Dr. Regnald Fernald

concerns

This Regnald resembles Reginald (or?) Reynald Hearle. Are they supposed to be the same person? (Note that both have been reported to have married the same woman.) Further research is warranted.

brief biography and family

Dr. Regnald Fernald was born on July 6, 1595 in Bristol, Gloucestershire,, City of Bristol, England, United Kingdom. His parents were Unknown Father of Renald Fernald and Unknown Mother of Renald Fernald. He was a Surgeon.

Renald married Joanna (Unknown) Fernald circa 1630 in England. Together they had the following children: Thomas Fernald; Mary (Fernel) Partridge; Sarah (Fernald) Waterhouse; Elizabeth (Fernald) Clark; Samuel Fernald; Captain William Fernald; John Fernald.

He died before October 6, 1656 in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States and was buried on October 6, 1656 in Proprietor's Cemetery, Portsmouth, New Hampshire, United States.

Dr. Regnald (or Renald) Fernald (1595-1656), surgeon. Immigrant to American 1630, and early settler at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Tradition says he served as a surgeon in the English navy, resigning his post to come to America. He came to America in 1630 on the Warwick as the surgeon of Capt. John Mason's Company, and removed 1631 to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He served as Clerk of Court, Recorder of Deeds, Commissioner, Surveyor, and was Town Clerk at the time of his death. In town records he was also referred to as Lieutenant and later Captain.He lived on "Doctor's Island" (now Pierce's Island), where he died between 17 May 17 and 7 October, 1656. He was buried at Point of Graves Cemetery (now Proprietor's Cemetery), in Portsmouth. (Stackpole 375).

He married Joanna, who died in 1660 (Davis 36). The spurious Fernald genealogy by Gustave Anjou identifies her as Joanna Warburton.

Children :

1. Thomas b. about 1633; m. Temperance ; d. before 25 Aug. 1697.
2. Elizabeth b. about 1634: unmarried.
3. Mary b. about 1637; m. John Partridge II Dec. 1660; d. 16 Aug. 1722. 8 ch.
4. Sarah b. about 1640: in. Allen Lycle 3 Dec. 1661. (2) Richard Water-
5. John b. about 1642- m. Mary Spinney.
6. Samuel b. about 1644: m. Hannah Spinney.
7. William b. 5 March 1640: m. Elizabeth Langclon 16 Nov. 1671.

notes

spurious genealogy

He is said to have been son of Capt. Sir William Fernald and Elizabeth Armand, but the identification rests on the spurious genealogy by Gustave Anjou.

The genealogy usually given for Renald Fernald is spurious, a famous 20th century invention by Gustave Anjou. The following passage shows the judgment of noted genealogist Walter Goodwin Davis:

"It has been the fate of many English and American families to have their pedigrees drawn up and their genealogies written by the ignorant, the credulous, or the fraudulent. While it is commonly and humorously stated that all genealogists are slightly mad, the Fernald family had the unique and dubious distinction of having a historian who was undeniably insane. In 1909 Charles Augustus Fernald, M.D., at what must have been considerable expense, published a book entitled 'Universal International Genealogy and of the Ancient Fernald Families'. It is impossible to give in a short space an adequate idea of this extraordinary production. It must be seen, its wildly incoherent English read and its fantastic and often hilariously funny claims sampled before its very existence can be believed.

