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Hugh 'of Iredell' Reynolds, Jr.[1, 2, 3, 4]

Male 1809 - 1878  (69 years)


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  • Name Hugh 'of Iredell' Reynolds 
    Suffix Jr. 
    Born 18 Apr 1809  Prob. North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Gender Male 
    Died 16 Oct 1878  Statesville, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Buried Old Fourth Creek Cemetery, Statesville, NC Find all individuals with events at this location  [5, 6
    Person ID I3662  My Reynolds Line | Descendants of Hugh 'Iredell' Reynolds, Descendants of William Reynolds
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2020 

    DNA Tests  2 people have linked a DNA test to Hugh 'of Iredell' Reynolds, Jr. 

    Father Hugh [dna-dar] Reynolds,   b. Abt 1755, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania Colony Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 1832, Statesville, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 77 years) 
    Mother Margaret 'Maggie' McClanahan,   b. Est 1780, Likely Augusta Co., Virginia Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 12 Aug 1865, Jackson County, Indiana Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age ~ 85 years) 
    Family ID F6833  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jane Reid Watt,   b. 24 Jul 1807, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 11 Oct 1887, Iredell Co., North Carollina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married 24 Oct 1833  Statesville, North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Children 
     1. Margaret Isabella Reynolds,   b. 25 Jun 1835, Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. 22 Nov 1880, Statesville, Iredell Co., North Carolina Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 45 years)
    Last Modified 16 Aug 2020 
    Family ID F7343  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Documents
    Hugh Reynolds-Death Notice
    Hugh Reynolds-Death Notice
    The Farmer and Mechanic
    Oct 24, 1878
    Will of William Reynolds of Cecil Co., Maryland and Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; names son Hugh Reynolds, later of Iredell 26 Aug 1775
    Will of William Reynolds of Cecil Co., Maryland and Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; names son Hugh Reynolds, later of Iredell 26 Aug 1775
    will3662Wm-HughIredaleReynolds.jpg
    Lineage-Kenyon Leslie Reynolds
    Lineage-Kenyon Leslie Reynolds
    Lineage-LeslieReynolds-01.jpg
    Deeds Mecklenburg, Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, North Carolina Showing Hugh Reynolds of Iredell Family in North Carolina; Another William Nealey possibly related to Wm. of Pittsylvania Co., Thomas Reynolds land on Buffaloe Creek original deed date 20 Aug 1753. Sold date 1774.
    Deeds Mecklenburg, Tryon, Lincoln & Rutherford Counties, North Carolina Showing Hugh Reynolds of Iredell Family in North Carolina; Another William Nealey possibly related to Wm. of Pittsylvania Co., Thomas Reynolds land on Buffaloe Creek original deed date 20 Aug 1753. Sold date 1774.
    Mecklenburg NC Deeds.pdf
    Letter to Hugh Reynolds of Statesville from Andrew C. Cowles
    Letter to Hugh Reynolds of Statesville from Andrew C. Cowles
    Ltr19058AndrewCCowles.pdf
    Jane Watt Reynolds-Death Notice
    Jane Watt Reynolds-Death Notice
    Statesville Record and Landmark
    Oct 13, 1887
    Reynolds-Watt Marriage
    Reynolds-Watt Marriage
    The Harbinger
    Nov 5, 1833
    Letter to Hugh Reynolds, Jr. from Rueben Reynold; mentions Mr. Watts
    Letter to Hugh Reynolds, Jr. from Rueben Reynold; mentions Mr. Watts
    ltr2HughbyRueben18543-19782.jpg
    Ltr from Laura Sanford to Cousin Billy; mentions Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds, Isabella and sweet little Mary
    Ltr from Laura Sanford to Cousin Billy; mentions Mr. & Mrs. Reynolds, Isabella and sweet little Mary
    tr2LauraSanford(neeReynolds).jpg
    Newspaper Record Laura Cornelia Sanford
    Newspaper Record Laura Cornelia Sanford
    na18549LauraCorneliaSanford.jpg
    DAR - Hugh Reynolds of Iredell
    DAR - Hugh Reynolds of Iredell
    DAR - Hugh of Iredell.pdf
    DAR Records for Hugh Reynolds of Iredell, NC
    DAR Records for Hugh Reynolds of Iredell, NC
    DAR - Hugh of Iredell.pdf
    Map of Part of Augusta County, Colony of Virginia 1755-1760; Shows Tinkling Spring Church, Fort Chiswell, and Fort Dickinson
    Map of Part of Augusta County, Colony of Virginia 1755-1760; Shows Tinkling Spring Church, Fort Chiswell, and Fort Dickinson
    Map_of_Augusta_County_1755-1760.jpg
    Hugh Reynolds Estate Sale
    Hugh Reynolds Estate Sale
    18522 HughReynoldsEstat02.jpg
    Hugh Reynolds Estate Sale
    Hugh Reynolds Estate Sale
    18522 HughReynoldsEstate03.jpg

