Joshua Reynolds

A Joshua Reynolds born 1730 in St Agnes, Truro, Cornwall, married a Sarah Marytn in 1757 in St Agnes, Cornwall. and died in 1806 see

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLK-RSS6

and https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:QGLK-WJJR

Sarah Marytn was not the mother of Thomas Reynolds, she has often been added as a wife on other websites of Sir Joshua Reynolds, but as you know this is incorrect.

see http://www.thepeerage.com/p4164.htm#i41632 note all the sons of Samuel Reynolds are known, Wikitree and Family search have no unknown sons of Samuel Reynolds also regarding Sir Joshua Reynolds see https://archive.org/details/pedigreesfivede01colbgoog/page/n36/mode...

ob s.p. is a short form of Lain meaning died without children.

Also see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Joshua_Reynolds you will note that and quote "Reynolds did not marry, and had no known children."

RESEARCH NOTES

FOR ALL OF YOU THAT BELIEVE THAT THOMAS REYNOLDS WAS THE SON OF SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS

1/ There are no sources or evidence that prove this. All the sources listed on the internet are all very bad or do not exist sources listed making the mother of Thomas being 12 when she gave birth to Thomas. Joshua being married off when he was 12, Joshua been married off in London when it was known he was still living with his parents in Devon. And the list can go on and on with wrong sources listed, or none at all. Various Ancestry and My heritage trees combined have up to 4 named wives for him and 5 children. Various dates for the birth of Thomas range from 1730 to 1760.

2/ Sir Joshua Reynolds stated himself that he never married, he was over 65 years old when he stated this.

3/ Edward Reynolds, the son of Thomas Reynolds and his notebook. Edward Reynolds, the son of Thomas Reynolds kept a notebook, in it he wrote a short, family history, then three biographies Sir Joshua Reynolds, David Garrick (A friend of Joshua Reynolds) and Martin Luther. Why he choose these three men is anyone's guess. Edward Reynolds made no claim of descent from any of these three men, but what obviously happened was that as the notebook ended up with one of the descendants of Thomas Reynolds, one or more of them misread the notebook, and because they had the same surname as Reynolds, they believed that it meant that they were descended from Sir Joshua Reynolds. Fast forward to the 1980's the note book was presumably stolen, however one of the Gosper descendants had it photocopied and this photocopy now resides in the Hawkesbury library see Home - Hawkesbury Library Service (nsw.gov.au)

put in Edward Reynolds under search catalogue and it will come up as notebook, it will cost about $12 Australian for a scan. Fast forward again to the internet, some one or someones, added the misinformation to the internet, and with everyone ticking those leaves and matches, this misinformation spread across the internet

4/ Circumstantial evidence

Sir Joshua Reynolds was firmly in the middle class when such things mattered in England in the 1700's. Thomas Reynolds was a millwright, a skilled trade, but it was still a trade. If Thomas was truly his son, you would think he would do more for a son than just a trade, Why not University like his nephews, a commission in the Army or Navy. No a trade. Joshua's unmarried sister acted as his housekeeper, not a wife. Joshua painted many of his family, but no painting of a wife or children exist. Joshua wrote many letters and so did his literary friends, and many of them survive, not a single one mentions a wife or children. Finally the will of Sir Joshua Reynolds, he left the bulk of his estate to one of his nieces Mary Palmer, not to any grandchildren he would have had if Thomas Reynolds (Thomas Reynolds predeceased Joshua) was his son.

5/ Sites like Wikitree, , The Peerage, Famiiy Search and Sir Joshua Reynolds Wikipedia entry do not have any marriage or children listed for Sir Joshua Reynolds.. Anyone can alter a Wikipedia entry, you just need an account. Why have none of the managers that have Thomas Reynolds as the son of Sir Joshua Reynolds, changed the Wikipedia entry to include a wife and Thomas Reynolds as Joshua's son.

6/ Ian McIntyre in his over 600 page bio of Sir Joshua Reynolds. found no wife or son for him "Joshua Reynolds The Life and Times of the First President of the Royal Academy" Published in 2003. It is very detailed and full of sources.

7/ Frederic Thomas Colby writing in the late 1800,s had sp o.b. after Sir Joshua Reynolds name this is a short form of Latin meaning died with no children.

see Pedigrees of five Devonshire families, Colby, Coplestone, Reynolds, Palmer and Johnson [microform] : Colby, Frederic Thomas, 1827-1899 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive

8/ In conclusion, the original misreading of Edward Reynolds note book by person or persons unknown, has now turned into cherished family history.

A Joshua Reynolds  did married  Sarah Martyn  18 Jun 1757 • Truro, Cornwall, , England .the Joshua Reynolds listed as her husband was born in 1730 St Agnes near Truro Cornwall England and died 3 January 1806 St Agnes near Truro Cornwall England If this is the Sarah Marytn you have listed for the mother of Thomas Reynolds I don,t believe that this is correct.

I highly doubt that she was the mother of Thomas Reynolds as listed here. NOTE WELL THIS WAS NOT SIR JOSHUA REYNOLDS,  The Cornwall Reynolds were a different Reynolds family  than the family of Sir Joshua Reynolds.