Brief Life History of William
When William Reynolds was born about 1736, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States, his father, Gideon Reynolds, was 31 and his mother, Bethia Horton, was 27. He married Mary Knapp after 28 October 1762, in Greenwich, Fairfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 3 daughters. He died on 10 February 1809, in Cross River, Lewisboro, Westchester, New York, United States, at the age of 74.
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- William Reynolds, "Find A Grave Index"
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1775
Post office est. July 26, 1775
1776
Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.
1794 · Creating the Eleventh Amendment
The Eleventh Amendment restricts the ability of any people to start a lawsuit against the states in federal court.
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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