Summary of Joseph REYNOLDS - 22 May 2004 -------------------------------------------------------------------- Name: Joseph REYNOLDS 1 Sex: Male Father: Electious REYNOLDS Jr. (21 Feb 1706/7 - bef 19 Sep 1786) Mother: Charity CASWELL ( - bef 1762) Individual Facts Birth abt 1744 in Rochester, Plymouth, MA1,2 Residence bet 1744-1785 (age 0) Rochester, Plymouth, MA Occupation 10 Sep 1796 (age 52) yeoman; Freetown, Bristol, MA1 Residence bef 1810 (age 66) Rupert, Bennington, VT1 Residence abt 1834 (age 90) Cambridge, Washington, NY Residence abt 1835/36 (age 92) Pulaski, Oswego, NY3 Residence 1840 (age 96) Hermon, St. Lawrence, NY1,4 Residence 1844 (age 100) Rossie, St. Lawrence, NY5 Death aft 12 Jan 1846 (age 102) Rossie, St. Lawrence, NY5 Marriages/Children 1. Bathsheba RANDALL Marriage 18 Jun 1785 (age 41) Rochester, Plymouth, MA1,6-9 Children Sylvanus REYNOLDS (abt 1786 - 30 Dec 1864) Joseph REYNOLDS ( - ) Lavannah REYNOLDS (abt 1788 - abt 1869) Nehemiah REYNOLDS (bet 1790 and 1800 - ) Rhoda REYNOLDS (1791 - ) Sylphia REYNOLDS (unm) (est 1793 - ) Hope (Hopey) REYNOLDS (1795 - aft 1870) * Sally REYNOLDS (24 Apr 1802 - 29 Sep 1878) Barbara Emeline REYNOLDS (twin) (abt 1806 - 5 Feb 1884) Betsey REYNOLDS (twin) (abt 1806 - ) Notes (Individual) General: Joseph, like several of his brothers, was apparently a Revolutionary War Veteran. His Rev. War pension file indicates he was born Rochester, MA, moved to Rupert, VT before 1810, then moved to NYS, finally settling in DeKalb, St. Lawrence Co., NY. Pension records mention son Sylvanus who made affidavit. Other children are not listed in the pension application. He may possibly had a first wife before marrying Bathsheba Randall based on the conflicting ages of his son Sylvanus. Joseph Reynolds sold land in Freetown to Dudley Hathaway in 1796. The deed was witnessed by apparent brother Michael Reynolds. In 1840 he appears to be in Hermon, St. Lawrence, NY with 1 male aged 80-90, 1 female aged 70-80,, 1 female aged 30 to 40 and one female aged 15-20. His place and date of death are unknown, but perhaps he was living with son Sylvanus in DeKalb, NY Death (aft 12 Jan 1846): There is a statement of 12 Jan 1846 regarding his pension application in which he said he made a mistake about residence in Roxbury, that he lived in Rochester, Massachusetts and his father was Electicious Reynolds. It appears he was living with son Sylvanus in Rossi, NY at the time of his death. Notes (Family #1) Marriage (18 Jun 1785): Marriage intention (Middletown, Plymouth, MA) from Middleboro records on CD; also found in Rochester, Plymouth, VR to 1850 as marriage intention for same date. Edward Doty book also lists marriage as the intention. Sources 1. Walter V. Beall family history; compiled in part by Edith Pierce, Wallingford, PA (deceased 1988) and others referencing several early MA town histories and family histories, vital records, and land records. (Printed family history compiled from computer database sent by Mr. Beall; portions reproduced in Kindred Konnections database, 1998.). 2. Rev War Pension File, S29.412 for Joseph Reynolds, 1744-abt 1844. 3. Ibid., deposition by son Sylvanous Reynolds. 4. 1840 Federal Census, Hermon, St. Lawrence, NY. 5. Rev War Pension File, Joseph Reynolds #S29.412. 6. Vital Records, Middleboro, MA from Family Archives CD #203. 7. Vital Records of Rochester Massachusetts to the year 1850 (Boston, New England Historic Genealogical Soc., 1914), v. 2 marriages, p. 248. 8. Hill, Peter B., Mayflower Families through five generations, v.11 in two parts, Edward Doty (Plymouth, MA, General Society of Mayflower Descandants, 1996), p. 85. 9. Randall, Frank Alfred, compiler, Randall and allied families; William Randall of Scituate and his descendants with ancestral families (Chicago: Raveret-Weber printing co., 1843), p. 139.