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Families of the Children of Capt. Thomas5 Washburn and Mary Crapo

 

 

            Only one child of Capt. Thomas Washburn and Mary Crapo seems to have married and left descendants as far as I have been to trace was daughter Rest Washburn, and she only had two sons that I have been able to trace, who lived in Bristol County, Massachusetts.

 

 

 

 

 

James3 Washburn

 

 

Moses4 Washburn

 

 

 

 

Mary Bowden

 

Capt. Thomas5 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

Robert4 Cushman

 

 

Hannah5 Cushman

 

 

 

 

Persis Lewis

Aholiab Washburn

 

 

 

Francis Washburn

 

 

 

Rest6 Washburn

 

 

 

Percy Washburn

 

 

 

William6 Washburn

 

 

 

 

 

 

Peter Crapo

 

 

Francis Crapo

 

 

 

 

Penelope4 White

 

Mary Crapo

 

 

 

 

Patience Spooner

 

 

 

(2014.) Rest6 Washburn, elder daughter of (696) Capt. Thomas5 Washburn, (174) Moses4 Washburn, (65) James3, (43) John2 (5th), (28) John1 (4th); born in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, on 27 Nov. 1769,[1] married Wil­liam Reynolds, of Dartmouth, MA, son of Michael and Mercy (Chase) Reynolds, of Freetown, Bristol Co., MA,[2] possibly as his second wife, in 1786.[3] He was born in 1767 in Dartmouth, supposedly a grandson of Electious and Charity (Caswell) Reynolds, of Middleborough, and of Caleb and Ruth (Paine) Chase.[4] They were living in New Bedford, MA, in the 1790,[5] and 1800 federal censuses.[6]

            Rest (Washburn) Reynolds died by 1807, but her burial location is unknown, and William Reynolds remarried to Lydia Hathaway in 1807.[7] They were living in Freetown, MA, in the 1810 federal census.[8] He supposedly died in Feb. 1852,[9] but his Massachusetts death record was not found, and their burial location is unknown.

            Rest Washburn and William Reynolds had at least two sons:

        4290     i   Micah Reynolds, born on 31 July 1796 in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA,[10] married 1.) Martha “Patty” Reynolds, of Dartmouth, MA, on 25 Dec. 1817 in Dartmouth.[11] She was born ca. 1794 in MA.[12] They were living in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1840,[13] 1850,[14] and 1860 federal censuses,[15] where he was a farmer. She died on 28 May 1861,[16] and was buried in Pine Island Cemetery in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA. He remarried to 2.) Elizabeth (Terry) (___) Dunham, of Dartmouth, daughter of Joseph and Elizabeth Terry, of Plymouth,[17] as her third husband, on 17 Mar. 1864 in Dartmouth, MA.[18] She was born ca. 1806 in Plymouth, MA.[19] They were living in Dartmouth in the 1870 federal census, where he was a farm laborer.[20] She died on 20 Dec. 1875 in Dartmouth, of pneumonia,[21] and he was still living in Dartmouth in the 1880 federal census.[22] He died a widower on 1 Feb. 1881 in Dartmouth, MA, aged 85 years, 9 months, of an accident,[23] and they were both also buried in Pine Island Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA. He had children by Martha Reynolds:

a. Martha Ann Reynolds, born on 6 Feb. 1826 in MA,[24] married Isaac Rogers, son of Jeptha and Mercy (Pool) Rogers, of Dartmouth,[25] in ca. 1846.[26] He was born ca. 1823 in MA.[27] They were living with her parents in Dartmouth, MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a farmer,[28] but they were not found in the 1860 federal census in Bristol Co., MA. He died on 2 Aug. 1866 in Dartmouth, aged 43 years, 11 months, 15 days, of “kidney & heart disease,”[29] but his burial location is unknown. She remarried to 2.) Alexander Lake, son of William and Charlotte (Sherman) Lake,[30] as his second wife, on 7 Jan. 1869 in Dartmouth, MA.[31] He was born ca. 1833 in Fall River, Bristol Co., MA.[32] They were living in Dartmouth, MA, in the 1870 federal census, where he was working in a cotton mill,[33] but they were apparently divorced by 1880. He was living with his mother and stepfather, Perry and Charlotte Albert, in Dartmouth in the 1880 federal census, where he was still working in a cotton mill,[34] but Martha was not found in the 1880 federal census. Alexander Lake remarried to Deborah A. Soule, daughter of Pardon W. and Mary A. Soule, of Westport, MA,[35] on 16 Dec. 1880 in Dartmouth, MA.[36] Martha Ann (Reynolds) (Rogers) Lake died, as Martha A. Rogers, on 14 Mar. 1897 in New Bedford, aged 70 years, 1 month, of “heart disease, asthmia,”[37] and was buried in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA. Alexander Lake died on 2 Nov. 1902 in Dartmouth, MA, aged 63 years, 2 months, 13 days, of “gastric interitis,”[38] and was buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Westport, Bristol Co., MA. No death record was found for Deborah A. (Soule) Lake.

