Louis de Reynaud

Louis DE REYNAUD(5) (206)(4) (2) was born between 1630 and 1640 in Chaillot, Paris, France. He died in London, , England. He has Ancestral File number 157D-D4M. Parents: General Louis DE REYNAUD and Frances D'Hamel DE DOUVRIN.

He was married to Anne DE LA CROIX about 1660 in France.

Children were: Francis REYNAUD, Marie REYNAUD, Sarah REYNAUD, Lewis RENO.

A bounty award from the English crown dated September 8, 1687 reads "To severall ye intended for ye West Indies" ... "To Lewis Reynaud of Angoumois, his wife and eight children for tools and others necessaries things to go to Virginia" granted 8 pounds; and "To Nichlos Hayward notary for ye passage to Virginia of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Francis, Lewis, Mary and Sara Reynaud their children, and Benjamin Reynaud, Mary his wife, Marianne and Mary their children, and John de la Chaumette" granted 33 pounds. And "To Lewis Reynaud and his family for supply" granted 2 pounds.

On March 25, 1688, effective March 31, 1688, denization was granted to Lewis Reynaud, Ann his wife, and Lewis and Sara their children, and also to Benjamin Reynaud and Mary his wife. The omission from this Letter of Denization of six children of Lewis Reynaud and two children of Benjamin Reynaud who were mentioned in the Bounty Papers might be explained by the possibility that these children were over 21 years of age when the denization was granted (The Reno Family, by William L. Reno, Jr.; Huguenot Society of London Publ., Quarto Series, Vol. XVIII - Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England and Ireland, 1603-1700, pp. 204-209).

The following confirmation of Louis' letter of Denization by Nicholas Hayward is found in Stafford County records for October 2-3, 1688 (Stafford County Court Records 1686-1693/4, p.95, Virginia State Library, microfilm 7a). A similar letter was found for his brother Benjamin: "I Nicholas Hayward Notary and Tabellion Publick dwelling in London Admitted and Sworne doe hereby Certifie and attest unto all whom it may concern that I have seen and perused certain Letters Patent of Denization Granted by our Soveraigne Lord King James ye second under ye broad seal of England Dated ye 31 day of March in ye fourth year of his said Majestys Reign wherein amongst others is inserted ye name of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Lewis and Sarah their children who though born beyond seas are made his Majestys Leige Subjects and to be held reputed and taken as born in this Kingdom of England and may as such purchase buy sell and dispose of lands tenements and hereditaments in this Kingdom or any other of his Majestys dominions as freely peaceably and Entirely as any Subject born in this Kingdom and if ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife and Lewis and Sarah their children by virtue of ye said Letters Patent are to pay Customs and Duties for their goods only as natives doe or ought to doe and to Enjoy all Liberties Privileges and Franchises of Subjects born in this Kingdom without any disturbance Impediment or molestation as by said Patent relacon being thereunto had may more at large appear of all which act being required of me ye said Notary I have Granted these presents to serve and avail ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife Lewis and Sarah their children in tyme and place convenient. London ye 5th of April 1688. In testimonium Veritatis Signo meo Manual Solito signavi et tabellionatus mei Sigillum apposui Rogatus. [signed]

Nicholas Hayward, Notary Public." Recorded in ye County Court Records of Stafford this 2nd day of October 1688 per me, James Hearse Dept. Cl. Curr Staffd.

On the same page of Stafford County records Lewis and Benjamin record the brands that they will use for their livestock.

The greatest influx of Huguenots to Virginia occurred later, in 1700, when four ships brought French Huguenots to Manakin Town in Virginia. Among the names arriving at that colony was Lewis and Benjamin's other brother, Pierre: "Pierre Reynaud, landed at the James River on September 20, 1700, from the ship 'Peter & Anthony', Danial Pearrey, Capt.". This was the second of three ships carrying Huguenots to Manakin Town in 1700. The Peter & Anthony carried 170 passengers and took 13 weeks to cross the Atlantic. It is known that Pierre Reynaud returned to Europe where he eventually died, and he probably made more than one trip to Virginia.

Louis and and his wife, Anne de la Croix, are known to have attended the baptism of Anne Flauhaut at Canterbury on September 22, 1695 (The Reno Family, William L. Reno; Hug. Society Publ. Vol. 5). They may have remained in England after this time, as no further record of them in the colonies can be found. However, their son Lewis remained in Virginia and is the direct ancestor of thousands of Renos and Reneaus.

