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Ebenezer [Middleton] Reynolds[1, 2]

Male Est 1715 - 1795  (~ 80 years)


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  • Name Ebenezer [Middleton] Reynolds 
    Born Est 1715  North Kingstown, Washington Co., Rhode Island Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • He is not yet 21 as of the date of his father's will.
    Gender Male 
    Died 4 Aug 1795  Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Person ID I18790  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of James Reynolds
    Last Modified 1 Dec 2019 

    Father Sgt. Samuel [D105] Reynolds,   b. 1674, Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 27 Oct 1745, Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 71 years) 
    Mother Abigail Middleton,   b. 1674, Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Notes 
    • https://archive.org/stream/agenealogyrunne00runngoog/agenealogyrunne00runngoog_djvu.txt
      Deed and Will from the Essex Records in Salem, Mass.

      " Dec. 26, 1710. John Bolnton to Samuel Runels in Bradford, Husbandman, in consideration of £7, part paid and part secured by bill, a certain piece of land lying in the township of Bradford, 20 acres as it is bounded, be it more or less ; bounded on the N. E. corner on a little small red oak marked and on the South side of a frog pond ; and so running on the East side upon land of Thomas West till it come to Boxford line ; and on the South on Boxford line to the stump of an old tree, with stones by it, on Boxford line; and from that stump, on the West side, by land of Richard Kimball, unto a stake and stones on the N. W. corner."

      We have no evidence of real estate as possessed in Massachusetts at an earlier date by a member of this family; implying that though married some eight or ten years previously, this ancestor did not have a " home of his own," in Bradford, till 1710-11. It is evident, too, from this deed, and the price paid, that his original twenty-acre
      lot must have been comparatively wild and less valuable land at the time of purchase. The northern bounds are not given, but its location on Boxford line is made certain. This was afterwards known in Bradford as the "Job Runnels Place," where the ''Job Runnels apples," excellent for their keeping qualities the year round, were found growing. J. Warren Chad wick now owns the same site, near Chadwick*s or Little Pond. The land was transferred from John Runnels [22] to James Buswell, and by the latter to John Chadwick. The old Runnels house was standing as late as 1840.
    Family ID F6518  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 Abigail Sollis,   b. Est 1725, Beverly, Henrico Co., Virginia Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 3 Oct 1765, Haverhill, Massachusetts Colony Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 40 years) 
    Married 1747  Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Children of Ebenezer and Abigail Sollis Reynolds
      Benjamin [123], b. Mar. 31, 1748.
      Ebbnezer [133], b. Apr. 21, 1760.
      John, b. Aug. 14, 1752; d. Sept. 14, 1753.
      Stephen [136], b. July 3, 1754.
      John, b. June 18, 1766 ; d. June 16, 1760.
      Molly (Mary) [146], b. July, 1758.
      Abigail [158], b. Dec. 7, 1760
    Children 
     1. Stephen [49] of Ebenezer Reynolds,   b. 3 Jul 1754, Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Jul 1798, Vershire, Vermont Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 44 years)
     2. Samuel of Ebenezer Reynolds,   b. Abt 1768, Hollis, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 5 Jun 1834, Hollis, New Hampshire Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 66 years)
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2018 
    Family ID F7535  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Hannah Smith,   b. 18 May 1742, Haverhill Massachusetts Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 29 Mar 1795, Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 52 years) 
    Married 1766  Haverhill, Massachusetts Find all individuals with events at this location  [4
    Last Modified 17 Sep 2018 
    Family ID F7692  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    RI Kingston Marriages
    RI Kingston Marriages
    RI Kingston Marriages.pdf

