pa. 1816. [68 j
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, from Lyme, in Capt.
Christopher Ely's Co., Col. Josiah Starr's Regt. (1st) of
"Conn. Line". Enlisted Aug. 27, 1777, for "duration of War".
Engaged left flank Battle of Germantown; wintered Valley
Forge in Huntington's Brigade, '77-78; Battle of Monmouth,
'78; camped White Plains and Redding, 1778-79; '79 on E.
Side of Hudson repelling Tryon's invasion; part of Regt.
in storming of Stony Point. '79; wintered Morristown Huts,
'79-80; along the Hudson 1780. wintered "Connecticut
Village", (Joshua and Eliphalet Reynolds in same Regt.)
[69]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Wills Cliffs Co.,
Col. Saml. Wyllys' Regt., (3rd) of "Conn. Line", as of 1777-
81. Enlisted May 28, 1777, 8 mos.. Discharged Jan. 1, 1778.
Also, enlisted Jan. 25, 1778, for War, rept. disch. Dec. 20,
1780; again, des. Jul. 13, '82. In Peekskill, May, 1777; along
Hudson during '78; constructed works at West Point, '78,
summer at White Plains in Washington's Army; wintered
'78-79 at Redding; during '79 on east side Hudson; part of
Regt. in storming of Stony Point; wintered '79-80 Morris-
town, N. J., main army on Hudson, 1780; wintered 1780-81
"Connecticut Village." (a Jacob Reynolds in same com-
pany and both may probably have come from Killingly.)
[70]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TIOX 63
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Saml. Mattocks' Co.,
under Cols. John Chandler and Giles Russell. 8th Regt.,
"Conn. Line" as of 1777-8L Enlisted March 20, 1777 for
"War." Disch. Jul. 18, 1782. Peekskill, '77; Penna. fall '77;
Regt. suffered some loss at Battle of Germantown, Oct. 4,
1777; in stubborn defence of Ft. Mifflin, Mud Island, Penna..
Nov. 12-16, '77; wintered Valley Forge, '77-78; Battle of
Monmouth, June '78; summered White Plains, wintereil
Redding; east side Hudson '79; part Regt. in storming of
Stony Point '79; wintered Morristown, 79-80; summer '80,
main army on Hudson; wintered '80-81 "Conn. Village." (a
Justice Reynolds, same Co. probably both from Woodbury).
[71]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Sergeant, Capt. David Cady's Co.,
Col. Chapman's Regt. of Militia, 1778. Engaged in attempt to
dislodge British at Newport; present Battle of R. I., Aug. 29,
'78. Served Aug. 2 to Sept. 4th. [72]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. John WilUams' Co.,
Col. Obadiah Johnson's Regt., Militia. Entered service Jan.
22, 177.8. [73]
DAVID REYNOLDS, Jr., (Conn.) Private, Capt. Asahel Hodge's
Co., 5th Regt. under Lt. Col. Isaac Sherman. Paid from
Jan. 1, 1781 to Dec. 31 1781. [74]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, from Woodbury, whence
came many others of his family. Capt. E. Hawley's Co.,
Col. Moseley's Regt., as reptd. May 1, '78. [75]
DANIEL REYNOLDS: (Ga.) Mentioned 1901 D. A. R. Report as
as of Jones County. [76]
DANIEL REYNOLDS: (Mcis.<;.) Middleborough. Private, 3rd
Co., Col. Gamaliel Bradford's Regt.; Continental Army pay
Accounts for service from May 6, 1777, to May 3, 1780. Also
Capt. Thomas Turner's Co., Col. Bradford's Regt.; subsis-
tence allowed from date of enlistment. May (i, 1777, to May
28, 1777; credited with 23 days allowance. Also, same Co.
and Regt.; return (year not given); residence, Middle-
jjorough; enlisted for town of Middleborough; mustered by
Counfv and Continental Muster Masters; reported enlisted
.\|)ril (i, 1777, joined May 21, 1777. Also, same Co. and Regl.:
nuisler roll for Dec., 1777; enlistnu'nt, 3 years; re|)()rted on
special duty. (NOTi:: A Daniel Heynolds who enlisted
from Middleboi-t), Mass., ai)plic(l tin- bounty in Maine. He
died Burnliaiii, M;iiiic. Ma.\ 13, I.S32. His \vif»'\ name was
Thankful). ~~ .
|).\\li;i. h WNol.DS: 'Ud.v.vJ Middleborough. Return of men
raised to st-rvi- in the Continental .\iMny fi-om Capt. .Vnios
64 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Washburn's Co., Col. Ebenezer Sprout's (4th Plymonth Co.)
Regt., dated Feb. 19, 1778; residence Middleborough; engag-
ed for town of Middleborough; joined Capt. Wadworth's
Co., Col. Bradford's Regt.; term 3 years. [78]
DANIEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Middleborough. Private, Capt.
Abiel Peirce's (2nd Middleborough) Co. of Militia, which
marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775 to Marshfield;
service 2 days. [79]
DAN [EL RUNELS: (Mass.) Middleborough. Private, Capt.
Levi Rounsevell's Co., Col. David Brew^er's (9th) Regt.;
company return dated. Roxbury, Oct. 7, 1775. Also, Capt,
Rounsevell's Co., (late) Col. Brewer's Regt.; order for
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Rox-
bury. Nov. 8, 1775. Also, — probably same man — Private,
Middleborough, Co. and Regt. as above; muster roll dated
Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 5, 1775, service, 3 mos. 3 days.
[80]
DANIEL RENNELLS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. William Tupper's
Co., Col. Titcomb's Regt.; service, 6 days, in April, May, and
June, 1777, under Maj. Gen. Spencer on expedition to Rhode
Island. [81]
DANIEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Aaron Rowley's
Co., Col. Benjamin Simonds's Regt.; entered service April
26, 1777; discharged May 19, 1777; service, 24 days; company
called out by Gen. Gates and ordered to march to Saratoga.
[82]
DANIEL REYNOLD: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Aaron Rowley's
Co., Col. John Ashley's detachment of Berkshire Co. Militia;
entered service July 22, 1777; discharged Aug, 13, 1777;
service, 23 days, at Stillwater. [83J
*DAVID REYNOLDS: (Ma.';s.) Bridgewater. Private, Capt.
Henry Prentiss's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt.; ab-
stract for advance pay, etc., sworn to at Boston, June 17,
1776. Also, same Co. and Regt.; enlisted July 12, 1776 service
to Aug. 1, 1776, 19 days. Also, same Co. and Regt.; service
from Aug. 11, 1776, to date of discharge, Dec. 1, 1776, 3 mos. 21
days. Also, Capt. Nathan Snow's Co., Col. Hawes's Regt.;
enlisted Sept. 24, 1777; service, 1 mo. 9 days, at Rhode
Island on a secret expedition. Also, Capt. Nathan Packard's
Co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt.; entered service July
25, 1778; discharged Sept. 9, 1778; service. 1 mo. 16 days, at
Rhode Island, (Son of Nathaniel and Mary (Tolman) Rey-
nolds, b. North Bridgewater, March 9, 1759; d. Sidney, Me.,
July 23, 1842. m. Mary Bisbee, 1795. See p. 42 1915 Rey-
nolds Family Report). [84]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 65
DANIEL REYNOLDS: (N. H.) Colonel of Londonderry. Capt.
in Stephen Peabody's Regt., Jan. 1 to Jul. 3 '78; *His company
was at Ushkill in 1776. He became Major in Col. Hercules
Mooney's Regt. June 23, '79. Jan. 2, 1778, he had been appoint-
ed to enlist a company of fifty soldiers to serve until Jan. 1,
'79 to be stationed in R. L "you are to receive $2.00 per
man for each soldier you enlist who passes muster, and the
the same wages as an officer of your rank in the Contin-
ental Army". Jan 4, 1781, ordered to raise regiment of 650
men to be ready to march to reinforce the Army at West
Point, whenever called for by General Washington. Daniel
was appointed Lt. Col. Commandant, Benj. Barber, First
Major, and James Ford, 2nd Major. In a summary of his
regiment it is stated "Regiment at Charlestown raised ir:
Sept. and disch. Nov. No rolls can be found. Of his Regt.
Capt. Ebenzr. Dearing's Matross Co. at Piscataqua through
1781; Lt. Peter Stearns' Co. at Coos, July to November.
Charlestown, Nov. 24, 1781, Companies' roll signed by
"Daniel Reynolds' Lt. Col". He later became Colonel.
Runnels, M. T.: Genealogy, says that he was of a N. H.
family, originally Runnels, which gradually changed its
name to Reynolds. He was buried Forest Hills Cemetery,
E. Derby, N. H. His Family name was Runnels which he
changed to Reynolds about 1778. See Rev. M. T. Runnel's
book. p. 16-17. Daniel was son of Stephen Runnels. [85]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) 1st Lieutenant, Capt. Saml. Ray-
mond's Co., (Cornwall Precinct.), commissioned Nov. 9,
1775, under Col. Isaac Nicholl, Orange County Minute
Men. Died Cornwall, Orange Co., 1825; was b. 1737, D. A. R.
Lin. Bk. No. 32:23. Also in Commissary Dept. at New-
burgh. [86]
DAVID Rl'NNALDS: (N. V.) Private, Captain Dykeman's Co.,
Col. Field's Regt., 3rd. Dutchess County Regiment. [87]
DAVID REYNOLDS: (R. I.) '76 Col. Archib. Crary's Regt.
Of Coventry? [88J
DANIEL RAYNALD: (I't.) Private, Capt. Bigelow Lawrence's
Co., Col. Ilerrick's Regt., Militia, in service in the alarm of
Oct., 1780. Served ten days, travelled 70 miles. Also, same
C()ni|)any. (iaptain in (^ol. Walbridge's Megl., for service
done at Cambridge Alarm and al Saratoga, .liil\, 1781.
Served 2 days, travelled 25 miles. 1891
DRAPER REYNOLDS: (I't.) i)rivatf, l.ifiit. Natiil. Holmes'
Co., from Dec. 27, 1780, to .\pril .'{, 1781, inclusive. Diajjcr
served Jan. 18, to .March .'{, 1781. 75 das. .\l.so. (si)elled
Runnals), in Prisoners' Guaid under Sergt. Saml. Slandisli,
66 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
for guarding the prisoners, Howard and his party, four days
at Bennington, and from there to Skeensboro', Sept. 13,
1781. Served 10 das, travelled 60 mis. [90]
— E—
ELIPHALET REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Placed on pension roll for
his services in Conn. Line, — pensioned at age of 74, Wash-
ington Co., Maine, [91]
ELIPHALET REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Saml. Math-
er's Co., Ft. Trumbull, in N. London, July, 1776, mentioned.
Probably from Lyme. (NOTE: This may be the Eliphalet
Reynolds "enlisted New London, Conn." who applied for
bounty in Maine and lived after the War in Addison, Me.)
[921
ELIPHALET REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Saml. San-
ford's Co.; Lt. Co. Isaac Sherman's 5th Regt., "Conn. Line,"
formation '81-83. Payroll for entire year '81. (May be
same Eliphalet from Lyme, former 1st Regt.) [93]
ELIPHALET REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Joseph
Jewett's Co., Col. Jedediah Huntington's Regt. '76, — 17th
Continental. After siege of Boston this Regt, marched to
New York, by way of New London and Sound in schooners),
and remained in that vicinity from April to close of the
year. Assisted in fortifying the City; ordered Aug. 24th
to the Brooklyn front; engaged in the Battle of Long Island,
Aug. 27, 1776, in and near Greenwood Cemetery; was sur-
rounded by enemy and lost heavily in prisoners. Eliphalet
reported missing after this battle. [94]
ELIPHALET REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private from Lyme, Capt.
Eliphalet Holmes' Co. Cols. J. Huntington and Josiah
Starr, — 1st "Conn. Line" Regt., formation '77-81. Enlisted
Jan. 29, '77, for 3 yrs. Re-enlisted for War; des. Jan. 31.
'81; re-joined June 22, '81; des. Jul. 27, '82 or '83. Peekskill
'77; Penna. '77; left flank. Battle Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777;
wintered Valley Forge, Huntington's Brigade '77-78; Battle
of Monmouth, June '78; White Plains and Redding, winter
'78-79; E. side Hudson and repelling Tryon's invasion, '79;
part Regt. in Storming Stony Point July 15, 1779; wintered
Morristown Huts '79-80; along Hudson '80; wintered '80-81
Conn. Village." (May be same Eliphalet missing after Bat-
tle Long Island, Aug. 27, '76, — as prisoner.) [95]
ELISHA REYNOLDS: (N. C.) Enhsted as an Indian Spy and
served several enlistments. In 1780 served as Lieutenant
under Capt. Saml. Johnson. He was granted a pension, b.
Surry County; d, Wilkes County, N, C, [96]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 67
EZEKIEL REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. David Hait's
Co., 9th Militia Regt. at New York, Lt. Col. John Mead. Dis-
charged Sept. 2, 1776. (In this company were also Lt. Nath-
aniel Reynolds and Private James Reynolds.) [97]
EPHRIAM REYNOLDS: (Ga.) Mentioned 1901 D. A. R. Report
as Rev. Soldier. [98]
ELEAZER REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Samuel Fish-
er's Co.; discharged Sept. 12, 1779; service, 1 mo. 2 days;
company detached from Militia to serve at Rhode Island
for 4 weeks in a regiment under Capt. Samuel Fisher; roll
sworn to at Wrentham and endorsed "Colo. Renja. Haws
Regiment." Also, Capt. Fisher's Co., Col. Turner's Regt.;
treasury pay roll dated March 26, 1783. Also, probably
same Eleazer. Descriptive list of men raised to reinforce
the Continental Army for the term of 6 months, agreeable
to resolve of June 5, 17xS0, returned as received of Justin
Ely, Connnissioner, by Rrig. Gen. John Glover, at Spring-
field, July 9, 1780; age, 18 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 8 in.; complex-
ion, ruddy; engaged for town of Wrentham, arrived at
Springfield July 8, 1780; marched to camp July 9, 1780, un-
der command of Lieut. Jackson, of the artillery. Also, prob-
ably same Eleazer. Pay roll for 6 months men who marched
from the town of Wrentham to serve in the Continental
Army during 1780; engaged June 13, 1780; discharged Dec.
26, 1780; service, 6 mos. 3 days, including travel (220 miles)
home. (Possibly descendant of Robt. Reynolds of Roston.)
[99]
ELECTION RAYNOLS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Henry Pierce's
Co., Col. Ebenezer White's Regt.; marched Aug. 1, 1780; dis-
charged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 9 days; company marched
to Rhode Island on an alarm. Roll sworn to at Middle-
borough. [100]
"ELECTIONS" (ELECTIUS?) RENNELS: (Mass.) Private Capt.
Perez Churchill's Co., Col. John Dagget's Regt.; entered
service Aug. 25 (also given Aug. 24), 1778; discharged Sept.
2, 1778; service, 9 days, at Rhode Island. Roll sworn to at
Middleborough. 1101]
"ELECTIONS" (ELECTIUS) REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private,
Capt. Job Peirce's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's (Plymouth
Co.) Regt.; pay roll for Oct., 1777, dated Middleborough;
service, 30 days, at Rhode Island. 11021
ELIJAH (also given Eleazer) REYNOLD: (Mass.) (\:\\)\. Sam-
uel l-'isher's Co.; marched March 3, 1781; discharged March
17, 1781; service. 1.") days; c{)nn)aiiy detached from 4th Suf-
folk Co. Regt. by order of His i:\celleiuy John Hancock for
68 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
service on a 40 day expedition to Rhode Island under Maj.
Gen. Lincoln. • [103]
ELISHA RUNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Abner Cranston's
Co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt.; muster roll dated Camp at
Ticonderoga, Nov. 27, 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776. [104]
ENOS REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Descriptive list of men raised to
reinforce the Continental Army for the term of 6 months,
agreeable to resolve of June 5, 1780, returned as received
of Justin Ely, Commissioner, by Brig. Gen. John Glover,
at Springfield, July 11, 1780; age, 23 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 10
in.; complexion, ruddy; engaged for town of Boxford; ar-
rived at Springfield July 10, 1780; marched to camp July
11, 1780, under command of Capt. George Webb. (Prob-
ably of the Boxford RUNNELS Family, see M. T. Runnels'
"Runnels Genealogy.") [105]
ENOS RONALDS: (Mass.) Boxford. List of men raised for
the 6 months service and returned by Brig. Paterson as
having passed muster in a return dated Camp Totoway,
Oct. 25, 1780. [106]
ENOS REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Sergeant, Capt. Job Peirce's (Mid-
dleborough) Co., Col. Sprowtt's (Sprout's) Regt.; marched
Dec. 9, 1776; service, 10 days; company marched to Tiver-
ton, R. I., on an alarm at Rowland's Ferry. [107]
ENOS RAYNOLS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Henry Pierce's Co.,
Col. Ebenezer White's Regt., marched Aug. 1, 1780; dis-
charged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 9 days; company marched
to Rhode Island on an alarm. Roll sworn to at Middle-
borough. [108]
EPHRAIM REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Middleborough. Private,
Capt. Isaac Wood's (2d Middleborough) Co. of Minute-men,
which marched in response to the alarm of April 19, 1775,
to Marshfield; service, 3 days. Also, Capt. Job Peirce's
(Middleborough) Co., Col. Sprowtt's (Sprout's) Regt.;
marched Dec. 9, 1776; service, 4 days; company marched
to Tiverton, R. I., on an alarm at Rowland's Ferry. Also,
probably the same: Middleborough. Private, Capt. Isaac
Wood's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt.; muster roll
dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 mos. 5
days. Also, probably same man: Middleborough. Private,
Capt. Isaac Wood's Co., Col. Cotton's Regt.; company re-
turn dated Oct. 6, 1775. Also, probably the same man :
Capt. Isaac Wood's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt.;
order for bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated
Roxbury, Nov. 17, 1775. [109]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 69
fiZRA RENNOLS: (Mass.) Capt. Pierce's Co., Col. Knox's
(Artillery) Regt.; return of men who enlisted for the ensu-
ing year under the new establishment, dated Roxbury
Camp, Dec. 16, 1775; reported as belonging to Col. Gridley's
Regt. [110]
EZRA RAYNOLS: ((Mass.) Private, Capt. Henry Pierce's Co..
Col. Ebenezer White's Regt.; marched Aug. 1, 1780; dis-
charged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 9 days; company marched
to Rhode Island on an alarm. Roll sworn to at Middle-
borough, [lllj
EZRA RENELS: (Mass.) Return of main guard, dated Cam-
bridge, July 18, 1775; said Renels, of Capt. Gridley's Regt.,
confined 4 nights by Gen. Lee for "Mutiny and Insult;" re-
ported discharged. [112J
EZRA RENOLDS: (Mass.) Greenfield. Matross, Capt. Samuel
Gridley's Co., Col. Richard Gridley's (Artillery) Regt.; mus-
ter roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted June 12, 1775; service,
1 mo. 22 days. Also, company return (probably Oct., 1775).
Also, Probably same man: Matross, Capt. Samuel Gridley's
Co., Col. R. Gridley's (Artillery) Regt.; receipt for advance
pay, signed by said Rennells and others, dated (^ambridge,
Aug. 5, 1775. Also, order for bounty coat or its equivalent
in money dated Fort No. 2, Cambridge, Nov. 8, 1775. [113]
EZRA RENNELL: (Mass.) Greenfield. Private, Capt. Agrippa
Wells's Co., Col. Saml. William's Regt. of Minute-men, which
marched April 20, 1775, in response to the alarm of April
19, 1775; left place of rendezvous May 1, 1775; service, 10
days; reported enlisted into the army. Also, possibly the
same: Greenfield. Private, (]apt. Agrippa Wells's Co., Col.
Whitcomb's Regt.; company return (probably Oct., 1775);
reported enlisted into the train. [1141
EZRA REYNOLDS: M/<mJ Middleborough. Return of men
raised to serve in the ('ontinental Army from ('apt. Amos
Washburn's Co., Col. ICbenezer Sijpout's (4th IMymouth Co.)
Regt.; residence, Middleboiougli; engaged for town of Mid-
dleborough; joined Capt. Wadsworth's Co., Col. Bradford's
Regt.; term, .'{ years. Also, Private, M (]o.. Col. Gamaliel
Bradford's Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for ser-
vice from May (5, 1777, to Dec. 'A\, 1770. .Mso, Cai)t. Thomas
Turner's Co., (lol. Gamaliel Bradfuid's Regt.; subsistence
allowed from date of enlistiiiciit. May (i, 1777, to May 28,
1777; credited willi 2."{ days allowance. Also, same ('o. and
Regt.; reluni (star not given); nuistered by County and
Conlinental Miislt-r Masters. 111.")]
70 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
EZRA RAYNOLDS: (Mass.) Middleborough. Private, Major's
Co., Col. Bradford's Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts
for service from Jan. 1, 1780, to May 6, 1780; residence,
Middleborough. [116J
EZRA RENNELLS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. William Tapper's
Co., Col. Titcomb's Regt.; service, 6 days, in April, May, and
June, 1777, under Maj. Gen. Spencer on expedition to Rhode
Island. ^jj7T
ENOCH REYNOLDS: (N. H.) Soldier in Captain Winborn
Adam's Co., town of Lee, about '76. [ng]
EBENEZER REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Corporal, Capt. Jona. Titus'
8th Co., Col. Henry B, Livingston's 4th Regt. New York
Line. Entered Jan. 1, '77; disch. May 26, '78. [119J
ELI REYNOLDS: ^A^. Y.) Private, Col. John van Ness' (1st
Dutchess Co., Minute Men) Regt. [120 J
ELIJAH RONALDS: (N. Y.) Private, Captain Cady's Co., Col.
W. B. Whiting's (17th) Albany County Regt. [121J
ELLSHA RYNOLDS: ^A^. Y.) Private Capt. Odle's Co., Col.
Van Rensselaer's Regt. [1221
EZRA REYNOLDS: (N. Y .) Private, Capt. Seeley's Co., CoL
Drake's Regt. (An Ezra is also mentioned in Capt. Delavan's
Co., Dragoons.) [123]
ELISHA REYNOLDS: ^A^. C.) Private. Pension rolls for 1835
[1241
EPHRAIM REYNOLDS: (N. C.) Mentioned early pay accounts
[125]
ELIHU REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Spelled also "ELEHER." Private
in Penna. Navy. Depreciation pay. Also, "was a mariner in
galley service of Pa. Capt. Nathan Boyce, Commandr. Was
bruised in his right leg between two boats crossing over
troops from Penna. to N. J." [126]
ELISHA REYNOLDS: (Pom.) Mariner, paid Sept, 1794, for
Revolutionary service. Transferred to Vt. [127]
EBENEZER REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Corporal, Capt. Bailey's Co.,
Col. Lippitt's Regt.; on company payroll Sept. '76 [128]
ELISHA REYNOLDS: (J^f.) Sergeant in Capt. Augustin Odel's
Co., Col. John Abbot's Regt. of Militia, out in alarm from the
1st day of August to the 4th, 1781. Served 3 days, travelled
10 miles. [129]
ELISHA REYNOLDS: (Vt.) Private, Capt. John Robinson's
Co., Col. John Abbot's Regt. of Foot, out in an alarm from
1st day of August to the 4th, 1781. 3 days; 30 miles. [130]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 71
ELISHA REYNOLDS: (Ft.) Private Capt. Wm. Dyre's Co., Col.
Ebenezer Walbridge's Battalion, raised for the defence of
the frontiers of the State of Vermont and stationed at
Skeensboro, 1781. Service, Sept. 12 to Nov. 22, 71 das.,
65 miles. [131]
EPHRAIM REYNOLDS: (Vt.) Ensign, Capt. Abraham Under-
hill's Co. Col. Warren's Regt. of Militia, service done to
guard to frontiers, Nov. 7-14th, 1778. Also, same Captain
and Company in Col. Ira Allen's Regt. of Militia, service
done in the defence of frontiers of Vermont in alarms
which commenced 12th, 1781. Served 20 days, travelled
30 miles. Also, Private, same Captain and Company. Col.
Allen's Regt. "defence of frontiers," Oct. 8 to Nov. 8, 1781,
inclus., company commanded by Lieut. Isaac Farwell.
Served 11 das., 30 miles. Also, May 28, 1779, mentioned as
Ensign in "2nd Company, Dorset," Capt. Abraham Under-
bill, 3rd Regt. Vermont, under Col. Gideon Warren. An
"Ensign Reynolds" is mentioned June. 1781, in an account
for furnishing meals by Stephen Calkins. [132J
— F—
FRED REYNOLDS: fGa.) Mentioned G. G. Smith's "Story of
Georgia" among Rev. Solds. p. 622. [133]
FRANCIS REYNOLDS: fPcnn.) Private, 5-th class, Capt, Chas.
Taggart's Co. of Militia in Bedford Co., "not marched."
[134]
FRANCIS REYNOLDS: fXId.) Private, 7th Regt. Continental
service from Md., Disch. Nov. 1, '80. Also, enlisted Dec. 21,
'76, Capt. Fredk. Deam's Co., 7th Regt. Also, Private, Capt.
Realty's (^o., under command Lt. W. Lamar, 1st Md. Regt.
serving in So. Army, as of .\ug. 1, reported in liospital in
July, '81. Also, (Francis Reynard,) enlisted Aug, 22 '82, for
the War, by Lf. Fickle, 5th Regt. (these diflerent records
nia\ all belong to one Francis). [13.5]
— G—
GAMALIEL liEVNOLDS: (Coiui.) Private in Capt. .Vbel Spicer's
(10th) Co., Col. Samuel H. I*arsons' Otli lU-ginient. Ilnlisted
May 10. Discharged Dec. 17th, 1775. Probably from Groton.
or nearb\. 'i'his Company on duty in New London until
June 17, then ordered to iiostoii. where it took post in Genl.
Spencer's hiii^adc. lU'giment reorgani/eil under Col. Par-
sons for service in 177(). 136]
GliOHGi: I'.AV.NOLD: (Conn.) Seaman on Continental frigate
"(;onfedera( y," built below .Norwich, i'A., and launched 1778.
Oct. 20 177'.), sailed fioni I'hila. for l-'rance having on boaid
72 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
the French Minister, Gerard, and the newly-appointed
American Minister to Spain, the Hon. John Jay, as pass-
engers. On Nov. 7 the vessel encountered a great storm
and lost all her masts and sails, and was obhged to make
her way to Martinico reaching that port Dec. 18th. Being
refitted the "Confederacy" put to sea again, but was sub-
sequently, March-April, 1781, captured off the Capes of
Virginia by a British seventy-four, and taken into Charles-
ton, S. C, then in the enemy's possession, [137]
"GEROTHAM" RENNELL: (Mass.) Capt. Henry Jenne's Co.;
entered service March 14, 1781; discharged March 18, 1781;
service, 4 days; Company marched to Rhode Island. (Name
appears on a duplicate roll as "Gerotham" Cornell). [138 J
GEORGE REYNOLDS: (Md.) Private, enlisted by Moses Chap-
line, July, 24, '76. [1391
GEORGE REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Ensign, Capt. Shaw's Co. 2nd
Battalion, 1st Estab. Dec. 25, 1775; Ensign, Capt. Brearley's
Co., 2nd Battalion, 2nd Establishment, Nov. 29, 1776; Second
Lieut. Capt. Luce's Co., ditto, Feb. 5, 1777; retired Sept.
26, 1780. Also, Captain, Militia, June 25, 1781. Legislature
made Captain Reynolds of the Militia recruiting ofTicer for
Sussex County to raise 50 troops as quota. [140]
GEORGE RYNNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private in Col. van Veghten's
13th. Albany Co., Regt. [1411
GILBERT REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Ebenezer Scho-
fleld's Co., Lt. Col. Thaddeus Crane's Regt. Also, same Com-
pany and Regt., became 1st Lieutenant, Feb. 17, 1780 [142]
GILBERT REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Ensign, Capt. Jos. Lockwood's
Co., (Poundridge), commissioned Oct. 19, '75, in Col. Thos.
Thomas' Second (Middle) Regt. (There was Gilbert R. also
in Capt. Bouton's Co., Lt. Col. Joseph Benedict's (3rd) West-
chester Co., Regt.). [143]
GEORGE REYNOLDS: (N. C.) Sergeant. Enlisted Nov. 17,
'76 for "War". Capt. John J. Kingsbury's Co. of Artillery in
service of U. S. A. as of Sept. 10, '78. [144]
GEORGE REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Private from Bedford Co. de-
preciation pay list. Also, a George from Northumberland
Co. Private. Capt. Wm. Clark's Co. on depreciation pay list.
[145J
GEORGE REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, '78, (1761-1844). En-
listed in 1778 under Captain Benj. West, Col. John Tappan's
Regiment for one year. Was in Sullivan's expedition. Was
drafted and served under Col. Chas. Dyer. His pension was
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 73
allowed for 16 months of actual service as Private in Rhode
Island Line. Born Exeter, R. I. 1761, and d. Factoryville,
Penn., 1844. m. Freelove Northrop. [146]
•GRINDALL REYNOLDS: (R. 1.) Ensign, Capt. Peter Taylor's
Co. 2nd Co. 1st Battal. Providence, under Lt. Col. Comm.
Eleazer Jenckes, — 1st Regt.; Lieutenant, under Capt. Ben-
nett Wheeler, 2nd Co., Providence, 1st Regt. May '81. Capt.
2nd Co., Providence, 1st Regt., under Lt. Col. Com. Chr.
Lippitt, May '83; same, May '84. Captain 4th Co. Providence
Militia, May 1788. (He was also a patriot in the "Gaspee"
affair, — often called the first American Tea Party, in which
he and many others attacked a British ship in Narragan-
sett Bay, 1771. See bottom p. 45, 1915 R. F. A. Report [147j
GEORGE REYNOLDS: (Va.) 1st Lieutenant, commissn. Aug.
1780 by Court. Under P. Hairston, from Henry, Va. Car-
oline County. See 9th ann. rept. Va. State Library. [148J
'GRINDALL ROWELL REYNOLDS: (I'f.) Lieutenant, Capt.
John Petty's Co., in Col. William Williams' Regt. of Militia.
He entered service Aug. 29, 1777, 40 days acct. for pay.
Also, Capt. Josiah Fish's Co., Col. Saml. Fletcher's Battalion,
1781, July 1st to close of campaign), payroll, private, Aug.
2, to Nov. 25, 114 das., discharged. Also, private, Capt.
James Clay's Co., Col. Bradley's Regt., assisting the High
Sheriff; payroll, dated Sept. 11, 1782, 1 das. service. His
home was Putney, Vt. (See p. 48, "VI. 28" 1915 Reynolds
Family Report.) [149]
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HEZEKIAH REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Enlisted from Woodbury,
Conn., which town sent more Reynolds' to the War than
any other American town. [150]
HORTON REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Corporal, Capt. Joseph Hobby's
Co. (9th Regt. MiUtia) under Genl. Wooster, 1776-77. Dis-
cliarged Jan. 11, 1777. In November, 1776, this regiment.
h;iving just returned from New York, was ordered to the
Westchester border, after the I{;itfle of Wliite IMains. [151]
HAMILTON IU-:YN()LDS: ((.'u.) Nh-nlioncd p. 622 G. G. Smith's
"Sloi-y of (ieorgia." 1152]
lli:/I KIAII REYNOLDS: ^V. II.) I'livali-, t-nlistcd .luly 12,
1779, in Cai)l. l-lphr. Stone's Co., V.o\. Hercules Mooney's
Regt. "To serve at R. 1. for the term of six montiis." l^n-
lisffd fi-om Col. Benj. Bellow's Begt. Also, served until Jan.
1(), 1780, 6 mos. 5 das., at time of disch. was private in (^apt.
l);inii-l I'.iiu'i-son's Co., Col. Mooney's lU-gt. .\lso, ago 24,
74 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
of Newport, Cheshire Co., in a return of new levies joined
the Hampshire Line, mustered in camp by Major Will
Scott, no date. "March 9, 1780, Col. Bellows mustered
Hezekiah Reynolds the receipt is lodged in this office, Jo-
siah Oilman, Jr.," Committee on Claims, Exeter. [153j
HENRY REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Associator Orange Co., 1775;
Private, Capt. Henry O'Hara's Co. 4th N. Y. Continental
Line; Col. Cornelius D. Wynkoop, March 2, 1776; Private,
Capt. Stephen Niles' Co., 4th Regt. Albany Co., Militia, Col.
Killian van Rensselaer. [154]
HENRY RONALDS: ^A^. Y.) Private, Captain Niles' Co., Col.
van Rensselaer's Regt. [155]
HENRY REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Fled with his family from
] -fif. e. t\o^ ^ '^ Peekskill to Smith's Cove, Orange Co., ^fi«#:, after the
' British raid in 1777 in which his store and buldings were
burned and he joned the militia and was with Anthony-
Wayne at the storming of Stony Point on the night of July
15-16, 1779. b. Peekskill, 1744; d. Neversink, N. Y., 1829.
[1561
HUGH RANALD: (N. Y.) Private, Captain Armstrong's Co.,
Col. Alex. Webster's Regt. (Also a Hugh R. in Capt. Arm-
strong's Co., Col. Armstrong's (?) Regt.) [157]
HENRY REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) With two Samuels, Reuben and
Isaac Reynolds in Capt. Robt. Campbell's 2d Co. Militia
6th Batt. Lane. Co. '81. Same in 1783. Also, Sergeant,
Washington Countv Militia who received depreciation pay.
[1581
HUGH REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Private, York Co. Militia, de-
preciation pay. Also, a James. [1591
HENRY REYNOLDS (R. I.) Private, Capt. John Gardiner's
Co., of "Kingston Reds" May, 1776, "a very active organiza-
tion and frequently referred to in the events which oc-
curred within the state." [160]
HENRY REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Ensign, 1st Co. (Capt. Jonath.
Bates) Exeter, 2d Kings Co., Regt., June '76. Ohver Spink
made Ensign in Dec. "in room of Henry Reynolds, who re-
fused." [161]
HENRY REYNOLDS: (Va.) See 9th annual Report of State
Library, p. 254. [162]
— I—
ISRAEL REYNOLDS : (Conn.) From Greenwich, Capt. G. Peck,
Col. Mead, as reported May 1, '78 to serve till Jan. 1, '79.
[163]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 75
ISAAC RAYNOLS: fMass.) Private, Capt. Henry Pierce's Co.,
Col. Ebenezer White's Regt.; marched Aug. 1, 1780; dis-
charged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 9 days; marched to Rhode
Island on an alarm. Roll sworn to at Middleborough. [164]
ISHMAEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Lanesborough. Private, Capt.
Asa Rarns's Co., Col. Renjamin Ruggles Woodbridge's Regt.;
company return dated Sept. 28, 1775. [165]
ISAAC RUNDELS: (N. Y.) Private, Captain Shaw's Co., Col.
Van Rensselaer's Regt. Probably Albany County. [166]
ISRAEL REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Captain Hobby's Com-
pany. [167]
ISAAC REYNOLDS: (Pom.) With Henry, two Samuels, Reu-
ben Reynolds in Capt. Robt. Campbell's 2d Co. Militia, 6th
Battl. Lane. Co. '81, and '83. [168]
ISAAC REYNOLDS: (I't.) Private, Capt. Nathan Smith, ser-
vice April 23 to May 4 1778, assisting Capt. Ebenezer Allen,
12 das. service. (See also Philip Reynolds, same Co.) [169]
ISAAC REYNOLDS: (I't.) Corporal, Capt. Wm. Hutchins' Co.,
Provincial troops. May 1, to Nov. 30, 1778. 7 mos. £15.8
paid. [1701
ISAAC REYNOLDS: (Jl.) Corporal, Capt. Lemuel Robert's
Co., of Militia in Col. Thos. Lee's Regt. Oct. 21st to 23rd,
1781. Service, 3 das., 10 miles. [1711
ISAAC REYNOLDS: /ri.) Private, Capt. John Gray's Co., Col.
Ira Allen's Regt. of Militia service done in defence of fron-
tiers of Vermont, Oct. 18 to Nov. 8, 1781. Service, 13 das.,
30 miles travel. [172]
ISAAC RUNNELS: (I't.) Private, Capt. Lemuel Roberts' Co.,
Col. Ebenzr. Allen's Regt. of Militia, from .lune 10-1 1th,
1781. Service, 2 day.s, 7 miles. [173]
ISHMAEL RUNNELS: (Vt.) Private, Capt. Lemuel Cary's Co.,
Col. John Abbot's Regf. of ImxjI. Aug. l-4th. 1781. Service
3 das., 24 miles. [174]
— J—
JACOB Hi:YNOLl)S: (Couii.) Private, Capt. Elliot's (8th) Co..
Col. Israel Putnam's 3r(l Regt.. 1775. .May 8th to Dec. 14th,
1775, served, (a James Reynolds same Co.) (Probably from
Killingly). Marched in May to lioston, stationed there dur-
ing the siege in Putnam's (Center Division at Cambridge
until I'xpirafion of service, Dec. 10, 1775. July adopted at
Conliiu'iital. A detachment was engaged at lUinker Hill;
a few ini-n joined Ouebcc expedition. In re-i-nlisting
76 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
troops for service 1776, this Regt. was re-organized with
Benedict Arnold, then before Quebec, as Colonel. Also,
Capt. J. Cady's Co., 11th Regt. Mch. 10, '78. [175]
JACOB REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Wills Cliffs Co.,
Col. Saml. Wyllys' 3rd Regt. formation '77-81. Enlisted
May 19, '77, for 3 yrs. Omitted Aug. '79. Peekskill, May
'77; under Putman along Hudson until Jan. '78; when Brig-
ade took post at West Point, and began construction of
permanent works there. Summer '78 camped White Plains;
wintered '78-79 Redding; under Genl. Heath on E. side Hud-
son '79; wintered '79-80 Morristown, N. J.; main army on
Hudson '80; wintered '80-81 Camp "Conn. Village," Regt.
reorganized. [176]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Sergeant, Capt. Wills Cliffs Co.,
Col. Saml. Wyllys' 3rd Regt. Enlisted Apr. 5, '77, for 3 yrs.
Disch. Apr. 5, '80. (Jacob and David Reynolds in this same
Regt., under whom, above, see record of service of the
Regt.) (James is probably that one from Killingly, Capt.
Cady's Co., 11th Regt., as of Mch. 10, '78.) ' [177]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Sergeant. Placed on pension
roll of Providence Co., R. 1., for 3 yrs. actual service as
Sergeant in Conn. Line. b. Westboro, Mass. 1754; d.
Glocester, R. I., 1835. [1781
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Conn.) First Lieutenant, 2d Company,
Col. Swift's Battalion, under Capt. Thaddeus Lacey, from
Litchfield County. "State Battalion raised with Motfs, for
service in vicinity of Ticonderoga under General Gates,
July-Nov. '76. The officers are entered as originally ap-
pointed. Rolls incomplete. Served several enlistments
and became Lieutenant. He was at Ridgefield where the
gallant Wooster fell and where the yeomen left their
ploughs for the battlefield. He d. 1819, act. 87. Wife:
Mehetebelle Blakesley." (A Sergeant James Reynolds and
a James Blakesley Reynolds enlisted from Woodbury,
Conn.) [179]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Joseph Elliot's Co.,
Col. Israel Putnam's 3rd Regt. '75. Enlisted May 11, disch.
Dec. 14, 1775. (From Killingly? A Jacob Reynolds in
same Co., whom see above for record of this Regt.) [180]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. David Haifs (10th)
Co., 9th Regt. of Militia, at New York, '76,— record dated
Aug. 16. Under Lt. Col. John Mead. In the same Company
were Ezekiel Reynolds and Sergeant Nathl. Reynolds.
James was discharged Aug. 2, '76. Again, Private, Captain
Chas. Smith's Co., 9th Regt. Militia, under General Wooster,
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOaATIOX
/7
'76-77. (Lt. Nathl. Reynolds, same Co.) From Nov. 15, '76
to Jan. 11 '77. Marched to Westchester to go under com-
mand Gen. Wooster. This Regt. had but lately returned
from New York. (1759-1833. [1811
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Served in Conn. Militia from
Greenwich, where he was born. (1753-1833). [182]
JAMES RAYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private Capt. Stephen Crosby's
Co., Col. Comfort Sage's 3rd Battalion, Wadsworth's Brig-
ade, 1776. Battalion raised June '76, to reinforce Washing-
ton at N. Y. Served in N. Y. City and on L. I. Caught in
retreat from the city, Sept. 15, and suffered some loss. En-
gaged at battle of White Plains, Oct. 28 Time expired
Dec. 25, '76. [183J
JEREMIAH REYNOLDS: I Conn.) Private, from Lebanon, in
Col. Samuel Canfield's Mihtia Regt. at West Point, Sept.
1781. [184]
JOSHUA REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. John Riley's Co.,
Col. Saml. B. Webb's 3rd Regt. Formation 1781-83. Feb.
3, '81 (enlisted for three years) to Dec. 31 '81, paid. He
may have been the Joshua from Lebanon, once belonging to
12th Regt. Militia, in war. Joshua is also reported, Jan.
1783: private Capt. Rich. Douglass's Co., Col., Saml. B.
Webb. Enlistment for another year. [185]
JOSHUA REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, from Norwich, Capt.
Benj. Throop's Co., Cols. Huntington & Starr, 1st Regt.
formation '77-81. Enlisted Feb. 16, '77, 3 yrs. Disch. Feb.
10, '80. (David and Eliphalet Reynolds in same Regt.).
Regt. served Peekskill, spring '77; ordered to Penn. Sept.
'77; on left flank Battle Germantown, Oct. 4, wintered Val-
ley Forge, '77-78; Battle of Monmouth '78; camped White
Plains, wintered Redding '78-79; '79 E. side Hudson and
repelhng Tryon's invasion; part of Regt. in storming of
Stony Point; wintered Morristown Huts, '79-80. Re-enlist-
ed Jul. 20 to Dec. 4, 1780. Reed. €30 bounty, Mch. 15, '81.
[186]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Sergeant Capt. James Horton's
Co., in the Regiment of Artificers, 1777. Enlisted Mar. 25,
'77 for (Uiration of the war. residence I'. Hartford. (Pri-
vate Chas. Reynolds of IC. Hartford, enlisted same day for
same term, same Co.) lU'gt.; "duties appear to have been
those attached to a pioneer and construction corps. The
men were largely artisans, carpenters, builders, tent-
makers, tailors, etc. The regiment was at Brandywine,
Germantown, Monmouth, and other lields." This may b<'
the i)ensi()ner John ( ITCjO-IS 10) buried Mentor. Ohio. [187]
78 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) (of Hartford?) Corporal in Capt.
John Bigelow's Artillery Company, '76. The first artillery
company raised in Conn, during the Revolution was an in-
dependent organization commanded by Capt. John Bigelow
of Hartford. It was recruited early in '76 and marched
to the Northern Dept. where it appears to have been ac-
cepted as a Continental Co. During fall and summer '76 at
Ticonderoga and vicinity. In July Capt. Bigelow was sent
by direction of Congress with a special flag of truce to
Burgoyne in Canada. The original roll is not on file, fol-
lowing represents one of its last returns, dated Nov. "Camp
Ticonderoga," after some of the men must have been dis-
charged. This may be the pensioner John, (1760-1810)
buried Mentor, Ohio. [188]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Musician, from Norwich, in Capt.
Jedidiah Hyde's Co., Col. John Durkee's 4th Regt., "Conn.
Line," formation 1777-81. Enlisted Mar. 9, 1777, for dura-
tion of War. Promoted Sergeant, Jan. 1, 1780. (Simeon
R. was musician, also, same Regt. whom see for record of
this Regt's. service, below.) [189]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, under Lt. Col. Geo. Pit-
kin, marched from Hartford, on Lexington Alarm, April,
1775. Service, 6 days, [190]
JOHN RENNALS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Chester Wells' Co.,
Col. Thomas Belden's 6th Militia Regt. On duty about
Fishkill, White Plains, etc. Served, April 10 to May 22nd,
1777. [191]
JOHN RUNNEL: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Nathl. Tuttle's 5th Co.,
Col. Chas. Webb's 7th Regt. 1775. Enlisted July 14, dis-
charged Dec. 20, 1775. [192]
JOHN RUNNOLDS: (Conn.) 1st. Sergeant, Capt. Lemuel
Cliffs Co., 1st Regt. "Conn. Line," Col. John Durkee. Paid
from Jan. 1, 1781, to Dec. 31, 1781. [193]
JOHN RYNNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Joshua Hunting-
ton's Co. from Norwich, Ct., 4th Battalion, Wadsworth's
Brigade, under Col. Saml. Seldon. Served in N. Y. and
on L. I. Caught in retreat and panic of Sept. 15, when the
City was abandoned, and suffered some loss. Present with
army until Dec. 25, 1776, when term of regiment expired.
[194]
JONATHAN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Nathl. Pom-
eroy's Co., Col. Chapman's Regt. Entered service, Aug. 3,
discharged Sept. 18, 1778. This regiment was present at
Battle of Rhode Island, Aug. 29, 1778. [195]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATIOSf 79
JONATHAN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Win. Satter-
lee's Co., Col. Saml. Elmore's Regt., '76. "In Garrison,
Johnstown." Enlisted June 1, 1776. Regt. Aug. 25, '76,
marched into "Tryon County" from Albany. During the
remained of its term, it was posted at Ft, Stanwix and
vicinity, where it broke up spring '77, most of officers and
number of men re-entering Continental service in Conn.,
Mass., and N. Y. Lines. (A Benj. Reynolds same Company).
[196j
JONATHAN REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, from Greenwich,
Capt. Abr. Mead's Co., which "Marched from Greenwich
to and for the protection of New Y'ork in the Alarm oc-
casioned by Lexington Fight, April, 1775." 6 days' service.
Also, Capt. Thos. Hobby's Co., Col. David Waterbury's 5th
Regt., '75. Enlisted May 10, disch. Nov. 10, 1775. N. Y.
records state: "Disabled at the seige of St. John. Lower
Salem, Westchester Co. (N. Y.)" [197]
JOSEPH REYNALDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Abraham Mead's
Co., 9th Regt. Militia, at New York, 1776: Lieut. Col. John
Mead. Discharged Sept. 2, 1776. Also, same company, pri-
vate, marched Nov. 1, '76, discharged Jan. 11 '77. "Com-
mand of the Saw pitts under Genl. Wooster." (Ambrus
Runnals in same company). [198]
JUSTUS REYNOLDS: (Conn.) (or Justice), Corporal, Capt.
Saml. Mattocks, Col. John Chandler's 8th Regt., Conn. Line.
Enlisted, May 5, 1777, for duration of War. Appointed
Corporal May 5, 1780. He may be the Justus from Wood-
bury of Capt. N. Chapman's Co., Col. Moseley's Regt. re-
ported May 1, '78. [199]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Del.) Private, enlisted Feb. 20, 1776,
Capt. David Hall's Co., Col. John Hazlett's Regt. Continen-
tal Line, Del., as of April 11, 1776. Also, enlisted Mch. 17,
1781 among recruits enlisted by Mr. Tilton; deserted, not
in the return. Also, (^apt. .lolin Cleaver's 8th ('o., Jul. 5,
1781; a list (jf the men in Col. Henry Neil's Regt. "how many
each Co. sent out of Newcastle Co., 1780." Also, among
men enlisted by Capt. .lohn Cleaver, 1780. Also, provisions
ordered at Wilmington, Jul. 'M, 1780, given 7 lbs. beef. 7
lbs. bread and Hour. Also, Aug. 17. 1778, took oath of al-
legiance,— renouncing fealty to King of Gt. Britain. Also,
among men enlisted in Ca|)t. Hugh McCracken's Co., Col.
Neiil's Regt. Acct. of |)ersons uni)aid. due James £9. Also.
Private "entered into pay Jul. 1(1, 1780" as of preceding
Company, "to serve until .Nov. 1, 1780" as of Nov. 9, 1781.
(Probablv this record belongs to several dillerent James).
[2001
80 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Del) Private, Capt. Paul Raulston's Co.
W. Dist. Brandywine Hundred, Newcastle Co., Del. Mch.
7, '78. (See also Thomas). Also, list of delinquents absent
from Militia muster, lower Newcastle Hundred, May and
June reviews and June and August '79. Absent 3 das. fine
£1-2-6, Also absent, Capt. Isaac Grantham's Militia Co.,^
2 das. Sept., Nov., Dec. '78, dated March 25, 1780. Also, a
return of Christiana Battalion of Militia, fined for non-
attendance $3, on three muster days, — fine paid, — Whit-
clay Creek. Also, a return of men absent from muster 31
Oct. 1778. — Also, Saml. Reynolds, Capt. Reed's Co. Lower
Dist. Whiteclay Creek Hundred. (Probably several dif-
ferent John Reynolds' to which these items belong.) [201]
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (Ga.) A Son of Liberty and member of
Provincial Congress. See D. A. R. 1901 Report. [2021
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Fifer, 5th Co.; entry dated Oct.
3, 1783, of an order for wages for May and June (year not
given), appearing in a register of orders accepted on ac-
count of wages, etc. [203j
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Nathan Rowlee's
Co., Lieut. Col. Timothy Robinson's detachment of Hamp-
shire Co., Militia; muster roll dated Garrison at Ticonder-
oga, Feb. 25, 1777; enlisted Jan. 9, 1777; enlistment to ex-
pire March 25, 1777. Also, Private, Capt. Nathan Rowlee's
Co., Lieut. Col. Timothy Robinson's detachment of Hamp-
shire Co., Militia; entered service Jan. 9, 1777; service to
April 3, 1777, 83 days, at Ticonderoga. [204]
JOHN RENNOLDS: (Mass.) Descriptive Ust of men raised in
Bristol Co., agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, returned
as received by John Burt, as Taunton, April 18, 1781, to be
conducted to Springfield and delivered to Col. Shepard;
age, 16 yrs.; stature, 4 ft. 11 1-2 in.; complexion, dark; oc-
cupation, laborer; engaged for town of Dartmouth; term,
3 years. Also, possibly the same John Reynolds: List of
men raised in Bristol Co. to serve in the Continental Army,
agreeable to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as attested by James
Williams, Supt. for said county, dated Taunton, June 20,
1781; engaged for town of Dartmouth. [205]
JOHN RAYNOLS: (Mass.) Private Capt. Henry Pierce's Co.,
Col. Ebenezer White's Regt.; marched Aug. 1, 1780; dis-
charged Aug. 9, 1780; service, 9 days; company marched on
an alarm to Rhode Island. Roll sworn to at Middle-
borough. [206]
JOHN RANALDS: (Mass.) Middleborough. Private, Capt.
Abiel Pierce's (2d Middleborough) Co. of Militia, which
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marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775, to Marshfield; ser-
vice, 2 days. [207]
JOHN RENELS: (Mass.) Scarborough, Return of men raised
to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. Jonathan
Andrew's Co., Col. Reuben Fogg's (3d. Cumberland Co.)
Regt., sworn to Nov. 25, 1778; residence, Scarborough; en-
gaged for town of Scarborough; joined Capt. Ellis's Co.,
Col. Rigelow's Regt.; term, 3 years. [2081
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Receipt, dated Boston, June 6,
1782, for bounty paid said Reynolds by Ebenezer Baker,
Chairman of Class No. 7 of the town of Dorchester, to serve
in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years. [209]
•JONAS REYNOLDS: (Mass.), Bridgewater. Private, Capt.
Josiah Hayden's Co., Col. Bailey's Regt, of Minute-men.
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 1
days. Also, Corporal, Capt. Nathan Packard's Co., Col.
Edward Mitchell's Regt.; service, 5 days; company ordered
to march to Squantum March 4, 1776, on an alarm. (Son
of Nathaniel and Hannah (Hartwell) Reynolds of No.
Bridgewater; b. Jan. 28, 1741-2; d. there Aug. 5, 1795. m.
Anna Perkins. His brothers David, Nathaniel, Jonathan,
Timothy; and cousins Joseph and Thomas, all the young
men of military age in this family, enlisted from Bridge-
water. See p. 41, 1915 Reynolds F. Report). [210]
*JON.\THAN REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. David Pack-
ard's Co., Col. Eliphalet Cary's Regt.; service, 8 days; com-
pany marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 22,
1780. (Son of Nathaniel and Mary (Tolman) Reynolds, b.
May 17, 1704, No. Bridgewater; d. Jan. 19, 1804, Sidney, Me.
m. Anna Thayer. See note under Jonas, of Bridgewater.
See also p. 42, Reynolds Report, 1915). [211]
.lOSICIMl HKYNOLDS: (.Mass.) Ca|)t. Cooper's Co.; entered
service .Inly 10, 1779; discharged A|)ril 1(5, 1780; term, 9
months. 12121
JOSEIMI RYNOLD; (.Mass.) Descriptive list of men raised in
Worcester Co, to serve in the Continental Army, agreeable
to resolve of Dec. 2, 1780, as returned by Seth Washburn,
Superintendent; Capt. Mayson's Co.. Col. Davis's Regt.; age,
34 yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; c(»mi)Ie\inii. light; ()(rui)atio.i,
farmer; engaged for town of Slurbridgt-; engaged April 20,
17SI ; It iMi, 'A years. 12131
JOSl.l'll Hi;VN()LI)S: {.Mass.) Private, Capt. James Tisdale's
(Itli) Co.. .'{d Mass. lU'gt. conunanded by Col. Michael .lack-
son; MinstiT roll for Aug, iind Si-pl., I7.S;<; halaiuf of tcnn
82 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
of enlistment unexpired, 6 months, 18 days. Also, 3d Co.,
3d Mass Regt.; list of men who died or were discharged in
the year 1783; said Renolds discharged Dec. 17, 1783, at
West Point. [214]
JOSEPH REANOULDS: {(Mass.) Private, Capt. Simon Jack-
son's (8th) Co., Col. John Greaton's (3rd) Regt.; muster
rolls for July-Oct., 1782. [215]
JOSEPH REYNOULDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Abraham Wat-
son's Co., Col. John Greaton's (3d) Regt.; muster roll for
Oct. and Nov., 1781, dated Highlands; enlisted April 18,
1781; enlistment, 3 years. Also, Capt. Watson's (3d) Co.,
Col. Greaton's Regt.; muster roll for March, 1782. Also,
8th Co., Col. Greaton's (3d) Regt.; muster roll for May,
1782. Also, Capt. Simon Jackson's (8th) Co., Col. Greaton's
Regt.; muster roll for June, 1782. Also, Capt. Wm. Watson's
(6th) Co., 3d Mass. Regt. commanded by Lieut. Col. Millen;
muster rolls for Jan. and Feb., 1783. Also, probably same man :
Private, Capt. Abraham Watson's Co., Col. John Greaton's
(3d) Regt.; muster roll for Jan.., 1782, dated Hutts, New
Boston; enlisted April 18, 1781; enlistment, 3 years; re-
ported "Gen'l. Howes Baggage guard." Also, probably same
man: Private, Capt. Abraham Watson's Co., Col. John
Greaton's (3d) Regt.; muster roll for Dec, 1781, dated New
Boston; enlisted April 18, 1781; enlistment, 3 years. Also,
probably same man: Private, Capt. William Watson's (6th)
Co., 3d Mass. Regt. conmianded by Lieut Col. Millen; mus-
ter roll for Dec, 1782. (NOTE: There were two Josephs
in New Hampshire in 1832, who were drawing pensions for
service as "privates in Mass. Contl. Line." This man may
be one of them. [216]
JOSEPH RANNOLDS: (Mass.) Sturbridge. Descriptive Ust
of men in Continental service; Capt. Watson's Co., 3rd
Mass Regt.; age, .36 (also given 34) years; stature 5 ft. 8
(also given 5 ft. 7) in.; complexion, light; hair, dark; eyes,
blue; occupation, yeoman (also given farmer); residence,
Sturbridge; engaged for town of Sturbridge; engaged April
18, 1781; term, 3 years. Also, Private, Capt. William Wat-
son's (6th) Co., 3rd Mass. Regt. commanded by Lieut. Col.
Millen; muster roll for March, 1783. Also, order for wages
for Feb. and March, 1783, dated Cantonment near New
Windsor. Also, muster roll for April, 1781. [217]
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Receipt dated Sturbridge, May
8, 1781, for bounty paid said Reynolds by Timothy Newell
and others, on behalf of a class of the town of Sturbridge
to serve in the Continental Army for the term of 3 years.
Also, Private, Capt. Simon Jackson's (8th) Co., Col. John
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCJATIOX ^3
Greaton's (3d) Regt.; muster roll for Nov., 1782. [218]
•JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Bridgewater. Private, Capt,
Josiah Hayden's Co., Col. Bailey's Regt. of Minute-men,
which marched on the alarm of April 19, 1775; service, 4
days. Also, Capt. Nathan Packard's Co., Col. Edward
Mitchell's Regt.; service, 5 days; company ordered to
march to Squantum March 4, 1776, on an alarm. Also, Capt.
Henry Prentiss's Co., Col. Thomas Marshall's Regt.; ab-
stract for advance pay, etc., sworn to at Boston, June 17,
1776. Also, same Co., and Regt.; enlisted July 12, 1776;
service to Aug. 1, 1776, 19 days. Also, same Co., and Regt.;
service from Aug. 11, 1776, to date of discharge, Dec. 1,
1776, 3 mos. 21 days. Also, Corporal, Capt. Nathan Pack-
ard's Co., Col. Thomas Carpenter's Regt.; entered service
July 25, 1778; discharged Sept. 9, 1778; service, 1 mo. 16
days, at Rhode Island. Also, Private, Capt. David Pack-
ard's Co., Col. Klliphalet Cary's Regt.; service, 3 days; com-
pany marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 22,
1780. (He was born June 21, 1751, o. s. North Bridge-
water, Mass., went to Minot, (now Auburn,) Maine, and d.
at his eldest son's, Ichabod's, there, ^Nlarch 15, 1831. See
page 42 Reynolds Family Association 25th (1915) annual
report. His brother Thomas, and his cousins, Jonas, David,
Nathaniel, Jonathan, and Timothy every young man of
military age in this patriotic family enlisted from North
Bridgewater, Mass.) [219]
•JOSEPH RAYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. William Hoop-
er's Co.; service from June 1, 1776, to date of discharge,
Nov. 15, 1776, 5 mos. 15 days. Rolls dated Marblehead.
(This is the Joseph mentioned j). 60, 1915 Reynolds Family
Rei)ort, baptzd. Marblehead, Feb. 1, 1759, son of .lohn and
Judith (Hooper?) Reynolds, grandson of .lohn and Anna
(Blanch) Reynolds. Probably died not long after the War,
unmarried.) [220]
.li:i)l-:i)IAIl RI:YN()M)S: ^V. //j Sergeant, Capt. Bellow's Co.,
Junior Regt. of N. H. marched from Co., of Cheshire at re-
quest of (lenl. dates to reinforce the Army at Ticonderoga,
Oct. 1776. 2() (las. service, KiO miles travel,— rate t:2-8 per
iiioiilh. 1221]
JOII.N REYNOLDS: (X. H.) of Lyndboro"; in Capt. Wm. Bar-
ron's Co., from "A muster and I'ay Roll of .Men raised for
Canada out of Colo. Daniel .Moore's Regiment Mustered
and Paid by .Moses Kelley i:s(ir. all Mustered .luly 22nd
1776." Due said Reynolds tl().3 (probably a descendant of
lU.bl. !!(■> Holds of lioslnii.) [222]
84 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (N. H.) Resided North Durham, N. H.,
Private. Age 21, height 5 ft. 8 in., hair, complexion, eyes
all light. Absent, missing, at H. Town. [223]
JAMES RUNALS: (N. J.) Capt. Ballard's Co., 3d Battal., 2d
Establ.; also Mihtia, [224]
JAMES REYNOLDS: ^A^. J.) Capt. M'Mires' Co., 1st Batt. 2d.
Establ.; Private, died April 22d, 1777. [225]
JAMES REYNOLDS: ^A^- J.) Private in Militia from Mon-
mouth. [2261
JOHN REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Mihtia private (substitute) 1st
Regt., Monmouth. [227J
JOHN REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Militia private, Hunterdon. [228]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Militia private, Morris. [229]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Private, "Hazen's Regiment,"
(2d Canadian), Continental Army. [230]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Private, 2d Batt., 2nd Establ., 2d
Regt. [231 j
JAMES REYNOLDS: (N.Y.) Enlisted May 12, '78 for 9 mos.,
disch., 3rd Co., Capt. Chas Graham, Col. Philip van Cort-
landt's 2d Regt. [232]
JAMES REYNOLDS: ^A'. 5'J Enlisted Jan. 1, '77; 3 yrs., disch.
Jan. 1, '80. Private under Capt. Jona. Titus (8th) Co., Col.
Henry B. Livingston's (4th) Regt. N. Y. Line. (Corpl.
Ebenezer R. same company). [233]
JAMES RONALDS: ^A^. Y.) Private, Col. Abraham Wemple's
(2d) Albany Co.) Regt. [234]
JESSE RAYNOLDS: (N. V.) Private, Capt. Purdy's Co., Col.
Thos. Thomas' 2d. Westchester Co. Regt. [235]
JESSE REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Sergeant, Capt. Hubby's Co., Col.
Thos. Thomas's (2d) Westchester Co. Regt. (A Jesse R.
was Sergeant in Capt. Lyon's Co., same Regt.) [236]
JESSOP REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Hobby's Co.,
Thos. Thomas's (2d) Westchester Co., Regt. (Jessop, or
Jessup, Reynolds' mentioned elesewhere: Private, Capt. St.
John's Co., same Regt.; Sergeant, Capt. Hobby's Co., above
Regt.; Sergeant, Capt. Lyon's Co.) [237]
JOEL REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Waters' Co., Col.
Roswell Hopkins, (6th) Dutchess Co., Regt. [238]
JOHN RYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Woodworth's Co.,
Col. van Veghten's Regt. [2391
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 85
JOHN RONOLS: (N. Y.) Enlisted Jan. 1, 77 in Capt. Saml.
T. Pell's (4th) Co., Col. Philip van Cortlandt's (2d) Regt.
3 yrs. Disch. Jan. 1, '80. [240]
JOHN RENNALS: (N. Y.) Private, Captain Thompson's Co.,
Col. Wessenfels' Regt. [241]
JOHN REYNOLD.S: (N. Y.) Served as Scout and Minute-man.
Died 1787 in North Castle, N. Y. His wife was Rebecca
Rundel. (D. A. R. Lineage Books, xxiii, 63.) [242]
JOHN REYNOLDS: ^A^. Y.) Private, Capt. L. Bleeker's (8th)
Co., Col. Peter Gansevoort's (3rd) Regt. N. Y. Line. En-
Hsted Jan. 16, '77, for War. Des'd. Jan. 26, '77.. [243]
JOHN RANALDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Long's Co., Col. Alex-
Webster's Regt. (A John Ranalds also mentioned as in
Capt. Armstrong's Co., same Regt.) [244]
JOHN RANALDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Childs' Co., Col. Alex.
Webster's Regt. (Also a Hugh Ranalds in this Regt.) [245]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Armstrong's Co.,
Col. Armstrong's Regt. (Johns mentioned elsewhere: Pri-
vate, Capt. Sackett's Co., Col. Thomas' Regt.; Capt. Chap-
man's Co., Col. Thomas' Regt. [246]
JONATHAN REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Odle's Co.,
Col. van Rensselaer's Regt. (Other Jonathans: Lieutenant,
Capt. Graves' Co., above Regt.; Lieutenant, Col. Van Ness's
Regt. 1st Dutchess Co. Minute-Men.) [247]
JONAH REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Hubby's Co., Col.
Thos. Thomas's (2d) Westchester Co. Regt. (A Jonah R.
im-iilioiu'd: Private, Capt. St. John's Co., above Regt.)
[248]
JOSEPH HEYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Captain, in Col. Wm. Hmn-
phrey's (5lh) Regt. (Beekman's Precinct). Connnissioned
Oct. 17, 1775. (A Joseph is elsewhere mentioned as pri-
vate in (]apt. Humphrey's Co.) [249]
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (X. Y.) Sergeant, Capt. Lyon's Co.. Col.
Thos. Thomas' (2d) Westchester Co., Regt. (A Joseph is
elsewhere mentiom-d : I'rivatc, Ca|)t. Nilcs' Co., Col. van
Rensselaer's lU'gl. 1250]
.lOSIH'A l!i;V.N()I.I)S: (N. Y.) I'rivalc, (::i|)t. Loikwood's Co.,
Col. rii;i(l. Crane's (4th) Westclu-sti-r Co., iii-gl. 1251]
.IA.Mi;S HilV.NOLDS: '\ ( ' l'iiv;iti-. Ca|)tain Monllort's Co.
10th lU'gl. Col. Abr. Slupiud. nilisted 26 May. '78, 3 years,
as of 1783. 12521
86 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
REYNOLDS: (N. C.) Ensign. Feb. 16 '78, Col. Abr.
Shepard wrote to Gov. Caswell, "Ensign Rennals has just
in Camp with seven clever recruits, and he has enlisted
seven more which deserted, but he expects many of them
are taken up by this time." Camp at Tottopotomy Creek,
Hanover Co., Va. (This is possibly a James Reynolds).
[253]
JEREMIAH REYNOLDS: (N. C.) Mentioned as soldier, early
pay accounts. [254]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (N. C.) Quarter-master Sergeant. [255]
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (N. C.) Private, Capt. Griffith J. Mc-
Ree's Co. of 1st Ratt. Col. Thos. Clark. Enlisted for 1 yr.,
as of Sept. 8, '78. [256]
JACOR REYNOLDS: (Pam.) 4th class private in Capt. R.
Campbell's 2nd Co. Militia 6th Ratt. Lancaster Co., 1781.
Other Reynolds' same Co., q. v. [257]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Pam.) Private, S. S. "Washington" Dec.
1, '76, Capt. John McFatrich. Also, Private, 10th Regt.,
Contl. Line. Also, Northumberland Co. Militia. Also, with
Hugh R. in York Co. Militia. Also, enlisted Nov. 24, '75,
Capt. Josiah Harmar's Co., Col. John Rull and Col. John
Phillip, 2d Pa. Contl. Line, Oct. 25, '76. Also, Capt. John
Lyndsay's (1st), 6th batt. Chester Co. Militia. Lt. Col.
Caleb Davis, 1780. Also, Haverford, Nov. 26, '81, same 1782.
Also, Capt. Noah Abraham's Co. Aug. 5, 1782. Also, Pri-
vate, Lt. Rich. McLane's 6th Co., 1st Batt. Cumberland Co.,
Col. Jas. Johnston. Also, Capt. Wm. Strain's Co., 6th Mil-
itia Ratt. Cumb. Co. Aug. 22, '80, '82. Also, James Poe's Co.
8th Ratt. Cumb. Co. Militia, '82. Also, a ranger from North-
umberland County, 1778-83. (NOTE: Various James' are
included in above records, and it is difficult to tell which
is which from original recs.) [258]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Pciiu.) Enlisted Mch. 6, '77, Major's Co.
11th Pa. Also, Gunner, 1st Co. Pa. Artill. under Capt. Thos.
Proctor, June 30 to Jul. 31 '76. Also, 5th Co. 1st Ratt. Cum-
berland Co. Militia Jul. 23, '81, Lt. John Stitt. Also, Pri-
vate second-class Capt. Alex Peeble's Co. Militia 6th batt.,
Cumberland Co. Militia, Col. Jas. Dunlop, Aug. 1, '80. Also,
'81. Also, Private Capt. Henry Corbery's Co., 8th, 11 Pa.
"42 years; height 5' 4"; barber; German; May 22, 1778."
Also, Ensign, Capt. John Steel's independent Co. Sept. '77;
Also, Private, 11th Regt. deprec. pay. Also, Redford Co.
Militia. Also, enlisted Feb. 2, '76, Capt. Abr. Smith's Co.
Cumberland Co. 6th Pa. Also, Private, 8th class, Capt. Con-
rod Snider's 4th Co. 1st Ratt., Cumberland Co., Lt. Col.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 87
James Johnston. Also, Private, 2-class Capt. John Camp-
bell's Co., 1782, Cmnb. Co. Militia. Also, Private, with Mar-
i tin and Joseph Reynolds in 1st Penn. Regt. Contl. Line.
Also, 5th Pa. Col. Rich. Butler, Contl. Line. Resided Fair-
field Co., Ohio, 1833, aet. 79, also Joseph R. Also, Private
5th Regt. and 9 Regt. depr, pay, also 11th Regt. Also, Pri-
vate, Capt. Isaac Seeley's Co., Sept. 9 '78, 5th Pa. Also,
Capt. Thos. B. Bowen's Co., 9th Pa. Col. Rich Butler enhsted
Sept. 10 '78 for duration war. Also, enlisted May 23, '78
for 3 months, in preceding Co. Also, Captain of 8th Co. 1st
Batt. Pa. Militia, Lt. Col. James Reed. (NOTE: the above
are grouped together for convenience.) [259 J
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Pciin.) First Lieutenant of the Franklin
Galley, and commissioned accordingly. April 15, 1779.
Died before 16th Sept., 1779, at which time his children
had smallpox and widow, Catherine, in want. [2601
JOHN REYNOLDS, Jr. (Paw.) Private, enlisted Feb. 5, '7(5,
Cumberland Co., Capt. Abr. Smith's Co., March 20, '76.
[261]
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: ](Pcini.) Private with John and Martin
R. in 1st Pa. Regt. Contl. Line. Also, 10th Penna. Regt. en-
listed May 12 '77. Captured at Foxchase, Mar. '78 (also
James). Also, among men receive depr. pay in Northum-
berland Co. Militia. Also, Private 5th Penn. Jul. 17, '81.
Col Rich. Butler — also a John Reynolds here. Also, Pri-
vate 6th Pa. Contl. Line, January 17, '81, Col. Richd. Hump-
ton. (NOTE: Diderent Josephs here). Also, a John was
Northumberland ranger 1778-83. [262]
JOSHUA REYNOLDS: (Pcini.) Private, depreciation pay, for
soldiering Westmoreland Co. Militia. [263]
JAMI-:S RI:YX0LDS: fR. I.) Private, '76 Col. Lippitt's Regt.
[264]
.lAMi:S H1:YN0LDS: (R. I.) Lieutenant, So. Kingstown, 1st
Co., Capt. Tim. Locke, Jr., Kings Co. 3rd Regt., June '80.
Also, Lieut., So. Kingston, 2n(l Co., under Capt. Paris Ciard-
ner, May '81. 126")]
lOll.N 151-:Y.\0LI)S: (R. I.) Siu'rilV of Kent County, ap|)ointed
1777. '2««1
JOHN 1',1-:Y.N()L1)S: (R. I.) Agent Clothier, Feb. '77. 1st Battal-
ion, under Col. Robt. I-lliott's Regt. of Artillery. Also,
Ageiit-CIothier for the State's trooi)s. I 267 1
JOHN Rl'.YNOLDS: ^A'. /' l.ifutenani, under Cai)!. Lt. \'a\-
nunui .Johnson, Col. .las. M. Varnuni, lU-gl. of Kings and
Kent Counties, '7.).
2681
88 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
* JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Justice of Inferior Ct. of Com-
mon Pleas and General Sessions of the Peace, Bristol Co.
1776-89. b. 1719, d. 1789. [2691
JOSEPH REYxNOLDS: (R. I.) of Bristol, Private, Col. Gamaliel
Bradford's 12th Regt. Continental. Enlisted July 16, 1779,
to serve 9 months. [270]
*JOSEPH REYNOLDS. Jr. (R. I.) of Bristol. Ensign in Capt.
Stephen Smith's Bristol Co. August '78, Col Nathl. Martin.
Lieutenant of Bristol Co. Militia, under Capt. Wm. Throop,
May '77, 3rd Regt.; also May '78; also, Sept. '79; Feb. '80,
Lieut., under Capt. Vial Allen, in Newport, Kings Co. and
Bristol Battalion. May '81, Capt Wm. Throop's Co., Lieuten-
ant. Became Major in Bristol County Regt. June '78 until
May '94 when he became l-t. Col. Commandant, until '97.
Dec. '97 became Justice Court of Common Pleas, Bristol Co.
b. Bristol, B. L, Sept. 20, 1748; d. there Oct. 10, 1818; buried
No. Cemetery. [271]
* JONATHAN REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, b. Bristol R. L Jan.
29, 1763; d. there June 29, 1845. buried No. Cemetery, m.
Mary Peck, 2 sons; 3 daus. [272]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Md.) Private, enlisted 12 April '77; Oct.
4 missing, 1st Regt. Md. Line. Also, Private, enlisted Mch.
30 '79; disch. Nov. 1 '80; Also, among recruits enlisted for
3 yrs from Kent Co., May 16 '81; Also, Private, 6th Co., 3rd
Regt., paid Aug. 28, '81; Also drummer 3 Co., 1 Batt. Capt.
Wm. Rieley; — reduced to Private, Jan. '81; Also drummer,
served Jan. 1 to Nov. 15th. '83. Lt. Lynn's Co., Northern
Detachment. Also, (James Reynolds, 1st), drummer, served
1 Aug. '80 to 15 Nov. '83. Also, among list of men "blown up
in the barges", as of Dec. 1782 (?) as also a John Raynolds.
(this record may not all belong to same James) [273]
JAMES REYNOLDS, 2nd.: (Md.) Private, Capt. Orendorf's 1st
Co., 3 Battalion, enlisted Jan. 1, '82, pay accounts. Also,
Private, served Jan. 1 to Nov. 15th '83, Lt. Lynn's Co., North-
ern Detachment. Also, Private, served 1 Aug. '80 to Sept. 9
'83, when disch. (appears to have served in same companies
as James, 1st). [274]
JAMES BEYNOLDS: (Md.) Private, Col. Spedden's Regt. Md.
Militia. Served in Chesapeake Flotilla. (1756-1814). [275]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Md.) 2nd Lieutenant, Capt. Phineas
Fiddeman's Co., 4th Eastern Shore Batt. Md. Militia. June-
Nov. 1776. [2761
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Md.) Private, "enrolled by Capt. Benj.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 39
Spyker, reviewed and passed by Will. Deakins, Jr., Fred-
erick County, Jul. 29. '76. Also Private, 14 Feb. 78, present
1 Nov. '80, 1st Regt. Aid. Line. Also, Private, recruited for
Artillery at Annapolis, mentioned Dec. 12, '76. Also, Mat-
rosse, enlisted Nov. 22, '77, for 3 yrs. Capt. Wm. Brown's
Co., Artillery, under Col. Chas. Harrison, as of Nov. '78.
Also, Matrosse, 1782-3, under Major Brown, Md. Artillery.
Also, a John R. among "men blown up in the barges" ('82?).
Also, Private, Capt. Rich. Smith's Co., "Militia for the ser-
vice of the Flying Camp, from 19 Sept. '76, to Oct. 15, '76.
(Part of records probably belongs to other John Reynolds').
[2771
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Md.) Captain, mentioned Jul. 20 '76 as
of Upper Dist. Frederick Co., (Washington Co.). Also,
July 18, '76, list of men he enlisted. Also, mentioned pay
accounts for 7th Regt., as Captain, enlisted 10th Dec. '76.
[278]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Md.) 2d Lieutenant, under Capt. Jos.
Richardson — men of Caroline Co., — passed Aug. 31, '76.
[279]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Va.) 2d Lieutenant. Caroline Co., Com-
missioned Nov. 1779. See 9th rept. Va. State Library. [280]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Va.) Private, Va. Contl. Line, served
"during war;" given land bounty warrant by Va. 200 acrs.,
June 24, 1783. [281]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Va.) Nansemond. See 8th and 9th an-
nual repts. Va. St. Lib. p. 370. [282]
JAMES RANNOLDS: (Va.) See 8th ann. rept. Va. St. Lib. p.
366. [283]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (J'a.) Private Capt. Uriah Springer's Co.,
Col. John (libson's Regt. during 1780. See 8th aiui. rept.
Va. St. Lib. p. 370. [284]
JAMES REYNOLDS: (Va.) Navy. See Va. St. Lib. 8th and 9th
ann. rept. p. 370. {285]
J1:HI;M[AII MICYNOLDS: (Va.) List of men paid of in Militia
at Momney. (Va. St. Lib. 8th ann. rept. p. 370.) I28t;i
JESSE REYNOLDS: (Va.) lU-dford. Secy, of War rept. IS.?,')
on pensions. (See Va. St. Lib. rept. 8th aiuuial. p. 370,
380, 384. Also another Jesse Heynolds, same report.) 12871
.lOii.N I!I:Y.\()1.!)S: (Va.) Ca|)tain. See Va. St. I.il). Sth aim.
it-pt. |). :{7i). L288J
90 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Va.) Surgeon in Navy. See Va. St. Lib.
8th an. rept. p. 370. [289]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Fa.) Ensign. See Va. St. Lib. rept. p.
370. [290]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (I'a.) Matrosse, Capt. Whitehead Cole-
man's Artillery Co., 1779, Col. Chas. Harrison's Regt. (See
Va. St. Lib. rept. 8th, p. 370; 384; a John of Augusta men-
tioned, and other Johns). [291]
JOSEPH M. REYNOLDS: (I 'a.) See 9th annual report of State
Library. [292]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Vt.) Private, Capt. Joseph SafTord's Co.,
"raised for 3 wks. to guard the inhabitants of White Creek,
commencing the 9th Aug. and ending 9th Sept., inclusive,
1781." (See Renoni Reynolds, same Co.) 21 das. service.
[293]
JOHN REYNOLDS, Jr., (I't.) Private, Capt. Augustin Odel's
Co., Col. John Abbott's Regt. of Militia, alarm of Oct. 19.
1781. Served 18 das., 60 miles. (See John, Sr., also William
Reynolds, same Co.) [294]
JOHN REYNOLDS: (rt.) Private, COLONEL ETHAN ALLEN'S
"GREEN MOUNTAIN ROYS." At Quebec, 1776, and else-
where with this historic band. Private, under Capt. Gid-
eon Rrownson, at Montreal, Feb. 26, 1776, "Green Mountain
Boys." [2951
JOHN REYNOLDS: (11.) Corporal, Capt. Joshua Rabcock's
Co., in Ebenezer Walbridge's Battalion, Jul. 1, Dec. 4th,
1781. Service, 153 days, 50 miles. Paid Aug. 21, 1783. [2961
JOHN REYNOLDS: (rt.) Private, Capt. Augustine Odel's Co.,
Col. John Abbott's Regt., of Militia, called out alarm Oct.
19th, 1781. 18 das., 60 miles. (See in same Co. John Rey-
nolds, Jr., and William Reynolds). [297 J
JOHN REYNOLDS: (Vt.) Private, Capt. Joseph SalFord's Co.,
raised for three weeks to guard the inhabitants of White
Creek, from Aug. 9 to Sept. 9, inclus., 1781. Service, 21 das.,
22 miles. (See Renoni Reynolds, same Co.) [2981
JOHN REYNOLDS: (I'f.) Private, Capt. Charles Nelson's Co.,
Col. Benj. Wait's Battalion, from Sept. 14 to close of cam-
paign. Service, 2 mos., 6 das., 48 miles. [299]
JONATHAN REYNOLDS: (Ft.) Sergeant, Capt. Eh Noble's
Co., Col. Herrick's Regt. of Mihtia, Oct. 11, 1780, began.
Service, 12 das. 70 miles. [300]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 91
JONATHAN REYNOLDS: (Vf.) Private, Capt. Joshua Hazen's
Co., Col. Wood's Regt., marched to Brookfield on alarm,
Oct. 1780. Service, 3 das., 40 miles. Also, same company
marched to Dresden in alarm at Newbury, when Col.
Thoas. Johnson was carried away captive, March, 1781.
Service, 2 das. [301]
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (I't.) Private, Capt. John SpafTord's
Co., Col. Gideon Warren's Regt. of Militia, March 26, to
29, 1780. Service, 4 das., 25 miles. [302]
JOSHUA REYNOLDS: ff'/J Private, Capt. Thomas Sawyer's
Co., Provincial Troops, enlisted May 1, 1778, discharged
Nov. 30, 1778, service 7 mos. 4 das. [303]
JOSHUA REYNOLDS: (J't.) Private, Capt. Jonas Galusha's
Co., Col. Herrick's Regt., alarm of Oct. 1780. Service, 8
das,, 55 miles. [304]
JOSHUA REYNOLDS: (I't.) Private, Capt. Claghorn's Co.,
Col. Mead's Regt. of Militia. "Scouting after Tories at
Sundry times and also guarding in time of trial such as
were taken, supposed to be enemies to America, etc., from
May 6, 1777, each man victualled himself." Reynolds al-
lowed for service from May 22(1 to May 2Gth, 1777. [305]
JOSEPH REYNOLDS: (S. C) May 11, 1785, paid to him, t:43-
14-3Vi for 275 days Militia duty in 1781. [306]
— L—
Li;\VlS REYNOLDS: (N. V.) Sergeant, Capt. Elliott's Co., Col.
Van Rensselaer's Regt. [307]
LIJSIA HEXOLDS: (N. )'.) Sergeant, Capt. Elliot's Co., Col.
Livingston's Regt. [308J
— M—
MATTIII-W R1:YN0LDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Saml. Grang-
er's Co., under Cols. Webb and Z. Butler in 2(1 Hegt.. forma-
tion '77-81. i:nliste(l May 25, '77,'? 8 mos. Disch. Jan. Id.
'78. (Benj. Simeon, Solomon lU'ynolds were in the same
Regt.) Regt. at Peekskill, '77; along Hudson under Putmun;
November went to Penna. under Washington. Dec. 8. liat-
tie of Wliileiiiarsh, whcic it lost number of ollicers and
nu-n. Wintered Valle.\ I'orge. '77-78. Also, re-enlisted July
18, '8(t, to Sei)t. Ki, '80. (:a|)t. Aldin's Co. Eroni Woodbury.
1309]
.MAI"! Ill; W |;1;.NN1;LS: iCimn.t "llorsneck, .lune 12, 1779. A
I)a\ abstract for Capt. David l.eaveiiwortb Co. in Col. Mos-
Icv r.cgl. of Milili;i in Hie Stale of ( loiiiiecticiit for guard-
92 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
ing horsneck under the command of Left Corpl. Canfield."
[310J
MINGO REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Elijah Lewis's
Co., Col. Christopher Green's (1st Rhode Island) battalion;
muster roll dated July 6, 1778; enlisted June 4, 1778; en-
listment, during war; reported joined since last muster.
Also, same Co., and battalion; muster rolls for Sept., 1778 —
Feb. 1779; reported absent with leave in Sept., 1778, absent
without leave in Oct., 1778, on fatigue duty in Dec, 1778. Also,
same Co. and battalion; muster roll for March, 1779, dated
East Greenwich; reported on command at "Obdikes New-
ton." Also, Capt. Lewis's (2d) Co., Col. Greene's battalion;
muster roll for April, 1779, dated East Greenwich; reported
absent without leave. Also, Capt. Lewis's (3d) Co., Col.
Greene's battalion; muster rolls for July, Aug., and Oct.,
1779; reported a prisoner of war in July, a prisoner at New-
port in Aug., a prisoner in Oct. [311]
MICHAEL REYNOLDS: ^A^. J.) 3d Battalion, 1st Estab. [312]
MICHAEL REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Enlisted, Dec. 20, '76, des'd.
Jan. 26, '77. Capt. Leonard Bleeker's Co., (8th); Col. Peter
Gansevoort's 3rd Regt. N. Y. Line. [313]
MOSES RAYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Mead's Co., Col.
Henry Luddington's (7th) Dutchess Co. Regt. [314]
MARTIN REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Private, with John and Joseph
Reynolds in a Co. 1st Pa. Regt. Contl. Line. Also, Private,
Capt. R. Cluggage's Co. of Bedford Co. Also, in Major's Co.,
above Regt. Also, Jan. to March '83, Capt. Andrew^ Irvine's
Co. Martin enlisted for duration War — later, "sick, ash
fever." Also, Private, 1st Pa. given 200 acres bounty land.
[315]
MICHAEL REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Private, Capt. R. Cluggage's
Co., Col. Edward Hand's 1st Regt. of Foot. Oct. '76, at
Westchester. [316]
MOSES REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, '76, Col. Archib. Crary's
Regt. t317j
MARTIN REYNOLDS: (Va.) List of Militia paid off at Rom-
ney. See 8th ann. rept. Va. St. Lib. p. 366. [318]
MILES REYNOLDS: (Va.) See Va. St. Lib. 8th and 9th rept.
p. 370. [319]
M.dLES?) REYNOLDS: (Va.) Lieutenant, Col. Chas. Lynch's
Regt. 1778; guarding lead mines near W^ythe; 5th Va. Regt.
Contl. Line Bedford, Va., Col. Josiah Parker; in battles of
Germantown and Guilford. [320]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 93
— N—
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: ^V. Y.) Lieutenant. He was 2(1
Lieut, in 3rd Regt. Westchester Co., New York Militia, com-
missioned June 25, 1778, serving in Lt. Isaac Keeler's Co. of
Col. Saml. Drake's Regt. Was taken prisoner June 24, '79,
released Oct. 4, 1781. 2d and 3d Regis, were consolidated
and became 4th under command of Lt. Col. Thaddeus Crane.
He was 1st Lieut, when captured, b. Cross River, West-
chester Co., Feb. 23, 1754. d. there Sept. 21, 1843. [321]
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (Conn.) 1st Lieutenant, Captain
Chas. Smith's Co., 9th Regt. Militia, under Genl. Wooster,
'76-'77. Marched Nov. 10; discharged Jan. 7, 1777. Also,
previously, 1st Sergeant, Capt. David Hail's Co., 9th Regt.,
Militia, in N. Y. '76. Discharged Aug. 26, '76. [322]
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (Conn.?) Private, Capt. Gafney's
Co., Col. Tomkins' Regt. He received pension for service.
(D. A. R. Lineage Books, iv. 252.) [323]
NEHEMIAH REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Sergeant, in Capt. Jonathan
Whitney's Co., 9th Regt. of Militia under Genl. Wooster,
1776-77. Discharged Jan. 23, 1777, after 2 mos. 3 das. ser-
vice. [324]
NATHAN ROYNOLDS: (Muss.) Cumberland. Prize Master,
brig "Julius Caesar," conunanded by Capt. Nathaniel
Bcntly; descriptive list of oflicers and crew, sworn to at
Fahnouth, June 21, 1780; age, 50 yrs. 10 mos.; stature, 5 ft.
3 in.; comijlexion, light; residence, Cumberland; said Roy-
nolds rated V/-i shares. [325]
•NATHANIEL REYNOLDS, Sr. (Mass.) (1718-1807) of Rridge-
water, Mass. Loaned money to Govertuneiit (hwing the
Revohition. His son Nathaniel enlisted from North Britlge-
watei-, (|. V. He and several of his children later moved
to Siihu'N, Maine, where many descendants now live. [326]
•NATIIAMl-L REYNOLDS, .Ir.: (Ma.'^s.) Private, Capt. Nathan
Packaid's Co., Col. I^dward Mitchell's Begl.; service, 5 days;
company ordered to maich to S(|uantum March 4. 1776, on
an alaiin. (Son of preceding Nathaniel). [3271
NATHAN I I:L I',I:YN()LI)S, Jr.: M/.mJ Order on lleiny (ianl-
ner, Treasurer, payable to Capt. .Nathan .\lden, dated Bris-
tol, .Marcli 7, 1777, signed l)\ said Hevnolds, for wages for
3 mos. service at Bristol, B. I., in Capt. .Nathan Alden's Co.,
Col. .leremiah Hall's Begt. (Probably the Nathaniel. Jr.
of .North Bridgewalei-, mentioned above, Bobert of Bosto:i
Line.) i;{28|
94 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
'NATHANIEL RENOLDS: (Mass.) Petition dated Salem,
March 27, 1778, signed by Samuel Page, asking that said
Renolds be commissioned as commander of the schooner
'Blackbird" (privateer); ordered in Council March 28, 1778,
that a commission be issued. Also, petition dated Salem,
June 9, 1778, signed by John Norris, asking that said Ren-
olds be commissioned as commander of the schooner "Hor-
net" (privateer); ordered in Council June 10, 1778, that a
commission be issued. (A descendant of Robert Reynolds
of Boston. His career was strikingly daring and adven-
turous in the Revolution, as his whole life was romantic
and tragic. See pp. 49-51 Reynolds Family Association an-
nual report, 25th (1915). Said to have been very effective
as spy and privateer in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.
Also, captured single-handed a British vessel in Bay of
Fundy. etc.) [329]
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (N. H.) Private, Jul. 5, '79. Dis-
charged January 16, 1780, after serving six months, 12 days.
[330]
•NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (N. H.) Of Putney, Westmoreland
Co., Vt., enlisted July 5, 1778. Bounty and travel £42.
Sixth Regt. Militia in N. H. raised for defence of R. I., by
Timothy Ellis, muster master. Probably same: bill dated
Westmoreland, N. H., 1779, July, "to cash paid the follow-
ing soldiers enlisted in Col. Mooney's Regt., for the defence
of R. I., Nathaniel Reynolds, bounty £30, travel to Provi-
dence £12; total £42.0.0. by receipt of Captain Waitstill
Scott." See 338 below, possibly same. [331]
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Ebenezer
Slason's Co., 3rd Regt. Westchester Co., N. Y., Militia, Col.
Saml. Drake, April-November, 1776. Also, 2d Lieutenant,
Capt. Saml. Lawrence's Co., same Regt., June 25, 1778; taken
prisoner June 24, 1779, exchanged Oct. 24 1781. (Manor of
Cortland Regt.) (1754-1843). [332]
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: ^A^. Y.) Lieutenant, 4th West-
chester County Regt., was taken prisoner, Jan. 24, '79; re-
leased Oct. 24, '81. t333J
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Lieutenant, Capt. Law-
rence's Co., Lt. Col. Thad. Crane's 4th Westchester Co.,
Regt. t334]
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Seely's Co.,
Col. Drake's Regt.. Also, a Nathl., Private in Capt. Seely's
Co., Lt. Col. Joseph Benedict's 3rd Westchester Co., Regt.
Also, a Nathaniel R. Jr., Private, Capt. Seely's Co., Col.
Drake's Regt. [335]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 95
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Ensign in PhiLidelphia
Battalion of the Flying Camp, commanded by Col. Robt.
Lewis in service on Long Island in 1776, Capt. General John
Cadwalader's Brigade in '77. [3361
NATHANIEL REYNOLDS: (Va.) See 9th annual report of
Virginia State Library. [337]
'NATHANIEL RUNNELS: (]!.) Private, from Putney, Vt.,
among Vermont soldiers who served in N. H. Regiments.
(From N. H. Rolls, 4 vols., and G. C. Gilmore's "N. H.
Soldiers at the Battle of Bennington." Appendix.) [338J
— O—
OWEN REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Hart William's Co.,
Col. Edmund Phinney's Regt.; billeting allowed from time
of enlistment to date of marching to headquarters, July 5,
1775; credited with G weeks 2 days allowance. Roll sworn
to in Cumberland Co. [339]
— P—
*PETER REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. John Simons, un-
der Major Nathl. Terry, from Enfield, Ct. Service, 2 days,
marched on the Lexington Alarm, April, 1775. "For the
relief of Boston in the Lexington Alarm." [340]
PETER REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Company receipt for wages,
given to Capt. Samuel Thonies, dated North Kingston, Jan.
6, 1777. [341]
PETER RAYNOLD: (Mass.) Descriptive list of men raised in
Berkshire Co. to serve in the Continental Army for the term
of 9 months, agreeable to resolve of June 9, 1779, returned
as received of Justin Ely, (^onunissioner, by Lieut. Reuben
Lilley, at S|)ring(ield, Aug. 15, 1779; Capt. Parker's Co., Col.
Simons' lU-gl.; age, l.S yrs.; stature, 5 ft. 7 in.; complexion,
light; engaged for town of Adams; term, 9 months. [342]
P1:TI:R I'.IIV.XOLDS: (R. /.> Private, '70, in Col. Roht. Elliot's
Regt. [3431
PAT REYNOLDS: (l\i.) See Va. St. Lib. Slh rei)t. p. 370. [344]
PHILIP REYNOLDS: (I't.) Private. Capt. Nathan Smith's Co.,
"sent by Council after Tories In August, 1777." Service, :{
das. AIho. Private, same company, April 177.S, among those
"linding themselves provision" while assisting Capt. Ebene-
zer .Mien. Service, ."{ da\s. ( St-i- Isaac He\ iiolds, same
Co.) 13451
PHILIP hi:V.\()l.l)S: tl'l.i Private. Capt. Jacob Odel's Co.. Col.
Ira .Mien's Hegt. of Militia service done in Vermont by way
96 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
of Alarms, commencing 11th Oct., 1780. Service, 7 das., 40
miles. Also, same company, "for service done the State
of Vermont in the year 1784 on an alarm in April a taking
tories on Rupert Mountain." (1784 is a mistake, as payroll
sworn to April 15, 1783). Service 2 das., 20 miles. [346J
R. REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Captain of the "Gen. Washington," a
privateer, a sloop carrying 6 guns and 20 men, from Con-
necticut, during Revolution. [347]
— R^
REUBEN RAYNOLDS: (Conn.) Captain Belts' Co., 3rd Regt.,
"Conn. Line," Private, Jan. 8, to Sept. 1, 1781; Fifer, Sept. 1,
to Dec. 31, 1781. (A Reuben Reynolds enlisted from E.
Windsor). [348]
REUBEN REYNALDS: (Conn.) Private, short term 1779-80,
2d Regt. Conn. Line, May 1st to Dec. 9, 1780, dates of en-
listment and discharge. [349]
RICHARD RENNALS: (Conn.) Of Wethersfield, Ct., Feb. 5,
1780, master of "Washington," a Conn. Sloop 6 guns; 20
crew; Bond, $5,000. Bonders Richard Reynolds, James
Church of Hartford, and Chas. Caldwell. Owners: John
Broome & Co., Hartford. Papers of Cont. Cong. 196. Voi.
16:21. [3501
RICHARD REYNOLDS, Sr. (Del.) Sergeant, Capt. Richard
Ellis' Co., 18 June, '77; Reason for not attending Militia
muster: "Can't go without loosing my crap ("crop" of
wheat) which I don't choose." He signed oath of alle-
giance to Continental Congress August 17, '78. [351]
RICHARD REYNOLDS, Jr.: (Dd.) Signed Oath of Allegiance
to Continental Congress with his father, August 17, 1778.
[352]
ROBERT RUNELDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Elnathan Has-
kell's Co., Col. William Shepard's (4th) Regt.; muster rolls
for Dec, 1781, Jan. and Feb., 1782, dated York Hults; en-
listed July 16, 1781; enlistment, 3 years. Also, Private,
Capt. Elnathan Haskell's Co., Col. William Shepard's (4th>
Regt,; muster rolls for Aug. and Sept., 1781; enlisted July
16, 1781; enlistment, 3 years; reported sick in hospital;
Also, muster roll for Oct. and Nov., 1781, dated York Hutts.
[353]
ROBERT REANOLDS: (Mass.) Private, 4th Co.; entry dated
Oct. 22, 1783, of an order for wages for July (year not
given), appearing in a register accepted on account of
wages, etc [354]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCLVTION 97
ROBERT RAYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, 4th Co.; entries dated
Oct. 16, and Dec. 26, 1783, of orders for wages for May- June,
and Aug-Dec. (Year not given) appearing in a register of
orders accepted on account of wages, etc. [3551
ROGER RUNELDS: (Mass.) Middleborough. Private, Capt.
Isaac Wood's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt.; muster
roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted May 4, 1775; service, 3 mos.
5 days. Also, possibly same Roger. Middleborough. Capt.
Isaac Wood's Co., Col. Theophilus Cotton's Regt.; order for
bounty coat or its equivalent in money dated Camp at Rox-
bury, Nov. 17, 1775. [356]
ROBERT RENALLS: (N. H.) Private, Oct. 3, 1777, disch.
Oct. 24, extra. Col. Jona. Chase's Regt., which marched
from Cornish Sept. 1777 and joined Continental Army un-
der Genl. Gates near Saratoga. [357]
ROBERT REYNOLDS: (N. H.) Private, of Chester in Rock-
ingham Co., aged 35, among recruits mustered by Major
Scott. "A return of levies joined the Hampshire line and
nuistered in camp by Major William Scott." No date. [358]
ROBERT REYNOLDS: (N. H.) Capt. Samuel Paine's Co., "for
defence of western frontiers under command Major Benj.
Whitcomb at Coos, 1780. Private, enlisted June 18, 1780,
for six mos. present with Alexander Reynolds at roll Nov.
15, 1780. [359]
ROBERT REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Private, Capt. Marker's Co., 2d
Regt., Sussex. [360]
REUBEN REYNOLDS: (Pam.) Private, Capt. R. Campbell's
Militia Co., of Little Britain, Aug. 1, 1782. Also, two Sam-
uels, Isaac, and Henry H. in this Co. [361]
RICHARD P,i:VX()LI)S: (Pcnn.) Private, 12th Contl. Line. Aug.
2, '79, invalid corps. Was in this corps June '78 to Dec.
'79. [362]
IU)BI:HT RI:YN()LI)S: (Pcnn.) Captain, among others men-
tioned depreciation pay. Northumberland Co. Militia.
Also, Private, depreciation i)ay, "new levies." Private, in
Capt. Alex. Peeble's 3rd Co. 6 Batl. Cumberland Co. Militia,
Col. .laiiits Dunlap, Aug. 17. 1781, latter i)robably another
Robert. (',:iptaiii l^)bert among rangers on frontiers, 1778-
83. f363]
ROMIIHT |{1:Y.\0LDS, Jr.: iR. I.) Captained 1st Co. 2nd Kings
Co. Regt. Trained Band Militia from i:\eter. B. I.. 1780-82.
b. Exeter, 1736; d. Factory viiic. I'liin. Si|)t. ISOC. iii- was
son of (icorgc P.c\n()lds. 136-1]
98 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
RICHARD REYNOLDS: (Md.) Fifer, Enlisted 20 May '78; died
Dec. 10, '78. [365J
ROBERT REYNOLDS: (Md.) Private, enrolled by Lt. John
Lynch, Jul. 12, '76. Deserted before Aug. 8, '76. Also, a
Robt. Reynolds, Private, 3 June '79; present 1st Nov. '80,
1st Regt. Md. Line. [3661
RICHARD D. REYNOLDS: (Va.) See 9th annual report of
State Library, p. 254. [367]
ROBERT REYNOLDS: (Va.) Private, Major's Co., Col. Nathl.
Gist's Regt. 1777. See 9th Rept. Va. State Library. [368]
ROBERT REYNOLDS: (Vt.) Private, Capt. Bigelow Law-
rence's Co., Col. Walbridge's Regt., service done at Castle-
ton in the Alarm, Oct. 1781. Service, 15 das., 55 miles.
[369]
— S—
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Josiah Child's
Co., 5th Regt. Under Col. Bradley. Enlisted May 26, 1777,
for three years. Discharged April 26, 1780. This Regt.
went into camp at Peekskill, spring of 1777; in Battle of
Germantown, Oct. 4, 1777, sufTered some loss; assigned to
Washington's Brigade, and wintered at Valley Forge, 1777-
-78. June 26th, 1778, in Battle of Monmouth; encamped
White Plains; wintered at Redding, 1778-79; Morristown
Huts, 1779-80; part of regiment in storming of Stony Point;
etc. (A Samuel Reynolds enlisted with James, Jacob, and
David R. from Killingly.) A Samuel Reynolds of Thom-
aston is also mentioned elsewhere. [3701
SARAH REYNOLDS: (Cunn.) From Stamford, Conn., was the
fearless girl, who saved their property by her courage
when the Tories and British made a raid in '76. (1762-
1849). [3711
SIMEON REYNALDS: (Conn.) Private, short term, in 2d Regi.
Conn. Line under Col. Zebulon Butler. Enlisted from Sept.
1 to Dec. 3, 1780. (Probably same as Simeon who enlisted
same Regt. Jun. 12th, 1778.) Capt. Hinckley's Co., Simeon
was from Woodbury, which produced more Reynolds Rev.
Soldiers than any other American town. [372]
SIMEON REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Saml. Granger's
Co., Col. Chas. Webb's 2d Regt., "Conn. Line." Enlisted
June 12th, 1778, for 8 mos. "Sent home Dec. 1, 1778 (?)"
At Battle of Monmouth, 1778. Wintered White Plains,
1778-79. (In same Co. were Solomon and Matthew Rey-
nolds, and same Regt. a Benjamin Reynolds, probably all
of Woodbury.) [3731
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 99
SIMEON REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Musician, Col. John Durkee's
4th Regt. "Conn. Line." In Capt. Reriah Rill's Co. En-
listed Mch. 1, 1778, for 3 yrs. Discharged March 1, 1780.
(A John Reynolds, Musician, also in this Regt.) From
Norwich. [3741
SOLOMON REYNOLDS, ,Jr.: (Conn.) From Woodbury, Capt.