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Side Note: William L. Reno's 1975 manuscript and his published articles incorrectly showed this Lewis Reno as the son of Pierre Reynaud. Dr. Reno was unaware of the Stafford County records for Lewis and Benjamin Reynaud at the time, but court documents from the Thomas Stamps lawsuit in 1752 indicated that Lewis Reno was a naturalized citizen based on documents dated October 2, 1688, and Dr. Reno assumed that this Lewis Reno was Pierre Reynaud's son based on the following argument: "This date closely coincides with the Date (October 10, 1688) on which the Letter of Denization issued to his father, Peter Reynaud, was inscribed on the Patent Roll which was, of course, its effective date. The slight difference in dates was probably due to a clerical error in the many transcriptions which this court record has undergone; it probably said October 20, 1688, instead of October 2, 1688. If this be true, then October 20, 1688 would, under the New Style Calendar adopted in 1751, have been the equivalent of October 10, 1688 under the Old Style Calendar and would have precisely coincided with the date of the Letter of Denization."]

Pierre Reynaud, the third son of General Louis Reynaud, was born in 1632, and entered the military service of the Duc de Crequy

who was appointed military Governor of Paris in 1676. He married Sarah Regnaut of Artois and fathered four children before he and

his wife left France for England. Pierre (Peter) Reynaud probably went to England between 1685 and 1687 with his brothers Louis and

Benjamin. His wife Sarah and their children probably joined him in the spring of 1688, having left France by the normal channels

which required emigrants to abjure Protestantism and take mass as Catholics. Sherman Reno says that Sarah Regnaut had an older

brother, Michel Regnaut, who apparently preceded Peter and Sarah to England. On August 19, 1688, Peter Reynaud and his family

were granted a Letter of Denization (Huguenot Society of London Publications, Quarto Series, Vol. XVIII. "Letters of Denization and

Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England and Ireland, 1603-1700", p. 210-214). See The Colonial Genealogist, Vol. IV, No. 4,

Spring 1972, p. 226: "August 19, 1688. Denization to severall persons, Our will and pleasure is, that you prepare A Bill for our Royall

Signature, to passe our Greate Seale, for the making of -- Peter Reynaud; Sarah, his wife; Peter; Lewis; Esther; and Marque-Frances,

their children; being all alien borne free denizens of this our Kingdome of England. And that they and every one of them have and

enjoy all rights, privileges and immunityes as other French made free denizens, do now enjoy. Provided that they live and continue

with their familys within our Kingdome, or elsewhere within our Dominions. And the sayd Denization to be forthwith passed under the

Great Seale, without any fees or charges whatsoever, to be payd by the sayd persons in the passing thereof. And for so doing, this shall

be your warrant. Given at Windsor the 19th day of August, 1688. To our Attorney or Solicitor Generall. James II, Rex" (S.P. Dom.

Car. 11, Entry Book 67, 1688 August 19, Patent Roll Oct. 10, 1688, P.R. 4, james II, part 10; Historical Mss., Commission Reports;

Huguenot Society of London, Reports, Vol. 18; List of Naturalizations and Denizations in England and Ireland, 1600-1700.) By the

Act of 1708, all prior prerogative denizations were converted into parliamentary naturalizations, retrospectively [Blackstone], and

repeal of this Act in 1711 did not disturb the validity of these naturalizations which had already vested under the previous Act.

The passenger lists of the ships which brought French Huguenots to Manakin Town in Virginia in 1700 contain only one name

under any variation of Reno: "Pierre Reynaud, landed at the James River on September 20, 1700, from the ship 'Peter & Anthony',

Danial Pearrey, Capt.". It is known that Marque-Frances Reynaud married Capt. Peter de la Billiere on Feb. 21, 1708 at St. Bennet's

Church in London, and moved to Ireland where the couple had six children (Registers of Ste. Mary's and St. Patrick's French churches

in Dublin, Ireland; Wm. L. Reno). Esther Reynaud, another daughter of Peter Reynaud, appears to have married Captain Benjamin

Malide and moved to Ireland, where a son David Samuel Malide was born on March 10, 1710 (Wm. L. Reno 1975). Peter Reynaud

died in Dublin on September 11, 1718 at the age of 86, and was buried there (Huguenot Soc. of London Publ., Quarto Series, Vol. VII,

Registers of the French Conformed Churches of St. Patrick and St. Mary, Dublin, p. 219). It thus appears that if he was the Pierre

Reynaud listed on the ship Peter & Anthony, that he returned to Ireland before his death in 1718. Nothing is known about his son

Lewis who is listed in the letter of Denization, and it is possible that the Pierre Reynaud that came to Manakin Town was from another

family, and that this Pierre Reynaud and his family never went to the colonies.