  • Sources 
    1. [S40] Will, https://archive.org/stream/agenealogyrunne00runngoog/agenealogyrunne00runngoog_djvu.txt.
      Samuel Runnals Will was dated "March 5, 1744-5," and "Proved, at Ipswich, Nov. 25, 1745."
      Abstract as follows : Samuel Runels, of Bradford, etc., yeoman, bequeath to Abigaill my dearly and well beloved wife one cow, four sheep and my mare for her own use, also household goods and wearing apparel, and the free
      use and improvement of the East end of my house during her natural life.
      I give to my sons, Stephen and Job all my lands in Bradford, (they paying the legacies here mentioned) also to Stephen the East end of my house to come in possession after the decease of my wife, and to Job the West end of my house which he now lives in. As to my lands that may fall to me in the Eastern parts, by my Grandfather or Father Runells I give them to my four sons, Stephen, Samuel, Job and Ebenezer to be equally divided between them for quantity and quantity.
      ** I give unto my beloved son Samuel Runels 25 shillings lawfful money, and that to be his portion in my estate with what I have already given him.
      ** I give and bequeath unto my son Ebenezer Runels the sum of £35 lawful money (or other payable bills of credit equivalent thereto) or to his lawful heirs, when he comes to the age of 21 years, to be paid by my Executors in equal parts, and that to be his portion out of my estate.
      **I give to Sarah Lakeman, or her heirs, £10 in six months after my decease; and to my grand son, William Atwood, or his heirs, £5 lawful money to be paid when he is 21 years of age.
      "I constitute my beloved sons, Stephen and Job, sole executors (to whom I give my live stock except what I have given to my wife by will),
      ordering them to pay my honest debts and funeral charges and legacies above mentioned, and to give their mother, my now present wife, a decent
      burial at her decease."

    2. [S80] Google Books, https://books.google.com/books?id=JK8yAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA63&lpg=PA63&dq=James+Reynolds+%2B+Mary+Davis+%2B+1744+%2B+Rhode+Island&source=bl&ots=J8DuuU0HiE&sig=PEhw6E7EjOxVkDuz8kUH8QiNU7U&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiKyK3i0YfWAhWC7YMKHUPLAbYQ6AEINTAC#v=onepage&q=James%20Reynolds%20%2B%20Mary%20Davis%20%2B%201744%20%2B%20Rhode%20Island&f=false.
      Lineage of James Reynolds