J. Sanford's Co., Col. Moseley; enlisted as Private, during
War. (Wm., Justus and David Reynolds were solds. from
Woodbury also.) [3751
SOLOMON REYNOLDS : (Conn.) Received a pension in Litch-
field in 1832. Died in Southbury, Conn. (During the War
there was a Solomon, Jr., from Woodbury, as also a David
and a Justus.) [376]
SOLOMON RAYNOLD: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Elias Dunning's
Company. Service, Aug. 12 to Sept. 16th, 1776. Of the 13th
Regt., Militia, at New York, 1776. [377]
SOLOMON REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, Capt. Saml. Grang-
er's Co., Cols. Webb and Rutler, 2d Regt. "Conn Line." En-
listed May 25, '78, 3 yrs. Disch. May 19, '80. Regt. served
Rattle Monmouth July 28, 1778. Camped White Plains;
wintered '78-79 at Redding; e. side Hudson with Gen. Heath
during '79; wintered '79-80 Morristown, and served on out-
posts; in 1780 with main army along Hudson. [378]
SOLOMON REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private. Edw. Rogers' Co.,
from Cornwall, in Col. Fisher Gay's 2d. Rattalion, Wads-
worth's Rrigade, 1776. [379]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Del.) Private of lifth-class, Cristeen
Company of Militia, Oct., 24, '79. Also, absent 3 das. March-
May 1779, $3 line, Christiana Co. under Lt. James Glasgow.
Also, with a John R. absent return of men absent from
nuister 31st Oct. 1778, Capt. Reed's Co. lower dist. White
CImv Cicck lIuiKh-t'd. [380]
SAMPSON i^i:YX()LI): f Uu.v.?. ) Private, Capt. John S. Dexter's
(4th) Co., Col. Christopher Greene's (1st Rhode Island)
battalion; muster roll for July, 1779, dated East Greenwich;
enlisted June, 4, 1778; enlistment, during war. 13811
•SAMUEL REYNOLDS: ^U(mJ Roston. I'rivate. Lieut. Col.
Wiiliaiii Washington's (3(1) Hegt. of light dragoons; Con-
lineiila! .\iin\- |)ay accounts for service from Jan. 1, 1777.
to Dec. 13, 1779; residence, Boston; copy of discharge, dated
Philadelpiiia, Dec. 13, 1779. signed by Lieut. Col. Washing-
ton, apijcaring with accunnl. stales that said Reynolds had
served for !{ Ncars in above regiim-ut with i-utiri- cri'dit to
f;
7040\
100 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
himself and was honorably discharged. Also, account ren-
dered against the United States for amounts paid by the
Commonwealth to Maj. Caleb Gibbs and men in Col. Wash-
ington's guards and others, as exhibited by Committee on
Claims in behalf of Massachusetts against the United States,
Sept. 21, 1787. (See p. 45 "V.16" Reynolds Family Report,
for biography and descent.) [382]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Lemuel Tres-
cott's Co., Col. Asa Whitcomb's Regt.; muster roll dated
Camp at Ticonderoga, Nov. 27 1776; enlisted Jan. 1, 1776;
reported on command with Gen. Lee. [383]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Penobscot. Private, Capt. John
Lane's Co.; enlisted July 14, 1775; service to Nov. 1, 1775,
3 mos. 25 days; company probably stationed at Cape Ann
for defence of seacoast. [384]
SAMUEL RANNELS: (Mass.) List of men mustered by Nath-
aniel Barber, Muster Master for Suffolk Co., dated Boston,
Feb. 2, 1777; Capt. Lane's Co., Col. Ichabod Alden's Regt.
[385]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Elisha Nye's
Co.; entered service April 5, 1776; service to June 1, 1776,
1 mo. 26 days; company stationed at Elizabeth Islands for
defence of seacoast. Also, probably same Saml,: Private, Capt.
EUsha Nye's Co.; service from June 1, 1776, to Sept. 1, 1776,
3 mos.; company stationed at Elizabeth Islands. Roll
sworn to in Barnstable Co. (See Samuel Reynolds and
Samuel Runch.) [386]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Capt. Silas Wild's Co., Col.
Greaton's Regt.; order for bounty coat or its equivalent
in money dated Cambridge Camp, Dec. 12, 1775. Also,
probably same: Boston, Private, Capt. Silas Wild's Co.,
36th Regt.; company return dated Fort No. 2, Oct, 6, 1775:
enlisted June 3, 1775. [387]
SAMUEL RENNELS: (Mass.) Gunner, in an Artillery Co., sta-
tioned at Machias for its defence; entered service June 1,
1778; discharged Dec. 1, 1778; service, 6 mos., under Col.
John Allan. Also, Gunner and Courier; pay roll sworn to
in Lincoln Co., for service of sundry persons who con-
tinued in service for defence of Machias, agreeable to order
of Council of Nov. 11, 1778, and other persons employed in
the Indian business under Col. Allan; entered service Dec.
1, 1778; discharged Jan. 15, 1779; service, 1 mo. 15 days, as
Gunner; entered service March 15, 1779; discharged June 1,
1779; service, 2 mos. 15 days, as Courier, during which time
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 101
he was probably employed in Indian affairs under Capt.
John Prebble. Also, Gunner; pay roll of forces stationed
at Machias; entered service June 1, 1779; discharged Dec.
1, 1779; service, 0 mos., under Col. Allan in Indian depart-
ment; reported in the artillery. Also, Sergeant and Gun-
ner, pay roll of forces stationed at Machias; entered service
Dec. 1, 1779; discharged June 1, 1780; service, 6 mos., under
Col. Allan, Commander-in-Chief of Eastern Indian depart-
ment. Also, list of men employed in the Quarter Master
General's department at Machias, as returned by Robert
Foster, A. D. Q. M. G., dated July 15, 1780; said Rennels, a
soldier in the service, employed as a laborer in the brick-
yard. Also, gunner, engaged June 1, 1780, disch. May 1,
1781; service, 11 mos., under Col. John Allan in Eastern In-
dian department; co. stationed at Machias; reported in the
artillery. Also, payroll for wages for troops Eastern In-
dian dei)t., as retd. by Capt. John Allan, servs. from March
1, 1782, to Ajjril 15, 1783, 13 mos. 15 das; said Runnels re-
ported as serving as Sergeant in Artillery Co. [388]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Certificate dated Machias, Dec.
12, 1777, signed by Capt. Reuben Dyer, certifying that Capt.
Stephen Smith, Muster Master for Lincoln Co., paid said
Picynolds and others belonging to Capt. Dyer's Co. the
bounty allowed them for engaging to serve on expedition
against St. Johns. Also, probably the same: Private, Capt.
Reuben Dyer's (]o. ; enlisted July 10, 1777; discharged Dec.
13, 1777; service, 4 mos. 29 days; company raised for ex-
pedition against St. Johns, N. S., and continued in service
at Machias for its defence. Also, Sergeant and Gunner,
in an Artillery Co.; pay roll dated Eastern Indian Depart-
ment, Ileadfiuarters, Machias, March 9, 1782, for wages of
persons emi)I()yed in doing business in Eastern Indian de-
I)artment and troops stationed at Fort Gates, Machias, un-
der Col. John Allan, Commander-in-chief of Indians in said
dei)arlmenl; entered service May 1, 1781; service to March
1, 1782, 10 mos. Also, probably the same man: (Mniiic.)
.M;i(lii;is (also given Boston). Gunner, in an Artillery Co.,
iiiiiicr Col. .lolin Allen; Continental i)ay accounts for ser-
vice from Dec. 13, 1777. to .June I, 1779; residence. Machias;
term, .3 years. Also, Sergeant; Continental i)a\- accounts
for service from Jan. I, 1780, to May I, 1781, with forces
uiider Col. .\lleii at Machias. (.3891
S'l'l.lMil..\ lit Nil. I. S: ' l/,/.v ' llaveiliill. (::ii)t. James Saw-
\er's Co., Col. .lames l-'i've's Hegt.; receipt ttir advaiici' pay.
signed by said Huniels and others, dated .lime, I77.'i. .\Iso.
I'rivate, same Co.. and lU-gt.; compan\ rttiuii (iirohahly
Oct., 177.')). .Mso, foi' hoimtv coat oi' its e(|iii\aleiil in
102 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
money dated Cambridge, Dec. 26, 1775. (Probably of the
Runnels Family of Northeastern Massachusetts, see Rev.
M. T. Runnels' Genealogy.) [3901
STEPHEN REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. Adams Railey's
(late Capt. Jacob Allen's) Co., Col. John Bailey's (2d) Regt.;
entered service Sept. 4, 1779; discharged June 4, 1780; term,
9 months. [391]
SAMUEL RUNALDS: (N. H.) Captain, commissioned June 29,
'80, from a "muster of Capt. Runals Co. of foot from the
state of N. H. now in the service of the U. S., stationed at
Western frontiers under command of Major Whitcomb,"
as of Nov. 20, 1780. Also, payroll, of his troops at Coos.
6 mos. 17^0, due him balance of £4170 (depreciated money).
Also, a Samuel, age 17, of Nottingham, Rockingham Co., in
a return of New Levies joined the Hampshire Line and
mustered in camp by Major Will Scott, no date. (He was
a Runnels.) [392]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: ^A^ J.) Militia Private, Somerset. [393]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Private, 3d Regt. Gloucester;
also Colonel Somers' battalion. State troops. [394]
SHUBAL REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt, Waters' Co., Col.
Roswell Hopkins 6th Dutchess Co. Regt.; (A Shubel Rey-
nolds was in Capt. Chamberlain's Co., Col. Lewis Dubois
(5th) N. Y. Regt. [395]
SILAS RYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Harrison's Co., Col.
Willet's Regt., Tryon County Militia. [396]
STEPHEN REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Chamerlain's
Co., Col. Lewis Dubois (5th) N. Y. Regt. (See also Shubal
Reynolds). A Stephen Reynolds was private, in Capt. Shep-
ard's Co., Col. Wessenfels' Regt. [397]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (Pciw.) Private of 3d class in Capt.
Robt. Campbell's Militia Co., with Isaac and other, q. v., of
Little Britain, '81. Also, Apr. 15, '83. Also, 2d Co. Mihtia,
6th Batt. Lane Co. '81. [398]
STOPHEL REINALD: (Pnm.) Drummer, Capt. Peter Grubbs'
Co., 2d Batt. of Rifle Regt. Col. Saml. Miles, stationed near
Kings' Bridge. He and the Christopher Reinald mentioned
often in the rolls were probably Germans or Swedes and
therefore names not properly Reynolds, so they are not fur-
ther followed herein.) [399]
SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Ensign, from W. Greenwich,
Capt. John Matthewson, Jr., 3rd Co., Col. Stephen Potter's
2nd Kent Co. Regt. June '75. [400]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 103
'SAMUEL REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, b. Dec. 26, 1760, d.
Dec. 28, 1835, Bristol, R. I. bur. North Cemetery. Never
married — a thrifty farmer — known as "Uncle Sammy."
[401]
SAMPSON REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, Capt. J. S. Dexter's Co..
1st Batt., Col. Chr. Greene's Regt. December 79. [402]
SHIBNAH REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, 76 Col. Eliott's Regt.
payroll. [403]
SILAS REYNOLDS: (J-f.) Private, Capt. Abraham Underbill's
Co., Col. Ira Allen's Regt. of Militia for service done in de-
fence of the frontiers the 22d March, 1780. Service, 6 days,
60 miles. Also, same Co., "in Alarms which commenced
the 12th, 1781, private; service, 14 das. 60 miles. (See En-
sign Ephraim Reynolds, same Co.) [404]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Served 1 year as private under
different commands. His widow received a pension until
her death, 1854. B. Stonington, Conn., 1752; d. Preston,
1836. Was placed on pension roll of New London County,
1832, for service as private Continental Line. [4051
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Del.) Private, "over 21" Capt. Paul
Raulston's Co., W. Dist. Brandywine Hundred, Newcastle
Co., Del. March 7, 1778. Also, signed oath of allegiance
Aug. 17, 1778. [406J
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Ga.) Mentioned 1901 D. A. R. Report
as of Monroe County. [407]
•THOMAS REYNOLDS, .Jr.: (Mass.) Private, Capt. David
Packard's Co., Col. Eliphalet Cary's Regt.; service, 11 days;
company marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July
22, 1780. (lirotluT of .loseph of the Bridgewater family,
who enlisted. For an account of him, see p. 45 "VI. 20"
1915 Reynolds Family HeporL See also note under .lonas
of Bridgewater, above. ;\fter the Revolution, he removed
to Wiiislow, Me., where lie has many descendants at the
|)r('seiit time.) [408]
THOMAS RI:YN()L1)S: (.\fiiss.) Private Cai)t. Thomas Cole's
Co., Col. Chiistopher Greene's (1st Bliode Island) battalion;
imistcr i-oll for .liiix, I77!», <l;itc(l llast ( irffiiwich ; eiilist-
iiieiil, .'{ > cars. I '^^^ I
THOMAS HI-:VN(»I.I)S: i.M,iss.) I'livatc, Capt. Stewaifs Co.;
entered .service July 1 (1775); credited with 51 days billet-
ing allowance; amount of billeting for company paid on a
104 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
warrant from Maj. Gen. Schuyler, and receipted for by
Capt. Stewart, at Albany, Jan. 27, 1776. [4io]
•THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Bristol (also given Rehoboth).
Private, Colonel's Co., Col. Henry Jackson's (16th) Regt.;
Continental Army pay accounts for service from Jan. 1,
1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; residence, Bristol. Also, return cer-
tified at Camp near Morristown, April 3d, 1780, of officers
and men belonging to Col. Lee's, Col. Henley's, and Col.
Jackson's Regts., and men belonging to Massachusetts in
Col. Henry Sherburne's Regt., who were incorporated into
a regiment under the command of Col. Henry Jackson,
agreeable to the arrangement of April 9, 1779; Colonel's
Co.; rank, Private; residence, Rehoboth; engaged Dec. 5,
1777; term, during war; family of said Reynolds reported
as at Wrentham. Also, Colonel's Co., commanded by Capt.
Lieut. John Hobby, Col. Jackson's Regt.; pay rolls for April-
July, 1780; reported sick and absent in May, 1780. Also,
descriptive list, dated Hutts, three miles from West Point,
Jan. 28„ 1781; Capt. Dow's Co., 9th Mass. Regt. commanded
by Col. Henry Jackson; age, 42 yrs.; stature, 6 ft. 1 in.; com-
plexion, dark; hair, dark; occupation, carpenter; residence,
Brister (Bristol); enlisted Nov. 30, 1779, by Col. Jackson;
enlistment, during war. (See "V.9" p. 43 1915 Reynolds
Family Report, for biography; much has been found out
about his family since that publication. See additional
notes on him in the last pages of this report.) [411]
THOMAS RENOLDS: (Mass.) Rehoboth. Private, Colonel's
Co., Col. Henry Jackson's Regt.; Continental Army pay ac-
counts for service from Dec. 5, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779. Also,
Capt. D. Van Home's Co., Col. Jackson's Regt. commanded
by Lieut. Col. William S. Smith; pay rolls for Oct. and Nov.,
1778. Also, Colonel's (1st) Co., commanded by Capt. Lieut.
John Hobby, Col. Jackson's Regt.; muster roll for April,
1779, dated Pawtuxet; enlisted Dec. 5, 1777; enlistment, 3
years. Also, same Co. and Regt.; company return dated
Providence, July 9, 1779; residence, Rehoboth. Also, same
Co., and Regt.; pay roll for Oct. 1779. Also, Colonel's Co.,
Col. Jackson's Regt.; regimental return made up to Dec. 31,
1779, dated Camp at Providence; reported as belonging to
Rhode Island. (Possibly same as preceding of Robert
line.) [412J
THOMAS RAYNOLDS: (Mass.) Descriptive list of men mus-
tered for Continental service subsequent to Sept. 16 (year
not given), by James Leonard, Muster Master for Bristol
Co.; Capt. Jonathan Drown's Co., Col. Lea's (Lee's) Regt.
age, 41 years; stature, 6 ft.; engaged for town of Rehoboth.
[413]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 105
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Deerfield. Private, Capt. Lem-
uel Trescott's Co., CoL Jonathan Brewer's Regt.; company
return dated Prospect Hill, Oct. 6, 1775. [414 j
THOMAS RANELS: (Mass.) Harvard. Private, Capt. Lemuel
Trescott's Co., Col. Jonathan Brewer's Regt; muster roll
dated Aug. 1, 1775; enlisted July 1, 1775; service 1 mo. 3
days. [415]
TIMOTHY REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Montague. List of men
raised to serve in the Continental Army from 9th Co., 6th
Hampshire Co. Regt., as returned by 1st Lieut. Caleb Ben-
jamen, sworn to April 1, 1779; residence, Montague; en-
gaged for town of Montague; joined Capt. Saturlee's Co.,
Col. Hazen's Regt.; term, during war. [416]
'TIMOTHY REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Private, Capt. David Pack-
ard's Co., Col. Eliphalet Cary's Regt.; service, 3 days; com-
pany marched to Rhode Island on the alarm of July 22,
1780. (See note under Jonas of Bridgewater above; also
p. 41 Reynolds Family Report 1915. Son of Nathaniel,326,
above. Moved to Sidney, Me., after the Revolution.) [417]
TIMOTHY REYNOLDS: ^A^. H.) Private, Capt. Wm. Satterlee's
Co., Col. Hazen, in Regt. in service of U. S. A. (1778?) [418]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Colonel, June 6, 1777. B. 1729
and d. 1803 in Burlington, N. J. Father-in-law Gen. John
Lacey of Penn. Lieutenant-Colonel 2d Regt., Burlington
Militia. Besigned Dec. 18, 1782. Captured early in the
War by British and confined on a prison ship in New York
h;irl)()i-, cveiiUially exchanged for Colonel Simcoe of British
Infantry. [4191
THOMAS RP:YN0LDS: (N. Y.) Sergeant, Capt. Odle's Co., Col.
van Picnsselaer's Regt. There was also a Thomas Reynolds,
l)rivale, (^apt. Moseman's (^o.. Col. Thomas's 2d Westchester
Co. Regt. [420]
TIMOTHY REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, 1st Co. Capt. Saml.
Sackett, Col. Henry B. Livingston's (4th) Regt. Enlisted
Nov. 21 •7() for the War; Prisoner Mar. 2. '81. [4211
TITUS Ri:VNOLI)S: i\. Y.i Lieutenant, conunand. Oct. 10,
'75. Capt. Nalhl. Delivan's Co., Col. van Corllandfs (3rd
Manoi- of CorlhiiulM Regt. Also, Lieut., under Capt. (lideon
Seely, appointed Apr. 22, '79, Lt. Col. Tliaddeiis Crane's ( Itii)
licgt. Also, I, lent., Capt. Seek'.v's Co., Col. .losipii I'x iii-dict's
(.'{id I WcstciifstcT Co. Regt. I 122]
TAlir.V l;l;^ NOI.DS: ^.V. O lOnlistid Apr. 11, 1771, in Co. of
.\rlilliTy, Col. .lanu-s Moore. 112:11
106 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Pcnn.) Private, 1st Pa. Contl. Line.
Also, Private, Col. Stephen Moylan's 4th Regt. Cavalry, Lt.
Dragoons, "b. Ireland, 1758; height 5' 4"; fair complexion;
light color hair." Enlisted Sept. 10, '81. Also, Capt. James
Fisher's Co. for 1782; Cumberland Co. 7th-class private.
Also, Col. Lewis Nocola's invalid Regt. as disch. Apr. '83.
Also, 4th class private Capt. Evan Anderson's Co. of West
Whiteland, Goshen, '81. (Several different Thomas' in-
cluded in these records, grouped for convenience.) [424]
THOMAS REYxXOLDS: (R. I.) of Rristol. Private in Colonel's
Co., 16th Continental Regt. commanded by Col. Henry
Jackson; enlisted Dec. 5, '77 to serve 3 yrs.; re-enlisted Dec.
4 '79. On a descriptive list dated Hutts, near West Point,
Jan. 28, '81 he appears as private in Capt. Dow's Co., 9th
Regt. Col. Jackson, then aged 42. [425]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, Capt. Robt. Rhodes' Co.
stationed at E. Greenwich, during July, 1780, and were dis-
missed about March, 1781. [426]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Corporal, Capt. Peleg Hoxey's
Co., stationed near Charlestown shore, Aug. 10, 1777. [427]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Corporal in Col. John Topham's
Regt., pay warrant for £14-17-1. [428]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, town of Gloucester,
1782, original record contains complete description. [429]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, Capt. Thomas Cole's
Co., Col. Chr. Greene's 1st Battal. Regt. 10, Feb. '80. [430]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, 1st Feb. '81, R. I. Regt.
enlisted for three years, or duration of war. [431]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Md.) Private. Enhsted by Edw.
Spurrier, passed Jul. 20 '76. Also, Private, enlisted 15th
June '78, disch. Mar. '79, 5th Md. Regt., pay account, Capt.
Lynch's Co. Also, enlisted, private, 10 May '79; missing,
16th Aug. '80, from Capt. Hawkins' Co., 5th Md. Regt.; Pri-
vate, among men passed by Thos. Rutter, Baltimore Co.,
Apr. 11, 1780. Also, in a return of deserters taken up in
Harford Co., Aug. 4, '80, record by Lt. Richd. Dallam. Also,
enlisted July 5, '82, for 3 yrs. Md. Line. Also, private, en-
listed Aug. 16, '82, "war." Also, Private, commenced 5 July
'82, length service unknown. (This record probably not all
the same Thomas). [432]
TOBIAS RE YNALD: (Md.) Sergt., 4th Regt., disch. 24 May '80.
Also, enlisted March 6, 1782 for duration War, "recruited
by Capt. John Agner Hamilton, 2d, Regt." Maryland Line,
as private, "length of service unknown." [433]
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 107
THOMAS RUxXNELS: (Fa.) June, 1781 killed by Indians
"Capt. Neely McGuire ordered our men in pursuit." [434]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Ta.) See Va. State Lib. 8th rept. p.
370. [435]
THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Vf.) Private, Capt. John Robinson's
Co., Col. John Abbott's Regt. "Services in an alarm to the
Frontiers, at Skeensboro', Oct. 25, 1781." [436]
— V—
VALENTINE RAYNOLDS: (Conn.) Matrosse, of Greenwich or
Stamford, enlisted May 25, 1778, served into '80,-'81. No
record of final discharge. Col. Lamb's Artillery. The Reg-
iment was represented in nearly all the battles of the north
and at the siege of Yorktov/n, and was noted for its effi-
ciency. Remained in service to close of the War. [437]
— W—
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Conn.) Private, enlisted from Wood-
bury, Capt. J. F'arrand, Col. Moseley, to serve till 1st Jan.
'79. Woodbury sent more Reynolds' to war than any other
American town. [438]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Comi.) Joined the Militia in 1775 and
served during the entire war, whenever called. [439]
WILLIAM RENNALS: (Couii.) Private, Captain Hunphreys' Co.,
Col. Wm. Douglas, 6th Regt. "(]onn. Line." I'>nlisted March
10, 1778, died Sept. 19, 1778. With main army under Wash-
ington, at White Plains. [440]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: f.Mass.) Company receipt for wages,
given to Capt. Sanuiel Thomes, dated North Kingston, Jan.
G, 1777. [441]
* WILLI AM HOOPER REYNOLDS: (Mass.) Marblehead. Ser-
geant, (lapt. .Nicholson Hi'oughton's Co., Col. .lohn (Hover's
Regt.; muster roll dated Aug. 1, 1775; engaged May 1(). 1775;
service, 2 mos. 21 days. Also, Maiblehead, ."ird Sergeant,
(lapt. Nicholson Rroughton's (5th) ('o.. Col. John Clover's
(21st) Regt.; company return (probably Oct., 1775); re-
ported on furlough. Also, same Co. and Regt.; order for
bounty coat or its e(|uivalent in money dated ('amp Cam-
biidgc, Dec. 20, 1775. (See ]). ()(). 1915 Reynolds Family Re-
port, son of .lohn and .hiditli (Iloo|)i'r?l Re\nolds; grandson
of John and Anna (HIancli) Reynolds.) 1112]
WINIIIHOI* Mi:V.\()l.l)S: ' .V JC' " Private, enlisted for Town
of Hairington, .\ug. \'A, 1780. finiii ;i •'muster roll of the men
raised to recruit the !{rd .\. II. Hegts. in the Continental
.\rm\ to the last dav of lU-c., I7N0." Musti-r dated Kingston
108 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
by Josiah Bartlett. (Runnels, M. T.: Genealogy, says he
was of Runnels family of N. H., which changed to name of
Reynolds.) Served 4 mos. 24 das. £643-4; allowance for
blanket, £335; 106 miles travel allowed £63-12; total £1041-16
(depreciated currency.) [443]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS : (N. J.) Private, Capt. Marker's Co. 2d
Regt. Sussex. Also, Maj. Westbrook's Battalion, State
troops. (See Robert R.) [444]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (N. J.) Militia private, Hunterdon.
[445]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (N. Y.) Private, Capt. Smith's Co., Col.
Jesse Woodhull's Orange Co. Militia, "wounded and captur-
ed at Ft. Montgomery, Oct. 6, 1777." Other William Rey-
nolds' mentioned: Private, Capt. Odle's Co., Col. Van Rens-
selaer's Regt.; Private, Capt. Schofield's Co., Col. Crane's
Regt.; Private, Capt. Boutan's Co., Col. Crane's Regt. [446]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Pcim.) Enhsted from Franklin Co.,
Captains John Chambers and James Grier, Col. Edward
Hand. Also, same Co., June 12, '76. Also, Captain Matthew
Smith's Co., Lancaster Co., (Dauphin). Nearly whole com-
pany was captured Jan. 1, '76. "Oct. 24 sent back from
Wilderness sick." Also, Private, Capt. Marshall's Co., 1781;
same 1782; 1st Regt. deserted April 18, '82. Also, Private
from New Jersey, enlisted May 24, '79, 3 yrs; disch. May. 24,
'82, Capt. Henry Bedkins 2nd troop, 1st Partisan Legion.
•Also, Privates, in depreciation pay accounts William Rey-
nolds' are mentioned from Cumberland, Northumberland
and Westmoreland Counties. Also, a Wm. Reynolds men-
tioned as Capt. of a Northumberland Co. Also, Private,
Capt. Henry Lott's Northampton Associators, 4th Co., Bucks
Co. Aug. 19, 75. Also, Lieut, commissioned Jul. 31, '77 in 2d
Co. with Capt. Patrick Jack, 4th Battal. Cumb. Co. Militia.
Lieut, of 6th Co. May 10, 1780, Lt. Col. S. Culbertson Jul. 1,
'81. Same 1782. Also, Private, in Capt. Wm. Skiles' Co. 1st
Batt. Lancaster Co. Col. James Mercer, May 28, 1781, also,
1782. Also, Private Capt. Alex. White's Co. 1st Batt. Lan-
caster Co. Col. Geo. Stewart. Also, Private, Capt. Wm.
Crawford's Co. 5th Lancaster Batt. 1779; June 15, '80; '81
'82. Also, Private, Capt. David Morgan's Co. 8th Batt. Lane.
Earl Township, Col. Peter Grubb's Regt. destined for de-
fence of Phila. Jun. 1, '76. Also, Corporal, above Co., Aug.
16, '76. (NOTE: These records belong to a dozen different
Williams, but for convenience they are grouped under one
title.) [447]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Ensign, from No. Kingston,
Capt. Thos. Clarke's Co., Col. Robt. Brown, 2d Kings Co.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 109
Regt., June 1775, 3 das. Also, Private Capt. Peter Wright's
Co., Col. Chas. Dyer's Regt. R. I. Militia, served 3 nios. 1776;
6 mos. 1777. Also, Private, Capt. Samuel Dyer's Co., same
Regt., served 8 mos. 1778; 6 mos. 1779; one mo. 1880. Pen-
sioned 1832, for 2 ys. actual service, B. and d. Kingston
1753-1841. Wife's name: Esther. [448]
WILLIAiM REYNOLDS: (R. I.) Private, under Col. Zebulon
Butler 24th Regt. Conn, at Wyoming, June 24, 1778, born in
Kingston, R. I. 1700; d. Plymouth, Penna. 1792. (D. A. R.
Lin. Bk. XX: 181.) [449]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Md.) Among men enlisted (as also
Thomas Reynolds) by Edw. Spurrier, passed July 20, '76,
by Thos. Dorsey. Also, Private, 3d May '78, 3d Mar. '79,
6th Md. Regt. Contl. Line. [450]
WAITMAN REYNOLDS: (]'a.) Private, Capt. Francis Muir's
7th Co. Col. Nathl. Gist's Regt. 1777. Also, on list of Militia
paid off at Romney. See Va. St. Lib. 8th rept. p. 370. [4511
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Va.) Va. State Lib. 8th and 9th annl,
repts. p. 370-1, mentions 4 different Williams as soldiers,
one "of Augusta;" another as quartermaster; another comm.
[452]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Va.) List of Militia paid off at Ft.
Pitts. See 8th ann. rept. Va. St. Lib. 370. [453]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Va.) Sergeant, Va. State troops,
served 3 yrs. Given land bounty warrant, for 200 acres,
dated Jan. 26, 1784. [454]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (J'a.) Lieutenant. Va. Contl. Line; 3
yrs. Given land bounty warrant by state for 2666 2-3 acres
Dec. 13, '86. He bought up the warrants of a number of
other soldiers. [455]
WILLIAM REYNOLDS: (Vt.) Private, Capt. Augustin Odel's
Co., Clol. John Abbott's Regt., Militia, out in an alarm from
1st day of August to 4th, 1781. Service, 3 days, 30 miles.
(See Sergt. Elisha Reynolds, same Co.) Also, same com-
pany, private. Alarm of Oct. 19, 1781. Service, 18 das., 60
miles. (Se also John, Sr., and John, Jr., same name, same
company). [4561
II
^ome ^oUb an ^tm\^ UeynolJJs of (!It|tcl|eater
BY EDWARD B. RAUB, Indianapolis, Ind.
Henry of Chichester was the great-grandfather of Isaac
Reynolds, one of the early settlers of White County, Indiana.
Henry of Chichester was born in England in 1655 and was a
third son of William and Margaret (Exton) Reynolds. Henry
had two brothers, John, born in 1650; and Francis born in 1652,
who may have come to this country. There is a tradition that
one of them settled in North Carolina and the other in the State
of New York, but I can not verify this tradition. As interesting
in this connection, I might say that, in 1687, one thousand acres
of land was surveyed to John Reynolds in Bucks County, Penn-
sylvania. No patent was ever issued to this land nor was it
ever settled upon by the grantee and several suits were brought
to regain the land by the supposed descendants of the said John
Reynolds. These suits were uniformly unsuccessful. In a
trial held in 1870 a letter, probably spurious, was introduced,
purporting to have been written by John Reynolds in England
to his brother in Chester County (presumably "Henry of Chi-
chester") stating his intention of sailing to America. The tra-
dition is that John was lost at sea enroute to this country. I
find that there was also a John Reynolds in Maryland in 1701
and as many of you are aware, Robert and John were in Boston
in 1634.
The exact birthplace of Henry of Chichester is uncertain.
Some family traditions say that he was born in Nottingham,
England, while others say that he was born in Chichester, but
in my opinion, both of these traditions are in error as the names
of Nottingham and Chichester may have been confused with
localities of that name in Pennsylvania, afterwards closely as-
sociated with the early Reynolds history.
There is also a tradition that Henry Reynolds of Chichester
came over with William Penn. This is also an error, as Henry
landed in this country in 1676 as we are told, after a voyage of
twenty-two weeks, thus preceding William Penn about five
years. He first settled at Burlington, New Jersey, a short dis-
tance above Philadelphia on the New Jersey side of the Dela-
ware River.
On November 10th, 1678 he married Prudence Clayton,
daughter of William Clayton, a prominent Quaker who had
emigrated from London with certain commissioners to purchase
lands from the Indians in New Jersey for a Quaker settlement.
Henry Reynolds and his wife Prudence, together with William
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION HI
Clayton and family, moved to Marcus Hook, Chester County,
Pennsylvania, in the year 1678. William Clayton was after-
wards a member of Governor Markham's Council, and presided
at the first court held in Pennsylvania under the Proprietary
Government. Marcus Hook was a settlement on the Delaware
River a few miles south of Chester and not far from the Mary-
land line. Chester, it may be remembered, is the oldest city in
Pennsylvania, and was the home of William Penn when he first
came to this country. This city was first laid out in 1644.
Marcus Hook is located in lower Chichester Township and was
formerly in Chester County, Pennsylvania, but in 1789 the vari-
ous townships in Chester County along the Delaware River
were made to form Delaware County. In 1680 Henry was a
tavern keeper at Marcus Hook and was a member of the first
Jury in Chester County under the Proprietary Government. As
to whether or not he was a member of the Quaker Church on
his first arrival to this country, I am not positive, but if he was
not a member of that denomination on his first arrival, he soon
afterwards became a member of that church. All of his des-
cendants for several generations were more or less prominent
in the Quaker Church and many of his descendants are still
adherents to that church.
Henry and Prudence ((Clayton) Reynolds had the following
children born between the years 1680 and 1701; Margaret, Mary,
Francis, Prudence, Deborah, Henry, .lohn, Hannah and William.
I have some data as to the descendants of Francis and
William and a rather complete history of the descendants of
Henry H, who was born in 1693. William, who was born in
1701, moved in 1750 with his family to North Carolina and his
descendants are scattered throughout the South and .Southwest,
and some have come to Indiana. Henry II moved to Notting-
ham on Octorava Creek, otherwise known as Nottingham Lots
in the South i)art of Chester County near the Maryland line in
1721 and settled on land given to his father by William Penn.
The land was apportioned by lot and Henry of Chichester was
given lots 5 and 19, one thousand acres. Among other pioneers
of this localitN- were James and William Rrown and Andrew
•lol). lIcinN II is often referred to us "Henry of Nottingham."
Tiiidition sa>s that he founded the village of Rising Sun, Mary-
hind. The famous .Nottingham Meeting House is still called the
"Rrick Meeting House" though now ichuilt of stone.
.Notllnghaiu Lots were originall\ in Chestei' Count\, I'enn-
s>lvania, but part of this tract, on the running of .Mason and
Di.xon's line in 176'), was thrown into Cecil County, Maryland.
Henry of (Ihichester devised the Nottingham lots to his sons,
William and Henry. Tlie old home of Henry of Nottingham
was built in 1721 and is still standing. It was huilt of bricks
inii)orte<l fictni Fngland. The faini was i"ecentl\ owned 1)\ F.
112 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
H. Haines of Rising Sun. Henry of Nottingham was a promin-
ent member of the Quaker Church. Among that denomination,
he was sometimes known as "Henry the Preacher." Henry of
Nottingham was married three times. By his various marriages
he had twelve children. Many of his descendants still reside in
and around Rising Sun. The descendants of his sons, William,
Samuel and Jacob are very numerous and many of them reside
in Chester County, Pennsylvania, as well as Cecil County, Mary-
land. Benjamin, born November 20th, 1743, was a child by the
last marriage of Henry to Mary Haines, widow of Jacob Haines.
Benjamin died about 1780 and was buried at Rising Sun, Md.
In 1764 he was married to Mary Job, grand-daughter of Andrew
Job, one of the early settlers of Chester County. Andrew
Job was also a prominent Quaker, and in 1697 was Sheriff of
that County. In 1702 he represented Chester County in the
Provincial Assembly. An entry at page 318 of the Nottingham
Monthly Meeting Records relative to the marriage of Mary Job
to Benjamin Reynolds is interesting and is as follows: "She,
Mary Reynolds, formerly Mary Job, was disowned for marrying
a person not a member." This would indicate that Benjamin
had withdrawn from the Quaker Church prior to his marriage
in 1764.
Thomas Job, son of Andrew Job, married Elizabeth Max-
well, a niece of Daniel De Foe, the author of Robinson Crusoe.
A few years ago, I called at the home of Miss Hanna Griffith,
near Rising Sun, a descendant of Thomas Job and Elizabeth
Maxwell, and saw in her home much of the mahogany library
furniture once owned and used by Daniel De Foe.
Benjamin Reynolds had six sons all of whom except John,
moved from Cecil County, Maryland, to Juniata Valley, Mifflin
County, Pennsylvania, about the year 1795.
Isaac Reynolds, my great grandfather, migrated from Mifflin
County to Perry County, Ohio, in 1808 and in 1837 to Monticello,
White County, Indiana.
The descendants of Isaac are quite numerous in White
County and it is they who formed the ^^^lite County Reynolds
Reunion, which holds its annual meeting at Monticello, \\Tiite
Co., Indiana, in August.
Ill
ii\[)t l^cnry of (!Jl|ii:l]estcr iSasur
An ancient hand-made, white bone-handled razor with its
history plainly carved on both sides of it was shown at the an-
nual meeting by Miss Sarah B. Reynolds of 83 Albany Avenue,
Kingston, N. Y., in whose possession it now is. Photographs
of it did not come out well for engravings, so a description fol-
lows instead. On one side is carved:
"1779. Abrm. Reynolds Got this RAZOR then from his
FATHER Who said it 'SHAVED his GRANDFATHER'
and on the reverse side,
"who CAME IN the first vessel in the DELAWARE in
the year 1661."
There is a tradition that one member of every generation
since Henry has shaved with this razor, though the last was
glad to get back to his safety razor.
In the R. F. A. Report for 1901, frontispiece, is a good pic-
ture of another Henry heirloom, the "Reynolds Pitcher," on
which is a supposed likeness of this Henry.
Miss Reynolds has written:
"There seems a discrepancy in the dates given for the com-
ing of my ancestor, Henry, to America. Might it be that he re-
turned to England after he came in 1661 and came here again
in 1667?
I presume that the razor was passed down in the regular
line to Francis, Samuel, Abraham, Henry. The last named was
son of my father's elder brother. He was born in 1837 and died
in 1901. Then the razor came to me as the only surviving des-
cendant of Samuel.* *
Some of tliat great uncle's (Thomas) sons or grandsons
were remarkable for their height, for I have heard my
Aunt Margaret Jane (Reynolds) Myers say that they were
known as "Long Abraham," "Tall Thomas," and "Big Samuel."
From the record in the Family Bible of my Father, Henry
H. Reynolds (181 1-18(58): 'The paternal ancestor (of Anglo-
Saxon lineage) of H. II. R., — Henry Reynolds (16r).")-Aug. 7, 1724;
of Cliichester, Sussex, i:ngland, (VI miles S. W. from London, —
settled in Burlington, N. J. in 1670-7.' Another entry states that
lie came 'in llic liist ship in the Delaware' after 22 weeks i)ass-
age* ' * in lOOl.' And also gives as his residence. Ghichester,
i»enn:i. (Names and boundaries in West .Ierse.\ , Pennsylvania,
;in(l Maixhind were rather indelinite.)
liciirv I'.cynolds' wife, IM iidcncf, d. I'd), t, 172S. Tlifv had
in cliildrcii; l''i-ancis (II. 11. H's. jinccslor ) ; \Villi;iin, lli-nry,
.Idjin. iiiul ;i second \\'illi;nn (the lirsl h;iving e\i(leiill\ died
114 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL\TIOX
very young) ; Margaret, Mary, Prudence, Deborah, Hannah,
b. 1720. Francis was born Aug. 15, 1684. He had Samuel, who
m. Jane Jones, 1733-1779, and by her Samuel had: Thomas,
"whose descendants resided at Reynoldsville, Penn., and through
his only daughter, Mary Reynolds Parke, at Parkesburg, Penn.";
Margaret, d. unm.; Abraham, Samuel, who was childless. This
last-mentioned Abraham m. 1st Margaret Odell of Yonkers, and
had 2 ch., d. young; a third, Margaret Jane, m. M. J. Myers, no
children, she d. about 1892-3, Poughkeepsie, X. Y. Abraham m.
2d. Sarah Folger of Hudson, N. Y., b. 1784 d. 1863, and had
Abraham, Jr., who left one son — a Henry, d. 1901, no ch. — ;
Henry H., b. 1811, d. 1868; Mary Anna, d. unm. Henry M. m.
1834, .Mary Jane Wynkoop of N. Y., who d. 1887, and had 3 ch.:
Augustus W. 1835-1895, unm.; Francis W., 1837-70, no children;
Sarah B., 1838—, unm. ' * '"
♦ ♦ *
IV
i&obert iReyttullis of Uoston
Additions and corrections to last year's (1915) Report, pp. 35-51.
By INIarion H. Reynolds, A. B.
(a)
CoRKECTioxs: (Numbers refer to pages in 1915 Report.)
35. Note 2, at bottom: I doubt very much that Robert came in
the "Arabella," there is no evidence whatever to support
the conjecture.
35. •'II. 1 Ruth." Date of 1627 for her birth is a mis-print.
The date is unknown.
35. Note 4 at bottom: This statement has been investigated
and the originator says indefinitely, "thought she remem-
bered seeing it in an old history of Boston."
36, and p. 16: The cut, page 16, is the house referred to in the
last full paragraph p. 36.
41. V-1 VI-2 VI-4 VI-9 VI-10 VI-12. All were in the Revolu-
tion; see Revolutionary Soldiers, the Report. VI-13 Cyn-
thia, m. William Snell?
41. Billy b. Mch. 10, 1744. d. Apr. 27, 1753; "VI. 7" Mary b. Sept.
30, 1751; d. Apr. 1, 1753; "VI. 5" Sihon, b. Apr. 19, 1748; d.
Mch. 23, 1753, all three dying within a few weeks, of some
epidemic.
42. Amy, VI-16: "d. Apr. 9. 1845, aet. 93," North Bridgewater,
(Brockton). VI-20. Thomas, Revolutionary Soldier, q .v.,
"d. Dec. 9, 1851, aet. 91. Winslow, Me." V-3; John, see his
children, p. 60, added after rest of report printed. V-4,
Nathaniel, see p. 49-50, 1915, Rept. VI-15: Joseph, see Bos-
ton Evening Transcript, Genealogical section. May 15, 1916,
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION II5
for full account of his family; also (219) Rev. Soldiers here-
in.
13. Thomas Reynolds, V-9. See his Revolutionary record, this
Report. Also additions below, married twice, also correc-
tions in dates.
44, V-11 Joseph: See his Revolutionary record this Report, —
also his brothers George, Samuel, and Jonathan. Also Sam-
uel and Grindall were in Revolution as appears in this
Report.
46. VI-80 and VI-99: Henry Russell Reynolds m. Susan Duncan
Reynolds, Sept. 11, 1854. He was an "actual Son of the
Revolution."
46. Renjamin, V-18: Sentence beginning, "Lived Long at Nor-
folk * * ** * if not first missionary there," should have
been printed under Renjamin and not John, V-19. This
Renjamin married twice, I have found out: ' (1st) Eliza-
beth Rradford, April 22, 1784, who was b. June 30, 1759, d.
June 29, 1785, at Duxbury, Mass. They had one child, Rrad-
ford, b. Duxbury, Mar. 14, 1785; d. y. Oct., same year. Then
he married (2nd) Molly Waldron, as stated in 1915 Report.
48. VI-117: Descendants of John Curtis R. have now been
found. He m. 3 times, d. Aug. 26, 1890, Hillhurst, P. Q., Can-
ada. Much more has been discovered of this whole family.
VI-122, Amelia, m. Leonard Thomas at Melbourne, P. Q..
Canada. Samuel, V-28,— Dr. W. A. Reynolds, 236 Newbury
St., Roston, is tracing.
50. John, VI. I have been given a traditionary account of his
being murdered and thrown into the Hudson. VI, Nathan-
iel, now have a great deal more information of him; also
Jonathan. VI, Eunice m. a Copitts or Colepits.
49-51. I CAN NOW .STATE POSITIVELY THAT THE NATH-
ANIEL WHOSE DH.AMATIC CAREEi^. WAS RRIEFLY OUT-
LINED i)p. 49-50, 1915 REPORT, WAS NATHANIEL, SON
OF JOHN AND ANNA (RLANCH) REYNOLDS OF MAR-
P.LEHEAD, MASS., AND THAT HE WAS NOT, IN REAL-
ITY, AS WAS SUi>POSED, RENJAMIN, SON OF RENJAMIN
AND SUSANNAH (RAWSON) REYN()LD.S. Benjamin
seems to be hopelessly lost in the folds of time. Sec ac-
count of NATHANII-IL among the Revolutionary Soldiers
(he is No. 329) in this liook, commander of the "Blackbird."
and of the "Hoi'iu-t," both privateersmeii. I have a wealth
of romantic and adventurous lore of this remarkal)le chai--
acter, — the most interesting personality of all the He\-
nolds. His 2(1 wife was Mary ((]hapell) HIaney, widow of
Dr. Stei)hen Blaney of Marblelu-ad. Mass., whom he had.
under romantic circumstances, jilted in his youth, lie met
his tragic death a few weeks after this second marriage.
116 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
51. VII: Nathaniel, m. his cousin Eunice, dau, Benjamin, and
Lydia (Watson) Reynolds, and not a Sampson. "VII:
William Kilby Reynolds, d. Lepreau, N. B., Canada, 1882.
See picture of his great bridge, p. 23 herein, I have a mass
of additional information.
60. V-3: John's wife now thought to have been Judith Hooper,
poss. dau. Nathl. and Hannah Hooper of Marblehead, Mass.
(b)
Additions :
In addition to John, V. 3, pp. 42 and 60, and Nathaniel, V-4
pp. 42 and 49, I have discovered that JOHN and ANNA
(BLANCH) REYNOLDS of Boston and Marblehead, had the
following:
V. BENJAMIN REYNOLDS: (John; 2 Naths; Robt.) b.
Marblehead, Mass., ab. 1725, d. ? m. Oct. 15, 1747
RUTH COGSWELL, dau. John. She was baptzd., June. 30,
1726. See his Revolutionary Record, this Report. Was
killed in the Revolution? I have discovered no ch.
V. Mary, bapt. Marblehead, Oct. 27, 1728, d. y.
V. Mary, " " Jun. 12, 1737, no more known.
V. Sarah, " " Jun. 10, 1739, m. PhiHp Penn, Jun.
5, 1761.
* * *
I find also that THOMAS REYNOLDS, V-9 p. 43, 1915 Re-
port, said to have descendants at E. Hartford, Conn. Lived in
Wrentham or Rehoboth. See his Revolutionary Record in this
Report. The record of his marriages and children should
read as follows, and not as in 1915 Report:
V. THOMAS REYNOLDS: (Eleazer, Peter, Nathl. Robt.), etc.
(See 1915 Report) m. (1st) MELETIAH MANN, dau. Peletiah
and Jemima (Farrington) Mann, Jan. 26, 1758. She was
b. Feb. 12, 1732, o. s., and d. Dec. 14, 1760, aet. 28. She lived
in Wrentham to which place he moved from Bristol, R. I.
VI-40. Susan, b. Nov. 24, 1758, d. 1838 Wrentham, m. Prof. John
de Wolf.
VI-41. Charles, b. Oct. 30, 1760.
M. (2nd) MRS CATHERINE RANDALL, Stoughton, Dec, 3, 1761.
VI-42. Eleazer, b. Dec. 21, 1762.
VI-43. Anna, b. April 1, 1764 d. unm., June 11, 1852, "old age,"
aet. 88 in Wrentham.
VI-43a. Catherine, bapt. Apr. 19, 1767, no more known.
New Members. Robert of Boston Line. (Added late).
Charles E. Reynolds, ----- Campello, Mass.
Mrs. Dora M. Morang, Pramingham, "
Harold Trescott Reynolds, - - - - Collmsville, Conn.
Genealogical research has a special and
unique fascination. We seem to make the per<
sonal acquaintance of kindred long dead to this
world, and we are made to f«el the continuity of
life in a way that strengthens faith in immortal-
ity. We dwell with pleasure upon ancestral
courage, patriotism, and fidelity to all that was
true and pure, while we cast a mantle of forget-
fulness over all shortcomings. The qualities that
were best in our ancestors we recognize as best
today and forever.
The more recent reyival of interest in gene-
alogy is in every way creditable to the American
people and is a patriotic service. Family history
is interwoven with our country's history, par-
ticularly when its roots strike deep into Colonial
times.
The knowledge of our ancestors widens our
horizon and gives a broader view of life and its
responsibilities. We remember that posterity
may sit judgment on us, and our times, and this
thought should be an inspiration and incentive to
higher and better things.— HENRY PARSONS.
1620
1918
ainnual' 3^eunton of
WB
Cbe 9^e^noItis Jfamtlp Jissoctatton
©ibing partial U»x» of
€iWl *^ar lOctcrang <n tl)e KetnolDS Line
THE REYNOLDS COAT OF ARMS
The Reynolds Coat of Arms, used by this Association, is a reproduction of one
on the tombstone in Bristol, R. I., of the line of Robert Reynolds, of Boston. It repre-
sents three foxes on the shield, with a fox as a crest. The family was originally
Norman-French, the name, a corruption of Renard, or Renaud (French) or Reynard
(English) which is "fox."
The use of the three foxes on the escutcheon, or shield, instead of one, is a repetition,
which is usual in such matters, as witness the three leopards (not lions as is popularly
supposed) on the Coat of Arms of England, the three lilies of France, and numerous ;
other similar examples. The use of the Coat of Arms, for actual identification of a !
family, or tribe, was common in former ages, and in battle, to distinguish a friend
from an enemy, while encased in armor.
The name Rothchild was derived from their insignia, literally, a red shield. Shakes- J
peare's Arms bears a spear upon it, etc. '
The fact that our shield is so plain in design, with no quarterings or incorporations of
other families, as was customary when important families intermarried, shows that we
were plain folk, and this is also indicated by the helmit which is a Squires' being
faced to the left, while a Knight is faced toward the front.
There were none of the old stock in any of the Reynolds family lines, but were both
respectable and respected, patriotic and law abiding. The colors of the shield and foxes
indicate our French extraction, filtered through England, since the time of William
the Conqueror ; there were five Renards that are on the Battle Abbey list of France. |
The background or body of the shield is French blue; it is a law of Heraldry, that '
color must not go on color, or metal on metal, but one upon the other. The choice of
either silver or gold for the foxes is optional ; the latter, however, is considered most
desirable.
The Reynolds Coat of Arms, painted in appropriate permanent colors, by a skilled
artist in Heraldry, may he purchased from the Secretary of the R. F. A., by any of the
members.
THE NEV/ YORK
PUBLIC LIBRARY
ASTOR, LENOX
TILDEN FOUNDATION" }
W. AIYRON REYNOLDS, M.D.,
Thk President of the Reynolds Family Association, Re-elected
FOR THE Sixth Time
1620
19 18
Twenty-Sixth and Twenty-Seventh
ANNUAL REPORT
The Coat of Arms of Lord Ducie
who was knighted by King Charles
The First in 1620, transferred by
patent to his nephew Thomas Rey-
nolds Esq. and his male heirs there-
after. This is the Coat of Arms of
the President of the Reynolds
Family Association.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
REUNION
HOTEL McALPlN, NEW YORK
JULY Hth, 1^)17 ANl^ OCTOBER 3rd. 1918
PREFACE
The purpose of The Reynolds Family Association, -is to promote the recognition of a
general ancestry, among the different branches of this old family, which dates back
several hundred years ; to increase a better acquaintance and more sociability among kin-
dred, for the general good of all ; to collect ^nd make permanent record of interesting
materials, and incidents in the family history of a genealogical and historical character,
of interest to the Reynolds Family.
Any of the descendants of the American Colonial families of the name of Reynolds,
either by blood or marriage, is eligible to membership in this Association. Applications
for membership should be made to the secretary, accompanied by one dollar, the annual
membership fee, which will be promptly acknowledged, and a genealogical blank to be
filled out by the applicant, returned by the secretary, together with a card of member-
ship, the genealogical blank will be turned over to the historians to trace the Reynolds
line to which the applicant belongs. The Annual Report will be sent free, to all members
in good standing, together with other interesting data for their information. All mem-
bers of the Association are entitled to the use of the Coat of Arms, embossed stationery,
jewelrj^ etc., bearing the Reynolds Crest, which can be obtained from the secretary. All
members will be cheerfully aided with any information to trace their particular branch of
the family, for which blanks will be furnished, from detail reports in the hands of
several historians. Complete lists of members are published in each report; and each
member is permitted to introduce candidates for membership, any in the Reynolds line,
either by birth or intermarriage. The Association will be pleased to receive any care-
fully prepared Reynolds genealogies, or history of the early pioneers, which will receive
careful consideration of the historians, and considered for publication in our Annual
Report. Copies of nearly all of the Annual Reports are in charge of the secretary, who
will furnish these to members, or their friends, at 75 cents per copy.
THE REYNOLDS FA^IILY ASSOCIATION
Founded 1892: For the purpose of acquainting the several branches of the Reynolds
Family of a General Ancestry, with each other for their mutual edification.
Twenty-sixth and Twenty-seventh Annual Report
OF
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL'KTION
REUNION, HELD AT
The^Hotel McAlpin, New York City, July 13, 1917, and October 4, 1918
President
W. Myron Reynolds, M.D. - . . . . 15 \\\ 60th St.. New York City
Vice-Presidents
Harry C. Reynolds, Esq. --.-_--_. Scranton, Pa.
Prof. Harrah Judson Reynolds, ---_... Rochester, N. Y.
Wilson C. Reynolds, -..---.. e. Haddam, Conn.
John F. Reynolds, ---.--_.. North Haven, Conn.
Joseph P. Reynolds, -----_-__- Wickford, R. J.
Alvah L. Reynolds, -.__- Madison, N. J.
Alvah Reynolds, Esq. ---. --.... Altona. III.
Secretary and Treasurer
Miss Fannie D. Holmes ------- 53 Elm St., Westerly, R. J.
Chaplains
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D.D., -.-.-_. Newark, X. J.
Rev. Adolph Frederick Shauffler, D.D. . . . . . New York, N. V.
Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds - - - - - ... . Keyport, N. J.
Rev. George Reynolds, D.D. ---_... New Rochelle. N. Y.
Rev. Grafton T. Reynolds, D.D. - _ - . . _ Washington, Pa.
Rev. George C. Reynolds, D.D. ------- Forest Grove, Oregon
Rev. William B. Reynolds, - - - -.---. Bethel, Vt.
Rev. Charles Newton Reynolds --- .--.. Natal, So. Africa
Historians
Cuyler Reynolds, . - . - . . _ . . . Albany, N. Y.
Edward B. Kaub, Esq. - Indianapolis, hid.
Mrs. Viola .\. Bromley, 494 Tenth St., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, -------- North Haven, Conn.
Committee on Publication
W. MvRoN Reynolds, .M.D. ------ New York, .V. Y.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, - . - . . - Brooklyn. X . Y.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, - - - - Westerly, A'. /.
The 26tli .Animal Ktnnion of tlie Reynolds I-aniily Association was held July 13, 1917,
at the Hotel McAlpin, New York City. The business meeting was called to order
at 10.30 o'clock by the President, Dr. W. Myron Reynolds. Prayer was offered by
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, of Newark, N. J., followed by singing the "Star-Spangled
Banner," with Miss Helen B. Reynolds at the piano.
Minutes of the 25th annual meeting were read by the Secretary, and approved, fol-
lowed by the annual report of the Treasurer and Historian, which were also ap-
proved.
Names of the members deceased during the past year were read, ami eulo^'istic re-
marks were made by the Presiilent.
Letters of regret were read from members of the .Association and invited Kuests. Let-
ters of regret were also read from Past President Giles L. Reynolds; Hon. John .\I. Rey-
nolds ; Hon. Marcus L. Reynolds ; James Bronson Reynolds, Esq. ; Paul R. Reynolds ; with
a score and more of others; also a tclcKram from Henry Suydam Reynolds, Esq., who
had been appointed toastmaster, and was unavoidably detained.
6 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
A committee for nomination of officers to be elected for the ensuing year was ap-
pointed by the President as follows : Harrah J. Reynolds, Geneva Rathbun, Carrie E.
Reynolds, Alvah L. Reynolds.
The committee recommends : For President, Dr. W. Myron Reynolds ; for Vice-
President, Rev. Chas. Lee Reynolds, Wilson C. Reynolds, Augustus Reynolds, Joseph G.
Reynolds, George Reynolds.
THE WHITE HOUSE
Washington, July 10, 1917.
My dear Dr. Reynolds :
The President has received your kind letter of July 7th, and while he appreciates most
heartily the courteous invitation which you extend to him, he very much regrets his
inability to send his acceptance. He asks me to thank you warmly for your kindness
in this matter.
Sincerely yours,
J. P. TUMULTY.
Secretary to the President.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds,
New York City.
METROPOLITAN
432 Fourth Avenue. New York
Office of Theodore Roosevelt. July 12, 1917.
My dear Dr. Reynolds :
I thank you for your very kind invitation, and regret it is impossible for me to
accept. Sincerely yours,
THEODORE ROOSEVELT.
Dr. W. Alyron Reynolds, Pres.,
Reynolds Family Association,
15 West 60th Street,
New York.
STATE OF NEW YORK
EXECUTIVE CHAMBER
ALBANY
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds,
15 West 60th Street,
New York City.
My dear Dr. Reynolds :
I write to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of July 7th and the cordial invitation
to be present at the 26th Annual Reunion of the Reynolds Family Association wb.ich
is to be held at the Hotel McAlpin in New York City, on July 13th.
I regret exceedingly that an engagement of long standing will prevent my giving
myself the great pleasure of being present at this reunion and I trust that you will
convey to the Association and its guests at this time my greetings and congratulations.
Thanking you for your invitation, believe me,
Cordially vours.
'CHARLES S. WHITMAN.
Office of the Rector
SAINT THOMAS'S CHURCH
Fifth Avenue and Fifty-third Street
New York City
July 2, 1917.
From Rev. Ernest M. Stires, D. D. :
My dear Dr. Reynolds :
The 25th annual report of the Reynolds Family Association has been read by me
with the keenest interest and satisfaction. It is easy to understand the pleasure and
stimulus you must receive from such delightful association.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 7
1 am quite sure that in these trying times the whole family will be inspired by their
splendid traditions and render invaluable service to the country and the cause of hu-
manity.
Alwaj's yours most faithfully,
ERNEST M. STIRES.
EDWARD B. RAUB, ASSISTANT HISTORIAN
Indianapolis
July 11, 1917.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds,
President, Reynolds Family Assn.,
Care of Hotel ]\IcAlpin, New York City.
Dear Doctor :
Your favor of July 5th in re annual banquet of the Family Association, received. I
beg to state that it had been my desire, and until yesterday, I expected to come to the
reunion, but a number of small things have combined, requiring my presence in this
city. It had been my hope to complete for the record this year some of the later
generations of Henry of Chichester. I have part of the work practically done but lack
of time has prevented me from completing it.
Mrs. Raub joins me in wishing you and all our friends of the Association a splendid
and profitable meeting and trust that it will be our pleasure to join you next year.
Yours sincerely,
E. B. RAUB.
Pinckneyville, Ills., July 2, 1917.
Dear Kinsmen of the Reynolds Family Association :
As I have passed my 79th birthday, and not in the best of health, I cannot be with
you at the 26th Reunion on the 13th instant, so must again make my bow on paper.
The only requests I have had since the last reunion are noted in the 1916 report,
pages 15 to 18, and I have nothing further to add thereto.
On page 49, in the line of John of Weymouth, the date of his death is blank, but
I have it in my record as January, 1691. His birth is between 1625 and 1630, but where
1 have never been able to find out, nor the exact date of his arrival in America, but I do
know that he was married in 1650-1, Ann Holbrook, daughter of Sir Thomas Holbrook,
who arrived in Weymouth in March, 1635-6, when but five years of age. (See Report of
1907.)
My Great-Grandfather, Samuel Reynolds (5), is the one named on page 98, of
1916 report, who served in Capt. Child's Co., 55th Conn. Regt. and from him I derive
my membership in the "Sons."
My Grandfather, Jonathan (6), born Sept. 10, 1776, served in the war of 1812, and
I have the identical fife he played in a mounted band, and in the same condition
liu left it to me at his death.
1 spent many hours in the Boston Public Library some years ago, trying to find
where our JOHN came from, but without success, and had no better luck when I
applied to a Genealogist in London, who tried to hold me up for 50 pounds to make
a search, which I considered pure robbery, as he probably had all the data in his office
at the time.
1 hope the Association will have a full ami interesting meeting, and ^liall look
forward to receiving the published Report, in due time.
Yours fraternallv,
S. WALTER RFA'NOLDS.
Historian, R. F. A.
REV. ADOLPII !•. SCIIAUFFLER, D.D.
Bar Harbor. .Me., July 7, 1917.
-My dear Dr. Reynolds:
Many thanks ff)r your kind letter of the 5tli. Alas, at this distance from the city, it
will not be possible for me to be in New York at the time of the reunion. If I were
there, I could tell quite a number of things, that would bear on tiie themes that you
will all be discussing. Suffice it to say that my mother, who was a Reynolds, did her
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share in sustaining the reputation of the name, and that her boys have tried to follow
in her footsteps. I am now the only one left of her four sons, and I will try to
the end to keep up the record.
I might add that I have nine nephews and grand-nephews in or preparing for the war.
With many greetings to the whole Reynolds tribe, Yours very truly,
ADOLPH F. SCHAUFFLER.
At the twenty-sixth Annual Banquet of the Reynolds Family Association, after a
most excellent menu had been disposed of, the President, Dr. W. Myron Reynolds,
stated that the toastmaster engaged for the occasion had met with an accident and was
unable to be present, and that on very short notice, a new member of the Association,
Mr. Harrah B. Reynolds, Post Office Inspector at Rochester, New York, had kindly
consented to act in that capacity. He was then formally introduced.
(The Toastmaster) : Let us all arise and sing one verse of America.
My Country, 'tis of thee,
Sweet land of liberty,
Of thee I sing:
Land where my fathers died.
Land of the pilgrims' pride.
From every mountainside,
Let freedom ring.
The Toastmaster: I feel indeed highly honored in being called upon to fill the
place of your absent toastmaster, and especially so because I am a new member of
the Association, never having before attended any of your meetings; but I will do the
best I can in filling this station.
It is really unfortunate, however, that the toastmaster chosen for the occasion cannot
be here ; but I presume that I have shouted as loud and as often for the R. F. A. as
any one here, for I was a student at the Rochester Free Academy for four years, and
the spirit of this occasion with the sentiment expressed in the business session just
closed, makes me feel equally proud of this other "R. F. A." namely the Reynolds
Family Association.
Your annual gatherings in the past have been held so far from Western New YorH
that it has been impossible for me to attend, and it is only by a business emergency
that I am able to be here today.
Several weeks ago my father wrote me about this reunion, and expressed the hope
we might both attend; but my business in the northern part of the State was so urgent,
it seemed impossible for me to come, and I replied to him to that effect; yesterday,
however, I received at Watertown, N. Y., a telegram requesting my presence in New M
York, on Government business; and I reached this city only this morning, completed 1
my business only about an hour ago, so that I am able to be with you and enjoy
the pleasure of this occasion. I have noticed in your records that various "lines" of
Ihe Reynolds family are mentioned. I heard of a father who was continually talking
genealogical lines ; his boy, who was something of a wag, fell out of a four-story
window ; in telling of it afterward the boy said he made a bee-line, in an air-line, landing
on the family clothes-line.
We have been much interested in the razor which Miss Sarah B. Reynolds, of
Kingston, N. Y., has been showing us ; it has been in the Reynolds family for centuries,
and is a most interesting keepsake. It reminds me of indictment against the Spen-
cerian Pen Company, on the charge that "they make people steel pens, and then say
they do write."
With reference to our immediate family, I might say that my great-grandfather, Asa
Reynolds, married Hannah Wells, and as the words "Asa" and "Hannah" each spelled
backwards and forwards alike, they named their twelve children so that the letters in
each name would be reversible; the youngest was Harrah Reynolds, who was my
great-grandfather; as my father, my son, and I have the same name, we have four
generations of "Harrah Reynolds."
Yesterday afternoon I came on the train down the eastern bank of the Hudson River,
and there was a beautiful sunset to enhance the beauty of the scenery; I recall that in
my schooldays we learned in our geography that the Hudson was the most beautiful
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river in the world ; and years ago I learned to love its scenery. Leaving Albany, we
passed the City of Hudson, where is located the House of Refuge for Girls, and the
City of Poughkeepsie, the seat of Vassar College ; then we passed through Ossining,
where Sing Sing Prison is located ; and a little further south we came to Tarrytown,
with its famous "Sleepy Hollow" cemetery, where so many illustrious men are buried,
and where Washington Irving laid the scene of his "Legend of Sleepy Hollow."
As we leave New York on the other side of the river, we find the imposing Pali-
sades, after which we come to the city of Nyack, where Major Andre was captured;
then we find that wonderful mountain peak, "Storm King," which fairly seems to hang
over the river, and we must not forget that also on the west bank of the river is our
famous West Point Academy, which is so important to our country at this critical
time; and we remember that General Robert E. Lee was a superintendent in the days
before the Civil War.
Although we have become attached to our own picturesque Hudson, we are reminded
that there are other great rivers ; the Egyptians love the Nile, whose annual overflow
makes vegetation possible ; the Germans love the Rhine, whose banks are dotted with
historic castles, and around its name are woven many of their best songs and finest
legends; the inhabitants of the middle west love the Mississippi, that "Father of
Waters," which is of so great value to our western commerce; residents of South
America point with pride to the broad Amazon, the largest river in the world, which has
fifteen tributaries, each of which is at least seven hundred miles long; and they tell
us that because of the peculiar ocean currents, the Amazon flows backward in its course
once every year, and as a result overflows its banks, and becomes Mty miles wide.
The mighty Saint Lawrence has its beautiful "Thousand Islands," its treacherous rapids,
and upon its banks are the quaint French cities of Montreal and Quebec ; the mar-
velous Niagara, whose cataract is one of the wonders of the world, that must be
seen to be appreciated. We are here today as representatives of a number of different
branches of the Reynolds family, which started centuries ago from a common source;
some of whom are closely related to each other, and others only remotely; just as
those who have lived for years near some large river become attached to it and
fk-light in explaining the beauties of its scenery, so it is natural for us to be most
inloresicd in our own family line, and in the relatives wlio are most closely related
to us.
l)Ut as we are reminded tluit the beautiful lludstMi, tlic turbulent Xilc, the peaceful
Kiiine. the wonderful Mississippi, the broad Amazon, the inighty Saint Lawrence, and
tlie marvelous Niagara, all find their way into the great Atlantic; there their waters
and currents are mingled, and then the All Wise Father takes from that mighty ocean
and forms the clouds, and the rain descends to refresh these rivers: in like manner
we are mingled today as various branches of the Reynolds family; while we have come
from different localities, have different business interests, different associates, different
family ties, different religions, different habits, and different aims, but we are all
one great family. We are here to mingle our thoughts and see what currents are
commcju to us all, and as the ocean refreshes the streams, so we liy our fellowship,
our words of cheer and renewal of friendships, can go l)ack to our various callings
witii renewed vigor, refreshed and hopeful outlook. As a new meml)er, I regret that
I am not personally better acquainted with your speakers whom I am \v introduce;
I'ut I notice that the first speaker on the card is from Brooklyn.
I luard a story of a Brooklyn policeman who came to police head(|uarters about 2
o'clock one morning, and said, "Captain, there is a dead horse over on Kosciusko
Street, near the corner of Greene Avenue." .And the Captain told him to make a
written rei)ort of it. The roundsman started to write up the item, then suddenly stopped
and asked, "Captain, how do you spell Kosciusko Street?" The Captain replied,
"Darned if 1 know, you must spell it for yourself." After puzzling over it for a few
minuies, tlie oflicer started to go out, and the Captain asked him where he was
going. lie rei)Iied, "I am going to drag that Imrse round into Greene .\venue."
We have with us today Rev. William B. .Miller, who has l)ecn connected with the
^'. M. C. A. work in the Brooklyn Navy Yard, under the direction of Miss Helen
Miller Goidd, and we shall be very glad to have Mr. Miller speak to us.
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OUTLINE OF REMARKS MADE AT THE REYNOLDS ASSOCIATION
REUNION, AT HOTEL McALPIN
By Rev. William B. Miller
When my friend, Miss Arietta Reynolds, asked me to be present here today I felt
that it would be an intrusion on my part, but I have been welcomed so heartily
that I almost feel like one of the family. When your President so courteously invited
me to speak I asked him what I should talk about, and he replied "about five minutes,"
and as it is necessary for me to catch a train, I shall have to keep within this allotted
time.
In your program today in the adjoining room T have noted with interest that you
trace the family tree back many generations. You evidently do not agree with the
man who said that if any family is traced back a few centuries one will find an
ancestor who was a horse-thief or one who was hung for stealing sheep.
I, too, belong to a family — a family of ministers. When a lad I declared that I
would never be a minister, as it seemed to me that at least one of the family ought to
earn an honest livelihood, so I was going to be a lawyer. Very early in life I showed
great aptitude for this profession, for at the age of ten I gave my boy chum a
dime to appropriate for me a law book from his father's library, but the discouraging
thing was that the father missed the volume, and as the money had already gone for
candy, I lost both the book and the dime. Thus the legal profession lost a shining
light.
It is a pleasure to see here today the spirit of brotherliness — the spirit that should
be manifest in a happy family. Too many families are like that cage of animals, -with
the sign over it — "THE HAPPY FAMILY" which contained a lion, a leopard, a
tiger and a lamb. When the keeper was approached by an inquisitive woman with
the query whether these animals actually thus lived together, he replied, "Yes, but we
have to renew the lamb once in a while." One is reminded of the saying, "The lion
and the lamb shall lie down side by side — the lamb on the inside."
Blood is thicker than water. These kinship ties are the greatest thing in the world,
and should be kept strong and binding; this is best accomplished by frequent reunions
such as this. "Absence makes the heart grow fonder" under certain conditions, but
"Out of sight, out of mind" is more apt to be true.
Again, I have been glad to note your allegiance to high ideals ; your Christian atti-
tude towards questions you have been discussing. It is this spirit alone that can
solve the problems confronting us in our national and world life. My work takes
me not only to all parts of this country, but to other lands as well. Hereafter wherever
I go I shall expect to find every member of this association doing well his part and
upholding with all his power the honor of this family to which he belongs.
This kind of a reunion is an illustration of the trend of the times. The get-together
spirit is abroad in the world. No nation, as is the case with the individual, liveth to
itself alone. The war in which we are engaged is drawing mankind closer together.
Our interdependence is being made manifest. Possibly Tolstoi had in mind a unified
world relationship when he said : "Patriotism is a vice and belongs to the tribal
period." Be that as it may, the love of family, the love of country, should not pre-
clude, but should rather foster the interracial and international feeling of respect
and comity.
These are solemn days in which we live — days that test men's souls. Every tie of
kinship, every tie of patriotism must be strengthened, in order that there may come
in all of its fulness a true world democracy; a world life in which every man shall be
the brother of every other man, no matter what his color, race or creed.
I congratulate you upon this gathering and all that it means, and would express
again my pleasure in being one of your company today.
The Toastmaster : I notice that the list of speakers includes the name of my
father. Professor Harrah Judson Reynolds, of Ossining, New York, and as he will
have to leave to catch a train we will call on him next ; he has been greatly interested
in gathering genealogical records, and has quite a complete history of our branch of
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the Reynolds family ; in introducing him I am glad to state that he is intensely
interested in the existence and aims of this association. Prof. Harrah Judson Reynolds,
A.M.
The Toastmaster: I presume that father is the oldest member who is present
today, and I am sure that I express the sentiment of us all when I say we hope he
will be alive for another 82 years, and be with us at our annual gathering in 1999
(Applause).
After-dinner speech of Prof. Harrah J. Reynolds :
Mr. Toastmaster and Friends : I need not say I am glad to be here with you, for
that goes without saying; but there is one thing I would like to know, how many are
here at this reunion for the first time? Please hold up your hands. What! so many!
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, you please count the uplifted hands ; "twenty-two new members
present" ; well, that is good, but we want to meet here next October, with five times
that number. (Applause.)
There is one thing I hesitate to talk about, but I may as well confess it at onc^.
I have found in my short life, that I was born to fill vacancies; and I have just
filled one vacancy while at this table, which has been very gratifying to me.
When I was a young man, if the minister was away, one of the Baptist deacons used
to conduct the service, by reading one of Spurgeon's sermons, and he always read
them well.
One Sunday morning he came to me with the book in hand, and said he wanted
me to take the service, and gave me a certain sermon he had selected to be read.
I didn't know any better than to accede to his request, and as a reward for my rashness,
the deacon invited me to accompany him home to dinner.
His wife said: "Judson, I want to say you know how to give out church notices
better than half of the ministers," but she didn't comment on my reading the sermon.
If the sexton was going to be away on a vacation, they would come to me to open the
church, etc., etc. If the chorister was away, 1 had to take charge of the music. When
the Y. M. C. A. Secretary was taken sick, "would I go in and take charge of his office
for a couple of weeks?"
The Secretary died, and it was thirteen months before I could get away to fill
another vacancy.
So it has been all my life, filling vacancies ; a sul)stitute for others. With such an
experience through life, do you wonder that when I heard last night the expected
toastmaster could not be here today, that I said to myself, "Well, here's another
vacancy."
And at once I began to think how I should act and what I should say if I were
called on in this emergency; but when my son told me he had been requested to be
toastmaster, I was at once relieved and rejoiced to know that the mantle had fallen on
younger shoulders.
He tells you I am interested in genealogy, and have given considerable time to it.
Well, that is true, l)Ut I have not made a "hobliy" of it; for it has been with me, like
my mother's knitting, taken up at odd times ; and I have succeeded in completing my
luie of descent from John of Watcrtown, down through some of the descendants of
my great-grandfather's brother.
My Rrandfather — Asa Reynolds — was the youuKcst of seven children ; he had six sons
and six dauj^'hters; they all lived to married life, and my father, Harrah Reynolds,
was the youngest of the twelve children of Asa.
My grandfather had seventy-six grandchildren; there are only two of these now
living, my Itrother and myself.
So, my friends, the generations are passinn away, and you should see to it that a
complete record is kc|)t while it can be traced ; let ns all "work while it is day."
Now, Mr. Toastmaster, my time is up, and I must go in order to get my train; I
cannot stop to shake hands witli all, and will shake only my own, while congratulating
myself that I have been to this delightful reunion.
Ix't me say I)efore we part, after devoting sixty-two years, filling vacancies, I am
proud of my membership in the Reynolds i'amily Association, ami of what has been
accomplished for the tietternunt ol' the world liy individual members of the Reynolds
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Family. I am convinced, however, that this dear old family of ours can accomplish
greater things in the future for world betterment by more closely uniting our efforts.
"Do you wish the world were better?
Let me tell you what to do :
Set a watch upon your actions.
Keep them always straight and true,
kid your mind of selfish motives,
Let your thoughts be clean and high ;
You can make a little Eden
Of the sphere you occupy.
"Do you wish the world were wiser?
Well, suppose you make a start
By accumulating wisdom
• In the scrap-book of your heart.
Do not waste one page on folly,
Live to learn, and learn to live ;
If you want to give men knowledge
You must get it, ere you give.
"Do you wish the world were happy?
Then rememlser, day by day,
Just to scatter seeds of kindness
As you pass along the way ;
For the pleasure of the many
May be ofttimes traced to one,
As a hand that plants an acorn
Shelters armies from the sun."
The Toastmaster: The next speaker on our program is a Presbyterian minister; it
speaks well for the Reynolds Family Association, that we have eight clergymen as chap-
lains of this Association, one for every day in the week, and two for Sunday; a great
many college' graduates and professional men on our membership list. A year ago at
Rochester, there was held a National Synod of the Presbyterian Church ; one of its
speakers from Georgia, said that in Southern States, most of the negroes were Methodists
and Baptists, by instinct and training, but "by the grace of God" a few of them became
Presbyterians.
I once heard a story of an elderly man whose duty was to blow the church organ,
and being rather absent-minded, he would often continue to blow after the organist had
stopped playing, which created amusement for the audience and chagrin for the organist.
One Sunday morning, after such an occurrence, in the service, the organist in his rage
wrote a note to the organ blower, and gave it to an usher to deliver to him ; the usher sup-
posing it was intended for the preacher, handed it to him ; the note read as follows : "You
old fool, don't you know that the people come to hear my music, and not your horrid
blowing?" I know that you all want to hear not my horrid noise, but the musical voice of
the next speaker, and I take pleasure in introducing Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, pastor
of the Park Presbyterian Church, of Newark, N. J.
Address of Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D. :
Fcllowkinsmen: It is a great pleasure for me to be here. I have been a member of
this association like the woman who said she had been a Christian "off and on for a
great many years."
I was reared in the Middle West, brought up in one of its great cities, Kansas City in
tlie State of Missouri, not Kansas, you of the East will please note. Very early, there-
fore, I came from Missouri and had "to be shown." I had to come East for my edu-
cation, I will say for the benefit of those who live around these shores of the Atlantic,
but I returned to Chicago for my theological training, expecting that the Middle West
would always be the field of my labors. My first church was in Des Moines, Iowa, the
capital of the State, where I found a member of the Church who was willing to make
me her only pastor for life as long as I should live and preach, and was ready to take
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the name which we are all here to honor. My second church carried me to the South
and to the historic, famous little city of Lexington, Ky., where I found more Chinese in
spirit than I have ever met in the world. The Kentuckian always worships his ancestors,
and some of them are trying to cover their nakedness with leaves from the family tree.
While I was among these family worshippers, I proudly wore upon my watch fob the
Reynolds family coat of arms. Bjut this didn't seem to impress them very much. No
Reynolds as far as any one could remember had ever been related to Henry Clay, or to
a Breckenridge or a Marshall. No Reynolds had ever fought a duel, made the best
whiskey, or owned the fastest horse. No Reynolds had ever figured in any of Morgan's
raids, or had been prominent in the councils of the State. I was therefore pretty much
of an outcast. I didn't belong. I couldn't qualify.
Now, all of this time I had cherished the reports of the meetings of this association.
In the West I had proudly read them in secret because they made me think that I was
somebody, when I was among people who didn't care what you were so long as you
were right yourself. In the South I proudly showed them in public when I was among
people who thought they were the only people whom God had ever known. I think the
thought of the family name kept me from forgetting that as an individual I must ever
hold before me a trust that was put into my hands for keeping.
But during all of that time from my early days in the ministry, I hoped that some day
I might meet with my kinsmen here in the East, and revel in family associations and
family honor.
Coming therefore to Newark a year and a half ago, I looked forward to the time when
this opportunity would be given me and the hour might be enjoyed. The dream of the
years is realized now.
Perhaps you will not fully appreciate this until I tell you of my father who loved his
family name and its members more than any man I have ever known. While traveling
in the East one summer my father visited a little cemetery in Connecticut. He wandered
among the graves looking for the name Chapman, for his mother was a Chapman, and
her ancestors were from Southington, Conn. He came suddenly upon a poor shrunken
grave, neglected and bare, with only a little headstone. But on that cheap little stone was
the name Reynolds. Immediately my father left $150.00 with the sexton to have the grave
repaired and a good stone put at its head. My father claimed a relationship with every
one who bore the name Reynolds. His weakness was known, and one day a stranger
came into his office and told him that his name was Reynolds too. Immediately my
father was interested, and immediately the stranger asked for a loan. It was instantly
given and the man and the money were never seen again. Let us hope that this man
was not a Reynolds. I have always been certain that he was not.
The Reynolds name appears in the Presbyterian ministry to an unusual extent. In our
church there at least a dozen ministers with the name of Reynolds. Strange to say
one of the pastors of our church in Kansas City where my father was an officer, was a
George Reynolds, who is now pastor of a Presbyterian Church near this city. I am
often confused with him, since both of us had associations, though of a very different
character, with the same congregation, in the same city. There are two brothers whom
I have often met in the Presbyterian ministry, one at Elizabeth, N. J., and living so near
nic that f am often taken for him by those who do not know either of us. There is
another, Walter Reynolds, whom I used to meet in Chicago, while I was a student there
and he was the assistant pastor of the Third Prest)yterian Church. This man fre-
(|ucntly said to me, "I suppose we are of the same old stock." I believe we are, and I
am glad to say, that I am not ashamed to lie taken for any one of these men who bear
the same name as I do.
You will note from what I have said that i)ri<le of ancestry is strong with me, and
yet in speaking to young men as I frequently do, I impress upon them the fact that it
is possible and more iini)ortant to be an ancestor than to have one. When a self-made
senator of the United States was asked, "\\ ho wore your ancestors?" he answered proudly,
"f have nr)ne, I am one."
Conservatism and proj^ress, the one looking backward and the other looking forward,
are l)oth neces.^ary to the successful life. So to be proud of ancestors looking to the
sources from which we came, and to be an ancestor looking to the posterity, which shall
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come after us, are also both essential in right living. I am glad and proud to be a Rey-
nolds, and in my humble efforts I want to so live that the following generation may be
glad and proud that I was one.
The Toastmaster: Our next speaker is Mr. Frederick G. Reynolds of New York
City. The name is familiar to me, for the name of the pastor of the Parselle Avenue
Baptist Church, in Rochester, where I attend, is also Frederick G. Reynolds ; although
we have not so far been able to trace our relationship. A man once said that we did
not need any more "civil engineers," that what we needed was "civil conductors." I am
informed that our next speaker is an electrical engineer, and I am sure that he will be
a "live wire." Mr. Frederick G. Reynolds, of this city, will now address us.
Mr. Chairman and Kinsmen of the R. F. A.: Any one who is an authority on edu-
cation I think will agree with me that a baby's mind should not be exercised or required
to perform those mental feats that we expect from the older members of the family. On
this ground, as one of the youngest of the family, I claim exemption from the service
of a lengthy speech.
Dr. \V. Myron Reynolds has been unceasing in the past four years in his endeavor to
bring me into the fold, but on account of my activities in other bodies I deferred the
matter until this time.
Now I want to take this opportunity to state that the pleasure anticipated has been
more than realized in becoming acquainted and fraternizing with those who bear the
same name as mine.
When I become a grown-up boy in tlie Association I will try and contribute my share
toward the up-building of tliis noble family of which you are justly proud of being
members of. Thank j'ou.
Fraternally and sineerely,
F. G. Reynolds.
The Toastmaster: I am sure that this occasion would not be complete without a final
word from our president, Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, who has labored so hard to build
up this Association.
Dr. Reynolds : Mr. Toastmaster, it was understood I was not to be called on, unless
we ran short of speeches, only in that case I was to speak; and there are others here
whose names were perhaps not given you, from whom we would all prefer to hear;
and I am going to request you to call on another of our chaplains, Rev. Frank T. B.
Reynolds, of Keyport, New Jersey.
This paper was prepared at the request of the president of the Reynolds Family Asso-
ciation, to be read at the annual meeting in 1917. The author, the Rev. Frank T. B.
Reynolds, of Keyport, N. J., lays no claim to originality, having drawn very largely
from reliable sources relating to the life of the great portrait painter. This information
is presented with the hope of inspiring research concerning the life and work of
men and women bearing the name of Reynolds.
SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS
Some one has said, "There are certain men born to every generation who approach
life with a complete assurance of distinction in any work they may choose to exercise
their gifts. Nothing can prevent them from attaining the goal of their ambition; blessed
with a temperament which makes achievements easy and endowed with a determination
so steadfast that nothing can long resist it."
An illustration of this character is Sir Joshua Reynolds, who shines as a bright light
among his contemporaries. It would be a mistake to say Sir Joshua Reynolds was the
greatest painter of his time, for Gainsborough's and Romney's claims cannot be easily set
aside. Nevertheless, Nature's endowment of Sir Joshua was a rare one in which talent,
industry and common sense were united with sober judgment, which passion and emotion
could not turn.
That the noble artist possessed qualifications of the highest order no one will deny,
as a just estimate of Reynolds show him to have been a great painter, who attained
greatness by the exercise of his God-given talents.
We must bear in mind Reynolds started life as a clever young man determined to
make a name. Very soon he became a painter who was strong enough and wise enough
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to realize his own limitations as well as those of his time. He made it a point to secure
for his art and his country the esteem of the world.
Truly said, "Had there been no Reynolds there might have been no Royal Academy,
for that institution in its earlier days was deeply indebted to him."
Striking were the words of the young lad: "I will be a painter, if you will give me
the chance of being a good one."
Reynolds was determined to succeed and when he began to paint there were few who
could be of much service to him. It is said the painter owed his first success to Com-
modore Keppel, who took him on a cruise in the Mediterranean and enabled him to get
in touch with the masterpieces, which many feel will stimulate the artists of every age.
Italy turned the dross of Reynolds into fine gold and the artist never hesitated to
acknowledge the debt.
For three years, from 1749 to 1752, Reynolds devoted himself to studying and copy-
ing the Vatican frescoes and other famous pictures in Italy. It is generally conceded
that Reynolds was one of the greatest copyists of his time and an eminent art writer
thinks that one of his copies of a Rembrandt is classed among the originals in the
National Gallery to-day. Michel Angelo had inspired him deeply and in his later days
Sir Joshua Reynolds never lost an opportunity to advise art students to sit at the feet
of the great artist.
Among a group of artists to whom he owed much in technique and color may be
noted Guido, Titian and Rubens. Sir Joshua Reynolds had the supreme facility of
taking from every artist the best which was in him, melting it in the crucible of his own
thoughts and applying the products to his own pictures. He was a gleaner and a
producer.
Of his own personal life and habits nowhere is there any evidence that Sir Joshua
was a careless character or a free liver.
The pleasures of the table may have claimed him when he reached middle life but
so far as dissipations are concerned there is nothing to show that Reynolds was
addicted to them. He was always a perfect master of himself. His self-control was
truly remarkalile. No one would say that he was free of faults of thought and man-
ners Imt these shortcomings became mellowed.
Reynolds' sojourn abroad resulted in much which was invaluable, but he met with
two accidents, one of which left his face scarred for all time. And a chill sustained
wliile studying the masterpieces of the Vatican brought on deafness which was destined
to be a life-long infirmity. Upon his return from the continent Reynolds opened a
studio in London. He did not have the usual long period of waiting for patronage.
Almost at once he began to enjoy the success that belongs to the popular portrait
painter. Within a few months he sought quarters having better accommodations and
after a few years he took up his residence at 47 Leicester Square, where he spent
the remainder of his days. His quarters are now used as an auction room. We note
that as he moved he raised the price of '.lis pictures, and everybody who was anybody,
who wanted his pictures, paid cheerfully.
Again we note Reynolds made a wise choice of friends so that, liviui; or dead, they
served him. Upon one hand the great artists of Italy cast li^ht on his path; upon the
other liand the men of his generation wlmse society he souvilit were a source -of in-
S|)irati(>n .'\mong the close friends of Sir Joshua were Garrick, Goldsniilli, Giblion.
Hurkt- and Johnson, men whii niailc their mark in the world of thought.
\\ c do not forget Reyncjlds had faults and failings, he was human; but to his credit
it may be said he cnnriuered his faults. Despite all limitations Sir Joshua Reynolds
remains one of the greatest, if not liie greatest, I'.ritish portrait painters; his mind
was very responsive to the real truths whicli underlie all art and iiis earnest contention
was that his work was a mode of expressing luunan experience, lie found art in
England at a very low ebli but he was not discouraged and couraueously set lumsclf
tile task of raising the stan<Iards.
Ills Kcnius as a portrait painter was whully interpretive and lie discovered the per-
fections of his sitters. A weak man mii;iit have succumbed to the many temptations
wl'.ich assailed the great artist after takiiiu up residence in London. lie was tlie
darling of society and liis income was miuli iar),;er tliaii any of his contemporaries.
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Reynolds never succumbed to society. \\ hen you consider the age in which he lived his
life was one of temperate enjoyment.
He never forgot his chief aim in life, which was to paint portraits, to paint them as
well as he could. For many years his output of completed portraits was from three to
four each week, and when he was made president of the Royal Academy his annual
output was about 70 portraits. Considering his time this was a large number.
By the year 1769 Sir Joshua Reynolds' achievements and experiences had greatly
accumulated, among his sitters being the foremost men and women of his day. His
large contributions to the exhibitions of the Society of Artists had become the admira-
tion of all who took an interest in fine art.
None of the several biographers of Sir Joshua gives full and exact information con-
cerning certain incidents in his life. However, we know he was a man of considerable
reserve and had a fair sense of diplomacy, realizing there were foes as well as friends
in the crowds which surrounded art.
Among the pictures exhibited were "Garrick Between Tragedy and Comedy." This
picture is now in the possession of a Rothschild.
As to the artist's technique we note his drawing had become firm and his colors have
many of the qualities that distinguished the Venetian masters that Sir Joshua loved so
well.
He had found time to enjoy pursuits of a gentleman and his home was open to the
leading lights of his day. Xo one is capable of doing justice to the crowds that thronged
his studio; no words can picture the old house in Leicester Square. A constant stream
of men and women poured in and out of his studio : representatives of the most opposed
schools of politics and religions; dignitaries of every rank; soldiers, society women,
ambassadors, actors, children, and last but not least, members of the Royal Family. They
all came to claim the measure of immortality that his brush confers.
We note with pleasure the tone and optimistic note of all Reynolds' portraits. Faith-
fully he has kept to his early intention "to express what is the best in his sitters."
Of Sir Joshua it may be said. "Intellect rules his emotion ; his heart is not worn on
his sleeve." We note the painter's power of self-control and temperate life make some
of his biographers angry: they longed to but failed to find him tripping or falling.
The honor of knighthood came to the famous artist in April, 1769. putting the finish-
ing touch on his social status. Henceforth he painted few paintings. He enlarged the
number of his clubs and the members of his dining circle, became more dignified, mel-
low, gracious, and urbane, and farther removed from the turmoil going on in art circles.
In 1772 Sir Joshua was elected mayor of Plympton. This honor touched him greatly.
A little later in the same year Oxford University conferred upon him the degree of
Doctor of Civil Law.
Except for the fact that the artist did some of his best work, tlie next eight years
were uneventful but full of quiet enjoyment. Nearly all who knew Sir Joshua loved
him, for he was a just and kind man.
As to his output in 1784, he sent 16 pictures to the Academy, among these being the
famous Mrs. Siddons. Three years later he sent 13 pictures, among which was the
"Angels' Heads," now in the National Gallery. In 1788 Sir Joshua received a com-
mission from the Empress Catharine of Russia, the subject being "The Infant Her-
cules." This canvas now hangs in the Hermitage Gallery in Petrograd. Some have
called this painting a failure. Nevertheless, the artist realized 500 guineas for it.
The great artist sent 12 paintings to the Royal Academy during 1789 and we recall
that he had been painting for more than 40 years. The record of his work would have
done honor to the united efiforts of any three artists.
Sir Joshua Reynolds lived as a philosopher should, being grateful to the Giver of
all good gifts. ,
Suddenly in July, 1789, as he was working the sight of one eye failed, and he laid
the brush aside, saying, "All things have an end ; I have come to mine." Courageously
he bore the afifliction, making gradual preparation for the last day. Many friends testify
to the tranquillity of those days.
One evening in February, 1792. death came to the home in Leicester Square. His
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visit was quite expected and was met with tranquil mind. Sir Joshua Reynolds was laid
to rest in St. Paul's Cathedral by the side of Sir Christopher Wren.
Thi-: Toastmastkr : We arc not going to let our President go away without giving
us a speech. I am sure we w-ill all be glad to hear from him now.
.-Xftcr-dinner speech of Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, at the annual Banquet of the Rey-
nolds Family Association, held at the Hotel AIcAlpin, July 13, 1917:
Mr. Toastmasicr and Members of the Reynolds Family: After enjoying a sumptuous
banquet, which we have all been delighted with, it is difficult to get the mind back into
a thoughtful mood.
I recall a story told of a guest who sat at the table in the home with a father and
mother and their little son. The dinner was praised by the guest, who said: "It is very
seldom I get as delicious a dinner as this." And the little son clijmed in. "Xeither
do we."
We arc celebrating today the Twenty-si.xtli Annual Reunion of the Reynolds Family
Association, under more than ordinary favorable circumstances, regardless of meeting
on Friday, and on the thirteenth of the month.
Strange as it may appear, we have among the goodly number present, representatives
of the Reynolds family coming from thirteen States: and I have little doubt if we were
to investigate further, we might discover among those present, the thirteenth son of
one of the Reynolds family branches.
Notwithstanding these facts, one of our number, who is conspicuously absent, pre-
dicted all kinds of dire happenings might occur, on account of our presumption in meet-
ing on Friday, and on the thirteenth of the month.
We admit, it is difficult for some to dismiss early superstitions : but after the unprece-
dented success of this reunion, we are bound hereafter to look favorably on Friday, as
the Hudson River was discovered on Friday, the lirst book printed on Friday, and fur-
thermore our glorious Union was formed of Thirteen American Colonics: so that we
marvel at the incredulity of any member of the Reynolds family predicting an ill omen
of Friday, or of the number thirteen. There has never been a time since the old
"Liberty Bell," in Independence Hall, rang out its sweet antnem proclaiming liberty of
the Thirteen American Colonies, when the word Liberty was so often spoken, so well
understood and so dearly loved, as at the present time.
We have been accustomed to speak of our nation as a free nation, and of our people
as a free people ; but I think if we were called a self-governed people, it would be more
appropriate, and a better term for us to apply to ourselves. There is a certain liberty
which all men exercise, but the extent of that liberty is quite limited; there is in fact,
no such thing as absolute liberty in one's self. We have the right, of course, of choos-
ing among important things, but we have no absolute liberty. In other words, we are
not free physically, in regard to our bodies, and we are just as little free mentally. We
gain strcns.:th with bodily case and comfort, in proportion as we observe and obey
nature's laws ; for we may be certain, that life's vigilant care, is a surer aid to beauty
of both body and mind, than any of the secrets of the cosmetic's art. Our faculties
would grow dumb and dead, where it not for the refining intluences surrounding us. the
enlightenment which we receive by the airl of civil liberty. It is well known to many
of us, that every individual has two natures, a lower and higher nature, each striving
for the mastery of right or of wron^;. The animal nature in man must be ijoveriied by
force, unless governed by the refinin)^ influences of i?ncicty, or from within, by his own
desire for enlightenment. lie who is self-governed, that is, who accepts his condition,
obeys all the laws and holds himself a williuK suliject to them, he only is a free man:
not in the way in which he is restrained in his animal nature, but in that of man'i
higher development in moral and intellectual life, which furnishes restraint from zcilhin:
and is more to him than his unsubdued lnwer life can ever be, which must be held in
restraint by civil authority. The Reynolds stock, from which our fathers and i;rand-
falhers sprung a century and a half a^o, were pioneers and champions of civil liberty:
they were: "Men of .Actitm! Men of Mii;ht! Stern defenders of the right!" Begin-
ning life with bare hands, but horn to achieve, they were stalwart men. both in frame
and thoujjht ; determined mentally, fearless in what they undertook, firm oi hand and
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stout of heart, with an inborn passion for attainment, every man of them ; no remnants
and no slackers, but kings and queens in manhood and womanhood ; that's why we are
here to-day, and proud to join in this annual celebration to sound their praises. Their
search for truth and respect for justice founded on truth alone, freed them from all
sham and misleading, that drew kindred souls together in a common cause, which was
to them like seed in the hand of the sower. They made the most of their early limited
advantages, and understood what Jefferson meant when he wrote in the Declaration,
"Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness."
They cultivated a variety of resources, which are today largely responsible for the
steadily increasing thrift of New England; their standard of success was results; some
of those of our kin could do more at hand-craft with a'jack-knife, than other men could
do with a whole chest of tools.
We learn from their thrift, as well as from their loyalty and devotion to duty, to a
principle, that self-restraint and obedience to divine and civil law, is the best possible
way to make men free and lovers of liberty ; that when you make men self-governed,
you have laid the foundation to make them better men and better citizens, who value
life by what they put into life, and not by what they take out of it; that selfishness is
fatal to attainment, that it sooner or later defeats is own ends, that in exact proportion
as we give, we get ; and we get only as we .give. In short, you cannot keep a people
long in subjection, that are educated and thoroughly moral.
The commonwealth of New England, established the first principles of liberty, justice
and independence; which they wisely planned as a worthy example for cultivating liberty
for the present, and liberty for the world yet unborn. They showed by their lives of
self-denial, that every man is entitled to his own manhood, to nourish and upbuild for
usefulness ; and when maintained at a proper standard to gain the victory over them-
selves, will make better men, by making them masters of themselves ; in loyal devotion
through pain arrd peril, they knew no other road as a path to glory. Their chief
aim in life was striving to assist others, and thereby to improve the world, instead of
selfishly striving for what they could get out of the world.
With this principle uppermost in their mind, they paved the way to make the race to
which they belonged, freer; and furthermore, they set us an example in independence
and determination, that those who love liberty and would keep it, must if required, be
willing to fight for it; that the man who seeks to save his life, loses it, and the man
who sacrifices his life for others, often saves it. This was the course they chose to
follow, as they set their faces like the flint in their musket, ready to strike fire when
combat became necessary, which made them invincible.
Our legal friends would have us know they have today, laws to right every wrong;
yet, our forefathers learned to govern themselves, they had few laws, and therefore,
had but few wrongs to right. They had also, their own principles and ideals ; men
usually fight for a principle, or for an ideal ; whether it is right or wrong depends en-
tirely on the principle involved, and the way the contest is carried on. When all men
have learned the important lesson of self-government, there will be .little use for
restraint on the part of civil authority; but if self-restraint does not exist from within
the citizens themselves, then it must be applied by physical force from without.
Liberty is but another name for enlightened self-restraint ; with a broader vision you
are prepared to use enlightened manhood, which will grow and develop by cultivation, if
happily allowed the opportunity to^ do so.
It has grown under our government, until we now have more than one hundred mil-
lion free and self-governed people that are singled out by other nations seeking liberty,
as a worthy example for civilizing the whole world.
Despotism is the inevitable government of ignorance and savage nations; it is the
mighty citadel of caste ; a government of class misrule, which has been endured for
centuries, only b\' infinite forbearance.
A low animal condition of national life is naturally crowned and dominated over by
military despotism; the mad ambitions and German crimes reach back past the days
of Nebuchadnezzar.
Society cannot be free with such a nation, having made over a lease of its reason
and freedom, in blind obedience to a ruler, believing only what tlie ruler exacts of
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ihem ; until reason and the moral senses have gained a sufficient controlling power from
within the citizens themselves.
America, the cradle of liberty and of the Christian home, at the head and always
\'. ill be, of all the nations of the earth, is held in honor bound among the nations of the
world, for which it has been our glory to contend, in the great generations that have
gone before us, that has within it the inspiring consciousness of a just and righteous
cause.
\\ c Americans, who have been nourished on this blessed peace our fathers and grand-
fathers provided, endowed with all their invincible spirit, are in this war not of our
own seeking, but have been forced into it in the name of humanity; and in humanity's
name we proclaim, "He that hath no sword, let him sell his garment and buy one," for
whether we like it or not, we have been drawn to save the very institutions we live
under, from corruption and destruction; forced by the stern logic of events to do our
part, in this supreme crisis of civilization, for lasting peace with righteousness, in
the institutions which are vital to our own national life, that we may give to the
rest of the w.orld the same blessed peace that was given to us as an inheritance ; and
God willing, we shall not turn back until this has been accomplished. The inexpressible
calamity, the greatest crisis since man's creation, the enslavement of mankind by the
crowned head of the monarch, whose murderous sword is drawn in an overreaching
domination to strike down the weak and the strong alike, must soon give way to the
thinking heads of the millions, now aflame with suspicion, beginning to realize they have
too long been fettered and dominated over, while subjected to untold cruelties by the
"mailed fist" of a human monster.
Without the eye of a seer, we fail to look into the dark future, before we plunge
into the enemies' trenches; and we pause with much apprehension of what lies before us;
while we look longingly and in vain, for the "peace on earth," that is far in the dim
distance. Reflecting on the past, 1 recall a line of the familiar old hymn my father
used to sing : "Watchman, tell us of the night, what the signs of promise are." Surely,
we can with profit stop for a moment and ask our allies, who have been on the watch
towers at the front for three long years, what some of the signs of promise are; not
only to make the world safe for democracy, but, with our mixed population, to make
democracy safe for ourselves as well as the world ; that they in return may be able to
render the greatest possible service in meeting the crisis, with the future opportunities
that lie before them.
-Men liecome free, first, by learning to gcn-crn themselves; then by using instruments
of civil liljerty, that is, maintaining order and respect for divine as well as civil law,
they will have individual freedom, a liberty that will stand; that's what our forefathers
had in view when they landed on the New England shore. We are living in a grand
and awful time, there is a broad and vast meaning in what lies before us; there should
lie no question in our minds and hearts what our present duties are, in this, the most
momentous af,'e in all history. \\ luii the lives and destinies of nations are held in the
balance; when the methods of warfare outrage every principle of humanity and honor.
But we must not forget we are fighting for a principle, for an ideal, for the only kind
of life wf)rth living for all mankind; that one-half of the world shall not be held in
oppression and tyranny, while the other half goes free; no higher ideal than this can
animate the hearts of men.
Uur cause being just and holy, tin- future settlement must be of like motive and
quality; it is for us a war of high disinterested purposes, for the vindication of right
over grievous wrong; for the preservation of our ft)es, as well as our frientls. There
i-. no room in the world for both liberty and autocracy ; either .\merica and our
allies must win, or our cherished .Xrnerican liberty will be forever blotted out It some-
lime liapjiens that our most valuai)le principles are not appreciated until they are
threatened to be taken frmn us. l'nha|ipily. it was unavoidalile that our people should
i>e called to make this stupendous sacrilice ; the intolerable acts of inhumanity, with in
linite acrimony are i)revalent, when Christian civilization, so ticar to the heart of evcr>
true American, is imjieriled ; we must arouse to the Kfcat opportunity that has arisen
liefore us; partly by circumstances, but largely by the native aliility and initiative of our
American people, whose whole life training has been intensively American. This should
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and can only mean, world-wide leadership for America, w-ith its resources of men, ma-
terials and monej^ such as no nation from the beginning of time has experienced; to be
coupled in a league of nations, firmly resolved that the world of the future shall be
built upon foundations of justice, freedom and unbounded honor.