Children of PIERRE REYNAUD and SARAH REGNAUT are:

5. i. Esther3 Reynaud, b. Bet. 1668 - 1687.

ii. Peter Reynaud, b. Bet. 1668 - 1687, Paris, France.

Notes for Peter Reynaud:

Probably was the Peter Reynaud who took passage to the James River in the Colony of Virginia with other Huguenot settlers of

Manakin Town on the ship Peter and Anthony which landed there on 20 September 1700. Large movement of abt. 500 French

Huguenots from England to Virginia sent in four vessels to the James River at Manakin Town, 20 miles above the Falls of the James

River and northwest of the present site of Richmond. An Act of Naturalization was issued in 1707 for "Peter Lewis Reynaud

(Regneau), son of Peter Reynaud by Sarah, his wife, born at Paris in France" (Huguenot Society of London Publ., Quarto Series, Letters

of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England and Ireland, 1701-1800, p. 57, Naturalization Act of 1707; Wm. L. Reno

1975).

iii. Marque Francoise Reynaud, b. Bet. 1668 - 1687; m. Peter de la Billiere, February 21, 1707/08, St. Bennet's, Upper Thames Street,

London, England.

iv. Lewis Reynaud, b. Bet. 1668 - 1687.

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[Steve Fancy research] According to the book "Landmarks of Old Prince William" by Fairfax Harrison (1924) and an article by Dollye M. Elliott in the Colonial Genealogist 9(2);58-62, many of the Huguenots who came to the Northern Neck of Virginia did so under a business venture by Nicholas Hayward, who made speculative investments in the English colonies from Virginia to Hudson Bay. Nicholas' brother Samuel Hayward was the Clerk of Stafford County, Virginia, and Hayward, George Brent, Robert Bristow and Richard Foot, four English businessmen, had secured a 30,000-acre proprietorship between Cedar Run and Broad Run in the Northern Neck of Virginia from Lord Culpeper that was originally intended as a colony for Huguenot and Catholic refugees from England. French expatriates in London were sought out by businessmen with land holdings in the colornies of Virginia and Carolina who offered promises and provisions to entice the Huguenots to settle there (including Letters of Denization, and bounty payments to the settlers). Thus, Nicholas Hayward essentially recruited Louis and Benjamin Reynaud and their families to settle on these proprietary lands in the Northern Neck of Virginia.

     A bounty award from the English crown dated September 8, 1687, reads "To severall ye intended for ye West Indies" ,,, "To Lewis Reynaud of Angoumois, his wife and eight children for tools and others necessaries things to go to Virginia" granted 8 pounds; and "To Nichlos Hayward notary for ye passage to Virginia of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Francis, Lewis, Mary and Sara Reynaud their children, and Benjamin Reynaud, Mary his wife, Marianne and Mary their children, and John de la Chaumette" granted 3 pounds. And "To Lewis Reynaud and his family for supply" granted 2 pounds. 

     Research by Thala Susag (tjsusag@aol.com) on her ancestor John de la Chaumette suggests that the John de la Chaumette traveling with Lewis and Benjamin and their families may have been related to them. Jean de la Chaumette was the son of Suzanne Reynaud (born about 1582 in France; died 19 Apr 1664 in Poitou Province, France) who married Jean de la Chaumette in about 1610. Their son, John de la Chaumette was born about 1660 in Rocheouard, France and died in 1728 in Stafford Co., Virginia. He would have been 28 years old when he made the voyage to Virginia with Lewis and Benjamin Reynaud and their families. This Suzanne Reynaud could be the aunt of Lewis and Benjamin. 

     On March 25, 1688, effective March 31, 1688, denization was granted to Lewis Reynaud, Ann his wife, and Lewis and Sara their children, and also to Benjamin Reynaud and Mary his wife. The omission from this Letter of Denization of six children of Lewis Reynaud and two children of Benjamin Reynaud who were mentioned in the Bounty Papers might be explained by the possibility that these children were over 21 years of age when the denization was granted (The Reno Family, by William L. Reno, Jr.; Huguenot Society of London Publ., Quarto Series, Vol. XVIII - Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England and Ireland, 1603-1700, pp. 204-209). 

