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About John Reynolds, of Norwich
John Reynolds, the immigrant, died at Norwich, Connecticut on July 22, 1702, after living there some forty-two years from 1660. His will is dated July 15, 1702, seven days before his death.[1] [2] It seems probable that he was born in England between 1615 and 1635.
- Parents: not known.
Married:
- around 1650 probably in Lyme to Sarah Backus. Sarah was reared in Lyme and was the daughter of William Backus and his first wife, whose name is unknown.
The eight known children of John and Sarah (Backus) Reynolds were:
- John Reynolds Jr. b. Lyme, CT August 1655, killed and scalped by Indians near Norwich January 28-29, 1675/76. It is not recorded that he was married, but a Mrs. Sarah Reynolds m. John Sill at Lyme Feb. 12, 1677.
- Sarah Reynolds b. November 1656, d. Norwich May 11, 1703; m. 1685 John Post Jr. She was a widow in 1702 when her father died.
- Susanna Reynolds b. October 1658; nothing further known, perhaps died young.
- Joseph Reynolds b. March 1660, d. Norwich Feb. 1, 1728/29; m. 1688 Sarah Edgerton.
- Mary Reynolds b. April 1664, d. Norwich Jan. 31, 1727/28; m. 1) 1689 John Edgerton; m. 2) 1697 Samuel Lathrop.
- Elizabeth Reynolds b. November 1666, d. Lebanon CT Feb. 21, 1742; m. 1) Lebanon Aug. 3, 1687 Jonathan Fowler; m. 2) before 1702 Samuel Lyman.
- Stephen Reynolds b. January 1669, d. Norwich Dec. 19, 1687, aged almost 19.
- Lydia Reynolds b. February 1671, d. Windham CT Jan. 7, 1756; m. Mar. 2, 1693/94 Benjamin Millard. He, in 1700, was allowed "to set up the trade and employment of tanning." Benjamin Millard of Bear Hill, Norwich CT, bought his land of Thomas Leffingwell, a thousand-acre allotment, at the horse-shoe, a part of which is still held by his descendants.
The first three children of John and Sarah Reynolds, and possibly the fourth, were born in Lyme, then an outlying part of Saybrook. The births of eight children are recorded at Norwich, though without mention of John's wife.
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- On a record dated January 31, 1701/2, he is mentioned as one of the first settlers "now surviving." His will is dated July 15, 1702, seven days before his death. The will mentions as survivors his wife Sarah, only son Joseph, and four married daughters, Sarah Post, Mary Lathrop, Elizabeth Lyman and Lydia Miller. His house and lands, subject only to the widow's right of dower, and his farm implements and wheelwright's tools he bequeathed to his only living son, Joseph, who continued all his life in Norwich. At his death John owned about 79 acres or more in Norwich. (Reynolds)
- After naming the widow Sarah and son Joseph executors, he adds, "I do make choice of my loving kinsman Ensign Thomas Leffingwell an overseere, to be helpfull to them." Leffingwell had been among those who had removed with John from Saybrook to Norwich, and his property in Norwich was next west of John's. The first John and his wife and many descendants are probably buried in the old town cemetery in Norwich. (Reynolds)
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John Reynolds
Birth: 1638
Wethersfield
Hartford County
Connecticut, USA
Death: Jul. 22, 1702
Norwich
New London County
Connecticut, USA
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John Reynolds
1631–1702 • L6FP-FNH
Marriage: 1653
Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
Sarah Backus
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John Reynolds Jr
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Sarah Reynolds
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Susannah Reynolds
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Joseph Reynolds Sr
1660–1728 • L23V-SP6
Mary Reynolds
1664–1728 • LKRV-423
Elizabeth Reynolds
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Lydia Reynolds
1671–1756 • L9HW-XKQ
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Stephen Reynolds
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Marriage: 1626
Stamford, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
Sarah Bradford
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John Reynolds
1631–1702 • L6FP-FNH
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John Reynolds, of Norwich's Timeline
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1615
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probably in England
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| 1655 |
August 1655
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Lyme, New London, Connecticut
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| 1656 |
November 1656
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Probably Norwich, Connecticut Colony
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October 1658
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Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
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March 1, 1660
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Norwich, Connecticut Colony
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| 1664 |
March 16, 1664
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Norwich, Connecticut Colony
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| 1666 |
November 1666
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Norwich, New London County, Connecticut
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January 1669
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Norwich, New London, Connecticut, USA
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February 2, 1671
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Norwich, New London County, Connecticut Colony
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