b. Wilson S. Reynolds, born on 7 Feb. 1831 in Freetown, Bristol Co., MA,[39] married Rebecca Ashley, daughter of Taber and Elizabeth (Wordell) Ashley, of Dartmouth,[40] on 20 Apr. 1858 in Dartmouth.[41] She was born ca. 1827 in Dartmouth.[42] They were living in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1860 federal census, where he was a laborer.[43] He died on 17 Nov. 1869 in New Bedford, MA, aged 38 years, of “dropsy,”[44] and was buried in Ashley Family Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA. She was still living in New Bedford in the 1870 federal census,[45] and she remarried, as Rebecca Ashley, to Seabury Nelson Lane, son of Ephraim and Lamyra A. (Chace) Lane,[46] as his second wife, on 9 Nov. 1876 in New Bedford, MA.[47] He was born on 24 Mar. 1837 in Norton, MA,[48] and had married first to Ida Anna Robinson, daughter of Ruel and Eliza A. (Dunham) Robinson,[49] who died on 6 Mar. 1874 in Norton, MA, aged 30 years, 22 days, of “consumption,”[50] and was buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA. Rebecca (Ashley) (Reynolds) Lane died on 6 June 1877 in New Bedford, aged 50 years, of “gastric fever,”[51] and was buried with her first husband in Ashley Family Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA. Seabury N. Lane died on 5 Mar. 1890, aged 52 years,[52] and was buried in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.

c. William Taber Reynolds, born ca. 1833 in Dartmouth, MA,[53] married Melissa “Lizzie” Skiff,[54] daughter of Pardon T. and Rebecca (Randall) Skiff, of New Bedford,[55] on 16 Aug. 1857 in Dartmouth.[56] She was born ca. 1839 in New Bedford, MA.[57] They were living with her parents in New Bedford in the 1860 federal census, where he was a teamer,[58] in Providence, Providence Co., RI, in the 1870 federal census, where he was a policeman,[59] and in Cranston, Providence Co., RI, in the 1880 federal census, where he was a carriage driver.[60] He died on 30 July 1883 in New Bedford, aged 50 years, 2 months, 2 days, of “apoplectic shock,”[61] and was buried in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA. She was living with her son William W. Reynolds in Providence, RI, in the 1900 federal census,[62] and she died a widow on 6 June 1909 in North Scituate, Providence Co., RI, aged 70 years, 2 months, 30 days, of “fatty heart, uraemia.”[63]

d. James A. Reynolds, born ca. 1839 in MA,[64] was still unmarried and living with his parents in Dartmouth, MA, in the 1860 federal census, a farm hand,[65] marriage not found.

        4291    ii   Thaddeus Reynolds, born on 18 June 1798 in Freetown, MA,[66] married 1.) Mary Crapo, possibly daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Crapo, of Dartmouth,[67] on 21 Feb. 1818 in Dartmouth.[68] She was born on 14 Oct. 1797 in Dartmouth,[69] and they were living in New Bedford, MA, in the 1840 federal census.[70] She died by 1846, and he possibly remar­ried to 2.) Betsey Reed, of New Bed­ford, on 7 May 1846 in New Bedford.[71] She was born ca. 1816.[72] They were living in Freetown, Bristol Co., MA, in the 1850 federal census, where he was a laborer,[73] but they were not found in the 1860 federal census. He died on 15 Sept. 1885 in Dartmouth, MA, aged 87 years, 2 months, 27 days, of “old age,”[74] but his burial location is unknown. He supposedly had children by Mary Crapo:

