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Biographies
Richard and his brother Edward were committed for trial at Chelmsford in Essex on 19th April 1788 by John Staples Esquire, upon the oaths of Richard Salos, Thomas Reynolds and others with,
"having feloniously stolen taken and carried away three hundred and twenty four pounds weight of lead upwards of the value of fifty shillings, the property of Mr Jeffery Jackson of Woodford Bridge in the County of Essex, and one pair of cotton stockings value one shilling the property of Sarah Clayton."
Richard, was sentenced at Chelmsford on the 2nd, July, 1788. The Chelmsford Chronicle dated 11th July 1788 reads,
"Last Saturday our Assizes ended before Lord Loughborough and Mr. Justice Heath, when Edward Reynolds, Richard Reynolds and John Drew for feloniously stealing upwards of three hundred weight of lead, the property of Jeffrey Jackson of Woodford Bridge .... to be transported for seven years."
The Reynolds brothers were both educated and literate. Edward kept a diary of their journey. This was in existence until recently and was stolen from a family property in Wellington, New South Wales. It was photocopied by Dennis Gosper and this photocopy may be in the library at Windsor[1].
Edward recorded in his notebook that he was,
"… embarked board the Hulk "Justany" [possibly "Justitia" BVT?] at Woolwich. Commander Erskins. Employed at the dockyard in my trade of building walls for Mast Ponds continued to March 1791.".
Richard and Edward went to the Hawkesbury in 1796 accompanied by Mary Ann Hipwell, the mother of Richard's son Edward Jnr. She later "deserted him" for Thomas Gosper she with whom she had 4 sons between 1798 and 1805 and who she eventually married in November 1810.
Richard found love again in Elizabeth Sterling who was five foot two and not yet 20 years of age. The reason she was in Australia was given as "lack of dexterity in stealing a watch". She received 7 years and was transported aboard the "Britannia". She was already the mother to a number of Richards children when they married in 1812. Their first child was born in about August 1801.
By 1802, Richard was on a list of settlers, freed from convict status and had rented ten acres of land which he cleared and planted with wheat and maize. He also owned two hogs.
The Reynolds brothers were good all round citizens of Wilberforce, Edward a collector for the Waterloo Fund, and on the Wilberforce Committee of the Benevolent Society. In 1820 Richard was a local committee member for the Bible Association.
In 1824 Richard petitioned Governor Brisbane for a grant of land for himself and his children, he stated that,
"The petitioner arrived in this Colony on the ship Atlantic in 1791; has been free about 28 years, has endured all the hardships to which an infant colony could subject him; has reared a family of ten children (names annexed) to the habits of industry; has been a district constable under the Worshipful the Windsor Bench of Magistrates, upwards of eleven years; the petitioner humbly trusts he has always supported the character of an honest, industrious, and sober member of society; And petitioner being desirous to settle part of his large family- Most humbly prays- That his excellency Sir Thomas Brisbane, KCB may be pleased to take into consideration the Certificate annexed and to grant Petitioner on account of his family such portion of land and to be so located as to His Excellency may seem meet.".
His petition was successful and he was granted fifty acres for himself and sixty acres for his son William. The fifty-acre grant referred to was apparently portion twenty-five on the southern bank of the River at the upper Colo, that was purchased by Thomas Gosper Jr prior to 1836.
Richard Beel Reynolds died at Wilberforce on 26th August 1837, and was buried in the St.Johns Burial Ground on the 29th. His headstone still stands beside that of Sarah and their son Thomas. At the time of his death, he was described as a storekeeper.
Submitted by Researcher (Peter Jones) on 17 March 2017
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Disclaimer: The information has not been verified by Claim a Convict. As this information is contributed, it is the responsibility of those who use the data to verify its accuracy. Research notes
One male Reynolds descendant of Richard Beale Reynolds has Y-700 tested. It is now known that he was R-FT28860, a branch of R-M343 (R1b).
Submitted by Researcher (Andrew Wells) on 8 April 2021
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I am looking for another male Reynolds who does not descend through Richard's son Archibald Reynolds. In other words, a male Reynolds 3rd-4th cousin of my brother-in-law.
Submitted by Researcher (Andrew Wells) on 8 April 2021
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I am willing to sponsor at least a 37-marker test for someone with a clean paper trail. There was a surprising result, with close matches to two clusters of Burnett males.
Submitted by Researcher (Andrew Wells) on 8 April 2021
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One cluster's unknown ancestor migrated c1700 to the Virginia Colony. The other cluster's ancestor was born c1580 in Yorkshire, with sons who migrated to Canada and America.
Submitted by Researcher (Andrew Wells) on 8 April 2021
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Five Burnett and one Reynolds Y-700 test results allow calculation for the common Reynolds/Burnett ancestor as born c1280 of England.
Submitted by Researcher (Andrew Wells) on 8 April 2021
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