There is a vast contrast between the strength of virtue and the weakness of vice;
our government, the greatest and best the sun has ever shone on, represents today the
living wants of those depressed nations, and from the present judgment of our people,
they will shrink from no self-sacrifice which may be required of them, to overthrow the
appalling events of many centuries, that has stirred the world to action for the en-
lightenment of others, and the rights of freedom of all nations, with the speedy coming
of a better condition, in which the oppressed of all lands may be lifted up by freedom,
to a heritage of justice and equal opportunity, provided by an all loving Father for
the rest of mankind. This means for us Americans, a horizon as broad as the earth :
it also imposes on us great responsibilities, in discharging our duties to mankind with
thoroughness, in good faith, and with justice to all.
The dark colossal drama now being enacted in Europe, the most destructive war the
world has ever known, is profoundly affecting American thought and life, with the
downtrodden in their deepest misery, feebling struggling against the enemies of human
freedom, while millions of human beings with infinite forbearance are being hurled
into combat at the whim of a pitiless monarch, the most tragic suffering ever known.
In itself an unspeakaljle calamity, which must eventually by painful upward toil, lead
to the ultimate restoring of nationalities, by the individual enlightenment of a self-governed
people, sustained from within their own resources, and ruled over by modern civiliza-
tion. We are made perfect by suffering, this new life will not come without real sacri-
fice; these days in which we are living have imposed on us the duty of serious think-
ing and a deeper sense of gravity, justice and equality of rights, w-hich can be had
only at a great price. Severity must of necessity often be a quality of justice; and as
we stand upon the threshold of the temple of sacrifice, we perceive it was sacrifice
misdirected that plunged the world into its pitiless condition of horror; it must now
l)e sacrifice wisely and fearlessly directed, that will in its supreme energy, save the
world for all mankind. This is not a sectional war, it is the people's war for human
ideals; supplied by the blood and treasure of the lovers of liberty, in defense of the
rights of mankind to human freedom ; a war for the ideals for which our fathers and
forefathers fought and founded this country. It is the most perilous problem that
ever threatened the world, upon which its future unity, stability and prosperity de-
mands our united and severest action; if these ideals are worth living for they are
surely worth fighting for. If we are to be endowed with the fullest power in this great
work we have assumed, there must be no. North, no South, no East and" no West, no
classes and no masses, but confirm in the universal hope and unity of feeling, with
community of interests, move forward as one people to the great common task in up-
lifting humanity.
Warfare is not wrong, except when it is carried on in a sinful way; there are times
in the life of an individual and of a nation, when not to fight would be criminal;
were we to permit the triumph of those who brought on this war, our safety, as well
as the safety of the entire world, would be at an end ; and our cherished liberty, long
enjoyed, brought into lasting contempt.
W'e are in honor bound to aid in this great work of deliverance and regeneration,
the greatest conflict in all history. This monstrous world war, with its inhumanities,
devastations, the defilement and ruin of monuments of art and history, has become a
war of preservation for America; and while it will bring indescribable sorrow, with
destruction of countless billions in losses, the moral effect upon the whole world cannot
be estimated at all, in money; but must result in final blessing, led by a noble hope, sus-
tained by an infinite sorrow, upheld by the unspeakable gratitude of the downtrodden,
with their great sorrow removed, our full reward. The strife was entered after most
careful deliberation, with a definite object in view; and if it shall please God, it will
not end until that object has been fully accomplished through the banding of nations in
freedom.
This great work must go on, even though we know the end of it all will be the rais-
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ing of man\' more mounds "somewhere in France," and our lessons for the immediate
future should be obvious to us all; they are, thrift in place of waste, simplicity in-
stead of self-indulgence, respect for authority in place of careless anarchy; patriotism
instead of localism, breadth instead of narrowness, sacrifice instead of selfishness. We
should further learn that neither money nor power, are sufficient things in themselves,
for men to live for, or to die for; that after all has been said, the great sense of
achievement consists in the triumph of spirit in a righteous cause where loyalty is glory,
and sacrifice an honor; then, indeed, and then only, our dead will not have died in vain.
j\Ien know the value of liberty now, that never realized it before, after so many have
been called to pay "the supreme debt." My heart is in this conflict, with a continuous
prayer that the light of liberty may soon dawn, having a firm belief that justice and
freedom for those long oppressed will surely come, ^lay the God of our fathers speed
the right to final victory.
Grim war has come and called us forth,
As it called our sires, long since dead.
It gives the chance to prove our worth
As they proved theirs, whose blood was shed.
Invading war, since life began
Has raged, through intrigues of man —
Albeit, it offers for the strife
The glory of a hero's life.
The chance is ours to prove that we
Are scions of the jiarent tree.
Death comes but once; weak mortals shrink
From hidden dangers on the brink ;
The manly forms to triumph bend,
'Tis better than ignoble end.
If war must be, grim history to repeat,
Man's might remains, his prowess none deny,
'Tis ours to win the victory or defeat.
And ours to nobly do or bravely die.
TiiK ToASTM.\sTER : I am very sure we have all lieen impressed by the inspiring words
and beautiful poem of our president; the words in the poem, "the chance is ours to
prove that we are scions of the parent tree," reminds me of the last message of my
mother to me before her death ; she had foinul a ijoem in a newspaper and cut it out
and sent the clipping to me, which read :
"Do you know that your soul is of my soul such part
That you seem to be fibre and core of my heart?
None other can praise me as you, dear, can do,
None other can i)kasc me or pain me as you.
"Remcmlicr the world will be quick with its blame
If .shadow or stain ever darkens your name;
'Like mother, like son!' is a saying most true;
The world will judge largely of motlur by you.
"So lot this be your task, it task it shall be.
To force the jiroud world to do homage to mc.
He sure it will say, when its verdict you've won,
. She reaped as she sowed : Lo I this is her son."
I am sure that wc should all strive so to live that wo bring no disgrace upon the
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Reynolds name; the history of the family is a justly proud one; it has many members
who have brought credit to the family name, and honor to themselves. .Now before
we close, I tliink we would like to hear a number of one-minute talks, from quite a
number of others whom I feel sure have a word to say to us; we are interested in
knowing more of who you are, where you live, in what business you are engaged, some-
thing about your individual family; whether you have fully enjoyed the afternoon and
will come again.
There were numerous responses to this request, from both ladies and gentlemen, after
which a beautiful solo was rendered by Miss Helen B. Reynolds, of New York City,
which was much appreciated and heartily applauded.
LIBERTY
When God His ancient people
Wrenched from the Pharaoh's hand j
And made their feet with freedom ■
Beyond the Red Sea stand,
The new-born Spirit breathing
From that time in their souls
The scattered tribes of Jacob
E'en to this day controls.
When our forefathers battled
Against oppression's power.
And from their knees arising J
Met destiny's great hour, ^
God marked their brave, bright banner
With w^ondrous victory,
And made it wave triumphant —
The Sign of Liberty.
When through the Revolution
That rent its very heart
And pierced its trembling members
With many a painful dart
He led fair France to enter
The temple of the free.
He placed upon her forehead
The crown of Liberty.
When Negro arms were shackled
By slavery's heavy chains.
And hearts and lives were bartered
To swell a master's gains,
From His own Heaven of Mercy
God heard their anguished plea
And o'er the smoke of battle
Proclaimed their Liberty.
Old China from her centuries
Of stern imperial rule
Arose to be no longer
A monarch's servile tool.
Her feet on Freedom's pathway
Today may stumbling be,
But still her hand is clinging
To Heaven-blessed Liberty.
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By tyranny downtrodden
Through all her trying years,
Her- best and noblest toiling
'Mid banishment and tears.
Great Russia now has wakened
To answer God's demand
And published her new purpose
By Liberty to stand.
Shall not these things assure us
That conflicts of these days,
Though long and fierce and fearful,
Will lead to happier ways?
God still is good and gracious,
And dare we say that He
Will make the price too heavy
For a World's Liberty?
From out the overturning
Of long-established wrongs.
From out the blood and weeping
Shall come the triumph-songs ;
And then glad Peace, o'ersweeping
The chastened world, shall be
The handmaid of that Liberty
\\ herewith the Christ makes free.
ToASTMASTER : Let us rise and sing "Liberty's liymn."
Celia Mary Reynolds.
Heaven sent Liberty,
Our nation's Pride.
Our fathers fought for thee.
Fought, bled and died.
Then was our flag unfurled,
Emblem sublime.
A light unto the world
Through endless Time.
Our watchword still shall be,
"In God we trust."
Striving that all may see
Our cause is just.
We fight for Liberty,
And shall not cease
Till freedom's victory
Brings lasting Peace.
Now in our Allies' land.
Breasting war's tide.
Our sons march hand in hand,
God is their guide.
Once more we hear the call,
"Keep the world free !"
Rise! Rise! And give your all.
For Liberty !
The ToASTMASTiR: It is t'ltting before we separate that we seek a divine blessing,
and ask for the watchful care of our Heavenly l-ather, until our next annual gather-
ing ; first let us sing the remaining verses of America, after which Rev. Charles Lee
Reynolds will offer a prayer and benediction.
Reunion of R. F. A., July 13, 1917.
• James Revnolus
(1732-1S18)
Rose from Private to Lieutenant, lie was at RiclgcficKI, where the gallant Wooslcr
fell, and where the yeomen left their plows in the furrows for the battlefield.
• DA.R. Lineage Hook. Vr.l 9. page 355.
24 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCL^TION
He died in 1819 at the age of eighty-seven years. It was of this brave man as leader
of a small company of farmers it was said :
"By the rude bridge that spanned the flood,
Their flag to freedom's breeze unfurled;
W here once the embattled farmers stood
And fired the shot heard round the world."
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF GENERAL JOHN F. REYNOLDS
Alajor General John F. Reynolds was born September 20, 1820, at Lancaster, Pa.,
where he received a good elementary education through the influence of John Buchanan,
subsequently President of the United States; he was appointed a cadet in the United
States Military Academy, from which he graduated and was promoted to the artillery,
July 1, 1841.
After four years of seaboard garrison duty, he was ordered to the Texas frontier,
and in the next war was engaged in the defense of Fort Brown in the Battle of
Monterey and Buena Vista, receiving for his gallant and meritorious conduct, efficiency
and success.
General Reynolds from September 8, 1860. to June 25, 1861, holding the ex-officio
rank of Lieutenant Colonel, was the soldierly, energetic, and accomplished commandant
of cadets at West Point, where he won golden opinions from all the officers of the
^lilitary Academy. Upon the outbreak of the Rebellion, General Reynolds was made
Lieutenant Colonel of the 14th Infantry, May 14, 1861, and appointed Brigadier General
U. S. Volunteers, August 20, 1861. By request of General Curtin, he was assigned to
the command of a brigade of the Pennsylvania Reserve Corps, holding the right of line
before Washington City.
In May, 1862, he was made ^Military Governor of Fredericksburg, and in June accom-
panied the Army of the Potomac in the peninsular campaign, being engaged in the
Battle of Alcchanicsville, Gaine's Mill and Glendale, where he was captured, remaining
a prisoner of war till August 8, 1862, when he took command of a Division of Pennsyl-
vania Reserves, with which he bore a distinguished part in the Northern Virginia Cam-
paign, being engaged in the Battle of Manassas, .A.ugust 29-30, 1862.
During the threatened invasion of Pennsylvania in September, 1862, by the request
of its Governor, General Reynolds was placed in command of all the State Volun-
teer Militia for its defense.
He was promoted Major General, and the danger of invasion frustrated, he was
assigned to the command of the First Corps, Army of the Potomac, with which he
marched to Falmouth, Va., and was engaged in the Battle of Fredericksburg in Mead's
brilliant assault on the enemy's right, and at Chancellorsville was in reserve.
On June 12, 1862, in the Pennsylvania Campaign, he took command of the United
forces of the First, Third, and Eleventh Corps, and Budford's Cavalry, while with ani-
mating words, urging on his men in the engagement preliminary to the great Battle
of Gettysburg, he was struck by a rifle-ball fired by a sharpshooter and mortally
wounded, falling dead from his horse a moment after.
Thus nobly perished, in defense of his native State, one of the most distinguished
and best loved officers of the army of the Potomac, in which he had most faithfully
served, held a very elevated command, could have been at the head, and was by both
officers and men greatly esteemed as one of their brightest ornaments.
Had he lived, he would doubtless have inscribed his name conspicuously in the Val-
halla of his country's heroes.
Professor Kendrick, who was intimate with General Reynolds, both as a cadet and
an officer, says : "Although General Reynolds entered the Military Academy as one of
its youngest members, he quickly took a very prominent place in the confidence and
esteem of his classmates, many of whom have since loyally written their names high in
the military annals of the country, while his frank and manly bearing gained him the
respect of the corps of instructors."
Independent in thought and action, of clear and definite perception, his opinions on
THE REYNOLDS FA-MILY ASSOCIATION 25
all subjects within the range of a young man's perception were well formed and well
maintained, and yet so calmly and courteously as to leave no sting in the breast of an
opponent, but rather higher respect and greater friendships.
lie worshipped truth and duty in the highest acceptance of those words, and with all
these great qualities he went forth from the Academy to the wider, fuller range of army
service, and as word came back again and again of his enviable progress, it was recog-
nized as the expected fulfilment of his early promise.
About ten o'clock in the morning, July 1st, 1863, the brigade of Confederate General
Archer and the Federal "Iron Brigade," directed by General Reynolds, were both try-
ing to secure control of McPherson's woods. General Reynolds was on horseback in
advance of his troops, in the edge of the woods. Impatient for them to come up so
that he could make an advance charge, he turned to see how close his troops were. A
Confederate sharpshooter from the depths of the thicket, shot him in the back of the
head. He fell dead without a word, with soul unquaking.
General Hunt says of him: "He had opened brilliantly a battle which required three
days of hard lighting to close with victory. No man died on that field with more glory
than he, and yet many died, and there was much glory."
The "Iron Brigade" charged the woods, captured General Archer and more than a
thousand of his troops.
Thus General Reynolds' name is inseparabl} linked with the liistory of his country,
at a critical turning point in its career.
At the close of the Civil War, the city of Philadelphia erected a colossal bronze statue
of General Reynolds on horseback, placed at the entrance of Fairmount Park, as a
reward for his gallant service to the State, in making the supreme sacrifice.
We find another, Mrs. Ellen Reynolds, native of W'insor, New York, devoted to her
country, always in acts of kindness, a true good samaritan, and a worthy example for
our American ladies. Her l)enevolent nature and high Christian character prompted her,
at the beginning of the Civil W ar, to volunteer as a trained nurse. She was present at
many of the important battles, tireless in helping to care for the wounded, by adminis-
tering restoratives, often devoutly soothing the dying with inspiring words of Christian
sympathy. At the second battle of Bull Run, she displayed such remarkable bravery in
giving aid to the wounded on both sides, she won the admiration of the whole army, with
tlie well-deserved title, "Angel of the Battlefield." Her services were so highly regarded
by all the oflicers in command that for her modest reward she was brevetted a major in
the army by the lamented President Lincoln. Is there found in all history a name more
worthy uf our unstinted praise and profound gratitude than that of Mrs. Ellen Reynolds,
whose well-trained hand was ever prompt to give first aid to tlie wounded, whose feet
never tired in swiftly hastening to the dying, to whisper words of sympathy and hope,
after they had made the Supreme Sacrifice? Her devotion to her country, in the cause
of humanity, should leave another liright star in the Honor Roll of the Reynolds Family.
SONG OF THE STARS
Stars of white on an azure field,
Sparkling 'mid stripes of dauntless hue —
Take now this sliarpened sword and sliield
And carry thromjh!
Staunchly you've grown from first Tiiirteen
To the Forty-eight bright flames now seen
Unfurling 'gainst the tempest's blast.
With each of you a life was born
Tliat ne'er from Liberty'Il be torn
Though through inferno passed.
Our glorious Flaij — unblemished — true
To every note of l-reedom's call —
Go forivard in the faith of Right!
Our fortunes, lives, our very all
In gtadly-givcn millions-might
Suri-'r on witii vou !
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Symbols of Service, sanctified
On land, on sea, in trackless sky ;
Emblems of Honor, Proof, and Pride
In every home from which you fly ;
Bearers of Comfort in the glow
Of duty done —
Grow on — and on— and on ; — still grow
Till Victory's won !
A LIST OF CONNECTICUT MEN WHO SERVED IN CIVIL WAR
Alfred E. Reynolds, Vernon: En. Dec. 26. '63: corporal Co. G. 21st Inf.
Alfred E. Reynolds, Pomfret: En. Aug. 9, '62: sergeant Co. K, 21st Inf. Killed May
16, '64, at Dewey's Bluff, Va.
Alfred W. Reynolds, Colchester: En. Aug. 13, '62: private Co. H, 21st Inf. Dis.
Feb. 11, '65.
Ambrose Reynolds, Coventry; En. Sept. 9, '62; private Co. H, 25th Reg. Inf. AL O.Aug.
26, '63.
Andrew J. Reynolds, East Haddam : En. Jan. 9, '62; wagoner Co. G, 13th Reg. Inf.
Died Ang. 17, '63.
Benjamin Reynolds, New Haven : En. May 23, '61 ; corporal Co. F, 1st Reg. C. V.
Heavy Art.
Benjamin Reynolds, Somers : En. Jan. 4, '64: private Co. I, 1st Reg. C. V. Heavy Art.
Bernard Reynolds, Cheshire: En. fulv 25, '63: private Co. K, 5th Reg. Inf. Wd.
May 15, '64. Died May 18, '64.
Carlton Reynolds, Greenwich : En. June 28, '64 : private Co. D, 6th Reg. Inf. M. O.
Aug. 21, '64.
Charles Reynolds, New Haven : En. June 22, "61 : private Co. C. 9th Reg. Inf. Resgd.
Aug. 8, '64.
Charles Reynolds, New Haven: En. Sept. 11, '61; private Co. H, 18th Reg. Inf. Capt.
June 24, '63, Chattahoola Station, La. Pard. June 26, '63, for absence without leave
at M. O.
Charles Reynolds, Plainfield: Corporal Co. K, 18th Reg. Inf.
Charles Reynolds, New Haven : En. Sept. 26, '61 ; private Co. H, 9th Reg. Inf. Trans.
to Co. C, 9th Batt. C. V. Oct. 12, '64.
Ch.\rles a. Reynolds, New Haven: En. Aug. 7, '62; sergeant Co. E, 2nd Reg. C. V.
Heavy Art. M. O. Aug. 18, '65.
Charles A. Reynolds, W'inchester: En. Aug. 7, '62; second lieutenant Co. K, 2nd Reg.
C. V. Heavy Art.
Charles F. Reynolds, Groton : En. Sept. 8, '62; private Co. K, 26th Reg. Inf. M. O.
Aug. 17, '63.
Conner Reynolds, New Haven : En. Dec. 5, '61 ; private Co. C, 12th Reg. Inf. Wd.
June 14, '63, at Port Hudson, La. Trans, to 142nd Co, 2nd Batt. V. R. C. Disc.
Dec. 6, '64.
Edward Reynolds, Hartford: En. Jan. 16, '64. Capt. June 29, '64, at Reams Station.
Died Oct. 6, '64, at Andersonville, Ga.
Edward B. Reynolds, Columbia: En. May 22, '61; 1st Reg. C. V. Heavy Art. Disc.
June 1, '61.
Edward'P. Reynolds, Canton: En. May 2, '61. Disc. Feb. 2, '62.
Edwin B. Reynolds, Columbia: En. Oct. 5, '61; private Co. L, 1st Reg. C. V. Heavy
Art. Disc. Oct. 20, '62.
Elliott Reynolds, New Haven: En. July 23, '62; first sergeant Co. B, 15th Reg. Inf.
Died Nov. 20, '64.
Gardner Reynolds, Meriden : En. May 23, '61 ; first sergeant. Prom, to second lieuten-
ant Co. M, 1st Reg. C. V. Heavy Art.
Garrett Reynolds, New Haven: En. Aug. 22, '62; Co. A, 9th Reg. Inf. Disc. Nov.
17, '64.
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Garrett H. Reynolds, New Haven: En. Julj- 18, '62; Co. C, 15th Reg. Inf. Died
Oct. 13, '64.
George D. Reynolds, Mansfield: En. Aug. 18, '62; corporal Co. D, 21st Reg. Inf. M. O.
June 16, '65.
George G. Reynolds, New Haven : En. April 26, "61 ; corporal Co. I, 2nd Reg. Inf ; later
sergeant Co. F. 7th C. V. M. O. Aug. 7, '61.
George W Reynolds, Greenwich: En. Aug. 13, '62; private Co. E, 17th Reg. Inf. Died
May 28, '63.
Gideon P. Reynolds, Sprague: En. Jan. 21, '64; assistant surgeon Field and Staff, Uth
Reg. C. V. Inf. Died Sept. 22, '64.
Gilbert G. Reynolds, East Haddam : En. Aug. 10, '64; private Co. G. 8th Reg. Inf.
Killed Sept. 29, '64, at Fort Harrison, Va.
Henry Reynolds, New Haven: En. April 24, '61, in Co. known as Rifle Co. A, 3rd Reg.
Inf. M. O. Aug. 12. '61.
Henry J. Reynolds, Winchester: En. Sept. 1, '64; corporal Co. E, 25th Reg. H. Art.
Disc. July 18, '65.
Jame.s Reynolds, New Britain: En. April 20, '61; private Co. G, 1st Reg. Inf. Acci-
dentally wd. July 7, '61. M. O. July 31, '61.
James Reynolds, New Canaan: En. Dec. 9, '64; private Co. C, 5th Re^. Inf. Trans.
from N. H. to Co. Jan. 7, '65, failed to report.
J.vmes Reynolds, Winsor Locks: En. Jan. 27, '62; private Co. F, Uth Reg. Int. Capt.
Oct. 19, '64, at Cedar Creek. Trans, to Salisbury, N. C, Nov. 4, '64.
James E. Reynolds, Montville : En. Dec. 14, '61; private Co. D, 13th Reg. Inf. Died
Aug. 20, '62.
James H. Reynolds, Meriden : En. Dec. 19, '64. Wd. May 10, '64, at Cliester Station, Va.
Disc. Nov. 13, '64.
James Reynolds, East Gr.\nby: En. Aug. 29, '62; private Co. E, 25th Reg. Inf. M. O.
Aug. 26, '63.
Tames S. Reynolds, Middletown : En. Dec. 19, '64; private Co. M, 1st Reg. C. V. H.
Art. M. O. Sept. 25, '65.
John Reynolds, Middletown: Drafted Dec. 2, '64. Disc. April 16, '65.
John Reynolds, Plainfield: En. Aug. 21, '61; private Co. A, 6th Reg. Inf. Wd. May
10, '64, at Petersburgh. Va. Disc. March 21, '65.
John Reynolds, New Haven: En. Aug. 15, '62; private Co. G. 20th Reg. Inf. Died
March 2, '64.
John Reynolds, New Haven: En. Aug. 19, '62, private Co. C, 15th Reg. Inf. Disc.
Feb. 3, '63.
John D. Reynolds, Wallingford: En. Aug. 6, '62; private Co. K, 15th Reg. Inf. M. O.
June 27, '65.
John E. Reynolds, New Haven: En. Sept. 7, '61; private Co. E, 7th Reg. Inf. Wd.
June 16, '62, at James Island, S. C. Died June 18, '62.
John M. Reynolds, Lvmk: Private Co. C. IHth Reg. Inf. Disc. March 3, '63.
John T. Revnoijjs. Shrague: En. April 22, '61; private Co. C (Rifle Co. B). 2nd Reg.
Inf.; later first sergeant Co. F. Uth C. V. M. O. Aug. 7, '61.
John T. Reynolds, Norwich: En. Dec. 7, '61; first sergeant Co. G, 13th Reg. Inf. (Rifle
Co. B. C. v.). Mustered corporal, promoted to sergeant. Died Aug. 3, '64.
John T. Reynolds, Hartford: En. Au«. 6, '62; private Co. G, 2nd Reg. C. V. H. Art.
John W. Reynolds, Wooi>iirh)CE : fCn. Sept. 10, '64; private Co. B. 1st Reg. C. V. 11. Art.
M. O. Sept. 25. '65.
John Y. Kevnolus, Dkrhv : V.w. Sept. J. "M ; private Ct). H, 1st Reg. C. V. 11. .\rt. .M. O.
June 23, '65.
John Y. Rk.vnoi.ds, Sevmoir: Fn. May 22, '61; corporal 3rd Conn. Lt. Battery; rcc'd
at Fort Delaware under sentence of G. C. M. March 27. '65. Disc. June 15. '65. with-
out tmal statements.
Jonathan Rkvnolds, .Montvh.i.e : Fn. Nov. 1, '61; corporal Co. D. 12ih Keg. Inf W d.
Sept. 1<J, 'M, at Winchester, Va. Disc. March 0, '65.
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Joseph X. Ri: vnolus, East Haddam : En. Dec. 10, '61 ; private Co. G, 13th Reg. Inf. In-
jured at Cedar Creek, Va., Sept. 6, '64. Trans, to Co. D, 3rd Batt. C. V. Dec. 29, '64.
Joseph E. Reynolds, Greenwich: En. Jan. 28, '64; private Co. D, 6th Reg. Inf. M. O. ,
Aug. 21, '65. ■
Michael Reynolds, Killingly : En. July 7, '61; private Co. H, 5th Reg. Inf. Disc. ■
Jan. 16, '65.
I\IiCHAEL Reynolds, Meriden : En. Sept. 14. '61 ; corporal Co. B, 9th Reg. Inf. Trans.
to Co. A, 9th Batt. C. V. Oct. 12, '64.
Michael Reynolds, 2nd Cheshire : En. Sept. 14, '61 ; private Co. B, 9th Reg. Inf.
Died Aug. 9, '62.
Milo Reynolds, Sharon: En. Sept. 2, '61; private Co. D, 10th Reg. Inf. Wd. Dec. 4,
'62, at Kingston, N. C. Killed May 16, '64, at Drury's Bluff, Va.
Nehemiah Reynolds, Bridgeport: En. Jan. 15. '64; private Co. H, 2nd Reg. C. V. H. A
Art. Disc. June 3, '65. I
Xicholas Reynolds, Coventry: En. March 21, '64; private Co. K, 12th Reg. Inf. Trans.
to Regt. March 23, '64, failed to report.
Patrick Reynolds, New Haven: En. Aug. 24, '61; private Co. H, 9th Reg. Inf. Died
Sept, 27, '62.
Patrick Reynolds, Meriden: En. Aug. 14, '62; private Co. F, 15th Reg. Inf. M. O.
June 27, '65.
Patrick Reynolds, W'ethersfield: En. Jan. 14, '62; private Co. A, 13th Reg. Inf. Capt.
May 24, '63, at Port Hudson, La. Pard. July 2, '63. Disc. Aug. 24, '64,
Patrick F. Reynolds, Cheshire: En. Dec. 15, '63; private Co. H, 1st Reg. C. V. Cav-
alry. Thrown from horse and injured July 28, '64. M. O. Aug. 2, '65.
Peter Reynolds, East Hartford: En. Nov. 28, '63; private Co. H, 9th Reg. Inf. M. O.
Aug. 2, '65.
Peter Reynolds, Xew Havkn : En. Oct. 30, '61 ; private Co. C, 9th Reg. Inf. Disc.
Dec. 1, '62.
Peter F. Reynolds. New Haven: En. Oct. 28, '63; corporal Co. K, 1st Reg. C. V. H.
Art. M. O. Sept. 25, '65.
Ransom M. Reynolds, Ellington: En. Dec. 30, "63; private Co. K, 1st Reg. C. V. H.
Art. Died Oct. 7, '64.
Samuel W. Reynolds, Xorwich : En. July 14, '62; private Co. E, 18th Reg. Inf. Wd.
May 14, '63, at Havre de Grace. M. O. June 27, '65.
Seth W. Reynolds, Warren : En. Sept. 5, '61 ; sergeant Co. H, 7th Reg. Inf. Wd. Oct.
21, '62, at Pocotohog, S. C. Died Oct. 22, '62.
Sherwood S. Reynolds : En. Aug. 7, '62, from Fairfield ; private Co. A, 14th Reg. Inf.
M, O. May 31, '65.
Stephen Reynolds, Branford : En. Dec. 7, '64; private Co. C, 5th Reg. Inf. Disc.
May 17, '65.
Stephen Reynolds, Groton : En. Jan. 30, '64; private Co. G, 7th Reg. Inf. M. O.
July 20, '65.
Thomas Reynolds, New Haven: En. Sept. 10, '62; private Co. F, 24th Reg. Inf. Disc.
Nov. 18, '62.
\\'alter Reynolds, Winsor: Private Co. I>, 16th Reg. Inf. En. Aug. 13, '62. Capt.
April 20, '64, at Plymouth, N. C. Died Nov. 15, '64, at Florence, S. C.
Warren A. Reynolds, Norwalk : En. Aug. 11, '62; private Co. F, 17th Reg. Inf. M. O.
July 19, '65.
\\"iLLiAM Reynolds, Hartford: En. Jan. 4, '64; private 2nd C. V. Lt. Inf. Disc. May
27, '65,
William Reynolds, Norwich : En. Dec. 18, '61 ; private Co. F, 13th Reg. Inf. Disc.
Jan. 6, '65, time expired.
William C. Reynolds, Voluntown : En. Aug. 11, '62; private Co. G, 21st Reg. Inf.
M. O. June 16, '65.
William H. Reynolds, Woodbury: En. Aug. 11, '62; private Co. I, 2nd Reg. C. V. H.
Art. Wd. Sept. 19, '64, Winchester, Va. Disc. July 7, '65.
William H. Reynolds, East Haddam: En. Jan. 4, '62; sergeant Co. G, 13th Reg. Inf.
Died May 11, '64. Wd. April 23, '64, at Cane River, La.
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THE REYNOLDS FA.MILY ASSOCIATION 29
William 11. Reynolds, New Havex : En. Aug. 25, "62; private Co. C, 15tli Reg. Inf.
Died March 26, '63.
\\'iLLiAM H. Reynolds, Stonington : En. Dec. 31, '61 ; private Co. B, 12tli Batt. Co. K.
Trans, from Co. K Nov. 26, '64. Disc. July 9, '65.
William S. Reynolds, Canton: En. May 20, '61. Disc. Sept. 22, '61.
William W. Reynolds, Hartford: En. Sept. 10, '63; private Co. F, 29th (colored) Reg.
Inf. M. O. Oct. 24, '65.
W illiam H. Reynolds, No. Castle, N. Y. : En. Aug. 22, '61 ; private Co. D, 6th Reg.
Inf. Promoted corporal Aug. 4, '62. Re-en. Vet. Dec. 24, '63. \Vd. June 17, '64, at
Burmuda Hundred, Va. Promoted sergeant Jan. 15, '63. M. O. Aug. 21, '65.
REYNOLDS MEN IN RHODE ISLAND VOLUNTEER IN CIVIL WAR.
Albert F. Reynolds, Providence: En. Sept. 13, '61; private Co. H, 4th Reg. Inf. Disc.
on surgeon's certificate at Newark, N. J., Oct. 13, '62.
Beriah J. Reynolds, Providence: En. April 17, '61; private Band, 1st Inf. M. O.
Aug. 2, '62.
Edward S. Reynolds, Providence: En. July 15, '63; corporal Co. K, 7th Inf. Served as
landsman on "Ohio," "Vermont," and "Stettin." Disc, from receiving ship at Phila-
delpliia, Pa., Oct. 13, '62.
Hazard A. Reynolds, Providence: lui. June 5, '61; sergeant Co. K. 2nd Inf. Wd. at
Bull Run. M. O. June 17, '64.
Henry Reynolds, Providence: I-'n. April 17, '61; private Co. H, 1st R. I. Militia. M. O.
Aug. 12, '61.
PIoratio N. Reynolds, T'oster: En. May 26, '62; private Co. K, 10th Inf. ^L O.
Sept. 1, '62.
Jason' B. Reynolds, Providence: En. Oct. 2, '62; private Co. A, 12th Inf. ^L O.
July 29, '63.
JiiHN Reynolds, Slatersville : En. Sept. 10, '61; private Co. E, 4th Inf. Deserted
Sept. 1, '62.
John Reynolds, 2nd, Providence: En. Sept. 17, '62: private Co. G, 11th Inf. M. O.
July 13, '63.
John A. Reynolds, Providence: En. Sept. 15, '62: private Co. I, 11th Inf. M. O.
July 13, '63.
John A. Reynolds, Foster: En. May 26, '62; private Co. B, 10th Inf. M. O. Sci)t. 1, '62.
John M. Reynolds, Providence: En. Sept. 17, '62; private Co. G, 11th Inf. M. O.
July 13, '63.
Joseph J. Reynolds, Exeter: En. Sept. 13, '61. Wd. at Antietam. Disc. Dec. 1^!, '62,
at Baltimore, Md., on surgeon's certificate.
LuciEN J. Reynolds. Wickford: En. Sept. 18, '61; sergeant Co. 8th, 4th Inf. Vm. cor-
poral Wd. at Petersburgh, Va. M. O. Oct. 15, '64.
Luther Reynolds, Warren: En. June 5, '61; private Co. G, 2nd Inf. Deserted.
Michael Reynolds, Providence: En. Sept. 19, '62; private Co. G. 11th Inf. Not found
on War Records.
.MicHAii. Reynolds, Providknce: V.n. Sept. 29, '62: private Co. C, 12th Inf.
Thomas \V. D. Uey.nolds, Provh)Ence : l-'.n. Sept. 4, '61; corporal Co. 1st, l<'tli Int.
M. O. July 17, '65.
Thomas \\ . D. Reynolds, Provhience: F.n. Sept. 13. '(12; private Co. A. 11th liii" .\I. O.
July 13, '63.
William E. Reynolds, Providence: lui. June 5, '61: private Co. D, 2in\ Inf. Diid at
\'orktt)wn. Va., of tyi)lioi(l fever. May 11, '62.
W iLi.iAM G. Reynolds, Smithukld: SerneaiU Co. F, 2nd Inf. Deserted.
William J. Reynolds. Wickkoki): En. Sept. 13. '61; captain Co. H, 7th Inf. Capt. at
Petershurvli. Va. Trans, to Co. B. 7th R. 1. Vol. Oct. 21, '64.
William Lke Rkvnoi.ds, 1'rovidknck: En. June 6. "61; private Co. G, 2nd Reg.
.•\liikrt Reynolds. Providence: I'.n. Sept. 13. "63; private Co. D. 14th 11. .\rt I-;iter
Provost Marshal. Died at New Orleans. La.. Dec. 2*A "63.
.•XkTHUK Reynolds, Providence: I'.ii. March 22. '63; private Co. !•'. 1st L. .\. M. O.
June 14, '65.
IUriah G. Reynolds, Providence: Navy. F.n. .Ann 18. *6J. No further record
30 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Bernard Reynolds, Providence : En. Aug. 16, '61 ; private Co. F, 3rd H. Art. Served
on "May Flower" on Skull Creek. M. O. Oct. 5, '64.
Clark Reynolds, Providence : En. April 12, '65 ; private Co. C, 1st Cav. M. O. Aug.
3, '65.
Daniel H. Reynolds, Strafford, Vt. : • En. Nov. 2, '61; private Co. L, 1st Cav. Trans,
to N. H. Cav.
Edward Reynolds, Providence : En. Aug. 6, '63 ; private Co. A, 14th H. A. Died at
Fort Jackson, La., Sept. 21, '64.
Edward S. Reynolds: Navy. En. July 15, '63; landsman, served on "Ohio," "Vermont,"
and "Stettin." Disc. Aug. 28, '64 from receiving ship at Philadelphia, Pa.
Edwin F. Reynolds, Providence: En. Jan. 24, '62; private Co. L, 3rd H. Art. Disc.
March 17, '65.
Francis Reynolds, Greenville: En. Oct. 21, '62; Q. M. sergeant Co. B, 2nd Cav. Disc,
at New Orleans, La., for disability.
George Reynolds, Providence: Navy. En. Nov. 19, '59; landsman, served on "North
Carolina" and "Mohican." Disc. Nov. 5, '61.
George T. Reynolds, Providence : En. Oct. 10, '61 ; corporal Co. D, 1st Cav. Taken
prisoner near Middleburg, Va., July 7, '63. Died of disease in Libby Prison, Rich-
mond, Va.
Henry Reynolds, Providence: Navy. En. July 18, '61; landsman, served at Washing-
ton Navy Yard to 1861, on "Maria Deming" from Nov. 17, '61 to Dec. 14, '61. Died
of scalds received at battle of Fort Henry.
Henry C. Reynolds, Smithfield: En. Sept. 2, '61; private Co. D, 3rd H. Art. M. O.
March 14, '65.
Jason B. Reynolds, Providence: En. IMay 26. '62; private 10th L. B. M. O. Aug. 30, '62.
John Reynolds, Providence: En. June 10, '62; private Co. F, 5th H. A. M. O. at
New Berne, N. C.
John A. Reynolds, Providence : En. Dec. 8, '63 ; second lieutenant Co. F, 14th H. A.
M. O. Oct. 26, '65.
John M. Reynolds, Providence: En. June '64; private Co. M, 3rd Cav. Disc. July 12, '65.
John T. Reynolds, Richmond: En. Aug. 23, '61; private Co. C, 1st L. A. Killed 1862
before Yorktown, Va.
Michael Reynolds: En. Oct. 7, '62, Navy; landsman private, Co. G; served on "Colo-
rado." Deserted Feb. 6, '62.
Michael G. Reynolds, Providence: En. Oct. 23, '61; private Co. F, 1st L. A. Disc, at
Annapolis, Md., on surgeon's certificate.
Newton Reynolds, North Providence: En. June 18, '63; private Co. K, 1st Cav.
Taken prisoner near Middlebury, Va., subsequently paroled. Trans, to N. H. Cav.
Owen Reynolds, Providence: En. Nov. 28, '61; private Co. G, 1st Cav. Died May 25,
'62, at Camp Reliance near Warrenton Junct., Va.
*GiLES S. Congdon, Bristol: 3rd R. I. H. A.; 4 years a member of R. F. A.
*Henry R. Congdon, Bristol : Signal Corps 4 years.
*William B. Congbon : Navy, 3 years.
Patrick Reynolds, Providence : En. Nov. 16, '61 ; private Co. G, 1st L. A. Disc, at
Bolivia Heights, Va., on surgeon's certificate.
Peter Reynolds: En. Sept. 11, '62 in Navy; landsman, served on "San Jacino," "Mag-
nolia." Disc, from N. C. Aug. 2, '64. En. as seaman, served on "Ohio," "Stars and
Stripes" and "Princeton." Disc. June 30, '65.
Philip Reynolds: En. Jan. 14, '64; private Co. F, 3rd Cav. Sick at New Orleans, La.
Oct. 19, '64. Died of disease in University Hospital, N. O.
Stern Reynolds: Private Co. A, 1st L. A. (Attached men.)
Sterns Reynolds: Private in 15th U. S. Inf.
Thomas P. Reynolds, Scituate: En. June 6, '61; private Co. G, 2nd Reg. Sick in hos-
pital. M. O. as 112th Co., 2nd Batt. V. R. C.
Thomas J. Reynolds, Providence: En. Sept. 4, '61; corporal Co. D, 1st L. A. M. O.
July J7, '65.
(*— Brothers.)
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATIOX 31
Thomas W. D. Reynolds, Pkovidenck: En. March 22, '65; private Co. E, 1st L. A.
Disc. June 14, '65 for disability.
William Reynolds, Providence: En. Dec. 21, '61; corporal Co. A, 5th H. Art. May 28,
'63, disc, at N. Berne, N. C.
William Reynolds, Providence : En. Aug. 6, '63 : private Co. A. 14th H. A. M. O.
Oct, 2, '65.
William F. Reynolds, Manville: En. Aug. 13, '61; private Co. B. 1st L. A. Disc, at
Falmouth, Va., on surgeon's certificate.
William H. Reynolds, Providence : Private, first lieutenant, lieutenant-colonel. 1st L. A.
Harry N. L. Reynolds, Providence: En. Dec. 13, '64; private regular army, Co. E, 3rd
Art. Died Nov. 16, '65.
James Reynolds, Woodbury: En. June 4, '58; Co. C. 4th Inf. Disc. June 4, '63, time
expired.
RoiiERT X. L. Reynolds : En. Dec. 16, '64 ; private Co. K, 3rd Art. Disc. l"eb. 13. '65.
LIST OF CIVIL WAR VETERANS FURNISHED
BY JOHN F. REYNOLDS, ESQ.. OF WINSTON-SALEM, N. C.
Joseph H. Reynolds, Clmherland Co.: En. Aug. 14, '61; 2nd Reg., Co. E.
Peter Reynolds, Guilford Co.: En. Aug. 23, '61; 2nd Reg., Co. E. Wd. Malvern Hill.
D. A. Reynolds, Iredell Co.: En. Feb. 26, '62; 4th Reg., Co. C.
James A. Reynolds, Cumberland Co.: En. May 24, '61; 5th Reg., Co. A. Died March
'62.
John Reynolds, Mecklenburg Co.: En. May '63; 7th Reg., Co. D.
J. H. Reynolds, Buncombe Co.: En. May 22, '64; detailed 9th Reg., Co. G.
William P. Reynolds, Rockingham Co.: En. May 10, '61; 13th Reg., Co. H.
J. M. Reynolds, Hertford Co.: En. July 16, 61; 14th Reg.. Co. G. Died Nov. 13, '62.
josEi'H P. Reynolds, Buncombe Co.: En. May 7, '61; 16th Reg. Co. F. Wd. Dec. 13, '62.
at I'Vedericksburg, May 3 at Chancellorsville, and July, '63, at Gettysburg.
E. E. Reynolds, Jackson Co.: En. May 14, '61; 16th Reg., Co. H. Missing July 26, '62,
Mechanicsville.
Alex Reynolds, Robeson Co. : En. June 23. '61 ; 20th Reg., Co. C. Wd. Chancellors-
ville.
IsHAM Reynolds, Brunswick Co.: En. May 25, '61; 20th Reg.. Co. G, second sergeant.
S. F. Reynolds, Brunswick Co.: En. May 25, '61; 20th Reg.. Co. G third, sergeant.
Wd. at Gettysburg, '63.
B. II. Reynolds, B.KUNswfcK Co.: En. March 10, '62; 20th Reg., Co. G. Killed June
27. '62, Gaines Mill.
Columbus L. Reynolds, Forsyth Co.: En. May 22, '61; 21st Reg., Co. D.
John Reynolds, Surry Co.: En. June 5, '61; 21st Reg., Co. H.
ViRLiN Reynolds, Surry Co.: En. June 5. '61; 21st Reg., Co. 1. Killed June 11, '62,
Cross Keys.
Daniel U. Kkynolds. Guilford Co.: I"n. June 4, '(A : 21st Keg.. Co. M. Diiil .May 19. '63.
lX\NiiL W. Reynolds, .Xllkgany Co.: l".n. .May 27, '61; 21st Reg., Co. M. Promoted
lirst lieutenant.
N. A. Reynolds. .Ai.li (;hany Co.: l-'irst lieutenant, commissioned lune 1, 'b2: 22\u\ Reg..
Co. F.
W. Reynolds. Allk;hany Co.: En. May 27. '61 ; 22n(l Reg . Co. F. Died July 20. '(.2.
Natha.n'iel Reynolds, .Xi.leghany Co.: En. May 27. '61; 22nd Reg.. Co. V. W d.
.M. Reynolds. Ramkh.ph Co.: Kii. .March S, "61; 22nd Reg., Co. I. Killed Fra/ier's
barm.
Jacob Reynolds. Gaston Co.: En. .May 23, 'Ol ; 2.^rd Reg.. Co. B. Killed May 31. '()2.
.Seven Pines.
L. Rkynolds, Gaston Co.: En. June 12, '61; 23rd Reg.. Co. 11.
James A. Reynolds. Catawba Co.: En, Sept. 2. '61; 2Sth Reg.. Co. C. Missing at
Gettysburg.
IIakvkv 1'. Reynolds. Catawha Co.: Fn. Manh 15. 7)2; 2Hth Reg.. Co. C. Died in Va.
Nov. 19, '62.
32 THE REYNOLDS FA^IILY ASSOCIATION
G. T. Reynolds, Yadkin Co. : En. March 8, '62 ; 28th Reg., Co. I. Missing at Gettysburg.
Hiram C. Reynolds, Cherokee Co. : En. June 17, '61 ; 29th Reg., Co. A.
Simon H. Reynolds, Cherokee Co. : En. March '62 ; 29th Reg., Co. A. Killed Sept. 19,
'63, Chickamauga.
Daniel C. Reynolds, Buncombe Co. : En. Aug. 6, '61 ; 29th Reg., Co. C.
J. R. Reynolds, Sampson Co. : En. Sept. 27, '61 ; 30th Reg., Co. A.
C. H. Reynolds, Sampson Co.: En. Sept. 27, '61; 30th Reg., Co. A. Died Jan. 11, '63.
Guinea Sta.
Joseph H. Reynolds, Iredell Co. : En. June 10, '61 ; 33rd Reg., Co. A. Died in Xorth
Carolina.
T. C. Reynolds, Cumberland Co. : Musician, non-com. officer. En. Aug. 29, '61 ; 33rd
Reg., Co. G.
M. Reynolds, Cumberland Co. : En. Aug. 18, '61 ; 33rd Reg., Co. G. Died Aug. 1, '62.
D. Reynolds, Cumberland Co. : En. Aug. 18, '61 ; 33rd Reg., Co. G. Killed at New
Berne.
E. T. Reynolds, Forsyth Co.: En. March 1, '62; 33rd Reg., Co. I. \Vd. Chancellors-
ville. Died Nov. 10, '64.
Mathew Reynolds, Gaston Co.: En. Aug. 31, '61; 34th Reg., Co. E. \\d. Gettyslmrg
and prisoner.
E. Reynolds, Montgomery Co. : En. Sept. 9, '61 ; 34th Reg., Co. K. Prisoner.
Elijah Reynolds, Montgomery Co. : En. Sept. 9, '61 ; 34th Reg., Co. K.
Alfred R. Reynolds, no county given: En. Dec. 10, '62; 36th Reg., Co. G.
Starling B. Reynolds, Brunswick Co.: En. April 16, '62; 36th Reg., Co. G.
James Reynolds, no county given: En. May 4, '63"; 36th Reg., Co. G.
\V. H. Reynolds, Brunswick Co.: En. July 19, '62; 36th Reg., Co. K.
Caleb Reynolds, Gaston Co. : En. Oct. 6, '61 ; 37th Reg., Co. H.
Nathan A. Reynolds, Gaston Co. : En. Oct. 6, '61 ; 37th Reg., Co. H. Wd. Second
Manassas.
Martin Reynolds, no county given : En. Dec. 13, '64 ; 37th Reg., Co. K.
Francis A. Reynolds : Field and staff officer, commissioned lieutenant-colonel Dec. 27,
'62; 39th Reg.
James Reynolds, Jackson Co. : En. April 1, '63 : 39th Reg., Co. K.
W. J. Reynolds, Montgomery Co. : En. March 1, '62 ; 44th Reg., Co. V.
John C. Reynolds, Montgomery Co.: En. March 1, '62; 44th Reg., Co. F.
David Reynolds, Montgomery Co.: En. March 1, '62; 44th Reg., Co. F.
Pryor Reynolds, Rockingham Co.: Field and Staff Officer, A. Q. M., commissioned
Jan. 22, '63.
William R. Reynolds, no county given: En. Nov. 24, '64; 45th Reg., Co. B.
Davis Reynolds, Randolph Co.: En. March 6, '62; 46th Reg., Co. F. Killed Dec. 13.
'62, Fredericksburg.
F. L. Reynolds, Forsyth Co.: En. April 5, '62; Sth sergeant, 48th Reg., Co. K. \\ d.
Sharpsburg.
William Reynolds, Catawba Co.: En. March 19, '62; 49th Reg., Co. I. Wd. Sharps-
burg.
Lucian Reynolds, Wake Co.: En. Oct. 10, '62: 51st Reg., Co. H.
Bumberry Reynolds, New Hanover Co.: En. March 7, '62; 51st Reg., Co. H. Prisoner
Sept. 30, '64.
John Reynolds, no county given: En. Oct. 27, '64; 52nd Reg., Co. G.
Franklin Runnels, Surry Co.: En. Oct. 16, '62; 53rd Reg., Co. E.
C. L. Reynolds, Forsyth Co.: En. July 4, '62; 57th Reg., Co. A. Trans, to 21st Reg.
T. H. Reynolds, Forsyth Co.: En. July 4, '62; 57th Reg., Co. D. Promoted second cor-
poral. Prisoner '64.
James Reynolds, Henderson Co.: En. Sept. 1, '63; 60th Reg., Co. D. Prisoner Nov.
25, '63.
William Reynolds, Henderson Co.: En. Sept. 1, '63; 60th Reg., Co. D. Prisoner Nov.
25, '63.
John H. Reynolds. Buncombe Co. : First lieutenant, commissioned Aug. 1, '63 ; 60th
Reg., Co. F. Released.
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A. J. Rkynolhs. Lkxoik Co.: En. July L% '63; 61 Reg., Co. E. Killed July 19, "64, Pet-
ersburg.
Lucas Reynolps, Brunswick Co.: En. May 15, '62; 61st Reg., Co. H. Trans. Co. H,
51st Reg.
J. B. Reynolds, Clay Co.: En. Feb. 28, '63; 62nd Reg., Co. B.
J. G. Reynolds, AIadison Co.: En. July 4, '61; 64th Reg., Co. C.
JsHAM Reynolds, do county given: En. Sept. 20, '62; 64th Reg., Co. E. Probably .Madi-
son Co.
John Ri:ynolds, no county given: En. Sept. 20, '62; 64th Reg., Co. E. Probably Madi-
son Co.
William Reynolds, no county given: lui. Sept. 20, '62: 64th Reg.. Co. E. Probably
Madison county.
J. T. Reynolds, no county given: Commissioned captain Aug. 23, '62: 64th Reg., Co. K.
Edwin Reynolds, no countv given: Commissioned second lieutenant April 6, '63; 64th
Reg., Co. K.
Simon II. Reynolds, Cherokee Co.: En. July 19, '62; Cavalry P.attalion (Thomas
Legion).
William K. Reynolds, Cherokee Co.: En. July 19, '62; Cavalry Battalion (Thomas
Legion).
R. Reynolds, no county given: En. April '63; second corporal, Thomas Light Battery
R. II. Reynolds, no county given: En. April 1, '63: Thomas Light Battery.
James D. Reynolds, Surry Co.: En. Oct. 29, '61; 2nd Battalion Inf., Co. B.
James G. Reynolds, Madison Co.: En. July 16, '62: 2nd Battalion Inf., Co. H.
John W. Reynolds, Cumberland Co.: En. Sept. 15, 63; 6th Armory Guard, Co. D.
J. Runnels, Wilkes Co.: En. Oct. 1, '64: 70th Reg. Inf.-Jr. Reserves, Co. D.
John Runnell, Washington Co. : En. June 24, '61 ; 1st Reg., Co. G. \\ d. at Ellyson
Mills.
Enoch Reynolds, Caswell Co.: En. July 15, '62; 25th Reg.. Co. H. Missing at
Spottsylvania.
William H. Reynolds, Sampson Co.: En. Feb. 17. '63; 36th Reg.. Co. A.
XAVY
Isaac Rkynolds, Brunswick Co.: Steamer "North Carolina."
M. C. Reynolds, Brunswick Co.: Steamer "North Carolina."
THE REYNOLDS SOLDIERS WHO TOOK PART IN THE CIVIL WAR FROM
VI:RM()NT
CO.MPIM:!) MAKCIl 25, 1918, BY REV. W. BENJAMIN RI•.^■ \(~)I.DS,
P, ETHEL, VERMONT
AccoRDr.vf; to Adiutant-General Theodore S. Peck's (Vermont) Revised Roster,
1861-1866
Alfiert Reynolds, Wakren : 11th Reg., Co. L. Wd. June '64. M. O. March '65.
Caleb C. Reynolds, Milton: En. Sept. 20, '61; corporal Co A. 1st Reg. M. O. Nov.
18, '64.
Charles C. Reynolds, Stratford': Eil .\ug. 15. '62: 9th Reg., Co. G. M. O, June 13, '65.
William A. Ri v.volds, Strakeord: F.n. Nov. 28, '63; 9th Reg.. Co. G. M. O. Dec.
1, '65.
Charles H. Rkynolds. St. .\liians: En. .Aug. 5, '62; 10th Reg., Co. I; captain and as-
sistant c|uarterniaster Dec. 12, '64. M. O. Jan. 8, '66.
Charlks C. Reynolds, Milton; ]\n. Seiit. 16, '61; 1st Reg., Co. B. WW. Mav 5, '(>4.
M. O. Nov. 18. '64.
James E. Reynolds, CAMiiRinr.K; En. .Sept. 8. '62; 13th Rtg.. Co. K. M. O. July 21. '6^.
John Reynolds, MANciiKSThR; En. Aug. 19, '61; 5th Reg.. Co. E. Discharged for dis-
ability. Aug. 15, '62,
John C. Reynolds, Dorskt : Kn. Sept. 5, '64; 5th Keg., Co. E. \\ d. .\pril 2. 'ri5. M. O.
June 19. '65.
Truman Reynolds, Dorskt: En. Sept. 5. '64; 5tl> Reg.. Co. E. Wd. Oct. 19, '64.
M. () June 23, '65.
34 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
George W. Reynolds, Norwich: En. Feb. 18, '64: 17th Reg., Co. D. AI. O. July
11, '65.
Gordon Reynolds, Williston : En. Sept. 10, '62: 13th Reg., Co. F. M. O. July 21, '63.
Henry A. Reynolds, Brattleboro : En. Sept. 10, '62: musician 8th Reg., Co. E. M. O.
July 14, '63.
Herbert G. Reynolds, Milton: En. May 29, '62; 9th Reg., Co. F. Disc. March 31, '63.
HoLLis Reynolds, Fletcher: En. Oct. 1. '61; 6th Reg., Co. K. Disc, for wounds
April 18, '63.
Julius F. Reynolds, North Hero: En. Aug. 25, '62; 13th Reg., Co. H. Disc, for dis-
ability March 29, '63.
AIartin M. Reynolds, Chazy, N. Y. : En. Aug. 24, '61 : 5th Vermont Reg., Co. B. Wd.
and taken prisoner June 29, '62. Died a prisoner July 6, '62.
Marvin Reynolds, Rutland: En. Sept. 10, '62; 14th Reg., Co. H; promoted to cor-
poral. M. O. July 30, '63.
Michael Reynolds, Bridgewater or Br.\ndox : En. Sept. 13, '64; 3rd Reg., Co. C. Disc.
Oct. '64. Re-enlisted, died of disease Oct. 26, '65.
Orlando B. Reynolds, Chazy, N. Y. : 5th Vermont Reg., Co. B. Promoted first ser-
geant and second lieutenant July 6, '62. Dismissed from the service Feb. '22, '63.
Philo Reynolds, Belvidere : En. Mav 20, '61; 2nd Reg., Co. H. Died of disease Nov.
22, '61.
Sanford M. Reynolds, Belvidere: En. June 5, '62; 9th Reg., Co. H. Taken prisoner
July 2, '64. Died at Camp Parole, Annapolis, Md., Jan. 25, '65.
Clark G. Reynolds, Milton : En. Sept. 16, '61 ; 5th Reg., Co. A. Disc. Oct. 27, 62.
Edmund Reynolds, Franklin : En. Sept. 16, '61 ; 5th Reg., Co. A. Promoted to sergeant
and killed in action May 5, '64. ■
Edwin Reynolds, Rutland: En. May 2, '61: 1st Reg., Co. K. M. O. Aug. 15, '61. "
Edvvin F. Reynolds, Rutland: 6th Reg., Co. F. Commissioned Oct. 8, '61. Killed in
action April 16, '62. The 6th Reg. had a great reputation for gallantry; it was in
many Ijattles, among them Antietam and Gettysburg.
Edwin L. Reynolds, Cambridge: En. Oct. 15, '61; 6th Reg., Co. G. Killed in action
May 4, '63.
Francis Reynolds, Arlington : En. July 22, '62 : 10th Reg., Co. E. Killed in action
June 3, '64.
Lucas Reynolds, Arlington: En. July 22, '62; 10th Reg., Co. E. Disc, for disabiHty
Sept. 1, '63.
William E. Reynolds, Arlington: En. July 22, '62; 10th Reg., Co. E. Died of disease
Jan. 20, '64.
Frank F. Reynolds, Rovalton : En. Jan. 3, '65; Frontier Cavalry, Co. F. M. O.
June 27, '65.
Thomas Reynolds, Rupert: En. May 1. '61; 3rd Reg., Co. D. Disc, wounded, Aug.
8, '63.
Thomas E. Reynolds, Rutland: En. Aug. 8, '62: 12th Reg., Co. K. M. O. July 14, '63.
Urial R. Reynolds, Belvidere: En. June 5, '62; 9th Reg., Co. H. Taken prisoner Sept.
3, '62. Paroled Oct. 7, '62. Died Dec. 31, '62.
William A. Reynolds, Strafford : En. Nov. 28, '63 ; 9th Reg., Co. G. Trans, to Co.
D, June 13, '65. M. O. Dec. 1, '65.
William B. Reynolds, Miltox : Commissioned captain Jan. 18, '62: 6th Reg., Co. I.
Wd. Commissioned major April 12, '64. Killed in action July 30, '64, leading his regi-
ment before Petersburgh. "Major Reynolds, than whom no braver officer could be
found in any regiment, was killed while encouraging his men to beat back the enemy."
William W. Reynolds, Pownal: En. Oct. 10, '61; 1st Reg. of Cavalry, Co. G. Taken
prisoner May 24, '62, and died Aug. '62, while a prisoner.
Our fathers to their graves have gone ;
Their strife is past — their triumph won ;
But sterner trials wait the race
Which rises in their honored place
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 35
So let it be. In God's own might
We gird us for the coming fight,
And strong in Him whose cause is ours
In conflict with unholy powers,
We grasp the weapons He has given —
The Light, and Truth, and love of Heaven.
Thk Twenty-skventh Annu-'vl Reunion of the Reynolds Family Associ.\tion
was held October 3rd and 4th, 1918, at the Hotel McAlpin, New York City. A large
number had signified their expectation of being present, but the sudden development
of the epidemic of Spanish Influenza and the fourth week of the Liberty Loan drive
made many to remain at home or busy with the Liberty Loan. Consequently the
numbers were lessened. However those who were privileged to be present report a
most enjoyable time.
As is the usual custom the reception was held on Thursday evening previous in one
of the parlors of the hotel, where a very pleasant time was spent in making new
acquaintances and renewing those of the past.
On Friday morning at 10:30 o'clock the business meeting was called to order by
the president, after singing the National Hymn and prayer by Rev. Charles Lee Rev-*
nolds, D. D., of Newark, N. J. The minutes of the last meeting were read and
approved, also the report of the treasurer.
Since the meeting of a year ago the historian has passed away, and there was no
report.
Telegrams and letters of regret were read by the secretary from President Wilson,
Governor Whitman, Dr. Schauffler, li. V>. Reynolds, Baxter Reynolds, John B. Ran-
som, Giles Reynolds, and many others.
Manchester Depot, Vt., Sept. 18, 1918.
ir. Myron Reynolds, M. D.. New York City.
My Dear Dr. Reynolds — Your letter was forwarded to me here from my home in
Bennington, and I have taken plenty of time to consider its main subject.
I had been thinking of "Sacrifice" as a theme for my verses for the R. F. A. this
year, but had written nothing. When your letter came suggesting the Red Cross, I
said at once, "That is all right. There is the very embodiment of sacrifice." So I
thank you for the suggestion. The subject is a great one, and I realize these simple
little lines are a very inadequate expression of it; but as no better "second thoughts"
seem to come to my mind I send these to find a humble place, if you s<> will, in your
after-dinner program.
It is really a sacrifice on my part not to meet with the "Family" this time, but the
money I might have spent for that purpose has gone into the U. S. Treasury to help
win the war. So I can only wait for the Report to brini; me the echo ui the jjood
time the rest of you will have at the reunion.
I'ratcrnally yours.
Cklia M. Reynolds.
THE RED CROSS
The Red Cross! Visions of world-lame
Rise up at mention of that name:
A holy fame Heaven must approve.
That all good men respect and love.
Its scarlet syml>ol bears no word :
It has no voice which can be licard,
Vet still to every williiiK heart
It speaks its message. "Do your part "
36 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Against the blackness of the woe
That all the world today must know
Its brilliant flame shows bright and clear,
A blessed sign of hope and cheer.
Behold the wondrous, helpful work '
Which few in all the land dare shirk,
And thousands everywhere pursue
With earnest zeal and purpose true !
In quiet homes the needles fly
Their patient tasks while hours go by ;
In groups the garments hourly grow
'Neath each hand's best, if fast or slow.
Love's labor given day by day
The power of suffering to allay.
Seeks no reward for their returns.
When light of love unselfish burns.
Who dons the Red Cross uniform
Stays not her steps in face of harm.
When fell disease brings danger near
Unselfish nursing knows no fear.
Where cruel war its victims claims
She ventures bursting shells and flames.
And by the woimded bravely stands
With soothing voice and healing hands.
All honor to the Red Cross nurse !
And full support by voice and purse !
With sure success to the loyal band
Who wear that cross in every land.
Who, watchful where the suffering are,
Stretch bounteous arms from near and far
To clothe the destitute, and feed
The hungry, in their hour of need.
May God's rich blessing speedily come
To every loyal stricken home,
Where sits among home's broken ties
The Red Cross Angel, Sacrifice !
Celia Mary Reynolds.
BOARD OF CITY MAGISTRATES
CITY OF NEW YORK
Committee on Buildings and Budget,
Louis H. Reynolds, Chairman.
September 30, 1918.
Dr. W'. Myron Reynolds,
15 West 6bth Street,
New York City.
My dear Dr. Reynolds :
I am grateful for your much esteemed letter of the 28th instant, inviting me to speak
at the banquet of the Reynolds Family Association on Friday evening. I would feel
THE RFA'XOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 37
this a very great honor if I could be permitted to be present. I had fully intended .
to go to the dinner and no longer ago than Saturday last 1 wrote to Miss Holmes, the
secretary, that I would be present, but this morning I have a telegram from Senator
Travis, the State Comptroller, requesting me to be in Albany on Wednesday regarding
the Liberty Loan Drive, in which I am somewhat deeply engaged, and it is a matter
of some doubt if I can return in time to attend the dinner. So, my dear Doctor, it
would not be safe to place me on the formal list of speakers. However, please set a
place for me somewhere at the table so that, even if I be late, I can drop in and greet
my kinsmen and partake of the joy of the occasion. If the worthy President is a
sample of the membership of this association, then I am eager indeed to meet the
rest of them, and my disappointment will be easier to imagine than express if fate
is unkind to me on Friday evening. Very sincerely vours,
LOUIS H. REYNOLDS.
New York City Mission Society
President : A. F. Schauffler, D. D.
October 25, 1918.
Dr. U . M. Rcyiiulds, 13 West 60th Street.
My Dear Dr. Reynolds : In response to your request of the other day, I am writ-
ing to you, more particularly with regard to the Schauffler section of the Reynolds
tribe. Of course my memories go back to old Constantinople days, when I was under
the care of her whose maiden name was Mary Reynolds. These were to me hallowed
days, for the steady, strong, Christian influence of my mother told mightily on us
four boys, and I never can cease to be grateful for having had such early training, and
such a hallowed influence in my early years.
Since coming to this country I have been so exceedingly busy that it has not been
my privilege to become acquainted with many of the Reynolds tribe. This is to me
a loss, which, however, I do not see how I could have avoided.
With regard to our family at present, my nephews and grand-nephews, all of whom
have Reynolds blood in them, gave me a service flag, I being the senior member of the
Schauffler crowd. This flag has on it 14 stars. These stars represent one Lieutenant-
Colonel, two Captains, one Ensign, three Lieutenants, one Aviator, who is also a Lieu-
tenant and who has fifty men under him, two Ambulance men, besides several others
in various positions under the government. Seven of them are already in France; one,
Lieutenant Robert Haven Schauffler, has been wounded, and our last reports are that
he is well on the way to recovery. Of the record of these men, I am immensely proud.
If I were a young man 1 certainly, long ago, would have volunteered for the position
of chaplain, Init being past three score years and ten, of course my services would not
be accepted.
1 think one of the great heroes of the Reynolds tribe is my cousin, Dr. George C.
Ktyiiolds. As true a hero he has proven to be, as any of those who are in the air, in
the trenches or on the sea. I often wonder at the splendid courage and the wonderful
jierseverante of Cousin George C, with all his work of relief in Van, Turkey, and
later on in I'"rivan, in spite of his advancing years. His life has been a stimulus to me,
and indeed has sometimes made me ashamed that I have not put in more consecrated
work and borne more liurdens than I have. Truly his reward will be abundant and
his crown will have many stars, shining like the morning star.
IMeasc accept and convey to all the Reynolds tribe, my warmest and best wisiies for
tluir usefulness and consecration toward the betterment of this poor sin-cursed world.
\'ours very trul>,
.*\. T. SCIIAL'KFLKK.
"In the beauty of the lilies
Christ was born across the sea,
As He died to make men holy
Let us <lie to make men free."
Copy of extract of letter frcun I.ieiitiiiant R il. Schauflflcr, .113th Inf. written to Rev
A. F. Sihaufllir:
38 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Somewhere in France, October 3, 1918.
"I'm in luck, as usual. My wound is slight and the sniper that got me nearly got
the Colonel; missed him by three inches. The hole in my hip is healing up quickly and
I hope to be discharged very soon and return to the 313th. Yesterday the Surgeon-
Major was looking me over and pawing over his cards, and he suddenly looked very
suspiciously at the 'Austria' under 'birthplace.' But he asked me whether I had ever
heard of Charles Schauffler, of Chicago, and turned out to be Major Samuel Plummer,
of Chicago, who had operated on Goodrich and Leslie, and was a very good friend
of Charlie's. He has treated me splendidly, and introduced me to the medical major,
McClellan, who gave me tooth paste, a comb, a sweater, and other needful articles,
which I had been without for some time. I think probably I've lost all my equipment,
except a prismatic compass that I had in my hand when I was shot, and the automatic
pistol that Fred gave me the day before I left America, and the Jaeger blanket that
somebody, Lillian or Mrs. Wilson, I think, gave Katharine during her last illness.
"You'll be interested to know that my religion proved my best friend in those hours,
after going over the top in the big show. It kept me not only from all fear, but kept
me in high spirits, and guided me out of a hundred apparently impossible places, and
I feel sure it guided that sniper's aim so that he hit neither the Colonel, who was close
beside me, nor my hip-bone, nor my femoral artery. I'm going back with renewed
determination to play my part as well as I can, and to come back alive."
"CHEER UP!"
Cultivate the habit of being happy and of showing your happiness. If you wish hard
enough for anything you can get it. We can help win the War with a smile, if we all
get together and make that smile national.
Cliecr up! Just think how much Uncle Sam has accomplished toward righting this
tremendous world upheaval while hardly interfering with the even tenor of your ways.
Try to make yourself interfered with to greater extent. Forget the "doing my hit"
slogan. Change it to "doing my most." And smile!
Never mind what the "other fellow" does. It's your wish — your smiles — your good
cheer — your confidence the world is interested in. Start the ball a-rolling in your com-
munity and the community will start the county — the county, the State — the State, its
group of States — and then the Nation. I'll be a habit! And once a National habit,
your wish is won !
Kev. George C. Raynolds, at last reports, was still at the Swedish Hospital, Seattle,
Washington. He arrived there about the first of August last, having come back from
Russia by the way of the Siberian Railway, stopping at Peking, China. On the trip from
China to this country he was taken seriously ill and when reaching Seattle, went to this
hospital and has been there since. He is a wonderful man and we hope and trust
that he may soon be well and be able to come on East.
Rev. Charles Newton Ransom went back to Africa, sailing from New Orleans on the
eighth of January last and arrived safely at the port of Durban Natal after a long trip.
His son, Howard, remained in this country and last year entered Dartmouth College
and this last spring reached the age of twenty-one, thus becoming subject to govern-
ment service. He is now in the service, just at present in Battery A, 14th Regiment,
F. A. R. D., at Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C. He is trying for the Artillery, and
hopes soon to be transferred to that branch of the service.
The Schauffler family really belong to the Reynolds family, . for as you doubtless
know. Dr. Schauffler of Constantinople, away many years ago, married Mary Rey-
nolds, the first single lady, as I remember Mother telling me, to go out as a missionary
to Turkey and Dr. Schauffler afterward married her. They had a family of four sons,
Henry, Edward, Alfred and Frederic. Now there are quite a bunch of these SchaufT-
lers in the service. Charlie, one of Henry's sons, is in the service himself, and has
five boys in the service, four on the other side now and one in the Navy, commander
of a U-boat cl aser. A wonderful family.
I have a son, Henry Cecil Ransom, who is an officer in the Fifth Machine Gun
Battalion, and who has been on the other side for more than a year and for more
THE REYXOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 39
than seven months has been in the fighting line, and so far safe. You will note then
by these few items as well as by many others that you doubtless know about, that the
Reynolds Family are patriots.
The following letter received from Rev. George C. Raynolds, U. D., for many years
a missionary in the Far East, will be of interest to all :
Forest Grove, Oregon, Nov. 2, 1918.
IV. Myron Reynolds, M. D.
.My Dear Sir: Your favor of October 22 has just reached me, and I am pleased to
hear of the successful Association meeting, and to know that you have remembered
me after our brief acquaintance.
I am sorry not to have received your letters, written me at Van, Turkey, but postal
arrangements are much disorganized where I was in the Far East. Thanks for your
request for an account of my recent work there. I do not know how much space you
wish to give to such a report, and you are at liberty to omit or condense as you please.
I think it was in 1914 that I had the pleasure of meeting with you, at the Rhode Island
meeting of the R. F. A. When, in 1915, I learned that the Russians were in pos-
session of Van, Turkey, I started to return to my work, via Christiania, Petrograd,
Moscow, and Tiflis. On reaching the latter place, I was horrified to find that, owing to
a retreat of the Russian forces, Van had been destroyed, and its inhabitants driven
into exile, across the Russian border. One member of the American Mission circle had
died of typhus fever in Van, Turkey, while four others were convalescing from the
same disease in Tiflis. The disease was taken while caring for refugees in Van,
Turkey. My own wife had died in the hospital at Tiflis two days before my arrival.
Our residence, school buildings, etc., at Van, had been destroyed, with all their con-
tents. Under these circumstances there seemed no alternative for us except to return
to America. Later, an America^ Committee for American and Syrian Relief was
formed, and in July, 1916, with two missionary associates and their families, I sailed
again for the Caucasus. We located at Erivan, as the most available centre, and inaug-
urated our work for the 250,0(X) refugees, scattered among the scores of cities and vil-
lages of the Trans-Caucasus district. Other local centres were also established. In-
dustrial relief was the form adopted, wool and cotton being purchased and given to
the women to spin. Work was given to carpenters to make spinning wheels for the
women and looms for weaving, and the material manufactured was made up into
clothing for the refugees. Free aid was given to the sick, aged and infirm. Medical
work was carried on, a branch of it being the supplying of several hundred babies
witli sterilized milk. A small ori)hanage was established, under my personal care, where
one hundred carefully selected buys were gathered, to receive instruction in the usual
school curriculum, and in several trades for usefulness, with the purpose of fitting
them to become Christian leaders of their own people, when they can return to their
former abodes. Our work extended till there were eight thousand women supporting
their families by spinning, etc., two thousand men employed as carpenters and weavers,
with some children, and old people, to wind thread and other minor work. There was
a large class of fatherless children, who could not work, to whom a small monthly
stipend was given, and the number of this class reached fifteen thousand, scattered
througii the whole district. At the time of the spring distribution, a suit of clothes
made in our own shop, was given to each of these tifteen thousand children.
On March IHth an imperative order came from the American consul at Tiflis to pass
over our w(jrk to our native assistants, and come at once lo Tirtis, in order to cscapr
from German and Turkish interference, then imminent. No safe waiting place seemed
available nearer than Vla<livostcik, and so our whole party of about thirty was obliged
to make its way to and across the Caspian Sea, up the Volga to Samara, and over tht
Siberian R. K. to Valdivostok, where we arrived .May 19tl>. two months from time ot
starting. While we were waiting in Baku, for the Volga to be free of ice. fighting broki
out between Moslems and Christians, during which the house where I was staying wa^
burned, and all my baggage dcstr«>yrd, Itavintr me witli only the clothes on my person
40 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
On the Pacific steamer I had a severe attack of lumbago, which necessitated my going
into the hospital at Seattle. Instead of the speedy recovery anticipated, I sank far down
and was not expected to live, but am now slowly recovering. I planned spending the
coming winter on the Pacific coast, and hope to return to New England in the spring.
So much for a report, which you are at liberty to use or not as you think best. My
address for the present is care Rev. R. M. Cole, D. D., Forest Grove, Oregon. I shall
be happy to hear from you, or any member of the R. F. A. at any time, and I remain.
Yours very sincerely,
George C. Raynolds.
Lewis Gardner Reynolds, a member of the Reynolds Family Association, whose por-
trait is on the opposite page, was the founde of the Carnation League of America, insti-
tuted as an annual memorial to the late President William McKinley, and dedicated to
national patriotism. The League stands for patriotism, progress, prosperity and peace.
The Creed: Believing that the future greatness of the United States of America and
its power for good unto itself and to all the nations of the earth can best be assured by
the growth and maintenance of patriotic citizenship among all the people, whether
native born or of alien birth or blood ; and that such patriotic citizenship may be pro-
moted by keeping fresh in heart and mind all the traditions of our country which have
made for Peace, Progress and Prosperity, I charge myself from this time forward to
do all that in me lies to foster and maintain the growth of such citizenship and endeavor
to have others do the same.
I.I'.WIS C \RI)\I' K' Kl ^ \( 'I I )^
LIEUT. DAVID IRVING REYNOLDS
Lieutenant David Irving Reynolds, an aviator, 22 years
old, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Reynolds, of East Orange.
N. J., was killed September 9, 1918. in an aviation accident
on the Austrian front in Italy, in the faithful service of his
country. He was of exceptionally attractive and lovable
nature, and one of the most popular young men in East
Orange; an all-round athlete, and the winner of the all-
round Athletic Championship Cup.
His loss is deeply regretted by a large circle of admiring
friends.
"Yours was the best that man could give.
Yours is the best that man can gain.
To have fought and died that Peace may live
Is Glory surmounting every pain."
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 41
Colonel R. Bkuce Rickktts, whose record in the Union Army of the Civil War, is well
and favorably known, particularly at the battle of Gettysburg, where a monument was
erected to commemorate the Ricketts Battery. He lived in \\ ilkes-Barre, Luzerne Co.,
Pennsylvania; died and was buried on the 16th of November, 1918.
His wife, Elizabeth Reynolds Ricketts, died only three days later, and was buried on
November 19, 1918.
Mrs. Ricketts was a descendent of William Reynolds, her great-great-grandfather,
who was one of the early settlers of the Wyoming Valley, Pa.
Previous to the Revolution, Sheldon Reynolds, a brother of Mrs. R. Bruce Ricketts,
wrote the account of the Frontier Ports of Pennsylvania, in the vicinity of W ilkes-Barre.
Many friends will learn with sorrow of the death of Mrs. Helen Koues Reynolds,
wife of George N. Reynolds, which occurred at five o'clock Wednesday evening, March
15. 1917. at their home. No. 231 N. Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa., in her seventy-fifth year.
Besides her husband, she is survived by three children : Louise Bogert, wife of Benja-
min Franklin Fisher, of Schenectady, X. V.; George Koues. Lancaster, and Frank \\ in-
th.roi). of New York City.
Mrs. Reynolds was a member of St. James Episcopal Church, the King's Daughters,
and the Daughters of the American Revolution Society, the Governor Thomas Dudley
Family Association of Boston. She was educated in England, where one of her ma-
ternal aunts lived.
:;; * :): * *
At the twenty-si.xth annual meeting four deaths were reported :
Mks. Rki'.ixc.v C. TiLLiXLiHAST, wifc of Joscph Ci. Reynolds, September 20, 1916.
Mks. M.\rv R. Tii.Li.\GH.\sr, Hope Valley, R. 1.. January 2, 1917.
Mks. Hhlkn K. Rlvnolus, wife of George N. Reynolds, of Lancaster, Pa., March
14. 1917.
.Mks. Georgh: H. Reynolds, of Mansfield, June 11, 1917.
.\t tlie twenty-seventh annual meeting, eight deaths reported :
Edwin Re.vnolds, of Providence, R. 1., September 4, 1917.
Henrv J. Reynolds, of Ridlowville, Maine, October 30. 1917.
Howard I. Reynolds, of Roslyn, Pa., July 18, 1918.
Mrs. Alvah L. Reynolds, of Madison, X. J., .\ugust 21, 1918.
George A. Reynolds, Flartford, Conn.
Mrs. Joseph E. Reynolds, Monson, Mass., November 13, 1918.
Captain S. Walter Reynolds, historian of the Reynolds Family Association; lieloved
fatlier of Ernest \\ ., Henry D. Reynolds, Mrs. Phoebe M. Stevens. Everett S. Rey-
nolds, Mrs. Harriett A. Cummings and David E. Reynolds ; died Sunday, March 10,
1918. age 80 years and 24 days.
\\ iii.iA.M r. Ri ^ NoLDS, of Poughkeepsie, X. Y., passed away at the ape of 79 years.
"They struggled in the world's rough war,
.\nd won at last a siiining star,
And then they died. Behold before you
Humanity's poor sum and story :
Life! Death! and all that is of Glory!"
.\Ii:.\ll'.l-.RS Ol' REYXOLDS E.XMILY ASSOCIATIOX IX THE UXITED STATES
SERVICE, 1918
\\ . Myron Reynolds, M. D. : I'-mcrgcncy physician in Relief Cor|is.
Myron Reynolds: American Red Cross in Prance.
OnvtR C. RkynoI-ds: Y. M. C. A. in France.
George G. Reynolds: Captain in (Juartcrmasters' Corps, U. S. A., in \\ asliington, 1), C.
Capt. John R. Pattkn, M. D. : Surgeon at nnbarkation port, Ilobokcn, X. J.
FREOfRicK G. Reynoids: In Pittsburgh for War Department.
Sami'El H. Reynolds: Inspector of suljstances, supplies, Depot Quartermasters, .Vug.
6. 18.
Capt. David R Reynolds: Ord. Dcpt.. V. S. .\., Detroit. Mich.
42 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Marion H. Reynolds : 24th Training Battery, F. A. C. O. T. S., Camp Zachary Taylor,
Kentucky.
Hardy Gough Reynolds : Electrician in Navy.
Frank S. Reynolds: Federal Reserve Bank, Washington, D. C.
G. Raynolds Stearns, Jr. : U. S. Army.
Kenneth G. Reynolds : First lieutenant in regular army, stationed at Camp Sevier,
Greenville, S. C. ; 3rd Volunteer Reg. of N. Y., later the 18th, still later the 9th.
Leonard J. Reynolds : Member of exemption board in his district.
Sanford Cobb Reynolds (son of Rev. George' Reynolds, D. D., A'ew Rochelle, N. Y.):
In France for more than one year with French Army.
Charles E. Schauffler: Captain in Production Dept. of Ord., New York City; also
three sons in France, one son a commander of a U-boat chaser in Navy, the Hfth son
in the service.
Henry Cecil Ransom (son of John S. Ransom): Second lieutenant 5th Machine Gun
Batt., in France more than one year. In Verdun fight in April, later at Chateau-
Thierry 40 days, still kter supposLd to be r.ear Soissons.
Herbert V. Morang (son of Mrs. Moses Morang): Regt. Serg. Major in Headquarters
Co., 4th Pioneer Inf., 6th Reg., July, 1917.
Edward G. Morang (son of Mrs. Moses Morang): Sgt. Co. F, 4th Pioneer Inf.
Lawrence A. Swett (son of Mrs. S. A. Swett): Camp Jackson, Bat. No. 8, American
Ex. Forces in France.
Willard Close North up (son of Mrs. W. B. Northup): First lieutenant in France
since December, 1917.
H. Kendall Northup (son of Mrs. W. B. Northup): Q. M. Dept., Washington, D. C.
Warren H. Reynolds (son of J. F. Reynolds, of Pittsburgh, Pa.): 1st Battalion, Co. D
Edgewood Plant, Edgewood Arsenal, Edgewood, Md. ; chemist warfare work.
Charles W. Reynolds (son of J. F. Reynolds, Pittsburgh, Pa.): Co. C, 37th Engineers,
A. E. F. in France.
Frank W. Reynolds (son of J. P. Reynolds of Pittsburgh, Pa.): 311 7th Street, S. W.,
Washington, Aero Squadron.
A Daughter of J. F. Reynolds, of Pittsburgh, Pa., expects to go to France about Oct.
1st, 1918, a Reg. Nurse.
John Lynn Reynolds (son J. S. Reynolds, of Burlington, Vt.): Captain in Aviation
Section in U. S. A., made military attache, American Embassy, Paris, for services ren-
dered in helping to perfect and standardize the new Liberty .airplane motor.
Harold Walter Jones (son of Mrs. Abbie R. Jones): Lieutenant, instructor in military
medicine.
David Deur Reynolds (nephew of Mrs. A. M. M. Reynolds): Lieutenant M. R. C,
Camp Hospital 25 ; member of the Advisory Board of several Base Hospitals in France.
Clifford A. Rowe (nephew of Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe): Lieutenant in Infantry.
Charles M. Reynolds (nephew of Mrs. S. A. Szwtt): Enlisted May, 1917. In France
since July, 1917, in Fi'eld Artillery.
George A. Reynolds (nephew of Mrs. S. A. Szuett): Entered service Aug. 1918, Naval
Reserves at Newport, R. I.
Arthur Holmes Coy (nephew of Miss Fannie D. Holmes): Entered service May 25,
1918; in France since July 18, 1918. Co. I, 314th Infantry, American Expeditionary
Forces, 79th Div. Trans, to Co. E, 110th Infantry, 28th Div., A. E. F.
Philip R. Johnson (nephew Mrs. Abbie R. Jones): Second lieutenant, Camp Greenleaf,
Ga. ; not assigned.
H. C. Reynolds (ncphezv of Mrs. Abbie R. Jones): Headquarters Co., 60th Inf., in
France.
George Osmar Reynolds (cousin of Miss Helen B. Reynolds): A. E. F. in France.
J. H. Mitchell (cousin of Mrs. Edith P. Head): Ensign, enlisted at entrance of war
from Los Angeles.
J. St. Clair Morton (cousin of Mrs. Edith P. Head): Lieutenant, drafted from Santa
Barbara, serving in France.
Dr. a. F. Schauffler (New York City) reports "14 Schaufiflers in war, 6 on the^^other
side, 2 about to go, the others likely to remain here as their work lies at home."
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Harry Reynolds, M. D. (relative of Leonard J. Rcyniolds) : Captain, Clinton, Iowa.
Robert Jesse Reynolds, M. D. (relative of Leonard J. Reynolds): Captain, Potsdam,
N. Y. Surgeon Camp Hospital No. 4, Am. E. P., A. P. O. 702.
Earl C. Reynolds (relative of Leonard J. Reynolds) : First lieutenant, Rutherford, N. J.
Elmer L. Reynolds : Sergeant Co. 5, R. U. 306, Camp Holabird, Baltimore, Md.
Blythe Montgomery Reynolds (relative of Leonard J. Reynolds): Second lieutenant,
Potsdam, N. Y. Commanded 74th Co., 6th Marines, at Battle of Belleau Wood in
June, 1918 ; seriously wounded in action near Chateau-Thierry July 19, 1918. In Camp
Hospital No. 28, A. P. O. 708, Am. E. F.
Lieutenant Reynolds, Newark, N. J.: Reported killed in action; no record.
Dorrance Reynolds (nephew of Mrs. Elizabeth Rickettsj : Captain, Intelligence Dept.,
France, since 1916. Wilkes-Barre, Pa.
Warren Mc. Reynolds (cousin of Mrs. Ricketts): Captain Field Artillery, France.
Home, Kingston, Pa.
Eugene B. Reynolds (cousin of Mrs. Ricketts): Lieutenant Ordnance Dept., France.
Home, Kingston, Pa.
John D. Reynolds (cousin of Mrs. Ricketts): .A-viation service. Kingston. Mass.
William G. Reynolds (cousin Mrs. Ricketts): Lieutenant in service.
Frank Reynolds (cousin of Mrs. Ricketts): In service.
Miss Frances Leigh (daughter of Mrs. Elizabeth Ricketts, Wilkes-Barre, Pa.): Red
Cross nurse's aid in France.
OUR REYNOLDS BOYS ARE GOING
God bless our dear kinsmen,
Who laid their studies dow-n ;
Donned the khaki, took a gun,
Instead of cap and gown.
Alay world-wide students nevermore
Feel a tyrant's cruel rod.
When none shall reign master.
But a justly ruling God.
OUR REYNOLDS BOYS ARIl COMING HOME
Thank God, the sky is clearing !
Dark clouds are hurrying past :
Thank God, the day is nearinii !
Tiie dawn is approaching fast.
When glad and happy voices
Shall tell us peace has come,
This thoucht will surelv cheer us :
"Our boys are coming home."
Soon shall the voice of singing
Drown war's terrilic din ;
Soon bells their joyful rinping
Speed peace and freedom in.
The jubilee fires while burning
Will light up every dome,
This soon will soothe our longing,
Our boys are coniinj" home.
Those vacant fireside i)laces
Have waited for tlum long;
The love lipht lacks their faces.
The chorus waits their song;
That shadiiwy fear has vanished
From the lonn deserted room ;
Thank God, our prayers arc answered,
Our boys arc coming home !
44 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
THE DAWN OF A BETTER DAY
"When the armies of the earth are disbanded
And their trappings are coated with dust ;
When the musket forever is silent ;
And the cannon is cankered with rust ;
When the sword and the hehnet lie tarnished
"Mid the rubbish of pomp and displaj^—
We shall wake to the glorious dawning
Of the promised fraternal day.
And that day shall bring joy to the nations,
For the glow of its generous light
Shall invade the morasses of darkness
And dispel the miasmas of night.
"When the Empire of Right shall be founded,
And the sway of its scepter increase,
Till mankind shall stand shoulder to shoulder
In the ranks — not of war, but of peace,
When the thrones of oppression shall crumble
And the heart of the tyrants shall quake ;
When the haughty shall learn to be humble,
Then the spirit of Right shall rule o'er us
When humanity's banner floats free,
Till freedom's glad message is wafted,
To the uttermost isles of the sea."
ANNUAL REPORT OF TREASURER, REYNOLDS ASSOCIATION
For the Period July 13, 1916, to October 4, 1918.
receipts
Balance on hand last report, Julv 1916 __-__- $ 25.58
Receipts, dues, 1916-1918 --------- $596.75
Receipts, dues, 1918-1919 --------- 101.00
Reports sold ------------ 25.70
Insignia ---*---------- 10.00
Extra cash from member __--_---- 4.00
$737.45
$763.03
DISBURSEMENTS
1916-1917 Reunion ---------- $116.89
Reports for 1915-1916 ---------- 217.85
Stenographer 1916 ----------- 11.46
R. F. A. Stationery, M. W. R. ------- - 112.81
Coat of Arms ----------- 12.90
Corresponding Secretary's account, 1916-1917 ----- 84.68
R. F. A. Stationery ---------- 6.70
563.29
$199.74
Bank Book Balance ------------ $230.11
Outstanding checks ------------ 30.37
Balance on hand October 4, 1918 --------- $199.74
The following officers were elected :
PRESIDENT
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., - - - . - . - - New York City
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VICE-PRESIDENTS
Harry C. Reynolds, ------_._- Scranton, Pa.
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D., - - - - - - ,- Newark, N. J.
Wilson C. Reynolds, --------- East Haddam, Conn.
John F. Reynolds, -----_--.. Xezu Haven, Conn.
Joseph G. Reynolds, ---------- ]Vickford, R. I.
Alvah L. Reynolds ---------- Indianapolis, Ind.
Alvah Reynolds, Esq. ---------- - Altona, III.
SECRETARY AXD TREASURER
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, ---- ---.. JVesierlx, R. I.
HISTORIANS
Cuyler Reynolds, ---------- Albany, X. Y.
Prof. Harrah Judson Reynolds, ------- Indianapolis, Ind.
Marcus T. Reynolds, ---------- Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, - - . . - . . _ _ Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. John F. Reynolds -------- North Haven, Conn.
CHAPLAINS
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D.,
Rev. George Reynolds, --------- New Rochelle, N. Y.
Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds, -------- Keyport, N. I.
Rev. Adolph F. Schauffler, D. D., - - - - - - New York, N. Y.
Rev. Grafton Trevor Reynolds, D. D., - - - - - - - Washington, Pa.
Rev. William R. Reynolds, ------- Erivan Catieasus, Russia
Rev. George C. Reynolds, D. D., M. D., ------- Bethel, Vt.
Rev. Charles Newton Ransom -------- Natal, So. Africa
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION
\V. Myron Reynolds, M. D., ------ - New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley. -----.-._ Brooklyn N. Y.
Miss Fannik D. Holmes, --------- ll'estcrly, R. I.
At the last meeting, a committee of thirty memliers were appointed from different
States to collect the names and interesting data of the Reynolds who took part in the
Civil War. As it was impossible for the committee to accomplish this in time for the
1917 Report it was advisable to print that together with the Report of 1918.
It was also voted that an "Honor Roll" be printed in the coming Report for all
members having relatives in any branch of the U. S. or Civil Service, notice to that effect
having been sent to each member of the Association.
At 1 :30 the banquet was held in the Green Room which was decorated with flags of
the Allies. Conspicuous, however, was the American Flag. The long table was most
attractive with decorations of .American Beauty roses, smilax and ferns.
The banquet was served in the usual good style. Great credit is due the manage-
ment of the hotel for their kind liospitality.
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds was toastmaster, who with a few well-chosen remarks
called upon Mr. Oliver C. Reynolds of New York City to tell a little of his experience
in France while tliere in Y. M. C. A. work, which was interesting. Dr. Tinker was
then called upon to pive an account of his work among New York City missions and
of meeting the wounded and disabled soldiers as they are brought to this country.
Remarks were then made by Dr. Reynolds, president of the .Association, Rev. Frank
T. B. Reynolds, and others. After singing "The Star-Spanpled Banner." the meet-
inL' adioiHiHil to meet again ai iIh- s.imi' nl.irr next year. Respectfully submitted.
Fannie D. Holmes, St-cr,-tary.
ri:marks mai^f p.y ri:v. charlks lee Reynolds, as toastmaster
iV. Reynolds said :
A certain young man went to preach as a candidate in a vacant pulpit. He was told
by one of the menil)ers of the church who was interested in his securing the position,
that he must stand up so that the people could see him. he must speak U|) so that they
could hear liim, and lie must shut up "*" that they couM like him. As toastmaster I
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shall try to do all three of these things, but I will try especially to do the last, for I
want you to like me.
One of the duties, of the toastmaster is to shut up so that the appointed speakers may
be heard. In fact it is often a virtue, but not always possessed by a man's wife. There
was a man missing in one of our cities, and the police went out to interview the wife.
Her husband had been missing for several days, and suspecting that he might have
revealed some motive for suicide when he went from home, they asked the lady what
was the last thing she had heard her husband say. She replied with tears rolling down
her cheeks, that he had said on leaving, "Oh, shut up !" Lest that be your last word to
me, I will be brief in introducing the speakers.
We are thinking today of the large number of the Reynolds family who have en-
tered the service of their country. It has been characteristic of those who bear the
Reynolds name, to be loyal to their government and to be ready to answer any call
that might come to them. It was so in the Revolutionary war ; it was so in the Civil
War, and it has been so in this war. From all over the United States, young men
who are our kinsmen have gone bravely forth to fight for the democracy of the world.
We remember them today, and pray God that they may be kept by Him and returned
in safety to us.
We who remain because we are between two generations of soldiers, those of the
Civil War, which our fathers fought, and those of this war which the sons of many
of you are fighting, like Isaac between Abraham and Jacob, have a duty to perform. It
is to be worthy of those who will some day return, and especially to be
worthy of those who will never return, because they lie buried in graves in
Flanders and France. The tasks of those who tarry by the staff may not be great and
heroic, but they are necessary tasks, and I believe we, who are the members of the
family to remain to do garrison duty, will prove ourselves worthy of the dear sons
who have gone overseas, at the call of duty.
We have with us today, one of these sons who went and has come back. He went
to work with the Y. M. C. A. and in great unselfishness gave of his time and ability that
our boys might have comforts and the surroundings of home life, such as the huts of
the Association afford. I have great pleasure in introducing to you the son of our dis-
tinguished, energetic, and popular president, Mr. Oliver C. Reynolds, who has just re-
turned from France, and who will tell us of some of his experiences with the fight-
ing men of this nation.
Mr. Reynolds has spoken of being al)le to communicate his wants without knowl-
edge of the language of the people among whom one is living. A missionary tells of
being in a restaurant in China. He had placed before him some food which seemed
to him to be duck, so he said to the waiter, inquiringly, pointing to the dish, "Quack?
Quack?" The waiter shook his head and using the same means of intercourse, said,
"Bow Wow!" You can go anywhere in the world and talk, if you know how to make
signs and sounds.
SPEECH OF OLIVER C. REYNOLDS
When my father asked me to speak at this gathering, he suggested that you might be
interested in hearing some account of my experiences in France last year, with the
Y. M. C. A.
I went over a year ago last August with a party of twenty-four Y. M. C. A. workers.
We were warned to bear in mind that France was at war, that he would find the con-
ditions unusual and that the unexpected would probably happen. We landed at Bor-
deaux, and in driving across the city to the railroad station, I remember that we were
all impressed with the number of colored people at work. We were told that they were
from Morocco, Algeria and other African countries, and had been brought to France
to take the place of the poilus, who had gone to the Front. When we reached the
railroad station we looked around to find some one to help us with our luggage. One
of our party saw a black man lounging around, and went up to him to secure his ser-
vices. We had all been studying French diligently on the steamer, but this man was
not any more proficient than most of us, and he was a little backward about trying it.
Consequently, by way of a preliminary, he said to the colored man, "I beg pardon, but
THE REYNOLDS FAxMILY ASSOCIATION 47
do you speak English?" The colored man grinned, rolled his eyes, and replied "Yassir,
I come from Baltimore."
Perhaps I can present the matter to you more clearly by first outlining the different
activities and then refer to the branch of the work to which I devoted most of my
time while in France.
In the first place there are the Y. M. C. A. secretaries on the transports, for the
present plan is to send at least two on each transport, one of whom is a transport worker
who goes over and back on the transport, and the other is a secretary en route to work
in France. Then there is the permanent work at the ports of entry, where many thou-
sand men are often encamped. However, the activities there are somewhat limited be-
cause the length of stay is so uncertain, sometimes being a few weeks and at other
times only a few days, depending upon the facilities for transferring the men to the
interior.
The l)rancli that requires the greatest number of men is for the vast training areas
that have been established for the American troops behind the lines. Here quite a com-
prehensive program can be carried out, for the plan adopted is to have the Y. IM. C. A.
secretaries remain with the men as far as possible, and move on with them through the
different stages of their training.
Then there is the work at the actual Front, and this is of course by far the most
exciting and appealing. One branch that is entirely new, and perhaps the most im-
portant, is in the leave areas which have been established for the men in the French
resorts. Fortunately, the American military authorities have taken advantage of the
experience of the British and Canadians, and very early decided that it would not be
advisable to permit the men to spend their leaves in Paris and the other large cities.
The authorities turned to the Y. M. C. A. and asked them whether they could plan a
program for the men in certain centers in the eastern and southern parts of France,
where the men could have the rest and entertainment they need so much after weary
months of training and fighting. The Y. M. C. A. eagerly adopted the suggestion and
the result is the very successful work that is being carried on in these leave areas.
Lastly, there are the activities that are being conducted at the naval bases, and here
again the conditions are somewhat unusual as there are very few men on shore, and
the object is to provide the right sort of occupation for them during the few hours to
which their shore leaves are usually limited.
My work was almost entirely with the first division of the American troops, who were
then training in a district about twenty-five miles south of St. Alihiel. The work was
entirely different from that in this country, and also from anything that we had an-
ticipated. We had expected that there would be large camps of men as in this country,
luit to our surprise we found that the first division of some 20,000 men were scattered
ill sixteen or eighteen French villages, with not less than a battalion of al)out 850 men
and not more than aliout 2,500 men in any one locality. The reason for this was of
course the fear of enemy aeroplane attacks. Up to as late as last fall no barracks or
tents were allowed, and whenever there was any reason to tielieve that an air raid would
lit made all lights were ordered out.
.My wf)rk was with the first battalion of the 16th Infantry. We were located in a small
village about live miles from the division headquarters. I was told that the popula-
tion of the villajjc was 146, and S50 men were billeted on those 146 people. The result
was that we would see such signs on the barn doors as "Sergeant Connors and twenty-
six men," and in the harvest time when a load of hay went into the liarn 12 mtii and
their cots would move out and tind (juarters elsewhere.
The men were regulars, although one of the ofticers told me that about seventy per
cent, of them were recruits. .A great many of them were Southerners, and many stories
of the South were passing ar«)und. One man came from the feud region of Kentucky,
and remarked to one of the olVicers that he had been in a groat many wars in his life-
time, but that this was the first "public" war ho had taken any part in. Others were
"moonshiners" from the mountains of Kentucky and Tennessee, and they were espe-
cially interested in the steel helmets. One of these follows remarked that he could put
on one nf those bonnets up in the hills and when he was lying llat on the ground no
marshal or deputy sheriff could hurt him with shot gun or ritlc.
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The men were working verj- hard, and the hours at the Y. M. C. A. depended largely
upon how much leisure was given to them. They usually started out early in the morn-
ing and returned about eleven o'clock. From eleven till one the Y. M. C. A. was open
and everything was in full swing. The men would be sitting around reading and play-
ing games. They would be buying such supplies as cigarettes, chocolates, toilet articles,
and almost anything else that we had been able to pick up for their comfort or needs.
The men usually started out again about one o'clock, and then returned at four. From
four till a quarter past five everything was booming again, and the activities were much
the same as during the noon hours. The men finished their supper about six o'clock,
and from then until taps at nine-thirty, was the really big time. Until dark the chief
interest was in the athletic field just outside of our Y. M. C. A. hut. We had a very
good baseball diamond, a soccer field, a boxing ring, a volley ball outfit, quoits, etc. A
great number of the men would be engaged in these sports, while inside of the hut sev-
eral would be grouped around the piano singing, others would be reading and a great
number would be playing checkers and dominoes. I have never seen such checker fiends.
I have seen as many as thirty games of checkers going on in that hut at one time, and
many of the men played almost every night.
Then there were the special entertainments. I don't suppose that I ever walked
through the village that several men did not ask me, "What's doing at the Y tonight?"
And nearly every night we had some special doings. One night there would be movies,
another night a song leader and soloist, then a lecture on some educational or war
topic, etc. Every Saturday night was "amateur night," and the men put on their own
show. They seemed to enjoy this night as much, if not more, than any other night, and
the rehearsals were just as much fun as the entertainment itself.
In conclusion, it is difficult to overestimate how much the Y. M. C. A. means to those
men. It is to the Y. M. C. A. that they turn for all legitimate recreation and relaxation.
It is there that they write their letters, read, buy their supplies, have their athletic games
and entertainments, and find the religious activities that so many of them crave. It
is the one place in France that represents home to them, and it is a work of which we
may all be proud.
We have with us today one of Dr. Reynolds' friends. The friend of our president,
whoever he is, is always welcome among the members of the Reynolds Family Associa-
tion. Dr. Tinker, unfortunately, is not a Reynolds. Of course he feels ashamed of
himself when he acknowledges that fact in this presence, but he can't help it, so please
don't blame him. He couldn't choose his parents, or his family might have been dif-
erent. An unkind Providence kept him from enjoying a kinship to us. But neverthe-
less we are delighted to have Dr. Tinker with us, and he will tell us of his great and
important work in the City of New York.
ADDRESS BY REVEREND CHARLES P. TINKER, D. D.. SUPERINTENDENT
OF THE NEW YORK PROTESTANT EPISCOPAL CITY MISSION SOCIETY
Ladies and Gentlemen: To be one of the special guests of your distinguished Associa-
tion is regarded as no small honor, which calls for sincere thankfulness : this homage I
beg to render from my heart.
