News: Looking for females who are in the pure female lines (mother to daughter) from William and Sarah who are willing to do an mtDNA test. Such a person would be descended along an all female line from Mary DEVIN Biggers or Margaret DEVIN Reynolds. The hope is to identify the markers for Sarah SMITH Devin to help identify her parents. Contact the webmaster if interested.

Devin descendant, Stanley Wayne Devin, passed away at 1:30 a.m. on Dec. 4, 2014. He was the last living child of Ira & Oleta Devin.
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    Eliza A. Reynolds

    Female 1853 -


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    Generation: 1

    1. 1.  Eliza A. Reynolds was born on 20 Apr 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (daughter of Dabney Reynolds and Mary Mrs. Dabney Reynolds).

    Generation: 2

    1. 2.  Dabney Reynolds was born on 22 Apr 1809 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A. (son of Hugh Reynolds and Elizabeth Mitchell); died on 03 Jun 1874.

      Notes:

      Pittsylvania Co., VA Births 1853-96: James Reynolds Jul 1856 born to Dabney Reynolds and Mary Reynolds.
      Dabney remarried a woman named Mary and had 4 children after 1853.

      Dabney married Mary Mrs. Dabney Reynolds before Jul 1856 in Prob. Pittsylvania Co., Virginia. Mary was born in c 1815 in Prob. Pitts. Co., VA. [Group Sheet]


    2. 3.  Mary Mrs. Dabney Reynolds was born in c 1815 in Prob. Pitts. Co., VA.
      Children:
      1. James W. Reynolds was born in Jul 1856 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      2. Susan A. Reynolds was born in Jan 1858 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      3. Margaret A. Reynolds was born in Jan 1857 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      4. 1. Eliza A. Reynolds was born on 20 Apr 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.


    Generation: 3

    1. 4.  Hugh Reynolds was born on 02 Jul 1781 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia (son of Joseph M. Reynolds and Margaret Devin); died in 1832 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      ..

      Name:


      Grandson of the original settler Hugh Reynolds and Mary Nealey

      Hugh married Elizabeth Mitchell on 24 Sep 1801 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Elizabeth (daughter of PATRIOT James A. Mitchell and Sarah Warren Philpott) was born on 06 Dec 1779 in Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died on 05 Feb 1859 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    2. 5.  Elizabeth Mitchell was born on 06 Dec 1779 in Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia (daughter of PATRIOT James A. Mitchell and Sarah Warren Philpott); died on 05 Feb 1859 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      Children:
      1. James Mitchell Reynolds was born on 07 Jan 1803 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died in Jul 1866 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      2. Joseph Devin Reynolds was born on 31 Jan 1805 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died about Oct 1843 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      3. Samuel Mitchell Reynolds was born on 31 Jan 1807 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      4. 2. Dabney Reynolds was born on 22 Apr 1809 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 03 Jun 1874.
      5. John Wilson Reynolds was born on 28 Jun 1812 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      6. Cassandra Ann W. Reynolds was born on 25 Feb 1815 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 22 Mar 1893 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      7. Serena Elizabeth Reynolds was born on 28 Jul 1818 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 26 Mar 1853 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..


    Generation: 4

    1. 8.  Joseph M. Reynolds was born in 1759 in Muddy Run, Martic, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania; was christened on 15 Aug 1759 in Muddy Run, Martic, Lancaster Co., Pennsylvania (son of Hugh Reynolds and Mary Nealey); died about 1820 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      1820 VA Census Pittsylvania County Series M33, Roll40, page 132, shows Joseph, Joseph Jr., Robert, William and Hiram Collins (husband of Matilda, Joseph's daughter with Nancy Ford), i.e., Joseph (married to Nancy Ford in 1820), Joseph Jr. (Peggy Devin's son), William (son of Peggy Devin, husband of Nancy Blair), Robert, (Robert Devin, son of Peggy Devin and husband of Susanna Carter) Hiram Collins married Matilda Reynolds, daughter of Nancy Ford and Joseph Reynolds.


