Dear WRG, At 12:09 PM 1/23/01 -0800, Bob & Sandy wrote: >Whitneygen.org databases list the mother of Ruth Reynolds (wife of John-2) >as Mary Pulleyne, married to Robert Reynolds. I haven't been able to find >a source that gives a maiden name for Mary, wife of Robert Reynolds. Do >any of you know where I can look? I have looked in these sources: >1. The History and One Line of Descendants of Robert & Mary Reynolds >(1630?-1928) of Boston, Mass., compiled by Marion H. Reynolds, Reynolds >Family Association, 413 Third St., Brooklyn, NY, 1928, p. 7; Los Angeles >Public Library, R 929.2 R 463-4 >2. Various Boston Town Records. > > I realize they were married in England, but I haven't gotten the > courage to jump across the pond in my searching. >Thanks. >Sandy This surname for Mary, wife of Robert REYNOLDS, is conjectural. I do not accept it, since it has not been proven to my satisfaction. Someone found the marriage for such a couple on 23 Aug 1623, Fremington, Devonshire, England, and assumed that it pertained to the New England immigrants. Indeed it may, but proof is lacking. Regards, Robert Robert L. Ward WHITNEY Research Group <http://www.whitneygen.org/>