a. Maria H. Reynolds, born on 14 Apr. 1817 in Dartmouth, MA,[75] married 1.) (___) Slocum, and 2.) Joshua Rotch, illegitimate son of Phebe Barret,[76] as his second wife, on 17 Mar. 1857 in Dartmouth.[77] He was born in Oct. 1813 in Dartmouth,[78] and had married first to the widow Rhoda Brailey on 9 July 1848 in Dartmouth,[79] and they were living in Dartmouth in the 1850 federal census, where he was a laborer,[80] and Joshua and Maria Rotch were still living in Dartmouth in the 1860 federal census, where he was a laborer.[81] He served in Company H, the 38th Massachusetts Infantry during the Civil War, and he died on 15 May 1863 in the hospital in Alexandria, VA, aged 49 years, 8 months, of diabetes,[82] and was buried in Pine Island Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA, in June 1863. She applied for a Civil War Widow’s Pension on 21 Sept. 1863,[83] and she was living in Dartmouth, MA, in the 1870 federal census.[84] She died a widow on 16 Apr. 1876 in Dartmouth, MA, aged 59 years, 2 days, of cancer,[85] but her burial location is unknown.

b. Sarah Reynolds, born in 1819 in Dartmouth,[86] marriage uncertain.

c. John Reynolds, born in 1821 in Dartmouth,[87] marriage not found.

        4291a  iii   (Possibly a daughter born before 1790.)[88]

 

 

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    [1] Vital Records of Dartmouth, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1929, 3 volumes, [hereinafter Dartmouth VRs], Vol. 1, p. 291.

    [2] Thomas, Helen Gurney, Vital Records of the Town of Freetown, Massachusetts, 1686 Through 1890, Heritage Books, Bowie, MD, 1988. [hereinafter Freetown VRs], n.p., under “Freetown Marriages: Reynolds,” marriage of Michael Reynolds and Mercy Chase on 26 Dec. 1764.

    [3] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 526, marriage intentions recorded 20 Sept. 1786 in Dartmouth.

    [4] His Chase grandparents per the Ancestry.com World Family Tree file #14214 submitted by Charla Jensen, taken from her obituary in the New Bedford Mercury, “wife of Michael Reynolds, 79, at Freetown, daughter of Caleb and Ruth (Paine) Chase.”

    [5] Heads of Families at the First Census of the United States Taken in the Year 1790: Massachusetts, Bountiful, Utah 1993, p. 49, New Bedford Town, Bristol Co., MA, the William Reynolds household had 1 free white male aged 16 or older, 1 free white male under 16, and 2 free white females.

    [6] 1800 Federal Census, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, p. 432, the William Raynolds household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15 years, 1 male aged 26-44 years, 2 females under 10, 1 female aged 10-15 years, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [7] Vital Records of New Bedford, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1932, 3 volumes, [hereinafter New Bedford VRs], Vol. 2, p. 440, marriage intentions recorded 9 May 1807 in New Bedford.

    [8] 1810 Federal Census, Freetown, Bristol Co., MA, p. 253, the Wm Reynolds household had 3 males under 10, 1 male aged 10-15, 1 male aged 16-25, 1 male aged 26-44, 3 females under 10, 2 females aged 16-25, and 1 female aged 26-44 years.

    [9] Per Ancestry.com World Tree file of Charla Jensen.

    [10] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #61922507, his birthplace from his death record.

    [11] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385, but her www.findagrave.com memorial #61922504 gives her maiden name as Crapo.

    [12] Calculated from her age in the 1850 federal census.

    [13] 1840 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, p. 325, the Micah Reynolds household had 1 male under 5, 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 10-14 years, 1 male aged 15-19 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 40-49 years, including 2 persons employed in agriculture.