      Oaths of Allegiance 1777 Pittsylvania County, Virginia
      NOTE: Hugh Reynolds and his son Joseph are found on this 1777 list. Hugh's son William, is not. Joseph's Baptism of 15 Aug 1759 gives us his age. If William is the younger son, he may not have been of 'age' at this time. I suspect 16, may have been the age for boys to give their OATH. If so, we may suppose that William, s/o Hugh did not become of 'age' in 1777. William is shown on court records in 1788 when he inherits the land of his grandfather, William Neeley. Both Joseph and William are Qualified as Executors (Book 6/170 Pittsylvania Co., Virginia Court Records 1787-91)
      Another record dated 22 Mar 1796 for William Reynolds and Charles Lewis must be our William, as the other William Reynolds of Culpepper has died in 1791. No connecton has been documented for William of Culpepper having any connection to the Hugh Reynolds family. -Mary Frances Reynolds

      Name:
      Joseph Reynolds is identified as Joseph M. Reynolds on a pay document from the Revolutionary War. We speculate that his middle name is Middleton.
      William Nealy left all the rest of his estate to Joseph who is probably the older brother of William Reynolds who inherited William Nealey's land.

      Joseph married Margaret Devin on 21 Aug 1780 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. Margaret (daughter of William Devin, Sr. and Sarah Smith) was born about 1759; died about 1798 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.. [Group Sheet]


    2. 9.  Margaret Devin was born about 1759 (daughter of William Devin, Sr. and Sarah Smith); died about 1798 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

      Notes:

      YOB from FHC #0928908 compiled by Ethel S. Mattingley
      YOB & POB from Ancestral File

      !MARRIAGE: Pittsylvania Co VA record

      Is listed as deceased in her Father's Will dated 25.Nov.1800.

      Notes:

      21.Aug.1780 Marriage Bond - Margaret Devin and Joseph Reynolds surety Edward Hodges. (Devin file at Pedmont Genealogy Society, Danville VA Public Library from research by Anna D. Evans 07.May.1985).

      Children:
      1. 4. Hugh Reynolds was born on 02 Jul 1781 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died in 1832 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      2. John Devin Reynolds was born on 22 Feb 1783 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 18 Mar 1831 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Worlds Cemetery, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..
      3. Margaret Reynolds was born after 1783 in VIrginia U.S.A..
      4. Sarah "Sally" Reynolds was born on 01 Oct 1784 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      5. William Reynolds was born about 1787 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died on 27 Jan 1816 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      6. Mary S. "Polly" Reynolds was born on 18 Mar 1791 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died on 04 Apr 1833 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.
      7. Elizabeth Reynolds was born about 1791 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died in 1833 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; was buried in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      8. Joseph Reynolds, Jr. was born about 1793 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..
      9. Robert Devin Reynolds was born about 1795 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A.; died before Feb 1844 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia U.S.A..

    3. 10.  PATRIOT James A. Mitchell was born on 02 Jul 1759 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia; died in in Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..

      James married Sarah Warren Philpott on 28 Mar 1779 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia. Sarah (daughter of John Philpott and Mary E. Keech) was born on 05 Jan 1756 in Charles County, Maryland; died in 1840 in Virginia. [Group Sheet]


    4. 11.  Sarah Warren Philpott was born on 05 Jan 1756 in Charles County, Maryland (daughter of John Philpott and Mary E. Keech); died in 1840 in Virginia.
      Children:
      1. Allin Mitchell was born about 1780.
      2. Samuel P. Mitchell was born about 1780.
      3. John Mitchell was born on 06 May 1782 in Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..
      4. Jane Mitchell was born about 1784 in Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..
      5. Cassandra Mitchell was born about 1786 in Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..
      6. Patsy Mitchell was born about 1788 in Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A..
      7. James Allen Mitchell was born on 31 Jan 1792 in Marlowe homeplace, Callands, Pittsylvania, Virginia U.S.A.; died after 1880 in Tennessee U.S.A..
      8. 5. Elizabeth Mitchell was born on 06 Dec 1779 in Tomahawk, Pittsylvania Co., Virginia; died on 05 Feb 1859 in Pittsylvania County, Virginia.