Ebenezer Reynolds

Brief Life History of Ebenezer

When Ebenezer Reynolds was born on 4 July 1793, in Cross River, Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, United States, his father, James Reynolds, was 34 and his mother, Abigail Knapp, was 27. He married Phebe on 31 October 1815, in South Salem, Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, United States. He lived in Bedford, Bedford, Westchester, New York, United States for about 10 years. He died on 2 July 1896, in Cross River, Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 102, and was buried in Mount Zion Cemetery, Somers, Westchester, New York, United States.

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Family Time Line

Ebenezer Reynolds
1793–1896
Anna Pugsley
1801–1891
Marriage: 11 September 1828
Gilbert Billings Reynolds
1830–1907
Ann Augusta Reynolds
1832–1905
Griffin B. Reynolds
1833–1907
Ira B Reynolds
1834–1903
Augustus R. Reynolds
1837–1860
Samuel T. Reynolds
1839–1901
Mary Q. Reynolds
1842–1874
Joseph Ripley Reynolds
1845–

Sources (7)

  • Neyor Reynolds, "United States Census, 1850"
  • Ebenezer Reynold, "Massachusetts Births and Christenings, 1639-1915"
  • Ebenezer Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"

World Events (8)

1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment

The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.

1797 · Albany is Named Capital of New York

Albany became the capital of New York in 1797. Albany is the oldest continuous settlement of the original 13 colonies.

1820 · Making States Equal

The Missouri Compromise helped provide the entrance of Maine as a free state and Missouri as a slave state into the United States. As part of the compromise, slavery was prohibited north of the 36°30′ parallel, excluding Missouri.

Name Meaning

English: variant of Reynold , with genitival or post-medieval excrescent -s.

Irish (Leitrim): in Ulster the English name in 1 above was substituted for Mac Raghnaill; see McReynolds .

History: Christopher Reynolds of Gravesend, Kent, England, arrived in America sometime before his marriage in 1644 in Isle of Wight County, VA.

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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