You will also please accept thanks for inviting me to "talk shop," particularly when
"my special shop" deals with New York City, the whole Church at work here, and cer-
tain examples of moment which tend toward revealing the method which a unique City
Mission unfolds in its daily course. I presume that no apology is necessary for bring-
ing forward a life-size vision of this leading city in America, even to an audience
springing from New England. For Mr. T. B. Aldrich declares that New York is, in at
least one respect, the most interesting city in America: it has the greatest number of
trains leaving it daily for Boston. I presume, however, that Mr. Aldrich considers
New York a nightmare. But this city has a better title to distinction : it is the most
American city in America. Had I said the most foreign or international, it might be
easier to believe me. So I will prove my proposition. It is the most
American because it has the greatest number of lull-blooded Americans living
within it. They live south of Fourteenth street, north of Grand street, and between
the Bowery and the Hudson river. There they are, all of them descendants of the
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Iroquois tribe of Indians, and they number 150. And all the rest of our six miUions of
people are the products of immigration. Our old New England families are not boast-
ing that they are full of the red blood of these wholly American families.
But our boast is that we are heirs of all the ages, and that we all came over in some
"Mayflower." I beg you to note the significance of this ; it explains why the "blue-blooded"
families of America are not snobs, but are true Americans, in that we never look down
upon the immigrants who have found an asylum here, but have kinship with them, "if
a man is a man for a' that." We never look down upon these alien peoples merely be-
cause they are immigrants ; rather we look up to them if they are good immigrants and
are willing to do their best to become good Americans, for the sake of building a.
better America. The typical American has not yet been born, unless perchance the late
war now closing, has caused our conglomerate people to be born again into a national
unity. But when we shall have become well blended, all these races together, we shall
have the best Americans yet born. How then shall our unique City Mission l)e set
liefore you, placed as it is down in the midst of this international mass?
First, we will tell what it is not, then proceed to describe what it is : the Episcopal
City Mission is NOT a Rescue Society, a Bowery Mission, or a Gospel Hall on the
water front, or along the "great white way," where drunkards, dope addicts, street
walkers and other derelicts are gathered in and possibly saved — although we co-operate
gladly and gratefully with these. Ours is not a Seamen's Institute, or sailors' mission.
Yet we are glad enough to pass on the sailor boy to these benefits. It is not parochial
but rather extra-parochial, where the sheep are without the fold and beyond the Shep-
herd's care. Manifestly the City Mission, while supported in the main by the Episcopal
Church, is not sectarian and seeks to help all classes. None of this work is in fa-
vored localities, but where the crowd ebbs and flows.
You can find us in the great East Side and West Side of the city, where eighty thou-
sand people live in a square mile, and six people dwell in a single room. Here 87 years
ago found us laboring in chapels and settlements for the workmen, and later on in every
City, State and Federal hospital, prison, almshouse, asylum, reformatory and House of
Refuge. At first the work was small, but today our 120 missionaries visit 32,000 stray-
ing people, at fifty difi'erent centres on three of the main islands making up our diver-
sified town. It was by means of this agency that Bishop Henry C. Potter cleaned up
the red light district along the lower Bowery, leaving it today the equal in morality of
any section in New York. And Bishop Greer by the same token is redeeming the
upper Bowery slum (African), at 95th Street and Third Avenue, by using the Chapel
of the Messiah for colored people, which is almost the only means for such transforma-
tion available in this depraved neiphborhood. The Episcopal City Mission has been
elected by the city authorities to take full charge of Protestant chaplaincies in all public
institutions. At Ellis Island, the federated missionary and immigrant aid agencies have
always appointed our missionaries to supervise the missionary part of immigrant court
movements, and lately have accorded us the presidency of the Immigrant Federation
for unifying all this service. We are beginning to realize that when one blows his own
horn, no one blows so loud as he. So I will close by relating just one instance, suited
fo show the method of the service which we very imperfectly are rendering, for the
uitlift of these congregations of God's poor, who have seen better days: The story
centers in a young man, one of the most hopeless to all appearances, 1 have known. I
cannot take time for more than the turning points of his life. His mother died of a
broken iieart, when betrayed by a wayward husband. His father added religious iiy-
pocrisy to his other sins. This boy, Charles, early shifted for himself, luit olitaineil
unusual privileges of schooling, even reaching to within three months i>f graduation
from a theoU)gicaI seminary.
But his hopes were blasted by his gross immoral coniluit in high circles. Then he
drifted into crime. State prison claimed him. Then he. upon release, obtained an as-
signment to collect funds for buibling a charity hospital, ami al)sc()nded with the funds.
It was this time when I first met him. He was in the Toml)s. I-Voni there he serve<l
a year on Blackwell's Island. Hut while there he so fully responded to the chaplain's
efforts that he aided in an effort of the warden's to reform the conditions of the prison,
so that it shows the wisdom of his studies, in eighteen different lines of improvement
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to this day. But he failed to become wholly reformed himself. That was about eight
years ago . . . the other day he called upon the chaplain, saying: "Here are the
documents wliich prove that I have not swerved an inch from the right path since
seven or eight years ago, when I declared that I would never darken your door until
I could give ample proof that I have made good." Since then I have learned that he
is today one of the most distinguished Liberty Loan orators and efficiency engineers of
civic progress, and a moralist of high rank. It all goes to show that "Christ alone
can save the world, but Christ cannot save the world alone." He must save it through
you, through me and through us all.
"Build thee more stately mansions. Oh, my Soul!
As the swift seasons roll.
Leave thy low-vaulted past !
Let each new Temple, nobler than the last,
Shut thee from Heaven with a dome more vast
Till thou, at length, art free,
Leaving thine outgrown shell
By Life's unresting sea."
AFTER-DINNER SPEECH OF THE PRESIDENT, DR. W. MYRON REYNOLDS.
At the Annual Banquet, October 4, 1918
Mr. Toastmastcr and Friends: I have been so much in evidence before you the past
five years, I am quite sure you would prefer to listen to some one else. There is, how-
ever, one or two matters I may mention to you.
We have been more disconcerted this year than ever before, in trying to ascertain
who of our members were to attend this reunion, and take part in our usual exercises.
With the Fourth Liberty Loan, that we are all interested in, uppermost in our minds,
and the epidemic of Spanish Influenza filling our thoughts with apprehension about
getting into a crowd, the officers of the Reynolds Family Association have had some-
thing unusual to contend with ; the necessity of getting this information has been more
difficult for me than diagnosing a case of sickness; but I have never forgotten my family
motto — PERSEVERANDO, which has always sustained me. A single example of what
we have been up against, will suffice to illustrate :
Our ever faithful secretary addressed a letter of invitation to one of our promising
young men, Marion H. Reynolds, actively engaged in the government service at Camp
Dix, Trenton, N. J. The letter was returned unopened, the postmaster, or one in
charge of the mail, writing on the envelope, "There is no such nurse at Camp Dix."
I spent a very pleasant evening with Dr. Wilbur A. Reynolds, of Boston, two weeks
ago, who gave me an interesting account of his extensive travels in Europe just previous
to the commencement of the world war. It was his intention to have been with us
today, but a very severe operation he was obliged to undergo prevented him from be-
ing present in person. I was interested to learn from him that many of the leading
merchants and manufacturers in England were members of the Reynolds family, and
that the most influential newspaper in Europe is publislied by one of the Reynolds kin.
In a hotel in Liverpool, where Dr. Reynolds was stopping, he took up a city directory
and found there were sixteen pages of Reynolds names published in that directory ;
many of these were in professional life, and in nearly every kind of mercantile and
manufacturing business. This is more than five times the number of Reynolds names
found in our New York City directory.
Some have complained of the heavy burden of loans and taxes we are called upon to
bear, that have been thrust upon them since the commencement of this world war:
they forget, however, that without these loans and taxes, this country could never
have conducted a foreign trade which gave us a credit balance of ten billion dollars
the first four years of the war.
Of course we all know America would never have gone into this war for the pur-
pose of increasing our profits, but as a matter of fact, we have increased our wealth
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during the period of the war, more than all our loans and taxes have reduced it. I am
not a financier, and was never an adept at juggling with figures; but I am sure, with our
present wealth of three hundred billions, we will have little difficulty in raising six
billions, in a three weeks' Liberty Loan drive. One of the members of this Associa-
tion, a princely farmer of the State of Illinois, wrote me a couple of weeks ago. re-
gretting his inability to be present with us on this annual occasion ; he did not com-
plain of hard times, his only regret was his difficulty in getting sufficient help to carry
on the necessary farm work; yet, he had many things to be thankful for; he had al-
ready harvested 750 bushels of as fine wheat as he had ever grown, besides an excellent
crop of barley, rye and oats already in his granaries^ and has three hundred acres of
corn yet to be gathered. He also told me he was in the habit of raising a good many
cattle, and before the war had been sending them to Chicago with his foreman, who
would return from these trips bringing back six or seven hundred dollars as the result
of these sales ; but now he returns from these trips with from twenty-six to twenty-
seven hundred dollars instead.
A few years ago this prudent, far-seeing man planted a grove of sugar maple trees,
which now gives him all the maple syrup and maple sugar he needs for the use of
his household during the entire year.
Then, too, he has a score or more of bee-hives, and these little friends of his are up
bright and early in the morning and off from ten to twelve hours daily, gathering honey
for him and his friends.
I have always been greatly interested in these reunions; if I had any criticism to
offer, it would be, because we do not meet every month, instead of only once a year.
Many of our young kinsmen have abandoned their college course to answer their
country's call; for all these we have words of commendation, with prayers for their
successful return, and fervently say:
A CHRISTMAS GREETING TO KINDRED AND FRIENDS
As the swift cycle of succeeding years
Brings to our kindred hosts its joys and tears.
And retrospection's bright unclouded sky
Gives a clear vista through the years gone by —
Years rife in records of achievements high,
\\ herein "Abou Ben Adam's" name appears.
Let us, at least in fancy, each coming year
Clasp hands and speak to each a word of cheer.
And thus I greet you, and will pray to heaven
That God's rich blessings unto you be given;
And through the years yet to come may we,
Remembering each, by each remembered be.
Ring out the old year, ring in the new,
Cheer happy liearts, o'er land and sea ;
As the old year Hies, we say adieu.
King out the past, ring in the new.
Ring out all strife o'er land and sea.
Ring in valiant men, forever free;
With larger hearts, — freedom of sea,
Ring ill lasting peace, and liberty.
W. .\!. R
MFMIU-.RS OF THE RI'.VNOLDS I'AMll.Y ASSOCIATION
JiiMUs A. I\r\ Holds, ---------- Brooklyn. .V. )'.
James A. Reynolds, - - Kindcrhook,
James A. Reynolds. Canton, Me.
James H. Reynolds. A •Ji' York City, S. Y.
Jay R. Reynolds. - - Ora»i<7<', Mass.
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John Reynolds, -._-.-.-.-- Brooklyn, N. Y.
J. C. Reynolds, ----------- Stamford, Conn.
John D. Reynohls, -.--_--.- Kczif York City, N. Y.
John E. Reynolds, -____---- North Haven, Conn.
John F. Reynolds, -__._---_ " " "
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, ____---- " " "
John F. Reynolds, __-___--.- Pittsburgh, Pa.
John F. Reynolds, -_-__ _.-. IJ'instoti-Salem, N. C.
John J. Reynolds, ------ -_-_- Boston, Mass.
John J. Reynolds, ------ .__- New York City, N. Y.
Hon. John M. Reynolds, ---------- Bedford, Pa.
Mrs. John P. Reynolds, - - . - ------ Bristol, R. I.
John S. Reynolds. --,----_-- Burlington, Vt.
John S. Ransom, ------------ Chicago, III.
J. W. Reynolds, ----------- Mansfield, Ohio.
Joseph E. Reynolds, ---------- Monson, Mass.
Joseph G. Reynolds, ---------- Jl'ickford, R. I.
Joseph P. Reynolds, ---------- Baltimore, Md.
Joseph T. Richards, ---------- Philadelphia, Pa.
Joseph P. Reynolds, ----- -.-- }Jt, I'crnon, N. Y.
Joshua Reynolds, ----------- Troy, "
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds, ------------ "
Joshua Reynolds, Jr., ----_------" "
Josiah S. Reynolds, --___ ----- Oakland, Cal.
Mrs. Julia E. Reynolds, --------- Kansas City, Mo.
Kenneth G. Reynolds, ----- ----- Albany, N. Y.
Leonard J. Reynolds, ----- ----- Brooklyn.
Lewis Gardner Reynolds, ---. __-.- Richmond, Jud.
Lincoln C. Reynolds, ---------- Cushman^ Ore.
Miss Lottie Re\nolds, ----- ----- Monticello, Ind.
Judge Louis H. Reynolds, ---- ----- Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Mabel E. Reynolds, --------- Laurium, Mich.
Miss Madeline Reynolds. ---------- Boston, Mass.
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, ---- .---- Davisville, R. J.
Marion H. Reynolds (Life) - - - . - - _ - Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, --------- Brockton, "
Marcus L. Reynolds, ---------- Bridgeport, Conn.
JMrs. Marcus L. Reynolds, -- - "
Miss Mary Reynolds, --------- JJ'estmount, Que., Can.
Miss Mary E. Reynolds. --------- Marblehead, Mass.
Marcus T. Reynolds. ---------- Albany, N. Y.
George E. Reynolds. I). D. S.. - - - ----- City Island, N. Y.
George F. Reynolds, ----. ._--- Cushman, Ore.
George G. Reynolds, - . - - . ----- Brooklyn, N. Y.
G. Albert Reynolds. ----- _--- Sherbrooke, Quebec
George H. Reynolds, ----- .---_ Kinderhook, N. Y.
George N. Reynolds. ----- .---. Lancaster, Pa.
George S. Reynolds, ----- . - . - - N. Troy, N. Y.
George W. Reynolds. ----- ----- Cleveland, Ohio
George W. Reynolds. ----- ---- Cross River, N. Y.
George W. T. Reynolds. --.- ----- £ast St. Louis, III.
Miss Geneva M. Rathbnn, --------- Mystic, Conn.
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds, -------- East Haddam, "
Hardy G. Reynolds, ----------- Chicago, III.
Harrah B. Reynolds, ---------- Rochester, N. Y.
Harrah J. Reynolds, ------------ "
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe, --------- Summit, N. J.
Miss Harriet L. Reynolds, ---- ----- Greenwich, Conn.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 53
Harold T. Reynolds, ---------- Collinsvillc, "
Harris S. Reynolds, ----- --._ Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Harry C. Reynolds, _-_-. ---.. Scranton, Pa.
Mrs. Harry C. Reynolds, --------- " "
Harry \V. Reynolds, ---------- Hartford, Conn.
Harry F. Reynolds, ----- .-_- Mew York City, N. Y.
Miss Helen B. Reynolds, --.---..""" "
Miss Helen L. Reynolds, _-------""" •'
Henry Reynolds, M. D., - - - - - - - - Livermore Falls, Me.
Mrs. Henry E. Reynolds, --------- Braintree, Mass.
Henry S. Reynolds, --.-.--_-- Providence, R. I.
Henry S. Reynolds, A. B., LL.B., - - - - - - yieiv York City, N. Y.
Herbert B. Reynolds, --.----.-_ Baltimore, Md.
Herbert F. Reynolds, -___----_ Randolph, Mass.
Howard Reynolds, _-__- -_-_ Xew York City, N . Y.
Howard S. Reynolds, ---------- Boston, Mass.
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, ----- --_-_ Eagleville, Conn.
Isaac N. Reynolds, ----- ----- Montello, Mass.
David Reynolds, ---------- East Orange, N. J,
Mrs. David R. Reynolds, - - - - - - . . a'ciu York City, N. Y.
Miss Desmonde B. Reynolds, -------- Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Di Reynolds, ---------- Berryvillc, Va.
Edgar M. Reynolds, ---------- Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Edith E. Reynolds, ---. ----- Meriden, Conn.
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, --------- Mystic,
Edward B. Raub, ---------- Indianapolis, Ind.
Edward C. Reynolds, ----------- Portland, Me.
Edward G. Reynolds, --------- Dover Plains, N. Y.
Edwin G. Reynolds, ---__----_ Brooklyn,
Edwin S. Reynolds. ---------- Dayton, Ohio
Embree Reynolds, ----- --___ Monticello, Ind.
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds, .--_---- East Haddam, Conn.
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Reynolds, - - ----- Washington, D. C.
Miss Elizabeth S. Reynolds, - - - - - . . . Wilmington, Del.
Miss Elizabeth A. Reynolds, --.--.__ Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Ephriam O. Reynolds, --------- Essex, Conn.
Dr. Ernest S. Reynolds, --------- ,v. Fargo. N. Dak.
Eugene B. Reynolds, ---------- Stamford, Conn.
Miss Eva M. Reynolds, - - - . Watervillc, Me.
Everett E. Reynolds, ----- - Canton, "
Floyd C. Reynolds, ---------- Ozcosso, Mich.
Frank A. Reynolds, - - . - Providence. R. I.
Frank S. Reynolds. - . - Boston. Mass.
kiv. I'Vank T. 15. Reynolds, -------- Kcyport, A'. /.
.Mrs. i-'rank T. H. i<e\nolds, ---------." "
l-rank V. R. Reynoids, - . - . - - - . . Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. Frank W. Reynolds, Salem. Mass.
I'Vederick G. Reynolds, - . . A'rjc; York City. .V. I'.
Fredtrick i. Reynolds, Winth'rop, Me.
Frederick L. Reynolds, Cambridge. .Mass.
Rev. Geori;e Reynolds, D. D., ------ - .\ew Rochclle, .V. Y.
Mrs. George A. Reynolds, - . . . Hartford, Conn.
Rev. Gcorve C. Reynolds, M. D., D. D., Erivan. Russia
George D. Reynolds, Birmingftam. Ahi.
Giles L. Reynolds, ^piv London. Conn.
Rev. Grafton T. Reynolds, D. D., ... ... Pittsburgh. Pa.
Miss Al)i)ie R. Riynolds, Amenia. .V. Y.
Miss .Mice S. Reynolds. .... .... .Utgusta. Me.
54 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Alvah Reynolds, _________ __ Altona, III.
Elmer L. Reynolds, ._. Madison, N. J.
Alvah L. Reynolds, __.__---_--" "
Mrs. Amelia A. Remley (Life) --------- Gifford, III.
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds, -_----_-- Colora, Md.
Mrs. Anna C. Rippier, ____--___ Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Anna T. Reynolds, --_-_._- Jl'Umington, Del.
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds, ----_---- Westerly, R. I.
Arthur T. Reynolds, -_-_------- Gardiner, Me.
Augustus R. Reynolds, - - - - Mt. Kisco, N. Y.
Baxter Reynolds, ---__------ Philadelphia, Pa.
Benjamin B. Reynolds, _____---- Wilmington, N. C.
Miss Bettie Reynolds, - -- Rock Island, III.
Bion F. Reynolds, ---_-_----- Brockton, Mass.
Miss Celia M. Reynolds, -_. Bennington, V't.
Charles Reynolds, -- -- Springfield, Mass.
Charles A. Reynolds, -__._-_-- Cambridge, "
Charles B. Reynolds, ---_--_--- Wickford, R. I.
Mrs. Charles B. Reynolds, ---------
Charles E. Reynolds, --_____--- Campello, Mass.
Charles H. Reynolds, _____ .-_- State College, Pa.
Charles H. Reynolds, _____ Brooklyn, N. Y.
Rev. Charles L. Reynolds, D. D. ____._- Newark, N. J.
Rev. Charles N. Ransom ______--_ Natal, So. Africa
Mrs. Charles N. Ransom ___ _____ Boston, Mass.
Charles W. Reynolds, M. D. ------- - Covington, Ky.
Charles W. Reynolds, _________ Lakeview, Ore.
Charles W. Reynolds, -______._ Petcrsburgh, N. Y.
Miss Clara T. Reynolds, __-____- Jamaica Plains, Mass.
Clarence G. Reynolds, _--_ .___- Boston,
Clarence M. Reynolds, _-.__-_.- Brooklyn, N. Y.
Clarence N. Reynolds, ___---.._ Providence, R. I.
Cuyler Reynolds, .-_-_ -_--- Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. Catherine R. Allen - _ _ - . . _ - - Bristol, R. I.
Madame Albertine de Diaz -__- _-_- Nezv York City, N. Y.
Miss Maggie R. Baird -----_---- Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Julia R. Bartlett -- - Holyoke, Mass.
J. Colby Bassett, A. M., LL. B., - - Boston,
Mrs. Judith R. Boddie, ---__- Chicago, III.
James A. Bowman, -_-_--__-- Little Rock, Ark.
Herchelle A. Bowman, -_-_--__--""
Lester G. Brimmer, D. D. S., - - - - - - - Long Island City, N. Y.
Mrs. Lester G. Brimmer, --___-- ...<<<
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, -_------- Brooklyn, "
Mrs. Helen E. Brown, ____----- Lowell, Mass.
Jerome E. Brumfield, ----- ----- Rising Sim, Md.
Miss Stella May Butterfield, - _ - - - . - J J' est Somerville, Mass.
Leslie M. Campbell, --_--___-- St. Louis, Mo.
Mrs. Edgar N. Carver, --_---_--_ Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Lauretta H. Chase, -_____-_ Nczv York City, N. Y.
Mrs. Clare R. Chickering, - - - - - - - - " « "". «
Mrs. Frank E. Clark, - - - Ft. Fairfield, Me.
Luther Cole, ------------ Warren, R. I.
Miss Alice B. Cole, _ _ - -
John R. Congdon, ---._---_- Philadelphia, Pa.
Giles S. Congdon. -_______-- Bristol, R. I.
Mrs. Georgianna P. Cook, ---__-_-- Providence, R. I.
William L. Cowdin, -________-- Delphi, Iiid.
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Mrs. Jennie G. Gushing, . Frcdonia, N. Y.
Mrs. Marion G. Dean, ---.-.-.. jsTgw London, Conn.
Mrs. Perry Dodson, Widderbtirn, Ore.
Mrs. C. F. Dubray, - Westmount, Que.
Miss Lotta Farrington, Augusta, Me.
Mrs. Nevin M. Fenneman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Mrs. Katherine Field, Hartford, Conn.
-Mrs. Mary R. Foote, - Trenton, N. J.
Mrs. A. Ransaville Frome, ---_.-.-. Camden, "
Mrs. Lula A. R. Fowler, Pawtucket', R. I.
Mrs. Caroline E. Gardner, ---.--.. Jamaica Plains, Mass.
Sheridan E. Gardiner, M. D., - - - . - . . Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Mrs. M. E. Genung, --..---... Bronxville, N. Y.
Mrs. C. F. Gorham, - - - . . - ... St. John, N. B., Can.
Mrs. Flora L Gray, Ledyard, Conn.
Miss Margaret R. Starrat, .-..-.-. Winchester, Mass.
G. Raynolds Stearns, Jr., -------- - Buffalo, N. Y.
Miss Alice M. Stephen. ....---. Moiindsville, W. Va.
Mrs. Silas A. Swett, -.--.-..-- Campello, Mass.
i'rederick F. Street, .-......-- Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Emilee R. Tebbs, .---_--.-- Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Clara R. Temple, ..._....- Granville, N. Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Thomson, ........ Ossining, "
Miss Amelia Tood, -...-.--. Cross River,
Lucius E. Weaver, -___.-..-. Rochester, "
Mrs. John A. Webber, -.__ .._.. Waterville, Me.
Miss O. Lula Wicks, ..-__-.--. Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Emma R. Winslow, ---_..-. h'ew York City, N. )'.
-Mrs. Xancy Wolverton, .-__.--.. Chalmers, Itid.
Mrs. Emelette R. Woodard -__.--._ Bennington, Vt.
-Miss Bessie M. Woodard, ---_-.-.-."
Mrs. Ellen R. Wright, - . . . ..*... Caiiistota. .V. Y.
Mrs. \Valter S. \\ yman, .-_. ..... .4ugusta, Me.
Mrs. Lucile R. Hall. ---.--... Swampscott, Mass.
.Mrs. Clara Hanson, .---_-..-. Roosevelt, I'tah.
-Mrs. Orrin L. Hardy, -.---'---- Livermore Falls, Mc.
•Mrs. Edith Pierce Head, ---.-.-.. Caton.<!vilU'. Md.
•Mrs. Susan A. R. Heath, -..._... Norwich Tozvn, Conn.
-Mrs. William E. Henry, Fitchburg, Mass.
I'.yron E. Hodgkins, Bangor, Me.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes. ----__.._ Westerly, R. I.
Annie L. Johnson, _ . . . . Portland, Ore.
-Mrs. Clarence Johnson, ---....__." "
Mrs. Elmer Johnson, .s7. .llbans. I't.
Mrs. La Verne R. Johnson, - - - Montello. Mass.
.Mrs. Abbie R. Jones, -----..... .Irliugton, N. J.
.Mrs. Abbic L. R. Kelley, ----.... South .hncnia. .V. )'.
Arthur S. Kimball, East Orange. N. J.
Miss Clara I. Lock wood, --.-.... l\Jeu< York City. X. Y.
Miss Cornelia R. Logan. --.. Monticello. hid.
Edward Loughry, ----•--..-.." "
^frs.■ Dora M. Morang. . . . .... Praminqham. Mass.
Mrs. Myra R. ^TcNal)l). - - . .... Washington, P. C.
.Mrs. I'annie C. Xorthup, ... ..... .Isht-i-ille. N. C.
Mrs. Walter W. Norton, ... - .... I.akcville. Conn
Capt. John R. Patton, M. D., - - Iloboken. .V. J
•Arthur T. Parke. West Chester. Pa.
.Mrs. Harriet V. Peckham, New York City, N. Y.
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TJIK REYNOLDS FA^ULV ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Alilton Phillips, --._.. Hollis, L. I.
AJiss Lula V. Powers, ----- __-- Washington, D. C.
Airs. Lucie R. Sackett, ---- .----- Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Delia R. Sadtler, _ - - Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Marion R. Sandford, --------- Kansas City, Mo.
Rev. Adolph F. Schauffler, D. D., .._--- A'eiv York City, A. Y.
Mrs. Katherine C. Scott, - - - - PittsMd, N. II.
Mrs. Antoinette R. Scouller, _-._---- North East. Pa.
George R. See, ---------- Philadelphia, Pa
Mrs. Ruth R. Senft, ------------
Mrs. Vivien R. Seymour, --------- Monson, Mass.
Mrs. Mary L. Smith, ----- . . - . New York City, N. Y.
Mirian Spencer, ------ ----- Monticcllo, Ind.
Miss Margaret A. Reynolds, _--_-_- North Haven, Conn.
Milton H. Reynolds, ---------- Boston, Mass.
Miss Minnie L Reynolds, - - -- - - - - Fall River, Mass.
Miss Minnie L. Reynolds, _-__--._ Brooklyn, N. Y.
Myron Reynolds, --------- New York City,
Dr. Myron 11. Reynolds, --------- St. Paul, Minn.
Mrs. Nathan Reynolds, -.__----- Canton, Me.
Miss Nell Reynolds, ---------- Harrisburg, Pa.
Oliver C. Reynolds, --------- New York City, N. Y.
Orrin L. Reynolds, M. D., ----.----. Covington, Ky.
Mrs. Orrin L. Reynolds, ------------
Prescott D. Reynolds, ---------- Providence, R. I.
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, ----------- "
Philip M. Reynolds, --------- New York City, N. Y.
Ralph W. Reynolds, ----- _--- Pall River, Mass.
Robert D. Reynolds, ---------- Boston, Mass.
Roscoe C. Reynolds, ---------- Lezviston, Me.
Ruth Pierce Reynolds, -,- - - - - --- - Davisville, R. L
Samuel B.. Reynolds, ---------- IVestwood, N . J.
Miss Sarah A. Reynolds, --------- Wheeling, W. Va.
Miss Sarah B. Reynolds (life), - - - Kingston, N. Y.
Stephen W. Reynolds, ---------- Boston, Mass.
Thomas A. Reynolds, -------- New York City, N. Y
Thomas H. Reynolds, --------- Turner's Falls, Mass.
Thurlow J. Reynolds, ----------- Miami, Fla.
Ward B. Reynolds, - - - Nezv York City, N. Y.
W. Emerson Reynolds, --------- Monmouth, Me.
Welden H. Reynolds, ---------- Boston, Mass.
Wellington J. Reynolds, _---,._..- Chicago, III.
Wilbur A. Reynolds, D. D. S., - - - - - - - - Boston, Mass.
Wilbur T. Reynolds, --------- F.ast Greenwich, R. I.
Wilson C. Reynolds, --------- East Haddam, Conn.
Mrs. Wilson C. Reynolds, ---___.-"•' "
Wiley R. Reynolds, ---------- Jackson, .Mich.
William A. Reynolds, --------- Minneapolis, Minn.
^Villiam B. Reynolds, Esq., - -- - - - - - San Francisco, Cal.
Rev. William B. Reynolds, ---------- Bethel, J't.
Capt. William E. Reynolds, -------- San Francisco. Cal.
AN'illiam L. Reynolds, ---------- Pittsburgh', Pa.
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., ------- Neiv York City. N. Y.
William M. Reynolds, -.------""" "
William T. Reynolds, ---------"""
Kindred memories around me linger,
They pass too soon, and vanish ;
Brief hours spent, no more are mine,
Sad thoutihts -I fain would lianisli.
But this I know, where'er I go,
Our genial kinship ever
Will dwell with me in memory's joy,
With friendship lessened never.
— W. M. R.
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Qltufntg-Hgifttj Atinual Ipunion
tlife V^tfnaliia 3familg ABH0riati0tt
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION n
TWENTY - EIGHTH
ANNUAL REUNION
HOTEL McAI.PIN. NKW YOKK CITY
OCTOBER <>TII A%ri loin. |<)|<)
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"Whose Son Art Thou?"
1 Samuel: 17-58
The purpose of The Reynolds Family Association is to promote the
recognition of a general ancestry among the different branches of this
old family, which dates back several hundred years; to increase a bet-
ter acquaintance and more sociability among kindred, for the general
good for all ; to collect and make permanent record of interesting mate-
rials, and incidents in the family history of a genealogical and historical
character, of interest to the Reynolds Family.
Any of the descendants of the American Colonial families of the name
of Reynolds, either by blood or marriage, is eligible to membership in
this association. Applications for membership should be made to the sec-
retary, accompanied by one dollar, the annual membership fee, which
will be promptly acknowledged, and a genealogical blank to be filled out
by the applicant, returned by the secretary, together with a card of
membership, the genealogical blank will be turned o\er to the historians
to trace the Re\iiolds line to which the applicant belongs. The An-
nual Rcjiort will be sent free, to all members in good standing, together
with other interesting data for their information.
All niembers of The Re\ii()lds Family Association, are entitled to
the use of the Reynolds Coat of Arms, embossed stationery, corre-
sponding cards, jewelry, etc., bearing the Reynold;. Crest, whicli can
W obtained from the Secretary All members w ill be cheerfully aided
with any information to trace tiu'ir particular liranch of the family.
tor which hlanks will he furnished, from detail reports in the hands of
M'\eral historians. Complete lists of members are published in each
Annual Report; and each membci is permitted tn mtrodiicc candidates
idi membership in the Association; an\ m the ReynoKIs jmc, either b\
birth or intermarriage, ;ire eligible for im-mbersluii. ("he Association
will he pleased to receive any caretiilU prepared Reynolds genealogies,
or histor\ of the early pioneers, vvln\ li will receive careful consideration
ot the historians, ;in(l will be consideied tor publication in our Annual
Iv port.
Copies of nearly all ot the .Aiuuial Reports for the past twenty-eight
years, are in charge of the secretary, who will furnish these to members
or their friends, at 75 cents per copy.
3n iMpmnrtam
Mrs. Viola Annetta Derby Bromley, aged 73 years, of 494 Tenth
street, Brooklyn, widow of the late Rev. Henry Bromley, a resident
of Brooklyn for more than 50 years, and prominently identified with
Baptist Church work in Brooklyn, died April 14th, 19 19, of heart trou-
ble. Mrs. Bromley was born in Leominster, Mass., and was of Revo-
lutionary Ancestry. Her parents were Leander and Julia Reynolds
Derby. She was a member of the Colonial Daughters, the Daughters of
the American Revolution and the Founders of Norwich, Conn. Be-
fore her marriage Mrs. Bromley was a teacher in the public schools of
Brooklyn. Her husband was an assistant pastor of the Greenwood
Baptist Church, and was among its early members ; for many years she
was a member of the Ladies' Aid Society, the Baptist Circle, and also
was a member of the Board of Managers of the Brooklyn Baptist Home
for the Aged. She was a member of the Reynolds Family Association
for many years, in which she always showed a great interest. For a
number of years she held the office of Treasurer and Historian until
October, 19 18, she resigned on accoimt of failing health. She is sur-
vived by a sister, Mrs. Adelaide Niles; a niece. Miss Alice Niles, and
four nephews, Frederick, Charles, Glenn and Edwin Niles, all of
Coatsville, Pa. Fimeral services were held at the Greenwood Baptist
Church.
Twenty-eighth Annual Report
OF
THE REYNOL[)S FAMILY ASSOCIATION REUNION
HKLD AT
THE HOTEL McALPIN, NEW YORK CITY
OCTOBER 9-IO, 1919
PRESIDENT
W. .\1_\ loii Ri'Miold^ M. I). \iir York (Jify
VICE FkKSlDKN'l S
Harry C. Rexnolds, Esq. ScKinton. Pa.
Prof. Hannali |. Rcvnolds Os^iniru/. V. Y.
Wilson C. Rc\ Holds E<ist Udtlddrn, Conn.
jiulj^f Louis II. Reynolds lirooklsn. S . Y.
Lewis (lardner Reviiolds, funnder ot the Carnation Leaj^ue,
Rit htiiond , Ind.
joliii V. Rc\ nold- S'lith llniiri. (.'oriu.
I.dward H. Raiih / ndi{iritif>olis. hid.
ASSOC! AT K HIS TORI \\
Alvah Resnol.U .Htomi. 111.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Miss Fannie D. Holmes li'esierly, R. I.
HISTORIANS
Culyer Reynolds Albany, N. Y.
Mrs. Anna C. Rippier Brooklyn, N. Y.
Edward B. Raub Indianapolis, Ind.
Mrs. John F. Reynolds North Haven, Conn.
MUSICAL LMRECTOR
Gilbert Re>n()lds Combs of Con?ervat;)ry of Mu'^ic, Fli'l idelphia. Pa.
TOASTMASTER, 1920
Aliss Harriet L. Reynolds Grccinvich, Conn.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D New York City
Mrs. Frederick H. Senft Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Marion G. Dean New London, Conn.
M:ss Fannie D. Holmes Pf^esterly, R. I.
CHAPLAINS
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D Neivark, N. J.
Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds Keyport, N. J.
Rev. George Reynolds, D. D New Rochelle, N. Y.
Kev. Grafton T. Reynolds. D. D Carrick, Pa.
Rev. George C. Raynolds, D. D., M. D ...Berkeley, CaL
Rev. William B. Reynolds Bethel, Vt.
Rev. Charles Newton Ransom ...Natal, South Africa
Rev. John Reynolds MacKay, D. D New York City
The Annual Reception and business meeting of the Reynolds Fam-
ily Association was held in one of the parlors of Hotel McAlpin, New
\'ork City, on Thursday evening, October 9th. The meeting was
called to order by the President, Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, of New
York City.
The minutes of the Twenty-seventh Annual Meeting w€re read
by the Secretary — approved and accepted.
The Treasurer's report showing :i bahince in the Treasury was also
accepted.
REPORT OF TREASURER
October, 19 1 8, to October, 1 9 19
RECEIPTS
Membership dues for the year — $30J 29
From sale of Reports 8 50
From sale of Crests 3 00
From sale of Jewelry and Stationery 7 30
$320 09
PAYMENTS
Paid Expense of Reunion, Hotel McAlpin $ 75 00
Paid Printing Annual Reports, Notices, Cards and
Stationery 219 08
Paid Postage, Express, Parcel Post and Insurance 23 55
Balance in I reasury 2 46
$320 oq
The Treasurer's report was accepted.
OHirUAR^'
Alvah F. Reynolds, 66 years old, one of the pioneers of the whole-
sale and distributing cheese trade in New York, died suddenly at his
home in Madison, N. J., Marcli 27th, 1919. Congestion of lungs
caused his death.
Although engaged in the real estate business for the past fifteen years,
Mr. Reynolds had many friends here among the oKI timers, who were
greatU shocked when told of his demise.
Nearl\ forty years ago Mr. Reynolds and his hi other entered the
"game" uiuier the firm name of A. F. & J. J. Re\ iiolds, with their
place of business on West 'Fv\elfth street. Fater the business was
nioveil to 803 (ireenwich street, and about tuent\- three years ago to
345 Greenwich street.
Fi\e years afterward the partnership u a> dissolveii ami the brothers
went into business indein-ndently. A feu sears later Alvah Re\riolds
sold out to the Phenix Cheese Co., to engage in real estate.
Mr. Reynolils was .also active in politics in bis home fou 11 .uul Mor-
ris Count\. He u :is a member of the .Madison Morough Council .and
in l<)io ran for the New Jerses AssembU on the Republican 'I'icket.
He w.is also prominenr in lodge circles ;is l*ast Master of ()\erlook
8
I^odge, F. and A. M., of Summit, N. J.; Past Commander of the Mor-
ri'stown Commandery, Knights Templar; member of the Royal Ar-
canum and Sons of the American Revolution.
Mr. Reynold's wife died last August. He is survived by three daugh-
ters, Mrs. William Force, Mrs. Clifford Crane and Mrs. C. F. Snyder,
all of Madison, and one son, Elmer Reynolds, manager of the Buffalo
warehouse of the A. & P. Tea Co.
Rev. A. F. Schauffler, D. D., President of the New York City Mis-
sion Society, and one of the Chaplains of The Reynolds Family Asso-
ciation, passed into Life Eternal, February i8th, 1919. Dr. Schauffler
was the youngest of four sons; his mother, Mary Reynolds, was the first
unmarried missionary sent out by the American Board of Missions
to the Near East.
Dr. Schauffler's piodest boast to the members of the Reynolds family
was, it was due to the influence of his sainted mother during his early
life, that established a steadfast Christian character, which enabled him
to carry forward his great life work. The cause of missions the world
over has suffered an irreparable loss in the death of our kinsman and
friend.
After a long struggle for life, Raymond J. Revnolds of this place
passed away at a hospital in Sioux City, Thursday, December 5,
aged 37 years, i month and 16 days. He was taken sick with influenza
October 16. Pneumonia and other complications followed and every-
thing that human skill could do, was done to relieve suffering and
prolong life. He was finally taken to Sioux City in the hope that an
operation would prove beneficial But all efforts proved unavailing.
The body was brought to Wayne, Friday, and funeral services were
held at his late home Monday afternoon at 2 o'clock, being conducted
by Rev. S. X. Cross of the Presbyterian Church, of wliich the deceased
was a member. He was also a member of the Masonic lodge, and the
impressive burial service of that order was used at the grave in Green-
wood Cemetery. Out of respect to an esteemed fellow citizen, places
of business were closed during the funeral hour.
Raymond J. Reynolds was born in Clayton County, Iowa, October
19, 1 88 1. He was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Edward Reynolds. He
was 4 years old when his parents moved to Wayne, where he attended
school and grew to young manhood. For four years, from 1901 to
1905, he engaged in mercantile business with his father at Fullerton.
He was married December 22, 1902, to Jessie Austin. At the end of
the four years mentioned, he moved with his family to Wayne, and
spent the remainder of his days here. For a long time he was in the
employ of Ralph Rundell's grocery. Last spring he was elected City
Clerk, and was a very efficient and satisfactor\ officer. Mr. Reynolds
leaves his wife and one daughter, Helen, and one son, John Austin. He
also leaves his mother and five sisters and three brothers, as follows:
Mrs. L. C. Gildersleeve, Mrs. A. E. Gildersleeve, Mrs. C. S. Beebe,
Mrs. R. W. Ley, Mrs. H. B. Craven, C. W. Reynolds, Delos Reynolds
and Clyde Reynolds, the latter being with the American forces in
France. Mr. Reynolds was well known and well liked, and his death
is a source of profound regret. Heartiest sympathy goes out to the sor-
rowing relatives.
Joseph Woodward Dean was born 42 years ago in Franklin and had
lived in New London, Conn., for about fifteen years, one of the best
known locomotive engineers in the employ of the New York, New
Haven and Hartford Railroad, met with an accident which resulted
in his death. May 8th, 1919. He was highly regarded by his fellow
workmen and was known as a faithful and efficient employe.
Besides his wife, who before marriage was Miss Marion Gray, daugh-
ter of John M. Gray of Ledyard, he is survived by his mother, Mrs.
Susan M. Dean, and a sister. Miss Alice M. Dean of New London,
and a brother, Morris Dean of Boston.
Mrs. Ida Hastie Congdon, wife of John R. Congdon of Philadel-
phia, Pa., ill only three days with pneumonia, died (October 9th, 19 18.
REGRETS WERE READ FROM
Berkeley , Cal., 2502 Telegraph Avenue,
September 3rd, 1919.
Dear Miss Holmes:
The notice of the meeting of The Reynolds Family Association
has just today reached me and 1 hasten to respond. I inclose the annual
fee, and tell you how glad I should be to be present in person at this
reunion, but I am now cut off from personal touch with either the
East, in which this meeting is to be held, or the other East, which I
should have to go in the opposite direction to reach.
May I briefly tell you of my personal history since the letter of last
November was written from Forist Grove, Oregon? In the following
February I went to Kingsburg, Cal., near Fresno, where there is an
Armenian church ot which the pastor is one of the hoys brought up in
m\ orphanage in Van. In his congregation are no less than eighteen
others from the orphanage, as well as a dozen more from our Van
schools. Among them are five families in which both parents are from
my orphanage family. Nearly all these people are pn)sperous fruit
farmers, comfortabh estai)lished. and you may imagine that I found
ir ver\ pleasant sta\ ing .among them, as I did for several months.
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1 had hoped that my health would be sufficiently re-established so
that it might be possible for me to return to the hundred dear boys
whom I had been obliged to leave in my orphanage in Erivan, but this
hope was not realized, and so by the beginning of summer, I felt obliged
to relinquish it. About that time a party of Armenian refugees arrived
in San Francisco, among whom were two young ladies, who were also
from my Van Orphanage, who after graduating from our schools took
collegiate courses in other cities, and then taught in our school.
They had fled with the rest of the inhabitants of Van, when that city
was destroyed, in 1915, and were among our efficient helpers in relief
work during my recent service in Erivan. Two other members of the
party were young men, from Erivan, with the younger of whom I had
come into unusually close intimacy during my residence there.
These people had escaped from the Caucassus when the Turks over-
ran that section, in 1918, and with dangers and difficulities manifold,
had made their way across Siberia to Vladivostok, and now had reached
America. I found that these four were desirous of studying, two to
be physicians, one a nurse and one a civil engineei. So I have con-
stituted these four as my new family, I have taken a house near the
University of California, where we are pleasantly established in house-
keeping. They are all accepted in the university, and are hard at work
in their studies, and improving what opportunities present for earning
the money which shall enable them to meet their college expenses, while
I hope to be able to furnish them the home.
In doing this I also secure a home for myself, where I can feel that
I am a helper and not a burden to those with whom I am, while house-
keeping duties occupy my time in a way possible for an octogenarian.
1 hope thus to help four people to fit themselves for efficiently carry-
ing on the general work which T am no longer able to imdertake in
person.
With hearty greetings to the Pres-'dent and \ourself and an\ others
whom I know, and with best wishes for all who belong to the Reynolds
clan, I am yours most sincerely,
GEORGE C. RAYNOLDS.
39 North Tenth Street, Richmond, Ind.
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D. :
My dear Kinsman — I thank you sincerely for the cordial invitation.
I shall certainly be east soon, and when there will make a point of call-
ing upon you.
I have taken the chairmanship of this county for the Roosevelt Me-
morial drive for funds, and rather expect to be in the thick of it the
coming week. In case I am not present at the meeting or banquet,
please extend to the Association my very best wishes for a most suc-
cessful affair. Cordially yours,
LEWIS GARDNER REYNOLDS,
Founder of the Carnation League.
II
EVER IN MIND
In the winter, in the summer, 'mid the people that I meet.
Many faces pass before me — faces young and old T greet ;
Faces bright and full of vigor, full of life and hope and vim —
But in memory's thought how poorly all these seem compared to him.
In the winter, in the summer, like the ships that pass at night
(Hail each other in the passing, then from each pass out of sight).
So the faces gay and joyful, and the faces sad and dim.
Only serve to keep before me just one face — the face of him.
In the winter, in the summer, meet 1 many, meet I tev\-.
Am I always very busy, have I nothing much to do,
'Mid the faces, ever changing (call it fancy, call it whim).
Still my thought is ever turning to the well -loved face of him.
And the time seems very lonely, with the waiting long and sad,
For there's only one I look for — one that makes my poor heart glad.
In the present and the future, through the time that once had been,
Just one face I watch and look for — only one — the face of him.
8.^ Albany Avenue. Kingston, N. Y.
My dear Miss Holmes :
It is a matter of regret to me, that I will not be present at the An-
nual Reunion of The Reynolds Family Association in New York on the
lOth of October. I wish to extend sincere greetings to the Association
and its officers. Yours very truK',
SARAH B. REYNOLDS.
Clarinda, Iowa, April 7th. i<)U).
My dear Miss Holmes:
The invitation to the Twenty-eighth Reunion of Fhe Reynolds Fam-
ily Association is before me, and I very much regret m\ inablity to be
present on this occasion, but I am looking forwartl to the time when
I ma\ be afforded the privilege. .My peopii' tell me that 1 am always
looking up relatives, and I think it is true, for had it not been so 1 would
not now be a member of the R. F. A.
Wishing the .Association a pleasant and profitablr nieetmg. 1 am
sinccrelv,
JEANNE'ITE E. PAINTER.
Pre>^. Clarinda Woman's Club.
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GRANDE HOTEL
Praca Da Republica
Para, Brazil
Caixa Postal N.o 660,
End. Teleg.-Artancar,
2 1 St August, 1919.
Dear Doctor Reynolds:
As the time approaches for the reunion of The Reynolds Family As-
sociation, I find that again I am to be disappointed, and shall have to
miss the meeting this year.
Since my discharge from the Army I have been to London, Paris,
Oporto, Lisbon (Portugal), the Madeiras, and am now in Para,
Brazil, at the mouth of the Amazon River. I had hoped to get back
to New York by October, but I like this wonderful country so well that
I do not now expect to come back until about next June. About the
time the Association is in session in New York, I shall be in Iquitos,
Peru, 3200 mis. up the Amazon from here, and I shall be about eight
weeks out of touch with the outside world. I have just returned from
a little expedition down the Rios Moju and Tocantins, where we vis-
ited rubber and cocoa plantations and saw innumerable strange and
remarkable things. This Amazon country is really a wonderland for
the man from a temperate climate. So far it has not been as hot or as
uncomfortable as New York or Boston in summer, and our trips upon
the water are delightfully cool and comfortable.
In late October or early November I plan to go to Pernambuco,
Bahia, and Rio de Janeiro ; about New Year's to Buenos Ayres, March
to Chile, and be home in California by June ist.
My father's address is now
Lincoln O. Reynolds, Esq.,
Monticello Road, Box 14,
Napa, California,
which is to be my parents' new home, not more than two hours' ride
from San Francisco.
With kind regards to you and all the good friends and kinfolk, I am
sincerely yours,
MARION H. REYNOLDS.
P. S. — Had an airplane ride over St. Paul's in London, and after
returning to the country did four loops and a nose spin. It was great
sport !
My address is "Care of Mr. Fish,
"Porto do Para,
"Para, Brazil."
5c postage.
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Grace Church Rectory.
Niitley. N. J.. October 4th, 1919.
My dear Dr. Reynolds:
Mrs. Tinker and I deeply appreciate the kind courtesy extended to
us, but have to explain that we are in charge of this parish and so can-
not make it possible to get far away from our work for some time as
there is much to be done in gettmg started.
With every good wish, yours,
C. p. TINKER.
Spencer Methodist Church, Pittsburgh. Pa.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds:
My dear Doctor — I regret \er\ much at not being able to attend
the annual meeting of The Reynolds Family Association this year. It
would give me the greatest pleasure to meet with the clansmen from
different parts of the country and enter into the festivities of the oc-
casion. With sincere personal regards, I am very trul\ yours.
GRAFTON r. REYNOLDS.
Ke\port. N. J.
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D.
My dear Kinsman — I sincereh regret that an accident, which hap-
pened to me a few days since, prevents me from being present at the
Reunion. Mrs. Reynolds unites with me in best wishes for a \ tT\ suc-
cessful meeting. With kind rcg.irds, 1 am yours fraternalK.
FRANK r. H. RE>N()LDS.
Regrets were also received from Ha.xtcr ReMiolds, of Phihulelphia,
Pa.; David Re\nolds, East Orange, N. ].; Da\ id .A. Rt\ noKIs, lirook-
lyn, N. Y.; David R. Reynolds, St. Louis. Mo.; Rev. Dr. John R.
AlacKay, New York City; Joseph T. Richards. Philadelphia, Pa.;
John S, Ransom, Chicago, III.; Miss (lertrude P. Reynolds, East Had-
c'am. Conn.; Mrs. Eli/abcth M. Siliobci. Pine Uutf, .\rk.. and others.
i he Mieeting u a> tlini adjimriu-cl.
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On Friday evening, after an enjoyable and well arranged banquet
in the main dining room, the party adjourned to the Blue Room of the
hotel, which had been reserved for the occasion in which to hold their
meeting. The Toastmaster of the evening was Harrah B. Reynolds,
who came from Erie, Pa., to attend the reunion and introduce the
speakers. There was a goodly number of members present, the ladies
being in the majority.
At the opening of the meeting it was moved, seconded and carried,
that Professor Harrah J. Reynolds, who is 84 years old, and has been
a professor for thirty odd years, was elected an honorary member of the
Association (the first honorary member). Professor Reynolds in a
brief speech accepted with hearty thanks. He is the father of Harrah
B. Reynolds. Miss Celia Mary Reynolds was also elected to become
an honorary member, which was unanimously carried. Miss Reynolds
is a poetess, and for the past eighteen years has contributed an appro-
priate poem at each annual meeting. She addressed the assembly as
follows :
"I have been thinking it is eighteen years smce I joined this organiza-
tion, and for eighteen years I have read, or sent to be read, some prod-
uct of my mind and pen. You have been patient with me, and have
heartily expressed your appreciation of my little effort to entertain, and
possibly to benefit, those who have gathered at these meetings from year
to year. I have nothing to sa> except to thank you for all your kind-
ness.
The President of the Association, Ur. W. Mvron Reynolds, of this
city, reported that he had received many letters of appreciation of Miss
Celia M. Reynolds' poems which appeared in the last annual report.
Toastmaster: — "I am glad to be with you here again. This is the
second time 1 have been privileged to be here. Our President wrote
me two or three weeks ago and asked me to come down, and I wrote
back I would try to come. It is a great privilege, I assure you. How-
ever, I'm in trouble. I've received several different kinds of instruc-
tions in connection with this assignment. The President told me this
afternoon that I would be expected to make a speech, and father gave
me instructions not to make any talk, that my business was just to in-
troduce the speakers. And now the President informs me the speakers
haven't arrived and for me to spread out my talk as long as I can. I
haven't any engagement until tomorrow, so I will sta\ as long as the
rest do. I really haven't prepared any talk — haven't had time to think
of anything until a couple of hours ago.
"We have elected Miss Celia M. Reynolds to honorary membership,
and we are all proud to have her as our poetess. A school teacher was
trying to explain to her class the difference between poetry and prose.
She went on to explain about rythm, etc., and said, 'For example, if I
should say: "There was an old woman who lived on a hill, and if she
hasn't removed, she lives there still," that would be poetry. But if I
should say: "There was an old woman who lived on the hill, and
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is enjoying very good health," that would be prose.' And then she
asked if any of the pupils could give an illustration. 'Yes,' one pupil
said, "There w^as an old woman who fell in the well, and when she
was drowned she went straight to ." 'Teacher, what will you
have, poetry or prose?' I understand the subject of our poem this time
is to be 'Victory.' We are now at the close of the great war and this
poem is very apropos."
Miss Celia M, Reynolds: — "I wish to give to Dr. Reynolds the
credit for the subject of this poem. He sent me a suggestion that I
write on 'Victor\',' so I have tried to do it."
VICTORY
She had sat and watched at the battle-front
While fiercely the great guns boomed.
And over the arms that fought for the right
Defeat in its blackness loomed.
She had seen the forms (jf the stalwart men
Borne away from the bloody field
By thousands on thousands, their gallant swords
For freedom no more to wield.
For many and many a fearful mile
The crimsoning carnage swept,
And thinner grew the brave line of defense, —
Still her silent watch she kept.
Waiting and listening, at last she heard
Above the loud battle-roar
The coming of soldiers that over the sea
New strength to the Allies bore.
With their eager feet and their courage high
Took they in the ranks their place,
And on through the fierce rain of missiles marched
Straight into the enemy's face. ,
Then V'ictor\ rose to Ium ti-et. and u a\ ed
Her banner high in the air.
With gleams in her eyes, and a smile on her lips,
And a gIor\ -glint in her hair. —
A vision of beauty to all who watched
With her through those terror-days, —
A vision of gladness by millions cheered,
And praised in a tlmns.iiul ways.
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There are mightier battles yet to be fought,
And far greater triumphs won,
Although it shall be on bloodless fields
With never the sound of a gun.
The world must conquer its selfishness,
The natioris o'ercome their greed,
And all men yield to the power of love
In brotherly word and deed.
Yes, Victory stands by the side of the Christ
To witness the last great strife
When sin shall receive its final thrust,
And Righteousness dominate Life.
— CELIA MARY REYNOLDS.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, Secretary, then read a letter from one of
the members, Marcus T. Reynolds, of Albany, as follows:
September 30, 19 19.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, President,
The Reynolds Family Association.
My dear Dr. Reynolds:
The Twenty-eighth Annual Reunion leads me to question the tangi-
ble accomplishment of the twenty-seven which have preceded it.
One of the objects of the Association was the collection of data with
the intention of publishing a Reynolds' Family Genealogy. That this
object has been largely attained is evidenced in the annual reports by
the falling off in such contributions.
We may well ask whether it is not time to begin the work of actual
publication. The value of such a work is indispensable, as the results
of the time expended by members in collecting the records should be
put in more permanent, more available and more logical shape than the
fragmentary collections embodied in the series of annual reports.
As early as 1897 t:he writer began the work of unravelling the Ifne
of descent of John Reynolds of Stamford, concerning whom and his im-
mediate descendants little or nothing was known. At least a month
was spent in copying the records of Stamford, Greenwich, Fairfield,
Weathersfield and Watertown before the actual work of determining
the relationship of the numerous members of the earlier generations
could be commenced and the attempt to follow their descendants to
the present time, required the desultory labor of several years.
In the meantime much of the work has been duplicated by two mem-
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bers of this family, who might have been spared the trouble had they
known that the ground had already been covered.
This incident is given to illustrate the waste which results from not
having our printed records available.
If a Genealogy of the Reynolds Family is to be published I would
suggest the appointment of a representative of each of the original emi-
grants, who shall have charge of the work of collecting the records of
his tribe.
It is obvious, however, that there must be a head whose duty it will
be to determine an intelligent arrangement (if any there be) so that
ihe several representatives will follow the same scheme, to arrange the
data for publication, prepare the index and to serve as a clearing house
for such uncodified facts as may come to light, which ha\e baffled the
ingenuity of a representative, but which might be identified by one of
the others.
It is not to be expected that a competent genealogist will be found
to undertake such a labor without suitable remuneration.
The sale of the genealogy should provide sufficient funds to meet
the expenses of printing, provided its scope be limited to the recording
of facts and the following extravagances abrogated :
1. Theoretical discussion of the origin of the name.
2. Mythological flights into the realms of the British peerage.
^. Lines of collateral descent from ancestors not bearing the Rey-
nolds' name.
4. Biographical tributes to deceased progenitors.
5. Autobiographies.
h. Portraits (unless paid for by contributors).
Assuming that $2=^(X) will he ifcjuircd tor the saiar\ of the geneal-
ogist and necessar\ expenses, I shall be glad to be one of twenty-rive
members contributing i^icx^ each or to enter into any other reason-
able arrangement that may be determined on.
1 would suggest that at the coming ReutuOn the How of poetry,
oratory and anecdote be interrupted long enough to give the matter
attention.
Wtv sincerel\
MARCUS T. REYNOLDS.
President: — "If there is no objection, this letter will be made a part
of our next report, which we hope to get out and mailed to each mem-
ber not later than the last of November." Introducing toastmaster:
"We are very much honored by having one of our old members, of Erie,
Pennsylvania, come here to act as our toastmaster and enjoy this reunion
with us. I take great pleasure in introducing Mr. Harrah B. Reynolds,
who will take charge of the m.eeting now as toastmaster. He is the
son of Professor Harrah J. Reynolds. I just want to announce that
we have been favored by the District Superintendent of Schools of
Brooklyn, Mr. James J. McCabc, who has sent us fifty copies of
'Am.erica,' to be used in this meeting of the Association."
A unanimous vote of thanks was extended to Mr. McCabe for the
copies furnished the Association.
Toastmaster: — "We have just passed through a great war and we
are all enjoying the pleasure of Victory, although we haven't all appre-
ciated the high cost of living. I suppose that none of us can form anv
adequate idea of the misery there was in France. I was reading recent-
ly a little two or three page booklet, entitled 'Antwerp Road,' by Dr.
Van Dyke, describing vividly the wagon loads of furniture and the
refugees going in flight from their homes before the onrush of the Cier-
mans, and of some of them returning to their homes afterward, only to
find them devastated or burned, and we can partly understand the suf-
fering of those people. It has been a great war and has brought the
nations of the world closer together. Before the war we had different
ideas of the countries of the world than we now have. Perhaps we
thought of the Englishman as the man w^ho wanted to be in his evening
clothes by six, and drunk by ten ; of the Frenchman as the sporty, idle,
indolent fellow ; the Italian as the musician who liked to eat spaghetti,
and of the Spaniard, with long hair, who liked to gamble, and who
always carried a dagger, etc. The nations had vastly different ideas of
each other than they now have. We have found that great men of the
world live in every one of the countries, and that a great human bond of
sympathy exists between them. Each have shown their mettle, and in-
terest in one another has been awakened. Sometimes I wonder what
the nations of Europe thought of the United States. They thought of
us, perhaps, as an excellent commercial land, but not a war-like coun-
try ; as a land full of millions, but who couldn't possibly produce an
army ; a land of exaggeration, willing to claim about ten times as much
as they could accomplish. They thought of the United States as a land
of 'bluff', in other words. But as a result of the outcome of this war,
anything the United States claims to do or claims to produce will be im-
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mediately done and produced hereafter. They cannot beh'ttle the
United States now. The victory we made has given us prestige in the
eyes of other nations of the earth that we never previously had. Now
they look toward the United States to settle questions of national lib-
erty and doctrines of justice for all men, and the question on all lips
is 'Wliat is Wilson going to do?' Despite men like Llo\d George,
Clemenceau and others, the name of Wilson has become the first great
name, and his opinions and ideas, it is safe to say, outweighed any of
those at the peace table. They regarded him as the personification of
the United States, and it has placed our country in a wonderful posi-
tion as compared with other countries. If the final blow which brought
v;ctor\' had been up to some other nation, I wonder what would have
happened. The United States is producing food for Europe and feed-
ing Europe today. Not only that, but the other nations are in debt to
the United States in such figures as would have staggered financiers and
bankers of fifty years ago. If some other nation were in our position it
would be natural to suspect or expect that they would try to use their
i)osition as a lever to get the world under their will; but, to use the
words of a certain Spaniard, 'the American giant, pausing a moment,
v>ipes the sweat from his brow and resumes his daily task, like a noble,
generous soul, satisfied if he has done his duty.' That's the position the
United States occupies today in the eyes of world. Seventy-two thou-
sand American soldiers died in France, lifted their heads from the mud
and smiled — seventy-two thousand ! And we are told that if the war
had lasted six months longer, seventy thousand more would have died.
Why didn't it last longer? Because of the speed of the United States!
Every three months a quarter of a million of our soldiers landed in
I'rancc. There were about two million of them there and about one
million and a half ready to go, and the Germans knew it and were
scared to death, and that's the reason the war ended in November, in-
stead of six months later. American freight car after freight car, on
American tracks, full of American food and clothing, on their wav to
tlu- Allies at the front; American telephone and telegraph systems; all
kinds of coiiuuunications and connuercial enterprises for the use of th<
allies, gotten there by the United States in an increilibl\ short time; —
that was the thing that amazed the world. And the Germ:uis knew
that soon American aviators would be tl\ing over Herlin and other (ier-
man cities, imperiling their homes and fanulies, so they were ready to
(|uit.
"V\'e arc all proud ot the bu\ - uho went over there. 1 understand
that our Secretar\ is coirpiliug a list of the Reynolds boys who went to
the front. I am glad to say my son was in the Aviation serviir. He
didn't have an opportunity of gt'tting over, but he enlisted, and that is
the most am man could do. A poem occurs to me which might fit
in with the Reynolds Family (lenealogy. It is one I memorized; came
to mv attention throuuh a Post Office inspector of the Uiu'teil Sfafrv.
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It's about the aloe plant, which is like our century plant:
"THE ALOE PLANT
"Have you heard the tale of the aloe plant, which grows in the southern
clime?
By a humble growth of a hundred years it reaches its blooming time,
And then a wondrous bud at its crown bursts into a thousand flowers;
This floral queen, in its beauty seen, is the pride of the tropical bowers'
But the plant to the flower is a sacrifice.
For it bloomes but once, and in blooming it dies.
"Have you further heard of the aloe plant v\hicli blooms in the southern
clime,
How every one of its thousand flowers as they fall at the blooming time,
Is an infant plant which fastens its roots to the place where it falls on
the ground.
And as fast as they fall from the dying stem they grow lively and lovely
around?
By dying it liveth a thousand -fold,
In the young which spring from the death of the old.
"Have you heard the tale of the pelican, the Arabs' 'Gimel-el-Bahr'?
It dwells in the African solitudes where the birds that live lonely are?
Have you heard how it loves its tender young, how it toils and cares for
their good?
It fetches their water from fountains afar and it fishes the sea for their
food I
In famine it gi\'es them what love can devise.
The bloom of its bosom, and, feeding them, dies.
"Have you heard the tale they tell of the swan, the snow-white bird of
the lake?
It noiselessly floats on the silvery waves; it quietly sits in the brake:
It saves its song till the end of life, and then in the soft still even,
'Mid the golden light of the setting sun, it sin.gs as it soars into heaven:
And its beautiful notes fall back from the skies:
'Tis its only song, for. in singing it dies.
"Have you heard these tales? Shall 1 tell you of one far greater and bet-
ter than all?
Have you heard of Him whom the Heavens adore? Before whom the
host of them fall?
How he left the choir and anthems above, for earth in its wailing and
woes
To suffer the pain and the shame of the cross, to die for the life of his
foes?
Oh, Prince of the Nobles! Oh, Sufferer Divine!
What sorrow and sacrifice equal to Thine?
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"Have you heard this tale, the best of them all. the tale of the Holy and
True?
He died, but His life in untold souls lives on in the world anew:
His seed prevails, and in filling the earth like the stars fill the skies
above:
He taught us to yield up the love of life for the .sake of the life of love.
His death is our life, His loss is our gain!
The joy for the tear, the peace for the pain:
"Now hear these tales, ye weary and sad. \vh(; for other.s do give up
your all.
Our Savior hath taught us 'the seed that would urow in the earth's dark
bosom must fall,'
'Must hide away, and pass from view, and then the griin will appear';
'The seed that seem lo.'-t in the earth Ijelow will return many-fold in the
ear.'
By death comes life. b.\' loss come>; gain.
The joy for the tear, tht- peace for the i>aiti."
"It depends upon us — the kind of thoujilits \vf instill into our chil-
dren, just what kind vi Americnns the\ will gnnv to be. We are all
proud of the Reynolds family — ?ome come from Kentucky and some
irom Pennsylvania, man> are in the New England States. We'r?
quite a little above the average. Gradually the younger ones are taking
up the burden. I have two grandchildren — that is. both of n\\ chil-
dren are grand. One of the yoiuig fellows in the Aviation service with
my son told me that when he made his first ascent all his uncles and
cousins looked like aunts (ants)."
President, addrtssiny t'tast muster : — "I am sure your father, here, has
something to say to us."
Tunstnuister : — "It has been suggested tluit I introduce my father to
this audience. I heard of one father: His daughter had a sweetheart
and he asked permission to call upon her one evening. She said, 'yes,
you may come, but remember, father turns the lights off at m o'clock.'
He said, 'You ma\ expect me iibout ten.' 1 don't know how long
father will talk — he's somewhat like an eight-da\ clock. The question
!s. if he will run eight da\s without being wound, how long will be run
if he were wound \ip .''"
Professor Reynolds: — "1 am glail to be here to learn ot xour doing.,
\our whereabouts, and what >()U are expecting to do. I said at th'.*
table tonight that 1 commenced in this work ot the Re\(iolds Famih
Associaton in iHs'i. I received from an uncle of mine .ibout twent\-
fi\e or thirty narue> of our relatives. They tlidn't ilate back to the be-
ginning, but as I have been around here, there and elsewhere, I have
carried ;i book with me and am taking notes, >o that I ha\e now over
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400 nan es in my line, way back to John, ot Watertown. I have the
same on my mother's side; her name was Savage. I have 250 or 300
names there also. I have a record of my wife's father, the Broughtons,
and a record of her mother, a Hodgkiss, back to the first Hodgkiss of
this country. This genealogy business is the same as a woman with
her knitting, — you can work on it and lay it down as you choose. I
have all this information and some day some one will be glad to get
it, and will get it, too. If they don't, it will go to the Public Library.
My records includes dates, births, marriages and deaths. It doesn't
take much room or time and it's mighty convenient for my younger
brother to write and ask where so and so lives. He doesn't know but
wants to know, and wants me to tell him. He's younger than I am,
but he says he's been trying to catch up with me these last twenty years.
This matter of genealogy is very much like a hobby, only you can get
off of it, but you can't always get off a hobby. I tell you these things
because you can do this as well as I can. You can find some one who
will help you, and be glad to. Anything that can be done to increase
our membership so that our Secretary may print 1,000 names in the
report instead of 300, should be done. I can find ten times as many
Reynolds as we now have, right here in New York, Brooklyn and in
Westchester, and I am going to get some of them, too. I'm going to do
a little work for the family. I thank you."
To\ast master: — "Well, my father made a pretty good speech for a fel-
low that's half Savage. His mother was a Savage."
President: — "We have with us Mrs. Fred H. Seuft of Philadelphia,
the wife of a clergyman. She is a gifted speaker so we are going to
call upon her to say something."
Mrs. Seuft: — "I find these Reynolds meetings so interesting in their
speeches I enjoy attending them. I am the wife of a minister; he does
the preaching and expects me to do the practicing. I am very glad to
be here. My mother's name was Reynolds, and it is a very dear name
to me. My father's name is Swift. More than ever there's a good deal
in a name. I was really touched and pleased at the ending of our friend.
Miss Reynolds', poem. There's a great deal in relationship, and I am
so glad there was one among us, who can write of Him who gave His
life for us, and that we through Him, can be drawn to each other. I
am pleased to meet you and to hear these precious words, and I trust
we will all be better for this meeting."
Toastmaster : — "We had another man named Reynolds on our pro-
gram— it's a high fillutin name — H. F. Reynolds. He's in the steel
business. He was going to be here, but didn't arrive."
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President: — "We have a Mr. Reynolds, from Greenwich, Conn.,
with us, and we want to hear from him."
Mr. Reynolds of Greenuich: — "I am not a public speaker, not pre-
pared to say anything, but I am glad to be here, and I do want to say
to our Toastmaster that he hasn't anything on me. I, too, have a son
here, and I think he's the youngest one present — fourteen years old. I
think it is helping the Reynolds Family Association along to get the
young people to come, and believe that in another year I can, perhaps,
get more to come who live up around our way. I like this Association
verj' much, and would like to keep it up and get people interested in it.
Am glad to be here tonight."
Professor Reynolds: — "I asked our Secretary a few weeks ago to
send me a half dozen copies of the regular notices she sends us, and she
sent me a dozen. I sent them to those I know in my own line and
outside my line that I know. It costs but one cent to send them, and
might wake some others up to an understanding that the Reynolds
family amounts to something."
Toastmaster : — "We are glad to hear both of these gentlemen speak.
We, like Brother Reynolds of Greenwich, think a great deal of the
Reynolds famih — love it just as much as you do."
Toastmaster : — "Mrs. Dean is with us tonight. She is one of the
older members of our Association. Has been a member of these meet-
mgs for years and we will all be glad to hear something from her."
Mrs. Mnrion G. Dean: — "I am not a public speaker, so beg to be
excused. But 1 am glad to be with the Reynolds family tonight."
Toastmaster : — "We have a man with us who luakes pictures, Mr.
Schmand."
Mr. J. Philip Schmand, No. i West Sixty-seventh Street: — "While
1 work with my hands and with my mind, it is difficult to put it into
words. I am here by courtesy of Dr. Reynt>lds and it is a new and
unusual experience for me to be at a meeting of this kind. It must be
really nice to get together in this way. With reference to pictures. I
am afraid I can't tell you much about them. My work is painting
portraits and luiniatures, and cunscciuently I am ver\ f(tnd of (jildcn
Stuart, painter of the W^ashington portraits, whose vault, by the wa> .
I happened to come across in a cemetery on the outskirtN ot lioston on
-.' trip there recently. I might say that when you see a completed
portrait you probably do not realize what I mean by saying I draw up
in mind to the point of starting to paint. For instance. I have a num-
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ber of sittings, positions and arrangements before I get to the point
where I can start to paint. I make a number of little sketches, and
vvork out a number of positions before I get what I want. If there
were an individual here I wished to paint, I would study them until
I got a clear character arrangement in n\v mental eye, then I would
commence to paint, and it takes a very long time to complete a picture."
Toastinaster: — "That's interesting. Two or three years ago I Was
the teacher of a Bible class in Sunday school, consisting of young men
about twenty-one years of age. About half the boys were from the
Syracuse University. One evening my good wife prepared a supper for
the class; there were about twenty or twenty-five boys there. VVe had
one long table extending through the parlor. The president of the
class acted as toastmaster, and every one present was required to make
a speech. One worked in a button factory; another told us he was
takmg a course in forestry at the Syracuse University. Another oper-
ated a moving picture machine. The result was that at the close of
that evening we got pretty well acquainted with each other. 7'hat's
the way to become acquainted with one another. [ would like to know-
about each one here, — where j-ou live, how man\ children you have,
whether you are married, or whether you are just looking around. If
we knew about each other, how much more interested we would be!"
Toastmaster: — "I will call on Mr. Congdon of Philadelphia."
Mr. Congdon: — "I am glad to be here. My mother was a Reynolds.
It is not my practice to make speeches, but thank you for calling on me."
Toastmaster: — "I am going to call on one of the Hoy Scouts, who
will tell us something of their training. This young man is a high
school graduate and one of the first of the banner Bov Scouts. He's
the son of Mr. Frank V. R. Reynolds from Greenwich. Conn. He's
a high degree scout, this little scout."
A Young Boy Scout: — "The Boy Scouts of America is one of the
inany organizations for boys from -12 to i8 years. I think it is best
of all these organizations, because of the wonderful oath and
law every boy, on becoming a scout must learn and take to heart.
Another reason is, because it is recognized by the Government and is
authorized by Congress to wear the uniform of the U. S. Army.
"To form a scout troop in a town, there must be three men to act as
a council. Next there must be at least 8 boys to form the troop and a
man to act as scoutmaster.
"When the troop is formed, the boys pass their Tenderfoot tests,
which are a little history of this country, must know how to tie nine
knots and must also know the respects due to the American flag. The
next tests to pass are the Second class tests which include trailing,
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signaling, first aid and cooking. Then come the First class tests, in
which are advanced first aid, cooking, nature study, signaling, map
making and other studies.
"After a boy becomes a first class scout, he is eligible to try for Mer-
it Badges. These are arranged in a certain order so that when a boy
has obtained a designated number of them, he becomes a Life Scout,
then a Star Scout and then an Eagle Scout.
"Besides all this, tl^.e U. S. Government has given medals to all the
Liberty Loans and in the W. S. S. campaigns. Therefore, there are al-
ways ways to improve for the boy who is a Scout.
"I haven't quite graduated yet. I have not yet reached the
liigh degree. I'm a first class scout, though, working for my life
membership. To get that, you have to have five merit badges. I have
all but athletics. Because I am a little heav\ and can't lift my feet
and get round fast enough, haven't gotten that \et. Scout work is
very interesting. All who like boys and who like outdoor sports should
bt interested. In our troops there are twent\-f()ur boys. Six are first
class. To get to be first class you have to know first aid, swimming,
know your compass (box it), then you have to know Scout Law, which
is very important. And have to know how to cook. That, too, is im-
portant. Some fellows think that's a girl's job, bu: it's very interesting
to cook your own meals. This scout troop is not a military organiza-
tion, except that we have to learn about marching in parades at simple
formation. The Bo\ Scouts of America is the only organization that
is permitted by the United States Government to wear uniforms like
the United States soldier. It is almost like it, and often mistaken for
an officer's field uniform. I have often had .oldiers salute me,
very smartly, and I return the salute. A good scout troop has
lo have a ver\ live leader, although some troops do live without a
leader. But of course a leader is better. Our troop has three — snake,
beaver and fox. I'm the leader of the snake. We rattle a stone in a
tin can, which >^()UIld^ like a rattlesnake, although it doesn't ver>' much.
During tlic war the Scouts had quite a good deal to do. The\ took
part in all the Red Cross campaigns, and also Liberty Loan and War
Savings Stamps campaign. For each loan the\ worked in they received
a bar. I-'or selling $2^n.iX) worth of W. S. S. the\ received an ace
medal, and for every additional ^uhux) worth tiiev sold they received
a bronze medal. Our troop has about four medaU and four palms.
Mapmaking is another thing we have to learn. The Colonel in com-
n>and passes on the maps. He was ui the Artillery Corps, and is very
particular. He said there were too manv men killed in this war on
account of poor maps. We have to be very accurate on our maps, as
the least thing w rotig will knock us out. I have a First Class Badge
«in. I his he exhibited. 'I'o see that a compass points true is very im-
portant: I will hn\ the compass for vou. Scouts with corners of mouth
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turned up take an obligation, etc. There is a Boy Scout Manual we
must all learn. Every fellow is required to learn that also, one para-
graph is: 'On my honor I will do my best to obey the Scout Law/
You can get a Scout Manuel at any stationery store."
Whitman M. Reynolds.
Boy Scout of Greenwich, Conn.
Toast master : — "That young fellow niade the best speech of the
evening."
Samuel Reynolds: — "Speechmaking is something I can't do, but wish
to say that I hope to be with you at these meetings every year."
Harriet Reynolds: — "I am a member of the Reynolds family. I
think our family has been sufficiently represented here tonight without
me, but the poem our gifted Toastmaster recited about the aloe plant re-
calls to my mind one I read, which was written by Joj^ce Kilmer, one
of our hero poets, who made the great sacrifice in France in August,
191 8. It is entitled 'Trees':
TREES
"I think that I shall never see
A poem lovely as a tree.
"A tree whose hungry mouth is prest
Against the earth's sweet flowing breast;
"A tree that looks at God all day
And lifts her leafy arms to pray;
"A tree that may in summer wear
A nest of rohins in her hair;
"Upon whose bosom snow has lain ;
Who intimately lives with rain.
"Poems are made by fools like me,
But only God can make a tree."
"I am sure I am expressing the sentiments of all present in saying we
all enjoy these annual meetings. But 1 think we enjoy the hour around
the banquet table most ; and stimulated by art and wisdom, I am sure
we all need to be proud of our ancestry, but we are sometimes sorry,
too, for those people who have nothing but their ancestry to be proud
of. Two women were discussing their ancestry. One of them re-
marked : 'Well, really, I do not possess any knowledge whatsoever of
my ancestry, but I do know I have been descending for generations.'
I have much data concerning my splendid ancestry. I am greatly in-
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terested in these reunions and it is with a great deal of pleasure I came
here tonight. Am very glad I am a Reynolds and connected in some
way with you. Would like to take this opportunity to state that my
anticipated pleasure in coming here tonight has been more than realized
in fraternizing with those who bear the same name as mine. And I
shall hope to meet all of )ou on a similar occasion, wherever the Asso-
ciation meets. I do not know all of your names, but I do like the pleas-
ant faces and you all do look so pleasant. I never forget a face with
a smile. The Reynolds family seems to have the happy faculty of keep-
ing their faces to the sunshine. Your faces here tonight inspire these
words: 'When you smile, another smiles, and soon there's miles and
miles of smiles, and oh, life's worth while, when a Reynolds smiles!'
Toastmaster : — "We should all be interested in birds and trees. Re-
member the first Psalms: 'And he shall be like a tree planted by the
rivers of water, that bringeth forth fruit in its season.' A righteous
man ought to have good stock, — not only come from good ancestry, but
have good spiritual growth ; not grow at random, but be planted for a
purpose and find out where his nlace in life is. 1 he palm tree is the
most erect ; has no knots in it ; from it we get our palm leaf fans and
many other things. A palm branch is also symbolical of victory and re-
joicing. Then there is the cocoa palm, from which comes the cocoanut.
And in Africa the people drink the juice of the cocoan\it. I appre-
ciated the poem about trees very much indeed."
Miss Bessie M. H'ooduard of Vermont: — "It is a pleasure and an
honcjr to be able to add my voice here tonight, and I don't mean it
shall be the last meeting of the Reynolds family 1 am going to attend."
A wireless message came to me
And started my hopes to boom:
Not like Marconi's, acrcss the sea.
liut .simply across the room.
You wouldn't have understood. I'm sur»'.
But you .see I held the key;
And brief it was, hut it meant far more
Than .a thou.sand words to me.
l-'or it sped along as a hopeful ray
When my chance to win was black;
And swift as the messape camo my way.
I flashed anoth«T l)ack.
Ami MOW thai I'vf spoken niy heart so free
1 am sure you can surmise
"Twas the wlreU'Ss message that eame t«) m»'
From the <li-pllis of in>- sw.-et heart's eyes.
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Toastmnster: — "There is one more to hear fro ->. He told r^e he
didn't want to speak if there were enough others. That's our Presi-
dent. But we couldn't let him get away without making the speech
of the evening. We want Dr. W. Myron Reynolds to tell us some
of his activities in New York City. I want him to tell us something
about the Town Marshall finding some German suspects. The Doctor
did some things for the United States during the war."
"Mr. Toastmnster and Members of the Reynolds Fatnily :
"Since I have been one of the of^cers of this Association, I thought
for -a. number of years that our membership in this Association should be
doubled, or even quadrupled, and for that reason I have written scores,
yes, hundreds of letters, and have had frequent interviews with in-
dividual Reynolds, usually doing most of the talking. I have found
many bearing the Reynolds nam.e who are eligible for membership
with us, but who are not yet members of tliis Association, because, as
some have told me, they have never been invited into our member-
ship. These interviews, however, have resulted in bringing in some addi-
tional members; other interviews were intended to gather some details
of their family history that might be recorded in our Annual Reports
when found of interest to our members. I have been trying for years
to learn incidents that have occurred in the different Reynolds familes
for these reports, as well as collect details for a genealogy of the fam-
ily, and have talked with quite a number of our members to get their
suggestions for this work.
"Some ten years ago, one of our active members promised he would
have the genealogy of the Reynolds family written up at his individual
expense, but financial reverses came upon him shortly afterward which
caused him to change his mind and abandon his good resolution.
"Several of our members have had the individual branches of their
family written, some have also had theirs published but have failed to
connect with other branches, because they had no data of those branches
to complete their work. I am still hoping that some way may be
brought about whereby this work of the five branches of the Reynolds
lamily may be compiled for the benefit of the present as well as future
generations.
"Mr. Marcus T. Reynolds of Albany, whose letter was read at this
meeting, has had the same object in mind for several years. Most of
the Reynolds that I have met in my interviews are unusually modest;
I have found it difficult to get from them facts in their family history,
because they thought such matters of no interest to others, outside of
their immediate families; but we want all the facts in the five different
branches, that we may complete our genealogy, any facts of their own
family, or of any other Reynolds that would be of interest to publish in
our Annual Reports. /
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"When the United States entered the world war quite a number of our
members, as well as many others bearing the Reynolds name not mem-
bers of this Association, offered their services to the Government and
tried to do their part in bring about lasting victory. Our Toastmaster
has asked about my part in this work personally. Being beyond the
age limit of enlistment, I offered my services to the Government during
the period of the war without compensation. I examined several hun-
dred of the drafted and enlisted men, without the hope of fee or reward.
1 found many of the men had come here to enlist with only sufficient
money to get them to this city, expecting that Uncle Sam would take
care of them as soon as they arrived here. They were frequently de-
layed for several days before their enlistment could be brought about ;
some of these men were delayed in after-examination, while waiting
to be finally accepted, sometimes for hours, some would become a little
(iiscouraged, being without means and sometimes hungry.
'I gave some of these as good a dinner as I enjoyed myself and saw
they had something in tlieir pocket for a night's lodging. About this
time the police captain in the precinct where my office is located, which
takes in from Fifty-ninth street, west of the park, to One Hundred and
Tenth street, called on me and asked if I would be one of the physicians
in his precinct to attend emergency cases without fees during the period
of the war. I promised I would do so, and at the same time suggested
to him that we should have from twenty-five to fifty women of the pre-
cinct, who should be instructed how to cut and prepare bandages, and
apply bandages in cases of emergency, in accident cases, or in their own
homes, where they might assist the doctors in such emergencies, for this
purpose, notices were sent out and a meeting called in a convenient hall
to organize these volunteer workers; they responded willingly, and I
gave two evenings a week instructing those who came, for several
months, until they were well qualified for this minor work. This sug-
gestion was made to secure the help of these women, because I found
it was impossible to get trained nurses at the time, as nearly all of the
trained nurses had given their services to the Government, in the Red
Cross work. Fortunately, these volunteer women had little of the
emergency work to do after their instruction, unless their ser\ices were
re(|uired in their own homes, for which the\ were much better pre-
pared 1)\ the superficial training the\ had recei\ed. And so. Mr. Toast-
master, there arc some things that we as a famil\, ha\e a right to be
proud of; I also, am proud of our tainil\ name; I am prouil of our As-
sociation ; and of those who have come forward in the emergenc\' of the
[last two \<•al^, ami ilid what they could ftu- humanity and for our be-
loved country. 1 am also proud of the fact that evers memin-r of
the Reynolds famil\ Association is one huiulred per cent .American.
Now, Mr. Toastmaster, a^ 1 lia\c alreads iiulicatcii, I ha\e been do-
ing most of tlie talking for the Association for a number of \ears; I
had the promise of several good speakers for this evening, ami had no
so
intention of taking any part in these addresses; there are others here
whose voices we have not yet heard, and I am quite sure we would all
be better pleased to listen to them.
THE WILLING MAN
He goes to his task with a song and a smile,
He never says "maybe" and "after a while,"
The fellow that's willing to work.
But he lives in the sunshine that gladdens the day
And he lightens each load, by his good natured way —
The fellow that's willing to work.
He isn't afraid of the trusts that expand.
He doesn't look forward to woe in the land,
The fellow th.it's willing to work.
For he knows, that the earth will give food, drink, and air,
And there's always enough and a little to spare
For the fellow that's willing to work.
Toastmastcr : "I suggest we close our meeting by singing one verse
of 'The Star Spangled Banner.' But first, I want to give you a short
poem which seems to me to express what we as a family should try to
do. You are interested more in your immediate family than you are in
mine ; and I am interested more in my wife and children than I am in
you ; but we have an honest feeling for each other, and I think the
words of this little poem will appeal to all of us:
1 live for those who love me, for those I know are true;
For the Heaven that smiles above me, and awaits my spirit too;
For the human ties that bind me, for the tasks by God assigned me,
For the bright hopes left behind me, and the good that I can do.
I live to learn their story, who've suffered for my sake;
To emulate their glory, and follow in their wake;
Bards, martyrs, patriots, sages; the noble of all ages
Whose deeds crown history's pages, and time's great volume make.
I live to hail that season by gifted minds foretold
When men shall rule by reason and not alone by gold;
When, man to man united, and every wrong thing righted.
The whole world shall be lighted as Eden was of old.
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I live to hold commur.ion with all tliat i.s Divine;
To feel there is a union twixt Nature's heart and mine;
To profit by affliction, reap truth from fields of fiction,
Grow wiser from conviction, and fulfill each grand design.
I live for those who love me, for those who know me true;
For the Heaven that smiles above me and awaits my coming too;
For the cause that lacks assistance, for the wrongs that need resistance,
Foi- the futui-e in the distance, and the good that I can do.
It was a pleasure to have with us at the Reunion one of the mem-
bers, Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Senft, wife of Rev. Frederic H. Senft of
560 North Tw^entieth Street, Philadelphia, who are the founders of the
Hebron Home for Rest and Christian Fellowship. A Chapel is in con-
nection with it, where public services are held. From the weekly Bible
and Missionary class have gone over a score of young people, repre-
senting Palestine, India, China, Tibet and Africa, three in the latter
Held, with over $175,000.00 receipts for Foreign Missionary work.
"The Eyes of the Lx)rd thy God are always upon it, from the be-
ginning of the year unto the end of the year." Deut. XI, 12.
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REV. CHBRUES LEE RE-^MOLDa,
The following is taken from the New York Herald of September
2ist, 1919:
The Rev. Dr. Charles Lee Reynolds, pastor of the Park Presbyterian
Church, Newark, N. J., will be the author of the sermon to appear on
the editorial page of the Herald a week from today. Its subject will be
"A Sick World and a Vicarious Earth."
There are eighty stars on the service flag of Park Church, which is
one of the largest and most influential in the Presbytery of Newark.
The flag has three gold stars. They are for McLaren Witsell, who died
in camp ; William Searles, who died in a hospital in France, and John
Crane, who as a captain in the aviation service went with his squad in-
to an air battle and never returned.
Dr. Reynolds has been instrumental in forming the Newark Federa-
tion of Protestant churches and is now chairman of a committee to se-
cure a general secretary for this organization.
The war activities of Park Church were so many and its interests so
keen that a pamphlet was published in order to put into print the work
that has been done and that it was expected would be done.
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Dr. Reynolds is a member of the Newark Rotary Club, and he has
frequently addressed international conventions of that organization. He
is a member of the International Speakers' Bureau.
Park Church was recently rebuilt after a fire which completely des-
troyed its interior and roof. The edifice now boasts of the largest
church organ in Newark and one of the largest in the country.
Dr. Reynolds is the Hrst vice-president of the Reynolds Association
of America. This is composed of the hundreds of members of the va-
vious branches of the Reynolds family residing in the United States.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, of this city, is the president.
The clergyman and his wife and younger daughter, Margaret, have
returned from a summer vacation at Pocono Mountains, Pa. 'The
•elder daughter Eleanor, spent the summer at Camp Oneok, a camp
for girls not far away. The Newark home is at No. 239A Mount
Prospect avenue.
Dr. Reynolds is a graduate of Washington and Jefferson College,
Washington, Pennsylvania, and of McCormick Theological Seminary,
Chicago. He came to Newark four years ago from the pastorate of the
First Presbyterian Church, Lexington, Ky. where he was the incum-
bent ten years. He was reared in Kansas City.
In Newark Dr. Reynolds succeeded the Rev. Dr. John McDowell,
w ho resigned to accept the pastorate of the Brown Memorial Presby-
terian church, Baltimore. Dr. McDowell has now left Baltimore to
become a Secretary of the Presbyterian Board of Home Missions, with
headquarters in this city.
The sermon on the editorial page of today is by the Rev. John J.
Buckley, a priest on the staflF of the Roman Catholic Church of St.
Paul the Apostle, Columbus avenue and Sixtieth street.
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The twenty-ninth annual Reunion and Banquet will be held October
9, 1920, at Hotel McAlpin, New York City. Miss Harriet L. Rey-
nolds of Greenwich, Ccnin,. will act as Toastniaster and have entire
charge uf the post-prandial exercises.
The Secretar\ ^ho^^ld be notified prDUiptK ot deaths, and changes
made in addresses.
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It is well known that many of the Reynolds family are lovers of
flowers. It may not, however, be known to some of our younger mem-
bers, that one of our kinsman, C. Leslie Reynolds, while in charge of
the National Botanic Garden at Washington, developed and perfected
the American Beauty rose, and dedicated it to the Reynolds family.
One who for thirty years, devoted his patient care to perfecting plant
life and flower culture, should have his name ever kept before his kins-
men, in the exquisite beauty of our fragrant family flower.
If yoQ have a rose for me.
Give it to me now.
Keep it not till I am dead.
Until ambitions fully fled, ,
And no need of daily bread.
If you have a rose for me.
Give it to me now.
Copies of the 28th Annual Report and most of the previous reports
may be secured from the Secretary at 75c each.
The authentic Reynolds Crest for framing, printed in appropriate
permanent colors, by a genealogical artist are attractive and may be
purchased from the Secretary at $3.50 each.
The watch fobs, are gold plated on bronze, which will retain an
"Old Roman Gold color" with the family crest engraved by an expert,
suspended by a heavy black gros grain ribbon, price $4.00 each.
A new line of embossed stationery, 24 sheets of letter paper and en-
velopes, price $1.00 per box.
Twenty-four correspondence cards, and envelopes, price $1.00 per
box.
Also, a line of printed stationery at 75c per box.
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HONOR ROLL
"Welcome home, ye living sons Ameirica hath bred!
You fought to make the whole world free,
And the Victory is won."
The lords of War are heaten down, vour glorious task is done.
PRESIDENT AND MEMBER
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., served in the Medical Corps without
compensation during the period of war.
ONE SON A MEMBER
Myron Reynolds, served with the Red Cross in Paris, France for
two months.
ANOTHER SON A MEMBER
Oliver C. Reynolds Served with the Y. M. C. A. in France for six
months.
NEPHEW OF MISS JEANETTE PAINTER A MEMBER
Charles William Morgan, i68th Iowa 42nd or Rainbow [)i\ ision,
18 months overseas, saw service in the battles of Luneville, Champagne,
Chateau Thierrw the Clureq, St. Mihiel. Argonne-Meuse, Sedan and
Army of the Rhine.
NEPHEW OF MISS JEANETTE PAINTER A MEMBER
Virgil Painter Morgan, 332 Field Artillery, 86 Division ( Black-
hawk) siv months' overseas service.
NIECE OF .MISS jEANE'l'IF I'Al.N IKR A .\1K.\IBKR
Maude O. Morgan, U. S., Navy Nurse, m\ months' service at (ireat
Lakes Naval Fraining Station and ( icorgctown Hospital, Washington,
D. C.
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COUSIN OF MISS JEANETTE PAINTER A MEMBER
Dr. W. W. Harrington, Medical Corps, 88th Division, six months'
service overseas.
BROTHER OF MISS O. LULA WICKS A MEMBER
John Newton Wicks, Sergeant, First Class, Ambulance Co. 327,
307 Sanitary Train, 82nd Division went overseas May 17, 1918. Serv-
ed on three fronts. Returned May 6, 1919. Discharged May 15, I9i9-
NEPHEW OF MISS O. LULA WICKS A MEMBER
Preston Stallings Wicks, Corporal, 8 Photo Section went overseas
June 29, 191 8. Worked in photographic laboratory at Tours the
whole time. Returned April 28, 1919- Discharged May 14, 1919-
HARDY GOUGH REYNOLDS A MEMBER
Had Service on Submarine G3, L8, Rib, and U. S. S. Bearer
Enlisted June 4, 19 17. Graduated from Electric School in Brook-
lyn, Jan. 6, 1918. Finished a course of submarine training at New
London, Conn., March 20, 19 18. After 2 months' submarine patrol on
the east coast, was transferred to "R" Flotilla which was under
construction in San Francisco, Cal. Went into commission with the
"R 16". Later transferred to the tender U. S. Bearer. Traveling for
the Philadelphia Storage Battery Co. Was commissioned ensign, en-
gineer's office at Mare Island, Cal., in April, 19 19. Released in June
to inactive duty but still a reserve officer.
NEPHEW OF EDWIN G. REYNOLDS A MEMBER
Charles R. Van Iderstine, Co. G, 315th Infantry, 79th Division
(Private) was gassed Nov. 3, 19 18, Verdun front and returned as
casual Feb. 22, 1919. Enlisted May 26, 1918. Discharged March 5.
1919.
NEPHEW OF MISS FANNIE D. HOLMES A MEMBER
Arthur Holmes Coy, entered service May 25, 19 18. From Camp
Mead was sent overseas, arriving in France, July 18, 19 18. Co. I,
314 Infantry, 79th division. Transferred to Co. E., iioth Infantry,
28 Div., A. E. F. At the front in St. Mihiel drive, Nov. 11, 1918.
Then in army of occupation. Returned to Camp Dix, May 23. Dis-
charged May 24, 1919-
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SON OF JOHN S. RANSOM A MEMBER
Henry Cecil Ransom enlisted May 191 7. Went to a training camp
at Fort Sheridan, commissioned as 2nd lieutenant. Served 3 months
where he received the high honor of being sent abroad for observation
and instruction, sailing Sept. 7, 19 17. In training school at Valreas
until Feb., 1918. Was then transferred to 23nd Infantry Regular to
Machine Gun battaHon of that Reg. Later transferred to the 5th
Machine Gun battalion, called by Gen. Pershing, "the fighting fifth."
Was later raised to first lieutenant. Reached home, Aug., 1919. Dis-
charged later in the month. He w^as at the front at Verdun, at Cha-
teau-Thierry, St. Mihiel and on Nov. ii u^as at Mont Faucon. Then
in Anny of Occupation. Returned in July, 19 19. being gone 22
months.
BROTHER OF MISS DES MONDE B. REYNOLDS A MEM-
BER
Major Charles B. Reynolds, M. D., entered service June 15, 1917-
Regimental Surgeon, 309th Infantry, 78th Division. 14 months in
France. Gassed in action in Meuse, Argonne. Recovered health.
SON OF JOHN J. REYNOLDS A MEMBER
Sergeant Frederick L. Reynolds, 318 Ambulance Co., 305 Sani-
tary Train, 80th Division, enlisted May 3, 1917. May 25, 1918,
sailed for France. In the St. Mihiel offensive of Sept. 16 and 26,
1918, and the Meuse and Argonne offensive of Oct. 2, 8 and 12, and
Nov. I to loth, 1918. In March, 1919, sent by army department
from Pimelles, France, to Liverpool, thence to University College of
Wales, Abersyw^ith, as a special student of the government. Returned
July 27, 1919. Discharged from Camp Mills, N. Y., Aug. I, I9I9-
(Gardner Shaw Reynolds, son of Dr. Myron H. Reynolds of St.
Paul, Minn., enhsted at 19 years. U. S. Marine Corps June 17, 1919,
served 2 years 153rd Co., ist Reg. Cuban service and I53rtl Co., 2nd
Reg. Haytian service. Saw active service in Cuba and actual fighting
in Haiti suppressing revolution.
Robert T. Reynolds, son of Dr. Myron H, Reynolds of St. Paul,
Minn., enlisted in tlie marines fall of 191 8, then aged 18 years, but was
hehi in S. A. T. C. (Stuih-nts' Army Training Corps) University of
Minnesota, Co. 2. Second reg. engineers.
Harrah F.arle Reynolds, son of Ilarrah li. Reynolds of Erie, Pa.,
and gr.indson ot liarrah J. Res tiolds of O^sining, N. Y., enlisted in
the Aviation Service but did not have the opportunity to go to France.
G. Osmar Reynolds, cousin to Miss Helen Reynolds of New Roch-
elle, 1st. Lieutenant in air service, returned from France in May,
i()i<), after one year's service.
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Charles \V. Reynolds, son of John F. Reynolds of Pittsburgh. P^. ,
with the 37th Engineers, A. E. F., from March loth, 1918, to April
7th, 1919.
Frank W. Reynolds, son of John F. Reynolds of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
with 808 Aero Squadron, from Aug. 7, 1918, to Dec. 23, 1918.
Warren H. Reynolds, son of John F. Reynolds of Pittsburgh, Pa.,
with chemical warfare from May 30, 1918, to Feb. 7, 1919.
Willard Close Northup, son of Mrs. Fannie C. Northup of Ashe-
ville, N. C earned his three service stripes in France. Was pro-
moted from 1st Lieutenant to Captain, reached home in July, 1919.
H. Kendall Northup, son of Mrs. Fannie Close Northup of Ashe-
ville, N. C, was in Quartermasters' Dept., as 2nd Lieutenant.
David R. Reynolds, Major Ordinance Dept., U. S. A., as Ordin-
ance Financial Manager located at St. Louis, Mo.
Clyde Miles Reynolds, Corporal, son of Mrs. Mary Hill Reynolds,
Wayne, Neb., was in May 27, 19 18 draft, trained at Camp Dodge,
Iowa. Transferred to Camp Mills. Embarked for overseas duty,
Sept. 16, returning to U. S. Jan. ig, 1919, and discharged Jan. 31,
1919. Was a member of Battery B., 337 Field Artillery.
An article which appeared in a recent issi.c of a Boston paper reads
as follows :
"Veterans of the War who are patients in government hospitals
are going to have a bright Christmas, too.
"The War Camp Community Service through its entertainment com-
mittee has undertaken the task of bringing good cheer to the men who
\\ere wounded in the War. Under the supervision of Mrs. Katherine
Grinnell of the entertainment bureau and IVIiss Margaret R. Starratt
of the hospitality bureau, there will be entertainments and dancing at
the government hospitals, while each of the veterans will receive a Christ-
mas gift. Tonight the veterans at Parker Hill Hospital and the
hospital at Camp Devens will be entertained by the workers."
IVIiss Margaret Reynolds Starratt is a member of the Re>noids
Family Association and a letter received f'om her by the Secretary
on Christmas day is as follows:
My dear Miss Holmes:
Replying to your very kind letter of the 2f)th instant, I shall be very
glad to have you add to the record for 19 ig a short account of my
w^ork.
I became secretary of the Home Hospitalit) Committee of the War
Camp Community Service in Boston in May 19 18. and continued in
that capacity until January of 19 ig, when I became Chairman, which
position I now hold.
When I took up the work we were sending out not more than i,oo(t
men a month, but in Januan' of last year we sent out more than
6,000, and our members for the year and a half's '.vork went as high
as 75,000 invitations accepted. These included more than 50,000
invitations into private homes of m.en in the service for week-ends
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and Sunda\ dinners, the remainder being fur private dances and
church entertainments.
During three months of last year we sent to the wounded men
in hospitals around Boston over 20,000 articles of food. These in-
cluded over 5,000 fresh eggs, 5,000 jars of jelly, more tlian 4,000
doughnuts and 4,000 pieces of fruit.
Nearly 15,000 Sunshine Boxes were sent to the hospitals also. These
contained anything that the giver thought would be enjoyed b\ a man
confined to his bed, i. e., games, puzzles, rhewing gum. candy, writ-
i[ig paper, envelopes, stamps, pencils, scrap books, clippings, etc.
Last Christmas we recorded 3,000 men as sent out to dinner in
private families, and w'e know that man} more were invited, who
had originally met the families through us, of v.hich we have no
record. During the Christmas week just passed, I have collected
and sent <jut to wounded men in the hospitals more than 1,000 gifts.
These included an individual gift and a bag of cand}', nuts and raisins
and tobacco in some form for every man in the following liospitals:
The Public Health Hospital (Robert B. Brigham Hospital), at
Parker Hill; the Public Health at West Roxbury; the Marine Hos-
pital at Chelsea, and the Tuberculosis Sanitarium at Rutland.
We also arranged for ice cream, cake and home made candy at
the Shell-shock Hospital at Norfolk. More than 20,000 cigarettes
and icx) cigars were gi\en out. Apples and oranges were also sent
to Parker Hill Hospital for ever\ patient. Flowering plants were
sent to several special cases, and the Red Cross Theater at West
Roxbury was decked with greens. While the State Guard was in
i-harge of the City of Boston this department collected the money
for, and distributed more than 50,CKX5 cigarettes and i(Xi bags of to-
bacco to them.
\Vith best wishes for the Nev\- Year, I remain
Sincerel\ \ours,
M.ARG.ARKT KF^^()IJ)S S'I'ARR.A TT
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MEMBERS
Rev. Charles N. Ransom Natal, S. Africa
Mrs. Charles N. Ransom
George D. Reynolds Birmingham, Alabama
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Schober Pine Blujf, Arkansas
Herchelle A. Bowman Little Rock,
James A. Bowman
Rev. George C. Raynolds, D. D.. M. D., ...Berkeley, Cat.
Josiah S. Reynolds Oakland,
Lincoln C. Reynolds Napa,
William B. Reynolds San Francisco,
Capt. William E. Reynolds
G. Albert Reynolds Sherbrooke Que,
Mrs. C. F. Dubray - IFestmount
Miss Mary Reynolds
Mrs. Catherine C. Woodruff, .- Danbitry. Conn.
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean -. Ne^v London,
Giles L. Reynolds
Mrs. Katherine Field ...Hartford,
Frederick F. Street
Miss Irene L. Reynolds
Miss Lenore W. Reynolds
Mrs. Susan A. R. Heath Norwich Town.
Mrs. Walter W. Norton Lakeville,
Charles Reynolds, , Stafford,
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, - Mystic,
Miss Geneva M. Rathbun - "
Mrs. Ephraim O. Reynolds, Essex,
Miss Mary F. Reynolds, .....Evansville, IlL
Mrs. Delilah S. Baker, .--. - Stamford, Conn.
