Margaret Smith^[1]

Est 1745 - 1783  (~ 38 years)

• Name	Margaret Smith
  Born	Est 1745	Sharpsburg, [Washington Co.]Maryland
  Gender	Female
  Died	1783	Kentucky   [2]
  Person ID	I14694	My Reynolds Line
  Last Modified	17 Jul 2020

  
  

  Family	John of John Reynolds,   b. 1745, Lancaster Co., Virginia ,   d. 1779, Indian Massacre  (Age 34 years)
  Married	8 Oct 1764	Prob Washington Co., Maryland
  Children	1. William M. [Smith] Reynolds,   b. 1776, Sharpsburg, Maryland ,   d. 7 Oct 1823, Near Mt. Aetna Furnace, Hagerstown, Washington County, Maryland  (Age 47 years)
  Last Modified	28 Oct 2015
  Family ID	F5061	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Documents

  John Reynolds (wife Margaret Smith) 14694-0 JohnReynolds.jpg

  
  

• Sources

  [S146] Reynolds Family Association, http://www.reynoldsfamily.org/line16/crook_1.php. John Reynolds (John) b. 1745, killed in an Indian massacre March 1779. He had sold his property in Maryland and was moving with his family to Kentucky, when they were attacked on the Ohio River, about fifty miles below Wheeling, WV. His wife and children were taken captive by the Indians. On October 8, 1764 he married Miss Margaret Smith and their children were born in Washington Co., MD, to which his wife and children returned permanently after their captivity among the Indians. His official military record in the Revolution reads: Captain of the First MD Battalion of the "Flying Camp" from June to December 1776. Made Captain of the 7th MD Dec. 10, 1776 in which his brother Francis Reynolds enlisted 11 days later. His regiment was at Ft. Schuyler, Valley Forge, White Plains Battle, and High Hills of Santel. The authority for this may be found in Saffell's Records, Hitman's Hist. Reg. of Officers. He resigned from the 7th MD Dec. 28, 1777. John and Margaret had, b. in Washington Co., MD: *111 Joseph Reynolds b. abt 1766; m. Elizabeth Heyser 1793 *112 Mary Reynolds b. abt 1768, d. Dec. 20, 1817 Augusta Co., VA; m. Joseph Clarke 1789 113 Sarah Reynolds b. abt 1770; m. ___ Thomas. Their descendants live in Champaign Co., OH. 114 Elizabeth Reynolds b. 1771, d. after 1851 Urbana, OH; m. ___ Wolfkill. No issue. *115 John Reynolds b. abt 1773, d. 1832; m. Mary Woltz. They lived Hagerstown, MD 116 Thomas Reynolds b. abt 1775; no further information *117 William M.Reynolds b. 1776, d. Sep. or Oct. 7, 1823 near Mt. Aetna Furnace, MD; m. Mercy Walling [S146] Reynolds Family Association. John Reynolds, Jr. (1745-1779), was commissioned captain of militia in the upper district of Frederick Co., MD, 1776. He was b. in Hagerstown, Washington Co., MD; died in Wheeling W. Virginia. Margaret Smith, wife of John Reynolds, Jr. (1748-1783), was captured by Indians and held in Montreal as a British prisoner of war until peace was declared. She was born in Maryland; died in Washington Co., MD