    3. [S126] United States Archives, https://archive.org/stream/agenealogyrunne00runngoog/agenealogyrunne00runngoog_djvu.txt.
      45. Ebenezer2 [9] (SamueU), learned a different trade from either of his older brothers, ? that of a blacksmith, ? and probably in the neighboring village of Haverhill, where we find him,
      " Jan. 7, 1748" (by mistake on the county records, " 1744," as he was then a minor) receiving, by deed from " agents of the town of Haverhill, for £33 10s. (N. T. in hand before), a certain piece of parsonage land, on Merrimack River, and containing about 8 acres " ;
      *' Mar. 6, 1748," just after his first marriage, he buys of Edmund Mooers, for '" £750, O. T., a lott of land with a dwelling house there on" ; "Apr. 7, 1748," with " Abigail his wife," he conveys to " William Greenleaf, for £220, 0. T., one half ^q acre in Haverhill, formerly of the parsonage land so called " ; and " Apr. 17, 1749,"
      to Samuel White, for " £75, about J of an acre, at a place commonly known by the name of the River Parsonage Lots." He must have received a dowry by his wife, or else have worked quite successfully at his trade before 1748, since the amount received from his father's estate by will at " twenty-one years of age," could only have helped him to the first or parsonage purchase (above), out of which the two last deeds show that he was making what would be called, in these days, a " handsome speculation," while reserving the second purchase for his own homestead. Eight other deeds are found conveyijig real estate in Haverhill to him, and eleven others, from him to others, also in Haverhill, and all prior to 1784, showing that his business relations were quite extensive in that place. The following also marks the time of his purchasing the estate, afterwards given to his son Samuel [54] in Hollis : " Feb. 5, 1777," Ebenezer and Thomas Jaquith and wives (their marks), " to Ebenezer Runels, for £666 18s. 4d.
      255 acres of land partly in Hollis, N. H., and partly in Dunstable, Mass." .As a blacksmith in Haverhill, he had, for the times, a large establishment, devoting himself mainly to the oversight of his numerous employes. Was engaged considerably in the ironing of vessels, and was also partner in a ship-building interest at Newburyport, according to tradition among the
      descendants of his oldest son in Maine. His residence in Haverhill was situated on the present Washington Square; house, where now the Lafayette and Washington Blocks, with garden in rear and extending east to the Little River ; shop,
      opposite the house, in rear of the present Christian Baptist Meeting-house. He m., 1st, Abigail Sollis, of Beverly, 1747. She d. Oct. 3, 1765, and the next year he m., 2d, Hannah Smith,
      of Haverhill who was b. May 8, 1742, in H., and there d. Mar. 29, 1814, aged 72. The writer has a copy of his Will, dated Feb. 10, 1795, agreeing with the Essex Prob. Recs. ; abstract as follows : ?
      ** I give unto my oldest son, Benjamin, £10 lawful money, to be paid out of my estate in three years. To Stephen, £15, ditto in two years. To my son Ebenezer^ 8 children, Ebenezer and Abigail, £20 each. To my daughter, Mary Ayer, £5, in one year. To my daughter, Abigail Hagget, one feather bed, one mahogany case of drawers, and £10, In two years.
      I give to Samuel 40 shillings, and require him to pay to his mother 30 shillings yearly, during her natural life." [This in consideration of the Hollis property which he had previously received ] " To Nathaniel, £60, to he paid in two years. To Daniel and Ebenezer, equally, one half the house
      and garden I now possess. To Hannah, £30, in one year after my decease.
      To Thomas, a piece of land in Haverhill, with house thereon, in which he now lives. To Daniel and Thomas, equally, the shop, shop lot and tools,
      ordering them to pay Stephen 60 shillings each, within two years. Finally, to my wife, Hannah, and my son Thomas, jointly, all other property in
      Haverhill, making them Executors of my will, and ordering them to raise money as needed, by the sale of my Pepperell farm (so called), dividing
      the balance equally among all my children."
      Account of Executors was rendered " Dec. 14, 1795." Property prized, in all, " at J4,632.73," including his " Pepperell farm at 81,686.67," and his '^ Mansion house, and land adjoining in
      Haverhill, at 61,000." The words '^Memento Mori" are on his gravestone in the old Haverhill cemetery, which also gives his death, "Aug. 4, 1795," aged 69. Children, b. in Haverhill, ? an equal number by each of his two wives.
      46. Benjamin [123], b. Mar. 31, 1748.
      47. Ebbnezer [133], b. Apr. 21, 1760.
      48. John, b. Aug. 14, 1752; d. Sept. 14, 1753.
      49. Stephen [136], b. July 3, 1754.
      60. John, b. June 18, 1766 ; d. June 16, 1760.
      61. Molly (Mary) [146], b. July, 1758.
      62. Abigail [158], b. Dec. 7, 1760.
      63. Thomas, b. Dec. 14, 1763; d. Nov. 16, 1766.
      64. Samuel [163], b. Mar. 16, 1767.
      66. Thomas [171], b. Feb. 7, 1769.
      66. Nathaniel Stevens [180], b. June 23, 1771.
      67. Daniel, b. Oct. 22, 1773; d. Sept. 22, 1774.
      68. Daniel [192], b. Dec. 18 (Fam. Rec. says ** Sept. 22, 1776.
      69. Ebenezer [198], b. 1778; not found on the Haverhill Bees.
      60. Hannah, b. Apr. 22, 1783 ; d. Feb. 22, 1787.
      61. Hannah [201J, b. July 12 (4), 1787.

    4. [S126] United States Archives, file:///C:/Users/MaryFrances/Desktop/.A%20Genealogy%20of%20Runnels%20and%20Reynolds%20Families%20in%20America%20%20With%20Records.html.
      Children of Ebenezer and Hannah Smith
      Thomas, b. Dec. 14, 1763; d. Nov. 16, 1766.
      Samuel [163], b. Mar. 16, 1767.
      Thomas [171], b. Feb. 7, 1769.
      Nathaniel Stevens [180], b. June 23 (22), 1771.
      Daniel, b. Oct. 22, 1773; d. Sept. 22, 1774.
      Daniel [192], b. Dec. 18 (Fam. Rec. says ** Sept. 22"), 1776.
      Ebenezer [198], b. 1778; not found on the Haverhill Bees.
      Hannah, b. Apr. 22, 1783 ; d. Feb. 22, 1787.
      Hannah [201J, b. July 12 (4), 1787.