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.
A document certified in the November 1840 Court of Pittsylvania County lists the children as follows: Martha Barker, widow; Milly Brown, wife of Winston Brown; Sarah Evans, wife of David Evans; Daniel Reynolds of North Carolina; Elizabeth Evans, wife of Champness Evans; and Joseph Reynolds. In the file are original family registers with the following entries: [On the page of a book belonging to the above Joseph Reynolds:] Jesse Rennolds and Sarah Brown was married by Parson Jones on the 23rd day of June 1777 [On a sheet inserted into the book:] William Reynolds was Born the 15th day of December in the year of 1722 and Martha his Wife was Born March the 3rd day in the year of 1729 [On the other side of the preceding sheet:] Jesse Rennuls was Born in the year of 1754 February the 17th day and Sarah his Wife was Born in the year of 1762 October the 15th day and There children Nancy was Born the 9th day of Aprial 1779 Patsey was Born March the 18th day 1781 Melle was Born the 11th day of November in the year of 1782 Judah was Born September the 25th day in the year of 1784 Mary was Born January 21st[?] day in the year of 1786 Lucey Reynolds was Born May the 1 1788 Salley Reynolds was Born September the 1 1791 William Reynolds was Born December the 21 1793
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