    [14] 1850 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, p. 443, dwelling #884, family #639:

            Micah Reynolds, 54, male, farmer, $1000, born MA

            Martha Reynolds, 56, female, born MA

            Wilson S. Reynolds, 19, male, farmer, born MA

            William T. Reynolds, 17, male, farmer, born MA, attending school

            James A. Reynolds, 11, male, born MA, attending school

            Dwelling #884, family #640:

            Isaac Rogers, 27, male, farmer, born MA

            Ann Rogers, 22, female, born MA

            Cynthia A. Rogers, 2, female, born MA

            Wilson A. Rogers, 1/12, male, born MA

    [15] 1860 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, No. Dartmouth Post Office, Page No. 285, dwelling #1619, family #2145:

            Michael [sic] Reynolds, 64, male, farmer, $900, born MA

            Martha Reynolds, 67, female, born MA

            James Reynolds, 21, male, farm hand, born MA

    [16] www.findagrave.com, memorial #61922504, from her badly eroded gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery in Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, which gives her maiden name as Crapo.

    [17] Her parents’ names from her 1864 marriage record.

    [18] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 171, p. 77, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his second marriage, her third, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace New Bedford, his parents William and Rest Reynolds, her birthplace Plymouth, and her parents Joseph and Elizabeth Terror.

    [19] Calculated from her age and birthplace in her 1864 marriage record, but her birth was not recorded in the Plymouth vital records, and her www.findagrave.com memorial #61922500 gives the year as 1812 in Plymouth, MA.

    [20] 1870 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, North Dartmouth Post Office, Page No. 16, dwelling #144, family #152:

            Micah Reynolds, 74, male, white, works on farm, $1000, $300, born MA, a male citizen

            Elizabeth Reynolds, 63, female, white, keeping house, born MA

    [21] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 284, p. 84, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, wife of Micah Reynolds, her age not recorded, her birthplace Plymouth, and her parents Joseph and Elizabeth Terry, both born in Plymouth; www.findagrave.com, memorial #61922500, from her gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA.

    [22] 1880 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 23, Supervisors Dist. 60, Enumeration Dist. 79, dwelling #223, family #240:

            Micah Reynolds, white, male, 84, widower, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Louisa Haskell, white, female, 45, servant, single, housekeeper, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

    [23] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 328, p. 83, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace New Bedford, and his parents William and Rest Reynolds, born respectively in Freetown and New Bedford; www.findagrave.com, memorial #61922507, from his gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA, which gives the date as 4 Feb. 1881.

    [24] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #148987955, her first name from her 1869 marriage record and her gravestone.

    [25] His parents’ names from his death record; Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 394, the marriage intentions of Jeptha Rogers and Mercy Pool, both of Dartmouth, recorded on 23 Mar. 1808 in Dartmouth.

    [26] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 394, marriage intentions recorded on 14 Nov. 1846 in Dartmouth.

    [27] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [28] 1850 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, p. 443, dwelling #884, family #639.

    [29] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 192, p. 69, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Dartmouth, and his parents Jeptha and Mercy Rogers, of Dartmouth.

    [30] His parents’ names from his 1869 marriage record; his www.findagrave.com memorial #99184179 gives his parents as William Lake and Charlotte Sherman; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 180, p. 89, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, the marriage of Perry Albert, and Charlotte Lake on 7 Sept. 1765, both second marriages, gives her birthplace as Tiverton, RI, and her parents as William and Mary Sherman.

    [31] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 217, p. 79, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation an operative, his birthplace Fall River, his parents William and Charlotte (Skinner?) Lake, her birthplace Dartmouth, and her parents Micah and Martha (Crapo) Reynolds.

    [32] Calculated from his age and birthplace in his 1869 marriage record, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #99184179 gives his birth year as 1839.

    [33] 1870 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, North Dartmouth Post Office, Page No. 25, dwelling #220, family #238:

            Alexander L. Lake, 30, male, white, works in cotton mill, $600, born MA, a male citizen

            Martha A. Lake, 41, female, white, keeping house, $1000, born MA

            Wilson A. Rogers, 20, male, white, mariner, born MA

            George W. Rogers, 18, male, white, works on farm, born MA

            Mercy Rogers, 14, female, white, works in cotton mill, born MA

            William T. Rogers, 12, male, white, works in cotton mill, born MA

            Martha B. Rogers, 11, female, white, works in cotton mill, born MA

            Isaac T. Rogers, 10, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Walter W. Rogers, 9, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Loring F. Rogers, 6, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Carrie S. Rogers, 5, female, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Alexander Rogers, 3, male, white, at home, born MA