Miss Ethel H. Baker, - ^ "
David DeWitt Miller, ..Greemvich,
Mrs. Tohn H. Worth, -.. -
Mrs. William H. Teed,.- - "
Mrs. Lisette B. Schefferdecker,
Eugene B. Reynolds, Stamford,
Miss Harriet L. Reynolds, Greenzvich,
Frank V. R. Reynolds,
Harold T. Revnolds, Collinsville,
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Miss Ida E. Reynolds,... Eagleville, Conn.
Gertrude P. Reynolds, East Haddam. "
Wilson C. Reynolds,.... "
Mrs. Wilson C. Reynolds. "
John E. Reynolds,.... North Haven, "
John F. Reynolds, "
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, "
Margaret A. Reynolds, " " "
Marcus L. Reynolds, Bridgeport,
Mrs. Marcus L. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds, Wilmington, Dd.
Miss Elizaheth S. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Myra R. McNabb, ..Washington. D. C.
Miss Lula V. Powers,
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Reynolds,
Thurlow J. Reynolds, Miami, Flor.
Alvah Reynolds (Life) , ..Altona, III.
Mrs. Amelia A. Remley (Life), Gijford, "
Miss Bettie Reynolds, Rock Island, "
George W. T. Reynolds. East St. Louis. "
Mrs. Judith R. Boddie, Chicago, "
Hardy G. Reynolds, "
John S. Ransom, " "
Joseph H. Reynolds, " "
Wellington J. Reynolds, " "
William 1>. Cowdin, Delphi, Ind.
Mrs. Cornelia R. Logan, Monticello, "
Edward Loughry, " "
]\Ir. Miriam Spencer, " "
Embree Reynolds, " "
Miss Lottie Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Nancy Wolverton. Charlmers, "
Edward B. Raub, Indianapolis. "
Lewis Gardner Reynolds Richmond. "
Miss Jeanette E. Painter, •. Clarindo, loiva
Charles W. Reynolds, M. D. Covington, Ky.
Henry Reynolds, M. D., Livermore Falls. Me.
Mrs. Orrin L. Hardy,
Byron C. Hodgkins, Bangor, "
Mrs. Alice B. W^ehbcr, Waterville. "
Miss Eva AL Reynolds,
Miss Alice B. Webber, .im/usta. "
Miss Alice S. Revnolds,
Everett E. Reynolds, Canton, "
Edward C. Reynolds, Portland. "
Mrs. Julia R. Martlett. Holyoke. Mass.
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J. Colby Basset, A. M., LLB., Bo^toti, M^ss.
Mrs. Florrie R. Carver, "
Frank S. Reynolds, "
Frank W. Reynolds, "
Howard S. Reynolds,.... "
John J. Reynolds,.... "
Miss Madeline Reynolds, "
Robert D. Reynolds, "
Stephen W. Reynolds, "
Wilbur A. Reynolds, D.D.S., "
Mrs. Helen E. Reynolds, • Lozvell.
Miss Stella May Butterfield, fVest So/uervillc.
Mrs. Carolyn E. Gardner, Jamaica Plain.
Miss Clara J. Reynolds,
Mrs. Lucile R. Hall, Swaniscott.
Mrs. William E. Henry, ...Fitchburg,
Miss Laverne R. Johnson, Montclln,
Mr^. Isaac N. Reynolds, , "
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Keyes, Concord.
Mrs. Dora M. Mo rang,.. ...Framingham.
Mrs. Vivian R. Seymour, Monson,
Mrs. Hattie E. Svv^ett, Campello.
Charles E. Reynolds, "
Bion F. Reynolds,. Brockton,
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, "
Charles A. Reynolds, Cambridge .
FVank W. Reynolds, Salem,
Frederic L. Reynolds, Cambridge,
John L. Reynolds,
Joseph E. Reynolds, Monson,
Mrs. Henry E. Reynolds, Braintrec,
Welden H. Reynolds,
Herbert F. Reynolds, Randolph,
Jay Bird Reynolds, Orange,
Miss Mary E. Reynolds, Marblehead,
Miss Minnie I. Reynolds, Fall River,
Ralph W. Reynolds, "
Thomas H. Reynolds, Turner's Falls,
Miss Margaret R. Starratt,.... If'inchester.
Jerome E. Brumfield, Rising Sun,
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds, Colora, "
Mrs. Edith P. Head, Catonsville, "
Mrs. Delia Banks Sadtler, ...Baltimore, Md.
Miss O. Lula Wicks,
Joseph P. Reynolds,
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Sheridan E. Gardiner, M.D., Mt. Pleasant. Mich.
Hoyd C. Reynolds, .-. Owosso,
Miss Mabel E. Reynolds, - Laurium,
Wiley R. Reynolds, - - Jackson,
Miss Gertrude Quackenbush, St. Paul, Minn.
Dr. Myron H. Reynolds, " "
Gardner Shaw Reynolds
William A. Reynolds, Minneapolis,
Mrs. Julia E. Reynolds, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Marion J. R. Sanford, " " "
Leslie M. Campbell, ..St. Louis,
iMiss Martha F. Reynolds, .. '
Samuel G. Reynolds, Billings, Mont.
Clyde Miles Reynolds, tVayne, Neb.
Mrs. Jessie A. Reynolds,
Mrs. Pearl Reynolds Ley,
Mrs. Katherine C. Scott, Pittsfield, N. H.
Mrs. Abbie R. Jones, Arlington, N.J.
Miss Gladys M. Reynolds, Burlington,
Mrs. A. Ransaville Frome, Camden.
Arthur S. Kimball, East Orange,
I-^avid Reynolds,
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D Neivark,
Rev. Frank 'I\ B. Reynolds, Keyport,
Mrs. Frank T. B. Reynolds,
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe, ..Summit,
Capt. John R. Patton, M.D., Uoboken, "
Cuyler Reynolds,.. Albany, N. Y.
Kenneth G. Reynolds,
Marcus r. Rc\nolds,
Elmer L. Reynolds. Buffalo,
G. Raynolds Stearns, Jr.,
Mrs. Anna C Rippier, Brooklyn,
Clarence M. Reynolds, .'.
Charles FI. Reynolds,
Charles 1 1. Rc\n()Uls, ,
Charles Reynolds, ".
Mrs. Katiu-rine Ackerman,
Mrs. Liuic R. Sackett,
Edwin Cj. Reynolds,
Miss Elizabeth' A. Reynolds, " "
George G. Re\nolds,
Miss (irace \l. Rc\iiolds,
James A. Reynolds, ? *.
John Reynolds, ;
I-eoiianl j. Rc\nol(ls,
Hon. Louis H. Rcvfiolds,
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Miss Minnie L. Reynolds " "
Miss Abbie R. Reynolds, Amenia, N.Y.
Mrs. Abbie L. R. Kelly, S. Armenia,
Mrs. M. E. (lenung,.- Bronxville,
Mrs. Ellen R. Wright, Canistota,
George E. Reynolds, D.D.S., City Island,
Miss Amelia Todd, Cross River,
Edward G. Reynolds,.. Dover Plains,
Mrs. Ella R. Gilbert, .....Elmira:
L/Ouis B. Reynolds, "
William B. Reynolds......
Mrs. Clara R. Temple, Granville,
Mrs. Milton Phillips,... Hollis, L. I.,
Miss Sarah B. Reynolds (Life), Kingston,
Cjeorge H. Reynolds, Kinderhook,
James A. Reynolds, "
Joseph P. Reynolds Mt. Vernon'
Augustus R. Reynolds, Mt. Kisco,
Mme. Albertine de Diaz. New York City,
Mrs. Lauretta H. Chase. " " "
Mrs. Clara R. Chickering, " " "
Miss Clara I. Lockwood,
Rev. John Reynolds MacKay. D.D., " " "
Miss Harriet V. Peckham, " " "
Miss Rachel C. Schauffler, "
Mrs. Mary L. Smith, " " "
-Mrs. Emma R. Winslow, " " "
Mrs. David R. Reynolds "
Frederick G. Reynolds,... " " "
Harry F. Reynolds,..
Mrs. Helen B. Reynolds "
Miss Helen L. Reynolds, " "
Henry Surdam Reynolds, (Life),
Herbert B. Reynolds,
Lester G. Brimmer, D.D.S., L. I. City.
Mrs. Lester G. Brimmer,
Marion H. Reynolds, (Life) Nevj York C
Miss Cora H. Lockwood "
Horatio Lockwood,
Howard Reynolds,
John D. Reynolds .. ."
John Jay Reynolds, c
Myron Reynolds,..
Oliver C. Reynolds,
Philip M. Reynolds, "
Samuel B. Reynolds, " " "
Thomas A. Reynolds, " " "
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W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., New York City. N. Y.
Ward B. Reynolds, "
William M. Reynolds, "
William T. Reynolds, "
George S. Reynolds, N. Troy, "
Rev. George Reynolds, D.D., New Rochelle, "
Harrah J. Reynolds, (Honorary), Ossining, "
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Thomson, "
H. Earle Reynolds, - Syracuse,
Charles W. Reynolds, Petersburgh, "
Joshua Reynolds, Jr...... Troy, "
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds
Joshua Reynolds, " "
Lucius E. Weaver, Rochester, "
Harris L. Reynolds, Poughkeepsie, "
Benjamin B. Reynolds, fV timing ton, N. C.
Mrs. Fannie C. Northup, Ashville, "
Mrs. Ildagestio Hornby. , Jersey City, N. J.
Mrs. Nevin M. Fenneman, Cincinnati, Ohio
Edwin S. Reynolds, Dayton, "
Bernis Brien, " "
Mrs. Mary A. Reid Parsons, Avon Lake, "
George W. Reynolds, Cleveland, "
Charles W. Reynolds, Lakevieiv, Ore.
Mrs. Maggie R. Baird, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gilbert Reynolds Combs, "
John R. Congdon, "
George R. See, "
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Senft,
Baxter Reynolds,
Miss Desmonde B. Reynolds,
Edgar M. Reynt)lds,
Joseph r. Rithards,
Harrah B. Reynolds, Erie.
Arthur T. Parke, IVest Chester,
Mrs. Antoinette R. Scouller, North East,
Rev. (irafton '1\ Reynolds, I ). I)., Carrick,
George N. Reynolds, Lancaster.
Harry C. Reynolds, Scranton.
Mrs. Harry C Reynolds,.
Miss M. H. Reynolds, /.
John F. Reynolds, Pittsburgh.
Miss Nell Reynolds, Harrisburg,
William L. Reynolds. Hazelwood.
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Luther Cole, IVai-ren, R. I.
Miss Alice B. Cole, _ _
Giles S. Congdon, Bristol,
Mrs. Georgianna P. Cook, Providence,
Clarence N. Reynolds, Jr.,....., "
Frank A. Reynolds, "
Henry S. Reynolds, "
Prescott D. Reynolds,
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds,
Mrs. Mary R. Foote, IVickford.
Charles B. Reynolds, "
Mrs. Charles B. Reynolds, "
Joseph G. Reynolds, "
Mrs. Lula A. R. Fowler, .Pawtucket,
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds, ....IVesterly.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, "
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, Davisville,
Miss Ruth P. Reynolds,
Wilbur F. Reynolds, East Greenivich,
Mrs. Clara Hanson, Roosevelt, Utah
Mrs. Elmer Johnson,.. St. Albans, Ft.
Mrs. Emelette R. Woodward, Bennington, "
Miss Celia M. Reynolds, (Honorary), " "
Miss Bessie M. Woodward,... " "
John S. Reynolds, B' rl -•r/fon. "
Rev. William B. Reynolds, Bethel. "
Miss Sarah A. Reynolds, .....Glendale, W. Va.
Mrs. Alice M. Stephen, Moundsv'dle , "
Benoni Orrin Reynolds, Lake Geneva, His.
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j THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Twenty - ninth
Annual Reunion
^
HOTEL McALPIN. NEW YORK CITY
OCTOBER 8th and 9th, A. D. 1920
W. AIvRox RiivxoLDS, IVl. D.
Elected for the eighth year President of the Association.
REYNOLDS
1620
REYNOLDS— The latt- LORD i:)UCIE. was paternally descend-
ed from the Morton family of Normandy, as attested h\ Sir Robert
ATKINS in his history of Gloiichestcrshire. England.
His Lordsliip was Knif/hted in 1620, hy Khuj CHARLES L. con-
•<iderinji that upon failure of mail issue, he being unmarried, the title
of LORD DUCIE would become extinct, he transferred his title by
|iatent to his Lordship's nephew, Thomas REYNOLDS, Esq., and to
his male heirs thereafter, the dignity of Baron of the Kingdom of
C^reat Britain by the style and title of LORD DUCIE, Baron DU-
CIK of Troticorth. in the Covuity of Glottrhestcr.
ARMS: Argent, a (."lif\ nui. (Jules, between three square Buckles,
Sables.
CRKST: ( )n .1 wicath. ,1 dcmi Mduie-Cock displ.iyed proper
SUPI'()RI : ( )n ( ;u h Nidc an Lniiorn, .Argent, .Armed mained.
tufted and hoofed, or, and ducally garged per fale, or, and Oules.
Moiio P K R S K \' K R A N D O ( By persevering.)
(jhitf Suit: .At Lortwortli and Spring Park in Glouchestershirc.
THOSE ONLY DESERVE TO BE REMEMBERED BY POS-
TERITY WHO TREASURE UP THE HISTORY
OF THEIR ANCESTORS.
Burke.
The Reynolds Family Association
This Association was organized in the year 1892, to awaken a
better acquaintance between the numerous members of this old fam-
ily, located throughout the United States, with each other for their
mutual benefit; to search out and promote the recognition of the dif-
ferent branches of a general ancestry ; to increase further acquaintance
and sociability among family kindred ; to collect and preserve family
memorials ; to secure the preparation and publication of genealogical
and historical sketches of these different branches of the Reynolds Fam-
ilies; compile a Genealogy for present and future generations.
No doubt, we all take pride in preserving our good name; the
thoughtful, therefore, will not hesitate to lend their personal aid in
such a worthy cause.
An Annual Reunion is held in localities, most convenient to a ma-
jority of the members; at which time a banquet is served, with after
dinner speeches and words of good fellowship, always an enjoyable and
inspiring social feature, to which all members receive a hearty wel-
come.
The annual dues are only one dollar, merely sufficient to provide
for printing in pamphlet form the yearly Report of the Association,
which is distributed free among all members in good standing.
This report is published soon after each Annual Convention, since
1899, and contains a full account of the business proceedings and the
after-dinner speeches of that meeting, together with complete lists of
all members, classified according to descent ;' with biographies of de-
parted members; of libraries throughout the United States, where sets
of these reports can be found ; the names of genealogists gathering in-
formation in each family branch ; lists of other genealogies and books
mentioning early Reynolds settlers ; and, often extended accounts and
traditions, anecdotes of the early American Colonial Reynolds' with
partial genealogies of their descendants.
Every Report is intended to contain a large amount of valuable in-
formation publisfied about our ancestors, of historic interest, to the
present as well as the future jrenerations. Many of these reports in-
clude several illustrations of old family homes, and relics of traditional
interest connected with the early history of the Reynolds family .
Every household of the Reynolds line, is entitled to an Authentic
Reynolds Crest in their home, which nay be no'n'-ed <"o v-.i N ju-t n -de;
the Association has provided these in quantities, so that they will cost
the members much less than if ordered singly; they are painted in ap-
propriate permanent colors, by a genealogical artist, are attractive,
and may be secured from our Secretary; aho. hack nu:' bers of the
Annual Reports-
This Association hereby extends to you the privilege of becoming
an active, or associate member; your name will be duly enrolled upon
signing the application attached hereto, and promptly forwarding it
with one dollar, as membership fee, to the Secretar\' of the Association.
You will also have the privilege of recommending others for member-
ship, those of the Reynolds line either by Birth or Marriage, for
which an extra membership blank is enclosed.
\V. MYRON REYNOLDS, M. D.. President
1 s West 6oth Street. New York City.
MISS FANNIE D. HOLMES, Sec'v and Treas.
S.^ Eli-i Street, Westerlx , R. L
I herebs make application for membership in the above Association,
and enclose herewith ( )iie Dollar f(jr annual dues for the vear
Name in f\ill
Street
City State.
Dated
WHOSE SON ART THOU?
In Memoriam
"Good-by till morning come again.
The thought of parting brings heartfelt pain.
But could we know how short the night
That falls and hides thee from our sight,
Our hearts would sing the glad refrain.
Good-by till morning come again."
The following taken from the Missionary Herald, see page 173 and
174-
DR. RAYNOLDS HAS GONE ON
That friend, helper, healer, father, revealer of the Christian's God
to hundreds of Armenians. Dr. Raynolds, of V^an, Eastern Turkey,
died in Lane Hospital, San Francisco, February 14, in the eight-first
year of his life and the fifty-first of his service as missionary under the
American Board.
A graduate of Williams College in 1861 Dr. Raynolds studied
theology and also medicine and surgery. He was pastor of a church
in America for three years, then he went as missionary to Turkey and
was sent to open the new station at Van. He was a strong and
efficient leader, and at the opening of the war the station of Van
was carrying on several outstations, flourishing high schools for both
girls and boys, and had the beginnings of a college for men, the site
for which had been secured. There was also a large and well-equipped
hospital and extensive industrial training operations.
In 19 1 4, when the war broke out, Dr. Raynolds was in America
in the interests of the new college ; and, in spite of his efforts and his
intense desire to get back to Van. he had to remain in this country
until the way opened for him through Russia, owing to the capture of
Van by the Russians. Dr. Raynolds, accompanied by his devoted
young friend. IVIr. Henry H. White, of West Peabody, a graduate
of Massachusetts Agricultural College, who was engaged for the staff
of the new institution at Van. started in July, 191 5.
They reached Tiflis just after the Van missionaries had arrived
there, having been forced to evacuate Van ; and two days after Dr.
Raynolds' wife, whose braver\ and service to the distracted people
never failed, had died from an accident received in the journey thither.
The entire station came to America, Dr. Raynolds and his co-worker
^vith them. But in a few months, when the American Relief Commit-
tee began operations in the Transcaucasus. Dr. Ra\nolds immediately
volunteered for service among the thousands of Armenian refugees. It
wasn't his first experience in caring for the sick, the orphaned, the
afFlicted in every way, for he and his wife had been father and
mother to hundreds of orphans after earlier massacres in Turkey.
The Americans were a second time driven out of Turkev, and Dr.
Raynolds, at the time of his death, was living in Berkeley. Cal.. mak-
ing a home for four of his Van students who had come to study in
the University in Berkeley, and planned to return to their own country
for service, two as physicians, one a^ ;i nurse, and one as an electrical
engineer.
One of tlic speakers at the funeral services was Rev. Y. R. Rush-
doon\ , I). D., pastor of the Presbvterian Church in Kingsburg, Cal.
He was one of Dr. Ra\iiold's orphans, educated in \'an. Marsovan,
and Edinburgh Universit\. He told how Dr. Ra\ nolds had suffered
in Turkey — being ridiculed, stoned, and at one time tied by Kurds
and obliged to i-ndure main of the brutalities inflicted upon Armen-
ians; and then he described his "courage, affection and fatherliness;
his hard work ; his ability as a preacher. ph\sician. teacher, organizer
of relief, supeisisor, he.id of orphanages. ;ind directin of \ery practical
vocational training which was given therein."
Some thirt\-live of the Armenian foster children of Dr. aiui Mrs.
Ka\ nolds \Wv in and near Kingsbur\. Thev have asked and provided
that his ashes shall be sent to be buried beside the gra\e of Mrs.
R,i\ nobis .It Tiflis .Aful rlie\ li,i\e also arranged that if ever Van
becomes an Armenian city, portraits of Dr. and Mrs RaviioMs will
be painted and sent as a gift to the place.
The California Armenians are not the only ones who regarded Dr.
Raynolds with high affection. Among the many expressions of sor- ,
row at his loss and of joy in his having lived which came to the
offices of the Board was the following, signed "on behalf of the
Armenian natives of Van in St. Louis" :
"The Armenian natives of Van who are members of the Armen-
ian colony here are exceedingly sorry to learn that Dr. Raynolds, the
beloved father of the Armenians in Van, has passed away.
"We express our deepest gratitude to the American Board for the
precious service of this sainted missionary for the Armenians. In the
iiistory of Van, Dr. Raynolds will figure conspicuously as a Christian
gentleman who exercised a far-reaching influence on its destiny. The
life he lived among us was speaking loudly for the divine power of
the gospel he was preaching. His fragrant memory will be enshrined
in our hearts, and we beg to extend our heartfelt condolence to the
American Board for the death of one of its veteran missionaries."
Twenty-ninth Annual Reunion
i 1 c 'iwcn'eX -ninth Annual Reunion of The Re\ nolds Family As-
sociation met in tlie parlor of the Hotel McAlpin. which had been
reserved for the occasion, on Saturda\, October qth, 1920, at eleven
A. M.
The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. \V. Myron
Reynolds, followed by singing of "America." with Mrs. Charles A. Mc-
Collough at the piano.
None of the Chaplains ha\ ing arri\ed, the President lead in pra\er,
followed by the Lord's prayer, in which all joined.
The Secretar\ then read the names of those who had passed into
Life Eternal, since our last reunion, which are as follows:
Mr. Charles H. Reynolds, 810 Bushwick Ave., Brooklyn, N. Y.,
senior member of the Charles H. Reynolds c^' Sons Co.. died January
24th. 1920, aged 56 years.
Mr. Charles Ackerman. 810 Bushwick Ave, BruoklNu, N. V'.,
whose wife is Mrs. Katherine Ackerman. sister of Mr. Charles H.
Reynolds, died Januar\ 8. 1920, aged S4 years.
Mis-. Eva M. Re\n()lds, daughter of Mr. John F. Re\ nolds of
i'itt'burgh. Pa., died Februar\ 2, 1920, of pneumonia, aged .^S years,
.1 member of the Methcjdist Church and choir, also a member of the
Order ot Eastern Star. She was employed by the National Fire In-
surance Co.. of Pittsburgh for the past 10 years, being ver> successful
ui her work.
.Mr>. Sarah ("ilis.in I'eiuuMran, v\ ife of Dr. N. \l. j-enneman of Cin-
cituiati University, died at her home in Cincinnati, Frida\ night,
April 2.
Funeral services were held at her home and the bod\ brought to
Fredonia for burial, where services were conducted at the home of
her sister, Mrs. Jennie Cushing, 16 Eagle street, at ^ o'clock Mon-
''u afternoon. Rev. Henr\ M^'sier officiated. I'he bearers were
H..n. J. S. Lambert, Dr. A. W. Dods. A. R. Moore, H. A. Clark,
John W. Hunn and Ro\ S. .\Lnsh. Burial in Forest iiill Cemeterv.
Anong those who canie from out of tnu ti to the funeral were Hon.
and Mrs. John S. Woodward of Buffalo and Mr. and Mrs. Frank
Wheeler of Titusville, Pa.
Besides her husband she leaves only the sister, Mrs. Gushing, and
a niece, Katherine Glisan Wiley, who is engaged in settlement work
in Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. Fenneman was the daughter of the late Thomas Glisan and
the sister of Henr\ F. Glisan, who died two years ago. She and her
sister were the last of the family, which was prominent in Freedonia
from the earliest times. The maternal grandfather, Henry C. Fris-
bie, founded the Fredonia Censor in 1821. Their father's sister was the
wife of Hon. George Barker, Supreme Court Justice of New York
State.
Mr. John Schauffler Ransom, 4445 Sidney Ave., Chicago, III., died
April 5, 1920. Burial at Momence, 111.
The Philadelphia Northfield Club has met with its first loss in the
passing of Mrs. Vincent LeMoyne Hawthorne (Jessie M. Reid)
on the 30th of May, 1920, after an illness of three weeks, in her
59th year. She was a student at Northfield Seminary in i88s-86,
a class mate of Mrs. Frederic Herbert Senft (Ruth Annie Reynolds)
and her friend ever since. Two sons survive Mrs. Hawthorne, be-
tween whom and their mother, there existed a devoted affection.
The funeral services from the Chapel of Hebron Tabernacle at
20th and Spring Garden streets, where Rev. Frederic Herbert Senft
(the husband of her friend) officiated, were touchingly impressive
in the simple dignity with which they were conducted. The lovely
summer da\ , the profusion of flowers, the presence of a number of
our Northrteld Club, and the memory of our dead friend's gentle per-
sonality will long linger with us all.
Mrs. Vincent LeMoyne Hawthorne who was present at the 28th
Annual Reunion.
An opportunity was given for anyone present to speak on behalf of
the deceased members of the Association. The Secretary, Miss Fan-
nie D. Holmes, read the minutes of the last Annual Reunion, which
were adopted and ordered printed in the next Annual Report. The
report of the Secretar\ and Treasurer were also read and adopted, and
ordered printed in the Annual Report.
RECEIPTS
To balance in Treasury. 1919 $ 2 46
From 2 Crests @ $3.50 7 cx^
From } Fobs @ $4.00 12 OO
From Stationery 9 OO
From Previous Reports 9 73
From Members dues 231 25
■ $271 46
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EXPENDITURES
Paid Robert Sneider. Steel Dies $ 30 00
Paid Robert Sneider, Crests and Fobs 18 50
Paid Mildred Cheshire, Stenographer 5 40
Paid Stationery and Engraving 26 36
Paid Printing 1919 Reports
Paid Envelopes and Expense on Same
1 19 20
Paid Printing Notices of Reunion and Membership
Cards 9 70
P.iid Parcel Post, Express, Registered Mail and Pos-
tage for Secretary and Treasurer 31 31
[balance on hand 30 99
$271 46
Respectfully submitted. FANNIE D. HOLMES. Treasurer.
Lnder the head of unhnished business, interesting remarks were
made, and suggestions offered for the benefit of the Association, by
.Mr. Bion F. Reynolds, of Brockton, Mass., and by Prnf. Harrah J.
Re\nolds of Ossining. N. \'.. that only those continuing their annual
(lues should be entitled to recei\e the annual report, tliere being no
provision for printing the report, except through the receipt of the
membership dues.
A nominating committee was appointed b\- the chair, to select offi-
cers for the ensuing year, and recess taken until the committee were
read\ to report. ilie meeting being again called to order, the commit-
tee reported the following named persons as officers for the coming year,
which on motion made and dul\ seconded, they were unanimously
elected :
PRESIDENT
\\ . .M\rori Kr\noUis. .M. 1). Netr York (Uty
VKT PRESIDENTS
Harry C. Re>nohl^, Esq Scranton, Fa.
P>of. Harrah f. Re\nolds Ossining, N. Y.
judge Loui> H. Resnoids Brooklyn, N. Y.
Lew In (j.irthicr Re\nolds. founder of the Carnation League
Richmond, Ind.
JoJMi 1". Re\noltU No,th Havfn. (jonn.
luiward B, R;nih . hidifinaf>olis, Ind
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CHAPLAINS
Rev. Charles Lee Re> nolds, D. D. Newark, N. J.
Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds Keyport, N. J.
Rev. George Reynolds, D. D Neiu Rochelle, N. Y.
Rev. Grafton f. Reynolds, D. D Pittsburgh. Pa.
Rev. William B. Reynolds ...Bethel, Ft.
Rev. Charles Newton Ransom... Natal, South Africa
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
Miss Fannie I). Holmes If'esterly, R. 1.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR
Gilbert Re\ nolds Combs of Conservatory of \lus\c... .Philadelphia, Pa.
ASSOCIATE HISTORIAN
Alvah Reynolds... : Altona III
HISTORIANS
Miss O. Lula Wicks Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Anna C. Rippier Brooklyn, N. Y.
Edward B. Raub... Indianapolis, Ind.
Prof. Harrah J. Reynolds Ossining. N. Y.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION
W. Myron Rtynolds, M. D Neiv York City
Mrs. Frederick H. Senft .- .....Philadelphia. Pa.
Mrs. Marion G. Dean Neiv London, Conn.
Miss Fannie D. H(jlmes Westerly, R. I.
At the morninii session of the business meeting ot the Association,
imder the head of new business. Prof. Harrah J. Reynolds offered
a suggestion that each member of the Association be requested to en-
close a membership blank, in each letter sent to their correspondent-
requesting them to introduce a new name eligible for membership in
the Association, which he thought would soon increase our meniher-
ship to one thousand or more. Acting promptly on the wisdom of tlii.-
suggestion, one of our members adopted Prof. Reynolds' advice, which
resulted in bringing in six new members within two weeks of our
last Annual Reunion. If all our members will adopt this wise sug-
gestion, it will not be long before the Association will number one
thousand members or more, adding greatly to the interest and en-
thusiasm of our Annual Reunions.
Our energetic Secretary will gladly furnish membership blanks to
all who will adopt this helpful plan of increasing our membership roll.
If you haven't these blanks on hand, please write at once to Miss
P'annie D. Holmes, and you will receive the blanks by return mail.
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Miss I'"\\nii I). IIoimhs
R(.'-i'U'i.tf(l St'eiftaiN and rnasiiriT
R, LENOX
-OUNDATIONS
The coiiiinittee also recoinirended that the Thirtieth Annual Re-
union he held in the city of New \orl<, during the second week in
September; namely, Saturday, September lOth, 1921.
The Annual Reception of Reynolds Family Association was held
in one of the hotel parlors of the McAlpin on Friday evening. October
8th, for renewing old acquaintances and greeting the new^ members
and their friends. The\- were delightfully entertained during the
e\ening by Mrs. Myron Reynolds, who sang several songs with Mrs.
Charles A. McCoUough accompanying her at the piano. A large
number were present and a general good time enjoyed.
REGRETS WERE READ FROM
Dr. \V. Myron Reynolds,
I -, West 60th Street, New Y'ork City.
-My dear Dr. and Kinsman :
I am in receipt c)f your esteemed favor of September, which reached
me on my return from an absence of several days, and I appreciate
the courtesy and honor you would confer upon me and I should en-
iny attending the Annual Meeting of the Reynolds Family Associa-
tion, and also the banquet, even though I should have to speak.
UnfortunateU for me, I am called away again on Monday ne.xt and
remain away until October iith, so that I fear I must forego the
pleasure of all the meetings the end of the week in New York City at
the McAlpin Hotel.
I'his is a peculiar disappointment to me as 1 have not as yet been
fortunate enough to clasp the hand and look into the face of these
kinsmen, with but few of whom 1 ha\e met personally. I shall hope
tor better fortune in the future.
With high appreciation and warm regards, i am, cordialU' \ours,
(jEORGE rev.nolds.
New Rochelle, N. Y.. Otober 2nd, 1020.
W. .Mvron Rr\n..lds, M. D.
IS West 6f)th St., New Yovk. S. \.
.My dear Dr. Resnolds:
1 would very much like to be present and share the enjo\ment of
the ()(ia->ion but it now looks as thtiugh 1 could not arrange to
i(»m(. I he (listamc and time involved are considerable and m\ work
just now is crowding me ver\ much, if I should be able to llnd an\
Inisiness for travel in that direction, I ma\ drop in on you. but if I
;im not there, will \(mi please convey to those present my sincere hope
that the niccting will be enjo\ab!e and profitable. V'erv sincerelv vours,
11. li. REYNOLDS.
Post ( )ffice Inspector, Erie, Pa.
Erie. Pa.. Sept. 20. ii)20.
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Carrick, Pa., Sept. 28, 1920.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds,
My Dear Doctor:
Yours of Sept. i8th at hand. I regret very much that I will not
be able to attend the annual meeting of the Reynolds Family Asso-
ciation. Unfortunately, it comes almost the same time as The Annual
Conference of our Church which I am compelled to attend. If I
could have been there, very gladly I would have taken my place among
the after dinner speakers, as you requested.
The gathering of an Association like ours is no trifling matter.
Men and women of the different branches of the family coming to-
gether to learn to know one another, and call to mind those from
whom they have descended. We have a right to be proud of the
achievements of those who bore the name of Reynolds, or those who
belonged to the family but did not bear the name. Not always oc-
cupying places of prominence and power, though there have been
those who have filled these places, but in more humble spheres, have
given service to their country and their fellow men. The long list
of names of those who took part in the War of the Revolution, is
an illustration of this. My own branch has been in this country for
eight generations, having come over with Lord Calvert in the found-
ing of Maryland. In those days of struggle, conquering a new land
to make it a home, they had a valiant part. Today I hold the posi-
tion of chaplain of the Pennsylvania Society of the Sons of the
American Revolution ; because my great-grandfather helped to win
the battles that gave us our country and government. In the Civil
War, they were on both sides of the contest, as they lived in a divided
state, and in the great World War they had a part.
Not only have they gone forth under the flag of our country but
under the Cross of Christ. Two of my great-uncles were Methodist
ministers in the early days of the last century. When it meant physi-
cal hardships, seeking out the scattered settlers to tell them the story
of the Nazarene. One of them, twenty-one years of age, was placed
in charge of a circuit that required many scores of miles of travel.
One night away from habitations, he was sleeping under a tree, with
his saddle as a pillow. Awakening he saw a panther in the tree above
him, ready to spring. I do not know how he escaped.
In this great hive of industry, which means all of western Penn-
sylvania, there are many of the name of Reynolds, with but few ex-
ceptions belonging to the branches that located in New York, or the
New England states. The Hon. Walter S. Reynolds of New Castle
told me one time of an association of his own particular family, com-
prising a large membership, if I am not mistaken, about seven hundred.
There is a thriving town in one of these western covmties by the name
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of Reynoldsville. .1 expect that nian\ of them belonging to the Rey-
nolds Famil\-. Association.
Wishing all the members of the Association privileged to attend a
most pleasant and profiable meeting, I am very sincerelv yours,
GRAFTON T. REYNOLDS.
Newark, New Jersey, October 4. 1920.
Dr. \V. Myron Reynolds,
15 West 60th St.
New York City.
My dear Dr. Reynolds:
I have your letter of September 28tii with reference to the meeting
of the Reynolds Family Association, and the obituary you would like
to have me give of the Rev. George C. Reynolds.
I regret ver\ much that I will not be able to attend this meeting
because it will be held on Saturday. Sometimes I can plan my work
so that I can be awa> from my desk on Saturday, but this week. I will
have a number of engagements which take me out of town, and it will
be necessary for me to reser\e Saturday for m\ preparation for Sun-
day.
I am sorry that 1 will not meet with my kinsmen and regret that T
cannot speak in memory of Rev. George C. Reynolds. Trusting that
next year 1 will find it possible to be with you and other members of
the famil\, 1 am, with best wishes and kind regards, cordially yours,
CHARLES LEE REYNOLDS.
Septeirber 17th, ig20.
VV. xMyn.n Re\ nolds. M. D.,
15 West 60th Sireet, New York;
My dear Dr. Reynolds:
Mrs. Tinker joins mc in thanking _\()u sincerely for your very kind
invitation to the Twenty-ninth Annual Reunion dinner of the Reynolds
Family Association to be held at the Hotel McAlpin on Saturday.
()ct(jber 9th, ii)2(). We shall accept with much pleasure, i'rovidence
permitting. \'(nir friendship is highl\ valued .A.nd 1 aiu proud to
know a gentleman who is doing so much to promote the fellowship
of a noble fanu'ly like nduis. It will be a comfort to be with von
once more.
Yes, we enjo\e(l our ^uninicr v:uation at om Mar\l:mil Point,
'i'hird Lake, New \'ork, ver\ nuich iiuleed. .And we are returmng to
our work filled with the spirit of \t»uth
(Gratefully >ours,
CH ARI.KS r. IINKFR
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Boston, Mass., October 7, 1920.
To the Reynolds Family Association
Hotel McAlpin,
New York, N. '^'.
Ladies and Gentlemen :
For some months I have been planning and hoping to be with you
at _vour Annual Reunion this year, and now, at the last moment I
find, with much regret, that it cannot be. My duties in Boston will
not perinit me to take even a short vacation at this time, and I an>
forced to send my greeting by letter.
Please believe that I very much appreciate the honor of having been
asked to address you. When this letter has been read to \'ou, I shall
not need to explain that I am neither an orator nor even a clever
after-dinner speaker. Indeed, if you were not my family, I should not
\ enture to say anything. But I have foimd that my immediate family are
usually charitable, and invariabl\- interested in what I have done or
may be doing, just because I am one of the family, and so I shall
venture to voice some of my thoughts on community service and or-
ganized recreation, in the hope that they may set some of you think-
ing along these lines, and. eventually, acting upon your thoughts.
How many of you realize that it is important that hours of leisure
— yours and everyone's — should be protitabl}' spent. And to be prof-
itably spent they should be spent so that they will re-create the body,
the mind, and the spirit. They should prepare you to go on with
renewed vigor and enthusiasm, to do your work and accomplish your
real purpose in life with more effectiveness. I think it was Emerson
who said that a boi; was more influenced by the book imder the desk
than the book on the top of the desk, and I feel that there is quite
a little truth in this statement.
The period of the war has demonstrated the fact that organized
play is a preventive of vice and crime. In Boston a wonderful work
was accomplished with men in the service through this means. Dances
and plays were run every evening in the week, to the great betterment
of the social conditions among the soldiers and sailors. The head of
tht Radio School in Cambridge remarked that he had never governed
a body ai men who had caused him so little trouble as the men of that
school, and he gave the credit to the people of Boston who enter-
tained them so well that they had no time or thought to get into niis-
chief.
As ChairmiiH of the Home Hi^-pitality '.''ommit ee of the War
Camp Community Service in Boston. I found that most of the men
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preferred to go to decent rather than indecent places. Sunday after
noons the\ gladly forsook the Common and its temptations for a good
(.lean show. Puritanical Boston did give Sunday afternoon theatrical.;
.'.11 tjne winter, and I ha'.e no doubt that many a boy was thereby kept
out of trouble. As far as possible, the Home Hospitality Committee
planned to get all men who were on leave week-ends into private
homes, where all kinds of wholesome amusement were offered to
them. Some of them had more than they had ever had before, and,
for the first time, learned from example how high-minded Christian
tamilic.-". li\ cd.
1 beh'tne that the far-reaching effects of this work done in the
homes, through the War Camp Community Service, which at one
time had six hundred stations in the United States, can never be
estimated, both from the standpoint of moral betterment, and the
standpoint of Americanization. Again and again I was told by the
men themselves of definite good accomplished along preventive lines.
Having had these experiences and learned these lessons, does it
seem to you wise that Americans should forget them, now that the
war is over? The men in the service are simply average boys in
other clothe';: our communities are full of them, and many of them
are missing the excitement of war times, and needing, perhaps more
than the\ will e\er need it again, the help of organized recreation.
I hn. too, we ha\e our girls to think of, especially the >oung women of
small means, who with nothing to spend, find it hard to arrange for
wholesome recreation.
The question is, what can the members of the Re\ nolds Famil\
Association do in their several and varied localities to start com-
munit\ service. No man lives to himself — he ma\' exist, but he does
not li\e. The more we have in common with our neighbors, the more
we hear each others' burdens, the lat:<rer we become. I hope the time
will coine when ever\ communit} will consider a building for com-
inunitv recreations as necessary as a City or Town Hall, and much
inore necessary than a police station or a jail, and T feel very sure that
the more we have of communit\ centers, the less necessary will be
police stations or jails. Open your homes to the loneU persons of your
neighbf)rhood. Each person should ask himself, "W'hat can m\' com-
munity do for its teachers — usuall\ transients in a neighborhood, and
without contacts — what can it or I do for the htnely hoy or s^irl earn-
ing his or her living awa\ from h )nu' ; how can we help to keep them
from temptation ?
I believe in our young people, Iti their terulencN to good, in im-
proving general corulitions, as the most effective means of reform.
Contacts with upright persons will have practical results for good
far beyond an\thing that mere preaching can ilo. Let us help, as far
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as we can, to give ALL of our young people an opportunity to make
these contacts.
With kindest regards to each and every member of the Associa-
tion, and in the hope that I may some day have the pleasure of meeting
you, I remain cordially yours,
MARGARET REYNOLDS STARRATT.
Also Regrets From
Oliver C. Reynolds
John L. Re\ nolds
Rev. Grafton T. Reynolds. D. D.
Rev. Charles L. Reynolds. D. D.
Rev. George Re\ rolds
Rev. W. B. Reynolds
Gilbert Reynolds Combs
Herbert B. Reynolds
Joseph T. Richards
S. G. Reynolds
George F. Allen
Marcus L. Reynolds
Miss Sarah B. Reynolds
Mis*; Celia M. Reynolds
Miss Alice S. Revnolds
Mrs. H. E. Chickering
Mrs. A. M. M. Reynolds
Mrs. Cornelia R. Logan
Miss Elizabeth A. Reynolds
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds
Miss Marion E. Reynolds
Mr. and Mrs. J. Phillip Schmand
Miss Marion H. Reynolds
Asa Revnolds
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THE DAWN OF A BRIGHTER DAY
The dawn of a brighter day
Came to this darkened earth
When the eternal son of God
As Son of Man had birth,
And the pure light of His great truth —
Redemption of the race —
Shone from within His broken tomb —
Beamed from His Risen Face.
That dawn still lingers, hindered yet
From brighening into day
By man's sad sin of unbelief,
His will to go astray.
Yet, dimly in the s^irouded sky
That day-dawn tarries still,
\Vhile men lo\e darkness more than light,
And more than good love ill.
We watch it, glad to he assured
That sometime it will fling
The shadows from before its feet,
And the full morning bring —
The morning of that brighter da\-
For which we pray and long.
When the wide world shall bring to Christ
Its labors and its song.
That Day! () nu'ght we li\e to see
Its glorious sun on high
Earth would indeed be Hea\('ii to us.
All thing"^ Divine be nigh.
We wonhl toigct the waiting-time.
The struggle through the glocnn,
The grief, the toil, the cross, the scorn,
The seaK'd ami guarded tomb.
The King of (ilor\, reigning then.
All souls would <.vr\v with jov,
And man's renewed and hallowed powers
Find pure and grand emplo\.
Then let us with the most we have
.•\nd with the best we may
I'rge on the breaking of that Dawn
Into that Brighter Day.
— CKLIA .VI.AR^' RFVNOKDS.
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Tables were prepared for eighty members and their guests, who
entered the banquet room at one, P. M.
During the luncheon a beautiful solo was rendered by Mr. Chas.
McCullock which was much appreciated and heartily applauded.
Dr. Reynolds: Introduction of Toastmistress.
At the close of the banquet, which is always a delightful social
part of the annual family gathering, greatly enjoyed by the members
of the Association and their guests, the waiters were requested to
leave the room, the President then rapped for order, and introduced
the newly appointed toastmistress, who was to preside during the post-
prandial exercises, as follows:
"Members of the Association and friends: For twenty-eight con-
secutive years, the masculine members of this Association have been
the toastmasters at our annual reunions, mingling more or less native
sagacity, with the genealogical wisdom of a whole family tree full of
owls. Often invading the sphere of man's achievements, conspiciously
turned toward himself ; without, courteously extending a chivalrous
invitation to the doves of the Association, to exercise their inaleniable
right, to preside at these post-prandial exercises, which are especially
appropriate on this leap-year, since the triumph of feminism.
"At our last reunion, while reflecting on the shortcomings of the
past, it was suggested that we change this ancient custom from man's
assumed prerogative, for the good of the Association. Acting on the
wisdom of this reform, long past due, it was announced in our an-
nual report, that one of our active members from Greenwich, Conn.,
had been appointed toastmistress for this occasion.
• "Through respect to that announcement. Miss Harriet L. Re>nolds
is present, and will now take charge of the post-prandial exercises."
Toastmistress : Mr. President, Members of the Reynolds FamUy
Association and friends:
"[ feel indeed highly honored in being called upon to act as the
first woman toastmistress at the Reynolds Family reunions. After dis-
posing of a most excellent menu, I find myself too full for utterance,
but not too full to express my gratitude for this proof of your friend-
ship and esteem.
"T feel somewhat in the condition of the Irishman who was telling
his friend of a narrow escape in the war. The Irishman said; The
bullet went into me chist and came out me back.' 'But,' said the
friend, 'It would go through your heart and kill you' 'Me heart
was in me mouth at the time,' said the Irishman. As I assume my
duties as toastmistress there is music in me heart even though 'me
heart is in me mouth.' I maintaiii that all members of this Asso-
ciation should prove the right to their title of membership by serving
in some capacity in the ranks of the Association. I came very near
not practicing what I preach, for when Dr. Reynolds invited me to
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be roastiiiistress on this occasion, at first, I said 'I couldn't,' and then
I said 'I wouldn't,' and then I thought of this poem 'And 1 did it.'
'Somebody said that it couldn't be done, '
But he, with a chuckle, replied,
That "Maybe it couldn't, but he would be one
Who wouldnt. say so till he'd tried."
'So he buckled right in with the trace of a grin
On his face; if he worried he hid it.
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
'Somebody scoffed, "Oh, you'll never do that:
At least nobod} ever has done it."
But he took off his coat, and he took off his hat,
And the first thing he knew he'd begun it.
'\\ith the lift of his chin and a bit of a grin,
If any doubt rose he forbid it-
He started to sing as he tackled the thing
That couldn't be done, and he did it.
'There are thousands to tell \ ou it cannot be done-
I'here are thousands to prophesy failure;
There are thousands to point out to you one by one
The dangers that wait to assail you.
'But just buckle in with a bit of a grin.
Then take off your coat and go to it ;
Just start in to sing as you tackle the thing
That cannot be done, and you'll do it.'
"Some years ago there was a light ()|)era running in New \'ork called
the 'Pink Lad\.' The princiiKil actor was especialh' fond of the
ladies, and danced merrih around the stage singing, 'Every da\- is La-
dies' Day f(jr me.' Now this is 'Ladies' Day' Banquet to which any
man might be proud to bring his wife.
"1 once heard a man pay a fervent tribute to the ladies. He de-
clared that he believes woman is the finest creation (lod ever made, but
he wouldn't be one for fort\ dollars!
I 'tdsl mistress :
"It affords me great pleasure to welcome you all to the Twent\ -ninth
Annual Reunion of the R. F. A. We are mingled tf)day as various
braiulu's of the I\c\ nobis fainiK ; while we ha\e come from different
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localities, have different business interests, different associates, different
family ties, different religions, different habits and different aims, yet
we are all one great family- We are here to mingle our thoughts,
and see what currents are common to us all. We all enjoy these an-
nual gatherings, the reception last evening, given to welcome the new
members, the business meeting and social hour this morning, but T
think what we enjoy most is the hour around the banquet table, for
stimulated by wit and wisdom, we have need to be proud of our
ancestry, and we are sorry too, for those people who have nothing
but their ancestry to be proud of. I trust that this day of fellowship
ind renewal of friendships will be full of enjoyment and inspiration
to everyone present.
"When I see so goodly a company before me it makes me feel glad
that I am a Reynolds, and in some way connected with them. A good
name is rather to be chosen than great riches. It should, therefore, be
to each of us a lifelong gratification to be born with the good name
of Reynolds. A dear lady, of excellent family, confided to me that
the greatest honor she had ever received in her whole life was when a
Reynolds proposed to her. With a woman's keen perception, she
chose the name Reynolds rather than the endowment of great riches.
I also know a man with clear discernment, who says the best thing
that ever happened to him was on the day he married a Reynolds.
"The iiiembers of the Reynolds family have much in common, and
nothing in conflict. Their representatives have been found in every
walk in life. The>- are found in all the leading professions, and in
nearly every branch of business — in manufactviring, in the editorial
chair, on the farm, in teaching, in banking, in music and in the
fine arts- As a rule they are even tempered, of a cheerful, deter-
mined disposition, and easily managed when they can have their own
way, and apt to look on the 'sunshiny' side of life.
"What I would say further that is fitting and worthy of this
festive occasion, I will leave for the brilliant speakers to say, for I have
the promise that some of our members and guests will do all the
speechmaking. Now my duty as toastmistress is very simple and a
very easy one. I would much rather occupy this place than that of those
poor souls shivering here at the responsibility which they must under-
take in ,1 moment. I am for the moment (and I enjoy it, too,) a
woman with authority. I can say to this man, 'go,' and he goeth —
and to this woman 'do this,' and she doeth it.'
Rev. Charles P. Tinker: "Toastmistress and Friends: Here's a
toast to the 'Ladies,' our superiors yesterday, our equals today."
Toastmistress: "Gentlemen, it affords me much pleasure to re-
spond to this toast in behalf of the 'Ladies.' General Leonard Wood
says that he believes woman suffrage will have a vast and uplifting
effect upon our national life. If anybod\' was more determined dur-
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ing the war than the women of America, I do not know who that
other group is- They pushed the war forward vigorously; they did
everything they could to send their men to war filled with the spirit
of service and sacrifice ; and I am perfectly confident the American
women are going to assume their political duties in the same spirit of
helpfulness and determination for better things in which they worked
to win the war. The day is over for the feminine anti-suffragist who
says, oh, so coyly, 'No, I don't believe we women ought to have the
vote. I think there ought to be a few things left for the men!'
"Now that women ha\'e gained what in the early Susan B. An-
thony period used to be called 'equal rights,' it is not surprising that
business signs should begin to reflect the changing times. The 'Wo-
man Citizen' calls attention to the innovation in London of 'So and
So and Daughter,' which advertises to the world that women need
no longer be silent and often unpaid helpers of male members of
their families. Probably the da\ is not far of-f when mothers and
daughters will ser\ e in successixe congresses and sisters and brothers
will be delegates to the same presidential convention.
"The figures of won^an's participation in the No\ember election will
show how large a part she will have in the selection of the new Pres-
ident. Four years ago about four million women voted. In No-
vember some 26,000,000 may go to the polls. The hand that rocks
the cradle seems secure in any case of a fair share in deciding who
shall rule the world of the White House.
" 'Here's health to the suR'rage of Woman!'
Said Hiddy adjusting her hat,
'I will make a superb politician
Because I can always stand Pat.'
"Is Talking to Women Worth While i*
"Mr. CharK's [>. Hutchinson tells us of a visit which he and Pres-
uiciM Harper ot Chicago University paid to the elder Tolstoy.
"Tlic\ invited him to come to America and give a course of lec-
ture^ at Chicago Universit\'.
"Tolstoy gnif^l\ (Ici lined. 'TluTe are three things I have always
considered ver\ foolish,' lie -aid. ''i'ra\ cling uselessly — playing cards
— and talking to women.'
"With the third plank ui his platform .American men would, we
think, want to take issue.
"Four times mit of fi\c a wmuan's 'intuitiMu' i> wrong. Ihe btth
time she speaks like an (uai Ic ut all the ages.
"Some Diic lias smkI that cxcix wuman is as old as the earth; but
a m.iii comes up green e\ery spruig.
".And when to this uncatmy, raic old wisdom ot women is added
the twentieth centuiv advantage ot eilucation and e(iu.dit\, \ ou \v.\\\:
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what makes the women or Christian countries the most intellectuallv
interesting in the world-
"It is a great pleasure to have with us today a galaxy of interest-
ing women .'
Toastrnistrcss — "I take pleasure in introducing Mrs. Frederick H.
Senft, wife of one of the founders of the Hebron Home in Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Mrs. Senft- — ^"The subject that our Toastmistress suggested that I
talk on is fellowship. When w^e met here a year ago there was real
fellowship, there was an exchanging of sentiment. What I liked
about this gathering was everybody told what they had done, one
gentleman, a steel manufacturer, told us all about steel, and I learned
more about Boy Scouts than I ever learned before in my life. We
must become acquainted to have fellowship ; come close together. In
a great big city like New York we don't get together so quickly be-
cause we are so far apart. We cannot live without fellowship, so-
cially or in our business or profession. To have fellowship there must
be equality. It is a great pleasure to come to these pleasant gather-
ings and meet the members of the Reynolds family, and I appreciate it
very much. Certainly .the breath was taken away from me when our
Toastmistress asked me to speak. However, I said I would do the
best I could. Our business is to teach and preach and save, and give
for the Lord Jesus.
"That is all I am prepared to saw so 1 think 1 will ask my daughter
help me sing a little song."
The song entitled "Fellowship" was then sung by Mr. and Mrs.
Senft and daughter, the latter accompanying them at the piano. It was
a ver}' pleasing feature of the occasion.
Toastmistress : "It is an interesting fact that the Pilgrim Moth-
ers were the responsible authors of that New England virtue some-
times known as 'pizen neatness.' It is stated that a Puritan, meeting
with business reverses, announced to his wife, 'Martha, I'm ruined:
the wolf is at the door.' 'Is he?' said Martha, 'tell him to wipe
his feet.'
"The courtship of John Alden is a golden chapter in Pilgrim an-
nals, and literature is enriched for all ages by the demure tact of
Priscilla Mullins.
"Priscilla's presence of mind is matched by another Puritan maid,
to whom said a cautious man, 'If I should ask you to become ip.y
wife, would you say, yes?' Said the cautious woman to the cau-
tious man, 'If you thought I would say yes, would 3'ou ask me to
become your wife?'
"The old joke that the 'Pilgrim Mothers' had to endure not alone
their hardships but the Pilgrim Fathers also,' has been overworked-
These women would never have accepted pity as martyrs. Political
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orators must talk of Pilgrim Mothers as well as Pilgrim Father;, or
they will lose votes. The next speaker on our program is a lawyer.
They say when a doctor makes a mistake he buries it. When a preach-
er makes a mistake nobody knows the difference. When a lawyer
makes a mistake he has a chance to try the case all over again.
"Pat was taken into the court room to prove that he was a nat-
uralized citizen. *Pat,' asked the judge, have you read the Constitu-
tion?' 'No, your honor.' 'Have you read the Declaration of Inde-
pendence?' 'No, sir, your honor.' 'Have you read the Emancipation
Proclamation?' 'No, sir, your honor.' 'Well, Pat, what have you
read?' 'Sure, your honor, I have "red" hairs on the back of me
neck.' 'Oh, wtII!' said the Old Fogy, 'Clothes do not make the man!'
'Don't you believe it,' responded the Grouch, 'Suits have made many
a lawyer'
"It is indeed a privilege and pleasure to have with us today a
member of the bar. Judge Louis H. Reynolds, Chairman of the Board
of City Magistrates, City of New York, who will relate some of his
interesting experiences."
"We are delighted to have with us today. Judge Louis H. Reynolds,
Cit\- Magistrate of the city of New York."
"Air. President. Toostniistress and felloic kinsmen:
"I think I ought to expose that very excellent gentleman who so
worthily and so efficiently presides over the destiny of this Association,
Dr. Reynolds, who only a few moments ago assured me that if. I was
called upon to make an\ remarks at all it would be in the most in-
formal way.
"I did not con'e here to make a speech. It is only by a very good
fortune and circumstances that I am permitted to be here. I have
come from a very busy court at the very last minute, rushed over here
in an automobile, in order that I might, for the first time in my life,
look upon my famil\. 1 have been a member of this association for
some years, three or more, is it not, doctor? I have often promised I
would come here, but have been prevented from doing so. I want
to say it is a great pleasure to look you all over, and I am very proud
of you. I see here a very substantial looking lot of people. It seems
to me that \ou are collectiveU and individually about the best look-
ing lot of people I have seen in a long, long time. I want to sav
I am ready to bet my last penny, if I e\er do bet. that every
mother's son of you and every mother's daughter is a good loyal
citizen of the United States. Now, 1 rf;ill\ diiln t come here to
make a speech ; I really haven't any message to carry to you. I have
no fads I am particularly desirable to exploit, and there isn't anything
that I might say that would be ni interest to you. The g(M)d doctor
suggested some time ago that I come here and tell you something
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about mj.' personal experiences, he thought that would be of interest
to you.
"My business, as you know, is sending people to jail, and I might
say in that connection Judges are given to very short speeches ; when
we are required to speak we speak consistently, but make it very
short, something like this, 'Mister, I find you guilty, thirty days in
jail.' We are not given to long speeches.
"I want to say, however, that I have listened with a great deal of
interest to the remarks made by your Toastmistress, and to the stories
she has told, also to our good sister's address upon New England mat-
ters, which has been very instructive and entertaining, and I am very
glad to be here.
"I might tell you about something that happened yesterday morn-
ing. I was presiding in one of the Police Courts here, the court
covers the Red Light district in this city, and a little incident oc-
curred which I want to tell you about in that district. Frequently
we have a \ery pleasant old Irish lady who is fond of her rum, and
even during these prohibition times she seems to have found some ,
source of entry, although we can't tell where the source is, but we
see evidences of it very often ; in the court she had become known
to everyone, through her habit of coming in smiling. She always
comes before the judge rubbing her hands, with the most beautific
smile on her face; you would think she had just had a drink. I had,
about fifteen days ago, committed her to the work house, and was
somewhat surprised to see a big Irish policeman leading her into court.
I said to her, 'IVIary, are you here again so soon?' She said. 'Yes,
Your Honor, I was so hungry to see your Honor's handsome face
that I went and got drunk.' Now. I ask vou, my dear brothers and
sisters, what could I do with that woman. I said, 'Get out of here
quick.' and e\'erybody laughed, and it made a pleasant occasion.
"T recall a very interesting case. I was trying a case in a section
known as Bronsville Section of Brooklyn, many of you people do not
understand, Bronsville section of Brooklyn is East New York, and is
a section in the Borough of Brook'in, mostly inhabited by our
friends of the Jewish race, and that court is dominated by the Jews.
It frequenth happens that ihe complainant ;in(i the defendant and the
witnesses and counsel for thi^ defendant arc a!! Jews. We had a case
not so long ago, one of these long whiskered Jews, stated that the
defendant, a young man, had come to his house, and called him
•lames. A little Jewish lawyer, fat, got up and examined the com-
plainant. He said, 'So, Mr. Isaacs, my client, called you a long
whiskered old Jew, did he?' 'Yes, he did.' 'Well, Mr. Issacs, you
are a Jew, ain't you?' 'Yes, I am a Jew.' 'And, Mr. Isaacs, I think you
are about 75 or 80 years of age, weren't you?' 'Yes, 81.' He fumbled
with some of his papers, then he said, 'Mr. Lssaacs, I presume you
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will not den\ the fact that your whiskers were long?' 'Yes, ni}- whis-
kers were long.' 'Now. Your Honor, my client told the truth, he
was a long whiskered Jew, didn't he?'
"Well, those are little pleasant incidents that occur every day.
"The Magistrate's Court of the cit)' of New York, you might be
interested to know, handles about ^60,000 cases annually, and there
are in addition to the day courts, two night courts, one night court in
which the women are tried, and a night court in which the men are
tried in Manhattan. There is also a special day court in which women
,ire tried in Manhattan. There are special courts like the traffic courts
in which nothing but automobile cases, and all cases regarding the
traffic on the streets are tried, and there are courts which are de-
\ oted to all ([uestions of domestic relations, where there is a complaint
on the part of a recreant husband who spends his salary over the
hai, and lets his wife and children starve.
"Now, \ ()u might be interested to know that since prohibition in
tlie state of New York intoxication cases have fallen oflf 72%. You
iiia\ also be interested in knov\'ing that the class of cases arising from
intoxication, such as a wife coming into court heavily bandaged, her
head swathed in bandages, and it is always one story, Mike came
home on Saturday night having spent his wages in Murphy's saloon
on tlie corner and he injured me like this, and we have no money in the
house; those rases were frequent. It may interest you to know that
these cases almost entirely disapiM-ared from the calendars of the
courts.
"The drinking in New ^Ork seems to be more uni\ersal than in
any other cit\, and 1 presume there wasn't anyone in the United
.States that took prohibition (juite so seriously as the people of this
city, and today they are abusing it as before, they are lying about it,
and they are almost certain that prohibition will yet be removed
from the law books of this country.
"1 noticed in one of the dail\' journals of this city a statement by
the Commissioner of Public Charities of New York to the effect that
•-ince prohibition, intoxication cases were on the mcrease. I cannot
account for it, and I don't think the\- can. 1 was going to write
tlie Commissioner and a^k him where he got his information, because
I do not think he is in an\ better position, if he is in as good a
position as 1 ;iin, to s;i\ what that reform has amounted to in the cit\'
of New \'oik. Those great reforms are not (piite so successful at
lust. When prohibition actuallv arri\ed ever\ restaurant and cabaret
had large stocks of intoxicating licjuors on hand. 1 presume it will take
M)nic time hctnrc that stock is cxhaustcil, but the time is coming when
that stock will he cxhaiistctl ; when the da\ for rolling beer b.irrels
and rum barrels o\cr the sidewalks will stop, and the reeling dnmken
m.in w ill he a thing tr) be talked of in historv.
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"I thank \ou for listening to me. I want to repeat a^ain, I am
very glad that I am here, and I want to say to you that my wife
would have been with me, but she had a very important engagement
that was made some time ago. When I heard our Toastmistress say
that she thought a woman ought to feel honored when a Reynolds
proposed to her, I was sorry my wife was not here to hear that. I
am going to tell her about it."
Toastntistrt'ss : "I am sure we are all proudly thankful for our
brave kinsman of Asia Minor.
"A Dutch pastor of Milwaukee makes it a point to welcome any
strangers cordially, and one evening after the completion of the
service he hurried down the aisle to station himself at the door.
A Swedish girl was one of the strangers in the congregation. He
welcomed her to the church and expressed the hope that she would be
a regular attendant. Finally he said that if she would be at home
some evening during the week he would call. 'T'ank you,' she mur-
mured bashfully, 'but Ay have a fella.'
"A young couple were engaged to be married. 'Mabel, there is
sorTiPthing I ought to tell you about myself,' said Tom, soberly, as
they were strolling in the moonlight- 'What is it, Tom?' asked the
girl. 'Well, Mabel, — I hate to tell you, but I don't think I would
be doing right not to,' and he glanced anxiously at the pale face of
his promised bride. 'The fact is,' he continued hesitatingly, 'Mabel,
I — I — am a somnambulist.' 'Never mind, Tom,' cheerfully replied the
girl, 'I am a Congregationalist, but we'll go to \our church one Sun-
day and mine the next.'
"It affords me much pleasure to introduce to you a gentleman who
is not a somnambulist nor a Congregationalist, but he is an Episco-
palian. Rev. Charles P. Tinker, for many years in charge of New-
York City Episcopal Missions."
"Mr. President and Toastmistress — I regret that 1 shall have to
cut my speech short, as I have to catch a train. I take this occasion
to express my thanks for the pleasant time I have had here today, and
also to say I was a Congregationalist, and that now I am an Epis-
copalian from choice. I just have time before my train leaves to
confer a degree. I want to confer it upon the Toastmistress at the
head of the table, and please permit me to confer tiiis degree of S. E.
upon all the members of the Reynolds family when I say you are the
salt of the earth."
"Madam Toastniaster and Members of the Reynolds Family Asso-
ciation :
"I have not forgotten the honor your President conferred upon me
last year when he invited me to address you upon certain phases of
the work I was then doing in the city of New York. Were he not
a gentleman of 'the old school' I probably would not today have re-
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ceivcd a gracious imitation to sptak to \()u again. For I am now
rr.ereh a suburban pastor representing nd dramatic situations but
merely doing what all otiier ministers are doing — shepherding their
flocks.'
"The nearest 1 come to having a title to a place on your program
is in the tact that it was my good fortune to be born of a Puritan
mother, and that my family conceivably were represented on board
that alread\ greatly over-crowded \essel, which landed in 1620 off
PKniouth Rock, namel\- the Mayflower.
"He\()nd that I ma\ onl.\ take time enough (especially since m\
train is due to iea\e in a rnoment or two) to bear my testimon> to the
excellence of people who bear the Re\nolds name. I ha\e known a
host of them. And m\ one thought of them has been, in the words
of the Holy Scriptures, 'Ye are the salt of the earth.'
"A suburban school boy lately expounded this text, in our Church
-ch.o-d — 'Salt (It the earth — Yes, salt is that stuff which makes potatoes
taste so bad when it ain't in.' 'There you are,' as said the lad when
he set down the kitten on the sticky fly paper.
"If you want a world whose taste is stale, flat and unprofitable — pro-
cure one without the Reynolds famih^ in it.
"The train is waiting. I hear \ou sav 'Scat.'
(REV.) CHARLES P. PINKER.
Toast fnistnss: "A negro church in the South wished to honor its
pastor on the occa<i( n of his fiftieth birthday and held many dis-
cussions as to the proper ways and means. But the reverend brother
was already equipped with a silk hat. a watch chain and most of this
world's goods which are compatible with ecclesiastical dignity. Final-
ly a member of the Committee discovered that the one thing lackiniJ
to their beloved preacher's happiness was the degree of D. I). Where-
upon the committee at once went about to discover a wa\ of securing
the coveted title.
"Degrees came from colleges. 'Phat much the\ knew. Rumor said
that degrees were expensive, but the exact cost could not be ascer-
tained, and the time of the birthday celebration was approaching ra])-
idl\. So finalK the committee wrote the following letter to the state
university :
( ientleinen><,
■ ' We want'^ a 1) D. for our preacher ami we w. '- Au-
gust first. We don't know how much it costs, but we have collected
twent\-fi\c dollars to pa\ f<tr it. If that ain't enough to cover the com-
plete expenses, >end one I). b\ return mail, and we will >end \ou the
money for the other one as soon a^ we lan get it Hoping to hear
from you immediate, we remain, \ours, etc'
"We have a I). I), with us today I refer tu the Re\ . Oliver
Hiukel. I ). 1). p.istor ot the Semnd L'oiigregatioiial C'hurch, (»reen
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wich, Connecticut. Dr. Huckel is greatly beloved by the Reynolds
family of this town, and by everybody else. He is not only a gifted
preacher, but a gifted speaker and writer. During thirty years of
active ministry, it has been his privilege to preach more than 2,500
sermons, to give more than 1,000 lectures and addresses. In this
time also, he has published twenty-four books and sixteen pamphlets
— the books alone have sold more than 50,000 copies. The most
popular of these have been 'Through England with Tennyson'
and his twelve volumes of translation of the Wagner music-dramas.
"This is the ^Tercentenary of the 'Landing of the Pilgrims' and
the 'Beginnings of New England-.' I know of no finer man to pay
a tribute to the 'Pilgrim Fathers' than Dr. Huckel. I take great
pleasure in introducing Rev. Dr. Oliver Huckel."
The Toastmistress in a few pleasant words, introduced Rev. Oliver
Huckel, D. D. of Greenwich, Conn., a.; the next speaker.
"Mr. President, Miss Toastmistress and all the descendants of the
Reyno Ids fam ily :
"Tt is perfectly delightful to be received into this successful and
good looking family, and to be adopted by them even for one day.
"I was thinking as the Toastmistress was speaking, in this eventful
and new era of equal rights for women, why not have a member of
the Reynolds family for the President of the United States?
"One of the speakers suggested that we tell something about what
we do. Well, my chief business in life is taking care of a very unruly
section of the Reynolds family in the beautiful suburbs of New York,
known as Greenwich, Conn.
"There is some of the family right here at the table now ; Judge
Reynolds of Brooklyn, including the Toastmistress, and this young
Boy Scout.
"I have a dilligent task keeping them together. May I reminis-
cence for about three years back? The first dinner I attended in my
Parish at Greenwich, was with the Reynolds family- As I look back
on that occasion now, if I had not taken that first dinner, perhaps I
would not have been invited here at this luncheon. Recently I in-
quired of Mr. Frank Reynolds, 'How long have you been in Green-
wich?' He replied, 'Some seven or eight generations'. And I said to
his wife, 'How long have you been here?' She replied, 'One or two
generations beyond that' The Reynolds family have done wonderful
work in that section of the country; they are still doing splendid work
in the community, and it is delightful to think they are among the Pil-
grim fathers, and all doing Pilgrim service in those regions.
"I wish I could obtain membership in the Reynolds family; our
Toastmistress asked me to what family I belonged. I told her I be-
longed to a more distinguished family than the Reynolds family ; that
I belonged to the Adams family.
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"I hope you will all come into that family some day, and although
she asked me to speak on the Piltjrim fathers, I cannot claim any
relationship.
"I am merely a Pilgrim Quaker from Pennsylvania. I get my as-
sociation with the Pilgrims from my good wife ; she is not here to
speak today, so I will speak for her.
"She came over first in 1614 to Dorchester, Mass-, then she came
down to Green wicli. Conn " REV. OLIVER HUCKEL, D. D.
Truisf mistress : . "Raymond Rohbins of Chicago bought a newspaper,
and read the headlines from the San Francisco Convention ; Steam
Roller at Work. Later, in one of his famous 'straight from the
shoulder speeches,' Mr. Robhins said, 'If ever the day comes when
the principles of the Pilgrim Fathers actually control national life,
every sort of steam roller will be consigned to the junk heap.'
"Our next speaker will devote her remarks to 'The Pilgrim Moth-
ers,' that remarkable group of women who faced fearful hardship with
wonderful fortitude and whose patient courage must have been a
tremendous inspiration to the men of the expedition. 1 am delighted
to present to you, Mrs. John F. Reynolds- I am interested in gene-
alogy, but I have not made a 'hobb>' of it ; my brother, Frank V. R.
Reynolds is the live, energetic genealogist of our family; but I have
succeeded in completing my line of descent from John of Watertown.
Mrs. Reynolds is also from Connecticut. Who knows but she may
be my fortieth cousin i*"
Mrs. Jiihn /•'. Reynolds — "When \our Toastmistress asked me sev-
eral months ago if 1 would speak at this meeting, I asked her what
subject she would like n e to speak on, and she said the Puritan and
Pilgrim mother. I asked a friend of mine if he would write something
for me about the Pilgrims and the Puritan mother, and he came to
my house the other da\ , and he said how did the speech take, and I
told him it I adn't been delivered \et.
IHE PURITAN MO'i'HKR
"When a native of a certain town was asked by a stranger if he had
lived there all his life, he answered 'not set.' Thus it ma\ be asked h;is
the Puritan Mothers' life ceased in New F!ngland and the answer
come from a luuulred throats here toda\ . 'not \et.'
"The Puritan Mother was a long time in the making. She was
born ot Scottish Idood on the hills of ancient Caledonia. She was
cradled by ( j(jd-fearing women. Her hillain was the blare of the
trumpet and tlie skirl of the bag piin-. She was bathed in the dew
of the gorse and the liiathcr ami clothed In the (locks ot the mountains.
She came down to the valley of Britain and wanderetl with the girls
of Englatul where Pilgrim feet hail trod. She heard tiie clanging of
cathedral bells sununonin^ liei to form atui liturjis b\ order ot roy-
alty and priesthood.
"She saw the shackling of her people and their cry for freedom and
all this time she was reaching up, up, through the ages to membership
in the Kingdom of God. She crossed the ocean, dropping her chams
on the way, and landed on America's shore the finest, freest God
given woman the world ever knew or will know, and she is here
today, no jury under heaven would ever convict you men for everlast-
ingly looking at her, longing for her, asking for her, loving her.
"The Puritan Mother's ideal, her purpose, her spirit is with us
yet, no aeroplane can out-mount it. no automobile can out-ride it, no
movie can out-paint it, no family reunion can ignore it. Time and
tide and taxation may beat upon it, but it will not go down for it is
founded on a rock, the rock of the motherhood of the ages.
"I would not have you believe the Puritan spirit dwells in every
bosom. P^ar from it. We know better. There are mothers all about
us (not here, however,) who have no more use for the Puritan spirit
than a cat has for holy water, but such women are not leaders, they do
not sit in our churches, teach in our schools, nurse in our hospitals, nor
believe in the Greather Brotherhood of Man. Lack of this spirit may
d^ay for a time the wheels of true American Democracy, for a hard
and unthankful task looms up before us to override and counteract
the ignorance, crime and superstition of the satanic hordes swarm-
ing at our gateways from the Old World, but I believe we will win,
we must win.
"I have faith in the Puritan Mother, I believe in her, all she held
dear, I hold dear. There is not a broken hearthstone in early New
England at which she did not once sit. not a lilac bush but she once
tended, not a worn Bible once prayed over, not a cemetery without
her monument and though in part these memorials may have dis-
appeared.
You may break, you may shatter the vase if you will.
But the scent of the roses will hang around it still.'
"If I have drawn this picture for you it is because it has come
from the fullness of my heart. I am as optimistic as was Johnny.
His mother found him one day engaged with pencil and paper.
'What are you doing, Johnny?' 'I am making a picture of Adam,'
'A picture of Adam, nobody every saw him. nobody knows how he
looked.' 'Well they will when I get though with this,' said Johnny.
"So I have given you here mv conception of the Puritan Mother."
MRS. JOHN F. REYNOLDS.
Toastinistress : "When Paris was threatened with a siege by the
Germans she hid many of her art treasures. She concealed the Venue
DeMilo in a vault, because she was 'unarmed.'
"We will now listen to some remmiscences of the life of the great
portrait painter 'Sir Joshua Revnolds' which will be given bv Mrs.
Frank T- B. Reynolds."
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"Mr. Prt'sidctit and Mdiiic. Toastmistress :
"I do not belong to the AlayBower Pilgrims. I did not come over
on the Ma\ flower, and you may be surprised to know that I am only
4 1-2 years old as a Reynolds.
'Coming events,' we are told, 'cast their shadows before,' and
all the summer I have been walking under the shadows of two com-
ing events. One has arrived at this moment — an after dinner speech at
the Reynolds family banquet. The other is due Tuesday, No\ember
2nd. Upon this occasion I am happ>- to be here and proud of the
honor of being a member of the Association. The next occasion will
he a mixed pleasure for I have qualms of conscience over voting. If
I could cast my first ballot for Dr. \V. Myron Reynold-^ to pre dent
vi the United States I should be happy. Having five minutes only
and one of them gone, I must hasten.
"Twice Mr. Reynolds came prepared to give you something of the
life of Sir Joshua Reynolds. Both times we had to leave to catch a
rrain home. His speech has been printed in the yearly report, but you
know how it is with the ladies — they will remain until the\- have had
their say.
"A missionar\ once went to a far away town and was disturbed
when he found there was no newspaper. They pacified him b\ sa\ing
a newspaper wasn't necessary. They could telegraph, telephone and
•^ell a w():ran and ^^o the news spread. One or two things concerning
Sir Joshua which Mr. Reynolds did not state are of special interest
on this particular occasion. Although he was a confirmed bachelor
and so far as history tells us, never had but one love affair his at-
titude toward women was most courtly, "ris said 'his children on
canvas looked more like Italian angels than flesh and blood children
and he always painted a woman as she looked in the eyes of her
lo^ cr." Not one of his pictures but has a character and grace of its
own. Mis fancy seemed nc\cr ending: in every face he saw that
\\hate\er latent chann it po^M^scd wouKl spring to the surface for
his pencil to catch. His own delightful personality seemed to call
forth the most charnu'ng qualities of his sitters and a close friend of
his, Edmund Malone, thus describes him. 'A well-born, well-bred Eng-
h'sh gentleman with a constant flow of spirits which rendered him a
most pleasing companion. He appeared to me the happiest man 1 have
e\er known.'
" rherc is an old engraving cnntlcd, A Literar\ Evening in the
House ot Re\ Holds,' showing Sir Joshua in ttie nudst of his choicest
triends. It we of this da\ liad an .iitist among our number might
we not have another picturi' entitled, '.\ Social Afternoon in the
House ot Re\nolds,' showing our beloved Doctor surrounded b\ his
.ippreciativ e kinsmen which in these da\ s iiuhides the ladies.
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AMERICA THAT IS TO BE
America that is to be —
It is a call to you, to me!
Look up, look high,
To the vast sky
Where stars with dust of stars agree,
For symbols of our unity.
Ours is no race of petty aims,
Content with civic wrongs and shames,
Great-brained, great-souled,
Ours is to hold
The course that highest Right proclaims.
Our guide the whitest Truth that flames.
Heirs of the "Great Land of the Sun,"
Whose Heaven-sent task has just begun,
We ask each land
To understand
That all are brother-lands, as one.
Challenged to see pure justice done.
Woman, today, it is to thee,
Comes this old call of destiny.
Strive ! That no wrong
Shall make less strong,
Less beautiful, less great, less free,
America, that is to be!
-YETTA KAY STODDAR T.
T onst mistress : "Those of you who are interested in Foreign Mis-
sions, perhaps, are acquainted with the little boy who attended a mis-
sionary rally with his father. When he came home, he asked his moth-
er if the people in South. Africa wore clothes. She replied, 'No.'
'Why then did father put a button in the collection box?' asked
the boy. I wonder if any of you have in your churches a collection
plate that has recently been invented. If you drop in a quarter there
is no sound, drop in a dime and a bell rings, drop in a nickel and
it blows a horn, drop in a penny and it shoots off a revolver, drop
in nothing and your picture is taken and thrown on the wall."
"Miss Rachel C. Shauffler will tell us of her cousin, the late Rev.
George C. Raynolds, D- D.. a very distinguished missionary, who
devoted a long life to cause of Foreign Missions. I take much pleas-
ure in introducing Miss Schauffler."
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"Ot! ers ha\ e spoken of the courage it requires to stand up before
this audience. For me. something more than courage is needed, be-
cause I, whose name is not Reynolds, am standing before the Rey-
nolds Family Association to tell about a man whose name was Ray-
nolds! The only excuse I have for such cheek is that Doctor George
C. Raynolds was my father's cousin and that I knew him pretty well
and admire him beyond words.
"Doctor Raynolds was eighty-one (8i) years old when he died last
February (iQ2o) in San Francisco. He was a graduate of Williams
College; a veteran of the Civil War; a Doctor of Divinity as well as
of medicine and he served the American Board for over fifty (50)
years as a Missionary in Turkey.
"I was asked to tell you about my Cousin George as I knew him,
so I think I will begin with a story about the end of his nose. Some
of you who knew him ma\ remember that around the tip of his nose
there was a queer little indented ring. I was once told some"''in'j;
of how he got this scar and I did my best afterwards to extract
the whole story from him. Piecing together what I heard and vvhpt
he told me, this is about the way it happened —
"Many years ago, Doctor Raynolds was traveling in the mountains
of Turkey where he met a party of Kurds. Now these Kurds were of
the nomadic tribes who infest the mountains between Persia and
Turkey. We have read of them rather often lateh in the papers.
They are a 'small people' who have ne\er had to be taught 'the prin-
ciple of self-determination' for they have always done exactly as they
pleased. Once in a great while, the Government of Turkey, or the
Go ernment of Persia has had to pay the bill, but not often.
"Now these Kurds fell upon Doctor Raynolds, took what they
pleaded of his effects and left him with a good deal of his scalp de-
tached frcjm its moorings and the tip of his nose hanging by a thread.
Fortunately, they had not taken his toilet appurtenances nor his sur-
gical iiistniments, so v\hen th(*\ had gone away, the Doctor picked
1iini-('!t \\\\ gdt out his liaiui-mirror, took out his instruments, re-
rurnccl !ii> stalp to its pl;nc and sewed nn the tip of his nose. He
then went on his wa\ and reached Van safely, though 1 cannot re-
member whether he told me if they had taken his horse or not.
"Later, he was ad\ ised by someone to put in a claim against the
Turkish (io\ernment. This he did through the American Legation
at Constantinople ami a niinihcr ot \ears later, when the Minister
was collecting other damages, a motlest sum of money was procured
for Doctor Raynolds.
"Now comes the part ot tin- st()!\ Cousin ( ieorge really enjoyed tell-
ing. I lia\c found that ntlicr men, to whom things happen, hate to
tell then nwn ;i(l\ cutii ics, hut l(i\c to talk about their work. 'I'his
deal old m-iitlciiiaii now -.hii'tlcd n\v\ the photographs he always car-
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ried with him and finding the one he wanted, held it up before me
while his brown eyes glowed with pride and joy.
" 'That.' said he, 'I ha\'e always called "The Church the Kurds
built." '
"You see, he had bought the land for that church and put up most
of the building with the money the Kurds paid for his nose!
"Lately. I heard from Doctor Barton, President of the Americatv
Board, that of all the American Missicm buildings in Van, the only
one left standing is 'The Church the Kurds built.' It's being used
now by the Turks as a hospital. It was built for Armenians and for
anybody else that would come to it ; but I doubt if, as we sit here,
there is one Armenian left in the Cit\ of Van.
"Cousin George probably never knew that his church was left
standing. When, for the last time he turned his face toward Amer-
ica, he must have thought there was no vestige left of all the build-
ings which had housed the work he lo\ ed. . What else was there left
him? From the human standpoint there was nothing and Cousin
George himself was human.
"His wife d:ed two years before this, in his absence, as the result
of injuries received in her flight from. Van. He had reached Tiflis in
the Caucasus to find that she had been dead two days. The people
whom he regarded as h's hildren, the orphans he lias saved from the
massacres of 1895 were scattered. IVIost of the men were killed and
the women were in captivity or unaccounted for. In 191 8 it was
that he finally turned his face toward America, though when he had
said 'Good-bye' to us the last time he sailed for the near East, he
firmly and joyfully expressed the hope that he was going back to die,
if not in Turkey, at least in what wf)uld some day again be called
'Armenia '
"But now, in iijiH, he was told by the Consul that he must leave
the orphans whom he had sheltered and fed and taught in Erivan,
because now they would be safer without an American in the house
Avith them since America had entered the war.
"Of personal belongings also Doctor Raynolds was entirely strip-
ped. On this last journey through Russia, he was in the midst of
fighting so that he had to leave everything behind him excepting what
he could carry in a very small bag. How he must have missed
his collection of photographs! After that terrific journes, he arrived
late that Spring in Seattle where he went straight to the hospital and
lay for many weeks very ill. Afterwards, he said to a friend, 'I was
disappointed when I found I was getting well.'
"But he did get well and what do you suppose he did next? The
Fall of 1919 foimd him in Berkeley, California, keeping house for
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four youno; Armenians : two of them studying to be doctors, one to
be a nurse and one to be an engineer. All of them looked forward
to Armenia as the place where they would practice their professions.
The pension Cousin George was recci\ing as a veteran of the Civil
War with the addition of a little annuity which had somehow come
to him, these supplied the budget on which the household was run.
And the one who rose to get the breakfast, who washed the dishes
and made the house tidy, he got his own limch and saw to it that
none of his children did household work enough to keep them from
their studies, that 'useful man' was no other than the Rev. Geo. C.
Raynolds, M. D. Now again he had something to live iur and 1
venture to say the food was good, though frugal. I hope they had
.strawberry short cake, for I never saw anyone relish that viand more
than Cousin George, who consumed two large helpings the last time
he sat at a certain bountiful table where I too was a guest.
"Earl\ in i<)20 it becanie e\ident that the Doctor must go again
to a hospital, this time for a serious operation. He realized that he
might not survi\e, but this time he hoped that the Lord would see
fit to pull him through. 'I should like to live,' he said, 'to see these
four children read\- to begin their work in Armenia.'
"Hut it was not to be. When he was dead, about thirty well-to-do
Armenians of California wb.o had been under his care in the old
day> at Van, asked that the\ nught have the privilege of getting his
body cremated and that the\ nught send his ashes back to lie beside
the bod_\ of his wife in Tiflis.
"It was right that his bod\ should be left to "his children' as it was
the only visible legacy that could have been given them. For Doctor
Raynolds left nothing to come under the jurisdiction of the Probate
Court. He left nothing, I sa\ , and yet, wliat has he left us? For
we, too, have a claiiu on the estate of his, our kinsman, we among
think he has left us the nost \aluable legacy that can be left by any
whom are the ne;irest blood relations left to (Jeorge C Raxnolds.
Todsttnistn ss : "1 he .Atlantic ( )cean used to constitute a very for-
midable barrier which cut us off from other nations. Little did we
know about foreign people. Not a great deal did we care about
them. Then the ocean began to ilry up. ( )nce. it was six weeks wide.
b\ sail. Presentl\ it \\ .is onh six ila\s wide, by steam. Then it was
obliterated. b\ cable. Soon the cable became superfluous, and we
just shouted to one another, across the sea. The 'foreign' country be-
gan to come up in out \ ision like an aiid-touche»l plate in a dark
room
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"The whole world was shrinking — shrinking, until what were once
but vagut shapes, groping in the dark of unknown lands, became liv-
ing people, very like ourselves as to their human needs. I take pleas-
ure in asking Miss Erma V. Reynolds to tell us about her sister,
Mrs. Dunbar, a member of this Association, now living in China."
"Madam Toastmistress, Members of Reynolds Family Association:
"There is not much that I can tell you of her experience living in
China, although we hear from her often, and as I am desirous of going
there myself in the future, I will promise to tell you of my own ex-
perience later on.
"Mrs. Dunbar mailed a letter to the secretary to be read at this
meeting, but it did nbt reach here in time to be read-"
ERMA V. REYNOLDS.
Toastmistress : "Our next speaker is a gentleman whose 'enthus-
iasm' for education and genealogy is well known. In speaking of
education, it reminds me that I have just learned of a teacher who
started poor twenty years ago and has retired with the comfortable
fortune of fifty thousand dollars. This was acquired through industry,
economy, conscientious efifort, indomitable perseverance, and the
death of an uncle who left her an estate valued at ^49,999.50. Again
I am reminded of genealogy. It is about an Irishwoman of the
name of Donahue. She one day heard some ladies speaking of gene-
ealogy, and enquired of them. 'What is genealogy?' and it was ex-
plained to her that it was knowing who you were, and from whom you
sprang. She said 'I know who I am, I'm a Donahue, and further-
more, I know this — that no Donahue ever sprang from anybody; they
always sprang at them.' I am sure we ;^hall all be most delighted
to hear from Professor Harrah J. Reynolds, honorary member, and
one of the oldest members of the R. F. A"
Ala'anie Toastmistress, Al embers of Reynolds Family Association :
"I am pleased to be here and meet so many on this occasion. The
secretary said that we had received fifty new members since the last
meeting, one year ago. I would recommend that each member enclose
a membership blank when writing to those who are eligible, thereby
adding to the membership. There should be additions enough to swell
the number to one thousand."
PROF. HARRAH J. REYNOLDS.
Toastniistress: "It is said of Chauncey Depew, that in company
with ladies he was looking over a famous collection of paintings,
among which was one of Daniel in the lion's den. One lad\^ asked
why it was that Daniel, who was in great danger, should look so
happy and contented. Mr. Depew said he thought Daniel appeared so
happy because he knew that when the banquet was over he would not
be called upon for an after-dinner speech.
" 'A touch of nature makes the whole world kin.' 'There are
others' w^ho feel shaky about speech-making.
"The measure of a man is taken by his answer to the unescapable.
T will now call upon John S. T. Wade, Esq., of New York to speak"
"A great work, nobly done, but not, by any means, finished yet."
"Mr. President and members of the Reynolds Family Association,
it is with mingled feelings of gratification and diffidence that I
respond to the invitation of your President, Dr. Reynolds, to address
\ou. My gratification proceeds from a deep consciousness of the com-
pliment of which 1 am the recipient in being asked to be present
among you and t(j witness the spirit of good feeling and just family
pride which prompt those who bear the ancient and distinguished
name of Reynolds to foregather. My diffidence arises from the lim-
itations vvhich my lack of personal acquaintance with your members
places upon me.
"I feel that I anticipate your wish in expressing admiration for
and appreciation of the splendid gentleman who for such a consid-
erable time has so worthily presided over your organization ; but I
would inadequately fulfill your desire did I not make mention of the
usefulness and self-sacrifice which characterize his professional rela-
tions and of the uniform courtesy and kindness which dignify and
(hstinguish him as a repository of the intimate confidences of those
who place themselves under his skillful direction. I felicitate \()ur
Mieiubership upon its kinship with Dr. Re\nolds. invaluable to his pa-
tients, indispensable to his church and his fraternities and delightful
to his friends.
"It is both instriK'ti\ (• and inspiring to contemplate this assemblage
of men and women in w hose veins Hows the blood of the founders of
>()ur name, the most valued heritage of those who bear it being the
traditions of service to the state, and worthy achievement, and the
privilege vvhich it confers upon its possessors to share mutually in
upholding those traditions, nnd in maintaining the integrity of the
bond in which descent trom an lionoird ancestry has its inception.
"Men pause in a species of wonderment beside the fanes of an-
tiquitv. The mere fact that a thing is very ancient is sufficient to
arrest attention anil arouse eurious comment. Men evpend thousands
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to possess the works of an old master. They listen with eager interest
at mention of an historic name. Those who bear it hold i: .n 'niis: .^or
their posterity as beneficiaries and they have not worthily admin-
istered their trust who have not added to its luster or made sincere
effort to exalt and magnify it- It cannot be made the subject of pur-
chase. It can only be attained through the slow process of time.
Men may achieve personal distinction, they may win fame irrespective
of conditions of- origin but an historic name is an edifice which only
fime can rear upon the cemented granites of noble deeds.
"Men and women of this Association, I felicitate you upon the
name which you bear and upon the traditions which as co-trustees,
you are administermg for the benefit of those among you whom your
activities are placed and of those who are to follow you."
JOHN F. H. WADE, ESQ., New \ ork City.
T oast mistress : "It is well known that many of the Reynolds fam-
ily are lovers of music — I hear that it is unusually musical down on
the Florida coast during the winter, for the fishes 'run up and down
their scales' and the big billows 'pound on the keys' — making a regular
symphony.
"Today, one hundred years from her birth, the city, where Jenny
Lind auctioned off her seats for her concert, is music mad. The soul
of the Swedish Nightingale is marching on. It is most appropriate
that one of our members should speak about music, and now I am
delighted to present to you
"Miss Desmonde Reynolds, Director of Music in the 'Daily Vaca-
tion Bible Schools', Philadelphia."
"Once I heard someone say that he had had many troubles dur
ing his life, most of which had never happened, but I am quite cer-
tain that one of my troubles is happening right now in being called
upon to respond to a toast. Miss Holmes, our most esteemed Sec-
retary and Treasurer, has suggested that I tell something of my
summer's work as Director of Music in the Daily Vacation Schools.
I am quite sure everyone knows something of the aims and accom.-
plishments of this movement which was founded for the purpose of
advancing the social welfare of children, irrespective of race or creed,
by giving them the advantage of instruction in useful handwork, good
songs, religious training, exhilarating games, etc., during six weeks
or more of the summer vacation. The schools are mostly held in
churches (Protestant) and missions, but occasionally in a commun-
ity house or Boys' Club and are located in all parts of the city and
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as enthusiasticalh attended by the wealthy- child as by the poor little
bo\ or girl who knows little else than poverty and unhappiness at
home. It is \er\ interesting to see the children w^orking most hap-
jiily and energeticall) in the making of various toys and useful ar-
ticles, wea\ing haniuKJcks and baskets, gaily playing their games, lis-
tening attentively to a Hible stor\-, a health or habit talk or learning
to sing their songs correctly. My work consisted of instructing the
teachers at conference, in the songs they would later teach the pupils,
\isiting •^he schools, and teaching the children new songs where the
principal of tlie school asked my help, and this I truly enjo\ed. First
I would tell a st()r\ bearing out the song, weaving into it here and
there the vCords and phrases of the text, then repeat the stanzas, hav-
■ng the children join in, after which I would sing it or have the
pianist pla\ the air and the children and I sing together. By this
method they learned a short song correctly in fifteen minutes. You
see, the children are not obliged to study words from a book or black-
board nor are they expected to toil or study. They learn because the\-
become enthusiastic and ambitious to accomplish the task and they
love good music. They are especially fond of "The "Miller" by Schubert
and one morning after having taught the song at a little Italian Pres-
byterian Mission, the happy "kiddies" ran to the door and called after
me as I went up the street, "Good-bye, Miss Jolly Miller! Good-
bye, Miss Jolly Miller! Come again." Oh! the work was so de-
lightfully interesting. At the end of the season each school has its
commencement and then the parents are all invited to the exercises
and to view the handiwork.
"This summer, word came from Japan that a l)ail\ \'acation Hible
School was being conducted there in an old Buddhist Temple and
so the work goes steadilv on."
MISS DESMOND H. RF\'NOI.DS, Philadelpliia.
Toast mntrtss : "A certain customer upon recei\ ing a request to
send a check to cover his bill sent the following letter:
" 'For the following reason^ I am unable to ^eiul \ou the check
asked for:
'1 lia\f been held up, liclil down, ^aiul-haggeil, walked on, s;it on,
Hattened out ami s(|ucf/fd. I'irst In the United States Go\einment for
Federal War Tas, l''.\ce>s Profits Tax, Liberty l.o;ui Homk, Tluifr
Stamps, Capital Stock Tax, Merchants' License ;nul Auto l";i\ ami
by every societ\ and organization that the in\enti\c nuiul ot man can
invent to extract wh;it I ma\ or not possess
'I li,i\c been Miluited b\ the Societ\ of John the Baptist, the
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G. A. R., the Women's Relief, the Navy League, the Red Cross, the
Black Cross, the Purple Cross, the Double Cross, the Children's
Horre, the Dorcas Society, the Y. M. C. A., the Y. W. C. A. the
Boy Scouts, the Jewish Relief, the Belgian Relief and every Hospital
in town- Then on top of it all came the Associated Charities and
Salvation Army.
" 'The Government has so governed my business that I don't know
who owns it. I am inspected, suspected, examined and re-examined,
informed, required and commanded, so I don't know who I am or
why I am here. All I know is I am supposed to be an inexhaustible
supply of money for every known need, desire or hope of the human
race. And because I will not sell all I have and go out and beg.
borrow or steal money to give away, I have been cussed, discussed,
boycotted, talked to, talked about, lied to, lied about, held up, hung^
vp, robbed and nearly ruined, and the only reason I am clinging to life
is to see what in the hell is coming next-
" 'I do not know who first invented this wonderful idea of the dri\e
for money. If it goes on much further, we are going to need a
traffic policeman to keep the respective drives out of each other's way.
It is getting so that if one is invited to a luncheon, or a dinner, or
even to a breakfast, he is required to send out a line of skirmishers or
scouts to spy out the ground to see whether it is safe for him to
attend.
" 'Do not think I am trying to discourage you. I am not! You
must keep up your courage and enthusiasm for drives, for you are
going to hear a Jot about other drives as you go about, and now our
able and popular Secretary, Miss Fannie D. Holmes, will launch a
drive for 'Membership.'
" Madanje Toast mistress and members of R. F. A.:
"I am glad of the opportunity to say a few words about the lueui-
bership of the Association. At the present we number three hundred
and thirty, scattered from Maine to California, there being only a
few states in which we are not represented. Three are living in Can-
ada, two in South Africa and one in Shanghai, China.
"During the past year fifty new members have been added to the
membership. Death has claimed five. For the benefit of those who
often ask why the Association meetings have been held in New York
for several years, I would say that New York has lOO or more mem-
bers, Massachusetts 38, and Connecticut, 40. More than half of
the latter reside in Greenwich, Stamford or west of New Haven.
Consequently the meeting is held where there are the largest number
of members who will be able to attend. Through the efforts of Mrs.
Mary L. Smith, who is one of the members there have been added
about fifteen members the past year, all from one Reynolds ancestor.
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Wlen Miss Schauffler was speaking of her beloved uncle, George C.
Raynolds, I was reminded of a letter that he wrote to me requesting
that I send to her a membership blank as he was very desirous that
^he should become a member of the Association, which she did.
"No one is in closer touch with all the members than the Secre-
tary and Treasurer, and it has been the very great pleasure to be in
correspondence with them.
Toastrnistress : "This is a call to ever\ member of the Rexnolds
Family Association- You are not going to secure members without
putting yourselves out a great deal, but I am confident if the 350
members of this Association can be inspired with faith in the Asso-
ciation, and if they can accoiripany that faith with good works, that
the members will be forthcoming. I think one of the earliest references
to a drive is in that fine passage on faith in the Epistle to the He-
brews. You will recall that the writer recounts the names of Gideon
and Barak and Samson and the other captains of teams, and he re-
lates that in faith they went forth, that in faith they stopped the mouths
of lions, that /// faith they escaped the edge of the sword, that in faith
ihey obtained promises. Obtained promises, mark you. members of
the R. F. A. that is what you must do, 'obtain promises to join'
from all the Reynolds, 'far and near' whom you
know, ///(// will the dream of 'increased membership' of our Presi-
dent and Secretary cumf true In the meanwhile they must keep
wishing that it nill come true, for
" 'Whate\er you want, if you wished for it long
With constant yearning and ceaseless desire ;
If \()ur wish soars upward on wings so strong
1 hat the_\ never grow languid, never tire.
Why, o\er the storm clouds and out of the dark
It will come fl\ing --ome (ia\ to \()u,
As the do\e witli the oli\e branch Hew to the ark.
And the wi^-h \()ii'\e been dieaining, it will come true'
"'I'he '.'Xirerican Hcanty" rose whitli gl\es lo\ elincss to the t;ible
(Icinrations toila\ has hecii 'smiling" at me all the atternoon. Shall
we not in loving memors place our choicest garland of praise on the
brow of C, Leslie Reynolds who devel«)ped and perfected this exqviisite
gem of beauty and dedicated it to the Reynolds family? Let us not
forget Lewis Giardiner Re\ nolds, a member of the Reynolds Family
Association, who was the founder of the Cirnation League of .Amer-
ica, instituted as an annual 11 eniorial to the late President W illiam
.McKinle\ and dedicated to national patriotism.
"Finding a lad\ reading 'I'welfth Night,' a facetious doctor asked,
'W! en SI ake>peaie wrote about "Patienie on a monument," did
he me.in doctors' patients?' 'No,' ^aid the lad\ , '\ou tuul them un-
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(ler the monuments, not on them.' A famous financier was taken se-
riously ill at the age of ninety and felt that his end was near.
'Nonsense,' said the doctor, 'the Lord isn't going to take you till you've
passed the hundred mark.' 'No, my friend,' said the aged banker,
'that wouldn't be good finance. Why should the Lord wait till I
reached par, when he can pick nie up at ninety?"
"We have with us a doctor whose after-dinner talks are a fea-
ture of these annual gatherings. I am sure this occasion would not
be complete without a final word from our honored President, Dr.
W. Myron Reynolds."
Miss Toastmistrfss, members of the Reynolds fdin'ly and friends:
"A woman thought to have done more talking in the community
than was good for her health, called on a neighboring doctor to ha\e
her throat examined ; the doctor advised that her throat needed a
complete r»'sr. She then asked the doctor to examine her tongue, and
the doctor said her tongue needed a good rest also. Many people
think their health i^ improved by talking; some imagine if they couldn't
hear the music of their voice, they would become despondent and
die; die, with all their music in them.
"For several years, I have done most of the talking for this As-
sociation, but I think I am healthy enough now, to get along with
very little additional talking. It would however, be impossible to
conduct our social or political functions, without this verbal intre-
change of thought, as most of our family history is compiled in this
way. Every family holds within its own grasp, the history of its
future, it is mainly through the record of speech, that the coming gen-
erations learn something of that history, either to profit by, or to be
avoided. These reunions have been a pleasant relaxation for me ;
meeting with those of our kin, and learning something of their fam-
ily history, has been a real inspiration ; and I always go away from
our meetings feeling thankful that I was born a Reynolds. Unfor-
tunately, it was not given to anyone to choose, when, nor where,
nor of whom, the\ shall be born ; if it were, it is safe to sa\- our
Reynolds clan, would long since have outnumbered the Smith fam-
ily. The study of genealogy, which is greatly neglected, is a sub-
ject that should be of vital interest to every family. It is our duty
to penetrate the dimness of tradition, by a study of family possi-
bilities, which should be taught as the foremost science. The trans-
mission of hereditary influence, is without doubt, life's greatest oppor-
tunity for good ; it can produce more human satisfaction than money,
fame, or anything else men strive for: in short, it is the richest pos-
sible heritage anyone can leave to posterity. The law of heredity is
unique, being entirely independent of social or political conditions.
From the Babylonian tablets in the museum of the University of
Pennsvlvania, it is clearly proven the ancient hereditary law, was in-
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stituted at least 12, coo years ago; we hnd a much later record in
the Book of Genesis, which you will remember was written 40(^^4
years before the Christian Era.
"This hereditary law is totally different from the first prohibiti\e
law. given at creation, to the caretaker set over the garden of Eden,
who, after persuading himself into the belief of his natural goodness,
was the first to be smiimoned as an accomplice, for breaking the law-
he was enjoined to uphold, and when called to plead, instead of de-
fending and protecting his helpmate, he displayed unusual timidit\.
by taking refuge behind his wife.
"We also find from these Babylonian tablets referred to, the long
delayed vindication of mother Eve, in the ancient legend of the
garden of Eden. From both sacred and profane history, we learn
that each generation is entirely responsible for their advancement or
retrogression. Man's history is the spectacle of humanity, the onward
march of their race. Some of the mightiest families the world has
ever known, after falling into laxity through indulgence, have become
entirely extinct, while some of those most honored in the world today,
date back to an ancestory supplied by the crimson blood df diligent
toil, course fare and rough habit. I ha\e been thinking of late, it
lacks less than two months of three hundred years, since the little Pil-
grim band of fathers and mothers that some of the Reynolds famil\
descended from, landed where our American history began, on Pl\-
mouth Rock; and I have thought of the trials they had to overcome,
with the hardships the>- were compelled to endure, and how unfor-
tunate it is, that onl\ a very brief history of those who loved and
practiced virtue for virtue's sake, through peril, privation, cold and
hunger, in their first winter on the New England coast have been
recorded ; so that nuinerous pleasing incidents of the early history, of
men and women who founded .American Liberty and Independence,
determined to worship (^od in their own particular manner, would
have remained less vague, and better known to us all.
