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Rachel Jane Reynolds[1, 2, 3]

Female 1718 - 1756  (37 years)


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  • Name Rachel Jane Reynolds 
    Born 6 Nov 1718  West Nottingham, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Female 
    Died 31 Mar 1756  Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Quaker Calendar; 6th Day 11th Month 1717
      Quaker Calendar 1st Month is March
    Buried East Nottingham Meeting House, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • See records regarding Quaker Dates; their first month was March; never converted to Gregorian Calendar
    Person ID I11437  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Henry Reynolds
    Last Modified 2 Feb 2020 

    Father Henry 'Preacher' Reynolds, Jr.,   b. 16 Aug 1693, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 17 Dec 1779, Township of West Nottingham, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 86 years) 
    Mother Hannah Brown,   b. 29 Apr 1706, East Nottingham, Chester Co., Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Feb 1731, West Nottingham, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 24 years) 
    Married 1717 
    Family ID F3577  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 1 John Piggott,   b. 18-7mo-1717, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 4 Jan 1743, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 26 years) 
    Married 25 Oct 1737  Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Type: Quaker 
    Children 
     1. Henry Piggott,   b. 24 Jul 1738, Susquehanna Hundred, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Yes, date unknown, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. Obadiah Piggott,   b. 19 May 1740, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 6 Apr 1754, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 13 years)
    Last Modified 19 Mar 2023 
    Family ID F518494886  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family 2 Thomas Churchman,   b. 16 Jan 1707/08, West Nottingham, Pennsylvania, USA Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 8 Apr 1788  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 5 Jun 1745  West Nottingham, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Type: Quaker Meeting 
    Children 
     1. Hannah Churchman,   b. 7 Feb 1746, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
     2. John Churchman,   b. 14 Dec 1747, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1747, Chester County, Pennsylvania Find all individuals with events at this location
    +3. Susanna Churchman,   b. 13 7mo.- 1701, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 25 8mo- 1790, Bell Air, Harford County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 89 years)
     4. Sarah Churchman,   b. 13 Jan 1751, Cecil County, Maryland Find all individuals with events at this location
    Last Modified 5 Mar 2023 
    Family ID F3581  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Piggott-Reynolds
    Piggott-Reynolds
    Quaker Marriage Record
    (Maryland State Archives)
    Quaker Record death for John Piggott
    Quaker Record death for John Piggott
    piggottjohnd.jpg
    Death of Henry, Hannah, Rachel, Joseph, Ann
    Death of Henry, Hannah, Rachel, Joseph, Ann
    quakerrecord1.jpg
    The Gregorian Calendar
    The Gregorian Calendar
    Gregorian Calendar.jpg
    Quaker births for Rachel and William Reynolds (children of Henry and Hannah Reynolds)
    Quaker births for Rachel and William Reynolds (children of Henry and Hannah Reynolds)
    wmracreynolds.jpg
    Quaker Record birth of John Piggott's children
    Quaker Record birth of John Piggott's children
    piggottjohnb.jpg

    Histories
    Browns of Nottingham Pennsylvania
    Browns of Nottingham Pennsylvania
    Bowns of Nottingham, Penna.pdf

  • Notes 
    • Rachael Jane Reynolds married John Piggott

    • Quaker Records has Rachael's death as April 25, 1756

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Internet Source, http://martisgenes.info/p87.htm#i1023.
      Warren E. Pickett, John Piggott Sr. (1680?-1738) of Susquehannah Hundred in Cecil County Maryland together with some account of the Browne and Clayton Families from whom his wife Margarey Brown Piggott descended.Page 15 & 17
      ~William Wade Hinshaw, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, p. 473, 686.
      James E. Bellarts, The Quaker Yeoman, A Quarterly Newsletter of Quaker and Related Genealogy.

    2. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=165533045.
      Quaker; origins obscure, possibly Irish, probably born in or before 1680 (no age information has yet been discovered); modern D.N.A. evidence indicates an ancestral link to the PIGOTT family of Broxton or Butley, Cheshire, of which a junior branch was established in Chetwynd, Co Salop, ca 1430, &/or their junior branch which was established in Queen's County, Ireland, ca 1558.
      No mention has yet been found of John PIGGOTT in American Quaker records prior to his 1st marriage, at Concord Monthly Meeting, Chester Co, PA, 13 [2 Mo] Apr 1705, to Rebecca HARDIMAN (widow of Abraham HARDIMAN & before him of John WILSFORD, and daughter of Henry BAKER [his memorial 65136085] by Margaret HARDIMAN).
      John & Rebecca moved to Duck Creek, Kent Co, DE, before 18 Mar 1709; they had issue:
      1. Mary PIGGOTT, b New Garden MM, 2 [6 Mo] Aug 1706; poss marr WILLIAMS.
      2. Rebecca PIGGOTT, b New Garden, 1 [10 Mo] Dec 1707.
      3. Hannah PIGGOTT, b New Garden, 14 [8 Mo] Oct 1709; marr Samuel WHITE.
      4. (son), died in infancy.
      Rebecca died in childbirth, 1710-11; John marr 2ndly, Nottingham MM, 18 Mar 1713, Margery BROWN (daur of James BROWN & Honour CLAYTON); they settled at Nottingham, Cecil Co, MD, before 1718.
      John & Margery had isue, births recorded at Nottingham MM:
      5. James PIGGOTT, b 16 [11 Mo] Jan 1713-14; died young.
      6. Margery PIGGOTT, b 30 [6 Mo] Aug 1715.
      7. John PIGGOTT, b 18 [2 Mo] Apr 1717; marr Rachel REYNOLDS.
      8. Samuel PIGGOTT, b 11 [6 Mo] Aug 1718; marr Rebecca BOWEN.
      9. Elizabeth PIGGOTT, b 10 [5 Mo] Jul 1720; marr John CROMPTON.
      10. Abigail PIGGOTT, b 30 [11 Mo] Jan 1721-22.
      11. Susannah PIGGOTT, b 13 [1 Mo] Mar 1723-24; marr Richard KEMP.
      12. Jeremiah PIGGOTT, b 19 [6 Mo] Aug 1725; died inf.
      13. William PIGGOTT, b 8 [6 Mo] Aug 1726; marr Sarah PIKE.
      14. (son), b 10 [4 Mo] Jun 1729; died aged 6 days.
      15. Jeremiah (II) PIGGOTT, b 26 [8 Mo] Oct 1730; marr Rachel MAYNOR.
      16. Benjamin PIGGOTT, b 21 [9 Mo] Nov 1732; marr Mary HADLEY.
      17. (son), b 26 [8 Mo] Oct 1734; died aged 4 days.
      18. Margarey PIGGOTT, b 20 [12 Mo] Feb 1734-35; Marr Joseph BUCKINGHAM, then Thomas LINDLEY.
      Spouse:
      Margery Brown Piggott (1691 - 1738)
      Children:
      Benjamin Piggott (1732 - 1818)
      Burial:
      East Nottingham Friends Cemetery, Calvert, Cecil County, Maryland


    3. [S99] Quaker Records, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/2189/31906_284135-00011?pid=1436603&backurl=https://search.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/sse.dll?db%3DQuakerMeetMins%26h%3D1436603%26indiv%3Dtry%26o_vc%3DRecord:OtherRecord%26rhSource%3D2189&treeid=&personid=&hintid=&usePUB=true&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=31906_284135-00011.