    [34] 1880 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 12, Supervisors Dist. 1, Enumeration Dist. 79, dwelling #104, family #114:

            Perry Albert, white, male, 73, married, laborer, born RI, father born RI, mother born RI

            Charlotte Albert, white, female, 69, wife, married, keeping house, born RI, father born RI, mother born RI

            Alexander Lake, white, male, 39, stepson, widower, works in cotton mill, born MA, father born RI, mother born RI

            Raymond Smith, white, male, 70, boarder, widower, laborer, born MA, father and mother born unknown

    [35] Her parents’ names from her marriage record.

    [36] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 316, p. 80, Dartmouth, and Vol. 316, p. 151, Westport, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his fourth marriage, her first, his occupation a laborer or mill operator, his birthplace Fall River, his parents William and Charlotte Lake, her birthplace Westport, and her parents Pardon W. and Mary A. Soule.

    [37] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 472, p. 155, Dartmouth, and Vol. 472, p. 297, New Bedford, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace New Bedford, and her parents Mechael [sic] Reynolds and Martha B. Reynolds, both born in Dartmouth; www.findagrave.com, memorial #148987955, from her gravestone in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

    [38] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 528, p. 157, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a mill laborer, his birthplace Fall River, and his parents William Lake and Charlotte unknown, their birthplaces unknown; www.findagrave.com, memorial #99184179, from his gravestone in Maple Grove Cemetery in Westport, MA.

    [39] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #110056136, his birthplace from his death record, but his memorial says he was born in Dartmouth, and it gives his mother’s maiden name as Martha Wilson.

    [40] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #109019673; Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 43, the marriage of Taber Ashley, of Freetown, and Elizabeth Wordle/Wodell, of Dartmouth, on 18 July 1816 in Dartmouth.

    [41] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 117, p. 72, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages, his occupation a farmer, his birthplace Dartmouth, his parents Micah and Martha Reynolds, her birthplace Dartmouth, and her parents Taber and Elizabeth Ashley.

    [42] Calculated from her age and birthplace in her marriage record, but her birth was not recorded in the Dartmouth vital records.

    [43] 1860 Federal Census, 4th Ward New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 256, dwelling #1473, family #1954:

            Wilson S. Reynolds, 29, male, laborer, $500, $200, born MA

            Rebecca Reynolds, 32, female, born MA

            Dwelling #1473, family #1955:

            Theopolis Bassett, 50, male, master mariner, $2500, $2500,  born MA

            Jane Bassett, 31, female, born MA

    [44] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 220, p. 135, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a teamer, his birthplace Freetown, and his parents Micah and Patty Reynolds, both born in Freetown; www.findagrave.com, memorial #110056136, from his gravestone in Ashley Family Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA.

    [45] 1870 Federal Census, New Bedford (Ward 1), Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 99, dwelling #668, family #840:

            Rebecca Reynolds, 43, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Luther Wordell, 37, male, white, master mariner, born MA, a male citizen

            Clara P. Wordell, 36, female, white, no occupation, born MA

    [46] His parents’ names from his marriage record; Vital Records of Norton, Massachusetts, To the Year 1850, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, 1906, [hereinafter Norton VRs], p. 267, the marriage intentions of Ephraim Lane and Lamyra A. Chace of Taunton recorded on 7 Sept. 1834 in Norton.

    [47] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 280, p. 126, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a carriage painter, his birthplace Norton, his parents Ephraim and Lamara Lane, her birthplace Dartmouth, and her parents Taber and Elizabeth Ashley; per her www.findagrave.com memorial #109019673.

    [48] Norton VRs, p. 93, from his gravestone, his birthplace from his 1876 marriage record, but his www.findagrave.com memorial #158653215 gives the date as 21 Mar. 1837.

    [49] Per her www.findagrave.com memorial #158653006.

    [50] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 265, p. 139, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Marshfield, and her parents Reuel and Eliza Robinson, both born in Marshfield; www.findagrave.com, memorial #158653006, from her gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, Bristol Co., MA.