"The strenuous efforts of Captain Miles Standish, that prtigressive
leader, whose braver\ and practical common sense amounted to real
genius, in marihing his little band of devout Christians to church,
with a pra\cr book under their arm as saving faith, and a musket
on their shoulder. read\ for either devotion or combat. Hravery is
the first (jualitN to be desired in ;i good soldier, and essential in a
leader of men as well. It is just that the leader of one age should
be the hero of the next; it is inevitable and (|uite proper that the past
should be idealized and adopted as our model; for men seldom rise
higher than their ideal.
"It is well for u^ not to torget the hardships cmiureil b\ our
ancestors several hundred years ago. the\ should help u^ to mini-
mize our struggles of today. lo relieve the dreary monotony
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the Pilgrim band were passing through, there occurred the unusual
romance of John Alden, who obligingly went out a friendl)' courier,
and received the first leap-year proposal on record, without the
usual demurrer, 'this is so sudden,' returning a victorious conqueror;
which meets with our warm admiration for a woman's tact and re-
sourcefulness, in cleverly winning her heart's desire while modestly
declining the proffered hand of a faint-hearted lover. We sometimes
find that a well intended kindness is defeated by the interference
of others, resulting in the embarrassment of those most interested. A
young lady in t^e glow of youth and blithe of heart, met an admir-
ing friend on the avenue, and said gleefully: 'Oh, Mr. Page, I'm go-
ing to tell you a secret. I have a birthday tomorrow and I want you
to guess my age.' Mr. Page modestly replied, 'Why. Miss Smith, I
couldn't possibly guess your age.' But Miss Smith persisted, 'Oh, yes,
you can, and you may send me a rose for each year of my age.' On
his way home that night, Mr. Page called at a florist's and ordered
the clerk to send eighteen choice roses to Miss Smith the following
day. Early next morning, the clerk selected the day's orders, which
were all laid out on a long table. Soon afterward the proprietor
came along, and, looking over the orders awaking delivery, noticed
the eighteen roses to be sent to Miss Smith and said to the clerk:
'Here is an order for the Smith's, they haven't bought any flowers
here for a long time, and we must do something to win back their
custom. Now, you add another dozen roses to the eighteen you de-
liver to Miss Smith.' An Association, or family, is just what its
members choose to make it. We all know, or should know, the life
and success of an association depend largely on the zealous activity
of its members ; and the usefulness as well as longevity of a family
depends almost entirely on the wise discernment of some one or more
of their individual members, who as a leader of kith and kin, sets
the family pace, by impressing his or her individuality most strongly
on others, determined to succed in any laudable undertaking en-
tered into. It lias been asked by every inquiring mind: 'What is the
"^ecret of success?' The masters cannot give you genius, nor impart
to you their talents, but they can awaken and quicken your powers.
The farseeing leaders, with eyes agleam, usually discover there is
a wide difference between wanting and needing. By wise foresight,
they discern the most valuable needs of their generation is to find out
what is the famih weakness; and like the good soldier in protecting
his line of defense, place the strongest guard at the weakest entrance.
I do not ask if m\ ancestors were perfect; doubtless they were much
like ourselves, good, bad and indifferent. Who among us has all the
manly virtues? Who has perfect ideals i* There are no perfect people
now ; and I have no reason to suppose there were ^r.y perfect when
my family branch started three centuries ago. I have never tried to
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trace back into the distance past, to unravel our genealogy, or ascer-
tain if any hereditary mistakes have been made ; but I do know, it
any were made, there are ample proofs in the Bible, that a man ma\'
rise up and live down, all the unhallowed influences of a bad heritage;
then, learning from the past, may start a new genealogical line if
need be, and living up to it. avoid errors of past generations. The
foremost measure of man's greatness is his ability to save time and
energy by utilizing t!ie experience of others. We are all familiar with
the Biblical story of the unfruitful fig tress, planted under most fav-
orable conditions; typifying some of the favorable advantages of those
born under the Reynolds family roof-tree.
"If happily, we are blest with a good heritage, ought not a flower
planted in a hot house, be better developed than one planted by the
wayside, to be buffeted by chilling winds and withering storms? I
believe it was Lord Chesterfield who wrote his son, 'Success will come
to you onl_\ as you are able to influence the thoughts and actions of
others.' Soire of our New England ancestors had a noble origin ;
they could justly refer to man\' sterling qualities, that responded to
a fine and lofty aspiration we nia\ all be proud of. 1 hey realized
it was a man's first dnt\ to be human, and that only man has profited
l\v experience.
"'rhe\ culti\ated the higher graces, emphasized the stern virtues,
stimulated the aspirations of high and noble achievements. Some of
those among them, had the reputations of being too severe in train-
ing those under their parential care. Perhaps some of mine were; at
least I used to think so, when I was a mischievious boy ; but I have
since realized 1 onl\ received what was salutary, to make me re-
member what 1 didn't want to forget, and to forget what parential
discipline didn't want me to remember. Whatever our heritage may
have been, we should not lost sight of the fact, we are sons and daugh-
ters of a Heavenly King, with royal blood in our circulation, and if
we live up to our cm iromnents, we are entitled to a crown in our
eschutclu'on. \\ t- lia\ e heard in the past much exultation about our
forefathers, and ha\e honored them with a forefathers' da\-. We are
gl.id that women, men's partners in creation, have come into their
day. TheN have had enough of the thistles and thorns in the past,
the\ are entitled now to some of the roses. Whatever our individual
opinion may have been, we must all admit, there is one supreme and
mborii riL'lit woman has, that no one has f\cr denied her; aiul that is,
the right to make home happs .
"VVe traiikU KHuede, >uue the long dela\ed triumph ot feminism,
woman can accomplish in the home, by sweetening the lises of others,
far more than mere man, with all his aggressiveness. I know whereof
I speak. I spent several years determined to lind a cook, who would
look pleasant when I c.uue home Lite and brought conipanv to dinner;
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on being reminded sweetly from across the table, if I were asked to
tell all I knew about how to run a house,' It wouldn't take but a very
few minutes,' I concluded to abandon the search. It is entirely with-
in the power of woman to make home the most attractive place this
side of Heaven. It is the one calm harbor in the whole world, where
many a weary mariner finds a haven of rest.
"In a rising market for services rendered, nothing can compare with
the valuable work mothers are constantly doing in the home, that isn't
paid for at all. Duty is with them always, hut they wear no badge
of honor for tireless work; their only reward is the consciousness of
doing good. Surely, the world never owned such opulence of womanly
characters; such motherly, daughterly, sisterly devotion, as it owns
today. If I am under a delusion, as to tht abundance of got)d wom-
anhood I have seen in the world, I hope the delusion will last, until
the white lids finally cover m> eyes, and 1 have past beyond this
earthly planet. Let, us hope their queenly presence in the home may
always continue, and their helpful reign be remembered throughout
eternity. When we speak of a queen, we are apt to think of the
splendor of the palace of Isabelle of Spain, or Victoria of England,
or Maria Theresa of Germany. Rut when I think of a queen, m\
mind doesn't go out to imperial wardrobe, nor to the pomp of court
attendants and a crown; but to a peaceful liome, surrounded by sa-
cred memories, and presided over by a sweet faced woman, mother
beloved, whose queenly form sat opposite my father at the table, and
walked arm in arm with him to church. If there is any picture in the
world more queenly than this, my m.ind has ne\er been able to com-
prehend it, nor my eyes to behold it. Our great grandfathers ha\e
received many flattering encominums on account of their well irerited
achievements, which have been faithfulh recorded by the pen of the
historian, praised from public platforms and handed down in Amer-
ican history. They were men born to achievement, and bred to am-
bition; they may have thought they were by their votes, putting
George Washington, in the Presidential chair. I?ut make no mis-
take; let me tell you frankly, that was not so: it was the line upon
line taught George in his youth, and the precept upon precept dailv
exemplified in the home; it was undoubtedly, a mother's untiring de-
votion to her son, that made the great Washington, our first Pres-
ident. It was a mother's wise intuition, that prevented the boy George
Washington from becoming a British midshipman as he desired, which
course, would have changed Washington's brilliant career, as gallant
soldier and great statesman. That inborn womanly spirit of unself-
ishly doing for others, is the chief animating principle and crowning
glory, of every Christian mother's life; it is by far the most helpful
and richest blessing in the home, that can possibly be bestowed on
humanity. But do these untiring workers fulh realize how little 't
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takes to upset an anxious mother's equilibrium? Science has clearly
demonstrated the ill effect of anxiety, worry and fear; they lower
the vitality, confuse the mind, and cause many harmful changes in
the quality of the blood, rendering the entire system sub-normal and
far more liable to numerous disorders. Do you know that every lit-
tle annoyance is registered through the nerves of the face? Are you
sure you want either your dear ones or the world, to read these an-
noyances in your face? I entreat you, while bestowing your priceless
blessings on others, be more self-controlled. Learn to do your help-
ful work without worry or fear; and the result will take care of
itself. It is equally well known to science, if you cultivate a cheer-
ful mind and happy heart you give renewed strength to the emotions
and improve not only the entire disposition, but the calm and beauty
of face as well. The whole world should know, it is the sunshine in
the soul radiating through the face ^hat induces contentment and
makes anyone beautiful.
"Since kindness, helpfulness, forgiveness, self-restraint and patience
invariably produce health, happiness and longevity, is it not lamentably
strange that all lovers of humanity do not devote their greatest en-
ergy to >uch a health giving service? Know you not, that the forces
of good being stronger than the forces of evil, is because the universe
is so ordered, that goodness always brings contentment and happiness
and there is no inclination to do wrong.
"Do we fully reali/.e tlie only good we get out of life is the good
we put into it? If the golden rule is an excellent thing in the home,
why not have it adopted at once, in Ihe Reynolds Family Association?
Let us as individual members strive to do something helpful without
discriminating; an act of kuidness generously bestowed to assist a
neighbor, as well as our next of kin, instead of the usual offer of
sympattn . A small boy asked his father: 'Pa, what is sympathy?'
'S\ nipatlu . my bo\ .' said the parent, 'is what is given by those un-
concerned, instead of assistance.' There are so man> nu'sfortunes and
pitfalls ill life to guard against; indeed life is a continual struggle.
The man who has saved a thousand dollars, struggles to keep it; and
the man whose life has been unsuccessful, struggles to get possession of
it. A common man ma\ >ympathi/,e with misfortune or pain, but
it takes a man ot refinement to s\nipathi/e with the good fortune of
others ar'nuul him. 1 lie mind of man reachetl its full power in Sol-
omon, King ot Uraei ; whose well known tame extended both far and
wide. [)a\i(l, his ro\al father, left him many nlillion^ a> hi> patri-
mong. Later, the Queen of Sheba, hearing of St)lomon's great for-
tune and grandeur, paid liiir a friendK ^ i->i- to s-risfx a '^ o an's ci:-
riosity ; and was so delighted w itli the wDndcr^ slie beheld, presented
him with ^e\en hundred and tucnts tliou>and ptiuiuL. Ilu'ti Hiram
of Tyre, not to In- outdom- b\ .i ijueen's munificence, ga\e Solomon
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an equal amount. These were no meager presents to receive from
two admiring friends. Yet, notwithstanding Solomon's fabulous wealth
and worldly wisdom, he found many pitfalls in his royal career, and
said some doleful things about the follies of life and earthly vanities.
Three times he declared, 'Vanity of vanities, all is vanity.' However,
he afterward took a more hopeful view of life, writing three thou-
sand proverbs, and one thousand and five songs, which doubtless were
sun.;; in the palace, with his numerous sopranos and altoes as soloists.
"If anyone was qualified to judge of the vanities of life, Solomon
must have been well qualified. While denouncing worldly display, he
commends the far greater value of wisdom; and tells us: 'Her ways
are ways of pleasantness, and all her paths are peace.' We learn
from this great ruler, as well as from those who have accumulated un-
told riches, the chief joy of life is not to aspire for high rank, nor
to amass a fortune of glittering gold ; but rather, to serve others in
their hour of need.
•• " 'He has not served, who strives for gold,
Nor has he served, whose life is told
In selfish battles that he has won,
Or deeds of valor that he has done.
But he serves best, who now and then
Has helped along his fellow men.
'The world needs manly men today;
Red blooded men along life's way ;
With cheerful smiles and helpful hands
True hearted men, that understands
The beauty of life's simple deed
That serves another's hour of need.
'Strong men to stand beside the weak,
Men eager to hear, when others speak ;
Valiant men, to keep our country's laws
And guard its honor and its cause ;
Men who will bravely play life's game
Nor seek rewards, of gold or fame.
'Teach me, dear Lord, the wisest plan
To help and cheer my fellow man ;
Teach me to lose myself in need
And glory in the nobler deed,
That smooths the path and speeds the day
For all who chance to come my way.'
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"The world has ^jrown old the past few years; old, but not de-
cadent. It has passed through a gre\ iinis sickness; but thanks to
tliose who, with singleness of purpose, have served humanity so well,
it is now slowl) convalescing. There is no time when you and I need
more courage, watchful care and sympathy, than when we are con-
valescent. The higluT our courage, the more watchful our care, the
sooner we become thoroughl\ well and strong. The past few years
have been years of perilous uncertainty; most trying \ears for doctors
and nurses in their work for humanity- There has been an utter for-
getfulness of self-interest, by whole hearted workers among the sick,
looking only for their reward in the future welfare of those in-
trusted to their care. In our vi>ion while yearning for peace with
righteousness, looking for \ ictory over hatred and wrong, true man-
hood and noble womanhood, have cheerfully joined and vied with each
other in a splendid humane service. It was a willing service, whose
beauty rung out with the encouragement of poetic verse, and was the
theme of America's stirring song.
"There has ne\er been so strenuous a period in the world's history,
resulting in a victor} won for our standard, in the greatest of all
wars, with an appalling e.xpenditure of blood and treasure. Some-
time perhaps, the world may adopt a new standard ; a standard we
have seen the need of through the suffering of others. Let us hope
the new standard will be a standard of humanit\ ; which will be
adopted finally by the whole world.
"My usual stunt has been fourteen to sixteen hours dail> ; and I
may say withcnit intentional boasting, more than half that time spent
with the sick poor, without the hope of fee or reward Hut this is
not mentioned for laudation ; I ha\ e onl\ done what seemed tt) be
m\ dut\ to th(tse who have come my wa\ .
"l)oulule^^ tluMf AVi' Others of the Reynolds famih, who ha\e done a
greater ser\ ice foi humanity: so 'Why should the spirit of mortal
be proud?' In the \M)rk of relief in the past, 1 ha\e heard of but
one case of tlistros, tunu'd away abruptlx , without giving nuich need-
ed assistatue.
"A [)iior 1)1(1 man with patcheil coat and tattered troupers out at
the knees, was going from lioor to lioor \u search of work. onl\ to
be repeatedh refuseil, becoming more ami more dishearteneil. Ap-
proaching a well kept hou^e he noticed a Mgn in the w nulow which
read: 'Di Jones' Ofiice.'
"Encouraged b\ the outward apfnarance of tliritt and hospitahty,
he went up the ^tep- with renewed courage ami rang the iloor bell
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"An intelligent lady came to the door, and he pleaded: 'Madam.
I'm trying to get work ; but you see I'm so ragged, no one will give
me a job; won't you ask the doctor to give me a pair of his old
pants to improve my appearance?'
"The lady replied emphaticly : "I tell you the doctor's pants
wouldn't be of any use to you.'
"But the old man persisted: 'Oh. yes, they would; ainthin^ will make
me look better than these ragged ones I'm wearing.'
"The lady replied still more emphatic: 'I tell \ou tlie doctor's pants
wouldn't be anv use to vou, for I'm the doctor.'
'MY PHILOSOPHY AND CREED'
To live as helpful as I can ;
To be, no matter where, a man ;
To take what comes of good or ill
And cling to faith and honor still ;
To do my best, and let that stand
The record of my brain and hand ;
And then, should failure come to me.
Still work and hope for victory.
To have no secret place wherein
I stoop unseen to sin or shame ;
To be the same when I'm alone
As when my every act is known ;
To live undaunted, unafraid
Of any step that I have made;
To be without pretense or sham
All that mv kindred think I am.
To leave some worthy act behind
To keep my having lived in mind ;
If enmity to aught I show-
To lie an honest, generous foe,
To play my little part, not whine
That greater honors are not mine.
This, I believe, is all I need
For mv philosophv and creed.
\V. M. R
Toast ni'istrea: '"Let us rise and sing."
C) BEAUTIFUL FOR SPACIOUS SKIES
O heautitul tor spacious skies, tor amber waves of grain,
For purple mountain majesties, above the fruited plain!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee,
And crown thy good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!
O beautiful for pilgrim feet, whose stern, impassioned stress
A thoroughfare for freedom beat across the wilderness!
America! America! God mend thine every flaw.
Confirm thy soul in self-control, thy liberty in law!
O beautiful for heroes proved in liberating strife.
Who more than self their countr\- loved, and mercy more than life!
America! America! May God thy gold refine,
Till all success be nobleness, and every gain divine! .
O beautiful for patroit dream that sees beyond the years
Thine alabaster cities gleam, undimmed by human tears!
America! America! God shed his grace on thee.
And crown the\ good with brotherhood from sea to shining sea!
— KATHERINE LEE BATES.
Toastniistrtss: "As there are no further speeches, in closing, I wish
\ou all heavy purses and light hearts.
"Here's a toast to even'body ; let none be slighted —
"Here's to the 1921 meeting —
'Happy are we met
Happy have we been
Happy ma\ we part
And happy meet aagin.'
"As the time has now arrived for us to separate, I simpls bring
the exercises to a close and say as the witches in Macbeth, 'Our revels
are now ended.' It is fitting, before we separate that we seek a di-
vine blessing, and ask for the watchful care of our Heavenly Fath-
er, until our next meeting. Rev. Frank T. R. Reynolds will offer
pra>er and benediction."
Reunion of R. V. A. October 4, U)20,
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THE MEDIATORS.
Though God hath bidden to pra\er in His wcjd,
So often had I prayed and He not heard.
Being inscrutable and far away,
And hidden by flaming swords from such as pra\ !
And the great saints who touch His garment's hem,
Surelv earth's myriad prayers o'er burden them.
So then I though (perchance the thought were His,
And this but one of many mysteries).
Being beset with sharp and bitter need,
I will invoke mine own to intercede.
These I can reach; and. clothed in fire like Him,
The\ may pass through the ranks of Seraphim.
Then called I, soul to soul, all those to me
Bound by strong chains of love and sympathy
And ties of kin that may not be denied.
The long,' long dead came swiftly to my side
Across the gulf of the departed years,
And those for whom mine eyes wept bitter tears.
And from the knightly and the royal past
Far shadowy kinsmen gathered round me fast ;
Yea, those of mine who had been strong to sa\e.
All came at call across the deathless grave
In shapes of light, and bore beseeching word
Up past God's flaming footstool, and He heard.
By Aliss Mary Edith Biihler. a member of the Reynolds Famil\ Asso-
ciation and granddaughter of Rew Bow en Reynold-.
WAR RECORD
Corp. John E. Reynolds of North Haven, Conn. \^()bmteered Co.
K I02nd Infantry. 26th Division, July 23. 191 7. Sailed from Mon-
treal, Canada, Sept. 16. 1917. Arrived in France, Oct. 7, 1917.
Wounded at Battle of Schieprey April 17, 191 8. Discharged at
Camp Devens, April 29, 1919.
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Durban, Natal, So- Africa.
Tlie Lord's Day. August 22nd, 1920.
Dear Kinswoman: Miss Holmes. Sec'v & Treas. of the R. F. A., and
dear Kinsmen all :
I must say mv heart was thrilled to receive .\our letter and the in-
vitation to send some word to the gathering of the clan, Oct. 8-9. in
New York.
Tt has been a grief to us not to keep in touch with you and not
to send fees, but it has seemed almost impossible, and so much more
do we appreciate \<)ur persistence in keeping in touch with us.
We mourn the homegoing of Rev- George C Raynolds, but we
have a mighty hope that his vision of (lod, his love for man, his njyal
service and sacrifice to the death, will inspire the whole circle of a
splendid dedication of life and property to the service of God.
We have been over two years now at Mapiuimolo, M. S., Natal.
We have never been more isolated in all our lilt, and never perhaps,
had to deal wth so many dififerent problems. We have not been very
well and I am not exaggerating when I speak of them as years of many
agonies, and conflicts without and within. But just now an expectingly
bright ray of sunshine has fallen on our path, and we ask you to re-
joice with us. It is in the shape of the privilege of going to the front
going something like 800 miles, three hundred miles beyond Johannes-
burg, to a great heathen district.
There are something like ^.n.nitn heathen without a single resident
European Missionary. We are allowed now to go only for three
months, but in (nir hearts we hope this journe>' will result in our
being permanently settled among them. The place is to the north
and east of Johannesburg. There are three gold mining towns on a
high ridge over 3,(Xlo feet ab()\e sea.
Cjrasskop i^ the end of the R. R. line. Pilgrims" Rest is some ten
miles beyond- W^e lea\e here So" toniormw evening. We remain
in Johannesburg till the 27th. Then go on to Sabie, and spend a
day or so, then to IMgrinis' Rest, and sta\ perhaps ten da\s. We
lia\e a work going on among the natives in the gold compounds, at
Pilgrims' Rest, a disaffected nation is making mucfi trouble so we
plunge into the battle almost at once. 1 hen we probabl\ return to
(irasskop and seek for some w a\ to reach Hush Back Ridge, about 35
miles to the ca^t. Ihcrc is no road, or at least no good road, and
there is a nM)st precipitous drop of 2,<)<x) fci-t a little ro the east
of (irasskop. 1 here are no, or few, houses. .Mrs. Ransom when a
girl, living in Syria, was accustomed to riding doiike>s, and it may
be we can tra\el in that wa\ , though it is ye.irs since Mrs. Ransom
rode horseback. Bush B.uk Ridge, where we ma\ liave to sleep in
lieathen Kraals, and remain there till the nu'ddic ot ( )ctober when
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the heat will dri e vis back to the hills, probably fo finish (Air stay
on the heights, returning to Natal if spared, about Dec- ist.
And now it is that this harvest field is ripe for the sickle. A
heathen boy of this district went to work in Johannesburg years ago-
He went to our evening n:ission school, learned to read, and better
stil!, was con\erted, gave up bis heathen ways, and like Andrew ran
after his brother and brought him to Christ. Then these two broth-
ers, with no society or missionary to back them, no funds from abroad
or at hone, except their own earn.'ngs, went up and down a district
of 80 miles in length and founded six churches. Later, one of theai
attended our Theological school, and then returned to the work. He
has been crying for a missionary for years.
Last year he secured a native teacher from our boarding school, her
friends tried to frighten her from going. They said she would die
from fever, etc., but she could not be turned back. She has already 86
in the day school and q6 in the Sunday school, and has proved herself
a real missionan.
A tax collector (white man) called at the school one day and be-
cause the children who saluted him did not go far enough in the sal-
uation, he thrashed them all with a shambok, and threatened to break
up the school- So they really feel the need of an advisor and friend.
I am finishing my letter in Johannesburg, the City of Gold. It was
a baby four years old when we came to Africa- What a marvelous
change has taken place. Alas! this city which in some respects is a
university of crime for the nations. We have a splendid missionary
work going on here, under the direction of Dr. Bridgman, in whose
house we are staying two or three days, and a Mr. Phillips of our
Board is doing a large work in the Social Service Line.
We are on our wedding journey, for we were married on the Island
of Rathuford, Coast of Maine, under 2 pine trees, looking out on
the Atlantic across the Damarasscotta, to the ancient settlement of
Jamestown, thirty years ago last Saturday, Aug. 21, sailed for Africa
Sept. 6, and reached Durbon Oct. 24, 1890. We are resting on that
great promise in Isa. 40 "The> that wait upon the Lord shall renew
their strength-"
May we all as a Family Association, rest upon it and "mount up
with wings as eagles, run and not be weary, talk and not faint."
Assuring you gain of our gratitude in being remembered and of our
prayers for a blessing on the Association, and each individual member,
and asking you all to pray for this work,
Very sincerely,
CHARLES NEWTON and SUSAN H. C. RANSOM.
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THE BOY SCOUT MOVEMENT FOR THE MAKING OF MEN
At the Annual Reunion of The Reynolds Family Association, held
at the Hotel McAlpin, New York City, October 3rd, 1918, to which
the late Col. Theodore Roosevelt was invited as a guest of the Asso-
ciation to deliver an after dinner address on the subject of The Boy
Scout Movement for making of men, which he was advocating for
whole hearted Americanism.
While regretting his inabilit\ to be present, on account of a previous
engagement, he warmly commended the Boy Scout Movement, in
the following words :
''The Boy Scout Movement is distinctively an asset to our country
foi- the development of greater efficiency, virility and good citizen-
ship.
"I believe in this niovement with all my heart.
"We know of no movement more effective in the de\eloping of
sane and safe Americanism than the Boy Scout organization. There
are 17,820 Bov Scouts in New York City, organized in 652 troops-
"These boys are trained, systematically and regularly, by a program
of outdoor activities, in the fundamental laws which build up char-
acter and prepare for better citizenship and unselfish service-
"But alas, there are 450,000 other boys of scout age in our city,
who should have such physical training."
ANNOUNCEMENTS
The i'hirtieth Annual Reunion and banquet will be held on Sep-
tember oth and loth, iQ2i, in New York City.
The Secretary should be notified promptK of deaths and changes
of addresses-
The authentK' Rcvnolds Crest for framing, printed In appropriate
permanent colors, by a genealogical artist, is attractive and iray be
purchased from the Secretary at $3. SO each.
The Watch Fobs are gold plated on bron/e, which will retain an
"Old Roman Ciold Color" with the family crest engra\ed b\ an ex-
pert, suspended by a heavy black grosgrain ribbon, price 5^4. cxi each.
Copies of the 2<)th Annual Report and most of the pre\ ious Re-
port< ma\ be secured from the Secretary at 75c each.
A new line ot en-bossed stationer)', 24 sheets of letter paper and
envelopes, price $1.00 per box.
Twenty-four correspondence cards and envelopes, price I^i.cxt per
box. Also a line of printed stationery at 7Sc per box.
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GOLDEN RIDGE HOMESTEAD
Golden Ridge Homestead, which was razed in 19 13, was situated
in Kent County, Delaware, about eleven miles Southwest of Dover.
The tract of land upon which this house stood was surveyed for
Michael Lowber on April 17th, 1739. In all probability the oldest
part of the house dates from about that time. From Michael Lowber
the tract decended to his son-in-law Daniel Reynolds, who was a tu-
tor in the Lowber family and who married Grace Lowber. John Rey-
nolds, Daniel's father, emigrated from England to Delaware some-
time previous to 1 729. From Daniel Reynolds the tract decended
from father to son down to Herbert B. Reynolds of New York City,
who owns it at the present time. The house was not occupied by
^he Reynolds family later than 1870, however Robert J. Reynolds.
Governor of Delaware from 1891 to 1895. lived on the tract, but in
a different house until his death in 1909- The illustration shows the
house as it appeared a short time before it was torn down and re-
placed b\ a new dwelling.
THE GRANDFATHER'S CLOCK
The grandfather's clock, which is illustrated here, is of English
make, and was brought to America by Peter Lowber, father of the
Michael Lowber mentioned above. Peter Lowber emigrated to New
York City from Amsterdam, Holland, sometime previous to October
17th, 1677, which is the date of the baptism of Michael Lowber, as
given in the records of the Old Dutch Church in New York. Peter
Lowber removed to Kent County, Delaware, in 1684. The clock is
now in the possession of Herbert B. Reynolds, a sixth great-grandson
of Peter Lowber.
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A GENEALOGICAL RECORD
Of the Descendants of John Reynolds, who Emigrated to
Kent County, Delaware, from England.
Compiled by John C. Gooden, late of Kent County, Delaware
GExNERATION I
[ulm Reynolds who tiled 1729,
Md. (I)
(2) Ehzaht'th , d-, 1732.
GENERATION II
Children.
1 Daniel Reynolds, d. 1736.
Md. Grace Lovvber, 6, 17 r2 of Michael and Unity
Unity d. 1773.
2 (ieorf^e, d. 1734. Single.
] John Reynolds, d. Dec. 1745. no issue.
4 Robert Reynolds, d. March 1753.
Md. Rachel . No issue.
5 Sarah Revnolds.
6 Elizabeth Re\nolds.
7 Mar\ Revriolds.
C;ENF RATION IN
Daniel Resiiolds in. (jrace Ivouher. He was a tutor in the Low-
ber taini!\ and married one of the daujihters. He received (lolden
Rid}'e f^onu'stead in Kent County, Delaware, from the Lowbers and
in his will probably j^ave it to his children June 14, 1736.
Golden Ridj^e is now in possession of Herbert H. Reuiolds, a
mechanical engineer of New ^ Ork City.
Children.
1 Susaiuiah Rf\noliU md. John ( iooden.
2 John Re\nohl> d. ( )ct. 1773, md. Elizabeth . No issue.
{ Michael Reynolds d. after I7<)2. Md. Marian Blackshaw, of
riiomas, d. after I7<»S.
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GENERATION IV
Susannah Reynolds md. John Gooden.
Children.
I Ruth Gooden, md. Moses or Aaron Gooden.
Michael Reynolds, md. Marian Blackshaw.
Children.
1 Robert Reynolds, d. after 1788. md. Elizabeth Blackshaw, sister
of Marian.
2 Michael Reynolds, d. Feb. 181 1. md. (i) Miss Pratt.
(2) Mary Emerson of Vincent, d. 1793.
3 Daniel Reynolds, d. 18 10, md. Susan Robinson.
4 Thomas Reynolds, b. 1769, d. 18 16. Md. Frances Smith, b.
Dec. 12, 1783, d. May 9, 1824.
5 John Reynolds, d- Feb. 1790, md. Catherine Duhadway.
6 George Reynolds, md. (settled on Monongahela
River, near Pittsburgh, where Robert W. Reynolds and Fannie
visited him in 1858.
7 Letitia Reynolds, md. John Greewell.
GENERATION V
Ruth Gooden, md. Moses or Aaron Gooden.
Children
1 William Gooden, (unknown).
2 John Gooden, b. 1799, d. 1867, md. Anna Price, b. 1790, d.
1874. 10 children.
Michael Reynolds, d. Feb. 1811, md. (1) Miss Pratt.
Children.
1 Thomas Pratt Reynolds, md. (O Rebecca Magimess, (2),
Martha C. Willoughby.
2 Mary Emerson, md. Michael Reynolds.
Children.
1 George Reynolds.
2 Mary Elizabeth Reynolds, b. 1806, d. 1857, md. Joseph Gra-
ham, b. 1803, d. 1877, 6 children.
3 Marian Reynolds, md. (i) Bessy Graham, (2) Miss Sipple.
4 Susan Ann, b. 18 10, d. 1895, md. James G. Massey.
Thomas Reynolds md. Francis Smith.
Children.
1 Robert Wright Reynolds, b. 12-5- 1803, d. 2-5-1863, md. Sr,
rah Gilder Marvel.
2 John Reynolds, b. 8-22-1809, d. 1-7- 1874, md. Margaret Wal-
lace, b. 9-21-1812, d. 4-5-1884.
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Daniel Rfxnolds md. Susan Robinson.
1 Sarah Reynolds, b. 1788, iiul. Win. Brown, son of Thomas.
2 Letitia Reynolds, md. Ahner VVooters.
3 Barbara Reynolds, b. 180.^, d. 1868, md. Thomas Tomlinson.
4 Thomas Reynolds, md. (1) Emeline Foreman, (2) Eveline
Alliband?
5 Daniel Reynolds, d. 10-30-18:50, md. Sarah Tomlinson, d. 1878.
John Reynolds nid. Catherine Duhadway.
Children.
1 Daniel Reynolds.
2 John Reynolds.
George Re\nolds, md.
^^Jhildren.
1 Robert Reynolds, md. at Jefferson, (ireen Co., Pa., moved to
Iowa.
2 Michael Reynolds lived at Jefferson, Pa., 1858.
T, John Reynolds.
Letitia Re\ nolds, md. John Ciruwell.
1 Daniel Ciruwell, died single.
2 Jacob died at Lafayette, Ind.
■i Jonathan Gruwell. md. Kesiah Downham.
4 Letitia (iruwell, md. William Skinner, half-brother to John
Ciooden.
GENERATION VI
Thomas Pratt Reynolds, md. (2) Martha C. Willoughby.
Children.
1 Martlia \V' illoughby, b. 1 85 1, md- John Permell Emerson.
2 Mar\ Elizabeth Reynolds, b. i8s.^ nul. i'ario M. Lenick.
Mar\ Elizabeth Re\ iiolds, md. Joseph (Graham.
Children.
1 Michael R., died in Ark. 1851.
2 Jonathan, nul. Eliza Dailcy, Cansein ille, K\ , two children, ( i )
Maggie, md. John Clayton, (2) Mabel, md. Sidne>' Metcalf.
{ Moses, b. 1840, d. 1878, md. Mar\ I).iile\. Cansein ille, K\.,
one child, Mar\.
4 Cieorge R., b. iS2(), d i8S«). nul. Mar\ I.. l'"inla\. >, children,
( I ) Edgar, ( 2) Pearl, { O Jonathan.
5 Silvan, nul. .Nathan .Antbonv, ^ cluidicn, (1) .Mary, (2), Es-
tella, (O i-'lorence.
ft Mary ( Jraham, md. William .Alfred Dill, S children, (1) Eva.
b. 1874, md. CiKiper (iruwell, (2) Florence, b. 187^, ( ^)
Alfred Cookman. b. i87<). (4) Walter, b. 1 88 1 , (s) NLirv
Mabel
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Marian Reynolds md. ( i ) Bessy Graham.
Children.
I Thomas Graham Reynolds, died young.
Marian Reynolds md. (2) Miss Sipple
Children.
I John Sipple Reynolds, lives near Felton, Del., single.
Susan Ann, md. James G. Massey.
1 Hannah Massey, died single-
2 Dr. James Thomas Massey, md. Anna E. Massey.
3 Rev. William A. Massey, md. Mary Ann Collbaugh.
Robert Wright Reynolds md. Sarah Gilder Marvel.
Children.
1 Luther Martin Revnolds, b. 1824. d- 12-12-1901, md. Mar\ L.
Willis.
2 Elizabeth Reynolds, b. 8-19-1826, d. 8-26-1901, md. Edward
J. Carter.
3 Ellen Reynolds, b. 1828, d. 1846, md. Ed. Thawley-
4 Sarah Gilder Reynolds, b. 8-4-1831, d. 11-22-1908, md. Robert
B. Culbreth of Samuel and Anna B., b. 2-30- 1819, d. 1908-
5 Frances Smith Reynolds, b. 8-26-1833, d. 2- 10-1906, md. Wil-
liam Clough, b. 1-25-1834, d. 2-25-1887.
6 Thomas Gilder Reynolds, b. 2-23-1836, d- 1-25-1907, md. (i)
Julia Sutten of Dr. James H., (2) Kate Geoghegan.
7 Robert John Reynolds, b. 3-1 7-1838, d. 6-9-1909, md. (i)
Lovenia L, Riggs, b. 1840, d. 1897, (2) Hester Thomas-
8 David Marvel Reynolds, b. 1-30- 1846. d. 7-V1851.
John Reynolds, md. Margaret Wallace.
Children.
1 Margret Jan Reynolds, b. 1832, d. i<)02. md. A- C). Clifton,
b. 1826, d. 1894.
2 Robert Wallace Reynolds, b. 1834, '"^l- A. Emerson, b. 1838.
3 John Wallace Reynolds, b- 1836, d. 1892, md. S. G. Moore, b.
1836, d. 1894.
4 Rebecca Burchell Revnolds, b. 18^8, md. R. G. Dunn, b. \8^2.
d. 1893.
=; Thomas Michael Reynolds.
6 Frances Ann Reynolds, b. 1841, md- Cj. W. Ciraham.
7 William Lewis Reynolds.
8 Mary Ellen Reynolds, b. 2-23-1849, md. Frank Barwick, b.
10-7-1847.
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Sarah RcNiiolds, md. William Brown.
Children.
1 Thomas Brown, md. Marj Lockwood.
2 Susan Ann Brown, b. 1814, d. 1859, md. Samuel A. Shcjrt.
] Martha Carpenter Brown, died \oung.
4 William C. Brown, b. 18 19, d. 1896, md. Julia A. H. Short.
5 Emiline F. Brown, md. Capt- John Smithers of Chesapeake
City, Md.
6 Sarah Brown, md. David Harrinj^ton,
Letitia Reynolds, md. Abner Wooters.
Children.
1 William Henry W'ooters, died young, killed in Ark.
2 Elijah Wooters, md. W. B- Doherty.
Barbara Reynolds, md. Thomas Tomlinson.
Children.
1 William Burton Tcjuilinson, md. Lydia l^urton.
2 Daniel Reynolds Tomlinson. b. 1831, md. Ellen B. Kirk.
'Thomas Rexnolds. md- (2) F-velina AUiband?
Children.
I Son killed.
l)an'el Re\nolds md. Sarah Tomlinson.
Children
I 'I'homas Reynolds, md. Sarah E. Salsbiiry.
Robert Reynolds md.
Cliildren
Son and ^ daughters. Eldest daughter married Murdock.
Jonathan (iruwell md. Kesiah f^ownham.
Children
1 Letitia (Iruwell, md lienjamin L. Reed.
2 Hannah (Iruwell, b. 1816, d. 1 881.
,? Isaac' (iiuwcll died \oung.
4 L\(li,i ( Iniwcll md John Gooden.
I.etitia (iniwcll md. William Skinner.
( "hildreii
1 Kli/abetli Skiniiei, md. 1 luniias B Kemp.
2 M.'irian Skinner, md. jamb B. Kemp.
^ Jolin Skinner, md. Julia .A. Hieks ot Thomas B. Cooper.
Soay/ie, (Irant. Co., Ind.
(iTNTK \ ri( )\s \ll \ III \\|) l.\.
I\e\ William A. .\I,is>e\, md. .M.ti\ Ann ( dolbaugh.
Children.
1 William l'.\eictr, _' ebildien, (I) Sarah, 187S. (2) Jane, 1876.
6,<
Elizabeth Reynolds, md. Edward J. Carter.
Children.
1 Mary Evelyn, b. 5-1 8-1848, md. 10-.50-1872 Robert Whitaker
Hargadine, 7 children, (i) Edward Carter, b. 11-22-1873,
(2) Mar\- Evelyn, b. 9- 12- 187 5 md. George Hurd, (3) Eliz-
abeth Reynolds, b. 1-31-1877, d- April 1881, (4) Robert Whit-
aker, b. 10-4-1879, (5) Julia Agnes Carter, b. 8-12-1883, (6)
Albert Henry, b. 1 0-4-1 881. (7) Aimee Cecelia, b. Feb. 1886.
2 Herman, b. 10-2-1849, md. 6-9-1885 Belle Cardiff, b. 7-24-1865.
4 children, (i) Elizabeth Ann, b. 5-31-1886, (2) Mary Evelyn,
b- 9-30-1888, (3) Edward Joseph, b. 10-26-1889, md. 12-24-
191 7, Edward Townsend of Wilkinsburg, Pa., one child Dor-
othy Belle Carter, b. 11-30-1919, (4) Reynolds, b. 4-7-1897.
d. 9-31-1807.
3 Sallie G. R., b. 5-25-1 851, md. 4-1 8- 1888, Dr. Edwin Buchan-
an of Virginia, d. in Seattle, Wash-
4 Robert Wright, b. 2-20-1853. d. 6-10-1853.
5 Julia, b. 8-9-1854.
6 Edward Broadway, b. 10-12-1856, md. 2-21-1897 Sallie May
Scattergood, b. 5-31-1871.
7 Luther M. R-, b. 3-5-1859, md. (i) Mary Matilda Merrick,
b. 8-28-1867. d. 9-27-1906, 8 children, (i) Isabelle, b. 12-23-
1892, (2) Luther Reynolds, b. 3-24-1894, (3) Mary Merrick,
b. 11-27-1896. (4) Robert Shirley, b. 10-5-1897, (5) Mildred
b. 5-3-1900, (6) Bernard, b. 2-13-1902, (7) Dorothy, b. 3-5-
1903, d. 1-24-190^, (8) James Merrick, b- 1-9-1905, d. 11-
7-1906; md. Ida Virginia Pine of Paris, Va., b. 2-9-1878, two
children, (i) Chester Madison Carter, b. 7-3-1916, (2) Ken-
neth Tyson Chester, b. 3-25-1913.
8 Frank Reynolds, b. 7-22-1 861, md. Jennie Thayre of East
Hampton, Mass.
9 Lizzie Reynolds, b. 7-8-1865, d- 7-30-1866.
10 Aimee, md. 2-1 7-1897 Charles O- Gregg, of Ridley Park, Pa.,
b. 12-6-1867.
Sarah Gilder Reynolds, md. Robert B. Culbreth.
Children.
1 Dr. David Marvel Reynolds Culbreth, b. 12-4-1855, md- Eliz-
abeth Gardner of Baltimore, Md., April 1894.
Frances Smith Reynolds, md. William Clough.
Children.
I Reynolds Clough. b. 5-10-1875, d. 10-15-1918, md. 11-16-1905
Annie Ethel Riggs of William and Mary Emily Truax, d. 2-
24-1919, two children, (i) Frances, b. 8-5-1906, (2) David
Culbreth, b- 5-16-1909.
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Thomas Gilder Re\ nolds, iiid. ( i ) Julia Sutton.
Children.
1 Lola, nul. Frank C. Alason of Easton. \ld., no issue.
2 James N., ( ^^) Audley P.dgart(^)n, (4) Fannie, (s) Julia.
Robert John Reynolds, md. (i)I,o\Tnia L. Riggs.
Children.
I Byron ReyncjJds, b- June 6, 1862. d. July 5, 189S, md. 6-1-1887
Ulyssa Irene Williamson of William and Hester A. Scott, Bal-
timore, Md., two children, ( i ) Herbert Byron, b. 4-8-188S,
md. 6-22- 1 91 4 Sarah (Henet Hasvvell of Baltimore, Md., (2)
Robert John, h. 4-2i-i8()i. d. 7-27- 18<)!.
Margaret Jane Reynolds, md. A. (). Cliftoli
Children.
1 Jehu, md. Jane H. Short, 2 children, (i) Florence C, (2)
Jehu, b. 1891.
2 Dr. John W-. b. i8s^, md. Emma Shaw Conner, one child,
Alfred Lee. b. 1881.
3 Robert, b. i8s=^. nid. Imogene Roe, one child, Robert R., b.
1898.
4 Charles Curtis, b. i8s7. '""ifl- Elizabeth Dohert\-, one child, Al-
fred Dutten b. 1887.
5 AL-iry, b. 1864, md. Charles H. iiurgess.
John Wallace Reynolds, md. S. (i. Moore.
Children.
1 ALirgaret. b. i8=i8. md. Jacob He\d, one child, Susan George-
2 John Wallace, b. 12-2-1860, d. I2-1S-I9!7 ind. (i) \Lary Eliz-
abeth i'aylor, five children, (i) Margaret 'I"a\lor, b. 8-25-
1896, (2) .\Lir\ Susan, b. 8-17-1898, (0 Louise, b. 8-25-19OO.
(4) John Wallace, Jr., b. i 11-1902, (s) Robert Wallace, b.
S-S-1903, md- (2) .\Lnide P'liin .Augstadt, one child Dorothy
Caroline b. 7-24- 190').
3 Annie, b. 1869. md. Willi.im Credick Re\nulds, b. 1896.
4 Clara Lace\ , b. 1871, nul. Re\near Salisbur\.
Rebecca Bunlicll Rr\n(ilds. nul R. (J. |)\uui.
Children.
1 L.'iura, b. i8sw, d. i8s'i.
2 William Francis, b. i860, md. Adelaide Heffecker.
3 .Alfred Clifton, b. l8«)2, md Margaret A. Grier, three children,
(1) Bertha Rogers, b. 1S87. (2) Robert George, h. i8<)8, ( D
Rebecca, b. i8')2, (4) George IIenr\. b. 187.). d. 188.)
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Francis Ann Reynolds, md, G. W. Graham.
Children.
1 Thomas Reynolds.
2 Catherine Clark, md. Francis A. Johns.
_] John Wallace, md- Sadie Hering.
4 Margaret Reynolds.
William Lewis Reynolds, md. Mary Ellen Lewis.
Children.
1 William Reynolds, b. 1872.
2 John Seward, b. 1874.
3 Margaret Rebecca, b. 1877.
4 William Augustus, b. 1885.
5 Wallace C, b- 1886. d., 1887.
Thomas Brown, md. IVLuy Lockwood.
Children.
1 Joseph, md. R. C Clark, two children, (i) Eliza, (2) Eliz-
abeth.
2 Sarah E.
3 Susan Ann, md. James Quillon, three children, (i) Fannie, (2)
Emn a, (3) Marv, (4) Emmeline F., (5) Thomas A., md-
(i) Virdin, (2) Eckel. (6) Anthony W., (7) Mary E.
Susan Ann Brown, md. Samuel A. Short.
Children.
1 Sarah Elizabeth, md. William J. Sharp, 8 children, ( i ) Dr.
James R., (2) Ella P-, (3) Clara, (4) William W., (5) Her-
man, (6) Caddy F., (7) Edgar.
2 Samuel A. md. (i) Scott, (2) Lefland.
3 Susan Ann, md. Edward Bailey, four children, (i) Edward E.
(2) Mary W., (3) Edith, (4) John.
4 Angelina M., md- Alfred Harrington, three children. ( i ) Su-
san, (2) Herman, (3) Alfred.
5 Jane N., md. Jehu Clifton, (i) Florence, (2) Jehu.
William C. Brown, b. 1819, d. 1896, md. Julia A. H. Short-
Children.
1 Elizabeth Ann, Md., Benjamin F. Burton, 4 children, (r^
Julia, (2) Benjamin, (3) William, (4) Mary.
2 Sarah Catherine, md. William Wheatley.
3 Samuel Adams, md- Anna Lord, one child, William A.
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Enimeliiu' F. Hroun md. John Sniithers.
Children.
1 William, b. iH^i,, nid. Minnie Smack, one child, Delniar.
2 Sally Ann, md. H. Harrington, 5 children.
3 Mary.
4 Emma H.. md John M. Reed, seven children, ( 1 ) Florence,
(2) Emma S., (3) John M.. (4) Charles, U) Minnie, (6)
Lucy, (7) Mary E.
Sarah Brown, md. David Harrington.
Children.
1 Theodore, md. Emmelina Hughes, four children.
2 Sarah Rosalie, md. Walter L. Jones, four children.
3 Ida Jane, md- Albert Sapp, five children.
4 Susan Emma, md. William Sapp Master, three children. ( i )
Virgie, (2) James Asbury. (3) Paul Bird.
Elijah Wooters, md. W. B. Doherty.
Children.
1 Theodore J.
2 L\dia. md. Eugene Long of Odessa, Delaware.
William Burton Tomlinson, md. Lydia Burton-
Children.
1 William (N. Y. Lawyer)
2 Virginia, md. Charles H. Atkins, one child, Alena, md. Wil
liam \V. Richardson.
Daniel Reynolds Tomlinson, md. Pollen B. Kirk.
(Children.
1 Ella, md. Cac'ser H. Dennis. ti\e children.
2 Elizabeth Kirk, md. James H. ?, six children.
3 Th(jmas, md. Anna Wyatt.
4 Albert
5 William. Mid. Victoria JolniMfii, two children.
6 Josephine, ind. Ros-. H. Darrcll. ruo children.
7 (jus.
H Albert.
I) MiiHiie. md Jacob Darrell, four children.
10 Samuel, md. F'nuna Morris of I^over. Del.
I I Maud.
'I^homa> Re\niiKis. md. Sarah E. Salsbur\.
Children.
1 .Atuia i ., nul. i-i\\ KogeiN. two children.
2 John Salsbur\.
< James T., killed in iSiji
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Letitia Gruwell, md. Benjamin L. Reed.
Children.
1 Ezekial G., md. Anna Rebecca Newcomb, 4 children, ( i ) John,
(2) Mary Emely. (3) Gilbert.
2 John G., md. Jane Morgan Miner. 2 children. ( i ) Robert
Rogers, (2) Mary Jane, (j?) Lydia G., md. John L Hoyd, 2
children, (i) Robert, (2) Ellen A^ay.
4 Letitia, md. George Johnson.
Lydia Gniwell md. John Gooden.
Children.
1 Ambrose Broadway, md. Emma Clements, 10 children.
2 E. G-, md. James E. Sapp, 8 children.
3 Jonathan, md. Carrie Johnes, 2 children.
4 Lydia Anna.
5 Hannah Jelice, md. Francis M. Gooding, <) children,
6 Amanda.
7 Thomas Walter, md. Anna Cook, two children.
8 Lydia.
9 Gove-
Elizabeth Skinner, md. Thomas B. Kemp.
Children.
1 William Henry.
2 Margaret Jane, md. John Cook, 3 children. ( i
Mary Elizabeth, ( ^ ) William.
Emma, (2)
Marian Skinner, md
Children.
I Letitia md. John
Jacob B. Kemp.
Fisher,-
3 John, md. Susan Killon.
4 Mathew, md. Elizabeth Miner.
5 Jacob, md. Mary A. Minner.
6 Peter, md. Sarah C. Stockley-
7 Mary E., md. John Caball.
8 William J., md. Louisa Smith.
9 Deborah A., md. Charles Stabbs-
10 Hannah, md. Hinson Darting.
1 1 Isaac G., md. Rachel Mashes.
12 Robert.
13 Lydia Jane.
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John
Slcinnei-; md. Julia
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Chile
ren.
I
Marian.
2
Sarah E.
3
Martha J.
5
Isaac (;ru\vell.
6
John A
7
Letitia A.
8
George W.
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LIST OF MEMBERS
Rev. Charles N. Ransom Natal, S. Africa
Mrs. Charles N. Ransom - ^
George D. -Reynolds Biriningh'ini , /Uahama
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Schober .-. Pine Bliijf, Arkansas
Hershelle A. Bowman Little Rock,
James A. Bowman
Josiah S. Reynolds. .A^ollistcr, Cal.
Lincoln C Reynolds - Napa,
Mrs Eva M. Dunbar .Shanghai, China
William B. Reynolds San Francisco, Cal.
G. Albert Reynolds,.. Sherhrookc, Que., Can.
Mrs. C. F. Dubray, Westinount,
Miss Mar\ Revnolds...
Mrs. C. F.' Gor'ham, ...St. Johns N. B., "
Mrs. Catherine C. WoodrufF, Danbnry, Conn.
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean, Neic London,
Giles L. Reynolds,
Mrs. Katherine Field, Hartford,
Frederick F. Street,
Mrs. Alfred M. Smith
Mfss Lenore W. Reynolds,
Mrs. Susan A. R. Heath,.... Nonuich Toivn,
Mrs. Walter VV. Norton,.. Lakeville, "
Charles Revnolds, Sf if ford.
Miss Edith M. Rathbun, Mystic, "
Miss Geneva M. Rathbun,
Mrs. Ephriam O. Reynolds, Esse.x,
Mrs. Delilah S. Baker, Stamford, "
Miss Ethel H. Baker, "
Eugene B. Reynolds,..
David De Witt Miller, Greenwich, "
Mrs. John H. Worth,...
Mrs. William H. Teed,....:
Mrs. Lisette B. Shefferdecker,
Norman T. Reynolds,
William D. Webb,...
Mrs. Josephine Webb,
Miss Harriet L. Revnolds,
Frank V. R. Reynolds,
Harold T. Reynolds, Collinsville,
Miss Ida E. Reynolds, Eagleville,
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Mis^ Gertrude P. Re\n )lds, East lliiidani. Conn.
Wilson C. Revpold'^
Mrs. Wilson C. Reynolds, "
John E. Reynolds North Havni,
John F. Reynolds,
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, "
Miss Margaret A. Reynolds,
Marcus L. Reynolds, Bridgeport,
Mrs. Marcus L. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Myra R. McNabh J'J\tshint/toii , D. C
Miss Lula V. Powers,.
Mrs. Elizabeth N. Reynolds...
Com. William E. Reynolds,.
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds, iribniiufton, Dil.
Miss Elizabeth S. Reynolds,
Thurlow J. Re\nr)lds, Miami, Fla.
AKah Reynolds (Life) Altonn. III.
Mrs Clara R. Chickering, Chicago,
Mrs. Amelia A. Remley (Life) Gifford. "
Miss Bettie Reynolds, , Rock Island,
Gefjrge W. T. Reynolds, East St. Louis, "
Mrs. John T. Boddie, Chicago. "
Hardy G Revnold^
Joseph H. Reynolds,
Wellington J. Reynolds, " "
Miss Harriet A. Fowler "
William L. Cowdin Delphi, fndi'ina
Mrs. Cornelia R. Logan Monfin/lo, "
Edward Loughr\, .'. " "
Miriam Spencer. " "
Embrec Re\-n()l(k, " "
Misv Lotric RcMK.Ids, " "
Miss Marv F Re\ nolds Evansvillc.
Mrs. Nancy WoKerton, Chtirlmcrs. "
Edward R. Raub. . I ndinnapolis. "
Lewis Gar(hier Rcvnolds. Richmond. "
John Fi. Re\ nolds Indianapolis. "
Mi>s Jeanette E. Painter, (Uarinda. Iowa
M'-s lessie liurgess, Shenandoah. "
Mi>s Daisy S. Deighton. " "
Mr>. lennic Deighton. " "
Miss Anna .M. Re\ m.lds.
Miss Kate K. Reynolds.
Mi.^ Mary Reynolds.
Miss Hattie F. Rrynelds.
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Mrs. Lyman Sleeper, Join. Kansm
\VilIiam H. Reynolds, 'Sciv Orleins, La.
Charles W. Reynolds, M. D., Covinqton. Ky.
Mr*;. Walter S. Wyman, Augvsta, Maine
Miss Alice S. Reynolds,
Byron C. Hodgkins, .--. Bangor ,
Everett E. Reynolds, Canton,
Henry Reynolds, M. D hkKrmore Falls,
Mrs. Orrin L. Hardy,
Edward C. Reynolds, -. ...Portland,
Mrj.. Alice B. Webber,. iraterville.
Miss Emma V. Reynolds,
Edward C. Reynolds, Portland,
Mrs. Tulia R. Bartlett, Ilnlvoke. Mass.
.]. Coibv Bassett, A. M., L. L. B., Boston. "
Frank S. Reynolds.....
Mrs. Louis L. Angell, "
Mrs Florrie R. Carver,....
Frank W. Reynolds,
Howard S. Reynolds,
John J. Reynolds,
Robert D. Revnolds, , -
Wilbur A. Revnolds, D. D. S., "
Stephen W. Reynolds, Brookline,
Miss Madeline Reynolds, Concord,
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Keys - --
Mr^. Helen E. Reynolds, - Lowell,
Mrs. Hattie E. Swett,.... Campello,
Charles E. Reynolds,....
Charles A. Reynolds, Cambridge,
John L. Reynolds,
Bion F. Revnolds, Brockton, "
Mrs. Bion F. Revnolds,..
Miss Marion S. Reynolds,
Mrs. Henry E. Reynolds, Braintree, "
Welden H. Reynolds, " ' "
Mrs. Minnie I. Revnolds, Fall River, "
Ralph W. Reynolds, "
Mrs. William E. Henry, Fitchhurg, "
Mrs. Carolyn E. Gardner .Jamaica Plains. "
Miss Clara J. Reynolds,
Mrs. Dora M. Morang, .Framingham, "
Miss Mary E. Reynolds, Murhichcad, "
Mrs. Vivian R. Seymour, Monson, "
Joseph E. Reynolds, '.. " "
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Mrs. Laverne R. Johnson, Mn;iftllo, Mass.
Isaac N. Reynolds, " "
Elmer L. Reynolds, Ncivtonville, "
Jay Bird Reynolds, Orange, "
Miss Margaret R. Starratt, Boston, "
Mrs. Lucile Reynolds Hall, Swanips<^ott.
Mrs. Frank W. Reynolds, Salem, "
Thomas H. Reynolds, Turner's Falls,
Miss Stella May Butterfield, fVest Somerville, "
Mrs. Delia Banks Sadtler, Baltimore, Md.
Miss (). Lula Wicks,
Joseph P. Reynolds,
Mrs. Edith Pierce Head Catonsvillc. "
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds, Colora, "
Jerome E. Brumfield, Rising Sun,
Sheridan E. Gardiner. M. D., Mt. Pleasant. Midi.
i'^loyd C Reynolds, Owosso, "
Perry N. Reynolds, "
Miss Mabel E. Reynolds, Laitrium, "
Wiley R. Reynolds, Jack son, "
Miss Gertrude Quackenbush, St. Paul, Minn.
Dr. Myron H. Reynolds, "
Gardner Shaw Reynolds, " " "
Miss Marj2;aret R. Williams, Minneapolis. "
William A. Reynolds,
Mrs. Julia E. Re\nolds, Kansas Cit\\ Mo.
Mrs. Marion J.' R. Sanford, "
Miss Martha F. Reynolds, St. Louis. "
Leslie M. Campbell, "
Samue4 ( i. Reynolds, Billings. Mont.
Clyde Niles Reynolds, IVnyne, Neb.
Mrs. Jessie A. RcMiolds, " "
Mrs. Pearl Reynolds Ley,
Mrs Katherine C. Scott,. Pittsfield. N. H.
Miss (Gladys M. Reynolds, Burlington. N. J.
Mr^. A. RansaxiHc Frome, C<imden. "
Arthur S. Kiiuhall, East Orange. "
Mr^. 1 hla(icstii) Hornby, Jersey Cjity. "
David Reynolds, " " "
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D., NeiiarH:. "
C' :lrl(•^ R. \' .1 I.I- 'ine • ' -
Henr>' Harrison Rc\nolds, Ridgexcood. "
Rev. Frank 'I". \\ RcMiolds, Ke\f>ort. "
Mrs. Frank 1. 15. Rcviiolds,
Mrs Hart let R. Rnwc. Sumniitt. "
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Cuyler RcMiolds,. Albany, N. Y.
Kenneth G. Reynolds, " "
Marcus T. Reynolds, " "
G. Raynolds Stearns, Jr., Buffalo, "
Clarence M. Reynolds, Binghauiton, "
Mrs. Anna C Rippier, Brooklyn, "
Charles H. Reynolds, " "
Charles Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Katherine Ackerman, " "
Mrs. Lucie R. Sackett
Edwin G. Reynolds, " "
Miss Elizabeth A. Reynolds,.
George Q. Reynolds, " "
Miss Grace M. Reynolds,...
James A. Reynolds, " "
John Reynolds, " "
Leonard J. Reynolds, " "
Hon. Louis H. Reynolds,.-.
Miss Minnie L. Reynolds,
Miss Abbie R. Reynolds. iwenl'i,
Mrs. Abbie L. R. Kelley, N. Amenia,
Mrs. M. E. Genung, Bronxville.
Mrs Ellen R. Wright Catiisota,
George E. Reynolds, D. D. S City Island, "
Lester G. Brimmer, D. D. S., L. I. City, "
Mrs. Lester G. Brimmer,
Miss Amelia Todd, - Cross River.
Edward G. Reynolds, Dover Plains,
Mrs. Ella R. Gilbert,... Elmira, "
Louis B. Reynolds,
William D. Reynolds, - - -
Mrs Clara R. Temple, Granville,
Mrs. Milton Phillips, - Mollis, L. L,
Miss Sarah B. Reynolds (Life") ..' Kingston.
George H. Reynolds. Kinderhook, "
James A. Reynolds, '' "
Joseph P. Reynolds. Mt. Vernon, "
Augustus R. Reynolds, Mt. Kisco, "
George F. Allen, Milluood. "
George S. Reynolds, A'^. Troy. "
Joshua Reynolds, Troy, "
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds, " "
Joshua Reynolds, Jr., "
Rev. George Reynolds, D. D., Neir Rochelle. "
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Hanah j. Re>nuUls ( Hoiiorar\ ) , Oysinimi, S
Hiram R. Reynolds,
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Thompson,
H. Earle Reynolds, Syracuse,
Charles W. Reynolds, Petersburgh,
Lucius E. Weaver, R
Harris L. Reynolds Pong
Mme. Albertine de Diaz Neic >
Mrs Lauretta H. Chase,
Miss Clara I. Loclcwood,
Miss Harriet \ . Peckham,
ALss Rachel C. Schauffler,
Mrs. Mar} L. Smith,
Mrs. Emma R. Winslow,
Mrs. David R. Reynolds,
Frederick G. Reynolds,
Harry F. Reynolds,
Mrs ' Helen H. Reynolds,
Miss Helen L. Reynolds.
Henry Surdam Reynolds (Life),
Herbert B. Reynolds,
-Mrs Eugenie J. Belknap,
Miss Mary Edith Buhler,
.Mrs. L. J. Caemmerer,
.Mrs Henr\ F. Realander,
Asa Re\ nolds.
Edwin B. Reynolds,
( iCDPLje W. Re\ nolds,
I ra S Re\ Holds,
Rej^inald Reynolds,
TlioinaN H. Reynolds,
.Mmum H. Reynolds (Life),
.Mi>s Cora W. Ivockvvood,
Horaticj Lockwood. '
I iowaid Kc\ iKilds,
John I ). Rc\ Holds
John |a\ R(\ nolds,
.M.\ rotii Re\ nolds,
()li\fr C Rev nolds.
Philii. .M. K.-MioMs *."
.Samuel U. ReviioliU,
Thomas .A. Re\iiolds,
.Mrs. .Abbie R. Jones,
W. .Mvron Revnolds, .\L D. (Life),
NS'ii.l W R.-\nold>,
Chester,
keepsie,
■k City.
7S
William M. Reynolds,.... N^w York City. \. Y.
William T. Reynolds, "
Mrs. Fannie C. Northup, Asheville, A'. C.
Benjamin B. Reynolds, Wibnington, "
John F. Reynolds, Winston-Salem, "
Edwin S. Reynolds, ..Dayton, Ohio
Bernis Brien, " "
Mrs. Mary A. Reid Parsons,... '. Jvoti Lake, "
George W. Reynold-s, Cleveland,
Charles W. Reynolds, Lakeview, Ore-
Mrs. Maggie R. Baird, ,... Philadelphia, Pa,
Gilbert Reynolds Combs, "
John R. Congdon,
George R. See,
Mr<. Ruth Reynolds Senft,.... "
Baxter Reynolds, -
Miss Desmonde B. Reynolds,
Edgar M. Reynolds,....
Harrah B. Reynolds, Erie.
Arthur T. Parke, PFest Chester,
Mrs. Antoinette R. Scouller, ...North E^st,
George N. Reynolds, ...Lancaster,
Rev. Grafton T. Reynolds, D. D Pittsburgh,
John F. Reynolds,
Miss Laura E. Reynolds, '. Harrisbiirg ,
William L. Reynolds, ...Hazlenvood,
Harry C. Reynolds, Srranton,
Mrs. Harr\^ C. Reynolds,
Miss M. H. Reynolds,
Luther Cole, IJ'arreu, R. I.
Miss Alice B. Cole,
Giles S. Congdon, Bristol. "
Mrs Georgianna P. Cook, Providence, "
Clarence N. Reynolds, Jr " "
Frank A. Reynolds,
Henry S. Reynolds,
Prescott D. Reynolds,
Miss Prescott D. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Mary R. Foote, IVickford. "
Charles B. Reynolds, " "
Mrs. Charles B. Reynolds, !
Joseph G. Reynolds,
Mrs Lula A. R. Fowler, Pawtucket. "
Miss Fannie D. Holmes (Life), Westerly, "
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds,
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Miss Marion (}. RcMiolds, DavisvUlc , R. I
Miss Ruth P. Reynolds,
Wilbur I. Reynolds, East Greenivich,
Mrs. Clara Hanson, Roosevelt, Utah
Capt. John R. Patton. M. D., St. Albans, Vt.
Mrs. Elmer Johnson, "
Mrs. Emeiette R. Woodward, Bennington,
Miss Celia Al. Reynolds. (Life),
Miss Bessie M. Woodward,
John S. Reynolds, Burlington,
Rev. William B. Reynolds, Bethel. "
Miss Sarah A. Reynolds. Glendale, H' . Va.
Everett C. Richardson, Moundsville.
Mrs. Alice M. Stephen,
Heiion! Orrin Reynolds, : Lake Geneva, fVis.
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Flag of the free heart's hope and home,
By angel hands to valor given,
Thy stars have lit the welkin dome.
And all thy hues were born in heaven.
Forever float that standard sheet!
Where breathes the foe but falls before us,
With Freedom's soil beneath our feet.
And Freedom's banner streaming o'er us!
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1620
1921
Thirtieth Annual Report
Aliinllowcr TtTmifmnr^j
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The Reynolds Familij Association
of America
1892—1921
Thirtieth Annual Report
Compiled hy
Mrs. Anna C. Rippier
Secretary
Reunion Held Hotel M<rAlpin, New York Cihj
September OHi and lOHi, 1921
Pr«Hi of THE NKW8 PRESS. INC.
Lake Gen»'v«, Wit.
The Retinoids Familij AssociaKon
Offi
cers
^©i^i^frfse*-
PRESIDENT
FREDERICK G. REYNOLDS - - - - 203 E. 44th St., New York City
VICE-PRESIDENTS
HARRAH J. REYNOLDS, A.B., A.M. Ossining. N. Y.
JUDGE LOUIS H. REYNOLDS Brooklyn, N. Y.
LEWIS GARDNER REYNOLDS Richmond. Ind.
Founder of the Carnation League
MISS HARRIET L. REYNOLDS -.___.. Greenwich. Conn.
JOHN F. REYNOLDS New Haven, Conn,
BAXTER REYNOLDS Philadelphia, Pa.
CHAPLAINS
REV. CHARLES LEE REYNOLDS, D. D. Newark, N. J.
REV. FRANK T. B. REYNOLDS Keyport, N. J.
REV. GEORGE REYNOLDS, D. D. New Rochelle, N. Y.
REV. GRAFTON T. REYNOLDS. D. D. Pittsburgh, Pa.
REV. WILLIAM B. REYNOLDS Bethel, Vt.
REV. CHARLES NEWTON RANSOM . _ . _ - Natal, South Africa.
SECRETARY AND TREASURER
MRS. ANNA C. RIPPIER Brooklyn, N. Y.
MUSICAL DIRECTORS
GILBERT REYNOLDS COMBS Philadelphia, Pa.
MISS DESMONDE B. REYNOLDS Philadelphia, Pa.
COMMITTEE ON PUBLICATION
FREDERICK G. REYNOLDS New York, N. Y.
REV. FRANK T. B. REYNOLDS Keyport, N. J.
MISS FANNIE D. HOLMES -- Westerly. R. I.
MR. MARION H. REYNOLDS New York, N. Y.
MR. BENONI O. REYNOLDS Lake Geneva, Wis.
MRS. A. C. RIPPIER Brooklyn. N. Y.
fki:i)i:ki( K «. \t\A \n\ US
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
The Rctjnolds Familtj AssociaHon
As the Presidency was left vacant by the death of W.
Myron Reynolds, M. D., August 15, 1921, the thirtieth annual
business meeting of the Association was opened by Vice-
President Harrah J. Reynolds in the "Green Room" of the
Hotel McAlpin, New York City, at 11 :25 a. m., Saturday,
September 10, 1921. After a prayer bytheRev.FrankT. B.Rey-
nolds, Mr. Marion H. Reynolds was appointed Secretary pro
tern, in the absence of Miss Fannie D. Holmes, detained at
home by ill-health.
The minutes of the 1920 meeting, printed in the 1920 re-
port, were unanimously approved, and committees on Audit,
Nomination, and Next Meeting were appointed.
SECRETARY'S REPORT
In addition to the minutes of the last meeting, as printed
in the Annual Report, I would say, by vote, of the members
present. Miss Celia M. Reynolds was made a life member.
Miss Reynolds has contributed a poem each year, for many
years.
Many names have been added to our membership the past
year, the youngest being fourteen months old, Benoni Orrin
Reynolds IV, of Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, whose father is an
earnest worker in the R. F. A.
Dr. Charles Waugh Reynolds who has been a member for
many years, has added the name of Mrs. Reynolds and of
their three children.
Death has claimed ten of our members, the last to be taken
was our beloved President Dr. William Myron Reynolds.
Respectfully submitted, Fannie D. Holmes, Secy.
Secretary's Report approved and accepted.
REPORT OF THE TREASURER
RECEIPTS
From July 1920 to July 1921
Received from Members $204.91
2 Life Memberships, $10.00 20.00
Contributions .,0.00
Engraved Stationery 52.40
Reports o.oO
3 Crests, $3.50 10.50
2 Fobs, $4.00 8.00
From July 1921 to September 9, 1921
Received from Members $148.10
$479.91
6 THE RETYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
EXPENDITURES
From July 1920 to July 1921
Stationery and Engraving $ 23.50
Stenographer 8.00
Printing Report, Envelopes and expenses
connected with it 264.20
Fobs 15.65
Secretary's Bill for Postage 18.65
From July 1921 to September 9, 1921
Printing Notice 3.75
Postage on Notices and Receipts 6.01
Engraved Stationery 16.44
Balance in Treasury 123.71
$479.91
Respectfully submitted, Fannie D. Holmes, Treas.
Treasurer's report approved and accepted.
August 10, 1921.
The Reynolds Family Association: —
Your Auditing Committee would respectfully report that
they have found the books and records of the Secretary to be
correct and would recommend that they be adopted.
(Signed) Harry Reynolds
0. Lula Wicks.
Secretary's resignation presented.
To the Members of the Reynolds Family Association,
Dear Kinsmen and Friends: —
Having for eight years, held the office of corresponding
or recording secretary, and most of the time both, and for
the last three years the office of treasurer, it is absolutely
necessary that I should resign and ask you at this meeting
to appoint my successor or successors. The work has been
most interesting, and I want to thank all the members, who
have been so willing to assist me in the work.
With best wishes for you all, I am,
Most Sincerely,
FANNIE D. HOLMES.
September 5, 1921.
After reading the resignation of Miss Holmes, it was ac-
cepted and the Secretary pro tem. was instructed to convey
to Miss Holmes the Association's warm appreciation of her
conscientious and capable services during eight years of of-
fice, and to express its regret that she could not continue.
To The
Reynolds Family Association
Greeting
The honor of presenting the Greeting of the members of
MKS. V. C. ItllMMKU
Srrri-I.ir> iinil rmi-iirrr
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 7
the Association living in the Empire State was assigned to me.
I can assure you that your presence was never more wel-
come than at this reunion.
Although you will not receive the cordial, personal wel-
come always so gladly and kindly given by our departed
president, W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., yet you may rest assur-
ed that you are none the less welcome and of our hope, thy
ties which bind us together may be severed only by death.
HARRAH J. REYNOLDS.
HISTORIAN'S REPORT
To The Reynolds Family Association
Greeting
As one of your historians for the past year I have very
little to report. It is said that, "Brevity is the soul of wit,"
but I assure beforehand this report is not witty.
Most of my work has been with my own line, John of Water-
town. No deaths and only one marriage have been reported
to me, nor a single birth.
I have had some correspondence with some of the line
whose address I know. I have had several letters from Alvah
Reynolds, of Altona, 111., who is "91 years young," who in his
last letter sent his wish for the welfare of the Association,
desiring to be remembered to you all.
In Westchester County, N. Y., I have found several bearing
our name, but generally they knew very little about their an-
cestors and seemed to care less.
As we now have six family lines in the Association I think
we should have a historian from each line whose appointment
should remain till resignation or death.
I therefore recommend that our president elect, our past
secretaries, Miss Fannie D. Holmes and Marion H. Reynolds
be a committee to name such historians and put their names
in the report of this session.
Respectfully submitted,
HARRAH J. REYNOLDS
Ossining, N. Y.
Historian's report adopted.
GENEALOGISTS OF THE REYNOLDS FAMILY
ROBERT OF BOSTON: (1G34)
Mr. Marion H. Reynolds, The Harvard Club, New York City.
Mr. Isaac Newton Reynolds, 109GNo.MainSt.,Montello,Mass.
JOHN OF WATERTOWN: (IG.'M)
Mr. Marcus Reynolds, 100 State Street. Albany, N. Y.
Mr. Alvah Reynolds. Altona. 111.
Mr. Harrah J. Reynolds, Ossining, N. Y.
8 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
JAMES OF KINGSTON, R. L: (1637)
Mr. Sheridan E. Gardiner, M. D., Mount Pleasant, Mich.
Mr. Lucius E. Weaver. 165 Alexander St., Rochester, N. Y.
Mr. Joseph G. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I.
Mr. John F. Reynolds, North Haven, Conn.
Mrs. Anna C. Rippier, 413 Third St., Brooklyn. N. Y.
HENRY OF CHICHESTER, Pa. (1676)
Mr. Edward B. Raub, 2855 W. Penn St., Indianapolis, Ind.
Mr. John F. Reynolds, 1723 Centerville St., Wentworth, N.C.
Rev. Charles L.Reynolds, 239a Mt.Prospect Ave., Newark,N. J.
*JOHN OF WEYMOUTH: (1650)
Mr. Howard Reynolds, care of R. Hoe & Co., 504 Grand St.
New York City.
Mr. Giles L. Reynolds, 41 Tremont St., New London, Ct.
JOHN OF KENT CO., Del.: 16-?)
Mr. Herbert B. Reynolds, 600 W. 59th St., New York City.
WILLIAM OF PROVIDENCE: (1637)
Rev. Evans Alvah Worthley, Barnes Hall, Ithaca, N. Y.
(* The records of Mrs. Fosdick upon this line, which at her death were given into
the keeping of the late S. Walter Reynolds, of Pinckneyville, 111., formerly Association
Historian, are in the possession of his heirs who will not return them to the Association.)
It was voted to instruct the Secretary pro tern, to send a
cordial letter of congratulation and affection to Mr. Alvah
Reynolds of Altona, 111., upon the occasion of reaching his
91st birthday in good health.
THE REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON NECROLOGY
My Dear Kinsmen : —
Since we gathered here in 1920. ten of our fellow members
in this Association have passed away.
I believe this is the largest number claimed by death in any
one year of our Society's existence.
The data at my disposal for the preparation of this report,
is, m some instances, very limited.
The roll of our departed members follows : —
Mr. Stephen W. Reynolds
Mr. Stephen W. Reynolds, of Boston, Mass., passed away
on j^ecember 29, 1920. I find his name among those of the
WJLam of Providence Line, and believe that his membership
in the Reynolds Family Association extended over a period of
twenty years.
Jo£ i>h P. Reynolds
Cn January 2, 1921, Mr. Joseph P. Reynolds died at his
h c in Mt. Vernon, N. Y. I regret that I am unable to place
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 9
him in his family line. I believe his membership in our As-
sociation was not of long duration.
Wilson C. Reynolds
At East Haddam. Conn., on January 7th, Wilson C. Rey-
nolds died suddenly of heart failure, at his home. Mr. Rey-
nolds was 79 years old. He was born in Lyme, a son of
Henry Billings Reynolds and Mandana M. Reynolds, March
13, 1842. He came to East Haddam August 11, 1862, and was
for some time prominently identified with Middlesex county
politics and was for several years a member of the republican
state central committee. He represented East Haddam in
the general assembly in 1887. He was also a member of the
board of directors of the Connecticut state prison for several
years. He belonged to Columbia lodge. No. 26 of Masons,
here, and was a vestryman of St. Stephen's Episcopal church.
Mr. Reynolds first married Miss Dorothy Amelia Boardman,
a daughter of Thomas C. and Sophronia Boardman who died
in 1903. His second wife was Mrs. Mary Emma Hubbard, wid-
ow of Dr. Frederick H. Hubbard, of Brooklyn, who survives
him. Besides his son, the executive secretary, Mr. Reynolds
is also survived by two daughters, Gertrude P. and Elsie B., of
East Haddam ; a brother, Giles L. Reynolds of New London,
and a sister, Mrs. Fannie Ely, of Niantic.
He was of the John of Weymouth Line and his interest in
our Association covered a period of more than 25 years He
was one of the charter members and for more than 10 years
he was one of its vice-presidents.
Miss Sarah Bleecker Reynolds
Miss Sarah Bleecker Reynolds died at her home, 83 Albany
Ave., Kingston, N. Y., on Monday evening, February 14, fol-
lowing a short illness of nine days, of pneumonia. She was
an illustration of a long life of more than four score years
spent in the love and service of her Lord. She was a daughter
of the late Henry H. and Mary J. Reynolds, her father having
been for a period of years prominently connected with the
State of New York National Bank. She was a direct descend-
ant of one of the oldest Dutch Knickerbocker families of
America, and in the Reynolds Line she was of Henry of Chi-
chester. Early in life she confessed the Christ whom she
loved, and became a faithful and devout member of the First
Reformed Church of Kingston. The Christian spirit thus
early cherished developed into a life of loving sympathy and
unselfish service. She was dei'ply interested m the mission-
ary work of the church, ami having been blessed with consid-
erable wealth she found great joy and satisfaction in contrib-
uting liberally to the different benevolences of the Reformed
denomination. One of the missions in India was entirely sup-
ported by her, while generous contributions were also made
to our missions in Japan, China and Arabia, as well as here at
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home. She seemed to have the feeling in a very marked de-
gree that the large fortune which she had inherited was not
her ov/n, but belonged to her Lord, whom she loved and whom
she delighted to serve. Her faithful attendance at all the
church services, not allowing pleasure or company to keep
her from the house of God, as well as her cheerful disposi-
tion and consistant life were always an inspiration to her
pastor and friends. Hers was a bright, active mind, well
stored with thoughts that were uplifting and ennobling. Those
who come after her will rise up and call her blessed.
The funeral services were conducted at her home by Rev.
Wilbur F. Stowe, pastor of the Reformed Church of the Com-
forter. The Kingston Freeman said in regard to the services,
"Because in life she had been a true, devoted and sympathetic
friend to literally hundreds of men, women and children in
this her life-time city, in the beautiful home of Miss Sarah
B. Reynolds, which was such a perfect setting to the exquisite
little gem of womanhood that radiated and dispensed hospital-
ity there, those many, many friends gathered on Thursday
afternoon for her funeral services." Since it had been her
request that there should be no address at her funeral ser-
vices, Rev. Mr. Stowe offered prayer, in which the love of
those present found voice, and an earnest appeal was made
that the lives of all present might be of greater blessing to
others because they had been blessed with the friendship of
Miss Reynolds ; and closer followers of Christ because they
had known her wonderful, constant faith in and loving, cheery
service for her Master.
Mrs. Vivian Reynolds Seymour
On April 28, 1921, Mrs. Vivian Reynolds Seymour passed
away at Monson, Mass. Her membership in our Association
covers a considerable number of years. She belonged to the
William of Providence Line.
John Alfred Reynolds
At Rochester, N. Y., on April 30, 1921, General John Alfred
Reynolds, probably the best known Civil War veteran in that
city, died suddenly at his home, aged ninety years.
Early in the war he formed a battery, which became the
1st New York Light Artillery under his command. He was
Chief of Artillery of the Army of Georgia under General
Slocum when the war ended.
Mrs. James McNabb
Mrs. James McNabb died at her home in Washington, D. C,
on May 3, 1921. She was greatly interested in the aims and
objects of our family Association and was very desirous
to be with us at this reunion. She was of the John of Water-
town Line.
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Mrs. Jennie G. Gushing
At Fredonia, New York, on July 15, 1921, after a long ill-
ness, another of our members, Mrs. Jennie G. Gushing was
called to rest. She was of the John of Watertown Line. Her
affiliation and interest in our Association extended over a
decade.
Mrs. Gelia B. Winslow
Mrs. Gelia B. Winslow passed away in New York Gity on
July 23, 1921. Mrs. Winslow was of the William of Providence
Line and I find record of her membership covers more than
eleven years.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds
At St. Luke's Hospital, New York Gity, on August 15, 1921,
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, "the beloved physican" and the
honored president of the Reynolds Family Association "Fell
Asleep to Wake in Glory."
Our kinsmen, was born in Stamford, Gonn., of New Eng-
land parentage ; the son of Silas Reynolds and Ann Stuart
(nee Walker) and traces his direct paternal lineage back to
1620, to the Ducie family in Normandy; thence to Sir Wil-
liam Ducie, Bart., to Matthew Ducie Morton, who served un-
der King William during the war in Flanders, and for his
services to the kingdom, was chosen to the first parliament
called by King George L, and was later advanced to the dig-
nity of a Baron of the Kingdom of Great Britain, by the style
and title of Lord Ducie, this title continuing down to Thomas
Reynolds, then to Thomas Reynolds Morton, Lord Ducie,
through the Reynolds-Morton family.
Doctor Reynolds commenced his medical education at the
Miami Medical Gollege, under the tuition of the late Professor
Muzzy, of Gincinnati, Ohio, then pursued an additional five
year course under the special instruction of the late Professor
Joseph Pancoast, at the Jefferson Medical Gollege, Philadel-
phia.
While leading a very active life, Dr. Reynolds always had
time to render definite and special service in behalf of Ghrist's
Kingdom. For many years he was an active member of St.
Thomas Episcopal Ghurch, New York Gity, serving as a
member of its vestry. The great heart of our late president
was one beating with fraternal instincts and we are not
surprised that the different lodges of the Masonic order con-
ferred thc'ir highest honors upon such a worthy brother.
From the councils and efforts of church and fraternity our
departed kinsman will be greatly missed. There is a vacant
place in those ranks of service as well as in our Reynolds
Family As.sociation that is very hard to fill. Dr. Reynolds
served as its Ghaplain and vice-president for several years.
He was elected president at its 22nd Annual Re-union held in
Boston, Mass. 191.'i. He was untiring in his efforts to advance
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the interests of our Association and make each annual re-
union better than that of the previous year.
Those family gatherings were bright spots in our brother's
very busy life, and from year to year he planned and looked
forward with pleasure and joy to the gathering of his kins-
men, whom he dearly loved and by whom he was dearly loved.
His after dinner addresses in which wit and wisdom, grace
and poetry, were beautifully blended are precious memories
of all who heard them and also prove a source of inspiration
to those who read them.
Dr. Reynolds' life was a very busy one, he literally died
in harness. Of him it may be said "Seeing the multitude he
had compassion upon them." By day and by night, not only
in the several hospitals of New York City, where he gave
hiS services gratuitously but in the homes of the lowly he
went to heal the sick. It was his response to a call from a
huaible home that required him to climb several flights of
stairs and when he reached the upper floor he collapsed at
the very door he was to enter to heal the sick.
He was rushed to St. Luke's Hospital, where for a number
cf ays he hopefully and bravely battled for his life ; but God
wJled otherwise and Dr. Reynolds "the beloved physician"
was called to be with Christ, whom he loved and served.
"Well done good and faithful servant enter thou into the
joy of thy Lord."
Respectfully submitted,
FRANK T. B. REYNOLDS
Chairman of the Committee
on Necrology,
ecrologist's Report accepted.
licte. A splend d picture of Dr. Reynolds appeared in the
1:20 Report.)
These additional tributes to the life and character of our
Ir'^'^ president were submitted as follows: —
Hotel McAlpin, New York, Sept. 10, 1921.
APPRECIATION
e, the members of the Reynolds Family Association, will
- sh with pleasure, though it be tinged with sadness, the
brance ^f thne fine qualities of heart which distin-
gu rhed Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, our President.
We are proud to have known a gentleman who did so much
roniote the fellowship of a noble family like ours.
Eeyncl r travelled the way with those who have the
Heart. He favored the world with a valiant spirit. He
^'^r bad^e '^f a pleasant countenance. He was what one
"trustee cf the higher values of life."
HARRIET LYMAN REYNOLDS
bers of the Reynolds Family Association:
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION IS
With a shock, both of suddenness and sorrow, I learned
about the death of our President, through the New York
papers while resting at Lake George,
It seems to me to be proper to pen a few words, for I know
that those who attend our meeting will be speaking the senti-
ments of sincere friendship, and I feel these thoughts as
much as they, although I must be absent.
We were indebted to Dr. W. Myron Reynolds in no small
degree for the energy exhibited for many years by our or-
ganization, and no one of us was either so active or so serious
about its success as he has been.
I knew him personally, and he knew me by my work in
some lines.
Very sincerely,
CUYLER REYNOLDS.
GRACE CHURCH RECTORY
204 Highfield Lane Nutley, N. J.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, former President of the Reynolds
Family Asociation, and a distinguished member of St. Thomas
Church, New York City, was a rare gentleman of the old
school. No one who has intimately known him can ever for-
get the impression he made upon them. His friendship was
full of considerateness, courtesy, wit and humour, and he
never failed to show appreciation for any least favor done
him. He worthily represented one of America's noblest
families. He was a true and gentle aristocrat with no trace
of snobbery about him. Heaven will be sweeter because he
is there.
REV. CHARLES PERLEY TINKER, D. D.
Rector of Grace Church, Nutley, N. J.
MASONIC TRIBUTE
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds was a Past Master and a member
of St. John's Lodge No. 1, a Past High Priest of Phoenix
Chapter No. 2, a member of Palestine Commanderv No. 18,
Life Member May 8rd, 1915 Mecca Temple No. 1630, A O. N.
M. S. and of the Scottish Rite Bodies of the Valley of New
York. He received his :VM\ degree Sept. 18. 1917'. It was
my pleasure to have known the Dr. Masonically for the past
fifteen years and I found him ever ready to contribute of time
and talent to their best interest and advancement. His Ma-
sonic life might well be characterized by the honorable des-
ignation of "Service." He was beloved by all and a great
vacancy will be found in all of the Masonic Bodies of which
he was a member.
FKKDERK^K G. REYNOLDS.
New York City.
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IN MEMORY OF W. MYRON REYNOLDS, M. D.
We miss an able leader from our midst
Since Dr. Reynolds comes no more
With genial presence and warm clasp of hand
That to us all kind welcome bore.
We miss a noble man, a useful life.
One whose example will inspire
Our own hearts, when low thoughts intrude,
To seek the better and the higher.
The good, strong man who steps into his place
To be our honored president,
Will feel his mantle and will wear it well.
Encouraged by his life well-spent.
The world is poorer for his passing on,
And the wide vacancy it left
In many lives scarce can another fill;
They still must mourn, of him bereft.
The world is richer for his having lived,
The suffering ones his skill relieved
And saved to happy life and work again
Are worthier for his help received.
We can but feel that even heaven itself
Has gained some good for all to share,
Has felt new impulse to praise God and serve
Because he now has entered there.
— CELIA MARY REYNOLDS.
Read by the Secretary pro tern., Mr. Marion H. Reynolds.
ELECTION OF OFFICERS
Report of the Nominating Committee, appointed by the
presiding officer, presented and unanimously elected.
(See page 4)
REGRETS
Were received from the following members who were
unable to be with us: Mrs. Northup, Ashville, N. C; Miss
Celia M. Reynolds, Bennington, Vt. ; Miss Willie Reynolds,
Barnesville, Ga. ; Miss Laura E. Reynolds, Harrisburg, Pa.;
Miss Desmonde Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa.; Henry C. Rey-
nolds, Providence, R. I.; Miss Fannie D. Holmes, Westerly,
R. I.; Miss Mae Reynolds, Westmount, Quebec.
The usual reception of the Reynolds Family Association
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was held in Parlor E. of the McAlpin Hotel, Friday evening,
Sept. 9th.
Members were entertained by Mr. Marion H. Reynolds who
gave a very interesting talk on his travels in South America,
showing many photographs.
1922 RE-UNION
The Thirty-first Annual Re-union and Banquet will be held
at the Hotel McAlpin, New York City, on Saturday,
OCTOBER 14, 1922.
MR. MARION H. REYNOLDS
of New York, will act as Toast Master and have entire charge
of the postprandial exercises.
We have been promised a splendid musical programme and
addresses by prominent speakers. Plan now to attend. In-
formal reception at 5 p. m.. Business meeting at 6 p. m. and
banquet at 7 p. m.
In the 1922 Report it is contemplated publishing a long
list of Reynolds marriages and births in England prior to
1700, Such records are numerous in various English Parish
Registers, published and to be consulted in the New York
Public Library.
ALVAH REYNOLDS
(Our Oldest Member, at 91)
I was born May 22, 1830, on a farm near Bedford Hills R. R.
Station in Weschester Co., N. Y. At sixteen years, and after
the death of my mother and older brother, I was apprenticed
to learn the carpenter's trade. Two winters following, my
boss not having work for me, I returned home and attended
school at a private academy. For perhaps five years follow-
ing my apprenticeship, I found work in and near New York
City, and in the fall of 1854, in company with my cousin,
James H. Newman, started for Kansas.
We got as far as St. Louis and our Western fever abated
when we found there were no boats running on the Missouri
River in December. We decided to try Illinois, and found
work in Altona. We worked at building houses for perhaps
two years when the Civil War brewing and consequent hard
times made it difficult to secure work at our trade, and we
decided to try farming.
In 18r)7 I bought IGO acres of raw prairie for .*?2.400 (one
half of this land in 1920 sold for $:'.H,000.) I hail this prairie
sod to plow and fence and on it 1 built my future home — a
shanty 14 feet scjuare. In April 1859 I was married to Miss
Susannah Hayden. and we moved into the place just referred
to, in which we lived for seven years, when I bought 80 acres
adjoining school and moved onto it and into a more commod-
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ious house, in 1868. We bought land from time to time and
in 1894 we had 720 acres, all plow land in Ontario Township,
Knox Co., 111., and in that year we deeded our six children
an "Eighty" each, retaining 240 acres of well-improved land.
In June 1896 my wife died, and in 1907 I sold my farm to my
son Charles C. Reynolds, with whom I have lived and had a
good home until the present.
POSTPRANDIAL EXERCISES
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Senft
of Philadelphia, Toast Mistress
At the close of the Banquet enjoyed by all, Vice-President
Harrah J. Reynolds introduced Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Senft,
who kindly consented to act as Toast Mistress, in the absence
of Miss Desmonde B. Reynolds of Philadelphia, who until a
late hour last evening had expected to be here and preside
during the postprandal exercises.
Mrs. Ruth R. Senft, presented The Greeting of Miss Rey-
nolds.
Members of the Reynolds Family Association and Friends: —
It affords me much pleasure to meet with you all today
and yet that pleasure is not free from a vein of sadness. Last
year our reunion was attended by our beloved President who
has so lately passed away and also by our faithful Secretary
and Treasurer, Miss Holmes, for whom we have such tender
regard, who, through illness, is unable to be present. I have
been a member of the R. F. A. for about four years but had
not attended any of the reunions until two years ago, when
I came over to the evening reception and I well remember how
very cordially I was received by our President and Secretary,
both of whom made me feel as though I had known them a
very long time.
In the passing away of our President, Dr. Reynolds, I feel
we have sustained a very deep loss indeed. We shall miss
his energetic work for the advancement of the R. F. A., his
genial, kindly spirit and his wonderful enthusiasm. He has
left us a beautiful message in his address delivered at last
year's banquet, when the reunion was attended with mirth
and gladness, merry speeches and witty remarks and was
an especially happy occasion. I think we should strive more
than ever to advance our association, promote fellowship and
adopt the principles which he so sincerely advocated.
MISS DESMONDE B. REYNOLDS.
Toastmistress : —
Some time ago I clipped from a Newark paper the follow-
ing history of the name "Reynolds/' Variation — "Rennolds"
Racial origin — English.
Source — A given name.
"Reynolds" is another of those family names traceable to
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 17
an old Teutonic name and the spelling of that name runs about
as far from the modern spelling as many of the ancient Irish
names do. One would hardly be expected to recognize at first
glance the connection between the name "Reynolds" and
"Reognwaldr." This syllable "wald," which is an element in
so many names of Teutonic origin, is not the same as the mod-
ern German word "wald," which means "forest." It is the
same as the ancient Gothic "valdan," and carries the sense
of "ruler" or "ruling." Indeed, it is probable that the word
root traces back still further to a pre-his-toric time before the
original Indo European race had split into the Celtic and
Teutonic branches, as well as into other, for philologists be-
lieve it to be a "cousin" to the Welsh word "gualedyr," which
has virtually the same meaning.
However, the given name "Reognwaldr" meant — * "God's
ruler" or "God-like ruler." Among certain of the north Ger-
manic races it became "Reinhold" and "Reinold." The Anglo-
Saxons had it as "Regnald," which under Norman-French
influence developed into the softer "Reynold" from which the
family name has been derived."
The Greeting from New Jersey will be read at this time.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes,
53 Elm Street, Westerly, Rhode Island,
My dear kinswoman:
I returned last night after being away from home on a
summer vacation, and found a letter from you which should
have been answered long ago — but I trust that my reply will
be received in time. I send you the following greeting from
New Jersey for the reunion of the Reynolds family:
There are many of the Reynolds family in New
Jersey, and they try to honor the name of living a
life that will justify the New Jersey account of the
origin of the name.
I am pleased to send a Jersey greeting, from
Jerseymen who bear the name, to all the members of
the Reynolds family gathered from various disper-
sions. Sincerely yours,
REV. CHARLES LEE REYNOLDS. D. D.
Newark, N. J., Sept. 7th, 192L
*"This (luotation also included in our Greeting from New
Jersey."
Toast mis tress: —
As I was asketl to speak to you on Fervor I will at this
time introduce one of our New Members Mrs. V. E. Neilson.
of Bethlehem, to read this message.
FERVOR
This is a word of (k-cp and significant meaning. It indi-
cates, intensity of feeling or expression, glowing ardor; Holy
zeal, earnestness. Webster says: — "Fervor" is a boiling heat,
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and ardor is a burning heat.
A calling in life to be satisfying and successful must par-
take in a greater or less degree of these constituents. Es-
pecially, I think, in these days superficiality is quickly dis-
covered. People are crying out for reality. When you prove
to the people your confidence in your projects, then it is you
can draw others to think as you do, to cooperate with you.
You can engage their interest and secure their help. This
is true in the world's interests and achievements. None the
less but even more in regard to Eternal issue, is this true. It
is in the case of an Elijah, only when the prayer is "fervent"
that it is effectual.
In that most expressive and comprehensive statement of
St. Paul — "Not slothful in business: f event in spirit serving
the Lord" — we have a striking picture of firey zeal. By the
way this verse my father, William Reynolds, gave me the
morning I left the old home to attend a lady's Seminary more
than six hundred miles away; and I want to say it was the
"fevent" spirit pulled me through in the rugged times which
followed, in examinations, in the new surroundings and with
strange people. Without it I would not be here today. My
diligence in business would have failed me, my spirit of service
would have given under, but the "fervor" of God's spirit kept
me in the crucial moment.
The "fervancy of spirit" is like oil to the machinery of all
work and service.
A few weeks ago we listened to a missionery from India
give a short address. The gathering included clergymen,
doctors and teachers, largely. It was a simple talk but on
leaving the room a fine business man said : "It was grand, her
spirit is all right. She believed what she says." And from
a Southern city a Judge said, "Oh ! I like her. Her spirit was
so earnest and sure." She sang too, and it lacked the art
almost wholly that commands the approval of the music lover,
but the Judge said, "I liked her singing too: it was so hearty."
Fervancy again gained the day.
MRS. RUTH REYNOLDS SENFT.
Toastmistress : —
If ever in the history of our Family Association we needed
this element of courage and fervor of interest, it is now. Prov-
idence has seen fit to let heavy and serious loss come to us
in that our President has been translated to his heavenly
home. We should follow his loyal example. Not let our ranks
deplete or lose interest.
During the present year our Secretary has written to 35
members, representing as many states for a greeting to be
read at the 1921 reunion. Seventeen replies have been re-
ceived and Miss Holmes, has sent them to me to be read today. I
take pleasure in introducing another New Memiber, Mrs. J.
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D. Hopper, of Montvale, N. J., who will read letters of Greet-
ings from Vermont and Iowa.
Bethel, Vermont, August 12, 1921.
Dear Kinsmen: —
Greetings from the Green Mountain State!
Hearty greetings to all who are here assembled to partici-
pate in the Re-union of the Reynolds Family.
One of the family cannot read the yearly Report of your
gatherings, with its interesting record of your doings coupled
with the presentation of the admirable after dmner speeches,
without feeling great neglect at his inability to have part in
your gatherings and enjoy its hospitality.
I think we have reason to be proud of our Family.
A prominent member of the Vermont Bar, Augustus Pin-
gree Hunton, Esq., a leading lawyer of the State, speaker in
Civil War times of the Assembly, also a highly respected
citizen of Bethel told me, in one of our conversations, that in
all his long life (he lived to be ninety-four) and all his wide
practice — "I have never known a Reynolds who was an un-
desirable citizen." May the Family never fail to keep up its
good reputation, and to continue its usefulness and good ex-
ample in the generations to come.
With cordial greetings to you all again, and kindest regards,
accept me as one of the Reynolds Kinsmen, present in spirit.
W. BENJAMIN REYNOLDS,
Rector of Christ Church.
My Dear Miss Holmes: —
The invitation to the Thirtieth Annual Reunion of the
Reynolds Family Association lies before me and I thank you
for the same. Again I must send my regrets that I cannot
be with you on that occasion, but I wish to extend to you
greetings from Iowa.
We are only eight in number, but we hope to increase our
membership and have been making an effort to do so.
Should you hear of another Reynolds reunion some of these
days you will know its the little Iowa bunch who are only
a few miles apart, and who are very enthusiastic over the
R. F. A.
Wishing you a pleasant and profitable meeting, I am,
Most sincerely,
JEANNETTE E. PAINTER.
Clarinda, Iowa, August 29, 1921.
GREETINGS FROM GEORGIA
I hear the Clan a-gathering,
From mountain to the sea: —
In all that happy company,
Is there small space for me?
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I come from grand old Georgia,
The South's own Empire State,
Where greetings are not idle,
With latch-string out the gate!
Just glad, sincere, and hearty.
With true fraternal glow:
As warm as our own sunshine,
As pure our fields of snow;
As sweet as the heart of the melon,
Or the bounteous juice of the cane;
As rosy as blush of peaches.
As soft as Summer rain; —
As golden as the pumpkin.
When the air is as new wine;
As luscious as the possum.
With 'taters from the vine!
As true as the sky above us,
As firm as the earth beneath.
Where Love, with Faith and Loyalty,
Is every sire's bequeath.
Then here's my heart within my hand,
For all who hear the name,
With the wish that with each Reynolds,
May Joy and Peace remain ! !
Barnesville, Georgia. WILLIE REYNOLDS.
Toastmistress : —
Some one has said that "The Great War has revealed the
fact that one of the least considered and least used of the
world's stores of power lies latent in the minds of women."
Miss 0. Lula Wicks, of Baltimore, will now speak to us of
"Bachelor Women."
BACHELOR WOMEN
How times have changed! Time was when the bachelor
woman was not dignified by this title, but was called just
plain "old maid." She was so called because it had always
been conceded no man had asked her to be his, "to have and
to hold," "to get and to keep," to cook his meals, to darn his
socks, to be his man-servant, his maid-servant, his ox, etc.,
and anything and everything he wanted her to be. Yes, it
was always believed she had never heard that brief but com-
prehensive phrase, "Be my lost rib !" part entreaty, part com-
mand, that would change society's attitude toward her. K
these magical words were but addressed to her, how could
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she answer except in the affirmative? Man's declaration and
her reply were the magic key to unlock the door, and the
Aladdin's lamp to light her path into a new realm where she
would be respected by the world at large because she got a
bid, and accepted the bidder.
With such words she was removed from a world where she
was denied many of the rights of mankind; but, without
them, she was relegated to the kitchen, the sewing-room, the
sick-room, and the nursery. For was she not at the beck and
call of all her married sisters, cousins, and aunts? When
they needed extra help in the culinary department, at barn-
raising, butchering, or harvesting, was not the old maid of
the family sent for? And when the quilts were to be quilted,
and the husband's trousers made into suits for the youngsters,
or a dress turned and made into correct style, was not the old
maid invited to spend a week or two to help with the sewing?
Thus the poor soul often went around the neighborhood, mak-
ing other folks' dresses, but never having time to make her-
self look more modern.
If illness suddenly overtook husband, wife, or children, who
made a better nurse, or who was at liberty to be called so
well as "old maid?" Who could easily be called in to take
care of the children, while you and your husband took a little
trip away? Why, "old maid," of course!
The spinster relative was thus called here and there, and
not allowed to live in her own home, (if, indeed, she was
lucky enough to have one,) and thus was deprived continuous-
ly of the three great rights of all mortals, "life, liberty, and
the pursuit of happiness." Her time was not her own, her
strength was not her own, her vitality was not her own.
But, behold ! times have changed. Slow as the world always
is to realize the worth of an individual it finally awoke to the
fact that these so-called "old maids" were no longer creatures
to be despised, ridiculed, forgotten and began to realize, that
the term "old maid" was rather unkind ; perhaps brutal ; so
we find people speaking in more sympathetic terms. Thus
her titles and appelatives have undergone evolution, and we
can see progress in the trend of thought.
One endearing term was "spinster." This suggests a fe-
male with hair parted and combed flat to the head, a tight,
ungraceful knot extending outward at the back, a long thin
pointed nose, a chin that turns upward to meet it, sunken
lips accentuating the meeting of nose and chin, spectacles,
and a rod in her hand, (if she were a school-marm) the kind
that put the lamb out when it followed Mary one day. Such
is the world's picture of a "spinster," only a step higher than
"old maid," according to the world's rating.