"The theme of the book, garnished with many digressions, is the descent in one hundred and fifty-four generations, of Dr. Renald Fernald from Sana who was the daughter of Abel and Zana, Zana being the daughter of Cain and Kanafatafaa, twin children of Adam and Eve, who were also, of course, the parents of Abel. Sana married Seth who was born on Monday, April 3, 130 and died on Friday, November 11, 1042. From generation to generation of Biblical and Egyptian characters, their birth and death dates being given with particularity as in the case of Seth, and in most cases their portraits thoughtfully provided, the line unfolds. In the 40th generation, with one Farna, comes the first faint shadow of the name Fernald, while in the 49th, when Farnel appears, its ultimate form is definitely forecast. Alexander the Great, the 83rd in descent, is a high spot, and with the 94th generation we reach the noble Roman name of Furnius. Marcus Agrippa Lucius Furnius is an ancestor of whom any American may be peculiarly proud, for the took time off from his pressing senatorial duties to cross the Atlantic, cut an inscription in Dighton Rock at Taunton in Massachusetts and, for good measure, build the round tower at Newport [Rhode Island]. Attila the Hun makes a surprise appearance in generation 116, but even more surprisingly we escape Charlemagne, having to be content with his brother Childebert. Of Childebert's son 'Robert le Fort=the Strong' we are told, as an interesting sidelight, that he was 'ancestor of the Pike family in the U.S. of America.' After Childebert follows a long line of French Kings until we reach Charles VIII and Anne of Brittany. On this eminent couple a bad fairy or a wicked nursemaid played a dastardly trick, snatching from the royal cradle their youngest son, and, after substituting a lad of humble birth, spiriting him away for purposes which seem to have had something to do with the Protestant Reformation.

"Royal genius will out, however, and the little prince, all unknowing, grew up to be the great court physician, Dr. Jean Fernel. Fernel -- he was a real person, by the way, born at Clermont in 1497 -- married Magdalen Luillier, and with her our genealogist gives us our first connection with the Washingtons, for he says that her great-grandfather, Jean Luillier, married Anne Washington. Of Dr. Fernel's vast estate the Catholic church seized no less than $21,000,000 and the Popes have successfully resisted all efforts of the Fernalds and Washingtons to get it back. Jean is the 150th generation in the pedigree, the 151st being his son Francis Junius Fernel who married Maria Comnenus, presumably a descendant of the Byzantine emperors although the author neglects to say so. Perhaps you should be warned to relax at this point for startling events impend. To Francis and Maria Fernel were born four children whose marriages were spectacular in the extreme. Their daughter Maria married Capt. John Smith, the famous voyager and raconteur. Their son Peter became the father of Peter Fanuel, the Boston merchant for whom the great town market was named. A second son, Dr. Jean Furnius Fernel, our ancestor in the 152nd generation, married Annietta de Coligny, daughter of Gaspard de Coligny, Admiral of France and firm Huguenot, who, like Marcus Agrippa Lucius Furnius, made an otherwise unrecorded voyage to America. It is, however, for the second daughter, Anne Fernel, that the most astounding distinction is reserved. Having been adopted by 'Mr. Hathaway' in England, this child eventually married one Samuel Washington who wrote rather successful plays under the pen-name William Shakespeare!

"Dr. Jean Furnius Fernel and his Coligny wife happened to be in Germany when their son William Fernald was born on May 10, 1575, in the castle of Heidelberg, but they took him to the church of the Hold Ghost in Baden to be baptized. This boy, who grew up to be Capt. Sir William Fernald, married Elizabeth Armand, thereby strengthening the Washington connection, for she was the daughter of Commander Girard and Elizabeth (Washington) Armand, and Queen Elizabeth was so fond of her that she gave her a china teapot (illustrated) as a wedding present. From a Washington pedigree, of obvious interest at this point, we learn that one of George Washington's ancestors, Adam Washington, eight generations behind him, married 'Th. Roosevelt,' 'Th.' presumably standing for Theodora, who can only be one of the Oyster Bay [home of President Theodore Roosevelt] preferred stock.

"Finally we come to Dr. Renald Fernald, the 154th generation, son of Capt. Sir William. He is married to Joanna Warburton, 'descendant fo Sir John Warburton (1575) and Mary,' and after his resignation from the Royal Navy they came to New England.