    Histories
    Hugh Reynolds-Bacon Theft
    Hugh Reynolds-Bacon Theft
    The Wilmington Morning Star
    May 16, 1878

  • Notes 
    • https://archive.org/stream/originallistsofp00hottuoft/originallistsofp00hottuoft_djvu.txt

      Full text of "The original lists of persons of quality; emigrants; religious exiles; political rebels; serving men sold for a term of years; apprentices; children stolen; maidens pressed; and others who went from Great Britain to the American Plantations, 1600-1700 : with their ages and the names of the ships in which they embarked, and other interesting particulars; from mss. preserved in the State Paper Department of Her Majesty's Public Record Office, England"
      May the 14th 1679
      FOSTER HESTER in the ship Ann and Elis?'- for Leverpoole HUGH
      REYNOLDS Comander time out

      [Commander Hugh Reynolds; another line of investigation for the progenitor of the Hugh Reynolds lines of Lancaster, PA, Iredale, NC, Pittsylvania, VA and elsewhere with 37 marker DNA matches]
    • Hugh Reynolds of Iredell North Carolina is proven by dna to have been related to Hugh Reynolds of Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Records located in the diaries of Rev. John Cuthbertson identify Hugh Reynolds and Margaret [Divin] and a certain George Reynolds, births of son and daughter (twins) 1751 4 Dec named John and Elizabeth. The only other Reynolds identified in this register; believe to have been related. No record for the marriage of George is found in these records. Perhaps George is a brother of Hugh; they are having children within 9 years of one-another. Also probably connected to this family is John, James and Hugh Reynolds, named in the Will of William Reynolds in Cecil Co., Maryland and Lancaster, PA. Hugh Reynolds of Iredale may be the Hugh Reynolds named in this will of William Reynolds. These individuals from the Eastern Shore.

  • Sources 
    1. [S100] Internet Source, https://www.flickr.com/photos/icplphotos/collections/72157634612418936/.
      This is the s/o Hugh of Iredell, Patriot accepted by the DAR.
      Hugh Reynolds Letters and Bio

      The Letters of Hugh Reynolds.

      The Iredell County Public Library holds a collection of letters to and from the Hugh Reynolds family from the late 1850s through the 1870s. These have been scanned and placed on Flickr along with the envelopes. In some cases we have scanned envelopes that did not contain letters when we received the collection.

      Hugh Reynolds, (April 18, 1809- Oct. 16, 1878) was the son of Hugh Reynolds Sr. and his second wife Margaret McClanahan. He and his brother Reuben were probably born at Davis? Sulfur Springs, near Hiddenite, Alexander County. His father was from Ireland and owned a grist mill and was a miller by trade. Hugh Sr. was named a Patriot in the Ancestor list of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution for giving 12 bushels of wheat to the patriot army during the Revolutionary War. Hugh Reynolds Sr. moved his family to Statesville in 1827. Hugh Reynolds Sr. is buried in the extreme Northwest corner of the Fourth Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in Statesville. The tombstone itself may now be illegible.

      Hugh Reynolds Jr. was married to Jane Reid (July 24, 1807 ? Oct. 11, 1887.) on Oct. 24, 1833. She dies at the age of 80 in the Olin Township in Iredell County at the home of her husband?s brother, Reuben Reynolds. Both Hugh and Jane are buried in the Fourth Creek Presbyterian Cemetery in Statesville. They had a daughter named Margaret ?Isabella? Reynolds. Hugh?s brother Reuben Reynolds (Dec. 24, 1813 ? Oct. 20, 1903) also had a daughter named Margaret. Reuben in buried in the Oakwood Cemetery in Statesville.

      Hugh Reynolds Jr. was a prominent merchant in Statesville serving as a county commissioner. A March 23, 1883 article in The Landmark newspaper stated that the whipping post outside the old jail was built in 1860 under the direction of Messrs. C.L. Summers and Hugh Reynolds. Hugh was also part of the building committee in charge of erecting the Presbyterian Church in Statesville in 1870.