    [51] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 292, p. 117, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, her birthplace Freetown, and her parents Taber Ashley, born in Freetown, and Lizzie; www.findagrave.com, memorial #109019673, from her gravestone in Ashley Family Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA.

    [52] www.findagrave.com, memorial #158653215, from his gravestone in Norton Common Cemetery in Norton, MA, but his death record was not found in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910.

    [53] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census, his birthplace from his marriage record, his middle name from his death record.

    [54] Per his www.findagrave.com memorial #196951983.

    [55] Her parents’ names from her marriage record; New Bedford VRs, Vol. 2, p. 488, the marriage intentions of Pardon T. Skiff and Rebecca D. Randall, both of New Bedford, recorded on 7 July 1832 in New Bedford.

    [56] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 108, p. 106, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both first marriages. his occupation a mariner, his birthplace Dartmouth, his parents Michael [sic] and Martha Reynolds, her birthplace New Bedford, and her parents Pardon and Rebecca Skiff.

    [57] Calculated from her age and birthplace in her marriage record, but her birth was not recorded in the New Bedford vital records.

    [58] 1860 Federal Census, 2nd Ward New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, Page No. 85, dwelling #495, family #726:

            Pardon T. Skiff, 49, male, laborer, $200, born MA

            Rebecca D. Skiff, 44, female, born MA

            Oscar J. Skiff, 28, male, seaman, born MA

            Marshal T. Skiff, 25, male, book binder, born MA

            Alonzo Skiff, 23, male, seaman, born MA

            Orin E. Skiff, 8, male, born MA, attending school

            Dwelling #495, family #727:

            Wm. T. Reynolds, 25, male, teamer, born MA

            Melissa Reynolds, 21, female, born MA

    [59] 1870 Federal Census, 3d Ward City of Providence, Providence Co., RI, Page No. 73, family #621:

            Wm. T. Reynolds, 37, male, white, policeman, born MA, a male citizen

            Melissa Reynolds, 31, female, white, keeping house, born MA

            Marshal T. Reynolds, 8, male, white, born MA

            Willie W. Reynolds, 8/12, male, white, born RI, born in Oct.

    [60] 1880 Federal Census, Town of Cranston, Providence Co., RI, Page No. 35, Enumeration Dist. 101, dwelling #199, family #333:

            Wm. T. Reynolds, white, male, 47, married, carr. driver, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Melissa Reynolds, white, female, 41, wife, married, keeping house, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            Marshall T. Reynolds, white, male, 18, son, single, operator of telegraph, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA

            William W. Reynolds, white, male, 11, son, single, at school, born RI, father born MA, mother born MA

    [61] Rhode Island, Town Deaths and Burials Index, 1639-1932, Town of Cranston, p. 47, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, William Taber Reynolds, his place of death “dyer ar Arlington,” occupation foreman at car barn, his birthplace No. Dartmouth, and his parents Micah and Martha Reynolds, his death in New Bedford; www.findagrave.com, memorial #196951983, from his gravestone in Rural Cemetery in New Bedford, MA.

    [62] 1900 Federal Census, Providence City, Ward 8, Providence Co., RI, Enumeration Dist. 69, Sheet No. 28 B, 70 Anthony Ave., dwelling #357, family #587:

            Wm. W. Reynolds, head, white, male, born Oct. 1869, age 30, married 1 year, born RI, father born MA, mother born MA, drummer, can read, write and speak English, renting house

            Maria Reynolds, wife, white, female, born Feb. 1874, age 26, married 1 year, no children, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

            Esther M. Reynolds, daughter, white, female, born June 1893, age 6, single, born RI, father born RI, mother born MA

            Melissa Reynolds, mother, white, female, born Mar. 1839, age 61, widow, 3 children born, 2 children living, born MA, father born MA, mother born MA, can read, write and speak English

    [63] Rhode Island, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1930-1945, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, her birthplace New Bedford, her parents Pardon T. and Rebecca Skiff, and her burial in Glenford Cemetery, RI.

    [64] Calculated from his age in the 1850 federal census.

    [65] 1860 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, No. Dartmouth Post Office, Page No. 285, dwelling #1619, family #2145.