     The following confirmation of Louis' letter of Denization by Nicholas Hayward is found in Stafford County records for October 2-3, 1688 (Stafford County Court Records 1686-1693/4, p. 95, Virginia State Library, microfilm 7a). A similar letter was found for his brother Benjamin: "I Nicholas Hayward Notary and Tabellion Publick dwelling in London Admitted and Sworne doe hereby Certifie and attest unto all whom it may concern that I have seen and perused certain Letters Patent of Denization Granted by our Soveraigne Lord King James ye second under ye broad seal of England Dated ye 31 day of March in ye fourth year of his said Majestys Reign wherein amongst others is inserted ye name of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Lewis and Sarah their children who touugh born beyond seas are made his Majestys Leige Subjects and to be held reputed and taken as born in this Kingdom of England and may as such purchase buy sell and dispose of lands tenements and hereditaments in this Kingdom or any other of his Majestys dominions are freely peaceably and Entirely as any Subject born in this Kingdom and if ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife and Lewis and Sarah their children by virtue of ye said Letters Patent are to pay Customs and Duties for their goods only as natives doe or ought to doe and to Enjoy all Liberties Privileges and Franchises of Subjects born in this Kingdom without any disturbance Impediment or molestation as by said Patent relacon being thereunto had may more at large appear of all which act being required of me ye said Notary I have Granted these presents to serve and avail ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife Lewis and Sarah their children in tyme and place convenient. London ye 5th of April 1688. In testimonium Veritatis Signo meo Manual Solito signavi et tabellionatus mei Sigillum apposui Rogatus. [signed] Nicholas Hayward, Notary Public." Recorded in ye County Court Records of Stafford this 2nd day of October 1688 per me, James Hearse Dept. Cl. CLurr Staffd. 

     Lewis and his wife, Anne de la Croix, are known to have attended the baptism of Anne Flahaut at Canterbury on September 22, 1695 (The Reno Family, William L. Reno; Huguenot Society of London Publications, Quarto Series, Vol. 5, Registre de l'Eglise de Canterbury, Parts I, II and III, which reads "1695 Sept. 22: Bapteme: Anne, fille de Charles Flahaut. Temoinage: Louis Reynaut et Anne de la Croix"). They may have remained in England after this time, as no further record of them in the colonies can be found. However, their son Lewis remained in Virginia and is the direct ancestor of thousands of Renos and Reneaus as documented in this family tree. 

http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/d/a/m/Sue-Reneau-Damewoo...

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http://www.conovergenealogy.com/famous-p/p357.htm#i17827 Lewis de Reynaud (M) b. circa 1676, d. 27 January 1755, #17827 Pop-up Pedigree Relationship=7th great-grandfather of David Kipp Conover Jr..

    Lewis de Reynaud was also known as Lewis Reno Jr.. He was also known as Peter Lewis Raynaud. He was also known as Lewis Reno Sr.. He was also known as Louis Renault. He was also known as Lewis Renoe. Lewis de Reynaud was born circa 1676 at Plsce Les Clouseau in Blois, Paris, France. Lewis de Reynaud was born circa 1676 at Valence, Dauphine, France. He was the son of Pierre de Reynaud and Sarah Regnaut. Lewis de Reynaud immigrated between 1696 and 1699; Lewis Reno probably went to the Northern Neck of Virginia about 1696/98, possibly landing at one of the ports in Stafford County, i.e., Aquia, Dumfries, or Occoquan. He 100 acres of land from John Allen for 2100 Pounds of tobacco on 25 February 1700. He married Anne (Unknown) circa 1703 at Stafford County, Virginia. Lewis de Reynaud was naturalized; Marshall Reno "Reno Family Tree" says he was naturalized as Peter Lewis Raynaud, and his father was a general in the French army, Vassel of the duc de Crequy. He was a tobacco merchandiser after 1710. He Patent 968 acres Occaquan River & Broad Run on 24 August 1710. He 486 acres on Cedar Run, presently located east of Brentsville and Sout of Manassas. jointly with Lewis Tacquett (Tackett, Sr.) on 28 August 1711. On 1724 "Tenders of tobacco in Overwarton Parish"

Lewis Renoe tithables not entered 11,310 plants Thomas Renoe Menry Moffett Lewis Renoe, Jr. Francis Renoe Gabriel Moffett. He helped build the Elk Run Church in 1752 1752. He died on 27 January 1755 at On the Patent, Prince William County, Virginia.