      Family lore says that the Reynolds family divided over the issue of slavery with part of the family moving to Warren County, Illinois in the 1830?s and later to Oregon. Though he was too old to serve when the Civil War began the N.C. Presbyterian reported on June 28, 1862 that ?In Statesville on June 15, Capt. Wm. H. Sanford, age 30 years; commissary in 7th Regt., North Carolina Troops; received wound at battle of Newbern; died at house of Hugh Reynolds.?

      Hugh lived near the northwest corner of Broad and Tradd Streets near his brother-in-law W.F. Watts, on lot 39. Hugh Reynolds?s place later became the Palmer House and had a well on the property. Upon his death the Carolina Watchman newspaper out of Salisbury reported on Oct. 24, 1878, ?We regret to hear of the death of Mr. Hugh Reynolds of Statesville. We have known Mr. R. long and well. He was justly held in high esteem by his acquaintances, for he was not only just and liberal in all the relations of life, but incorruptible and fearless in duty. A good man has fallen.?

    2. [S40] Will, William Reynolds of Cecil Co., Maryland .
      Will of William Reynolds names son, Hugh Reynolds, James, John, and daughters, Jean, Mary, Eleanor, Phoebe, Martha, Agnes and Sarah. This Hugh Reynolds of Iredale, NC is traced by descendant, is a 37 marker DNA match to the descendant of Hugh of Pittsylvania County. A third 37 marker match is later found; no further information on that individual. Both Hugh of Iredale and Hugh Reynolds of Pittsylvania County are of the Presbyterian Faith; Quaker records found for a William Reynolds are not related to either of these Hugh Reynolds. Additionally, Hugh Reynolds of Pittsylvania County is married in Lancaster by the Rev. John Cuthbertson and recorded in his diary.
      Daughter Phoeby Colly, Agnes Fitzsimons, wife of Patrick Fitzsimons (executor) along with Fanny, wife.
      Martha McLean, 5 shillings
      Hugh Reynolds 10 pounds
      Wife, Frances, son James, daughter Jean, dau. Mary, son John, dau Eleanor each 1/6 part of estate.

    3. [S54] DAR, http://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=full&p_id=A201059.

      REYNOLDS, HUGH
      Ancestor #: A201059
      Service:
      NORTH CAROLINA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
      Birth:
      CIRCA 1755
      Death:
      A 6-16-1832 IREDELL CO NORTH CAROLINA
      Service Source:
      NC REV WAR PAY VOUCHERS,#S 408,3344,ROLL #68.57; NC TREAS & COMPT PAPERS, NC REV ARMY ACCTS, BK A P 134 #4102
      Service Description:
      1) PAID FOR SERVICES


    4. [S39] Will, https://www.ancestry.com/interactive/9061/007067369_01765?pid=1216186&backurl=https://www.ancestry.com/family-tree/person/tree/73088608/person/420174593717/gallery&usePUB=true&_phsrc=XFO14750&usePUBJs=true#?imageId=007067369_01765.
      Will of Hugh Reynolds

    5. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/113135274.
      Hugh Reynolds

      Birth 18 Apr 1809
      Death 16 Oct 1878
      Burial Old Fourth Creek Cemetery Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina

      Spouse: Jane Reid Watt Reynolds, 1807?1887



    6. [S32] Find-A-Grave.com, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/16912318.
      Margaret Isabella Reynolds Simonton
      Birth 25 Jun 1835, [Iredell, NC]
      Death 22 Nov 1880 (aged 45)
      Burial: Old Fourth Creek Cemetery
      Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina
      Plot Row 36 Grave 5
      Maj Absalom K Simonton, Jr
      Birth Aug 1835, North Carolina
      Death 31 May 1862 (aged 26), Virginia
      Burial: Old Fourth Creek Cemetery
      Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina
      Killed in the Civil War. His tombstone indicates that "he was in the 4th Regt of the NC State Troops. He was killed in the Battle of Seven Pines near Richmond. Aged 26 years." He was the son of Absalom Knox I and Isabella Falls Simonton. Absalom Knox Simonton II lived in Statesville with Robert F. and Roxanna Simonton in the 1850 census. Robert F. was a merchant. Absalom K. himself was 16 years of age in that census. (Note: Robert F. and Roxana Simonton were also shown in the 1860 census, where Robert was shown to be the Secretary and Treasurer of an unidentifyable railroad. Absalom was not shown with them in that census.) Absalom married Margaret Isabella Reynolds. They were supposedly the parents of three children. He was supposed to have been in a brick manufacturing business with a brother-in-law, Hugh Reynolds, before the war.