Jonathan Reynolds, of Greenwich

Jonathan Reynolds of Greenwich was born ca 1636 in Watertown, MA and died on 3 Jan 1673 in Greenwich, CT. [97]

Parents: John Reynolds (1612-1664) and Sarah.

Married:

1. ca 1656 to Rebecca, who was born ca 1620 and died in Apr 1706. She remarried to f Angell Husted.

Jonathan and Rebecca resided in Greenwich, CT. Their children:

1. Rebecca, b. 1657, m. Thomas Hobby;
2. Jonathan, b. 1660 at Greenwich, m. 7 Dec 1682 Nevill Ridewere (or Rideware), settled at Greenwich;
3. John, b. 1662, d. 1736, m. Ruth Knapp (b. 1667); no issue
4. Sarah, b. 5 Nov 1665; m Joseph Mead
5. Elizabeth, b. Aug 1667; m Joseph Knapp
6. Joseph, b. 1669; m 1) Abigail Finch 2) Abigail Rundell
7. Ebenezer, b. 23 jan 1673; m Abigail Smith

Notes

Jonathan was sent to General Assembly in 1667. His first act of note was to get the Territory of land back to the jurisdiction of the New Haven Colony that Captain Daniel Patrick and Robert Feaks had signed over in 1642 to the jurisdiction of the Dutch at New Amsterdam.

On Oct. 6, 1656, Jonathan Reynolds, with eleven other Freeholders of Greenwich, Conn., declared their submission and loyalty to the New Haven Colony by article of agreement. In 1665 the Freeholders, which included Jonathan and John Reynolds, made rules and regulations by which to dispose of lands without fence and permit settlers to come amongst them, at Annual town meeting held 1669. He was selected, with four other Freeholders, to survey and lay out land of Horseneck into four-acre lots for settlement.

In 1672, the Freeholders of Greenwich had grown to twenty-seven. Jonathan Reynolds' health was poor and he was compelled to retire from public service. He died in 1673, and his brother, John, was selected to take his place.

References

• Pane-Joyce Genealogy
• Partial genealogy of John Reynolds, born in England in 1612 (supposedly), sailed from Ipswich county, Suffolk. A part of his lineage to 1916 (1916), by Alvah Reynolds
• [97] S. F. Tillman, Christopher Reynolds and his Descendants, Chevy Chase, Md., 1959.
• Partial genealogy of John Reynolds, born in England in 1612 (supposedly), sailed from Ipswich county, Suffolk. A part of his lineage to 1916 by Reynolds, Alvah, 1830- page 12 Archive.Org

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