Children of Lewis de Reynaud and Anne (Unknown) Thomas Reno b. c 1704, d. 21 Dec 1777 Lewis Reno Jr. b. c 1710, d. 1776 Judith Reno b. c 1711 Francis Reno b. c 1713, d. c 1 Oct 1797 John Reno+ b. 13 Apr 1715, d. 14 Jun 1806

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ID: I37593 Name: Lewis Reno (de Reynaud) Surname: Reno Given Name: Lewis Suffix: (de Reynaud) Sex: M Birth: 1667/1679 in Valence, Dauphin, France Death: 1754/1755 in , Prince William Co., Virginia _UID: 389863B5E993E449B620D9FE7342BD7727D8 Note: ! (1) Annora B. Renoe (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com, 12 Jan 2001). Cites: (a) "Genealogy of the Reno Family in America, 1600-1900," by Dr. Steven G. Fancy, citing Stafford Co., VA Deed Bk Z, p.73-74, 309, 372; Northern Neck Grant Bk 4, p.28 & Bk 5, p.67; Prince William Co., VA Bk U, p.49; Bk M, p.176; Prince William Co., VA Order Bk 1754-1755, p.181; 1723 VA Tobacco Lists; Prince William Co., VA Will Bk C. (2) "Deed Abstracts of Prince William Co., VA," by Ruth & Sam Sparacio (The Antient Press, McLean, VA, 1989) Vol. Q (pt. 1) 1763-1767, p.72-73. FHL book # 975.52732 R2s. Cites: (a) Bk Q, p.172-179. (3) "Chart #14, James French of Prince William, Stafford, Prince Edward, and Fauquier Counties, VA and Montgomery Co. KY," French Family Association (http://www.frenchfamilyassoc.com/FFA/CHARTS/Chart014/, 15 Jan 2010). Cites: (a) ?A Genealogical and Biographical History of the Field Family of Massachusetts and Vermont, and the French-Henry Families of Virginia and Texas,? by Charles Kellog Field, III (Gateway Press, Baltimore, MD, 1985). (b) "Genealogy of the Reno/Reneau Family in America, 1600-1930," by Steven G. Fancy & Sue Reneau Damewood. (4) "Moore," by Andrew L. Moore, Sarver, PA (http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~mooreorless/moore..., 2008). Cites: (a) "Moorefield, Home of the Early Baptist Preacher Jeremiah Moore," by Thomas V. DiBacco (Fairfax Co., VA Office of Comprehensive Planning, 1971) p.v. (b) Sherman Reno.

! Birth: (1) s/o Louis REYNAUD/Anne DE LA CROIX. (1a) Not the s/o Pierre REYNAUD. Between 1666-1678. Lewis REYNAUD, Anglicized to RENOE, RENNOE or RENO in early Stafford Co., VA records. Under 21 on 10 Oct 1688 [b. 1667 or later]. Of age in Feb 1700 [b. 1679 or earlier]. (4b) ca. 1682. (1a) Valence, Dauphin, France. (4b) London. [NOTE: If he had been b. in London, he probably would not have been naturalized in 1688. See notes below.] Marriage to Margaret FAUT: (3) (4b) Margaret HARRISON. St. Patrick's Church, Dublin, Ireland. By Anglican Minister William MOORE. Death: (1a) Jan 1755, Prince William Co., VA. Will probated 27 Nov 1754, presented in court 27 Jan 1755. [NOTE: Probably means will was dated 27 Nov 1754, probate dated 27 Jan 1755.]