The term "maiden lady," a stt>p further removed in this
process of evolution, has somewhat of consideration, in it, a
touch of regard, and suggests a slender, petite somebody,
with a bit of white at her throat, maybe a neckerchief, and
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perhaps a little black and white lace cap on her head, such as
our grandmothers used to wear. A sweet face added to this
costume, makes one think she must be a grandmother, and a
lovable one at that. Well, she is a grandmother in years and
experience, for has she not helped in the raising of two genera-
tions of children? But when you were told she was a "maid-
en lady," it was in a tone of pity and commiseration for that
human being, and you used to wonder why worth was not
so apparent in this dear lady in her youth as now, or, if it
were there, why the men were too stupid to recognize it.
Again, have you ever seen a fine-looking woman, active,
alert, with a personality that fascinates, bristling with vi-
tality and charm, and radiating cheer and good will? You
are convinced she is the contented happy partner of a "con-
tented-er" happier man, until you meet her as "Miss So-and-
so," and you are afterward impelled to speak of her in a de-
cidedly respectful tone as an "unmarried woman." Quite an
advance step. You begin to wonder that the grandmotherly
"maiden lady," or the fascinating "unmarried woman," "fair,
fat, and forty," do not belong to some man, or rather that
some man does not belong to her. If you can only discover a
bit of their history, you will find that each might have be-
come "attached " but that each had the far-seeing eye, the
wisdom to say him "Nay," for the ideal wife never marries.
In the matter of life companionship, why should not a woman
exercise the right to decide for herself? For "what is a wo-
man's heart given her for, if not to choose?"
Of course, the world was at first loathe to believe that any
single woman, no matter by what name you call her, should
be unwise or bold enough to reject a suitor, and wondered how
any woman should prefer "Miss" on her tombstone to "be-
loved wife of Tom, Dick, or Harry." The world finally rec-
ognized the fact that to stand before a parson, and say, "I
will" was not necessary for an "unattached female" to be-
come a valuable member of society. In time, it began to open
its doors to this once forsaken creature, and as she was found
handsomely equipped, to enter, behold ! she became the splend-
idly evolved "bachelor woman !"
Now don't confound the "bachelor woman" with the "bache-
lor girl." They are two entirely different species. The latter
is young, bright, pretty, has many admirers, perhaps has be-
come satiated with flattery, and determines never to marry.
She and a few other girls vow the same intention and they
form a "Bachelor Girls' Club." They swear with hat-pins
crossed, to live in single blessedness. Everything moves along
smoothly for a while; but the club is shattered by the presi-
dent marrying; and one by one the members follow her ex-
ample. Perhaps they live happily ever afterward; but there
is just a possibility that we may in the future hear some one
of these club members exclaim, when disgusted or mortified
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at some act of her spouse, "Thank the Lord, he's no blood
kin of mine !"
But to return to the bachelor woman. I must also hurry, or
I shall be like the Egyptian Mummy, pressed for time.
One has only to read the annals of great accomplishments,
to find the long list of bachelor women and what a magnificent
part they have played in beautifying, educating, and evangeliz-
ing the world.
If Victor Hugo is to be recognized as an authority, he says
of Rosa Bonheur, "As a creative artist, I place her first
among women, living or dead." Her father never quite for-
gave Rosa, his first born, for being a girl and not a boy, hence,
she strove to atone for it, and make herself useful to her
father in his painting. One day, as she was helping her father
mix his paints, she heard some people laughing at a girl in
yellow braids learning to paint. (There were no women paint-
ers then.) The next day her father had a close-cropped boy in
loose trousers and blue blouse to help him. As her father
painted to please the public, she decided to paint to please
herself. To quote Hugo again, "She thus towers above her
fellows. She is true to self." So Rosa Bonheur never mar-
ried. She painted.
As Rosa Bonheur, the bachelor woman, heads the list of
woman artists, Harriet Hosmer, another bachelor woman,
heads the list of woman sculptors. A delicate child, her fath-
er, a physician, insisted on Harriet leading an out-door life,
for he had lost wife and all his other children with tuberculo-
sis. Wagging tongues said, the child was running wild, and
should be in the house learning to read and sew ; but the
father knew best. This wild life developed an inherent love
of nature, and a desire to create likenesses of the many things
she saw in the outside world. She lived to be seventy-eight
years old, and has left some exquisite pieces of sculpture to
adorn the world and perpetuate her name.
Another bachelor woman leads in the educational field as
Rosa Bonheur and Harriet Hosmer did in the realm of art.
Without Mary Lyon, there would have been no Mount Hol-
yoke Female Seminary. One of the younger of seven children
in a home where poverty must always be fought, she struggled
bravely for an education. After teaching a few years, she
determined to make better provisions for the education of
young women, believing that they should receive not only a
higher education, but the highest education. It soon became
her life work ; and we are told she refused an offer of marriage
to pursue this work.
Other bachelor women may be named who have left their
impress upon the world, and have spent their lives influenc-
ing it for good. Lucy Larconi, Maria Edgeworth, Mary Lamb,
Louisa M. Alcott, form a bright galaxy in the realm of prose;
and Alice and Phoebe Cary, Christina Rossetti, Frances Rid-
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ley Havergal, Fannie Crosby, contributed much that is beau-
tiful in the world of poesy.
Hannah More, who headed a religious movement and made
fashionable women think seriously and consider that life
could be lived on a higher plane: —
Florence Nightingale and Clara Barton, who lifted the oc-
cupation of nurse to a position of respectability, while re-
lieving suffering, both fighting obstacles and going where
men had feared to tread: —
Harriet Martineau, who because of being deaf as a child,
was considered stupid, but whose brain and other senses de-
veloped more keenly thereby; and who maintained her wid-
owed mother and educated the other children by journalism: —
Frances E. Willard, a born leader and reformer, with a faith
that at the beginning of the great temperance crusade made
it possible for her to go without her noonday lunch because
she had no money with which to buy, and to walk many a
mile because she had not a fare for a street-car; whose bril-
liant mind, magnetic leadership, administrative talent and
superb tact, gave unparalleled success to one of the greatest
movements of modern times: —
All these are not only women of the highest type but were
bachelor women. Other fields besides art, education, litera-
ture, and reform have representatives in the bachelor wo-
man. Scientists, preachers, philanthropists, benefactors,
missionaries, and even warriors, are glad now to share honors
with the bachelor woman.
Here I wish to pay my tribute to the bachelor women of
the Reynolds' families and all their branches. As I glanced at
the list of members of the Association, I found quite a num-
ber with the prefix "Miss" to their names. The richest of
earth's blessings to all in general; and in particular, to Miss
Fannie D. Holmes, for so many years our faithful secretary
and treasurer, whose absence and the cause of it we so deep-
ly regret; and also to our toast mistress of last year. Miss
Harriet L. Reynolds.
I feel like concluding with a word of encouragement to those
bachelor women who are still looking for a chance to make a
world-without-end bargain, who haven't given up hope, and
who carry a St. Anthony for luck. Carry him if you wish. He
cannot harm you, and he may be kind to you ; but keep in
mind that it has been said the bachelor woman is the happiest
"critter" alive when she once quits struggling; but further
remember that some one has truthfully said, "Thou comest
not to thy place by accident. It is the very place God meant
for thee."
MISS O. LULA WICKS.
Toastmistress : —
Maryland, Minnesota, and Illinois have all sent their let-
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ters of Greeting and we shall all be glad to hear Mrs. Prescott
D. Reynolds, of Providence, R. I., read them.
Dear Miss Holmes: —
It will be impossible for me to attend the reunion of the
Reynolds family. I am asked to send greetings from Mary-
land. It is quite singular that my ancestors were residents
of Maryland, while I am a native of California. I am proud
to say that my Reynolds were Revolutionary Patriots. The
wife (and mother) went thru many hardships, her husband
was killed, and she with her little children were finally ex-
changed from Canada as war prisoners and are the only
family I believe on record to reach their home safely as war
prisoners.
I also know personally Major (Dr. Belle Reynolds) the only
woman who holds a military commission. She is certainly
a wonderful old lady.
So I am proud to be of and know of such courageous peo-
ple, the Reynolds. Sincerely,
MRS. EDITH P. HEAD,
Cantonsville, Maryland.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, Secretary and Treasurer,
Westerly, R. I.,
My Dear Miss Holmes:
Greetings from Minnesota to the members of the Reynolds
Family Association.
GERTRUDE QUACKENBUSH,
St. Paul, Minn., Aug. 26. 1921.
Illinois sends congratulations and greetings from the scat-
tered members of the family, to the Reynolds Family Associa-
tion asembled at Hotel McAlpin, New York City. With high
hopes for continued help and instruction to its absent mem-
bers, we thank its officers most heartily and sincerely for
their programe of advancement, and their untiring efforts
to do us good.
We feel that Genealogy is the chief cornerstone of self-
knowledge and for one to know himself or herself without
egotism, is the beginning of wisdom. Wisdom leads to a pure
sacrificing life as we direct our footsteps to the Mystic River.
"Remember the days of old. Consider the years of many
generations. Ask thy Father and he will show thee thy Eld-
ers and they will tell thee." Deut. 1^2-7.
As to the state of Illinois it is located in the center of the
garden of the Western Hemisphere, as the Mississippi valley
is the garden spot of the world. The state is nearly 400
miles north and south, and 175 miles east and west, contains
55,410 sciuare miles of the most fertile tract of land on the
Globe. A ship-load of any of its chief productions to feed the
hungry, would not be missed from its graneries, and are the
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outcropping of its fertile soil. Its great men (they are
legion) Lincoln, Grant, and Lovejoy, were foremost in wiping
slavery from the face of the earth.
I have made Knox Co. Illinois my home for more than half
a century (66 years) and have many valid reasons for being
proud of the state, its people, its products and its institutions,
but will stop, wishing you a successful meeting and programe.
ALVAH REYNOLDS
Altona, 111., June 25, 1921.
KINSHIP
Companionship is sweet if it is kind.
And brightens all the stretch of earthly way —
Congenial intercourse of mind with mind,
And happy confidences day by day.
True friendship is a treasure that we prize
Above accumulated wealth in gold, —
A wondrous gift whose blessing never dies,
A joy in youth, a help when we are old.
But kinship is a vital cord that binds
Our very hearts together though we dwell
Afar each from the other, and that winds
About our inmost being its rich spell.
It reaches backward on the long, long line
Of ancestry down which our lives have come,
And on that line inscribes the great word "Mine"
Which holds all wealth of life and love and home.
It reaches forward to the years that wait
For coming generations of our own,
And leads us to the faith that happy fate
Shall fall on life where our best hopes have grown.
And grand the truth made plain in God's own plan
Revealed to us within His written Word,
That through the Fatherhood of God to man
We have blest kinship with our Risen Lord.
Glad of that Royal kinship let us be,
And bow our souls in humble thankfulness
To the great Father of all life whose free.
Rich gifts to us and ours are limitless.
— €ELIA MARY REYNOLDS
Toastmistress : —
Who can visit Maine, the summer play ground of the East,
without ever after recalling it with affectionate remembrance.
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We have a greeting from "Maine" sent by one of our members.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, Sec'y and Treas.,
Reynolds Family Association,
53 Elm St., Westerly, R. I.,
Dear Kinswoman: —
Yours of recent date received and I note you wish me to
send a "Greeting" to the Reynolds Family Association from
the state of Maine.
"We're just a rugged, homespun state
Perched on the nation's edge,
A stretch of woods, of fields and lakes.
Of ocean pounded ledge.
But rugged deeds and rugged men
We've nurtured for our own:
Much good the world has harvested
From broadcast seeds we've sown.
*»
And so, we love her, rugged state,
We love her smiling skies,
We love her for her deep-piled snows.
Her jagged coasts we prize.
We love her for the lofty seat
She's reared 'neath Heaven's dome:
But best of all, we love her, Maine,
Because she's Maine and Home,"
I appreciate the honor, and would that circumstances might
permit me to be present at the thirtieth annual reunion of
the Reynolds Family Association ; or that I might possess the
ability to send the greeting that such an occasion deserves.
Though possessing none of the attributes of a genius, I am
proud to be reckoned as kin to that large family, many of
whom have made their mark in the various vocations of life
on this mundane sphere of activity, and whose achievements
are recorded upon the tablets of time.
I belong to the Robert Reynolds branch, being of the ninth
generation, viz: — Robert Reynolds, of Boston, 1632 (1), Na-
thaniel (2), Nathaniel (3), Nathaniel (4), Nathaniel (5), Na-
thaniel (6), Stephen B. (7), A. Leetta (8), Byron C. Hodg-
kins (9).
P'rom the old Pine Tree State, the birthplace of Longfellow,
McLellan, Willis, Klijah Kellogg, "James Otis," "Bill Nye."
"Artemus Ward," David Barker, Holman Day, and hundreds
of other literary celebrities, I send you "Greeting."
"It's not her deep green pine trees against her cool blue sky,
It's not her ragged, rocky coast where ships at anchor lie,
It's not her slow, sweet spring time which tears your heart
in twain,
It's not her mad, glad autumn with its windy, wild refrain.
It's not her lakes and forests or her quaint deserted farms,
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It's not her scenery summer seekers count among her charms,
And all her lonesome loveliness of woodland, field, and shore,
Is not what calls her children home and home again once more.
It's just the being born there; without her proud domain.
No matter what the radiancy of mountain, sea. or plain,
But let her name be whispered, with a passion almost pain.
Her sons, wet-eyed, rise up to cheer the sturdy State o' Maine."
In the name of all the lineal decendants of that great family
whose surname is Reynolds, and who claim Maine as their
birthplace, I hereby wish you a pleasant and profitable gath-
ering on Sept. 10, 1921.
Though circumstances may never allow me the pleasure of
attending your reunions, I feel assured that some time, some
where, we shall all join in that great and grand reunion be-
yond the vale of mortal kin, for
"On the shoreless ocean of eternity
The human soul progresses on
From lowest to the highest purity,
Always seeking what lies beyond.
This world is not conclusion
A sequel lies beyond,
Invisible as music
But postive as sound."
Sincerely, Your Kinsman,
BYRON C. HODGKINS.
Bangor, Maine, August 22, 1921.
Toastmistress : —
We shall enjoy hearing Mrs. Rippier, read Greetings from
North Carolina, California Arkansas, and West Virginia.
Dr. W. Myron Reynolds, New York City.
My dear Kinsman: —
Not being able to attend the next meeting of our Family
Association, I desire to extend to the members of the Associa-
tion, greetings and heartiest good wishes for many returns
of the annual meeting for each and every member of the
"Name." I have no doubt that you will have a happy and
pleasant reunion, and I sincerely trust that many of the Name
may be with you, proud of their genealogy, proud of the
membership of the Clan and the splendid officers that have
made the Association a successful perpetuation of our Family
Name.
With every good wish for members of the Association,
I remain, yours truly,
JNO. F. REYNOLDS
Wentworth, N. C, August 2, 1921.
To the President and Members of the R. F. A.: —
Your Arkansas member sends greetings and best wishes
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to the members of the R. F. A. in convention assembled, with
sincere regret that she cannot be present with them.
(Mrs. E. M.) ELIZABETH REYNOLDS SCHOBER.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, Westerly, R. L,
Dear Miss Holmes : —
I regret very much my inability to attend the coming re-
union of the R, F. A. As a member in California I am very
happy to send greetings to the Association from the state.
Hoping that the meeting will be one of great pleasure to all.
Yours sincerely,
J. S. REYNOLDS.
Hollister, Cal.. July 25, 1921.
My dear Miss Holmes: —
It is with the greatest of pleasure, I send "Greetings to the
Reynolds Family Association, from my native state West
Virginia."
Would love to meet with you and meet the kindred ; cannot
this year. Lovingly,
SARAH A. REYNOLDS.
August 16, 1921.
Toastmistress : —
We have Greetings from "Pennsylvania" and "Kentucky"
which our Secretary Pro Tem, Mr. Marion H. Reynolds, will
read:
To the Reynolds Family Association:
I regret very much that I will not be able to attend the
annual reunion of our great Association, and more so since
I had the pleasure of a talk with our honored President about
it, a few weeks ago in New York, but as I cannot be there,
I gladly accept the invitation to send a word of greeting as one
of the Reynolds family in this great state of ours. There are
many that bear the name and have been at different times
called upon to fill positions that had much to do with the
welfare and prosperity of community and state. We have a
right to be proud of our name and our ancestry, and upon us
of this generation rests the responsibility of maintaining the
dignity and honor of that name.
I trust the reunion will be a most enjoyable one, and to
every one. whether I have had the pleasure of meeting them
personally or not, I extend my best wishes for long and happy
lives. Sincerely vours,
REV. GRAFTON T. REi'NOLDS, D.D.
Pittsburgh, Pa., August 24, 1921.
Toa.st mistress and Fellow-kinsmen and Women: —
Though 1 was not l)y Fate ordained to open my eyes for the
first time in Kentucky, still the green hills of that famous
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state were not so far away but that they could have been
readily seen from the house-top wherein I became a Buck-eye.
When my age could be counted on the fingers of one hand,
thumb eliminated. I crossed with my parents the then Great
Suspension Bridge to the State that has since been my home.
So I have lived in Kentucky long enough to know and appreci-
ate the worth of this Commonwealth.
The natives and near-natives of this state speak of it not
only reverently but affectionately as Kain-tuck.
As you all know — Kentucky means the Dark and Bloody
Ground, being derived from the Indian tongue. To stretch
a point we might go to the first children of the Bible, wherein
it is stated that Cain "tuck"' Abel's life, if we wished to show
a bloody transaction as the genesis of the word, Kentucky.
Kentucky has been aptly named, for on its soil have been
many bloody encounters, with its fueds, assassinations, and
battles. Here were born, within a few miles of each other, the
gi'eat leaders of the Rebellion, the Immortal Lincoln and the
much cussed and discussed, Jefferson Davis, who believed
that what he did was right, although we all see that it was
for the best that his views did not prevail. If there ever was
a time when Kentucky was to the fore it certainly was then.
Either way the issue went, a Kentuckian was sure to be at the
head. Something like the last Presidential election when Ohio
was in the lime-light.
Kentucky's good points have been hidden under a bushel
of restraining influences. We at home appreciate these dif-
ficulties ; yet falter not. for has not Stephen Foster proclaim-
ed to the world, that "the sun shines bright in my old Ken-
tucky Home?"
A rift in the clouds reveals to the American Republic the
Grandest State in the Union, just as the dispelling of fog
brings forth the Sun in all his splender and brilliance.
Kentucky long has been noted for its famous men. many of
whom have held the center of the stage in American politics.
^^llo has not heard of the idol of Kentucky, Henry Clay?
Every school boy knows of Daniel Boone and Simon Kenton.
The mention of the name of the Hon. John G. Carlisle, a de-
scendent of a Reynolds, brings forth memories of that states-
man of a generation ago. The state has a long list of illustri-
ous sons- the Crittendens, the Breckenbridges, the Helms, the
famous Surgeon, Ephraim McDowell, Dr. Austin Smith, the
elder, the Deshas, and so I might enumerate still further; but
I will mention only one more, Col. Henry Watterson, the sole
survivor of that galaxy of famous Newspaper Editors, who
moulded public opinion of the last generation and one of
Lincoln's greatest admirers and defenders in the Southland.
Few realize that in our mountain fastness the purest brand
of Anglo-saxions of America are to be found. They have been
swallowed up in the dense forests for generations.
Kentucky is famous for its women, noted for looks and what
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is better, for their intellectual attainments.
Kentucky's good qualities have often been obscured by the
acts of some of her lawless elements ; but she arises as beau-
tiful and grand as ever.
Famous as have been Kentucky whiskies, it is a source of
wonder to many, how that State became an exponent of pro-
hibition, making the state as dry as a bone, arid as the Sahara;
yet like that famous desert, if you go deep enuogh, you will
find that it is not as dry as the surface would indicate.
It is not so many years since Col. Thos. Mulligan sang of
the virtues and vices — rather backslidings of the state, where
the women were the prettiest, the whiskey the finest, politics
the damndest, and other good and bad qualities in the super-
lative degree. Still to those who dwell within its borders, the
State is one which we all love, the changes that are in the
course of making are the best, public opinion is clean and sane,
the baser elements are taking a back seat.
Kentucky is coming to its proper place in the nation, this
being hastened through the quickening of the public con-
science to the good arising from better educational facilities,
better roads, and the prosperity attendant upon the develop-
ment of its vast, almost untouched resources.
Distance lends enchantment to the view, so the old saw runs.
When the people who are on the ground swear by the state,
then it shows there is something real good in the state after
all.
Kentucky has its fame firmly entrenched against all time.
Who that has ever heard Stephen Foster's melodies can fail
to be moved by his and our "Old Kentucky Home." and wish
to see what it is that draws all of Kentucky's children to the
hearth stone, even in that Dark and Bloody Ground of the
Old Indian Days? — Kentucky?
Kentucky sends her greetmgs. Its woods are full of Rey-
nolds. And don't forget these Reynolds are good people like
the rest of the Tribe!
CHARLES W. REYNOLDS. M. D.
Covington, Ky.
RHODE ISLAND'S GREETING
Fair the land of Narragansett !
Land of goodly field and meadow.
Land of orchard, stream and forest,
Near unto the Great Salt Waters
Whence a sheltered bay, far inland
Finds its way in curves of beauty
'Mong the fertile wave-kissed islands
Bearing on its deep blue bosom
Mighty ships of war and commerce,
White-winged fleets of passing pleasure
Vessels scarred by burden bearing
Answering to the call of hunger
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Where the people crowd together
In the close built city confines.
Fair, the land of Narragansett
Fair, its bay of heaven-blue waters
Builded well, its towns and cities,
Tilled, its soil to fruitful bearing.
While its smoothly flowing rivers
Through the valleys winding downward,
Swiftly turn the wheels and spindles.
In their onward ceaseless rushing.
Long, the years have been in passing,
Long, the days since Roger Williams
Banished from the shores of Pljrmouth
Seeking freedom in his thinking
Seeking freedom in his speaking.
True unto his soul's conviction
Strong in mind, but frail in body
Fared him forth, into the forest,
In mid-winter season bitter
Knowing not his goal nor pathway.
But the red man, won by kindness,
Shared the shelter of his wigwam,
Shared his winter store so meagre, —
Massasoit, the great chieftan
Gave him land, when came the Springtime,
Opened, wide his door into him —
Then from Plymouth came the warning,
Stay not on our bounds and borders
Cross the waters of the Seekonk.
Seek ye other lands to dwell in
All the Country lies before you!
So the young and godly stranger
Journeying with his five companions
Crossed the river, westward turning
Seeking still his soul's expression
Seeking peace, his conscience guiding, —
Indians watching, friendly calling,
Wha-cheer-netop ? Wha-cheer !
Seemed an omen full of favor,
On the shore he sought a landing j
Listening to the red men's counsel, '
Northward held his way, continuing
Through Mooshausick's narrow winding
Where a tree clad hill steep rising
At its base a spring, bright sparkling
Seemed a peaceful haven to him.
All his trials past, recalling
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Grateful for his journeys ending,
For the Mighty Hand, sustaining
For the voice of Hope, unfailing
Gave he thanks unto his Maker
Called the place of his abiding
"Providence," the way of guidance.
Fair the land of Narragansett,
Many are its sons and daughters,
Keeping still the old traditions
Of the Providence Plantations,
Loyal to its Founder's teachings
Loyal to the State and Nation,
Loyal to the Church, in freedom,
Liberty of conscience keeping.
Loyal to their friends and kindred
In the great lodge now assembled.
Glad to send them warmest greeting,
Memories of the past recalling,
What-cheer! Kindred! Give you greeting.
To our Great Chief — man of healing
Quick of thought, and wise in counsel,
Pledge we now renewed allegiance,
High the standard of his office.
Though the years of service rendered
Wise and kindly are his rulings
Seeking always our advancement.
To the Silent one — the Writer,
Faithful keeper of the records,
Send we also hearty greeting.
Thank her for the days of labor,
Time and thought so freely given
To the keeping of our treasure, ^
And the words for our informing.
Kindred all, in love we greet you !
Keep the campfires brightly burning
As you meet in celebration.
In this hour of glad recalling,
Years of memories sad and joyous
Years of progress and achievement.
Looking backward — looking forward.
Send we words of cheer and courage,
Calling you to high endeavor,
Send again the friendly greeting —
"Wha-cheer, netop, Wha-cheer — Wha-cheer."
LULA A. FOWLER.
(Mrs Geo. H.) Pawtucket. R. I.
Toastmistress : —
Another Greeting from a member in "Nebraska."
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To the Reynolds Family Association from Nebraska, greet-
ings— from her vast plains now covered with ripening com,
from her green hills rolling on in never-ending undulations
to meet the sky, from her sunsets glorious with their rain-
bow hues, from her trickling streamlets and her broad rivers,
from her busy cities and her tranauil towns, — greetings.
MRS. JESSIE AUSTIN-REYNOLDS.
Wayne. Nebr.
Toastmistress : —
From "Wisconsin" we receive a little historical "greeting."
Miss Fannie D. Holmes,
53 Elm Street, Westerly, R. I.,
My dear Miss Holmes:
The Reynolds Family in Wisconsin send greetings to the
Thirtieth Annual Reunion.
Preceding the Norse Lumber Jack and the "Forty-Eight"
German, there came to this state in the early day a strong
contingent of New Englanders and m^en from the Empire
state. These men wrote the constitution of our state pattern-
ing it after that of New York, and among these came the
Reynolds Family.
Together with their brethren of other races these hard-
handed men, broke the prairie, hewed the forests, made the
roads and bridges, built little homes in the wilderness and
formed the "Iron Brigade."
They created a commonwealth in whose Progressive State
Government, Great University and Scientific Agriculture,
we now take pride.
Very truly yours,
BENONI O. REYNOLDS.
Lake Geneva, Wisconsin, July 21, 1921.
Toastmistress : —
The Reynolds family have a fine record as pioneers.
Toastmistress : —
The replies all shov/ a degree of interest in the Association,
which is very encouraging and pleasing. Now we will be
pleased to hear from Mr. Marion H. Reynolds of New York,
who will tell us about some of his travels.
Toastmistress and Members of the Reynolds Family Associa-
tion : —
"Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits," says Shake-
speare. When I was discharged from Field Artillery, Janu-
ary, 1919, I decided to take advantage of a temporary de-
tachment from responsibilities in order to see something of
the world. Soon I fell in with a job which took me first to
London, then to Paris, and finally to Brazil. Except for the
fashion in Spain, at that time, ("three days strike, three days
revolution, and rest on Sunday,") I would have crossed Spain
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to Portugal. As it was, I returned to England, and after an
airplane trip over London, from there went to Oporto and
Lisbon, Portugal. En route to the Amazon Valley in Brazil,
we put in at the enchanted Madeiras off the northwest coast
of Africa. I had engaged to stay on the Amazon River six
months, but I was eventually held somewhat longer.
The Amazon is not the longest river in the world, but con-
sidering the volume of water discharged, it would swallow the
Mississippi system, Ganges, Nile and Euphrates, and yawn for
more. At its mouth, from mainland to mainland, it is 206
miles wide, or about the distance from New York to Provi-
dence. In its four thousand miles it sweeps down out of the
Andes and through the jungle across the South American
continent, with a swift current averaging 3-6 miles an hour, or
as fast as a man can walk. Its drainage basin would almost
contain the United States. If we were to lay that mighty
river across this country. Para, its principal port, would lie
on the southern shore about where Philadelphia is. Manaos,
a pretty tropical city of 80,000 people, would take Chicago's
place a thousand miles inland. All the year around, Liverpool
and New York vessels of 8,000 tons ordinarly go up there be-
fore turning back on the return journey, and the U. S. S.
Wilmington has gone 2,300 miles up clear to Iquitos, almost
at the eastern foot of the Andes, — the western limit of my
Amazon cruise. Iquitos would take the place of Denver, and
the headwaters of the Amazon would be somewhere out in
the Pacific beyond San Francisco. That's the immensity of
the Amazon. I was one of a party of five sent on an inspec-
tion trip and traffic survey over 7,500 miles of these splendid
waterways.
The first morning on the cruise of the Andira, I was awak-
ened by the lusty bawling of a calf, the crowing of roosters,
and the squealing of several young pigs on the engine deck
of the boat — our prospective meals in the jungle days and
weeks hence, carried a pied instead of in the refrigerator.
Like clusters of water-cress, many pretty little "floating
islands" of Murure or Paral grass — large compact patches of
bright green water-plants with beautiful lilac-colored water
hyacinths — had been detached by the night's tempest and
sent demurely dancing down to the sea. In the swift current
these flowers were all scudding merrily through the jungle,
and as little ripples of our wake surged under them, they be-
came a tumult of lilac-flowered, bobbing green billows. At
night the ever-present heat lightning of the Amazon evening
flashed silently casting brief but exquisite patterns of gold
or faint rose tints through veils of fleecy distant night-clouds.
Spicy, pervading fragrances wafted from the island jungles
pleasantly blended the hea\'y flower-scents and resin in-
censes of the mat to.
The secretive matto (jungle) seems to rush angrily down
to the river bank and in a jealous rage to throw up a great
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dark screen to hide the mysteries and tragedies of life locked
up in its dark interior. In a single clump of trees I have
counted not less than nine variant shades of green — from the
light green of new pea-leaves to the dark-green of parsley.
Sometimes isolated, richly wine-colored trees contrasted
gorgeously against the curtained dark-green forest wall, like
a fantastically dressed dancer against a deep and sombre
stage-setting.
Once, while I sat in a cafe in old Santarem, a little child
of unusually fair skin, entirely naked, came running in to
escape a pursuing sister. A Brazilian comrade explained that
this baby was a descendant of a Yankee colonist, one of a
group of discontented Civil War Confederates, who abandoned
North America under the "carpet-bag" regime, removed here
and became Brazilians. Originally this colony was flourish-
ing, the members being planters of cane, tob?,cco, and cotton,
and stock-raisers, usually having small cane-mills for the
manufacture of sugar and alcohol. Once not far from Santar-
e^T., there were about 200, but now the colony has rather "gone
to seed" and barely numbers fifty. Such names as Jennings,
Vaughan, Riker, Wallace, and Peats \vere representative of
these adopted Brazilians.
While every turn of the thousands of miies on the greatest
water system brought singular sights and strange freaks of
nature to view, nothing else stimulated my wonder as the
great b'iack Rio Negro. The "color line" marking the conflu-
ence of the tawnv yellow Amazon and the strong-coffee black
of the Megro could be seen distinctly v/hile we were still two
miles down-river. The Negro is amber-blaciv or a deep seal
brown. When the brilliant white moonlight of the Tropics
shines upon its placid waters their blackness reflects the
silvered light like highly polished obsidian. It always imparts
a permanent impression of mystery and morbidness, like too
vivid a vision of the River Styx. Along the shore, where its
shallow waters lie over white sand, the color is toned to a
rich golden. It is a popular belief that its waters are not
healthy, and that it is dangerous to swinmiers : at Manaos
they tell of a ship's doctor who dived off his vessel and never
again came up ; of a young Englishman in a regatta race who
fell out of the scull and immediately sank ; of a huge Pira-
hyba fish, man-eating and voracious. At Manaos, a thousand
miles from the sea, just off the pontoon docks, the black Negro
is three hundred feet deep and several miles across.
On an island not far below stands a single giant samo-mara
tree — "The Conscience Tree." In early days the thieving
traders ascending the river were said to hang their consciences
there until their return from up-river. As one cynic remark-
ed, "Perhaps they forgot to take them off upon their return !"
The first glimpse of Manaos was of a magnificent white pal-
ace of several stories which might have been the Governor's
palace, but which proved to be the home of "Cerveza Amazon-
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ense" — the brewery of "Amazon Beer," which like an extinct
American drink made its city famous !
For hours at a time the steamer was too far out upon the
main river for much shore detail to be distinguished; but
occasionally the Andira, under the jovial hand of Command-
ante Antonio Pedro da Silva Lima, steamed closely along the
jungle-wall. The numerous little clearings and houses are
much alike. Without any plowing, mandioca (tapioca) or corn
is stuck into the ground and left to take care of itself ; banana
palms, maturing and bearing bunches in six months, thrive
in their glossy, bright green luxuriance and profusion of fruit.
The Caju tree, with a favorite fruit, appears in twos and
threes about the huts. The house-floor, usually of the round-
ed halves of the small assahy palm logs, is some four feet
above the ground — wet-season floods, you know, might other-
wise wash the family out of the window ! The roof is thickly
thatched with plaited palm leaves ; half of the house is a small
room walled with more assahy logs or palm leaves. The oth-
er half is an open porch where indolent men or slatternly,
wrapper-clad women loll in prettily colored fibre hammocks
made from the Tucuman palm leaf. A few pots and gourd
dishes, a prehistoric muzzle loading shot-gun, a machete or
two, and perhaps a Standard Oil can, used as a water-pail are
kicked about the floor. On the floor, naked brown babies with
soft shoe-button black eyes, gurgle and roll about ; a gaudily
feathered old parrot or macaw clumsily waddles sidewise from
time to time, squawking; or a lean, mischievious pet monkey
raises a strident clatter at the approach of strangers, or flirts
with scorpions in the palm-leaf roof. Underneath the house,
or in the cool shade of the "bananeiras," gaunt razorback hogs
grunt and root and moulting chickens scratch cool holes in
the earth or pick at innumerable pestering vermin. Firewood
for passing steamers may be scattered along a steep red clay
bank. Life is too easy here. Indolently content with a diet
of bananas, mandioca meal, occasional fish or turtles, and
little else, these people work little or not at all in this great
Amazon Valley, which, in its marvellous fertility, would com-
fortably feed and clothe most of the earth if peopled and fully
developed by a more energetic race.
After my splendid adventure in the vast tropical Valley, I
ambled on independently down the eastern Brazilian coast
to Pernambuco, Bahia and Rio de Janeiro — most beautiful
city in the world! And after that, "upon my own" sometimes
like a stranger and occasionally like a gentleman, I wandered
down through the coffee and cattle country to Uruguay, Para-
guay and Buenos Aires. I was amazed at the modernity of
metropolitan Buenos Aires, where fine buildings, great banks,
miles of bustling docks, superbly beautiful avenues, grand
government buildings, and four miles of subway remind any-
one of New York or Paris, for it is an superb composite of
both. Later I crossed the pampas and the heights of the
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Andes to Chile, and I — a Californian — was delighted to see
the golden California poppy on Santiago's hillsides. Later
I wandered along to the Land of Never-Rain in North Chile,
the nitrate and copper country. Then I went across the great
Bolivian desert to La Paz ; cruised about historic Lake Titicaca
in the purple shadows of the great Sorata-Llampu Peak; ex-
plored the Sillustani mummy towers; visited magnificent old
Cuzco and saw the great Sacsahuaman fortress of the Incas.
Then I dropped down to the Harvard Observatory at Arequipa,
southern Peru, and while there ascended with one Indian the
Volcano El Misti, some 20,000 feet above sea-level. I return-
ed to San Francisco in good tim.e by way of Lima, where I saw
the bull-fights, the Canal Zone, the "banana republics" of
Central America, and of Mexico. I was gone part of two years
and covered some 50,000 miles of adventure and interest
greater than will probably be my fortune again. Perhaps I
shall soon tell of some of these things in a little South Ameri-
can story I am preparing.
My Portuguese I learned in Brazil, and it was rather dif-
ficult "shifting gears" into Spanish in the other countries.
An American lady in the market of Santiago-de-Chile, request-
ed me to ask a market-man if some cute little turtles on his
counter were terrapin. I did. He replied, "No, Senor, I am
not Terrapin ; I am Italian© !"
Talleyrand gave a famous prescription for fine coffee which
the Brazilians observe as their standard formula. Good coffee
should be
"As sweet as love ; as pure as an angel ; as black as the devil ;
and as hot as (well) !"
MARION H. REYNOLDS
Toastmistress : —
Our late beloved President, Dr. Reynolds, had his address
prepared to present to us today. I have asked Rev. F. T. B.
Reynolds to read the address.
Rev. F. T. B. Reynolds :
Toastmistress, Members of the Reynolds Family and Friends:
1 have been thinking of late, what a wonderful inheritance
the members of this association have, in their ability to grow
young. When we met thirty years ago, at old Lyme, Conn.,
to organize this association, there were only a select few pres-
ent; that is, the men of the party, had been elected to the
office known as the "Selectmen" of the township, an office
similar to a New York Alderman, without an Alderman's sal-
ary.
They were elderly men, not old for New Englanders, only
about ninety or so, with a hand accustomed to honest toil, a
foot prompt to go on errands of mercy, a heart overflowing
with loyalty to country, it was easy to retain a mind of twenty-
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one. They held a formal meeting, drawing up a preamble and
resolution ; which, after prolonged discussion, as to who should
be eligible for membership, was unanimously adopted.
Suffrage was chivalrously extended to the ladies present,
this being the first meeting to establish woman's suffrage.
After the meeting, a recess was taken, while the banquet
was being prepared ; the men sitting around chatting and tell-
ing stories, while the New England mothers, as usual, did all
the work.
And oh what a banquet, the New England mothers, can
prepare; ther's healing and restoring power, in their house-
keeping; no French chef, ever devised such a health giving
menu.
After all, the best process of mastering the chemistry of
food, is to be able to prepare a good dinner. No one will deny,
there is pleasure in eating and drinking; the only trouble
with the New England dinners in our day, they are so far apart.
After the banquet, the town of Lyme, with its dozen or fifteen
houses packed in close, only a mile or a mile and a half apart,
was considered too crowded ; the members desiring plenty of
breathing space, have since moved into nearly every state
in the Union.
Coming down from that first meeting, as I glance across
these tables, and look into your faces, I am delighted to see,
how young you have all grown. And am fully convinced, there
is not a person in the room today, who is over sixteen ; as for
myself, I feel I am only about ten.
Many people would give a liberal part of their fortune, to
possess our family secret of renewing their youth; 1 have
been thinking of the enjoyable friendship we have formed,
during the past thirty years, and of the delightful reunion,
we will have at the end of another thirty years, when I ex-
pect to be present, and hope to meet you all, and that you will
bring your grandchildren with you, so that our membership
in The Reynolds Family Association, will then be, at least
quadrupled.
At the outbreak of the world war, the Government found
considerable difficulty, in selecting men competent to fill the
more exacting positions, from among the enlisted and drafted
men.
One day a captain had lined up his regiment for inspection
and (h-ill, and while they were standing at attention, he an-
nounced that he desired an intelligent man, to fill the import-
ant station of hospital orderly.
This position he said, required a man having the experi-
ence of a i)harmacist, and he asked, if there was a man in the
regiment, who was an experienced pharmacist? An Irishman
stepped two paces to the front, and with chest expanded, sa-
luted; the captain, said: "Well my man, have you had experi-
ence as a pharmacist?" Sure I have captain, said the Irish-
man; I have spent most of me life, as a farm-assistant.
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A few years ago, while traveling in the west with a party
of friends, we visited the Grand Canyon ; one beautiful morn-
ing, while we were looking with wonder and admiration at the
marvelous scenery, and the stupendous gorge, the guide said
to us: "I suppose you all knov\^, it has taken millions of years,
to carve out the five thousand feet of gorge, you see before
you." An old lady who was one of the most interested of our
party, said with surprise: "Dear me, I never knew, this was
a Government job."
Our Association has become attractive to kinship, as well
as helpful in friendship, during the thirty years of its ex-
istance, forming real friendships, where each can meet those
in whose welfare, we take a personal interest, and from whom
we may receive the sincere handclasp of friendship, enjoy-
ing a pleasant chat with friends, as well as the several branch-
es of our kinship coming from different localities.
It is this exchange of kindly thought, this coming closer
together for a heart to heart talk, which is not only a real
pleasure, but gives a strong desire to know each other better,
leaving with those we meet from a distance, some thought
that may be carried back home in memory, to those not
priviledged to be present with us.
After all, the greatest desire in life, is found in the friend-
ship and loyal companionship, of faithful friends. The Arabs,
have a proverb, worthy of our adoption:
"A thousand friends are not enough, and one enemy is too
many."
To gain riches and honor, at the sacrifice of friendship, is to
acquire a hollow reward, a mute ideal of a misspent life,
quickly shattered and soon forgotten. But to live a success-
ful life, in the sunshine and well wishes of kindred and loyal
friends, is to firmly establish a memorial reward, honored and
esteemed, by those on whom such friendship is bestowed.
Sincere friendship, establishes a personal understanding
that overlooks much, and imparts encouragement and ready
approval. I believe it was Socrates, who said: "A friend is
my other self." If you want me to feel friendly toward you,
you must extend a hand of greeting, and talk to me.
Don't be afraid to show yourself friendly, for only in so
doing, you show yourself worthy of friendship. If a man
living in a village never speaks, he will be suspected of all
manner of crimes.
To practice the "Golden Rule," encourages that kinship be-
gun in the home which should be carried out into the world, to
establish the higher virtues, such as love, truth and courage.
The poorest man in the world today, is the man who has lost
his power of sympathy.
Whichever way you are going, up or down, people want to
help you along; if you are going up, they all want to boost;
if you are going down, they want to push; this is the world's
offering of sympathy ; but real sympathy, is feeling another's
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suffering as if it were one's own, and is the cement that unites
and holds society together.
To be considerate of the feelings, sentiments and social
rights of others, indicates a spirit conductive of true friend-
ship, without pretense.
Emerson once said: "What you are, preaches so loudly, I
cannot hear what you say." Those who live in the rural dis-
tricts, may sometimes regret, they do not share the advant-
ages of city dwellers ; while some of those in thronged cities,
have a deep and abiding longing: "To live in a house by the
side of the road, and be the friend of man."
After all, it makes but little difference where we dwell ; but
the one thing needful today, more than anything else in the
world, is how to live. When we contemplate the human race,
we should rem-ember it is a long journey, from the cradle to
the crown. Man is never born into his perfect state, it would
seem that he was created as far from it, as his maker could
place him. Yet nature never receeds, but always advances,
and the only thing to do with nature's laws, is to adjust one's
self to them, and not complain.
Each individual life, is intended to be cumulative; we are
unfolded and developed by education, association and refine-
ment.
The three R's are all right to teach, simplified spelling is
right in its way, socialism may be alluring to some ; but the
one thing needful to know, is how to live. The greatest things
in life, need to be told most plainly ; and we should tell a child
the same thing over twenty times, if nineteen is not enough.
The first duty of parents, is to do what is possible to insure
proper development and good health for their children ; all
the intellectual and religious training in a child, may be total-
ly ruined by ill health.
The greatest needed reform, is to carefully train, every
child, in the nation. The time spent, and attention given to
physical culture, in schools and colleges, is totally inadequate.
They should take into account, that a child's body needs
proper development, as well as its mind educated.
The rudiments of how to preserve health, should be taught
in every school and college, to enable those leaving these in-
stitutions, to be of better service to themselves through life.
To sum up, the duty of schools and colleges, is to graduate
young human beings with health and happiness assured, fit
for every emergency. Remembering, that the boy of today,
is to become the man of tomorrow, and may be the one choosen
to take his seat among the rulers of the earth. With age we
learn that we are under more obligation to our t-hiUiren than
they to us. Dr. Johnson declares that ill health, makes men
criminals, while this is doubtless an exaggeration, his state-
ment has much truth in it. A man commits a crime, it is
because he doesn't know how to live; why lock him up in a
prison, where he is still further degraded, why not have a
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training school to teach him how to live? Or better still, why
not send him to such a school in the first place, human hearts
do not need judgment, but help, so that, he will not become a
criminal ?
No human being, ever had to do a wrong, if a person does
a wrong, it is for no other reason, than he chooses to do it.
We arrest a man, and send him to prison, for attempting
to commit suicide ; when all the trouble with him is, he doesn't
know how to live ; else, he wouldn't want to take his life. It
is mere folly, to plead, that he was a victim of circumstances,
when it is in the power of every man, to be the master of cir-
cumstances.
Think of all the restless unhappy creatures, who simply
need a few lessons in the art of living ; they don't realize, that
life is a school of instruction, a task, which we are all to learn
to fit us for a higher station.
Millions of mankind, rich man, poor man, beggerman, thief,
merchant, lawyer and Indian chief, blunder along, making a
sad mess of life ; because they study everything else under
the sun, except living. They think they want money, or notor-
iety, or to change their circumstances; what they want to
know is, how to live ; and nobody tells them, our public schools
don't tell them, judges and prison keepers don't tell them,
how are they to know?
The only people, who believe the Ten Commandments, are
those who keep them; and only those who believe the world
is growing better, are the people who keep busy, trying to
make it grow better. In serving, there is no contention ; every
man has his own destiny, his own creed, his own eternal peace,
his own nobility of manhood, in his own hands. No one, is
wholly self-made, his friends help make him, so do his en-
emies; a man's success builds a platform for him on which
he stands to higher advantages; he has learned much when
he has left off seeking pleasure, and begins seeking content-
ment.
What we are going to do some day, may be only a day
dream; it is what we do today, that means something. Much
of the business of the earth, is carried on by the incompetent
and unfit ; it is the cooks who are incompetent, that are pre-
paring most of our food; and the mothers, that don't know
how to bring up children, who are bringing up most of them.
It is unspeakably sad, that many children receive less care,
than some pet dogs are getting. A short time ago, a well
gowned woman came into church, leading a dog on a leach,
and seemed quite disturbed, when plainly told the church was
not the proper place for a dog. But let us take heart, the un-
thinking need our pity; no individual is wholly competent;
only humanity, is competent.
Medical science has clearly demonstrated, that both the
size and weight of the body, can be moulded and restrained,
by commencing in youth ; as easily as the mind can be trained.
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It is not enough to know, what should be done ; it is doing it,
that counts. During President's Taft's adminstration, 1 call-
ed at the White House, with two of his intimate friends ; in
our brief talk, something was said about physical exercises
and diet, controlling excessive weight. As I glanced at the
President's massive size, to which he had referred, he asked
what I weighed; I said 197 to 198 pounds. The President re-
plied, with a good natured smile, in which the others joined:
"Quite correct doctor, no gentleman, should weigh over 200."
President Taft's charming manner and hearty laugh, had
much to do with his great popularity, teaching a valuable les-
son for others to follow. Fat men always have the source of
good humor in them, some lean persons have been funny, but
what would they have amounted to, had there been no fat peo-
ple, to laugh at them? Laugh and the world laughs with you,
frown and you frown alone ; a hearty laugh will invite you in,
where a frown is never known. The progress of the world
today, is being disrupted and retarded by imported unthink-
ing fanatics, totally ignorant of the wants of humanity. I
think it was Josh Billings who said : "It isn't so much people's
ignorance that does the harm, as their knowing so darn much
that ain't so." Be mean and sordid, and you cease to believe
there is any goodness or generosity, in the world ; and by and
by, come to dispise your own disposition, and others around
you, will join, in making it unanimous. If you are not gen-
erous, with a few dollars in your pocket, you wouldn't be, if
you had a million. The human heart, may be compared to a
garden, where the eye of dispondency, may have seen weeds of
yesterday's memory ; but with the eye of faith, we may yet
discover, tomorrow's blossoms of hope. Delicacy, is the
gentle hand guided by the courageous heart, it is that quality
without which, the efficient man, cannot be a gentleman ; and
the most accomplished woman, cannot be a lady.
The great teacher of Nazereth, told us plainly unless we
become as little children, we shall in no wise, enter into the
kingdom of heaven. Humility is the normal attitude of a
healthy mind, conscious of having more than is deserved, and
the only door, by which wisdom and greatness can enter. Un-
fortunately, the door of humility, is usually barred and bolt-
ed, by pride and egotism, and it requires some one intensely
human, from head to foot, and clear through to the back bone,
to enlighten them; such a service would be to many, a timely
awakening. We are so occupied, in getting ready to live, that
we have lost the art, and real enjoyment of living.
It is doing, that clears the mind, and brings joy and real
satisfaction; nothing is finished, that was never begun. The
world's greatest exemplar, said of himself: "The Son of IMan.
came not to be served, but to serve." We must not forget, it
is only from the wounds and bruises of the world, that heal-
ing comes.
A man's foot or hand, is not so much a part of himself, as
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his reputation. All the benefits to the human race, that ever
came from the piazzas of the summer hotels, or from cabarets
and from midnight frolics, you could put in your eye. I go
to work in the morning, with a thankful heart, that I am not
rich enough to have nothing to do. I feel a sense of laudation
that with fourteen to sixteen hours daily, I am serving the
race, or think I am; If you ask what I gain, by doing what
I believe is just and right I answer: "I gain my self respect,
the foundation of all happiness," which is all the compensation
necessary.
Life may be compared to a spinning top ; it stands as long
as it keeps going; but its existence depends entirely on main-
taining its equilibrium. Eternal usefulness, is only found in
contentment and labor ; and no one need lack opportunity, the
real opportunity, is the man himself. With fresh air, sun-
shine and pure water, nature's three preservatives, I find the
best way to prolong life's efficiency ; and with these, no one
need dispair of a healthy body, and active mind for years of
usefulness.
A workman angry with Dr. Eliot, former president of Har-
vard University, wrote him saying, he hoped something would
happen so that Dr. Eliot would have to work hard, all the
rest of his life ; to which the doctor replied that, nothing more
desirable could befall him. A master mind, considers work a
privilege, rather than a drugery. Men of letters, are the only
genuine aristocracy, they have earned their laurels by investi-
gation, and the privilege of serving others, is more to them
than wages.
These annual reunions, are the garden of forget-me-nots
of our association, to keep our mind active, our faces young,
our hearts light and overflowing with friendship.
We are often cheered and guided by the friendship of loyal
friends, whose influence has much to do with our happiness
here, and often lead us on our journey hereafter:
W. MYRON REYNOLDS, M. D.
Friend of mine, if first you cross the strand
Before my bark sets sail.
Watch for me on the other side.
And look for Him, our Peerless guide;
If first you cross the strand.
Friend of mine, if you shall lead the way
Before I receive the call.
Whisper through the maze some day
A suppliant prayer for me to say,
If you shall lead the way.
Friend of mine, from that home on high
If yonder first you stand.
Wave back some message to cheer me by,
To spur me on, to do or die.
From that home on high.
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Friend of mine, if first you see the King,
Before whom all must stand,
Waft back the music that you sing
The heavenly anthem, with echo grand,
If first you see the King. — W. M. R.
Toastmistress : —
We will sing 'Blest be the tie that binds,' after which, Rev.
F. T. B. Reynolds, will lead us in prayer, and close with the
Benediction.
To the Members of the Reynolds Family Association: —
In passing on to the season of 1921-22, I want to register
my deep appreciation of the honor you conferred upon me by
making me your president.
I accepted this opportunity and responsibility to which you
have called me in full confidence that I shall have your sup-
port in all that is for the welfare and the greater glory of our
Honorable Association, that we may make our little corner a
very bright and successful one in the Nation of which we are
a part. I would like to call your attention to the fact that as
president, I am your executive, pledged to execute your wishes.
You are the R.F. A. In mathematics we are taught that the whole
is equal to the sum of all its parts. That means that the R.
F. A. a year from today will be equal to the sum of all the
efforts of its members. What can you do? First look around
and locate, then obtain the signature, and dollar of every
worthwhile prospective member in your territory and mail it
to the Secretary. Second, look up authentic information re-
garding the name of Reynolds and mail it to the Secretary.
Third, give your thought to the betterment of the Association
and mail any suggestions to the President. Fourth, start to
make plans now for attending the Thirty-first Annual Re-
union to be held Saturday afternoon and evening, October 14,
1922, at the McAlpin Hotel.
This cooperation will strengthen our Association and help
to make it worthy of its present membership which includes
so many in prominent walks of life.
Fraternally yours,
FREDERICK G. REYNOLDS
New York, Dec. 1, 1921.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
The Secretary should be notified promptly of deaths and
changes of addresses.
The Authentic "Reynolds" Crest for framing, printed in
appropriate, permanent colors, by a genealogical artist, is
attractive and may be purchased from the Secretary at $3.50
each.
iar
The Watch Fobs, are gold plated on bronze, which will re-
tain an "Old Roman Gold Color," with the family crest en-
graved by an expert, suspended by a heavy black gros grain
ribbon, price $4.00 each.
A new line of Engraved Stationery, 24 sheets of paper and
envelopes, also same in correspondence cards, $1.00 per box.
"History of Coat of Arms," see report of 1916-1918. Fol-
lowing Reports may be purchased, 1904, 1905, 1906, 1909,
1910-11, 1912, 1913, 1914, 1915.
In 1914 Report, the late Dr. W. Myron Reynolds of New
York, pays a beautiful tribute to the late C. Leslie Reynolds,
who developed the "American Beauty Rose" and dedicated it
to our Association.
1916— (Revolutionary Soldiers' Number, 1917, 1918, 1920.
List of Those Present at the Thirtieth Annual Reunion.
Miss Harriet L. Reynolds, Greenwich, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. W. D. Webb, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. Josephine W. Webb, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. J. H. Worth, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. Delilah C. Baker, Stanford, Conn.
Mr. and Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, Providence, R. I.
Mr. Harrah J. Reynolds, Ossining, N. Y.
Mr. Bion J. Reynolds, Brockton, Mass.
Miss 0. Lulu Wicks, Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. A. M. M. Reynolds, Clora, Md.
Mrs. Violet E. Neilson, Bethlehem, Pa.
Mrs. J. D. Hopper, Montvale, N. J.
Miss Hopper, Montvale, N. J.
Mrs. F. H. Senft, Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Mary Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mr. John R. Congdon, Philadelphia, Pa.
Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds, Keyport, N. J.
Mrs. Helen B. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Frederick G. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Mr. Marion H. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. Harry Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Charlotte Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Rippier, Brooklyn, N. Y.
ASTOR. LKNO*
Standiford Studios, Clevelani
MISS ANNA VAUGHN HYATT
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MISS ANNA VAUGHN HYATT
(Of the Robert of Boston Line through Audella; Lydia; Nathaniel;
Nathaniel; John; Nathaniel; Nathaniel; Robert.) Sculptor, of New York
City, daughter of Professor Alpheus and Audella (Beebe) Hyatt, was
bom in Cambridge, Mass., in the atmosphere of old Harvard. With her
sister Harriet (Mrs. Alfred G. Mayor, of Princeton, N. J.,) also a sculp-
tor of unusual merit, she was educated in the private school of the Misses
Smith, and afterwards attended the Art Students' League, New York.
She was a pupil of Kitson, McNeil and Gutzon Borglum. Among sev-
eral exquisite small bronzes of Miss Hyatt in the Metropolitan Museum
are: "Horses in the Storm," "The Waiting Tigers," etc. Others are ex-
hibited in the Carnegie Museum, Corcoran Gallery, Cleveland Museum,
etc. The Lion at Dayton, Ohio, and a memorial at Lancaster, N. H., are
earlier works.
Miss Hyatt's equestrian statue of Joan of Arc at Riverside Drive and
93rd Street, New York, was the splendid achievement of seven years'
labor in her studio. A copy stands in Gloucester, Mass., as a Soldiers'
Memorial. In 1921, a full-sized copy of this equestrian Joan of Arc,
given to the French Government, was erected at Blois, France, where
Miss Hyatt went to attend the ceremonies.
Lai-ge fountains and garden sculpture are placed on private estates in
California, Pennsylvania, Long Island, etc. Among very fine medals
from her studio are: Roosevelt Medal, Women's Roosevelt Memorial Asso-
ciation; Joan of Arc Medal, New York; Howells Medal, American
Academy of Arts and Letters, 1921.
Her honors include: Honorable mention, Paris Salon, 1910; silver
medal, San Franci.sco, 1915; Rodin Gold Medal, Philadelphia, 1917; made
Curator of Sculpture, French Museum, N. Y., 1918; Saltus Gold Medal of
the Academy, 1920; Purple Rosette from French Government. Member
Academy of Design, Cosmopolitan Club, National Sculptors' Society,
Federation of Arts, etc.
The studio is in New York, but her summers are spent in Annisquam,
Mass., with her mother, whose services as a historian of the Reynolds
family have been inestimable. Miss Hyatt is the great-great-grand-
daughter of Captain Nathaniel Reynolds <>f Marblehead and Machias,
whose Revolutionary daring as privateer Captain of the "Hornet" and
the "Blackbird," and captain in expeditions against the Tory Nova
Sicotians makes the most interesting chapter in the history of a dis-
tinguished line of soldiers, artists, inventors, professor and i)i()neers.
48 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
LIST OF MEMBERS
Active
Robert Reynolds of Boston Line
Rev. Charles N. Ransom Natal, S. Africa
Mrs. Charles N. Ransom, Natal, S. Africa
Miss Mae Reynolds, Quebec, Can.
Mrs. C. F. Dubray, Quebec, Can.
Mrs. C. F. Gorham St. John's, N. B., Can.
G. Albert Reynolds, Quebec, Can
Dr. Josiah Spalding Reynolds, Hollister, Cal.
Lincoln N. Reynolds, Napa, Cal.
Mrs. Eva M. Reynolds Dunbar, Shanghai, China
Mrs. Clara R. Chickering, Chicago, 111.
Charles Waugh Reynolds, M. D Covington, Ky.
Mrs. Sara G. Graves Reynolds, Covington, Ky.
Miss Maryanna Reynolds, Covington, Ky.
Miss Sarah Elizabeth Reynolds, Covington, Ky.
Robert Graham Reynolds, Covington, Ky.
Miss Alice Southworth Reynolds, Augusta, Maine
Mrs. Alice B. Wyman, Augusta, Maine
Byron C. Hodgkins, Bangor, Maine
Mrs. Rebecca W. Webber, Waterville, Maine
Miss Erma V. Reynolds, Waterville, Maine
Edward C. Reynolds, Portland, Maine
Wilbur A. Reynolds, D. D. S., Boston, Mass.
Howard S. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Frank W. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
J. Colby Bassett, A. M., LL. D., Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Florrie R. Carver, Boston, Mass.
Frank S. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Laveme A. R. Johnson, Brockton, Mass.
Bion F. Reynolds, Brockton, Mass.
Mrs. Bion F. Reynolds, Brockton, Mass.
Miss Marion S. Reynolds, A. M., Brockton, Mass.
Mrs. Henry E. Reynolds, Braintree, Mass.
Miss Madeline Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
Robert D. Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
John L. Reynolds Cambridge, Mass.
Frederic L. Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Frederic L. Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
Mrs. Silas A. Swett, Campello, Mass.
Mrs. Abbie Reynolds Keyes, Concord, Mass.
Isaac N. Reynolds, Montello, Mass.
Jay B. Reynolds, Orange, Mass.
Mrs. Julia Reynolds Bartlett, Holyoke, Mass.
Herbert F. Reynolds, Randolph, Mass.
Thomas Harold Reynolds Turner's Falls, Mass.
Miss Stella May Butterfield West Summerville, Mass.
William A. Reynolds, Minneapolis, Minn.
Mrs. Katherine Campbell Scott, Pittsfield, N. H.
Benjamin B. Reynolds Wilmington, N. C.
Miss Abbie R. Reynolds, Amenia, N. Y.
Mrs. Abbie L. Reynolds Kelley South Amenia, N. Y.
George G. Reynolds, A. B. LL. D., Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Lucie Reynolds Sackett Brooklyn, N. Y.
Hon. Louis H. Reynolds, Brooklvn, N. Y.
Mrs. Milton Phillips, Hollis, L. I.
Marion H. Reynolds, A. B., (Life) New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Dora M. Morang, Framingham, Mass.
Miss Mary E. Reynolds, Marblehead, Mass.
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Leonard J. Reynolds New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Abbie Reynolds Jones, New York, N. Y.
Miss Rachel C. Schaueffler, New York, N. Y.
Miss Margaret R. Starratt, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary Hill Reynolds Burtiss Schenectady, N. Y.
Joshua Reynolds, Troy, N. Y.
Mrs. Joshua Reynolds, Troy, N. Y.
Joshua Reynolds, Jr Troy, N. Y.
George Spicer Reynolds, N. Troy, N. Y.
Mrs. Audella Hyatt, Princeton, N. J.
George N. Reynolds Lancaster, Pa.
Luther Cole, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Alice B. Cole, Warren, R. I.
Mrs. Elmer Johnson, St. Albam, Vt,
Rev. William B. Reynolds Bethel, Vt.
John Reynolds Patton, M. D., , Vt.
John Reynolds of Weymouth, Mass., and Stonington, Conn.
Mrs. Ephraim O. Reynolds, Essex, Conn.
Mrs. Wilson C. Reynolds, East Haddam, Conn.
Miss Gertrude P. Reynolds East Haddam, Conn.
Giles L. Reynolds, New London, Conn.
Mrs. Marion Gray Dean, New London, Conn.
Philip Mason Reynolds, Washington, Conn.
Paul Howard Reynolds, Washington, Conn.
Howard Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Philip M. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Prescott D. Reynolds, Providence, R. L
Mrs. Prescott D. Reynolds, Providence, R. I.
Miss Fannie D. Holmes, (Life), Westerly, R. L
Rhode Island Line
Descendants of William of Providence, James Francis or Henry
of Kingston, R. L
Mrs. Katherine Field, Hartford, Conn.
Miss Lenore W. Reynolds Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Irene Reynolds Smith Southington, Conn.
John F. Reynolds North Haven, Conn.
Mrs. John F. Reynolds, North Haven, Conn.
John Edgar Reynolds, North Haven, Conn.
Miss Margaret Reynolds, North Haven, Conn.
Mrs. Su.san A. Reynolds Heath Norwich Town, Conn.
Charles B. R-ynolds Stafford, Conn.
Miss Ida E. Reynolds Eagleville, Conn.
Miss Edith Rathbun, Mystic, Conn.
Miss Geneva Kathbun, Mystic, Conn.
Mrs. Anna Todd Reynolds, Wilmin^'ton, Del.
Miss Elizabeth S. Reynolds, Wilmington, Del.
Mrs. Judith R. Boddie, Chicago, 111.
Joseph E. Reynolds Monson, Mass.
Ralph W. Reynolds Fall River, Mass.
Mr.s. Minnie I. Reynolds Fall River, Mass.
Hiram L. Reynolds Saundersville, Mass.
Mrs. L. L. Angell West Newton, Mass.
Gideon (Jardner Congdon, Worcester, Mass.
Sheridan E. (lardiner, M. D. Mt. Pleasant, Mich.
Mrs. Marion Reynolds Sanford, Kansas City, Mo.
Mrs. Mary R. Foote. Trenton, N. J.
Mrs. Harriet R. Rowe Summit, N. J.
Henry Suydam Reynolds, A. B. LL. D., (Life), New York, N. Y.
50 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Helen B. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Myron Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Oliver C. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Mcrt.n F. Reynolds, New York, N. Y
Mrs. Ella Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Miss Harriet V. Peckham, New York, N. Y.
Alfred C. Rippier Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. A. C. Rippier, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Ellen Reynolds Wright, Canistota, N. Y.
Lucius E. Weaver, Rochester, N. Y.
George H. Reynolds, Klnderhook, N. Y.
James A. Reynolds, Kinderhook, N. Y.
Harris S. Reynolds, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Maxon, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
William Schickle, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Mrs. Catherine Reynolds Schickle, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
John R. C ongdon Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Esther P. Congdon Wood, Philadelphia, Pa.
Baxter Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa.
Harry C. Reynolds, Scranton Pa.
Mrs. Harry C. Reynolds, Scranton, Pa.
John Franklin Re;yTiolds, Pittsburgh, Pa.
Miss Marion G. Reynolds, Davisville, R. I.
Mrs. Ruth Pierce Reynolds, Davisville, R. I.
Wilbur T. Reynolds, East Greenwich, R. I.
Mrs. Georgiana Pierce Cook, Providence, R. I.
Henry S. Reynolds, Providence, R. I.
Frank A. Reynolds, Providence, R. I.
Giles S. Congdon, Bristol, R. I.
Mrs. Lulu A. R. Fowler, Pawtucket, R. L
Charles B. Reynolds, Wickford, R. L
Mrs. Charles B. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I.
Joseph G. Rsynolds, Wickford, R. I.
Miss Arietta A. Reynolds, Westei'ly, R. I.
John S. Reynolds, Burlington, Vt.
Miss M. H. Reynolds, Berryville, Va.
Henry Reynolds of Chichester, Pa.
Miss Jeannette E. Painter, Clarinda, Iowa
George W. T. Reynolds, East St. Louis, Mo.
Edward B. Raub, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mrs, Cornelia Reynolds Logan, Monticello, Ind.
Mirian Spencer, Monticello, Ind.
Edward Longhey, Monticello, Ind.
Miss Lottie Reynolds, Monticello, Ind.
Miss Lottie Reynolds, Secretary of the White Co. R.F.A. .Monticello, Ind.
Embree Reynolds, Monticello, Ind.
Lewis Gardner Reynolds, Richmond, Ind.
Mrs. Amanda M. M. Reynolds, Colora, Md.
Joseph P. Reynolds, Baltimore, Md.
Miss O. Lulu Wicks, Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Delia Banks Sadtler, Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Edith Pierce Head, Catonsville, Md.
Jerome E. Brumf ield, Rising Sun, Md.
Mrs. Julia E. Reynolds, Kansas City, Mo.
John F. Reynolds, Wentworth, N. C.
Harry F. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Wi'liam Taggart Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
David R. Reynolds, New York. N. Y.
Rev. Charles Lee Reynolds, D. D., Newark, N. J.
Mrs. A. Ransaville Frome, Camden, N. J.
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Arthur T. Parke, West Chester, Pa.
Miss Laura E. Reynolds, Harrisburg, Pa.
Evereit C. Richardson, Mcundsviiie, \v. Va.
Mrs. Alice M. Stephen, Moundsville, Vv. Va.
Miss Sarah A. Reynolds, Glendale, W. Va.
John Reynolds of Watertown, Mass.
and Wetherst'ield, Conn.
Mrs. Catherine C. Woodruff, Danbury, Conn.
ii'rank V. R. Reynolds, Greenwich, Conn,
Mis-6 Karxiec L. Reynolds, Greenwich, Conn.
iNorman T. Reynolds, Greenwich, Conn.
William D. Weub, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. Josephine vvebb, Greenwich, Conn.
David De Witt Miller, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. Lizette B. Schifierdecker, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Teed, Greenwich, Conn.
Mrs. J. Ella May V/orth, Greenwich, Conn.
Frederick F. Street, Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Lillian Reynolds Norton, Lakeville, Conn.
Mrs. Delilah S. Baker, Stamford, Conn.
Miss Ethel A Baker, Stamford, Conn.
Douglass A. Miller,, V/est Haven, Conn.
Alvah Reynolds, (Life), (oldest member), Altona, LI.
Mrs. J. M. Remley, (Life), Gifford, 111.
Arthur Alvah Reynolds, Middletown, la.
Elmer L. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Lucile Reynolds Hall, Swampscctt, Mass.
Floyd 0. Reynolds,. Owosso, Mich.
Marcus T. Reynolds, Albany, N. Y.
Cuyler Reynolds, Albany, N. Y.
Kenneth G. Re^/nclds, • • A'bany, N. Y.
Harry Reynolds Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Amelia Todd Cross River, N. Y.
Mrs. C^arn R-ynolds Temple, Granville, N. Y.
Mrs. M. E. Genune, Mt. Vernon, N. Y.
John Jay Reynolds, New York. N. Y.
Mrs. John Jav Revmolds, New York, N. Y.
Sarnu"! B. Reynolds New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary L' ckwood Smith, New York, N. Y.
Horatio Lockwond, New York, N. Y.
Miss Cora H. Lockwood New York,' N. Y.
Miss Clara I. Lockwood New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Lauretta Hanfo^d Chase, New York, N. Y.
Harrah J. Reynolds, A. B. A. M. (Honorary), Ossininc:, N. Y.
Mrs. Eli'/at^i'tb R^vnolds Thomson, Ossining, N. Y.
Augustus R. Rpvnolds, Poughnuag, N. Y.
H. Earif Revn-^lds, Syracuse, N, Y.
Arthur S Kimball East " Oranre, N, J.
Mrs. Fannie CIosp Northrup, Ashvi'lo. N. C.
Harrah B. Reynolds Erie, Pa.
Miss C-lia M. Reynolds. (Life) Benninirton. Vt.
Mrs. Emelett" Reynolds Woodward Bennington, Vt.
Miss Be.-sio Marian Woodward Bennington, Vt.
John nf Kent Co., Delaware.
Herbert B. Reynolds, New York, X. Y.
.Mi.scellaneouH
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Schober Pine Bluff, Ark.
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George D. Reynolds, Birmingham, Ala.
Marcus L. Reynolds, Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. Marcus L. Reynolds, Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. Elizabeth Noonan Reynolds, Washington, D. C^
Com. William E. Reynolds, Washington, D. C"
William Herbert Reynolds, Washington, D. C.
Miss Willie G. Reynolds, Barnesville, Ga.
Miss Lily Reynolds, Moreland, Ga.
Miss Kate E. Reynolds, Shenandoah, Iowa
Miss Anna M. Reynolds Shenandoah, Iowa
Miss Mattie E. Reynolds, Shenandoah, Iowa
Miss Mary Reynolds, Shenandoah, Iowa
Mrs. Jessie H. Burgner, Shenandoah, Iowa
Mrs. Jennie M. Deighton, Shenandoah, Iowa
Miss Daisy S. Deighton, Shenandoah, Iowa
Charles H. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
John B. Reynolds, Indianapolis, Ind.
Mrs. Nancy Wolverton, Chalmers, Ind.
Mrs. Mary Fisher, Evansville, Ind.
Mrs. Lyman Sleeper, lola, Kansas
Miss Charlotte E. Sleeper, lola, Kansas
William L. Cowdin, Delphi, Ind.
Joseph H. Reynolds, Sr., Chicago, 111.
Miss Harriet A. Fowler, Chicago, 111.
Hardy Gough Reynolds, Chicago, 111.
Miss Betty Reynolds, Rock Island, 111.
George Willard Reynolds, Cleveland, Ohio
Mrs. Mary A. R. Parsons, Avon Lake, Ohio
Edwin S. Reynolds, Dayton, Ohio
William H. Reynolds, New Orleans, La.
Miss Clara J. Reynolds, Jamaica Plains, Mass.
John J. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Miss Gertrude Quackenbush, St. Paul, Minn,
Gardner Shaw Reynolds, St. Paul, Minn.
Myron H. Reynolds, M. D St. Paul, Minn.
Miss Margaret R. Williams, Minneapolis, Minn.
Miss Mabel E. Reynolds, Laurium, Mich.
Perry N. Reynolds, Elsie, Mich.
Wiley R. Reynolds, Jackson, Mich.
Leslie Michael Campbell, St. Louis, Mo.
Samuel Guilford Reynolds, Billings, Mont.
Lester G. Bremmer, D. D. S., Long Island City, N. Y.
Mrs. Leslie G. Bremmer, Long Island City, N. Y.
Mrs. Eugenia J. Belknap, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. L. J. Caemmerer New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Henry F. Realander, New York, N. Y.
Reginald Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Thomas H. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Thomas A. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
John D. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Ira S. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Hiram ReynoldSj New York, N. Y.
Edwin Benjamin Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
George W. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Miss Violette Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Asa Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. B. Bright, New York, N. Y.
Frederick Gedney Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
(Note: The Secretary will appreciate if any member listed among
the Miscellaneous, and knowing their direct Line, will notify her. Same
will be corrected in the 1922 Report.)
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Mrs. Frederick G. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
William Reynolds Hill, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Estelle Mercy Reynolds Thomson, Harmon, N. Y.
Mrs. Jennie Reynolds, East Orange, N. J.
Mrs. Lillian Reynolds, Jackson, East Orange, N. J.
Mrs. Florence Reynolds Buck, Denver, Col.
Miss Grace M. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. K. R. Ackerman, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Miss Elizabeth S. Reynolds, Brooklynj N. Y.
Miss Minnie Laura Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Edwin G. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
John C. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Harriet E. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
John Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.
James A. Reynolds Brooklyn, N. Y.
Mrs. Loretta M. Reynolds, Holbrook, N. Y.
James F. Reynolds, Holbrook, N. Y.
Miss Lida M. Reynolds, Ardsley, N. Y.
James S. Reynolds, Maspeth, N. Y.
Mrs. James S. Reynolds, Maspeth, N. Y.
Rev. George Reynolds, D. D., New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mrs. Ella Reynolds Gilbert, Elmira, N. Y.
Louis B. Reynolds, Elmira, N. Y.
William D. Reynolds, Elmira, N. Y.
George F. Allen, Millwood, N. Y.
Clarence M. Reynolds, Binghamton, N. Y.
Henry Harrison Reynolds Ridgewood, N. J.
David Reynolds, East Orange, N. J.
Mrs. I. Hornby, Jersey City, N. J
Rev. Frank T. B. Reynolds, Keyport, N. J.
Mrs. Frank T. B. Reynolds, Keyport, N. J.
Mrs. Jessie Austin Reynolds, Wayne, Neb.
Mrs. Pearl Reynolds Ley, Wayne, Neb.
Clyde Miles Reynolds, Wayne, Neb.
Rev. Grafton T. Reynolds, D. D Pittsburgh, Pa.
Mrs. Maggie R. Baird, Philadelphia, Pa.
Gilbert Reynolds Combs, Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Desmonde Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Senft Philadelphia, Pa.
George Reynolds See, Phiadelphia, Pa.
Edgar M. Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa.
Miss Mary Isabel Reynolds West Philadelphia, Pa.
Mrs. Emma J. Gerard Norristown, Pa.
William Lawrence Reynolds Hazelwood, Pa.
Mrs. A. R. Scouller, North East, Pa.
Mrs. V. E. Neilson, Bethlehem, Pa.
Mrs. J. D. Hopper, Montvale, N. J.
Benoni O. Reynolds, Lake Geneva, Wis.
Benoni O. Reynolds, IV, (youngest member) Lake Geneva, Wis.
Miss Gladys M. Reynolds, Burlington, N. J.
Charles Reynolds Van Iderstine, Newark, N. J.
LIST OF ASSOCIATE MEMBERS. 1892—1921
Maj. Frederick P. Reynolds, Fort Seward, Alaska
James A. Bowman, Little Rock, Ark.
Huchelle A. Bowman, Little Rock, Ark.
Mrs. Sheldon InKulls Kellogg, East Oakland, Cal.
Horace I). Reynolds, Fresno, Cal.
William Tilton Reynolds, M. D., Fowler, Cal.
(Note: Any member knowing of dates of marriages, deaths or births,
will they kindly notify Secretary, that same may be recorded.)
54 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Albert Milton EeynoTCs, Lakeport, Cal.
Morick R:vnc ds, Los Angeles, Cal.
Mrs. Fannie M. Reynolds, Los Angeles, Cal.
Merick Reynolds, Jr., Los Angeles, Cal.
E. \Y. Revnolds, Los Angeles, Cal.
Charles Pitman, Los Gatos, Cal.
Miss Grace Reynolds, Palo Alto, Cal.
George W. Reynolds, San Francisco, Cal.
Capt. Frederick P. Reynolds, San Francisco, Cal.
Cant. Samuel W. Reynolds, San Francisco, Cal.
William B. Reynolds San Francisco, Cal.
Dr. Robert G. Reynolds, Upper Lake, Cal.
Mrs. Luc V A. Tucker, Whittier, Cal.
Mrs. W. L. Chapman, (formerly of Providence R. L) Cal.
Miss Belle B. Peckham, Cal.
Miss Carrie L. Rogers, Bridgeport, Conn.
Mrs. E.izabeth Reynolds Ross, Bozrah, Conn.
Mrs. Alice Gilford Houston, Colchester, Conn.
Herbert S. Revnolds, M. D., Clinton, Conn.
Mrs. Sara Kelsey Reynolds, Clinton, Conn.
Harold Prescott Reynolds, Collinsville, Conn.
Mrs. Clara Huntington Pike, Danielscn, Conn.
Mrs. Clauria Huntingdon, Pike, Conn.
Mrs. Annie M. Hayden, Essex, Conn.
Miss Elsie B. Reynolds, (resigned) East Haddam, Conn.
Mrs. Ella Reynolds Oakley, Forestville, Conn.
Hayden L. Reynolds, Hamburg, Conn.
Mrs. Harriet W. Reynolds, Hamburg, Conn.
Alden H. Reynolds, Hartford, Conn.
Mary Whiting Reynolds, Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Elizabeth R. Reynolds, Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Sarah E. Reynolds, Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Harry W. Reynolds, Hartford, Conn.
Mrs. Flora Peckham Gray, Ledyard, Conn.
S. Franklin Reynolds, Montville, Conn.
Elmer A. Ely, Middletown, Conn.
Mrs. Fannie Reynolds Ely, MiddletoM^n, Conn.
Miss Edith E. Reynolds, Meriden, Conn.
Mrs. Susan Reynolds Crane, Norwich, Conn.
Elmer Reynolds, Norwich, Conn.
Oliver H. "Reynolds, Norwich, Conn.
Grace Loise Reynolds, Norwich, Conn.
John V. Reynolds, Norwich, Conn.
George W. Guard, Norwich, Conn.
Miss Abby M. Huntley, New London, Conn.
Fred E. Webb, New London, Conn.
Mrs. Fred E. Webb, New London, Conn.
Samuel Weaver Reynolds, Eagleville, Conn.
Samuel P. Reynolds, Plainville, Conn.
Miss Esther Davenport Street New Haven, Conn.
Miss Emma A. Reynolds, New Haven, Conn.
George G. Reynolds, New Haven, Conn.
Charles Manwaring, Niantie, Conn.
Mrs. Blanche Manwaring, Niantie, Conn.
Mrs. Edith Reynolds Culverwell, Seymour, Conn.
Mrs. Grace W. Billings, Stonington, Conn.
Edward E. Reynolds, Uncasville, Conn.
Mrs. Mary M. Dickinson, Mystic, Conn.
Miss Mary J. Dickinson, Mystic, Conn.
Charles E. Reynolds, West Mystic, Conn.
Mrs. Charles E. Reynolds, West Mystic, Conn.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 55
Miss Mary E. Reynolds, West Mystic, Conn.
Miss Minnie Reynolds, West Mystic, Conn.
Silas N. Edmonds, Wallingf ord, Conn.
Mrs. Seraphina Reynolds Edmonds, Wallingford, Conn.
Mrs. Adelaide Reynolds Johnson, Winsted, Conn.
William K. Reynolds Ed3:emoor, Del.
Milton H. Reynolds, Wilmington, Del.
Walter Reynolds Kingsbury, Sioux Falls, So. Dak.
Lucius Kingsbury, Sioux Falls, So. Dak.
Ernest S. Reynolds Agricultural College, No. Dak.
Thurlow J. Reynolds, Miami, Fla.
John Hughes Reynolds, • • Rome, Ga.
Howard S. Reynolds, Columbia, Ga.
Erie L. Reynolds, Richmond, Ind.
Mrs. Alma L. Reynolds, Richmond, Ind.
W. 0. Bates, Indianapolis, Ind.
Arthur Parke Reynolds, Greenfield, Ind.
Mrs. Addie Reynolds Elmore, Chicago, 111.
Willington Jarett Reynolds, Chicago, I;l.
Walter H. Dixon, Chicago, 111.
Rev. Charles Reynolds, Downers Grove, 111.
Elmer E. Reynolds, Dixon, 111.
James B. Reynolds, Danville, III.
Mrs. Susan Reynolds Glenn, Moline, 111.
William H. Reynolds, Cromwell, Iowa
Elmer E. Reynolds, Clinton, Iowa
Mrs. Ella Reynolds, Fort Dodge, Iowa
James S. Reynolds, Sibley, Iowa
Mrs. Alice Russell Reynolds, Covington, Ky.
Mrs. Mary Lovering Holman, Allston, Mass.
Dean S. Reynolds, Arlington, Mass.
Miss Madeline Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
Howard R. Reynolds Boston, Mass.
Charles G. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Paul Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Miss Harriet A. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Milton H. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Mrs. Mercy A. Rogers, ■ • Boston, Mass.
Clarence G. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.
Lowell Mason Reynolds Brockton, Mass.
Weldon H. Reynolds Braintree, Mass.
Robert Duncan Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
Ansel C. Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
Charles A. Reynolds, Cambridge, Mass.
Miss Margaretta R. Phipps, Cambriiige, Mass.
Charles E. Reynolds, Campello, Mass.
Mrs. William E. Henry, (resigned), Framingham, Mass.
Miss Mary Buf f ington Fall River. Mass.
Mi.ss Anna E. Buf tington, Fall River, Mass.
Mrs. Lizzie J. Halheway Fall River, Mass.
Mrs. Carolyn E. Gardner, Jamaica Plains, Mass.
Mrs. Helen E. Brown, Ivowell, Mass.
Herbert F. Reynolds, Randolph, Mass.
C. Reynolds Roc, Sj)ringfield, Mass.
Maurice F. Reynolds, Springfield. Mass.
Mrs. Frank W. Reynolds, Salem, Mass.
Robert D. Reynolds Sharon. Mass.
Mrs. I). E. Pcnf ii'ld, Warren, Mass.
Abel W. Reynolds, West Somerville, Mass.
Mrs. George B. Hawley, Worcester, Mass.
James Alton Reynolds Canton, Me.
56 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Everett E. Reynolds, Canton, Me.
Arthur Thomas Reynolds Gardiner, Me.
Henry Reynolds, M. D., Livermore, Falls, Me.
Mrs. Orrin L. Hardy, Livermore Falls, Me.
Roscoe C. Reynolds, Lewiston, Me.
Samuel Luke Perkins, Lewiston, Me.
Mrs. Tiley M. R. Bartlett, Lewiston, Me.
John W. Bartlett, Lewiston, Me.
Hon. Edward C. Reynolds Portland, Me.
Mrs. Sophie Ulmer Reynolds, Portland, Me.
Mrs. Henry Ransom, Pembroke, Me.
Thomas J. Reynolds, A. B., Waterville, Me.
Frederick I. Reynolds, Winthrop, Fla.
Miss Eva May Reynolds, A. B., Winslow, Me.
George B. Reynolds, M. D., Baltimore, Md^
Miss Lily V. Towson, Baltimore, Md.
Mrs. Emilee Reynolds Tebbs, Baltimore, Md.
Miss Mary Brumfield, Rising Sun, Md.
Edwin H. Reynolds, Rising Sun, Md.
James W. Reynolds Battle Creek, Mich.
Miss Lillian Reynolds, Detroit, Mich.
Mrs. Jane Reynolds Forbes Grand Rapids, Mich.
Mrs. Emma L. Maguire, Pontiac, Mich.
S. P. Reynolds, Caruthersville, Mo.
Hon. W. F. Tuttle, Dresden, Mo.
James Carey Reynolds, • • Guthrie, Mo.
Rev. John G. Reynolds, Ironton, Mo.
Mrs. Mary Tuttle McCluney Sedalia, Mo.
Miss Martha F. Reynolds, St. Louis, Mo.
Miss Frances Reynolds, Poison, Mont.
Robert E. Lee Reynolds Amsterdam, N. Y.
Frank L Reynolds, Buffalo, N. Y.
Thomas R. Reynolds, Binghamton, N. Y.
Hon. John M. Reynolds, (resigned), Bedford, N. Y.
George E. Reynolds, City Island, N. Y.
Stephen C. Reynolds, Cortland, N. Y.
Mrs. Adelaide C. Niles, Babylon, L. I.
Miss Alice C. Niles Babylon, L. I.
Charles A. Niles, Babylon, L. I.
Mrs. Charles P. Marshall, Cazenovia, N. Y.
Miss Mary Newell Reynolds, Hudson, N. Y.
Ernest W. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Miss Anna V. Hyatt, New York, N. Y.
Madame de Diaz Albertine, New York, N. Y.
Miss Helen Louise Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Minnie Reynolds Scalabrino New York, N. Y.
Miss Carrie E. Phipps New York, N. Y.
Nelson A. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
James B. Reynolds, (resigned) New York, N. Y.
Rev. John Reynolds Mackay, D. D., (resigned), New York, N. Y.
Henry K. Reynolds New York, N. Y.
Joseph C. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Henry D. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Elbert A. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Mrs. Anne A. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Warren U. Reynolds, M. D., New York, N. Y.
William M. Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
Ward Burnham Reynolds, New York, N. Y.
James M. Reynolds, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mrs. Granville D. Wilson, Nyack, N. Y.
Charles W. Reynolds, Petersburg, N. Y.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 57
George W. Blakeslee, Port Chester, N. Y.
G. Osmar Reynolds, New Rochelle, N. Y.
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Taylor, Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
Fred Albert Reynolds, Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth Pitman Kiefer Rochester, N. Y.
Mrs. Elizabeth S. Reynolds, Rensselaer, N. Y.
W. W. Gorsline, Randolph, N. Y.
Mrs. Margaret R. Gorsline, Randolph, N. Y.
Miss J. Catherine Frisbee Randolph, N. Y.
Frank R. Reynolds, Syracuse, N. Y.
E. E. Reynolds, Utica, N. Y.
Rollin C. Reynolds •• Troy, N. Y.
Mrs. Mary Caswell, West Henrietta, N. Y.
Edgar M. Reynolds, Warwick, N. Y.
Mrs. Charles P. Marshall, Watertown, N. Y.
Jesse Reynolds Yonkers, N. Y.
Miss Betty Reynolds, Wymore, Neb.
Bernie Brien, Dayton, Ohio
Hon. James E. Campbell, Hamilton, Ohio
J. W. Reynolds, Mansfield, Ohio
Frederick Reynolds, Toledo, Ohio
Charles W. Reynolds, Lakeview, Ore.
Mrs. Clarence Johnson, Vader, Wash.
Mrs. Perry Dodson, Wedderburn, Ore.
Mrs. Frances L. L. Dunn, Concord, N. H.
George A. Reynolds, Greenfield, N. H.
Mrs. Frances Reynolds Hibler, Andover, N. J.
Harry H. Reynolds, Asbury Park, N. J.
Mrs. Annie Reynolds Ritner, Belleville, N. J.
Miss Mary Abbie Ritner, Belleville, N. J.
Miss Mary L. Reynolds, East Orange, N. J.
Uriah Lott, Glen Ridge, N. J.
Mrs. Mary Reynolds Lott, Glen Ridge, N. J.
Rev. Walter E. Reynolds, Greenwich, N. J.
Mrs. Frances A. Westervelt, Hackensack, N. J.
Mrs. Mamie Reynolds McGeorge, Morristown, N. J.
Miss Ethelwynne Foote, Trenton, N. J.
Benjamin G. Reynolds West Hoboken, N. J.
Ernest D. Reynolds Raton, N, M.
William S. Reynolds, Ardmore, Pa.
Miss Anna G. Baldwin •• Bryn Mawr, Pa.
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Rombaugh, Bradford, Pa.
W. B. Seeman, Carlton, Pa.
Miss Carrie Miller, Clark's Summit, Pa.
Henry D. Reynolds Cynwyd, Pa.
Mrs. Henry D. Reynolds, Cynwyd, Pa.
E. C. Reynolds, Factoryville, Pa.
James B. Reynolds Factoryville, Pa.
Fred Reynolds, Factoryville, Pa.
Mrs. Henry Reynolds Factoryville, Pa.
Stanley Reynolds, Factoryville, Pa.
Frances B. Reynolds, D.D.S., Germantown, Pa.
Mrs. Lucy Askley Reynolds Germantown, Pa.
Mary I). Ridgeway, M. D., (u'rniaiitown. Pa.
Mrs. Ruth Reynolds Thacker, Germantown, Pa.
Edgar M. Reynolds, Germantown. Pa.
Edward L. Reynolds Germantown, Pa.
Mrs. Virginia Hammond Fleming Harrishurvc, Pa.
Mrs. L. O. Phillips Harrishurg, Pa.
Harry L. R.-ynulds Harrisburg, Pa.
Alfred C Willets Holmsburg, Pa.
58 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Mrs. Alfred C. V/illets, Holmsburg, Pa
Vincent G. Reynolds, Johnstown, Pa
Dr. C. S. Reynolds, Kennett Square, Pa
Mrs. Mary Seal Windle, Kennett Square, Pa
Mrs. Eva M. Reynolds Rice, Media, Pa
Mrs. Mabel W. Reynolds Taney, Media, Pa
Stephen Reynolds, Media, Pa
Mrs. A. 0. Reynolds, Media, Pa
William McCleHand Reynolds, Mars, Pa
P. S. Reynolds, New Cartle, Pa
John P. Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa
Joseph Caslie Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa
Henry K. Reynolds, Philadelphia, Pa
Joseph T. Richards, Philadelphia, Pa
William Lawrence Reynolds, Pittsburgh, Pa
Mrs. Ethel M. Reynolds, (resigned), Roslyn, Pa
Mrs. Nancy Reynolds Crawford, Smicksburg, Pa
Joseph B. Reynolds, South Bethlehem, Pa
Walter D. Reynolds, Swarthmore, Pa
M. E. Chatley, Sandy Lake, Pa
Miss Adelaide C. Reynolds, Scranton, Pa
C. H. Reynolds, State College, Pa
W. N. Reynolds, Tunkhannock, Pa
A. G. Reynolds, Tunkhannock, Pa
Mrs. Anna Reynolds Eckel, Williamsport, Pa
Stephen B. Reynolds, Arlington, R. I
Rev. Walter J. RejTiolds, Jr., Auburn, R. I
Orrin L. Bosworth, Bristol, R. I
Mrs. Isabella J. E. Bosworth, Bristol, R. I
Miss Isabella Essex Bosworth, Bristol, R. I
William N. Burgess, Bristol, R. I
Chester R. Burgess. • • Bristol, R. I
Mrs. Fannie G. Reynolds, Bristol, R. I
Mrs. Catherine Reynolds Allen, Bristol, R. I
Mrs. Henry F. Tingley, Bristol, R. I
Mrs. Fred Budlong, Anthony, R. I
William Reynolds Essex, East Greenwich, R. I
Mrs. Mary E. Essex, East Greenwich, R. I
Frank C. Church, East Greenwich, R. 1
Mrs. William A. Vaughn, East Greenwich, R. I
Charles S. Reynolds, Providence, R. I
Mrs. Nellie Brooke Reynolds, Providence, R. I
William K. Reynolds, Providence, R. I
Walter N. Reynolds, Providence, R. I
Frank B. Reynolds, Providence, R. I
Charles D. Reynolds Providence, R. I
Harry Reynolds Levv'is, Providence, R. I
Clarence Newton Reynolds, Ph. B. A. M., Providence, R. I
Edwin Reynolds, Providence, R. I
Mrs. F. W. Tillinghast, Thornton, R. I
Miss Louise Jarvis Cole, Warren, R. I
Milton A. Crandall, Westerly, R. I
Mrs. Susan C. Fones, Washington, R. I
Harrie G. Fones, Washington, R. I
Miss Emma Reynolds, Wickford, R. I
Thaddius W. Hunt, Wickford, R. I
James E. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I
Rev. F. B. Cole, Wickford, R. I
Mrs. F. B. Cole, Wickford, R. I
James Clark Reynolds, Wyoming, R. I
Mrs. Clara Hanson, • • Roosevelt, Utah
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 59
Miss Grace Rhoda Reynolds, Bethel, Vt.
Miss Agnes Gertrude Reynolds, Bethel, Vt.
Rev. Walter E. Reynolds Waite, Rutland, Vt.
Mrs. George M. Waite, Rutland, Vt.
Mrs. Susan Reynolds Simmons, Rutland, Vt.
Isaac Reynolds Hitt, Washington, D. C.
Robert Van Rensalaer Reynolds, Washington, D. C.
Miss Lula V Powers, Washington, D. C.
Mrs. Anna R. More, Rosedale, Wash,
John Hornbrook Reynolds, Wheeling, W. Va.
Mrs. Jennie Mordock Newton, Hartford, W. Va.
A. Heber Reynolds, Green Bay, Wis.
Mrs. Charlotte S. Whiting Rejmolds, Green Bay, Wis.
James B. Reynolds, Milwaukee, Wis.
60 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Necrology
Weep not that their toils are over, weep
not that their race is run,
God grant we may rest as calmly when
our work, like theirs, is done.
Till then, we will yield with gladness our
treasures to Him to keep.
And rejoice in the sweet assurance, "He
giveth His loved ones sleep."
Selected.
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THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 61
ROBERT REYNOLDS OF BOSTON LINE, OF BOSTON, MASS.
William Franklin Reynolds, October 16, 1898.
John Vosburg Reynolds, Hartford, Conn., February 11, 1901.
Mrs. George G. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y., October 1, 1903.
Samuel L. P. Reynolds, Lewiston, Me., September V, 1904.
Frank Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y., October 21, 1905.
Mrs. Caroline Reynolds Boynton, Hartford, Conn., October 22, 1905.
Mrs. Emma Louise Church Reynolds, Boston, Mass., February 3, 1906.
Frank W. Reynolds, Boston, Mass.,
Mrs. Julia S .Reynolds Baldwin, Bym Mawr, Pa., October 23, 1908.
Edward Belsher Reynolds, Roxbury, Mass., December 12, 1908.
John Phillips Reynolds, M. D., Boston, Mass., October 10, 1909.
Mrs. Justice P. Reynolds, South Amenia, N. Y., November 1, 1909.
Miss Elizabeth B. Reynolds, Bristol, R. L, November 25, 1909.
Robert Burns Reynolds, State College, Pa., March 6, 1910.
Charter Reynolds, Middletown, Conn., April 5, 1910.
Justice Powers Reynolds, Amenia, N. Y., March 26, 1910.
Frank Arthur Reynolds, Watervlict, N. Y., February 27, 1912.
Orrin A. Reynolds, Covington, Ky., August 26, 1912.
Hon. George G. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y., January 23, 1913.
Rear Admiral Royal Bird Bradford, Chelsea, Mass., August 5, 1914.
Mrs. Martha Tinker Reynolds, Tiflis, Caucasus, Russia, August 27, 1915.
William Reynolds, Marbelhcad, Mass., September 5, 1915.
Mrs. William Franklin Reynolds, Avon, Mass., November 3, 1915.
Hon. John Post Reynolds, Ph. B., Bristol, R. L, December 8, 1915.
Mrs. Abigail Edmunds Reynolds, Roxbury, Mass., January 3, 1916.
Austin Reynolds, M. D., Farmington, Me., February 16, 1916.
Nathan Reynolds, Canton, Me., September 13, 1916.
Henry E. Reynolds, Braintree, Mass., March 31, 1917.
Mrs. Louise R. Galbraith, Minneapolis, Minn., August 16, 1916.
Mrs. Helen Kones Reynolds, Lancaster, Pa., March 15, 1917.
Henry J. Reynolds, Ridlowville, Me., October 30, 1917.
Capt. Charles Parker Reynolds, F. A., France, January 10, 1919.
George Franklin Reynolds, January 29, 1919.
Rev. A. F. Schauffer, D. D., New York, N. Y., February 18, 1919.
John S. Ransom, Chicago, 111., April 5, 1920
Rev. George C. Raynolds, D. D., San Francisco, Cal., February 14, 1920.
John Phillips Reynolds, 2d, December 9, 1920.
HENRY REYNOLDS OF CHICHESTER, PA.
James I. Reynolds, Kansas City, Mo., March 13, 1905.
John T. Reynolds, Media, Pa., May 30, 1906.
William R. Fleming, Washington, D. C, June 6, 1906.
Adolphus 0. Reynolds, Media, Pa., August 12, 1908.
Henry H. Reynolds, Kansas City, Mo., December 14, 1912.
Tilton C. Rovnolds, Harrisburg, Pa., June 6, 1913.
Mrs. Sarah Kirk Fox, Rising Sun, Md., June 5, 1911.
Miss Sarah B. Reynolds, Kingston, N. Y., February 14, 1921.
RHODE ISLAND LINE
William Reynolds of Providence. James Reynolds of North Kingston.
Russel W. Reynolds, Fall River, Mass., September 21. 1904.
Mrs. Mary Spencer Reynolds, Milwaukee, Wis., November 27, 1903.
Mrs. Dort-as Ri-ynnlds Congdon, Providetici-, R. I., March G, 1904.
Mrs. Ethel S. Reynolds Emery, Westboro, Mas.s., March 16, 1905.
Capt. B. Frank Reynolds, Florence, Neb., May 25, 1905.
Thomas A. Reynolds, East Orange, N. J., December 8, 1905.
Samuel Ri-ynoids, Danielson, Conn.,
William A. Reynolds, Wilmington, Del., July 21, 1906.
62 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
George Huntington Reynolds, Mansfield Depot, Conn., January 3, 1908.
Mrs. Jane Eaton Wright, Indian Orchard, Mass., March 8. 1908.
John Dwight Reynolds, Andover, N. J., June 3, 1908.
Ex-Lieut. Gov. John J. Reynolds, Wickford, R. I., October, 17, 1908.
Edwin Reynolds, LL.D., (first life member) Milwaukee, Wis., Feb. 19, 1909
Ex-Sen. Allen Reynolds, Davisville, R. I., June 24, 1909.
Glenn Hovey Reynolds, Danielson, Conn., August 8, 1909.
Thomas A. Reynolds, East Greenwich, R. I., March 9, 1910.
G. Osmar Reynolds, Pelham Manor, N. Y., July 28, 1911.
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Reynolds, Fall River, Mass., June 5, 1912.
V/illiam K. Reynolds, Providence, R. I., June 30, 1912.
Mrs. Mary L. Reynoids, Summit, N. J., August 11, 1912.
Mrs. Marie Reynolds Maxson, Westerly, R. I., April 5, 1913.
Hiram Draper Rogers, Boston, Mass., August 14, 1914.
Prof. Ray Green Huling, M. A., Marshfield, Mass., September 4, 1915.
Frank Buffington, Fall River, Mass., March 18 1916.
Mrs. Rebecca G. Tillinghast Reynolds, V/icford, R. I., September 20, 1916
Mrs. Mary R. Tillinghast, Plope Vailey, R. I.,. January 2, 1917.
William T. Reynolds, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., January 28, 1917.
Mrs. George H. Reynolds, Mansfield Depot, Ccnn., June 11, 1917.
Col. R. Bruce Ricketts, WilkesBarre, Pa., November 1918.
Mrs. Elizabeth Reynolds Ricketts, Wilkes Barre, Pa., November 16, 1918.
Mrs. Joseph E. Reynolds, Monscn, Mass., November 13, 1918.
Mrs. Viola A. Bromley, Brooklyn, N. Y., April 14, 1919.
Miss Eva M. Reynolds, Pittsburgh, Pa., February 2, 1920.
Stephen W. Reynolds, Boston, Mass., December 29, 1920.
Mrs. Vivian Reynolds Seymour, April 28, 1921.
Mrs. Celia B. Winslow, New York, N. Y., July 23, 1921.
W. Myron Reynolds, M. D., New York, N. Y., August 15, 1921.
Mrs. G. Osmar Reynolds, New Rochelle, N. Y.
JOHN REYNOLDS OF WEYMOUTH, MASS. AND
STONINGTON, CONN.
Hon. Frederick Fosdick, N. Lyme, Conn., January 10, 1899.
Benjamin Barber Peckham, Ledyard, Conn., September 5, 1900.
Mrs. Fannie Reynolds Geer, Norwich, Conn., April 29, 1901.
Henry Foote Reynolds, Reynolds Bridge, Conn., June 14, 1902.
Stephen Crane, Norwich, Conn., July 14, 1902.
Mrs. Martha Davenport Reynolds Foote, Wallingford, Conn., July 23, 1902
Mrs. Amelia B. Reynolds, East Pladdam, Conn., August 13, 1903.
Mrs. Mary Reynolds Fosdick, North Lyme, Conn., February 22, 1904.
Mrs. Sally A. Reynolds Holmes, Westerly, R. L, May 16, 1905.
John Reynolds Stanton, Stonington, Conn., January 4, 1909.
Mrs. Henry F. Reynolds, Reynolds Bridge, Conn., December 28, 1915.
Ephraim 0. Reynolds, Essex, Conn., May 26, 1916.
Mrs. Belle W. Reynolds, New London, Conn., August 22, 1917.
Capt. S. Walter Reynolds, Pinctneyville, 111., March 10, 1918.
Howard I. Reynolds, Roslyn, Pa., July 18, 1918.
Joseph Vv'^oodward Dean, New London, Conn., May 8, 1919.
Wilson C. Reynolds, East Haddam, Conn., January 7, 1921.
JOHN REYNOLDS OF WATERTOWN, MASS., AND
WETHERSFIELD, CONN.
Mrs. Harriet Newhall Reynolds, Hartford, Conn., March 10, 1904.
Dexter Reynolds, Albany, N. Y., August 19, 1906.
Henry Augustus Street, M. D., Cheshire Conn., February 9, 1907.
Rev. Elmer Kendall Reynolds, Farmington, 111., January 25, 1908.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 63
Mrs. Elizabeth B. Street, New Haven, Conn., February 12, 1914.
Mrs. Alvah L. Reynolds, Madison, N. J., August 21, 1918.
Ge-jrge A. Reynolds, Hartford, Conn.,
Alvah L. Reynolds, Madison, N. J., March 27, 1919.
Mrs. Sarah Glesan Fenneman Cincinnati, Ohio, April 2, 1920.
Mrs. James McNabb, Washington, D. C, May 2, 1921.
Mrs. Jennie Glesan Gushing, Fredonia, N. Y., July 15, 1921.
MISCELLANEOUS
Mrs. Alice Reynolds Hughes, Cincinnati, Ohio, August 24, 1901.
Haskell L. Garde, New London, Conn., April 20, 1902.
William S. Reynolds, East Orange, N. J., June 2, 1903.
