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Job Runnells

Also Known As: "Reynolds"
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Bradford, Mass.
Death: Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States
Place of Burial: Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Job Runnells and Sarah Reynolds
Husband of Hannah Runnells
Brother of Sgt Samuel Runnells; Hopestill Demerritt; Alice Buss; Mary Langley; Martha Jane Wormwood and 4 others
Half brother of John Reynolds

Managed by: Kira Rachele Jay
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About Job Runnells

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Runnells-69
Job Runnells Jr. (abt. 1685 - bef. 1763)

Job Runnells Jr.
Born about 1685 in Oyster River, Strafford, New Hampshiremap
ANCESTORS ancestors
Son of Job Runnels Sr. and Sarah Wiley (Crawford) Runnels
Brother of John Runnels and Samuel Runnels
Husband of Hannah (Huckins) Runnells — married after 1719 in Oyster River, New Hampshiremap
DESCENDANTS descendants
Father of Job Runnells, Abigail Runnels, Susanna Runnells, Enoch Runnells, Mary (Reynolds) Runnells, Jonathan Runnells, Hannah (Runnells) Langley and Samuel Runnells
Died before 1 May 1763 before about age 78 in Dover, Strafford, New Hampshiremap
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Profile last modified 5 Jan 2022 | Created 16 Dec 2016
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Biography

Job was born about 1685, probably in Nova Scotia. [1] He first shows in the Rockingham, New Hampshire deeds on 13 November 1713.

He married Hannah about 1713, in Dover (afterwards Durham, and now Lee, New Hampshire), and they had 8 children, all born in Durham, New Hampshire:

Job, b. about 1714
Abigail (Nabby), b. about 1717
Susanna, b. about 1719
Enoch, b. about 1721
Mary, b. 15 May 1724
Jonathan, b. about 1726
Hannah, b. 4 June 1728
Samuel, b. about 1730
Job died before 1 May 1763, when in a deed he is mentioned as Job Runnels, late of Durham, deceased. An inventory of his estate was taken 25 April 1765.

Sources

↑ Runnels, Moses Thurston (1830-1902), A genealogy of Runnels and Reynolds families in America; with records and brief memorials of the earliest ancestors, as far as known, and many of their descendants, bearing the same and other names. Published 1873, Boston, A. Mudge & Son Printer. Pages 120-121 https://archive.org/details/genealogyofrunne00runn/page/120/mode/2up
Huckins family, Robert Huckins of the Dover combination and some of his descendants : a reprint with corrections and considerable additions, including one more generation, maps and indexes of the article bearing this sub-title, published in the New England historical and genealogical register, 1913-1915" https://archive.org/stream/huckinsfamilyrob00inhard/huckinsfamilyro...
A genealogy of Runnels and Reynolds families in America; with records and brief memorials of the earliest ancestors, as far as known, and many of their descendants, bearing the same and other names by Runnels, M. T. (Moses Thurston), 1830-1902 https://archive.org/details/genealogyofrunne00runn
History of the town of Durham, New Hampshire : (Oyster River Plantation) with genealogical notes by Stackpole, Everett Schermerhorn; Thompson, Lucien; Meserve, Winthrop Smith,. Publication date [1913]Publisher [Durham N.H.] : Published by vote of the town Collection University_of_New_Hampshire_Library; blc; americana https://archive.org/details/historyoftownofd02stac
Unsourced family tree handed down to Darlene (Randall) Ward.

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Job Runnells's Timeline

1678
1678
Bradford, Mass.
1722
April 8, 1722
Age 44
Oyster River Pt, Strafford, New Hampshire
1763
May 1763
Age 85
Portland, Cumberland, Maine, United States
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Lee, Strafford, New Hampshire, United States