(1a) 1688, Apr: Was in London with his family in early April. (1a,4a) 1688, 2 Oct: (1a) Was in Stafford Co., VA. Came to VA with his family and uncle Benjamin and his family. (4a) Naturalized. (1a) 1688, 10 Oct: He was included in a Letter of Denization granted his parents. (1a) 1700, 25 Feb. Bought from John ALLEN, for 2100 pounds of tobacco, 100 acres of land which had been deeded to John ALLEN and his brother William ALLEN by Augustine KNEATON, situate and lying between the Rocky Run and Austins Run in Acquia, Stafford Co., VA. John and William ALLEN signed a Deed of Division for the parcel just prior to John ALLEN selling his portion to Lewis RENO, witnessed by Lewis RENO. A later record by William ALLEN mentions "a tract of land sold by my brother John ALLEN to Lewis RENOE a Frenchman of Westmoreland County." (1a) 1705, 9 Mar: John ALLEN confirned his deed to Lewis RENO, the 2100 pounds of tobacco having been fully paid. (1a) 1707, 7 Jun: Ursula ALLEN, wife of John ALLEN of Stafford Co., VA, granted power of attorney to Nathaniel POPE to "acknowledge in Stafford County Court a certain tract of land granted by sale by my said husband [to?] Lewis RENOE in the same county the 9th day of March 1705 giving and granting unto my said attorney my whole power of authority in and about the premise to acknowledge my whole power of authority in and about the premise to acknowledge in court my right of Dower of the said land." (1a) 1711, 24 Aug: Lewis RENOE and Clement CHEVALLE were granted 968 acres in Overwharton Parish, Stafford Co., VA on the upper side of Broad Run just east of Bristow. (1a) 1711, 28 Aug: Lewis RENO and Lewis TACQUETT acquired a grant of 486 acres on Cedar Run, presently located east of Brentsville and south of Manasses in the Northern Neck of VA. (1a) 1712: Lewis RENO and Lewis TACKETT divided their grant of 18 Aug 1711 equally, confirmed by the Prince William Co., VA court on 16 Jun 1779. (1a) 1712, 30 Jun: Lewis RENO and Philemon WATERS acquired a proprietary grant of 466 acres on the east side of Cedar Run adjoining the RENO-TECKETT grant. (1a) 1715: Lewis RENO was living on the land he was granted with Lewis TACQUETT on 28 Aug 1711. (1a) 1723: Brothers Henry and Gabriel MOFFETT were living in the household of Lewis RENO, a Huguenot, Dettingen Parish, Stafford Co., VA, now Prince William Co. (1a) 1752: The title to the grant of Lewis RENO and Lewis TACQUETT on 28 Aug 1711 was the subject of a lengthy suit between Thomas STAMPS and Thomas RENO, wherein the court held that Lewis RENO in 1711 had been "duly naturalized and capable of taking and holding lands as by a Copy of Record in the office of Prince William County dated 2 Oct 1688." The Court held that Lewis TACKETT was not then naturalized and that this grant was invalid as to him. (1a) 1754, 27 Nov: Will of Lewis RENO was probated. Sons Lewis and Thomas RENO named as executors. [NOTE: Probably means written that date.] (1a) 1755, 27 Jan: Lewis RENO and Thomas RENO signed a bond for the execution of the estate of Lewis RENO, Prince William Co., VA. (1a) 1755, 26 Aug: Lewis and Thomas RENO reported an inventory and appraisal of the estate of Lewis RENO. (2a) 1764, 25 Jul: Prince William Co., VA, William FRENCH vs. Edward WATKINS. Depositions taken on the Survey made Pursuant to an Order of the County Court of Prince William relating to the bounds in Dispute between William FRENCH & Edward GWATKINS, 23 & 25 July 1764. Judith HALLEY aged about fifty foure years or thereabouts deposeth that she is a Daughter of old Mr. RENOE's and remembers a Branch running near the lane and line of marked trees therein was allowed to be the boundary between her father & old Charles GWATKINS, and she knew nothing nor never heard anything of line trees or bounds in the Low Grounds nor never see any thing of the marked Beach or even remembers to have heard it till since this dispute. Signed by the mark of Judith HALLEY. Samuel WHITSON aged Sixty five or thereabouts being Sworn deposeth that he has known the Plantation whereon on Edwd. GWATKINS lives & that whereon William FRENCH lives and has always understood that the marked trees standing between the said Plantations are the true boundes of the Landes; that he lived & worked several years on Edward GWATKINS's Plantation and knows nothing of the Walnut tree mentioned by Henry NORMAN & thinks it never was a boundary and is very Certain that ground cleared & tended far to the South of that Walnut tree by those residing on WATKINS's Plantation without any Complaint from RENOE that upwards of Forty years ago he remembers a Quarrel happening between Old WATKINS and Old RENO on lands cleared by GWATKINS near where the line now runs & Old RENO retreated untill he got to the South side of where the Lane now runs where he stopped & purposed to deside the Difference, saying he was then on his own Land; And this Deponent says he never know any thing of any line in the Low Grounds & never knew any Ford or Path near the Beach shewn by FRENCH & further saith not. Signed by Saml, his mark w WHITSON. William WHITESIDES aged sixty four years or thereabouts being Sworn deposeth that he lived in the Family of Charles GWATKINS, Father of said Edward WATKINS, about the year 1719 which was about two or three years before