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England (Counties as in 1851-1901) => Suffolk => England => Suffolk Lookup Requests => Topic started by: davidjculley on Thursday 07 August 14 12:44 BST (UK)
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Is anyone able to do a lookup for me? 1760- 1797 Reynolds.
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What kind of a lookup - birth, marriage, or death. Do you have the Christian names
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There was a burial at Holy Trinity Gisleham on 23.2.1797 for a Metyer Reynolds aged 83
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Thanks for your reply. I am looking for baptisms and possible burials of children to Metyer Reynolds and his wife Hono(u)r late Cook(e). They married Gisleham 1762 and she died 1788 but was buried at her home parish of Forncett in Norfolk. I anticipate there may be at least 2 girls. He was rector of Gisleham.
Kind Regards. David Culley
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Presumably he was the son of the Metyer buried 1797 - is that correct? If not - he would have been 48yrs old when he married in 1762
What were the childrens names and when were they born?
Did they die in infancy or as adults?
If as adults - were they married as any death would be under their married names
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The revd. Metyer Reynolds was c48 when he married. There were no children. The wife was buried in her home village of Forncett. She leaves all her substantial property to a naval officer resident Norwich: a presumed relation not investigated. Metyer Reynolds, buried Gisleham, left £50 pa to an assumed housekeeper(?) when he died. Perhaps its fanciful to wonder if there was some pressure for him to marry in a vain attempt to perpetuate his adoptive family, although I can't see how this could have worked. After founding the school for 6 poor boys at Gisleham, the remainder of his estate was to be shared amongst his nephews/nieces and their children. One of these great nephews, Metyer Reynolds Allen, is transported for theft of an Ass but has an estate of £50 which eventually (1894) passes to HIS great niece. I suspect this is his share of Metyer's estate which came his way after his transportation. He would have been 100 in 1894, so evidently presumed deceased.
It seems Metyer Reynolds was baptised John Reynolds, Hethersett 1712. In 1725 Edward, the last male of the Metyer family died at Salhouse. He left a widow and a married Metyer Aunt, Mary Appleton. Presumably it was one of these who sponsored John Reynolds as organist scholar at Emanuel from 1733. When Revd. Metyer Reynold's nephew, Metyer Reynolds, grocer of Norwich, died in 1790 there is a notice in the IPSWICH Journal which wrongly names him as John Metyer Reynolds whereas the Norwich notice correctly names him as Metyer Reynolds. Someone in Ipswich got their wires crossed.
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Hi
Your reply at #3 asks for a lookup for baptisms of their children - possibly 2 daughters -but you now say they had no children??
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Carole, there was a second thread running alongside this which I've tried to find and attach, but failed unfortunately. ::)
It was established that Metyer Reynolds in fact had no children as stated by davidjculley above ... not sure what happened to the second thread which showed all the research/findings relating to this person.
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Found it !! :D
http://www.rootschat.com/forum/index.php?topic=694826.0