Mercy Ann Reynolds

Notes:

The following train which brought the remains of Mrs. Mercy A. Richards and friends to Rising Sun on last Sunday consisted of an engine and a handsome car. Many of the relatives being in the railroad employ. Some of whom have about gained the top round of the ladder.



Death of an Estimable Woman.
Mrs. Mercy A. Richards, relict of Isaac Richards, formerly of Porter's Bridge, died at the
residence of her brother-in-law, Charles A. Lincoln, Philadelphia, on Thursday last. She
was a woman of superior character and posessesed the confidence of a large circle of
friends. The funeral took place on Sunday and her remains were interred in the West
Nottingham Friends burying ground. An address was made by Wm. Way, of Cecil county.
The deceased was a sister of Benjamin C. Reynolds, of Oxford, and Joseph T. Reynolds,
of East nottingham, Chester county. Among the many relatives and friends who attended
the funeral were George Sturges, chief clerk of the Board of Surveyers, Philadelphia; Wm.
H. Brown, Chief Engineer of the Penna. R. R. ; Charles A Lincoln, Prothonotary U. S.
Circuit Court, Philadelphia; Lewis Richards, Esq., Media and others. Her son, Jos. T.
Richards, First Assistant Chief Engineer of the Penna. R. R., was unable to attend the
funeral, as he is ill with typhoid pneumonia at his residence in Philadelphia. The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company out of courtesy to her son furnished a special car to
convey the remains and accompanying friends to the place of interment.



Cecil Whig Saturday February 14, 1885

Died:
Died at the home of her brother-in-law Charles Lincoln

Mercy married Isaac Stubbs Richards 10 Nov 1813, West Nottingham Friends, Harrisville, Cecil County, Maryland. Isaac (son of Thomas Richards and Orpah Stubbs) was born 7 Sep 1819, Richardsmere, Cecil County, Maryland; died 19 Apr 1864, Cecil County, Maryland; was buried , West Nottingham Friends Quaker Cemetery, Harrisville, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Isaac Richards died near Rising Sun. Maryland

1. Isaac Stubbs Richards was born 17 Nov 1848, Harrisville, Cecil County, Maryland; died 10 Aug 1880, Harrisville, Cecil County, Maryland; was buried , West Nottingham Friends, Harrisville, Cecil Cpounty, Maryland.
2. Joseph Thomas Richards was born 12 Feb 1845, Rising Sun, Maryland; died 17 May 1933, Cape May, New Jersey; was buried , West Laurel Hill Cemetery, Bala Cynwyd, Pennsylvania.
3. William Franklin Richards was born 12 Jan 1855, Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland; died July 19. 1859, Rising Sun, Cecil County, Maryland; was buried , West Nottingham Friends Cemetery, Harrisville, Cecil County, maryland.
4. Mercy Ann Richards was born 24 Sep 1859, Cecil County, Maryland; died 24 Sep 1859, Cecil County, Maryland; was buried , West Nottingham Friends Cemetery, Harrisville, Cecil County, Maryland.
5. Lewis/Louis Henry Richards was born 12 Mar 1847, Near Rising Sun, Maryland; died 19 Dec 1895, Colorado Springs, Colorado; was buried , Media Cemetery, Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
6. Ruth Anna Richards was born 14 Feb 1843, Near Porters Bridge Cecil County, Maryland; died 10 Feb 1896, Cecil County, Maryland; was buried , West Nottingham Friends, Harrisville. Cecil County, Maryland.
7. Jacob Granville Richards was born 16 Apr 1851, Cecil County, Maryland; died 11 Jan 1922, Colora, Cecil County, Maryland; was buried 13 Jan 1922, West Nottingham Friends ,Harrisville , Cecil County, Maryland.

Notes:

Quaker Record Jacob, s/o Jacob and Esther born 8th day of the 5th month 1791.

Jacob married Anna Amelia Moore 10 Nov 1811, Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Anna was born 31 Aug 1793, Cecil County, Maryland; died 19 Sep 1874, New Jersey; was buried , West Nottingham Friends, Harrisville, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Died:
Died at home of son-in-law Alexander Kirk

Notes:

The Children of Jacob and Esther Reynolds are listed above in the Quaker Records

Jacob married Esther Taylor 19 Oct 1785, Pennsylvania or Cecil County, Maryland. Esther (daughter of John Taylor and Mary Jackson) was born 5 May 1763; died 8 Jan 1838, Cecil County, Maryland; was buried , West Nottingham Friends Cemetery, Cecil County, Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

There are these cemeteries in Lancaster County that are Quaker Cemeteries with the Lancaster County Reynolds buried in them
1.Penn Hill Friends
2.Little Britain, Peach Bottom
3.Eastland Friends
and East Nottingham Friends in Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland

Died:
6th day of the 2nd month 1799
Quaker Record, Jacob Reynolds, husband of Rebecca Daye DOD

Jacob married Rebekah/Rebecca Daye 10 Oct 1751, Public Meeting at East Nottingham Friends, Cecil County, Maryland. Rebekah/Rebecca (daughter of John Daye and Lydia Ross) was born 2 Oct 1735, West Nottingham, Cecil Co., Maryland; died 14 Nov 1785, Cecil Co., Maryland. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

!MARRIAGE:PA Chester Co.: Early Church Records: Nottingham
Quakers, Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Nottingham
Quakers 1680-1889, Beard, Alice, Westminster, MD: Family
Line Publications, 1989, p. 149

Notes

!BIRTH:PA Chester Co.: Early Church Records: Nottingham
Quakers, Births, Deaths and Marriages of the Nottingham
Quakers 1680-1889, Beard, Alice, Westminster, MD: Family
Line Publications, 1989, 33


Died:
Died at 6'oclock in the evening aged 50 years (Quaker Records-Maryland State Archives)

Notes:

Name:
John was 1st married to Esther Evenson and had one child, Isaac who married Sarah Baker

John married Mary Jackson 13 May 1762, New Garden, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Mary was born 1742, Pennsylvania; died Yes, date unknown. [Group Sheet]