Brief Life History of John
When John Reynolds was christened on 29 November 1696, in Penkridge, Staffordshire, England, United Kingdom, his father, John Reynolds, was 29 and his mother, Theodosia Byrch, was 33.
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- John Reynoldes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
- John Reynoldes, "England, Staffordshire, Church Records, 1538-1944"
- John Reynoldes, "England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
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World Events (2)
1801 · The Act of Union
The Act of Union was a legislative agreement which united England, Scotland, Wales, and Ireland under the name of the United Kingdom on January 1, 1801.
1815
The defeat of Napoleon Bonaparte at Waterloo marks the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Napoleon defeated and exiled to St. Helena.
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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