Mrs. Lewis G. Reynolds, Dayton, Ohio, November 25, 1903.
Lieut. Charles A. Reynolds, Norton, Conn., February 27, 1904.
Mrs. Philesta Reynolds Dunn, Eagleville, Conn., July 29, 1904.
James B. Reynolds, Danville, 111., September 24, 1904.
Edwin Ruthven Reynolds, Albion, N. Y., July 4, 1908.
Alfred H. Hartley, Fall River, Mass., December 16, 1911.
Edward F. Parsons, M. D., Thompsonville, Conn.,
Henry Reynolds, Dorchester, Mass., April 5, 1912.
Oscar W. Reynolds, West Haven, Conn., December 16, 1912.
Lucius D. Reynolds, Dayton, Ohio, March 13, 1913.
Mrs. Lillian H. Reynolds, Richmond, Ind., July 23, 1913.
Edwin Clinton Reynolds, Port Huron, Mich., April 22, 1916.
Edwin Reynolds, Providence, R. I., September 4, 1917.
Lieut. David Irving Reynolds, September 9, 1918. (Killed in Aviation
accident on the Austrian Front in Italy.)
Raymond J. Reynolds, Wayne, Neb., December 5, 1918.
Charles H. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y., January 24, 1920.
Charles Ackerman, Brooklyn, N. Y., January 8, 1920.
Joseph P. Reynolds, Mt. Vernon, N. Y., January 2, 1921.
Gen. Alfred Reynolds, Rochester, N. Y., April 30, 1921.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
EDWIN REYNOLDS, LL. D.
(Of the James of Kingston Line through Christopher; Samuel; Thom-
as; Samuel; Joseph; Joseph; James) of Milwaukee, Wis., eighth genera-
tion of James and Deborah Reynolds of Kingston, R. I., was born in
Mansfield, Conn., March 23, 1831; died in Milwaukee, February 19, 1909;
buried Mansfield.
He m. 1st: Mary Spencer, Sept. 28, 1853, Mansfield, Conn., dau.
Nicholas and Sally (Slate) Spencer, who was b. Aug. 30, 1833, Mans-
field, and d. there Nov. 27, 1903. Children:
Edwin Spencer, b. Aurora, 111., May 27, 1860; d. there Aug. 5, 1860.
Luella, b. Mansfield, Dec. 4, 1861; d. Boston, Dec. 22, 1864.
Edwin m. 2nd: Nellie Maria Nettleton, May 30, 1904, Milwaukee, who
was b. Oct. 30, 1852, Astabula, O., dau. Harvey J and Jane (Empey)
Nettleton.
In 1847, when Edwin was but a young farm lad of sixteen, A. D.
Kenny, a Connecticut thread manufacturer, encouraged him to become a
mechanic, and gave horn a place. Edwin's own ability, supplemented by
an inherited predilection for mechanics and invention, which has been
notably displayed in other branches of the family, caused his steady
rise to distinction and wealth. He spent some years (1857-1861) with
Steadman & Co., Aurora, 111., where he laid the foundation for a sub-
tantial career. He was in the Civil War. Then, after only four years
with the Corliss Steam Engine Co., Providence, he became General
Superintendent in 1871. He invented and developed the famous Corliss
Engine which bore the name of his Company. By 1877 his inventions
and executive ability attracted the Directors of the Edward P. Allis Co.,
Milwaukee, who induced him to come to Milwaukee to develop their
important business, manufacturing steam engines and motive machinery.
Here his ability in fiance was recognized by a Directorship and Vice-
Presidency in the new Allis-Chalmers Co. As well as President of the Mil-
waukee Boiler Co., he was Director of the German-American Bank of
Milwaukee. His numerous inventions and ability in expanding the
Company's business won him universal recognition. In 1901 he was
elected President of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers. In
1885 the University of Wisconsin conferred upon him the highest honor-
ary degree, LL. D., and his name was placed on the frieze of the new
Engineering Building there.
On the little Mansfield farm he grew up with five brothers and six
sisters. The boys were noted over the country-side for their mechanical
ability; practically all of them were in the Civil War. His next young-
est brother, Benjamin Franklin Reynolds, had a most interesting career
at sea; He was Chief Engineer of the Antartic Expedition sent to the
rescue of Sir John Franklin; and he was also in Arctic exploration.
Benjamin's later years in Omaha, Nebraska, proved his inventive ability
as well. He constructed and operated the present water works and de-
signed special hydraulic machinery.
i:i)\\i\ i{i:vN()i.i)s. 1,1.. I).
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 65
HISTORICAL
AND GENEALOGICAL
COLLECTIONS
1921
PREPARED BY
MARION H. REYNOLDS, A. B.
Care The Harvard Club,
New York City.
0
I.
U. S. Census 1790 — Reynolds Families.
II.
Some Miscellaneous Early Reynoldses. 1629-1800.
III.
The Curious Inventory of Robert Reynolds. Boston. 1659.
IV.
Captain Nathaniel ReynoklH, of Machias, Maine.
A Tragic Romance of the Revolution.
V.
Queries and Miscellaneous.
66 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
I
U. S. CENSUS OF 1790
Reynolds "Heads of Families" Compiled by
Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.
The first Census of the United States was taken in 1790, 131 years
ago, for the following: Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts,
Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Dela-
ware, Virginia, South Carolina, Georgia, Tennessee, and Kentucky.
Of the above records, however, the following were entirely destroyed
when the British burned the Capital in Washington in 1812: Delaware,
Georgia, Kentucky, New Jersey, Tennessee, and Virginia.
Massachusetts, New Hampshire, Vermont, Maine and some Southern
States, contain a goodly number of persons of the name of Runnells and
Randal, sometimes only a mis-spelling of Reynolds, but more often en-
tirely different families. * Generally I have not included such names
in m.y search though in a few cases, where it seemed it was Reynolds,
mis-spelled, they were copied.
Few Reynoldses — whether because of principle or poverty, owned
slaves (Column "E"), though Benjamin in South Carolina had 47. In
Column "D" those of the name of Reynolds were free negroes who had
followed an ordinary custom of adopting their master's family names
after they had been manumitted from slavery. The average white
family then consisted of six persons.
This Census will help to locate "lost" Reynoldses of that period, es-
pecially where the given name is unusual, as "Constant," "Grindall,"
"Jeremiah," etc., though the "Johns" and "Josephs" are numberless.
By referring to the printed books of this Census in almost any library,**
a clue can sometimes be found by noting the names appearing just be-
fore and after a doubtful "Reynolds." The census-takers went from
house to house in succession and the Reynoldses often lived next door
to their "-in-laws" and sisters married into other families; e.g., Na-
thaniel Reynolds of Kinderhook, N. Y., was then flanked by his sister,
wife of Elisha Freeman, jr., and by Elisha Freeman, sr., all newly emi-
grated from Machias district, Maine.
Whole communities of New England often moved en bloc "out west"
to New York State, so that a preponderance of familiar R. I. names in
a community with a supposed "lost" Reynolds would help to identify
his as formerly of R. I. The old Reynolds families were clannish, and
to the heartfelt relief of genealogists, moved about little. Exeter and
No. Kingston, R. I.; Greenwich, Conn.; Canaan, N. Y.; are almost
Reynolds towns. "Towns" in this Census often mean "township". In
studying this census it is well to have a map before one, as relatives
near a State line are often split apart in different State censuses. The
Reynoldses in Stephentown, N. Y., and in Hancock, Mass., are thus
probably related. Likewise along the Connecticut and New York State
line.
A comparison of this list with that of the Revolutionary Soldiers
(1916 Report) is interesting, and it indentifies many of those soldiers
whose residences would otherwise be unknown.
Numbers in parenthesis ( ) refer to total population.
Explanation: (except Virginia.)
Column "A" — Free white males of 16 years and upwards, includ-
ing heads of families.
Column "B" — Free white males under 16,
* (See: Rev. M. T. Runnells: 1876: "Runnells-Reynolds Genealogy.")
** (e.g. N. Y. Public Library, Genealogical Room)
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
67
Column "C"— Free white females, including heads of families.
(wife or widow.)
Column "D"— All other free people, (usually free negro servants)
Column "E" — Slaves.
The ordinal numbers (1—543) in the left hand column are not part
of the Census. I have inserted them to identify later references
to these names.
MAINE. Census of 1790.
ABODE
Machias (N. E. Maine)
Plantation No. 8
E. of Machias :
1. Benjamin Reynolds 2 2 3..
Plantation No. 9
E. of Machias :
2. Samuel* 2 2 2..
Plantation No. 6
W. of Machias :
3. Eliphalet* 12 3..
PlanUtion No. 13
W. of Machias:
4. David 1.2..
Vassalboro (Lincoln Co.) (1253)
5. Runels, Esq. 3.2..
6. David 1 . . . .
7. Jonathan 117..
8. Nathaniel 12 3..
Winslow (Lincoln Co.) (797)
9. Benjamin Runnils 4 2 5..
Bath (Lincoln Co.) (949)
10. Nathl. Runnel 16 1..
•Pension records of Revolution mention
him and Eliphalet as "of the Connecticut
Line."
1
1
1
3
1
2
1
1
1
1
3
1
3
1
1
2
VER.MONT. Census of 1790.
A B C D
Addiiion (Addison Co.) (402)
11. Bt-njamin 2 3 4.
Shoreham (Addison Co.) (701)
12. Jared
13. John
14. John, jr.,
lo. William
Benninfton Cl'.i'iO)
16. Gideon Randol
17. John Uandil
Doniet (Bennington Co.) (957)
18. Ephraim Kunnals 112
MancbcHter (Bennington Co.) (1278)
19. Philip Uunuldt 2 3 4
Pownal (Benninjfton Co.) (1732)
20. Benjamin HunnallH 8 2 4
21. RolxTt 2 . 1
(1990)
1 . 5
1 . 2
CheUra (Orange Co.) (239)
24. Joseph Kundul 1 3 1
DanvlUe (Oranice Co.) (574)
25. Kncch 1 2 2
26. Iirael RendoU 1 5 3
27. Nrufl R< ndoU 1 1
Newbury (Uransr Co.) (872)
28. SumiK-I RandulN 4 1 4
Ryrsatr iOranK« Co.) (187)
20. Gj-oTKe UunneU 1 2
V»nihlre (Oranire)
30. Sl^-ph.n 1 2 6
Pomfret (Windsor Co.) (710)
81. Jonathan Runnrll 1 1 3
Shaftubary (Benn. Co.)
22. Con.'iLant RunnaLi
23. Ruhert Runnal.t
ABODE
Woodstock (Windsor Co.) (1597)
32. Micall Randalls 3 . 2
33. William Randalls 2 . 1
Putney (Windham Co.) (1848)
34. Benjamin 12 2
35. Grindall 1 • 3
36. Nathaniel 112
Alburgh (Chittenden Co.) (446)
37. Elisha 112
38. Thomas 12 2
So. Hero (Chittenden Co.) (537)
39. Grinnel 2 11
Cambridge (Chittenden Co.) (359)
40. William* 111
Clarendon (Rutland Co.) (1480)
41. Jeremiah 12 3
Sudbury (Rutland Co.) (258)
42. Peter 12 4
Rutland (Rutland Co.) (1417)
43. Jonathan 3 4 3
44. Joshua 3 4 4
(• See Runnels, M. T. Runnels-Rey
nolds Gen. No. 3780, from Hancock, Mass.)
NEW HAMPSHIRE
Census of 1790
A B C D E
Newport (Cheshire Co.) (779)
45. Jedediah 113..
Lyndboro (Hillsboro Co.) (1280)
46. John Runnels 2 2 6..
Landaff (Grafton Co.) (292)
47. Rownals, Rowland 113..
Gosport, "Star Island" (Rockingham
Co.) (93)
48. John Rendall 12 2..
49. Richd. Rendall 2 2 2..
50. Wm. Rendall 12 1..
Newcastle (Rockinham Co.) (534)
51. James 1.8..
Rye (Rockingham Co.) (865)
52. George, jr., 12 2..
53. George, sr., 2 . S . .
MASSACHUSErrS
Census
Of
1790
A
B
C D E
Middleboro (Plymou
th)
(45
16 f
.'•4. Isaac
1
3
5 , .
55. Jemima
3 . .
Bridgewater; Brockton.
(Ply
m.
Co.) (4975)
56. Jona.4
2
3
2 . .
57. Jo.teph
2
8
4 . .
58. Josiah
1
4 . .
59. Thunutii
1
i
2
CO. Thomu.-!, jr.,
1
2
I . .
Marblrhrad (Eutex)
(5661)
t;:. Andrew
1
2
•;:;. John
2
1 . .
63. Mary
4
S . .
64. Nathaniel
1
i
5 . .
t.:«. William
1
2
5 . .
Uoaton (."Suffolk Co.) (18088)
66. Edward 1
68
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
ABODE
Freetown (Bristol Co.) (2202)
67. Mieah 2 8 6
New Bedford (Bristol Co.) (3313)
68. William 112
Rochester (Plymouth) (2644)
69. Catharine • 1 3
70. Joseph 13 1
Dudley (Worcester Co.) (1114)
71. Albro 13 6
Hardwick (Wore. Co.) (1725)
72. Sylvanus Randal 1 • •
Hancock (Berk Co.) (1211)
73. James 4 2 5
Adams (Berk Co.) (2040)
74. Peter 14 4
New Salem (Hamp. Co.) (1543)
75. Eleaaer 2 12
76. Enos 12 4
77. Enos, jr., 1
Wilbraham (Hamp. Co.) (1555)
78. John 112
Shutesbury (Hamp. Co.) (759)
79. Ebenezer 114
Richmond (Berk Co.) (1255)
80. Daniel 13 5
Haverhill (Essex)
81. Valentine
112
RHODE ISLAND
Census of 1790
Bristol town (1406)
82. George
83. Jonathan
84. Joseph
85. Lydia
86. Mary
87. Thomas (negro fam.)
Hopkinton (2462)
88. Clerk
89. Zacheus
Jamestown (507)
90. Benjamin
Exeter (2495)
91. Abigail
92. Benjamin
93. Benjamin
94. Demas, negro
95. Gardner
96. George
97. George
98. Caesar, negro
99. Henry
100. Henry
101. James
102. James
103. John
104. John
105. Joseph
106. Joseph (cooper)
107. Great Joseph
108. Robert
109. Robert, jr.,
110. Robert
111. Stephen
Ilia Jonathan
Richmond (1760)
112. Gideon
113. Gideon
114. Jesse
115. Robert
116. William
Warwick (2493)
117. Henry
118. Moses (negro)
ABODE
2 2 3.
1.31
2 16.
2.71
. . 2 .
. . . 9
13 3 1
117 1
113
East Greenwich (1824)
119. John
120. Pierce
121. Samuel
122. Shibney
West Greenwich (2054)
123. Amos
124. James
125. John
126. Joseph
127. Penelope, Mrs.
128. Robert
North Kingrston (2907)
129. Abel
130. Benjamin
131. Benjamin
132. Francis (of John)
133. Henry (of John)
124. Henry
125. George
136. Jabez
137. James
138. John
139. John
140. John
141. Jonathan
142. Joseph (of Oliver)
143. Mary
144. Tanner
145. William
South Kingston (4131)
146. Elisha
147. Henry
148. Thomas
Providence (6380)
149. Grindall
150. John
ABODE
12 5.
1.1.
18 4 1
2 12.
1 . .
12 2
1 2 1
CONNECTICUT
Census of 1790
ABODE
Greenwich (Fairfield Co.) (3132)
151. Ambrose 1
152. Briggs 2
153. Benjamin 2
154. Daniel 3
155. Elihu 1
156. Elizabeth (wid.)
157. Ezra 1
158. Ezekiel 2
159. Horton 2
160. Israel 2
161. Jonathan 1
162. Joseph 1
163. Joseph 2
164. Joanna (wid.)
165. Nathan 2 .
166. Nathaniel 3 1
167. Nathaniel, jr., 2 3
168. Philo 1 .
169. Samuel 1 1
Norwalk & Stamford (Fairf. Co.) (8810)
170. Isaac 3 4 4.
171. Peroz 112.
172. Richardson 1.1.
Fairfield (Fairf. Co.) (4009)
173. Anne Runnels .13.
E. Hartford (Hartf. Co.) (3016)
174. Charles 2.3.
*175. John 2 3 4.
Farmington (Hartf. Co.) (2696)
176. John 3.3..
(*Beside Nathl. lived his bro-in-law
Elisha Freeman, jr., 2,4,2 ; and Elisha,
sr., 1.1,2)
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
69
ABODE
Enfield (Hartf. Co.) (1800)
177. John, Esq. 2 3 7
178. Samuel 114
New London County (33,200)
179. Ebenezer 2 2 3
180. Gamaliel 2 . 3
181. Hezeklah 1 • 1
182. John 12 3
187. Joseph 3 2 5
184. Thomas 12 3
Bomers (Tolland Co.) (1127)
185. Samuel Raynolds 112
Bolton (ToUand Co.) (1293)
186. Ruben Raynalds 1 . 2
Thompson (Windham Co.) (2267)
187. Jacob 111
New Haven City (4484)
188. Frederick 112
189. James 1 . 1
190. James B. 112
Cheehire (N. H. Co.) (2337)
191. Squire 1 . 1
Branford (N. H. Co.) (2267)
2 4 3
(2166)
2 2 2
114
1 1 3
12 5
1 . 1
192. Hezekiah
Killingley (Windham Co.)
193. Alexander
194. David
195. David
196. Elisha
197. John
Litchfield (Litchf. Co.)
198. Job Ranal
199. Joel Rannalds
200. John Reynolds
Southbury (Litchf. Co.) (1738)
201. Solomon Raynolds 1 1
Watertown (Litchf. Co.) (3170)
(20342)
1 1
2
1 2
2
1 1
2
202. Richard
T .
2
1
2
203. Samuel,
jr..
1
2
6
Washington
(Litchf.
Co.) (1675)
204. David
1
2
1
20.''). John
1 .
STATE
3
NEW YORK
Census
Of
1790
A
B
C
COLUMBIA
COUNTY:
Canaan :
206. Andrew
1
4
1
207. David
4
5
208. Israel
3
3
3
209. Joel
3
3
4
210. Parker
2
2
4
211. Ruben.
jr..
1
1
2
212. Ruben
2
1
2
21H. RulK-n
Randale
1
1
3
214. Solonior
3
1
Kindrrhook :
21.">. 'Nuthaniel
1
2
2IG. Silas
1
8
Hill.sdnir:
217. David
2
S
3
Hudson :
21S. William
2
4
S
WKSTCIIKSTER CO
Yonkrnt :
219. J..M,-i,h
1
4
1
N. Sairm:
220. Joshua
1
2
4
221. 'litui
2
2
3
HnrrLson :
222. Ki-iijnniin
1
1
HaTcmtrKW :
22:<. Abraham
2
S
D E
Bedford :
224. Benjamin
225. Jeremiah
226. John
227. Jonathan
228. Sylvanus
229. William
Northcastle :
230. Israel
231. Jessop
232. Jonah
233. Mary
234. Oliver
235. Robert
237. Sutton
Salem :
238. Gilbert
239. Jared
240. James
241. Jonathan
242. Joshua
243. Nathaniel, sr.,
244. Nathaniel, jr.,
245. Timothy
246. William
DUTCHESS CO.:
Northeast Town :
247. Caleb
248. Edmond
249. David
250. James
251. James
252. Matthew
253. Solomon
Washington :
254. Ezra
255. Francis
256. John (Francis)
257. Joseph
258.' Nehemiah
Pawling:
259. Robert
Frederickston :
260. Solomon
Amenia:
261. Stephen
262. William
Beekman:
2G3. Griffin
264. James
265. Joseph
266. Sutton
Poughkeepsie:
267. James
268. James Reynons
Rhinebeck :
269. Thomas
ALBANY CO.:
Saratoga :
270. Darius
271. Elisha
272. George
273. Lemuel
274. Solomon
Stephentown :
275. Caleb
276. Eli.Hha
277. Henry
278. John, jr.,
279. Joseph
280. JuHtun
2.S1. Moseti
2K2. .Simon
2S:t. William
I'ltLstuwn :
J^l JiTcmliih
('nmbrldgr :
2^:.. John
A
B
C D
E
1
1
2 .
.
1
1
1 .
.
2
2
3 .
.
1
1
2 .
,
3
1
4 .
1
2
1 .
•
1
3 .
2
i
6 .
,
1
2
2 .
3
4 .
i
1 .
4
4
3 .
1
3
3 .
•
2
1 .
1
1
1
1 .
1
4
2 .
1
1
6 .
1
1
1
2
1
4 .
1
3
4 .
1
5 .
1
3
3 .
1
3
4 .
2
1
2 '.
2
i
3 .
4
3
3 .
1
1
2 .
1
2
3 .
1
1
1 .
1
1
1 .
4
3 .
2
i
5 .
2
4
6 .
1
2
5
1
3
3 .
3
1
7 .
2
3
4 .
2
4
3 1
1
1
0
2
1
4 '.
1
1
4 .
1
2 .
2
2
13 3
3
2
3
2
5
1
1
1
3
4
4
i
3
3
2
4
5
2
2
2
2
2
4
70
THE REYNOUDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
A
B
C
D E
Hoosick :
286. James
1
1
Easton :
287. Allen
288. Benoni
289. Elias
290. Joseph
291. Samuel
292. Thomas
293. Thomas
294. Arnold Runnels
29.5. Oliver Runnels
1
1
2
2
2
1
2
2
1
2
3
1
1
1
2
3
3
2
1
4
2
3
3
3
4
5
2
Balls ton :
296. Amos
287. Stephen
1
1
1
3
3
1
ULSTER CO.:
Middletown :
298. Peter
1
2
6
Ncwburgh :
299. David
300. Elizabeth
2
2
2
2
5
Woodstock:
301. Jermiah
1
2
4
Shawangunk:
302. John
1
1
Wallkill:
303.
1
1
1
WASHINGTON
Argyle :
304. Benjamin
305. Caleb
306. John
307. Jonathan
CO.:
1
2
2
1
i
2
2
4
2
5
Hebron :
308. Stephen
1
1
3
Kingsbury :
309. Nathan
1
2
1
Granville :
310. Asa
2
2
4
CLINTON CO.:
Champlain :
311. Elisha Runnold*
312. James Runnolds
1
1
2
1
1
Plattsburg :
313. Lucius
5
2
SUFFOLK CO.,
Southampton:
314. John
L. I.:
1
1
1
ORANGE CO.:
New Cornwall:
315. Claudus
31G. Daniel
317. David
31S. Henry
319. Henry
320. Mary
321. Silas
322. William
2
1
1
2
1
1
1
1
2
2
5
2
3
3
1
2
4
2
3
7
3
Warwick :
323. Nehemiah
2
5
2
MONTGOMERY
Harpersfield :
324. Eli
325. Eli, ir.
CO.:
1
1
1
2
2
4
Caughnawaga:
326. George
1
2
QUEENS CO.:
Oyster Bay :
327. Andrew
1
3
New York City, so. ward:
328. Ann
(w. ward)
329. Austin
(e. ward)
330. Rollin
1
1
2
1
2
1 .
2 1
PENNSYLVANIA
Census of 1790
ABODE
WESTMORELAND COUNTY:
Westfield :
331. Daniel 111..
Washington :
332. John 114..
Mt. Pleasant:
333. Joshua 13 4.1
Derry :
334. John Rynolds 14 5
335. Wm. Rynolds 1 . 1
LUZERNE CO.:
336. David 111
337. Ebenezer 1 . 2
33S. Joseph 111
WASHINGTON CO.:
339. David 2 4 3
340. David 1 . 3
341. William Reynalds 13 3
342. William Rannal 2 2 4
343. Joseph Ronnalds 113
YORK CO.:
344. Wm. Rannells 2 . 1
Newberry :
345. Wm. Randals 2 . 2
Shrewsbury:
346. Renin, Freeze. 114
Elsewhere:
347. John 114
LANCASTER CO.:
Strasburg:
343. William 6 3 3
Little Britain :
349. Elisha 1 .
350. Emmanuel 1 2
351. Henry 4
352. Henry, jr., 1 1
353. Rubin 1 2
354. Samuel (son of Henry) 2
355. Samuel 1
356. William 2
DAUPHIN CO.:
357. Geo. H. Rinal 1 . 6
358. Hugh 1 . 1
359. Widow Rannels 12 2
Lebanon:
360. Geo. Rinald 2 6 1
MIFFLIN CO.:
361. Adam 2 . .
362. William 14 2
ALLEGHANY CO.:
Elizabeth :
363. David Rannels 113
NORTHUMBERLAND CO.:
364. John
365. Hugh
366. Hannah
367. Robert
368. Raynolds
369. Jones (James?)
370. David
371. Cumley
372. Robert
CHESTER COUNTY:
W. Marlborough :
373. Daniel
374. Daniel
W. Notthingham :
375. Melinda 12 2.
DELAWARE CO., (upper Chichester)
376. Benjamin Rynolds 12 3 1
FRANKLIN CO.:
377. William Renells 3 2 4 2
NORTHAMPTON CO. (Allen Town)
378. Nicholas 3 14.
1
1 . .
1
3
2 . .
1
4
4 3 .
1
2
2 . .
1
3
2
3 '. '.
1
1
2 . .
2
3
4 . .
1
3
8 . .
4
2
1 . .
3
1 . .
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
2 3 2
east side :
1 . 2
ABODE
PHILA.CO.:
South wark, (river side of Almond St.)
379. James, ship carp.
Southwark :
380. John Reynard
Southwark : Swanson St
381. James, ship carp.
Phila., No. 3rd Mkt. lO Race:
382. James (Look Glass St.) 2 15 1
Phila., (Fifth St. betw. Walnut & Spruce
387. John (newgoal) 6 12.
Phila.. (4th St. West side)
384. Mrs. Reynolds .111
CUMBERLAND CO., E. Part:
385. Agnes .16.
MARYLAND
Census of
1790
A
B
C D
WASHINGTON CO.:
386. Daniel Reynall
1
2
4 .
387. James Reynolds
1
4 .
388. Pet'.n-
1
3 .
389. Wiliiant
1
3 .
ANN ARUNDEL CO.:
390. James
3
2 .
391. John
1
2 .
392. Rebecca
2 .
393. Robert
i
3 .
394. Nicholas
1
1
395. Tobias
1
4 .
QUEEN ANNES CO.:
396. James
KENT CO.:
397. Hugh
CAROLINE CO.:
398. Francis
PRINCE GEORGE CO.:
399. Thos. Runnells
400. Thos. Runnells
( repetition ?)
WASHINGTON CO.:
401. Elizab. Runnalds
402. Joseph
403. Lucy Runnalds
404. Wm. Runnels
ST. MARYS CO.:
405. John
406. John
407. .Mary
40S. Newman
409. Robert
FREDERICK CO.:
■110. .1 ami's
■111. J limes
•112. Huu'h
413. Thonui-i
BALTIMORE CO.:
414. Siiruh K.niuls
12 1.3
1.1.2
3 . . 1 .
1
3
4
3
1
3
4
1
3
1
5
5
3
3
3
2
3
2
1 1
1 1
1 .
1 1
BLACK RIVKK. upprr IIundrrd(Ball. Co.
4ir>. Thonms 1.1.
MONT(;()MKRY CO..
416. Ella 2.2.
K. NOTTINGHAM IIINDRKD (Cecil Co.
417. Thdiim^ 3 2 3.
No. MILLFORD IIINDRKD (Cecil Co.)
4I.S. Htnry 2 4 4.
No. SI SQtIEHANNAH IH'ND. (CccllCo.
419. J act. Sin.
4:!0. Ki.-hard 18 3.
W. NOTTINGIIA.M lUNUUED (Cecil Co.
421. David 1.2.
422. I-.niol 3.2.
A
B
C
423. Jacob
4
2
5
424. Jacob, jr..
1
2
425. Jesse
2
5
7
426. Joseph
2
4
5
427. Levy
1
3
4
428. Samuel
4
1
6
429. Stephen
2
1
1
430. Stephen, jr..
1
3
2
4.'!1. William
2
1
3
D E
1 3
3 7
. 3
15 4
. 2 3
Chatham Co.:
|.')'J. Florence
2
2
EDENTON DIST.. Hertford
Co.
460. Thos. Rynolds
1
SALISHl RY DISTRICT:
Rowan Co.:
|.;i Ih-nrv
I
2
1
4 112. Richard Renolds
1
I
2
Surrv Co.:
4t,:i. Kzi-kiel
1
1
5
464. Nathaniel
1
1
3
46.1 Joni'H
1
2
3
!•;»•,. Willliim
1
6
1
467. .Sophia
1
2
I
Irrdrll Co.:
Ii.s. VVIllinin RaynaUh
1
1
4
MonlKumery Co.:
169. AiidtTion Kaynaldn
2
2
170. Jurnci
2
4
S
Stokn Co.:
471. John RcnnoldA
2
2
2
472. Justice
1
i
2
NORTH CAROLINA
Census of 1790
ABODE
MORGAN DISTRICT:
Burke Co.:
432. Wm. Renault 1.1..
Lincoln Co.:
433. Jonathan 1 • 4
434. Jonathan 12 3
435. Jonathan 115
436. Perry 1 • 2
437. Rd. 1.2
438. Rd. jr.. Ill
439. Sarah 13 3
440. Thomas 1 . 2
441. WillJam 111
442. V/llliam 14 3
Wilkes Co.:
443. Elisha
444. Frank
445. James
Rutherford Co.:
44G. Mary Renals
NEWBERN DISTRICT:
Dobbs Co.:
447. Christopher
448. Mary
Jones Co.:
449. Ephraim
HILLSBORO DISTRICT:
Randolph Co.:
450. David
451. Jaremiah
452. William
Wake Co.:
!r,3. Jethro
454. Ji.hn
455. Michael
456. William
157. William
C->sweIl Co., St. Lawrence Dist
•158. Hamelton
1
3 . .
5
1
6 . .
1
4
2
1
1
1 . .
1
2
4 . 2
3
2
1 . .
4
3
6 . .
1
ist
2
2
72
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
SOUTH CAROLINA
Census of 1790
A B C D E
BEAUFORT DISTRICT:
473. Benjamin 1 1 2 . 47
474. Jonathan 1 . 2 . 10
475. Richard 2.2. 8
476. William 2 . 1 . 45
477. William (repetition?) 2 . 1 . 45
CHERAW DISTRICT:
478. Abraham 111
479. Edmund 12 5
480. Edmund 16 3
481. Edward 2 3 3
482. John 3 1
483. John, jr., 17 4
484. William 12 3
ORANGEBURGH DIST.. So. Part:
485. John 1.4.
486. John 1 . . 2
GEORGETOWN DIST., Prince George
Parish:
487. Mark 13 4.
96 District. Laurens Co.:
488. William 1.4.
96 District. Edgefield
Co.
489. Fielding
1
1
2
5
490. Tom
1
2
491. William
1
3
3
4
492. Benjamin
1
2
493. Elizabeth
3
2
4
494. Thomas
2
1
7
1
96 District, Spartanburg Co.:
495. John Runnalds 112.
496. William Runnalds 3 2 5.
96 District. Newbery Co.:
497. Daniel 2 11.
CAMDEN DIST., Fairfield Co.:
498. Hugh 2 3 3.
Camden District, Lancaster Co.:
499. Isaac Renolds 2 3 2 1
500. Joshua 2 4 111
501. William 15 2 1
Camden District, Chester Co.:
502. Martin Renolds 2 4 5.
CHARLESTON DIST., St. PhUips & St.
Mich. Parish:
503. Geo. Rennolds 2.2. 3
504. John Rennolds 1.1.8
Charleston Dist., Colleton Co., St. John's
Parish:
505. James 115. 5
506. James 12 4 1 6
507. W. (Esta.) 1 ... 21
Charleston Dist., St. Bartolomew's Parish:
508. Joseph Reynals 1 1 2 . 12
VIRGINIA
State Censuses between 1782-86
Census of 1790 was burned and lost
Other
White Black Houses Dwells.
ISLE OF WIGHT CO.:
509. Rowland R. 8 7
510. Sharp 5 14
GLOUCESTER:
ill. William 7 .
CUMBERLAND CO.i
512. Obadiah 6 . 14
SHENANDOAH:
513. Joseph
514. Thomas
HAMPSHIRE CO.:
515. John 4
516. John Rannalls 6 .
517. Wm. Reynald 4
518. Wm. Rannells 6 4
ESSEX CO.:
519. John 5 7
ROCKINGHAM CO.:
520. Jno. 4 1
ORANGE CO.:
521. Joseph 4 5
522. Richard 7 6
523. William 8 7
CHARLOTTE CO.:
524. Joseph 8 1
525. William 6 2
HALIFAX CO.:
526. John 4
NORFOLK CO.:
527. David 5
AMHERST CO.:
528. Charles 7 7
529. Charles (same) 6
FREDERICK CO.:
530. Anthony 6
531. Thomas 4 1
ALBEMARLE CO.:
532. D. 5
533. James Runnels 8
534. S. 5
535. V/m. 4
53G. Wm, sr.. 2
PITTSYLVANIA CO.:
537. Hugh 4
538. John 6
539. Joseph 5
540. Richard 9
541. Spencer 8 2
CITY OF WILUAMBURG:
542. John 4 2
543. Mrs. 2
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 78
II
SOME MISCELLANEOUS EARLY REYNOLDSES
Who Were They?
By Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.
(A)
ROBERT REYNOLDS, of Wethersfield, Conn., "went to the fort, and
died in Saybrook, in 1662." His children were:
Reinold
Mary
Hannah. (See: Hinman, Settlers of Conn. p. 68)
(It seems Robert Reynolds of Boston, is somewhat confused with this
Robert.)
(B)
I. ROBERT REYNOLDS, sr., of "Pulling Point, Mass." b— d.— buried
Sept. 6, 1705, o.s., in property transfers mentioned as "fisher-
man" (farmer). Administered his son Robert's estate 1705.
Robert's own will dated May 29, 1705, o.s., three days after
his son Robert was buried:
"Robert Renall of Pulling Point in New England, husband-
man— all my estate — to be my said wife Elizabeth's — and after
sd. wife's decease my will is that — what — shal then be left
shall be — equally divided amongst my children surviving: viz.:
Elizabeth, Ann, Mary, Sarah, John, Abigail." Signed will by
his mark. Letter of admistration, Suffolk, Boston, Registry of
Deeds:
"Robert Renalls late of Pulling Point — yeoman — is hereby
committed unto his wife and relict Elizabeth Renalls, sole ex-
ecutor."
It is possible his wife was the "Mrs. Reynolds" buried in
Boston, January 31, 1718, o.s. Children in will probably in
order of age.
II. Robert, jr., b. about 1685, d. 1705, buried May 26, 1705, o.s.
four months before his father, "brazier, of Pulling Point."
Unmarried. Letter of administration May 13, 1705, o.s. (?) ""To
Robert Reynolds father of Robert Reynolds late of Boston —
brazier, deceased — said son (being a bachelor.)"
II. Elizabeth, b. January 2, 1669 o.s.
II. Ann, b. August 11, 1670 o.s. m. Thos. Emmons, Jan. 7,1710, by
Rev. Cotton Mather.
II. Mary, b. 1675?
II. Sarah, b. m.
II. John, b. m. (Susanna Storey, Sept. 5, 1706)?
(Sarah Button, int. Aug. 19, 1726)?
II. Abigail, b
In a suit of attachment in Boston, "15 5th mo. 1662" a Robert Ronals
and others were arrested for debt. First Mate of ship deposed that
Ronals and others deserted and refused to "doe any worke about the
saide ship Anne." Robert thereupon petitioned to be released from
pri.son, signs "robart Renolls." This probably not tho Pulling Point
Robert.
The above John may have been any of the following in the Boston
marriagf records:
"John Renolds & Susanna Storey by Mr. Cotton Mather, Sept. 5, 1706.
"John Renall.s & Ruth Pitman, Rev. Peter Thatcher, Presb. Aug. 25,
1720.
"John Renalls & Sarah Button, Aug. 19, 1726 (intention only)
74 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
"John Renolds & Rebecca Lupton, Dr. Benj. Colman, Presb., Jan. 6,
1731.
"John Reynolds & Martha Dezekiel, Rev. John Moorhead, Oct. 24,
1734."
(CO
HENRY REYNOLDS, Salem, Mass., m. Sarah (who may have
been the Sarah Reynolds, who came over in the ship "Eliza-
beth" of Ipswich to New England, in 1634.) (Information from
Essex Antiquarian.) "Mr. Renell" 8th April 1629, mentioned
at Salem, possibly his father. Member First Church of Salem,
1653. Received grant of land in Salem, 1642, 2 da. 3 mo. —
"Henry Reynolds is to have a ten-acre lott next to Wellm.
Keng." 25th 11th mo. 1642. "Henry Reynolds 5 acres at the
great pond."
Essex Antiquarian, IV: 125: Salem Court. 27, 10, 1642. "Sara,
wife of Henry Reynolds of Salem presented for pilfering. Now
in childbed.
Was in Lynn ("Lyme") 1647.
Essex Antiq. VI: 109: Court. 26, 10, 1648: "Henry Renolds to
stay in stocks half hour for beating his wife; but at her re-
quest, he was only fined." 11. 5th mo., 1649: "Henry Rennall's
wife at her request, has her husband's sentence of staying in
the stocks remitted."
7th da. 8th mo. 1665: "Henery Reynolds" made Salem Con-
stable 1667, 1669, which job he apparently held most of rest
of his life as he remained thereafter in Salem.
Made a freeman of Salem, sworn 1st da. 5th mo. 1657.
He conveyed property in Salem several times, especially
April 10, 1683, July 6th, 1689. Built a house 1661. Petitioned
against imposts 1668.
Essex Probate Records give inventory of "Henry Reinoles,
May 13, 1693" from which we may assume he died that year.
Nowhere are any children mentioned.
Vv^iil of eccentric Frances Axe: 1, 10th mo., 1670: "I give
Sarah Rennals of Salem: one shepe, and one pare of sheetes."
April 2, 1679, Henry witnessed a transfer of land.
(D)
EDWARD REYNOLDS, mentioned in Marblehead, Mass., 1671, probably
a sailor.
(E)
I.. JOHN REYNOLDS, Barrington, Nova Scotia, during the Revolution,
1776. m. Temperance .
He signed a petition with other Barrington, N. S., settlers
not many years before emigrated from Massachusetts, asking
help and protection from Massachusetts, stating themselves
"being settlers from Mass. Bay." (Mass. Archives, Vol. 211,
p. 122.)
Like Captain Nathaniel Reynolds (see part IV herein) of
Amherst, N. S., or Benjamin Reynolds of Newport, N. S., he
may have come back to Mass. during the Revolution and joined
the Revolutionary military forces. I know no more than is
here given, nor what part of "Mass. Bay" he came from. His
children :
I. Temperance, b. Nov. 26, 1776.
L John, b. July 20, 1779.
L Samuel, b. Sept. 8, 1781.
L Joshua, b. Nov. 2, 1783.
I. Joseph Atwood, b. Dec. 15, 1785.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 76
(F)
WILLIAM REYNOLDS, Plymouth, Mass., m. Alice Kitson there, August
30, 1638. He was in Duxbury, 1636, February. Had grant of
land in Duxbury and soon after the Government allowed him
to build, 1637-8 was presented in Court for being "drunk at
Mr. Hopkins his house, that he lay under the table vomiting in
a beastly manner and was taken up between two."
Was one of John Howland's crew on shipboard in the Ken-
nebeck River which was attacked and two of which were killed,
after a dispute with contending traders, Hocking Affair, 1634.
1G53 Freeman of Mass. to whom grant of 200 acres at Ken-
nebunk four or five years before had been made. April, 1634
was working for John Howland at Plymouth.
Received land on Duxbury side Feb. 6, 1637; owned cattle
1638; sold land 1640. Cape Porpoise, 1653.
A John and Ann Reynolds in Plymouth in 1660. There was
a William Reynolds in Providence with Roger Williams early
in 1637, May, thought to have come from Worcestershire.
(G)
MIDDLEBOROUGH, MASS., REYNOLDS FAMILY
(Many Revolutionary Soldiers of this line will be found in the 1916
Reynolds Family Annual Report. American Ancestor of this line,
sometimes called the "Electius' Line, is unknown — might possibly be
of the William of Providence or William of Plymouth lines. No living
descendants known.)
L ELECTIOUS REYNOLDS of Middleborough, Mass., b. 1653, d. June
19, 1738, aet 85, Middleboro, Mass.
IL Benjamin b. Aug. 4, 1693 (April?) m. Mch. 10, 1727, Sarah
Smith.
IL Mary, b. Sept. 12, 1699, m. Jun. 18, 1728, Ambrose Braley.
IL Hannah, b. Oct. 13, 1702, m. Thos. Wascott of Dighton, 29
Oct. 1723.
II. Ephraim, b. Jan. 14, 1704/5 (Feb. 14?), m. Aug. 16, 1639, Alice
Braley.
II. Electious, 2d., b. Feb. 21, 1706/7, m. Apr. 1, 1731, Charity
Caswell.
IL ELECTIOUS REYNOLDS, (Electious; b. Feb. 21, 1706/7. Middle-
boro, Mass., d. m. Charity Caswell, April 1, 1731,
"both of Middleboro."
III. Jemima, b. Oct. 1, 1731.
III. Charity, b. Dec. 6, 1732.
III. Electious, b. Apr. 1, 1734. Was he Rev. sold. No. 100 in 1916
R. F. A. Report?
Ill Ezekiel, b. Dec. 31, 1735.
III. Judah, b. Apr. 1, 1737.
in. Kno3, b. A|)i-. 19, 1739. Probably Rev. sold. No. 107 in 1916
R. F. A. Report.
IlL Joshua, b. Dec. 31, 1740.
in. Sarah, b. Sept. 21, 1742.
IL EPHRAIM REYNOLDS, of Middleboro (son of Electious, sr., b.
Jan. 11, (or Feb. 14) 1704/05, Middleboro, Mass.. m. Aug. 16,
1739, Alice Braley, of Middleboro.
111. .loci R. b. Oct. 20, 1741, m. Jan. 16, 1766, Hannah Fry.
111. Hannah, b. Sept. 9, 1743
CHARLES REYNOLDS, of Mid«!lclM)ro, Mass., b. d.
Hannah, b. Feb. 14, 1714/15, m. Saml. Hayford, 2 July 1741 of
Middleboro.
Sarah, b. Feb. 4, 1716, m. John Hod.^^on, 2 March, 1739.
Deborah, b. Mch. 10. 1717/18, m. John Bennett of M. 8 Apr. 1736
7C THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
*Chas., b. Jul. 13, 1724, m. Ruth Niles, of M. 25 May, 1744.
Desire, b. Dec. 13, 1726, m.
Sarah, b. March 10, 1717/8 ?
•(Perhaps Charles was Revol. Soldier, No. 53 in 1916 R. F. A. Report.)
ISAAC REYNOLDS, of Middleboro, Mass., b. d.--
m. 1707, Dorothy Seeker or Seele, Selee, etc., of Bridgewater,
\Tq gg
Dorothy, b. Oct. 29, 1708, m. Dec. 21, 1728, John Niles, Brain-
tree.
Elizabeth, b. Jan. 30, 1710/11, (Jan. 28, 1709/10)
Mary, b. July 7, 1713 (Jul. 17, 1712?) m. 2 Mar. 1738/9, John
Hodson.
Benjamin b. June 4, 1715.
Isaac, b. Jul. 17, 1721, m. Aug. 10, 1743, Mercy (Mary?) Niles
of Middleboro.
Catherine, b. July 2, 1725, m. Elisha Mayo, jr., Apr. 22, 1742
of Middleboro.
The following items from the Middleboro, Mass., records, belong to
this Family:
Isaac Reynolds, m. Dec. 3, 1767, Huldah Reynolds.
Isaac Reynolds, m. Dec. 19, 1790, Tamar Rowland.
Ezra Reynolds, m. April 9, 1776, Sarah Hayford.
Ephraim Reynolds, m. March 17, 1776, Elizabeth Douglas.
Benjamin Reynolds, m. Sept. 5, 1780, Mary Dennison.
Mary Reynolds, m. Jotham Caswell, Jan. 11, 1732/3.
Charles Reynolds, m. March 31, 1774, (or 1714) Sarah Smith.
(H)
SAMUEL REYNOLDS, Revolutionary Soldier in Maine, afterwards
settled near Machias, Me., permanently. Was probably related
to Eliphalet Reynolds of Addison, Me., who received pension.
Eliphalet pensioned as "of the Conn, line." Census of 1790
gives himself, 2 sons under 16, and his wife. Samuel is else-
where mentioned once as "of the Conn, line."
The 1916 Reynolds F. Report gives p. 66, Rev. Solds. 91-95
were Eliphalets, all from Lyme, Conn., so perhaps Samuel of
this strain. Lived a while in Trescott, Me.
1916 Reynolds F. Report, p. 100-101: Rev. Solds. Nos. 383-
389 may all be this same Samuel.
Diary of Col. John Allan, printed in Fredk. Kidder: Revolu-
tionary Operations in Eastern Maine and Nova Scotia: p. 157:
"Monday, Dec. 8, 1777: Samuel Reynolds of the Artillery was
confined on suspicion of deserting from the Continental Army,
one of the same name being arrested in the Boston Gazette in
June last. . . .
"Dec. 10th: Dismissed Reynolds as it is the opinion of the
officers he is not the person advertised." He was a gunnery
and artillery sergeant, or "matrosse."
He has descendants to this day around Lubec, Machias, and
Eastport, Me.
(I)
I. ALBRO REYNOLDS, Woodstock, Conn., and Dudley, Mass.
m. Olive Hovey (Intention filed Feb. 9, 1771,) Dudley, Mass.,
he "of Woodstock." Served in Revolution, marching on the
Lexington alarm six days, then "of Woodstock, Conn.," He
enlisted Woodstock, 1775. Resident of Dudley, Mass., when
Census of 1790 taken, which gives his family as himself; 3
sons under 16; 6 females; then only Reynolds in Worcester Co.
He is Rev. Sold. No. 2 in the 1916 Reynolds F. Report. He had:
n. Elisha, b. Oct. 14, 1779, m. Betsey Hiles (?), of Thompson,
Int., June 14, 1799.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 77
II. Olive, b. m. Joseph Palmer, Nov. 13, 1796.
(This Olive might have been the mother, widowed.)
II. Stephen, b. Jan. 17, 1777, d. March 15, 1851.
II. STEPHEN REYNOLDS, (Albro), b. Jan. 17, 1777, Woodstock, Ct.,
d. Charlton, Mass., March 15,1851, consumption, aet 74-2-28.
Farmer of Charlton, Mass. m. Bethany Allen, who was b. Sept.
11, 1776, Oxford, d. Charlton, May 20, 1873, aet 97-8.
III. Stephen, b. Mar. 25, 1798, Dudley, d. Southbridge, March 26,
1871. m. Oct. 24, 1819, Sybil Vinton, b. Jan. 4, 1799, d. March
27, 1871.
III. Mathilda, b. m. Leonard Carpenter, 1817.
III. Walter, b. m. Phebe Pope, Dec. 1, 1823.
IIL Willard, b. — m. Chloe Pope, Aug. 31, 1823.
(J)
JOHN REYNOLDS OF SAYBROOK, CONN.
(From: Perkins, "Old Houses of Norwich" p. 561)
L 1 JOHN REYNOLDS: b. d. 1702. m. Sarah Backui.
II. 1 John b. 1655. Killed by Indians in 1675.
II. 2 Sarah b. 1656, d. 1703, m. 1685, John Post, b. 1657, d. 1690.
s. Joseph and Hester (Hyde) Post.
IL 3 Susannah, b. 1658. d.
II. 4 Joseph b. 1660, d. 1728/9, m. 1688, Sarah Edgerton, b. 1667,
d. 1714. dau. Rich, and Mary (Sylvester) Edgerton.
II. 5 Mary, b. 1664, d. 1727/8; m. (1) 1689/0 John Edgerton, b.
1662, d. 1692, brother of Joseph's wife. m. (2) 1697, as second
wife, Saml. Lathrop, 2d.
II. 6 Elizabeth, b. 1666, d. m. (1) 1687 Jonathan Fowler,
alias Smith, b. 1650, d. 1690, son of Capt. Wm. and Mary (Tapp)
Fowler of Milford, Ct., m. (2) Lyman.
II. 7 Stephen, b. 1669, d. 1687.
IL 8 Lydia, b. 1671, d. m. 1693/4 Benj. Miller. Possibly
s. of Geo. Miller of New London, Ct.
IL 4 JOSEPH REYNOLDS: b. 1660, d. 1728/9, m. 1688, Sarah Edger-
ton, b. 1667, d. 1714. dau. of Rich, and Mary (Sylvester) Edger-
ton.
III. 1 John, b. 1691, d. 1742, Lydia Lord, b. 1694, d. 1786, dau.
Cap. Rich, and Elizabetr (Hyde) Lord of Lyme, Ct.
III. 2 Mary, b. 1693/4, d. 1781, m. bef. 1717, Robt. Warren, b.
1694, d. 1786.
III. 3 Joseph, b. 1695/6, d. 1756, m. 1717, Hannah Bingham, b.
1696/7, d. 1787, dau. Thos. and Hannah (Backus) Bingham.
III. 4 Stephen, b. 1698, d. 1731/3, m. 1725, Mary Sanford, b.
d. perhaps dau. Samuel, (or Thos.) Sanford or Milford, Ct.
III. 5 Daniel, b. and d. 1701.
III. 6 Lydia, b. 1702/3.
III. 7 Daniel, b. 1705, d. 1706/7.
III. 8 Sarah, b. 1707. m. 1725, John (or Jonathan) Calkins.
IIL 1 JOHN REYNOLDS: h. 16'J1, d. 1742, m. Lydia lyjrd, b. 1694, d.
1786, dau. of Capt. Richard and Eliz. (Hydo) Reynolds Lord of
Lyme, Conn. He probably lived in Lyme, Conn.
IV. 1 Deborah, b. 1721, d. m. (1) 1741, Joshua Bishop,
b. 1717, s. Samuel and Surah (Forbes) Bishop, ni. (2) Danl.
Whitmore of Middletown.
IV. 2 Anna, b. 1723, d. 1771, m. 1747, Capt. Thos. Fanning, b. about
1723, died 1790.
IV. 3 Sarah, b. 1725, d. 1747, m. 1744, Jeremiah Huntington.
78 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
IV. 4 Ruth, b. 1727/8, d. 1755, m. 1747, Nathanl. Shipman, b.
d. 1805.
IV. 5 John, b. 1730, d. 1752, Killed on Long Island by horse nrn-
ning against tree.
IV. 6 Joseph, b. 1732, d. 1792, m. 1755, Phebe Lee, b. 1736, d. 1818.
IV. 7 Abigail, b. 1734, d. m. 1751, Danl. Kelly, b. 1726,
d. , son of Jos. and Lvdia (Calkins) Kelly.
IV. 8 Lydia, b. 1736, d. 1815, m. Dea. Seth Ely, b. 1734, d. 1821,
s. of Rich, and Phebe (Hubbard) Ely of Lyme, Ct.
IV. 9 Elizabeth, b. 1738/9, d. m. between 1762-72, Col.
John Sumner, of Middletown, Ct.
IV. 6 JOSEPH REYNOLDS: b. 1732, d. 1792, m. 1755, Phebe Lee, b.
1736, d. 1818, dau. of Elisha and Hepzibah ( ) Lee of
Lyme, Ct.
V. 1 Rufus, b. 1736, d. 1832.
V. 2 Sarah, b. 1758, d. 1759.
V. 3 Phebe, b. 1760, d. 1832 unm.
V. 4 John, b. 1762, d. m. Hannah Halsey of Long Island.
V. 5 Sarah, b. 1764, d. 1843, unm.
V. 6 Joseph, b. 1766, d. 1844, m. (1) 1801 Hannah Ingles of Phila., b.
1784, d. 1816, dau. of Geo. and Eliz. Ingles., m. (2) 1818, Anna
(or Nancy) Colt, b. 1782, dau. of Farwell and Anna (Tracy) Colt.
V. 7 Enoch, b. and d. 1767.
V. 8 Elisha, b. 1769, drowned at sea 1799.
V. 9 Anne, b. 1771, d. 1786.
V. 10 Abigail, b. 1774, d. 1851, m. 1795, Capt. Giles L'Hommedieu,
b. about 1768, d. 1859.
V. 11 Enoch, b. 1776, d. 1833, m. 1800, Sally Canfield, of Middle-
town, Ct. (To Luzerne, Pa. and Washington, D. C, was of-
ficer in Treasury Dept. for many years.)
V. 12 Charles, b. 1780, d. 1823, at Richmond, 0., m. Mary Sage,
b. about 1786, d. 1837, of Middletown, Ct.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 79
III
ROBERT REYNOLDS, of BOSTON
(In the 1915 Report the Will of Robert Reynolds, shoemaker, dated
Boston, "20th day, 2nd month, 1658," was published in full. In the
Suffolk County Registry of Probate, Court House, Pemberton Square,
Boston, Vol. Ill, old paging, 147, is found the following inventory ac-
companying probate of the will. Inventory dated July 27, 1659 o.s.:)
"An Inventory of the Estate of Robert Reynolds"
tt A bedsteedle as it stands £ 01 05.00
" one feather bed; two bolsters & two pillowes 02 10.00
" A rugg & blankett 01 10.00
" Curtaines & Valance 01 10.00
" A livery Cubbard 01 00.00
" A table & two formes 01 06.08
" 3 chaires 00 12.00
" A Carpitt 9s & a table 6s 00 15.00
" A Chest 8s a box 2s & bedsteedle 8s 00 18.00
" 43 lb of flour at 12d p. lb 02 03.00
" in tow OS in a chest 5s 00 08.00
" A great Coate 02 00.00
" Cloth seut 02 05.00
" A short Coate 01 10.00
" A Cloake 02 10.00
" 2 wastcoates & a paire of drawrs 00 12.00
" A troupe Coate drawrs & doublett 02 05.00
" 2 hates 01 15.00
" in stockins 00 12.00
" 8 bushells of Rye 01 12.00
" 3 bushells of wheate 00 13.06
" in working geare 00 06.00
" 8 bushells of mault 01 12.00
" 1 bushel) of Indian Corne 00 03.00
" in Bibles & bookes 02 00.00
" 3 yds 1/2 of Holland 01 10.06
" 13 yrds of Cotton Cloth 01 06.00
" in shirts 02 04.00
" 2 p of sheetes 03 10.00
" 3 p of sheetes 02 16.00
" 3 p of sheetes 01 14.00
" 4 pillowbers 01 04.00
" 8 table clothes 02 10.00
" 15 napkins 01 02.06
" in Cushons 00 10.00
" 2 bedds 01 15.00
" 3 doz of Lasts 00 06.00
" 11 neckes of Leather 00 16.00
" 3 sides of sole Leather 02 11.00
" 2 sides of upper Leather 02 10.00
" in pewter 02 00.00
" 1 brasse Candlesticke 00 03.06
" 1 iron pott 00 06.00
" 1 Coper Kettle 00 06.00
" A frying pan 00 02.00
" A paire of Andirons 00 10.00
" fyre shovell & tongues 00 04.00
" A paire of hellow.s 00 02.00
" A pestell & moter 00 03.00
" in trenchers 00 02.00
" in iron ware 00 04.06
" 1 muskett sword & bandellrs 02 00.00
80 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
tt in match lOd Rozine & pitch 4s £ 00 04.10
" in tubbs & old baggs 00 15.00
" 1 spite with other small thinges 00 03.00
" 2 ceives 2s V2 a bushell 00 04.10
" 1 trammell & chaffer 00 03.06
" 2 Kellers 2 trays & a Gridiron 00 07.06
" in bacon 00 05.00
" more in leather 01 00.00
" in Land at Long Island 01 10.00
" in woode 02 15.00
" In meaddow at Muddy River 20 00.00
" in money 13 10.00
" A house & Land in Boston 110 00.00
" In debts in the booke 120 00.00
£ 336 19.10
prized by
NATHANIELL BISHOP
RICHARD WOODY
At a Countie Court held at Boston 27 July 1659 Mary Reynolds de-
posed this pap. to be a true Inventory of her Late husbands Robert
Reynolds Estate to her best knowledge that when she knowes more
she will discover it. Edw. Rawson, Recorder"
Notes: The yellowed original in the Court-house is not added up.
"Long Island" was probably in Boston Harbor; "Muddy River" is mod-
ern Brookline, Mass. "Doublett," an obsolete, close-fitting garment for
men, reaching to the waist or a little below. "Bandoleer," soldier's
broad leather belt, slung over the shoulder and used for carrying musket
or ammunition. "Trammel," an iron hook for hanging vessels over the
fire: or, perhaps, a fish-net. "Chaffer," warmer?
The 2 "Bibles & bookes" (is interesting cause for speculation. Mr.
Isaac N. Reynolds of Montello, Mass., possesses one of these ancient
"bookes" a voluminous treatise on the religious controversies of the
day, upon, the now missing fly-leaf of which was inscribed: "Nathaniell
Reynolds, Boston."
Was the military equipment above listed the property of Robert, or
of his son, Lieut. Nathaniel of the Ancient & Hon. Artill. Co.?
Book debts receivable 120 is so large that probably it is mostly a
loan to some one. "tt" stands for "item."
The "house & land in Boston" was the present Southeast corner of
Washington and Milk Streets, the modern Boston Transcript Building.
The inventory is unusually interesting as showing the complete
furnishing of a home of a well-to-do Bostonian of 1659.
What has become of these things ? Perhaps the heirlooms went to
female descendants.
Inventory copied by: Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 81
(IV)
CAPTAIN NATHANIEL REYNOLDS:
of IMachias, Me., a Tragic Romance of the Revolution
(All rights of reproduction reserved by Marion H. Reynolds, A. B.)
Captain Nathaniel Reynolds: (John: 2 Nathaniels: Robert) b. Bever-
ly, Mass., Oct. 25, 1730. Drowned at sea near Marblehead, Mass., Jan.
or Feb. 1782 (certainly before 15 Sept. 1786.) Of Fifth Generation,
Robert of Boston Line. He is often confused by recent genealogists
with Benjamin Revnolds of Bristol (Benjamin; Nathaniel; Robert) who
was b. Nov. 15, 1722. .
Nathaniel was succesively shoe-maker, marine and naval captain, and
army captain in the Revolution. Of Marblehead, Mass.; Amherst, N. S.;
Machias (Lubec), Me. In 1755 was "cord-wainer" (shoe-maker) in
Marblehead:
"Marblehead. Jan. 15, 1755. Whereas the shop of . . . Nathaniel
Reynolds, cordwainer, adjoining to the other was broken open and
three pairs of shoes stolen, 1 pair finished, the others not; if any
person will make drsccvery of the thief or thieves, he shall have
5 DOLLARS reward." (Adv.-Boston Eve. Post.) (1)
In 1755, during the French & Indian War ("Seven Years War," in
Europe,) the British drove the French settlers out of Acadia (vid. Long-
fellow's "Evangeline"), now Nova Scotia about Minas Basin, and at-
tractive offers of land were made in New England colonists to migrate
and settle around the Bay of Fundy, particularly about Cumberland
Basin, Chignecto Bay and" Minas Basin. To this land of Evangeline,
many Massachusetts residents, among them our Nathaniel, went.
Passengers on sloop "Sally," Robert Lovatt, Master, May, 1760, from
Newport, R. I., and way ports to Falmouth, N. S., — included Nathaniel
Reynolds and familv of four. He was assigned two lots of land at
Falmouth, N. S., near Grand Pre. Nov. 15, 1760. but in the lists of
Falmouth and Newport, N. S., bf^tween 1760-62, further mention of him
cannot be found. He seems to have removed very soon over to Cumber-
land Ba<^in. and settled for some fifteen years at or near Amherst, N. S.,
— then part of a settlement spoken of as Chignecto after an Indian tribe.
Nathaniel, jr., and succeedinrr children were born there between 1765
and 1776. On July 9, 1772, Nathaniel was a grantee of Amherst lands.
His cousin once removed, Benjamin of Bristol, R. I., went about 1761,
or possibly even on the "Sallv" above from Newport, R. I., to Newport,
N. S., only a few miles from the above Fa'mouth, where he received 1761
"one share" in Newport, N. S. Further I know nothinnr of him, though
some historians have sadly mived him un with Nathaniel, and particul-
arlv as Nathaniel's eldest son was a B'njamin Reynolds.
When the American Revolution broke out in 1775, Nathaniel (and
Beniamin of Bristol probably likewise) was one of the former Mass-
achusetts Bay men in Tory Nova Scotia to whom life, among over-
whelming numbers of the Loyalist enemy, became as bitter'y unendur-
able as the life of an arrant Torv in Boston. In 1785 Col. Jonathan
Eddy, one of that number of refugees who fled to Machias. Me., in
1776, wrote a momorial to Congress requesting lands as reward for
their military efforts: (3)
"A return of refugees of Nova Scotia who left that Province in
the year 1776, with their fornuT and present places of residence:
. . . 10. C-intain Nathaiiifl R'-yno'ds — former residence, Mass.;
present residence, (*) Mass."
Now John Allan with other refugees left Cumberland, N. S., Aucrust
3, 177r!, in an open boat, sailed down the Bay of Fundy; arrived Pass-
(1) Emeu HUt. lint. Cotlrttlon* 48 :M.
(8) Fni'k. KM'.r: Rrvol OrTntlon. In E. M»». nn-l V. <? "A INt of tnhnhltnnbi In
Cumfxrlnnd who \ctt thrt pincp on nccoiint of thr »'n»""V."
(•) Mnin<- thi>n l>.'Ionf.>.| ».. Mnit F l.'v wn/i tK-n In SSnron. Mni< . «ntl npnarcntly
did not know of NuthnnioI'H trni'ic ili-nth in 17H2.
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amaquoddy (Lubec) on August 11th, and Machias 13th. There they
met Col. Jno. Eddy who was at the head of about eighty adventurers
with a ship and various small craft, about to set out upon a reckless
attack on Ft. Cumberland, N. S.
Nathaniel was one of a committee of seven in charge among the
refugees with Allan, but it seems Nathaniel was attracted by the ad-
venture of Eddy, and the prospect of an opportunity to snatch his
family away from Loyalist Nova Scotia, where he had left them at Am-
herst, so he turned immediately around and went back with Eddy's party
as army Captain in the rash and disastrous assault on Ft. Cumberland.
Eddy's expedition captured a British vessel at Annapolis, N. S., in early
November, 1776, but finding the owner in sympathy with the Revolu-
tion, released it. Then his expedition proceeded to Shepody Bay, and ap-
proached Cumberland overland by way of Sackville. An inaccurate fami-
ly tradition, handed down over 100 years, fits in about here:
"Once during the Revolution, Captain Nathaniel Reynolds vainly
attempted to rescue his family from Tory Nova Scotia by a bold
strategy. Single-handed, he captured a small vessel in the night,
boarded from a log canoe, secured the watch, demanded the cabin
key of the Captain, pistol in hand, and quietly locked him in. The
Captain supposed he had several men with him. This was in Cumber-
land Bay. He then attempted to work the vessel towards Amherst,
but with slow progress, being really alone, so that the guns of the
Ft. Cumberland were turned upon him by daylight and he was oblig-
ed to escape by his canoe in the fog and paddle his way baick to
Machias, Maine. The oflicers of the fort, suspecting he might be
secreted near his home, sought to intimidate his wife to divulge
his hiding-place, one of them firing his pistol, killing her lap-dog
imder her chair, and thus throwing her into a death-like swoon, as
her youngest son well remembered." (1)
Now what probably actually occurred, according to Eddy's report of
the attack on Ft. Cumberland to the Massachusetts Government (from
whom he had his authority) was: (2)
". . .1 afterwards sent another Boat-Load, (by night) ... to
take a Sloop which lay on the Flats below the Fort, loaden with
Provisions . . for the Garrison; after a Difficult March, they ar-
rived opposite the Sloop; on board was a Guard of 1 Sergt. & 12
men, who had they fir'd at our People, must have alarmed the
Garrison in such Manner as to have brought them on their Backs.
However, our men rushed Resolutely towards the Sloop up to their
Knees in Mud, which made such a Noise as to alarm the Gentry,
who hailed them & immediately called the Sergt. of the Guard:
The Sergt. on coming up. Ordered his Men to fire, but was immedi-
ately told by Mr. Row that if they fired one Gun, Every Man of
them should be put to Death; which so frightened the poor Devils
that they surrendered without firing a Shot, although our People
Could not board her without the Assistance of the Conquered who
let down Ropes to our Men to get up by. By this Time the Day
broke and the Rest of our Party made to their Assistance in the
Schooner. ... In the meanTime Came down Several Parties of
Soldiers from the Fort not Knowing the Sloop was taken (who)
as fast as they Came, were made Prisoners by our Men & order'd
on board; Among the Rest, Captain Barron, Engineer of the Garrison
and Mr. Eggieston who may be truly Called the Pest of Society;
and by unseasonable Drunkenness the Evening before, prevented his
own Escape and occasioned his being taken in Arms.
"The Sloop now beginning to float & the Fog breaking away,
we were discovered by Garrison, who observing our Sails loose
(1) As told by Mrs. Clara J. Reynolds. Pembroke, Me., 1876 (Rev. M. T. Runnels:
Reynolds Gen. Boston 1876 : No. 3374 & 34S1.)
(2) Fredk. Kidder: Rev. Operations in E. Me. and N. S. pp 67-72 and elsewhere.
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 8t
thought at first, it was done only with the Intent to dry them,
but soon Perceiving that we were under Way, fired several Cannon
shot at us & marched down a Party of 60 Men to attack us, but
we were at such distance, that all their Shot was of no Consequence.
We then sailed to Ft. Lawrence, another Part of the Township, and
there landed Part of the Stores. ..."
"Having left a small Guard on board of the Sloop to secure the
Prisoners, I marched the Remainder to Cumberland side of the River
and Encamp'd within about one mile of the Fort, & was there joined
by a Number of the Inhabitants so that our whole Force was now
about 180 men, but having several outposts, & many Prisoners to
take Care of the Number that Remained in Camp, did not Exceed
80 men. . . .
"We attempted to storm the Fort the Night of the 12th of Nov.
(1776) with our scaling Ladders . . . but finding the Fort to be
stronger than we imagined, we . . Retreated in good Order. . . .
In this Posture we . . cut off their Communications with the Coun-
try, Keeping them closely blocked up within the Fort, ... in the
mean Time on the 27th Nov. arrived in the Bay a Man-of-War from
Halifax, with a Reinforcement for the Garrison consisting of near
400 Men & landed on the day following. November 30th . . . The
enemy got partly within our Guards and about Sun-rise furiously
Rushed upon our Men who had but just Time to Escape and run into
the Bushes where our Men killed and wounded 15 of the Enemy while
we lost only one man Killed. . .
Jonathan Eddy
Maugerville on the River St. Johns
January 5, 1777."
Fort Cumberland was on the mouth of the River Missisquash below
Amherst and about opposite Ft. Lawrence. Now only a rew mounds re-
main to mark it. It is probable that Captain Nathaniel led the boarding
party which took the sloop mentiioned, and that the tradition fir^t cited
was bui:t upon this incident. His sons Benjamin and John, who were taking
care of their mother and smaller brothers and sisters at Cumberland
villa;(e, probably were among the "number of inhabitants" of Cumber-
land who joined Eddy's men in this attack. The above capture of the
sloop and the attack on the Fort occurred Nov. 10-12, 1776.
After the severe defeat, Eddy withdrew his forces toward Maine and
eventually abandoned the attack. About that time Colonel Jonathan
Allan formed a military organization centered at Machias which Captain
Nathaniel joined, being commissioned Captain of foot soldiers, and some
Indian aides.
The conduct of the British soldiers of the Fort toward the families
of Colonil Eddy's forces which were still in Amherst or Cumberland
(among them that of Nathaniel) was savage and cruel, as the incident
of the pet dog above related. Nova Scotia posted Captain Nathaniel
Reynolds as a "pirate" for his participation in Eddy's attack and offer-
ed a reward for him "dead or alive" of £100, which — to this day — no
one has claimed! Mrs. Lydia (Raymond) Reynolds, his wife, died in
Cumber'and shortly after this time, it seems.
Captain Nathaiii*-! Reynolds was at various times during 1777-78 en-
gaged in expeditions against Loyalists at St. Johns and the nearby Mis-
pechy Reach. At one time, alone, he set fire to a great quantity of
baled hay and press's on the marshts of Lepnau, New Bnmswick,
near St. Johns, which was prepared for nuiitary horse outfits of the
British operating in New York. In genera! his expeditions, upon which
he often had a number of Indian parties among his foot-soldiers, were
raiding expi'ditioiis much like those of Morgan in the Civil War, or of
Marion in tlie Revolution.
Some time during the Revolution, it may have been not long after
84 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
this (4) Nathaniel did succeed in secretly stealing his children away
from Cumberland or Amherst, and in bringing them in a large canoe
all the way down to Machias, Me., near where, at Lubec and Eastport,
several of his children and many descendants have since resided: (1)
"Nathaniel and his family secretly embarked in a dug-out and
landed at Salisbury Cove. He hid his family under a hay-stack
during the fighting, I do not know how many days. I can easily
see how it could be done, as on those marshes (near Cumberland)
hundreds and hundreds of sacks are built and up from the ground
some feet."
"He had been a sea-captain, but left his home in Nova Scotia at
the commencement of the Revolutionary War, to fight for the free-
dom of the Colonies. He could not return until after peace was de-
clared, when he found his wife dead, his children scattered, and his
property confiscated." (3)
The preceding tradition as to time does not exactly fit in with other
traditions. Nathaniel married a second time and was drowned (Jan. or
Feb. 1782) before the end of the Revolution, 1783.
When Colonel Eddy's defeated organization disbanded, we find the
following notices in Colonel John Allan's note-book: (2)
"Machias, Tuesday, Aug. 19, 1777: A party under Major Stillman,
Captains Reynolds and Dyer, joined by Captain Preble with Indians
set off for Cross Island to endeavor to make some prisoners."
"Machias, Friday, Aug. 22, 1777: This afternoon a prisoner taken
in Manley was set at large from the ship "Blonde" with a letter
directed to the officers, complaining of cruelty used by our people
in falling upon innocent men, requesting an exchange of prisoners
and expecting an answer in four hours, as he (British Captain) in-
tended sailing soon. Captain Reynolds returned the men he went
in quest of."
"Thurs. Aug. 28, 1777: Captain Reynolds came from Passama-
quoddy bringing in Captain Littlefield."
On August 13th, 1777, three British men-of-war had put into Machias
intending to whip Allan's troops and wipe out Machias settlement, but
Allan's soldiers in a very spirited, bold action, — much more distinguish-
ed than Eddy's attack, — drove the landing troops back to the British
vessels. Then the Machias men, among them our Captain Nathaniel
Reynolds, fitted up hastily a sloop-privateer with the gallant name
"Machias Liberty" and sailed audaciously out to fight the British men-
of-war. There was a hard-fought scrap in which the resolute Maine
frontiersmen and Nova Scotian refugees rather got the best of the en-
counter. After lying menacingly about some days, the British vessels
abandoned the attack and returned to Halifax. One of these vessels
was the "Blonde," the same which had brought reinforcements to Ft.
Cumberland, against Eddy, the fall before.
Allan's little army disbanded in January, 1778, and Captain Nathaniel
constantly active against the Nova Scotian Tories, partly because of his
family there, was even then still among them, though he next turns up
in Salem, Mass.
"Nathaniel Renolds: Petition dated Salem, March 27, 1778, signed
by Samuel Page, asking that said Renolds be commissioned as com-
mander of the schooner "Blackbird" (Privateer); ordered in Council
March 28, 1778, that a commission be issued." (1)
Elsewhere the above "Blackbird" is described before he became her
Master:
(4) Williamson. Hist, of Me. p 452, vol II : "Their families, who had remained be-
hind through a winter of severe suffering, were brought away in the spring, under
a flag of truce." Not too reliable.
(1) Mrs. Laura Ransom, Pembroke, Me., 1917.
(3) Rev. M. T. Runnels: Reynolds-Runnels Genealogy (-No. 3374.)
(2) Fredk. Kidder: Rev. Opertns. in E. Me. and N. S. pp 131-132.
(1) Mass: Soldiers & Sailors in the Revel.
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"Mass. schooner, Aug. 6, 1777, guns, 8; crew 20, Bond $5,000.
Master, Wm. Groves, Bonders; Wm. Groves, Salem, Mass.; Walter
Prue Bartlett; Salem; Eliphalet Hale, Exeter, N. H. Ov^^^ers: Bar-
tlett and others of Salem. Witnesses: Nich. Gilman; Nathl. Gil-
man." (2)
And then he took command of the famous "Hornet":
"Nathaniel Reynolds: Petition dated Salem, June 9, 1778, signed
by John Norris, asking that said Renolds be commissioned as com-
mander of the schooner "Hornet" (Privateer); ordered in Council
June 10, 1778, that a commission be issued." (1)
With his commission on the "Hornet" June 10, 1778, we have no fur-
ther official record of his Revolutionary service. His two privateers
probably were among the hundreds of privateers hairrying the coast of
Nova Scotia and capturing British merchantmen on the Atlantic. Many
owners and commanders of such privateers made heavy fortunes from
the prizes and booty taken. They were especially active against Nova
Scotia from 1778-1780, and the British fleet seemed unable to restrict
their activity.
Nathaniel's usefulness in the Revolution, with that of Colonels Allan
and Eddy is described:
"Eastern Maine in the Revolution had to rely largely upon her-
self. It would have taken but a few reserves to have irrevocably
kept the territory of eastern Maine as a part of the British Prov-
inces . . . Among the most prominent of the men who with small
means and against great odds and discouragements held the eastern
part of the State and preserved Maine intact were . . . Captain
Nathaniel Reynolds, also of Machias, and the men under them." (3)
In fact, a little aid at the critical time from the Continental Congress,
had it been at all possible, would have made Nova Scotia by conquest a
part of the newly born United States, and it was not through the fail-
ure of effort of these brave-hearted self-reliant men that this was not ac-
complished.
Tradition relates (though this seems confused with the Revolutionary
history of Benjamin Reynolds of Bristol, R. I. (-IVth Generation) and
of Newport, N. S.) that a township of land was granted to him where
Marietta, Ohio, now stands, for his services in the Revolution; but it
seems he sold this for little or nothing, or was "cheated out of it." In
any case, Massachusetts, — which then owned the territory of Maine un-
til 1820 — granted him "300 acres of land east of Penobscot River" (4)
at Eddington, Me. (G mis. from Bangor) named later for Colonel Eddy,
his old commander, who soon removed there from Massachusetts. How-
ever, it would seem Nathaniel Reynolds did not reside there. In 1791 his
name, though he had been many years dead, was still on the tax-list
of that town. The Eddington records do not show his name in any con-
nection. (G) He did, some time after 1776 or 1778, establish his mother-
less children at Lubec and Dennysville, Me.
In Col. Allan's organization at Machias was a SAMUEL REYNOLDS,
(5) private and "sergeant in the Artillery Company" under Capt. Dyer,
in pension records with an Eliphalet Reynolds of Machias mentioned as
"of the Connecticut Line," (from Lyme, Ct.?) who was not related to
Captain Nathaniel Reynold.^ of the same organization. Samuel's de-
scendants settled in this same northeastern (Machias) part of Maine,
but they are not generally confused with Nathaniel's di-scendants.
North Lubec is a peninsula extending about northwest from the
mainland some eight miles. Here Nathaniel about 1780-81 took up four
(2) Cont. Conitrmii. 19C: Vol. II: 29.
(I) Alio Rcynol.l.H Inm. Ri-port 1916 p. 94 (No. 329)
(8) nnPKor Hitt Mnnr. VI: 'I'M.
(i) niiiitfor Mhl. Miur IX: OH.
(6) Ki.Mor. Indk. "lUv Oix-rntlon-n" ace indM.
(6) Roynoldii Knmily lU-port I'.Mfi.
(6) Ppnolmeot Co. I'rolmto. Kilitinirton M^. rrcorAii.
86 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
100-acre lots, side by side and running across the 'neck' from shore to
shore, a distance of about a mile, making his and his children's homes on
the easterly side opposite Moose Island (Eastport). These lots were
occupied and improved by members of his family who cleared the land,
and by farming and fishing provided subsistence for themselves. It is
interesting to note that with the exception of small tracts sold to other
families, this entire tract of land was in the possession of the direct de-
scendants of Captain Nathaniel until the sale of Charles B. Reynolds'
farm about the year 1875. Since then, little by little it has passed into
other hands, all but fifty acres of the homestead of Jotham G. Reynolds,
This, with the two-story house built by him, is now owned by Merton
Reynolds, son of Jotham G. Reynolds, Jr.
One descendant's yellowed letter describes Captain Nathaniel:
"He was dressed in a snuff-colored suit that fit him so well, and
he was so handsome and gentlemanly in his manner."
As described below, he was drowned at sea between the date of his
second marriage, January 13, 1782, and September 15, 1786, when widow
Mary at Marblehead signed first document of Probate.
Of his nine children, (all by his first wife Lydia,) Benjamin always
lived on the original homestead in North Lubec district; Jonathan lived
nearby in Pembx'oke; Mary lived in Eastport; Sally lived on Grand
Manan Island; Eunice lived in Nantucket and then in New Brunswick;
Raymond was killed in a foreign land; John moved to Chatham, N. Y.,
and is supposed to have been murdered; Lydia married Captain Elisha
Freeman and moved to Valatie, N. Y., before 1790; Nathaniel moved to
Valatie, Columbia Co., N. Y., lasfore 1790, and there died a violent
death by burning in 1829. It is also noteworthy that Nathaniel Reynolds
Blaney, a grand-child of his second wife, Mary Blaney, died of the
Cholera in Mexico in 1849 en route to the California Gold fields, for
which he had abandoned peaceful Marblehead.
A vigorous family stock has sprung from the adventurous Captain
Nathaniel Reynolds: several noted inventors of Troy, New York; artists;
sculptors; musicians; and a considerable number of university educated
descendants and college professors.
Brilliant and intei'esting as was his adventurous career in the Revo-
lution, the story of his loves is even more fascinating. They are remark-
able for the tragic coloring Fate gave them. The story is brought down
by tradition and is well supported by facts and dates in Marblehead
records. (1)
On his wedding day, the eighth of November 1753, Nathaniel, upon a
large grey horse and accompanied, according to Colonial rural custom,
by a number of friends likewise mounted, rode out to his bride's home
in the country near Beverly. Mary Chapell, his fiancee, then twenty-two,
daughter of William & Sarah Chapell of Marblehead, was noted over
the country-side as being capable and spirited, though unusually given
to playfulness and indulgent humor. Nathaniel at twenty-three was
characterized as athletic, dashing, impetuous and adventurous, though
hot-headed. Dressed all in his best in the bright colors of the period and
proudly arrayed in the finest boots of his own inherited craftsmanship,
he dismounted and knocked at the door while his party drew up about
the yard.
Now, after a moment's delay, Mary herself opened the door. She was
not gowned in her wedding finery to greet Nathaniel; to his astonish-
ment he saw her in a gingham apron, with flour upon her hands, and
a roguish wisp of hair flirting across her forehead. She paused a
moment, blew back the straying lock, and evidently — from the sudden
twinkle in her eye — enjoyed upsetting her husband-to-be, for she had
(1) This true story is a composite of the tradition as related with different details
by Mrs. Audella Hyatt, Mrs. Laura Ransom, Robert Burns Reynolds. George Spicer
Reynolds, and others. Published Vital Records of Beverly and Marblehead con-
firm parts of this narrative.
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playfully planned a surprise for her more convential fiance. Laying her
hand gently ur»on his arm, she inquired archly and teasingly,
"Why! 'RejTioids, WHAT in the world are you doing here?"
The hot blood of a bold and obstinately proud spirit flashed in quick suf-
fusion over his face; but, though choking with anger, he made no reply.
The injury to his too-sensitive pride provoked him to an insane rage.
In one fateful instant, and at the cost of a life-time of happiness, he
stubbornly resolved his whole career. Hotly and madly, though silent-
ly, he turned upon his boot-heel, leaped to the saddle at one bound and,
spurring his horse savagely, clattered wildly away. The guests stared
in astonishment at the sudden denouement. Mary Chapell gasped and
looked away at her disappearing lover with sickening apprehension at
the serious result of her little jest.
The vengeful flight cf Nathaniel was halted by a second party of
wedding guests blocking the country lane that led to the farm. Among
these was Lydia Raymond, a playmate and friend of Nathaniel. She,
seventeen and a school-mistress, inquired in genuine surprise,
"Oh, Nathaniel, we feared we were late. The wedding isn't over,
is it?"
"No, not yet! There will be no wedding!" he said hoarsely and
grimly, as he guided his horse alongside her's. Laying his hand upon the
pommel of her saddle, he said gravely, in an afterthought,
"Yes, there's still going to be a weddintr, but you're to be the
bride! I'm going to rnarry YOLi!"
And while heart-broken, too-playful Mary wept bitterly at home, and
despite the scarce-concealed hostility and resentment of his neighbors,
Nathaniel was married to Lydia Raymond on November 8, 1753. As a
result of this tragic quarrel Mary became a very sad, unhappy woman,
and though she was talented and very attractive, she did not accept an-
othei suitor until she was thirty-four. On Dec. 12, 1765, — when Nathaniel
with his wife and family had been five years in Nova Scotia, their new
home, — Mary Chapell was married to Dr. Stephen Blaney of Marblehead.
He was a surgeon in the Revolutionary War, thcu:h Captain Stephen Blan-
ey, probably his cousin, was a notorious Tory and Loyalist who fled to
Nova Scotia, during the first year of the Revolution. Now, Mary and
her husband had at least six children, two of whom died in infancy, and
then Dr. Blaney himself died between 1777 and 1781, leaving Mary a
widow.
Now, Nathaniel, after seven years married, as a shoe-maker in Marble-
head, in 1760, as already related, removed to the country of "Evangel-
ine" in Nova Scotia. He lived there about sixteen years. During his
absence in Machias, fighting beside the other men of Massachusetts
against the British, his wife Lydia died, leaving the little family in
Amherst, N. S., almost orphans. Shortly thereafter his children were
somehow gotten away from Nova Scotia and were settled at North
Lubec, on Passamaquoddy Bay, Maine.
Once, in early January, 1782, on a cruise to Boston, perhaps still
aboard his privateer, "Hornet," a rough storm obliged him to put into
Marblehead Bay. This, the scene of his youth and early married life, he
had apiarcntly not visited in many years. When he with his crew went
ashore for an evening's entertainment at a church fair, he wa.s startled
to meet face to face his first love, Mary Chapell, whom he had so
grievously jilted on the very day they were to have bi-en married. She
was then the widow of Stephen Blaney, surgeon, and this fateful even-
ing was some thirty years after the tragic jest at Bevi-rly. Somehow, —
when these thirty years had dulled the heart-ache of that affair for both,
— she was not long in forgiving Nathaniel that evening. The same week
they were married. Now, in order to prepare a home for his bride and
her Blaney children in North Lubec, Nathaniel aaiU-d immediately after
the wedding for Maine. Some weeks later when this was done, he, with
his two youthful sons, Nathaniel and John accompanying him, started
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on the return voyage to Marblehead to get Mary.
Just off Marblehead, a wild, bleak squall suddenly blew up. The
little vessel tossed wildly about, and raced before the rough wind in a
plunging Atlantic sea. Captain Nathaniel went below for a storm-coat.
As he came up the companion-way, his arms were entangled in the
sleeves of a "pea-jacket" which he was slipping over his head. A veer-
ing boom swung around at that moment and — like the instrument of
Fate that it was — knocked him overboard into the wild sea. However,
he shook himself loose from the jacket in the water and swam with
strong, assured strokes, but the speeding vessel under considerable sail
could not be controlled to aid him.
His frantic young sons saw him in the wake of the vessel, resolutely
struggling in the heavy sea. Far behind, he threw up his arm, waved
cheerily a strong-hearted farewell and bravely struck out for the shore
he never again set foot upon. After thirty years, Fate had taken her
full measure of pitiless revenge.
Late that day after the anchor chains rattled through the hawse-holes
at dusk in the calmer waters of Marblehead harbor, two heart-sick,
grieving youths trudged dismally up the Marblehead beach from the
"Captain's" vessel. The tragic news of their father's awful, but brave
death a few hours before, they carried to their new step-mother and the
startled Blaney children.
All through the gruesome night these two north-woods lads mourned
in the chamber of the departed Surgeon Blaney. Years after, when an
old man, Nathaniel, Jr., told his children how an old skeleton once be-
longing to the surgeon rattled in a recess as the house shivered before
the fury of the gale. Mad gusts of the storm shook the old walls; the
wind howled about it with a calamitous melancholy; the windows batter-
ed their casings in impetuous bursts of the tempest of the darkness.
All that mournful night the fatherless, weeping sons heard the wailing
of the bride who had waited over thirty years, and then forever lost
her man when she could barely call him husband.
Nathaniel Reynolds married:
1st. LYDIA RAYMOND, November 8, 1753, Beverly, Mass., dau. (7)
Boanerges & Jemima (Meacham) Raymond of Beverly. Lydia
was b. Jan. 3, 1736, Beverly; d. Amherst, N. S., between 1776-
81. First 3 ch. b. Marblehead; others in Nova Scotia (1760-
1776) as noted. She was said to be a school-teacher, though
I doubt it. Boanerges Raymond (or Rayment) was the son of
Jonathan & Sarah (Woodbury) Raymond of Beverly; and
grandson of the supposed emigrant from England, John &
Rachel (Scruggs) Raymond of Salem and Beverly. John had a
bro. Wm. at Bass River, Salem.
VI. Benjamin, b. Nov. 16, 1754 (1) d. Jan. 14, 1835, m. Lydia Wat-
son (5), Lubec, Me.
VL Mary, b. April 17, 1757, (1), d. m. Camp-
bell, Eastport, Me.
VL Lydia, b. (1), d. m. Capt. Elisha Free-
man, Valatie, N. Y.
VL Sarah (Sally) b. (2), d. m. Pond,
Grand Manan Island.
VL John, b. about 1760, (2), d. after 1813, m. Susie de Wolfe (or
Dolf), Chatham, N. Y.
VI. Nathaniel, b. July 22, 1765, (3), d. Jan. 10, 1829, m. Sarah
Gillette, Valatie, N. Y.
(7) Raymond Genealogy: sent R. B. Reynolds by Mrs. Audella Hyatt. Raymonds
were amonp first Pxiritan families of Salem.
(5) Watson family was of Ft. Lawrence, N. S. Lydia perhaps dau. Robt. or Brooks
Watson. Tories there.
(1) Bom Marblehead, Mass.
(2) Born perhaps Falmouth, N. S
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VI. Raymond Parker, b. (3), d. "killed by native
in So. Pacific," or "went to Africa on a slaver and was killed."
VI. Jonathan, b. March 7, 1774 (3), d. Aug. 30, 1866, m. Persis
Wilder, Lubec, Me.
VI. Eunice, b. 1776, (3), d, Feb. 3, 1861, m. Thos. Col-
pitts. New Brunswick, Canada.
2nd. MRS. MARY (CHAPELL) BLANEY, Jan. 13, 1782, Marblehead,
(4) Mass., dau. Wm. & Sarah Chapell, was b. 1731, Marble-
head, baptzd. April 12, 1741; died "old age, aet. 81," May 16,
1812, Marblehead. In 1753 Nathaniel had jilted her on the day
they were to marry and he married instead, Lydia Raymond.
Mary m. (1st) Dec. 12, 1765, Dr. Stephen Blaney of Marble-
head, by whom she had at least six children. He died during
the Revolution (1777-1781), leaving the widow with at least
four children. Stephen was son of Jedediah & Bethiah Blaney,
baptzd. Marblehead, Oct. 3, 1742.
Thirty years after the interrupted wedding, the story of
which is tcld above, Nathaniel (a widower) and she (a widow)
met, and the old quarrel forgotten, they at last were married,
though his tragic end following upon the wedding prevented
their ever living together.
She never removed to Maine to live with her Reynolds step-
children, at No. Lubec. By Nathaniel, she, of course, had no
children. Census of 1790, Marblehead, gives "Mary Reynolds,
4 males over 16, herself, and 2 females." Apparently none of
Nathaniel's minor children lived with her. Eunice, Jonathan,
and possibly Raymond above lived with Benjamin, eldest child
of the family of Reynolds in No. Lubec, Me., Census of 1790.
Sept. 15, 1786, Mary (Chapell-Blaney) Reynolds (6) executed
relinquishment of her right to administer Estate of her late
husband, Captain Nathaniel Reynolds, who died intestate.
Benjamin was administrator appointed Nov. 3, 1786. Estate
insolvent and Dec. 28, 1790 was sold for £12 at dwelling of
Benjamin in Passamaquoddy (Lubec) to pay off debtors.
Among the many descendants of this Captain Nathaniel Reynolds and
his first wife, Lydia Raymond, are:
Mrs. Laura E. Ransom, Wm. Billings Reynolds, Lucy Adelia
Reynolds, of Pembroke, Me.
Mrs. Daniel T. Thayer, Bion Bradford Reynolds, Robt. Gor-
don McBride, Morton H. Reynolds, Omar P. Reynolds, Oliver
F. Reynolds, Horace W. Reynolds, Merton M. Reynolds, Millard
Reynolds, Orion G. Reynolds, Cassius Reynolds, of Lubec, Me.
Arthur Warren Reynolds, Biddeford, Me.; Mrs. Oliver Perr>',
Rockland, Me.; Clinton B. Reynolds, Portland, Me.; Dr. Leon E.
Reynohis, Belgrade, Me.; Thomas H. Reynolds, Turners FalKs, Me.
Mrs. Charles R. Wood, River Herbert, N. S.; Sherman L. Col-
pitis, Forest (Jlen, W. Co., N. B.; Mrs. Harlan Reynolds, Harlan
Kilby Reynolds, Lepreau, N. B.
Mrs. Wm. K. Lyman, Watertown, Mass.; Charles Ansel Rey-
nolds, Cambridge, Mass.;Mrs. Willard E. .Martin, Somerville,
Mass.; Mrs. Haydin L. Small, Woire.ster, Mass.; Mrs. James
H. de Forest, Brockton, Mass.; Mrs. Geo. E. Deering, Worcester,
Mass.; Floyd C. Krynolds, Springfield, Mass.; Grace Arvilla
(8) Bom Amhcmt-Ft, Cumberland, Nova Scotia.
ii) "InU-ntlon" also recorded.
6) Records of Probate Court. Mnrhiart, Maine. (Wa»h. Co.)
90
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
Reynolds, Waltham, Mass.; Mrs. Walter R. Brown, Lowedl,
Mass.; Mrs. Moses Mo rang, Framingham, Mass.; Mrs. Millard
Ring, Roxbury; Mrs. Mary Lovering Holman, Watertown, Mass.;
Mrs. Thomas E. Prouty, Worcester, Mass.; Mrs. Geo. Shurtleff,
Brockton, Mass.; Walter Leigh Reynolds, Somerville, Mass.;
Mrs. Carolyn E. Gardiner and Miss Clara J. Reynolds, Jamaica
Plains, Mass.
Charles Edwin Reynolds, Mrs. Mary Reynolds Burtiss,
Schenectady, N. Y.; Mrs. Frank M. Fowler, Yonkers, N. Y.;
Geo. Willard Reynolds, Buffalo, N. Y.; Daniel A. Reynolds and
Judge Louis H. Reynolds, Brooklyn, N. Y.; George Spicer Rey-
nolds, Joshua Reynolds, Joshua, Jr., of Troy, N. Y.; Miss Mar-
garet Reynolds Starratt, New York City.
Mrs. Audella Hyatt, Mrs. Alfred G. Mayor, of Princeton,
N. J.; Miss Anna Vaughn Hyatt, New York City; Lieut. Francis
P. Loveland, Denver, Colo.; Mrs. Anderson Dana Hodgdon,
Leonardtown, Md.
Dr. Granville S. Delamere, San Francisco; Miss Cather^ine
Delamere and Mrs. Harrison Carlos Kelsey, Berkeley, Calif.;
Dr. Annie E. Reynolds, Tacoma, Wash.; Charles W. Reynolds,
Lakeview, Ore.; Mrs. Fred Pettingill, Hollywood, Calif.; Step-
hen P. Reynolds, San Diego, Calif.; Mrs. Frances Reynolds
Keleher, Washington, D .C.
Mrs. Lewis O. Phillips, Di'. Clarence R. Phillips, Harrisburg,
Penna.; Harold Trescott Reynolds, CoUinsville, Ct.; Mrs. Walter
Scott, Pittsfield, N. H.; besides many others of whom the writer
of this sketch would like to know.
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MISCELLANEOUS
During the year, Miss Fannie D. Holmes, our former Secre-
tary received the following inquiries; possibly some of our
Historians or Members can locate these Family Associations:
Miss Willie Reynolds of Ga., would like to know the names
of the parents of Rev. Edmund W. Reynolds (her Grand-fath-
er) one of the pioneer preachers of North Ga., and who died
in 1870. This Edmund had a brother who lived in Augusta,
Ga., at one time.
(Will refer her to Census of 1790, Va. Hist. Soc. Publications, espec-
ially magazines.)
Miss Clara Merwin Rowell of Los Angeles, Cal., would like
to know about her great grand mother, Ruth Reynolds, born
July 28, 1786, either in Delaware or Columbia Co., N. Y., or in
Conn. Married Aug. 25, 1805, the Rev. Louis Merwin and
died Nov. 30, 1833 in or near Bloomville or Delhi, Delaware,
Co., N. Y., had 9 or 11 children, several moved to Cal. in '49.
None of that generation are left and few of the next.
(See Census of 1790, N. Y. Historical and Genealogical Magazine.)
Miss Harriet Fowler, of Chicago, 111., would like to know
who were the parents of Ebenezer Reynolds. Sent in the fol-
lowing records:
Ebenezer Reynolds, married in 1796, Boadica Felton of
New Salem, Mass.
The Feltons came from Old Salem, came to that
town in 1634-5 and the first one married Mary
Streker, daughter of Samuel Streker, first or-
dained Minister of Salem, for whom a church
was built and 200 acres of land was given. I
think it is now Peabody.
Their children:
Sarah, b. 1798, m. Nathan Gage, of Wendell, Mass., had
six boys.
Horace went west to Iowa, rest remained east
one now living in Dedham, Mass.
Joel, born 1800, m. Lucinda Parmenter of Wendell. Mass;
children, Martha Reynolds, b. Shutsbury. or Wendell,
Mass., 1832, m. Bernard Fowler of Chicago, 111.; Jo-
seph Itcynolds b. 1835. Family moved west in 1845.
Warren Reynolds, m. Boyle or Boie of N. Y. He died in
Illinois.
('hildreii, Charles and Josephine; two rhildrcii
were brought back to Athol or Orange after 1850.
IlaiHiah. b. 1803, m. 1824, Leach, Granddaughter, Laura
Morgan, Sutherland, Mass.
Rebecca
Mary, b. 1805, m. Levi Gardner, she died soon after.
Ebenezer, b. 1807.
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Ephriam, b. 1810, m. Philence Morton, of Leverett, Mass.
Children, Otis and Willard.
These children were all born in Shutsbury, Mass. Joel,
Ephriam and Warren went west.
Five brothers ; one settled in Eastern Franklin Co., in 1860 ;
one in Western Franklin Co. ; two in Western Reserve, N. Y. ;
and one went to Va. Name of one, Enos. Sons were: Enos,
Washington and Alden.
Washington had 4 sons, 1 daughter: Walter, died 1877,
age 77 ; P. A. Reynolds, of Chicago.
(See N. Y. Historical Magazine; N. Y. Genealogical Magazine; also
same for Va.)
According to records, Ebenezer owned a great deal of prop-
erty in Shutsbury and Wendell, Mass. He died in 1828. Will
probated that year. His mother claimed they came from same
family as Sir Joshua Reynolds.
(See Runnels Family, Rev. M. T. Runnels, 1876.)
Miss Mary Edith Buhler, of New York City, is anxious to
trace the ancestry of her grandfather. Rev. Bowen Reynolds,
of North Carolina, Va., Tenn., and Mississippi, born 1791, pre-
sumeably in N. C; married 1817 in Va., Miss Sarah Meux;
migrated toTenn., in 1818 and died in Grenada, Miss., (or
near Carrollton) in 1845.
To the Members of the Reynolds Family Association:
Many of our members not having a copy of The Twelfth
Annual Report (and now out of print) will appreciate the
little outline given in that number; this being our Thirtieth
Anniversary.
In August, 1892, some descendants of John Reynolds, of
Stonington, Conn., being on a visit to their native place, Lyme,
Conn., became interested in the records of that historic town,
which dates back to 1665, and among its early settlers was
John Reynolds: — as their thoughts turned backward to their
ancestors a strong desire was kindled to know more of their
history. No particular plan was outlined for the work they
decided to call the meeting together. First meeting held
Aug, 23, 1892, at the home of Judge and Mrs. Frederick Fos-
dick, North Lyme, Conn. Those present: Ephraim O. Rey-
nolds, Wilson C. Reynolds and Giles L. Reynolds, (sons of the
late Henry Billings Reynolds, of Lyme, Conn.), with their
families, sixteen in number.
Second meeting held, Aug. 16, 1893, at Hamburgh, Conn.
Third meeting, Aug. 15, 1894, at North Lyme, Conn., at
this meeting the formation of permanent organization was
agreed upon.
Fourth meeting, took place at Crescent Beach, Conn., July
18, 1895.
Fifth meeting, Niantic, Conn., Aug. 12, 1896. From its
THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION 93
inception until the Sixth meeting, gatherings were only local
in interest, namely, John Reynolds of Weymouth and Ston-
ington. Conn. At the Sixth meeting held at Crescent Beach
Conn., Aug. 25, 1897, committee was then appointed to con-
fer with other branches of the Reynolds Family, about to
published memorials or genealogies and if possible to unite in
the publication of a history embracing all its branches.
From 1899, reports were published annually, with the ex-
ception of 1910-11 and 1917-18, these were published to-
gether. At this meeting the constitution was amended to ad-
mit all of the name whose ancestors were in this country in
1660. In 1900 by means of another amendment the 1660 limit
was changed to 1700.
As we look back over the thirty years of our Association,
we can feel grateful for what has been accomplished. We have
been privileged to hear from year to year, many gifted speak-
ers, whose addresses were always inspiring. The Association
claims Fraternity with all of the name, we can truly realize
this by the many expressions of sentiment extended, at our
Re-unions.
Our faithful and honored member Miss Celia M. Reynolds,
has given the Association a beautiful poem each year, for
twenty years.
As we glance at the membership, and for comparison think
of the first meeting of sixteen members and today over three
hundred. During these years, over one hundred of our As-
sociation have passed on to their eternal home, but their
memory ever dear to our hearts ; whose lives we want to em-
ulate. In 1892, the one "Line" represented. Today, there are
seven "Lines" and possibly another. Cannot at this time ap-
peals be made for greater interest by every member, in so-
liciting others in their family, to join the Association. We are
mindful, "Our Strength is in our Membership."
May we quote the words of our late beloved Founder, Mrs.
Fosdick: "To sum up the mission of this organization, it ex-
ists for the betterment of the Reynolds Family and for the
brightening and smoothing of life. It has kindled a feeling
of neutral allection between members of the Family."
While the original design, namely, of publishing a geneal-
ogy of the Reynolds Family has not been accomplished, sever-
al of our members have compiled their own branch of the
family. This year Historians have been appointed, and they
will be pleased to receive any carefully prei)are(! records or
history of the early pioneers. As wo have ai)i)reeiate(l the
records, given to us by our ancestors, may we feel proud to
record for those who will follow.
MRS. A. C. RIPPIFR. Secretary.
Note: No other "Family" Association known, with so in-
teresting records as the K. F. A.
94 THE REYNOLDS FAMILY ASSOCIATION
The Rctjnolds Familij AssociaHon
The purpose of The Reynolds Family Association, is to pro-
mote the recognition of a general ancestry, arnongthe different
branches of this old family, which dates back several hundred
years; to increase a better acquaintance and mere sociability
among kindred, for the general good of all ; to collect and
make permanent record of interesting materials, and incidents
in the family history of a genealogical and historical charac-
ter, of interest to the Reynolds Family.
Any of the descendants of the American Colonial families
of the name of Reynolds, either by blood or marriage, is
eligible to membership in this Association.
Application for membership should be made to the secre-
tary, accompanied by one doliar, the annual membership fee,
which will be promptly acknowledged, and a genealogical blank
to be filled out by the applicant, returned by the secretary,
together with a card of membership, the genealogical blank
will be turned over to the historians to trace the Reynolds
line to which the applicant belongs.
The annual report will be sent to all members, who have
paid their annual dues, of One Dollar. All members of the
Association are entitled to the use of the Coat of Arms, also
will be cheerfully aided with any information to trace their
particular branch of the family, for which blanks will be fur-
nished, and each member is permitted to introduce candidates
for membership, any in the Reynolds line, either by birth or
intermarriage. The Association will be pleased to receive any
carefully prepared Reynolds genealogies, or history of the
early pioneers, which will receive careful consideration of the
historians, and considered for publication in our Annual
Report.
(Note: Extracts from The Constitution, printed in the Nineteenth
Report.)
I hereby make application for membership in the above As-
sociation, and enclose herewith One Dollar for annual dues
for the year
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