    [66] Freetown VRs, n.p., under “Freetown Births: Reynolds,” but his death record gives his birthplace as New Bedford.

    [67] Except her age is wrong in the 1840 federal census if she was the daughter of Richard and Elizabeth Crapo.

    [68] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 385.

    [69] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 69.

    [70] 1840 Federal Census, New Bedford, Bristol Co., MA, p. 372, the Thaddeus Reynolds household had 1 male aged 5-9 years, 1 male aged 40-49 years, 1 female under 5, 1 female aged 10-14 years, and 1 female aged 30-39 years.

    [71] New Bedford VRs, Vol. 2, p. 440. He was called “widower, aged 45 [sic], laborer” in the marriage record.

    [72] Calculated from her age at marriage.

    [73] 1850 Federal Census, Freetown, Bristol Co., MA, p. 149, dwelling #160, family #188:

            Thaddeus Runnells, 51, male, laborer, born MA

            Betsey Runnells, 44, female, born MA

            Edwin Karns, 13, male, born MA, attending school

            Eliza A. Brownell, 5, female, born MA, attending school

    [74] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 364, p. 86, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his occupation a laborer, his birthplace New Bedford, and his parents Wm. and Rest Reynolds, both born in Freetown.

    [75] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from an LDS patron family group sheet, from microfilm #1396084, but her birth was not recorded in the Dartmouth vital records.

    [76] His mother’s name from his death record.

    [77] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 108, p. 105, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, both second marriages, his occupation a laborer, his birthplace Dartmouth, his mother Phebe Barrows [sic], her birthplace Dartmouth, and her parents Thadeus and Mary Reynolds.

    [78] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 1, p. 39, Joshua R., son of Phebe Barrett.

    [79] Dartmouth VRs, Vol. 2, p. 396; Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 37, p. 70, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, his first marriage, her second, his occupation a laborer, his birthplace Dartmouth, and his mother Phebe Barrett, her parent’s names not recorded.

    [80] 1850 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, p. 451, dwelling #679, family #788:

            Joshua Rotch, 38, male, laborer, born MA

            Rhoda Rotch, 44, female, born MA

            Lemuel Braley, 16, male, laborer, born MA, attending school

            Leonard Braley, 14, male, born MA, attending school

            Nehemiah Braley, 9, male, born MA, attending school

            Rhoda Rotch, 1, female, born MA

    [81] 1860 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, No. Dartmouth Post Office, Page No. 288, dwelling #1639, family #2166:

            Joshua Roach [sic], 46, male, laborer, born MA

            Maria Roach [sic], 45, female, born MA

            Thadeus Roach [sic], 3, male, born MA

            Jenthen Weston, 6, male, born MA, attending school

            Emeline Philipps, 20, female, born MA

    [82] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. 165, p. 73, online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, “died in Alexandria Hospital,” illegitimate, his occupation a soldier, his birthplace Dartmouth, his mother Phebe Barret, of Dartmouth; www.findagrave.com, memorial #61922515, from his gravestone in Pine Island Cemetery in Dartmouth, MA.

    [83] United States, General Index to Pensions Files, 1861-1934, online image database at www.FamilySearch.org, application #33809, certificate #17618.

    [84] 1870 Federal Census, Dartmouth, Bristol Co., MA, North Dartmouth Post Office, Page No. 21, dwelling #186, family #201:

            Maria H. Rotch, 53, female, white, keeping house, $600, $100, born MA

            Thaddeus R. Rotch, 12, male, white, at home, born MA, attending school

            Samuel Pierce, 70, male, white, common laborer, born NH, a male citizen, his right to vote denied or abridged.

    [85] Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1910, Vol. , p. , online image database at www.AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, widow of Joshua Rotch, her birthplace Dartmouth, and her parents Thaddeus and Mary Reynolds, born respectively in New Bedford and Dartmouth.

    [86] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from an LDS patron family group sheet, from microfilm #1396084, but her birth record was not recorded in the Dartmouth vital records.

    [87] I.G.I. Birth Records, taken from an LDS patron family group sheet, from microfilm #1396084, but his birth was not recorded in the Dartmouth vital records.

    [88] Per the 1900 federal census.