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2026 RFA Queries

Please take a few minutes to look at these queries that have been posted by our cousins. If you can be of any help in answering these queries then please contact the person posting the query. As a member of the Reynolds Family Association you can also Post a query to this board.

DATE: Friday, September 4, 2026 12:55 PM
NAME: Douglas Brian Sherman
E-MAIL: marinechief55@gmail.com
ADDRESS: 4155 Schoharie Turnpike, Delanson, NY 12053
SURNAMES: REYNOLDS

Good afternoon,

My family Ancestry is tied to my grandmother, Edith Reynolds 1909-2000), born and died in Galway, NY. Her father was John Asa Reynolds 1883-1938 born in Ballston Spa, NY. His father was Shuble Reynolds 1858-1930 born in Glenville, NY, and buried next to John Asa in Ashley Cemetery in Galway, NY.

Shuble's father was Asa Reynolds (1813-1862), born in Glenville, NY, and died in VA during the Civil War with the 134th Regt out of NY. Asa Reynolds' father was Shubel Reynolds (1775-1854) born in Amenia, NY, and died in Glenville, NY.

Shubel's father was Jeremiah Reynolds (1748-1827), born in Greenwich, CT, who moved to Amenia, Pittstown, during the American Revolution and served with Yates' 15th Regiment, NY Militia, out of NY. He moved from Pittstown to Glenville, NY, in the early 1800s and resided there with some of his family, including his wife, Elizabeth Daggett Reynolds (1755-1833). They moved with a few of their sons to Avon, NY, around the 1820s.

I am attempting to capture any information, land deeds, bible inscriptions, or accounts demonstrating both Shuble and Jeremiah's presence in the Glenville, Schenectady County NY.

Jeremiah Jr's father was Jeremiah Reynolds Sr. (1711-1768), born in Greenwich, CT, and died in Stamford CT. * Cuyler Reynolds notes Jeremiah's marriage to Jemima Reynolds but no history beyond his birth and marriage or his sons born during his life. His father was James Reynolds, born in 1674 in Greenwich, CT, and died in Amenia, NY, in 1767; interment is in Smithfield Cemetery in Amenia NY., along with his son James Reynolds.

CPT James Reynolds, successful clapboard wood siding, bought up land in Greenwich for lumber; he wasn't interested in buying land to farm. His industrial savvy made him a wealthy man just like his father, John Reynolds (1638-1702) born in Wethersfield NY died living in Greenwich, CT.

Respectfully,
Brian Sherman

DATE: Mon 7/20/2026 10:00 PM
NAME: David Rehrig
E-MAIL: rarebear66@aol.com
ADDRESS: 6685 Ivy Lane Allentown, PA
SURNAMES: Field

My grandmother had gone to Penn State University 1918-1921. I have 45 letters that were written by Ian Reynolds mostly 1919-1920. Apparently they were engaged but I have a feeling Ian did not have enough money to continue his education. Looking up his name on Ancestry I found he had gone in the Navy. Some of the letters were from when he was in.

It really seemed like they had a wonderful relationship and they parted as friends. I have just been wondering if any letters remain from Helen Field in the collections of Ian's information. I see he died in 2010 at 108 years old. The write up in find a grave really contained a lot of the same information in his letters. He must have had a good life with his wife of 61 years.

My name is David Rehrig my phone# is 484-553-2863 email rarebear66@aol.com wonder also if anyone would be interested in the letters he had sent. they did show a lot of his life at Penn State.

DATE: Wed 7/15/2026 3:35 PM
NAME: Rennee Minsch
E-MAIL: historybuff67@gmail.com
SURNAMES: REYNOLDS

Hello,

My name is Rennee and I am trying to find information on my 3X great grandfather Nathaniel S. Reynolds and his parents. He was born about 1811 in New York. He married Janette Markham in 1834 in Stafford New York. He and Janette had five children, Anna Maria Reynolds Adams (My great great grandmother), Alvira, Almira (twins), Polydore "Fred", and Mary. I have Nathaniel and family living in Ovid Branch County Michigan in the 1860 census. He enlisted in Sept. 1864 in the 8th Reg, Co. D Cav. He died on 1 Feb 1865 and is buried in Nashville TN. His FamilySearch ID # is LB95-DP3.
Any information is greatly appreciated.

Rennee Minsch

DATE: Tue 1/20/2026 3:55 PM
NAME: Andrew Stevenson
E-MAIL: andost80@gmail.com
ADDRESS: 5403 Westbard Ave, #1413, Bethesda, MD 20816 SURNAMES: REYNOLDS; NORTHUP; COLE; FONES

I am researching the family of Phineas Reynolds (b. 23 Feb 1768, Exeter, Rhode Island), who married Dorcas Northup on 25 October 1790, reported as occurring in North Kingstown, Rhode Island. The Reynolds Family Association Centennial Collection (1992) gives Dorcas’s birth as 20 August 1771, North Kingstown, but the entry does not state the underlying source for either the birth date or the marriage.

I am writing to ask whether the RFA retains, or can point me to, the original submission or documentation supporting this information—such as a family Bible record, church register entry, town/civil record, or correspondence—or whether this entry was reprinted from a specific earlier RFA Annual, in which the source may have been cited.

For context, Dorcas Northup is identified in compiled Reynolds materials as the wife of Phineas Reynolds, and her parents are given in other genealogical sources as Zebulon Northup and Mary (Cole) of North Kingstown. I am trying to document the evidentiary basis for Dorcas’s reported birth date and the 1790 marriage at a lineage-society standard.

Any guidance on the provenance of this data, or direction to relevant RFA archival materials or Annuals, would be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much for your time and assistance

DATE: Sunday, January 4, 2026 9:35 AM
NAME: Larry Joe Reynolds
E-MAIL: Joe.Reynolds@larryjoereynolds.com
ADDRESS: 310 Kent Drive, Pittsburg, TX 75686-2131

Good Morning Cousins, I continue to search for the parents of William Reynolds (RFA Line 037) who married Jane Milliken on August 23, 1790 in what is now Greene County, Tennessee. We have located a brother, Henry Reynolds, c1778-1849. He appeared in KY shortly after it became a state, and the first official record we were sure belonged to him was his marriage to Nancy Sallee in 1808. William died in Bedford County, Tennessee. Most of his children moved to Jackson County, Alabama from there and then spread out.

I'm hoping that one of my many cousins who share yDNA with me, and knows more about it than I do, to help me extend my search and locate the parents of William.