"The closing words in this genealogical curiosity are worth quoting as indicative of the disordered mind which produced it -- 'Any errata within this book are the works of the quadruple Rum, Social Evil and Malpractice Vile Ring in their unholy works to destroy the nations, finally themselves.'" (Davis 36).

sources

• Anjou, Gustave, "Fernald Family records" (known to be spurious).
• Davis, Walter Goodwin. The ancestry of Joseph Waterhouse, 1754-1837, of Standish, Maine. Portland: Anthoensen Press, 1949. Print.
• Fernald, Charles Augustus, Universal International Genealogy and of the Ancient Fernald Families (1909).
• Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn. Old Kittery and her families. Lewiston: Press of Lewiston, 1903. Print.

content to clean up

Reginald Fernald was born in Bristol England in 1603 and was a Surgeon in the English Navy. He came to Kittery with Captain Mason and Ferdinando Georgs in 1630 then moved to Portsmouth NH shortly after.

Reginald was the first Physician and Surgeon among the New Hampshire Settlers. Fernald owned Fernald's Island in the Piscotaque River and it was kept in the family until 1806 when it was conveyed to the government for a Navy Yard.

Source which includes extended family can be found in the book:
New England Families, Genealogical and Memorial: A Record of the Achievements and her People in the Making of Commonwealths and the Founding of a Nation. Volume 2

edited by William Richard Cutter

Dr. Fernald migrated to NH as Surgeon for John Mason's Co. He was the first doctor in the state of NH.

Besides his occupation as a doctor, he was a town leader, judge, developer, town clerk of Strawberry Bank , clerk of the county court, Selectman & probably served in numerous other capacities.

Dr. Regnald (or Renald) Fernald (1595-1656), surgeon. Immigrant to American 1630, and early settler at Portsmouth, New Hampshire.

Tradition says he served as a surgeon in the English navy, resigning his post to come to America. He came to America in 1630 on the Warwick as the surgeon of Capt. John Mason's Company, and removed 1631 to Portsmouth, New Hampshire. He served as Clerk of Court, Recorder of Deeds, Commissioner, Surveyor, and was Town Clerk at the time of his death. In town records he was also referred to as Lieutenant and later Captain.He lived on "Doctor's Island" (now Pierce's Island), where he died between 17 May 17 and 7 October, 1656. He was buried at Point of Graves Cemetery (now Proprietor's Cemetery), in Portsmouth. (Stackpole 375).

Family

He is said to have been son of Capt. Sir William Fernald and Elizabeth Armand, but the identification rests on the spurious genealogy by Gustave Anjou.

He married Joanna, who died in 1660 (Davis 36). The spurious Fernald genealogy by Gustave Anjou identifies her as Joanna Warburton.

Children : 1.Thomas b. about 1633; m. Temperance ; d. before 25 Aug. 1697. 2.Elizabeth b. about 1634: unmarried. 3.Mary b. about 1637; m. John Partridge II Dec. 1660; d. 16 Aug. 1722. 8 ch. 4.Sarah b. about 1640: in. Allen Lycle 3 Dec. 1661. (2) Richard Water- 5.John b. about 1642- m. Mary Spinney. 6.Samuel b. about 1644: m. Hannah Spinney. 7.William b. 5 March 1640: m. Elizabeth Langclon 16 Nov. 1671.

DR. RENALD (REGINALD) FERNALD (son of CAPTAIN WILLIAM FERNALD and ELIZABETH AMAND) was born 06 Jul 1595 in BRISTOL, ENGLAND, and died date unknown.He married JOANNA WARBURTON on 1624 in England.

