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Joseph s/o Joseph of Joseph [DE] Reynolds[1, 2]

Male 1699 - 1760  (60 years)


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  • Name Joseph s/o Joseph of Joseph [DE] Reynolds  [3
    • Named grandson in the 1730 will of Joseph Reynolds (wife Mercy)
    Born 22 Mar 1699  Kingstown, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died Jan 1760  Exeter, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18762  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Reynolds
    Last Modified 27 Nov 2019 

    Father Joseph of Joseph [C104-(2)(A)] [DE] Reynolds, Jr.,   b. 1672, North Kingstown, Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1722, North Kingstown, Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 50 years) 
    Mother Susannah Babcock,   b. Est 1675, North Kingstown, Greenwich, Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Apr 1722, North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 47 years) 
    Married 1696  Westerly, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Another daughter, Sarah marries Benjamin Wells and has a daughter, Susannah Wells b. 23 Apr 1767. It appears they migrate to New York.
    Family ID F6481  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Will, http://www.geneajourney.com/reynldj.html.
      The Will of Joseph Reynolds, (wife Mercy)

      June 24, 1730, I, Joseph Reynolds, being aged and weak of Body but of perfect mind and memory, Thanks be given to God therefore and calling to mind the mortality of my body and knowing that it is appointed for all men once to die, do make this my Last Will and Testament, That is to say principally and first of all I give and recommend my Soul unto the hands of God that gave it and my Body to the earth to be buried in Decent Christian Burial and as touching such Estates wherewith it hath pleased God to bless me in this life, I give Devise and dispose the same in the following manner and form:

      I Give and Bequeath to Mercy, my dearly beloved wife, all the use Benefit and profit of my now Dwelling house and orchard and all the rest of my land that is remaining now in my Possession Being in all 40 acres to be and remain unto my said wife all the time that she do and shall Remain my widow, but after my said wife's Decease or marriage, said house and lands to be and Remain unto my son John Reynolds his heirs and assigns.

      I Devise and Bequeath unto my said Wife the whole profit and benefit of my onmovable estate during the whole time of her Widowhood to me and after her decease or marriage, the same to be disposed of as hereafter mentioned.

      I Devise and Bequeath unto my Grandson Joseph son of my son Joseph Deceased ..... .....

      I Devise and Bequeath unto my son James Reynolds, Benjamin Reynolds, John Reynolds, Samuel Reynolds and Clement Reynolds to each one shilling they having had considerable of my estate already.

      I do give unto my two daughters Sarah Clark and Susanna Clark to each of them one pound and unto my daughter Mercy Jones I give to her five pounds, and unto my Daughter Alice I give and Bequeath eighteen pounds but should my Daughter Alice happen to Die before she shares the eighteen pounds, then my will is that the eighteen pounds shall be given to my Daughter Mercy Jones her daughters the same to be Equally Divided between all them that shall be living.

      I give and Bequeath unto my son Robert Reynolds surviving all that my fourty-seven Acres I purchased of my son John by my agreement purchase, said land to be and remain unto my son Robert and his heirs and assigns should he attain to the age of twenty-one years but should my son Robert chance to Dye Before becoming of age, not having issue, then my Will is that all I do hereby give unto my said son Robert. both real and personal Estate, shall be divided equally between all his own sisters who are by my now wife Mercy; unto my Daughter Mary Bentley and Sarah Clark, I give and bequeath them Sixteen pounds and ... shillings; unto my Daughter Mercy Jones ..... pounds and ... shillings; unto my Daughter ..... ..... pounds and eight shillings ..... . of my money given as a Legacy of credit of some of the Coloneys out of the two-hundred and fourty pounds which my son John Reynolds shall pay at the time when he comes into the Possession of my dwelling house and fourty acres of land ajoyning. The Rest of the two-hundred and fourty pounds above mentioned. if I do not make use of the same in my lifetime. or so much Thereof as shall be Remaining after my decease, I Bequeath unto my son Robert Reynolds for Building a house and all the remaining .......... Estate which shall Remain after my Wife's Decease or marriage again, I give and Bequeath unto all the children of my now Wife Mercy, who shall be then surviving to be equally Divided among said children, and I do constitute and appoint my said Wife my Executrix and my son John Reynolds my Executor of this my Last Will and Testament and I do hereby utterly Disallow and Disannul all and any other former made Wills, Legacies, Bequests and ..... ways before named Wills and Bequeasts ..... confirming this and no other to be my last Will and Testament, I witness whereof I have hereunto sett my hand and seal, the day and year above written.
      JOSEPH REYNOLDS

      Witnesses:
      WILLIAM HALL,
      BENJAMIN .....NELLY,
      JACOB MARSHALL.
      Mentioned in his Grandfather's [Joseph Reynolds] Will dated 1730, 24 Jun

      NOTE Benjanin Nelly [Neely, Nealey]

    2. [S100] Internet Source, http://www.familycentral.net/index/search.cfm.
      Joseph Reynolds
      Birth: 22 Mar 1699, Kingston, Washington, RI
      Death: Jan 1760, Exeter, Washington, Rhode Island

      FCID:4998:5477
      Parents
      Father: Joseph Reynolds
      Mother: Susannah Babcock
      Marriage(s) Mrs. Sarah Reynolds, md. of RI
      Children


    3. [S18] Family Search, LDS, https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33V1-NV3.
      Joseph /Reynolds/
      Sex:Male
      Birth: 1699, Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island
      Death, September 1760
      North Kingston, Washington, Rhode Island
      PARENTS
      Father: Joseph /Reynolds/
      Mother: Susannah (Ann) /Babcock/
      MARRIAGES (1)
      Spouse: Ann /Gardiner/
      Marriage: 31 December 1732
      East Greenwich, Kent, Rhode Island

      CITING THIS RECORD
      "Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33V1-LHT : accessed 27 November 2019), entry for Samuel /Reynolds/; "My Family" file (2:2:2:MMD8-DZJ), submitted 2 February 2014 by WebsterGene [identity withheld for privacy].
      ANCESTRAL FILE
      Ancestral File Number: SQ9T-PB
      PEDIGREE RESOURCE FILE
      Person Count
      28,538
      Submission ID: MMD8-DZJ
      Joseph, s/o Susannah Babcock m. Sarah LNU