Elizabeth (Greene) Reynolds (1668 - abt. 1722)

Born 17 Oct 1668 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Ancestors

Wife of Francis Reynolds — married 1688 in Warwick, Kent, Rhode Island

Descendants

Died about 1722 at about age 53 in North Kingstown, Washington, Rhode Island

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Biography

Elizabeth Green, daughter of James Greene (bef.1626-1698) and Elizabeth (Anthony) Greene (1646-1698) was born 17 Oct 1668 at Warwick, Rhode Island.

Marriage

Elizabeth Reynolds 1669-1722 - Marriage Date 1689 Marriage Place: New England, Spouse: Francis Reynolds Birth Year: 1662 Death Year: 1722 ^[1]

Notes

• She married Francis Reynolds, the brother of her two sisters husbands.
• The source also says that she married a second time to Mr Hill. (This may be wrong since both she and her husband Francis died in 1722. Pierpont-94 08:25, 3 April 2013 (EDT))
• She gave birth to at least 8 children over a span of 30 years.
• Her last child was born 3 years before she died.

Genealogical Records

The following section of this profile provides detailed information found in the various cited sources. The purpose of this section is to provide the reader access to the information contained within the cited sources; to identify source data conflicts and identify the origin of data errors; and, finally, to provide a platform to analyze, cross-correlate, and comment on important aspects of the cited historical data record.

Vital Records

• Primary Source, Arnold, Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 7. Friends and Ministers ^[2] Volume 7, Church records from the Society of Friends (Quakers); Data Extract:

1. ) Narragansett Friends Records; page 138: James Reynolds, son of Francis of KingsTowne, and Hannah Jenkins, dau. og Richard of Warwick were married 27 July 1717.

Biographic and Genealogical References

• Secondary Source, John Osborne Austin , Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 , ^[3] Data Extract:

1. ) Genealogical Dictionary of RI; at Archive.org, Page 89: James Green.
2. ) Genealogical Dictionary of RI; at Archive.org, page 363; Francis Reynolds and Elizabeth Green. North Kingstown RI.

• Secondary Source, Clarence Almon Torrey, U.S., New England Marriages Prior to 1700, ^[1] Data extract:

1. Pre-1700 Marriages; Ancesty.com, page 618; Pre-1700 Marriages; AmericanAncestors, page 1262; Francis Reynolds (1662-1722) & Elizabeth Green (1668; 1669-1722), ?m/2 ____ Hill?; 1689; N. Kingston, RI. {Editorial Note (RRB): an exhaustive search was completed to find an online source for each of the refernces Torrey cited in his volume of Pre-1700 marriages. A free and freely available online source was found for six of the seven of the references; with the exception being the Reynolds Reference.
   1. Sources cited in Torrey's New England Marriages"
      1. Greene (1903) p. 65; ^[4]
      2. Reynolds 31:72 ^[2]
      3. Clark (#9) 22 American ancestors of Oratio Dyer Clark and of his wife Laura Ann King; page 22
      4. RI VR 7:138
      5. Austin's Dict 89,363 ^[3]
      6. Shotwell 42; Annals of our colonial ancestors and their descendants; page 42; This is the source suggesting a second marriage to a Hull or Hill. It is not certain, but this appears likely to be a conflation with her sister Susannah who married first, as his second wife, Joseph Hull.
      7. Boddie 112, 161; ^[5]
      8. Brady Anc. 357; James Cox Brady and his ancestry; page 357;

• Secondary Source, Louis Effingham and Ann Lawrence DeForest, James Cox Brady and His Ancestry; ^[6]

1. ) Brady Genealogy; page 357, 358;

Research Notes

1. ) 2021-12-30: Prior to this date, Elizabeth (Green) Reynolds of this profile had been linked to Henry Hill (1661-aft.1724) as a second husband. After and exhaustive review of the existing documentation, it is clear that Henry Hill was not and could NOT have been her husband. Refer to the profile of Henry Hill for further detail.
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Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Torrey, Clarence Almon; New England Marriages Prior to 1700, Genealogical Publishing Co., Baltimore, 1985. Available:

   1. ) On line at
      1. ) Ancestry Record 3824 #69553 Ancestry.com Operations Inc Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2012.
      2. ) AmericanAncestors.org. New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008. Online version at AmericanAncestors.org contains Torrey's references. NE pre 1700 Marriages accessed for Gardiner.
   2. ) Print edition. This manuscript is still in print and may be available at Amazon.com or Abebooks.com or other rare booksellers.
   3. ) Key to References in New England Marriages Prior to 1700" This cross reference expands Torrey's reference abbreviations into full reference citations.
   4. ) Family Search exposee on New England Marriages Prior to 1700 This article provides excellent insight regarding access to Torrey's source citations, which are not included in the single volume edition.

2. ↑ ^{2.0 2.1} Arnold, James N., Editor of the Narragansett Historical Register, Vital Record of Rhode Island, 1636-1850, Providence, RI., Narragansett HIstorical Publishing Co., 1893. Twenty one Volume set of Early Rhode Island Vital records compiled by from James Arnold. Available at:

   1. ) Archive.org--free: Vital Records of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 7; Friends and Ministers--Title page.
   2. ) Ancestry.com--fee required Vital Record of Rhode Island. 1636-1850, Volume 7; Friends and Ministers Title page

3. ↑ ^{3.0 3.1} Austin, John Osborne. Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island: Comprising Three Generations of Settlers Who Came Before 1690 : With Many Families Carried to the Fourth Generation., Albany, NY., Joel Munsell's Sons, 1887. Public Domain. {Note there are two on-line sources offering scanned images of this text; archive.org and the book library of Family Search. The scanned image quality of the archive.org copy is poor, in some places unreadable. Family Search has three scanned copies of the book with good scanned image quality.]

   1. ) Archive.org: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island, Title Page
   2. ) Family Search book library: Genealogical Dictionary of Rhode Island; Title Page

4. ↑ Clarke, Louise Brownell. The Greenes of Rhode Island (Knickerbocker Press, New York, 1903.) Page 65 & Page 87
5. ↑ Boddie, John Thomas. Boddie and Allied Families (Chicago, 1918) Page 161-2.
6. ↑ Deforest, LE and AL; James Cox Brady and His Ancestry; The DeForest Publishing Co.; New York, New York; 1933.