said Edward GWATKINS was born who he now thinks to be about forty two years old, that his Father died about the year this Deponent was free, that during the Deponent's residence on said Plantation they cleared lands & tilled it to a Branch running very near where the Lane runs now and this Depont. never heard any complaint from old Mr. RENO, and believes the marked trees in the Lane is the true line between Mr. FRENCH & GWATKINS as established by Old RENO and Old GWATKINS, the Father to the now Deft., but this Deponent never knew any bounds in the Low Grounds & never knew any thing of the Clearing or tilling the little piece of Low Ground mentioned by Capt. RENO & Mr. NORMAN & further saith not. Signed by William his mark WHITESIDES. Benjamin BLAND aged Forty years or thereabout being sworn deposeth that he has seen a Bible wch belonged to this Deponents Father, who intermarried with Mr. GWATKINS Mother, in which Bible said GWATKINS age or time of his Birth was set down which was in January 1722 by which this Deponent thinks said GWATKINS Forty two years old last January; this Deponent saith that he resided on the Plantation where Mr. GWATIKINS now lives ever since he can remember & continued to live on it for several years & that during his residence on said Plantation he thinks the Division agreed on between the parties was those marked trees now shewn the jury in the Land between the two Plantations for that they cleared lands on GWATKINS's side quite or near up to the land and this Deponent never saw any Complaint; this Deponent never remembers any old Path or Foard going near the Beach claimed by Mr. FRENCH & never knew anything of the said Beach nor never knew anything of the small piece of Low grounds cleared by Old RENO or his Sons and further saith not. Signed Benjamin BLAND. The deposition of Lewis RENO, gent., aged about fifty four years, that about Forty years ago this Deponents Father & Charles GWATKINS, gent., deced., Father to the Deft., were Neighbors and their land being contiguous together the said GWATKINS came to this Deponents Fathers House and told this Deponents Father that he was desirous to have a line between them, upon which the two old men went away together to mark a line as this Depont. believes, for in a very short time after this Depont. saw a parcel of new marked trees in the Lane now between the parties & on the last line run by the Deft. This Deponent further saith that in his, this Deponts. Fathers lifetime, & in that of Mr. Charles GWATKINS's lifetime, he, this Deponent, cleared a small piece of ground near or up that part of the Line that leads to the marked Beach & shewed at the Corner of HUGGINS's patent which said land was always worked as the land of Old RENO & never claimed as this Depont. can remember by the ads. Charles GWATKINS in his lifetime. This Deponent further says that his Father told him, this Deponent, that his land would go into the lands of Charles GWATKINS to a branch for that they marked those trees as aforesaid there being others which they could mark between the parties but this Depont. saith that he never knew anything of the marked Beach mentioned by Henry NORMAN & others untill the dispute between FRENCH & GWATKINS happened. Signed Lewis RENO. The deposition of Mary NORMAN aged about fifty seven years, deposeth that about thirty six or thirty seven years ago Old RENOE's Sons cleared a piece of ground adjoining the line leading to the marked Beach & shewed to the jury on the Survey and that the said land was worked by the said RENOE's family for two or three years & that she never heard that said Charles GWATKINS ever complained of the same of whether he knew of it but that the land so worked as aforesaid was not above a quarter of a mile and a little better from the said GWATKINS house; this Depont. also says that about Forty six or seven years ago, her Father, Matthew MOSS, shewed this Depont. a marked Beach on the banks of the River & told this Depont, that was the corner Tree between Charles GWATKINS & Old RENO which was the very same Beach she shewed to the jury on this Survey. This Depont. also says that she never knew of any other marked Beach on the said River banks & further saith not. Signed by her mark. The Deposition of Henry NORMAN aged fifty nine years & upwards that about thirty years ago William SPILLER, who formerly Proprietor of the lands in dispute, shewed this Deponent a marked Beach on the River side & told this Deponent that the Corner of HUGGIN's patent. This Deponent also says that a certain Jarvis DAUSITY shewed him the said Corner which was the very same tree shewed the jury in this Survey by the Plts. and that he, this Depont., never knew of any other marked Beach on the said River banks as a boundary of HUGGINS. This Deponent further saith that he has also seen a marked BEACH on the Run side said to be a Division between TACKETT & RENO which is now said to be washed up which said Beech was never looked on as HUGGIN's corner, and further this Deponent saith not. Signed by his mark. (2a) 1766, 3 Mar: Thomas RENO deeded to William FRENCH 121 1/2 acres which had been patented to Lewis RENO and Lewis TACKETT and willed by said Lewis RENO, father of said Thomas RENO, to Thomas RENO. Change Date: 10 Sep 2010 at 01:00:00

