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Robert Reynolds

Birth
Kent, England
Death
27 Apr 1659 (aged 60–61)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
Burial
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA Add to Map
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Born by about 1598 (based on estimated date of marriage). Shoemaker who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on admission to Boston church on 10 August 1634) & settled in Boston. Died in Boston 27 April 1659.
Married by about 1623 Mary _____. "Mary wife of Robert Rainolls deceased January 18" 1663[/4?] at Boston.
Savage presented this immigrant as "ROBERT, Watertown 1635, shoemaker, freeman 3 September 1634, was dismissed by the church 29 March 1636, to form a church at Wethersfield, but probably after few years removed to Boston." Bond and Stiles also made this connection of Robert Reynolds with Watertown and Wethersfield. These sources are all dependent on one Connecticut record. On 29 Ma[rch] 1636, "the church of Waterton in the Masachusetts" dismissed six men, including "Rob[er]te Reynold," to "form anew in a church covenant in the River of Conectecott." The subject of the present sketch was a member of the church at Boston, while JOHN REYNOLDS {1634, Watertown} was a member of Watertown church at least a year before the Connecticut record given just above, so we conclude that the Connecticut record pertains to John Reynolds, and there is no connection of Robert Reynolds with Watertown and Wethersfield. (The claim that Robert Reynolds of Boston was granted land in Watertown misconstrues the grant of land at Muddy River by the town of Boston.
Born by about 1598 (based on estimated date of marriage). Shoemaker who came to Massachusetts Bay in 1634 (based on admission to Boston church on 10 August 1634) & settled in Boston. Died in Boston 27 April 1659.
Married by about 1623 Mary _____. "Mary wife of Robert Rainolls deceased January 18" 1663[/4?] at Boston.
Savage presented this immigrant as "ROBERT, Watertown 1635, shoemaker, freeman 3 September 1634, was dismissed by the church 29 March 1636, to form a church at Wethersfield, but probably after few years removed to Boston." Bond and Stiles also made this connection of Robert Reynolds with Watertown and Wethersfield. These sources are all dependent on one Connecticut record. On 29 Ma[rch] 1636, "the church of Waterton in the Masachusetts" dismissed six men, including "Rob[er]te Reynold," to "form anew in a church covenant in the River of Conectecott." The subject of the present sketch was a member of the church at Boston, while JOHN REYNOLDS {1634, Watertown} was a member of Watertown church at least a year before the Connecticut record given just above, so we conclude that the Connecticut record pertains to John Reynolds, and there is no connection of Robert Reynolds with Watertown and Wethersfield. (The claim that Robert Reynolds of Boston was granted land in Watertown misconstrues the grant of land at Muddy River by the town of Boston.

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  • Created by: Odinkitty
  • Added: Jul 13, 2009
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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/39433140/robert-reynolds: accessed ), memorial page for Robert Reynolds (1598–27 Apr 1659), Find a Grave Memorial ID 39433140, citing King's Chapel Burying Ground, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Odinkitty (contributor 47152635).