Notes for DR. RENALD (REGINALD) FERNALD: ARRIVED IN AMERICA 07-04-1630 AT PISCATOQUA STATE FERRY BOARD LATER CHANGED TO PORTSMOUTH MAY 28, 1653. NEW HAMPSHIRE'S IRISH SURGEON. CAPTAIN OF MILITIA CO. GRANTED JUNE 1643. TOWN RECORD 1643 TO 1656. RECORDER OF DEEDS. PERSISTENT IN ALL GOOD WORK AND POPULAR AMONG THE INDIANS THAT HE KINDLY TREATED AND BY THEM MUCH LOVED. HE ACCOMPANIED HIS SEA VOYAGES ...... HE WAS THE SHIP SURGEON. ONE OF HIS MORTAR WAS BROUGHT TO GEORGIA BY HIS DESCENDENT SAMUEL GUNNISON CHANDLER AND AS OF JUNE 6, 1999 IS IN THE POSSESSION OF RUTH JACKSON DAVENPORT IN NORCROSS, GA., WITH NOTE WRITTEN BY ED BELL JACKSON. FERNALD GENEALOGY PAGE 215.DAR LIBRARY WASHINGTON, D.C. PAGE 214 - CAPTAIN WM. FERNALD'S PRESENCE HERE ON U.S.M. GENEALOGICAL REGISTER OF HIS PRESENCE IN BOSTON. CAME OVER IN THE KING PHILLIP BURIED POINT OF GRAVES, PORTSMOUTH, NH.1ST SURGEON IN NH. REFERENCE:FERNALD GENEOLOGY BY CHARLES A. FERNALD, M.D., BOSTON, MASS., COPYRIGHT 1910. NOW IN POSSESSION OF EDGAR B. JACKSON.ALSO A COPY IN D.A.R. LIBRARY, WASHINGTON, D.C. Marriage information from U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Source number: 792.033; Source type: Pedigree chart; Number of Pages: 36; Submitter Code: Yates Publishing. U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900. Name: Reginald Fernald Birth Date: 1603 Birthplace: Eng, Maine, Surgeon, Eng.Nav., Capt. Volume: 53 age Number: 418 Reference: Ancestry and des. Of jona. And Tamesin (Barker) norris of Me. By Henry McCoy Norris. NewYork, 1906. (64p.):3, 4 Source Information:Godfrey Memorial Library, comp.. American Genealogical-Biographical Index (AGBI) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 1999. Original data: Godfrey Memorial Library. American Genealogical-Biographical Index. Middletown, CT, USA: Godfrey Memorial Library. More About DR. RENALD (REGINALD) FERNALD and JOANNA WARBURTON: Marriage: 1624, England. Children of DR. RENALD (REGINALD) FERNALD and JOANNA WARBURTON are: +WILLIAM FERNALD, b. 1645, KITTERY, MAINE, d. 05 Jul 1728.

While the existence of Renald or Reginald Fernald is attested proper sources are needed to confirm his parents.

According to the bizarre genealogy of the Fernald family, Universal International Genealogy & of the Ancient Fernald Families, by Charles Augustus Fernald, published in 1909, he was the son of William Fernald & Elizabeth Armand. Charles Augustus Fernald's book has been thoroughly discredited & no independant source has been found to confirm Renald Fernald's parentage (or indeed that William Fernald & Elizabeth Armand, alleged god-daughter of "Good Queen Bess", really existed). According to James Savage, Renald Fernald was first recorded in Portsmouth, now New Hampshire, in 1631; he was sent over by the patentee, Captain Mason, & was the1st surgeon among the New Hampshire settlers. He was a member of the grand jury in 1634, the recorder(?) in 1654, & died in 1656, leaving his wife Joanna, & sons John, Samuel, William, & Thomas.

Renald or Reginald Fernald came to Portsmouth, New Hampshire in 1631, as the surgeon of Capt. John Mason's Company. It is tradition that he was a surgeon in the English Navy, resigning his post to come to America. During his life, he served as Clerk of Court, Recorder of Deeds, Commissioner & Surveyor, and was Town Clerk at the time of his death. He lived on "Doctor's Island" (now Pierce's Island) where he died between May 17 & Oct 7, 1656. It is said that he is buried at Point of Graves Cemetery in Portsmouth.

Renald Fernald was a church member in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, as of 25 May 1640.

"Lieutenant [William] Fernald was a son of Reginald Fernald, surgeon, who was sent over to Piscataqua in 1621 by John Mason. The war was still raging in 1694, & the books were probably left on Fernald's island for greater security." He married (some say 1 Jan 1619 without source) Joanna. Savage doesn't offer a maiden name; Torrey says "?Warburton".