Father: Louis Reynaud b: 1630/1640 in Paris,, France Mother: Anne De la Croix b: in ,, France

Marriage 1 Margaret Faut Children

Thomas Reno b: ABT 1703 in , Stafford Co., Virginia

Judith Reno (Reneau) b: ABT 1710 in , Stafford Co., Virginia

Francis Reno (Renoe) b: ABT 1713 in , Stafford Co., Virginia

Lewis Reno b: 13 Apr 1715 in , Stafford Co., Virginia

John Reno b: 13 Apr 1715 in , Stafford Co., Virginia 

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LOUIS REYNAUD - Born about 1630 and died in England:

A bounty award from the English crown dated September 8, 1687 reads "To severall ye intended for ye West Indies" ... "To Lewis Reynaud of Angoumois, his wife and eight children for tools and others necessaries things to go to Virginia" granted 8 pounds; and "To Nichlos Hayward notary for ye passage to Virginia of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Francis, Lewis, Mary and Sara Reynaud their children, and Benjamin Reynaud, Mary his wife, Marianne and Mary their children, and John de la Chaumette" granted 33 pounds. And "To Lewis Reynaud and his family for supply" granted 2 pounds.

On March 25, 1688, effective March 31, 1688, denization was granted to Lewis Reynaud, Ann his wife, and Lewis and Sara their children, and also to Benjamin Reynaud and Mary his wife. The omission from this Letter of Denization of six children of Lewis Reynaud and two children of Benjamin Reynaud who were mentioned in the Bounty Papers might be explained by the possibility that these children were over 21 years of age when the denization was granted (The Reno Family, by William L. Reno, Jr.; Huguenot Society of London Publ., Quarto Series, Vol. XVIII - Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England and Ireland, 1603-1700, pp. 204-209).

The following confirmation of Louis' letter of Denization by Nicholas Hayward is found in Stafford County records for October 2-3, 1688 (Stafford County Court Records 1686-1693/4, p.95, Virginia State Library, microfilm 7a). A similar letter was found for his brother Benjamin: "I Nicholas Hayward Notary and Tabellion Publick dwelling in London Admitted and Sworne doe hereby Certifie and attest unto all whom it may concern that I have seen and perused certain Letters Patent of Denization Granted by our Soveraigne Lord King James ye second under ye broad seal of England Dated ye 31 day of March in ye fourth year of his said Majestys Reign wherein amongst others is inserted ye name of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Lewis and Sarah their children who though born beyond seas are made his Majestys Leige Subjects and to be held reputed and taken as born in this Kingdom of England and may as such purchase buy sell and dispose of lands tenements and hereditaments in this Kingdom or any other of his Majestys dominions as freely peaceably and Entirely as any Subject born in this Kingdom and if ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife and Lewis and Sarah their children by virtue of ye said Letters Patent are to pay Customs and Duties for their goods only as natives doe or ought to doe and to Enjoy all Liberties Privileges and Franchises of Subjects born in this Kingdom without any disturbance Impediment or molestation as by said Patent relacon being thereunto had may more at large appear of all which act being required of me ye said Notary I have Granted these presents to serve and avail ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife Lewis and Sarah their children in tyme and place convenient. London ye 5th of April 1688. In testimonium Veritatis Signo meo Manual Solito signavi et tabellionatus mei Sigillum apposui Rogatus. [signed]

Nicholas Hayward, Notary Public." Recorded in ye County Court Records of Stafford this 2nd day of October 1688 per me, James Hearse Dept. Cl. Curr Staffd.

On the same page of Stafford County records Lewis and Benjamin record the brands that they will use for their livestock.

The greatest influx of Huguenots to Virginia occurred later, in 1700, when four ships brought French Huguenots to Manakin Town in Virginia. Among the names arriving at that colony was Lewis and Benjamin's other brother, Pierre: "Pierre Reynaud, landed at the James River on September 20, 1700, from the ship 'Peter & Anthony', Danial Pearrey, Capt.". This was the second of three ships carrying Huguenots to Manakin Town in 1700. The Peter & Anthony carried 170 passengers and took 13 weeks to cross the Atlantic. It is known that Pierre Reynaud returned to Europe where he eventually died, and he probably made more than one trip to Virginia.

      Louis and and his wife, Anne de la Croix, are known to have attended the baptism of Anne Flauhaut at Canterbury on September 22, 1695 (The Reno Family, William L. Reno; Hug. Society Publ. Vol. 5). They may have remained in England after this time, as no further record of them in the colonies can be found. However, their son Lewis remained in Virginia and is the direct ancestor of thousands of Renos and Reneaus.

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