Hertfordshire Ancestors of Chris Reynolds

Jacob Reynolds

1835-1926

Father:     Francis Evered Reynolds (1804-1874)

Mother:     Frances Finch (1797-1858)

Born:     8th December 1835 at Newton by Castle Acre, Norfolk

Census 1841: Living on his father's farm at Newton by Castleacre, with the rest of the family.

Census 1851: In his grandmother's house in Lynn Street, Swaffham, Norfolk, together with his mother. Described as "Clerk to Jacob Finch" (his uncle, a chemist in Swaffham). (Father, brother Arthur, and sister Fanny not located.)

Census 1861:    Described as a visitor (clerk. ummarried, aged 25, born Swaffham, Norfolk) to the household of William Davies (38, married, farmer of 194 acres employing 8 men and 8 boys, born ?, Bedfordshire) on Harpenden Common. (1866 Post Office Directory gives address as Lower Top Street.)

Married:    8th November 1864 at Ayot St Peter, Herts

Wife:    Ellen Smith (1840-1935)

Son:    Harry Finch Reynolds (1865-1947) Born 27th August 1865 at Sandridge.

Daughter:    Lizzie Gertrude Reynolds (1867-1952) Born 20th March 1867 at Sandridge. Married Cecil Scott in Sandridge in 1895. See SCOTT, Oster Hills, St Albans, late 19th century

Son:    Frank Ernest Reynolds (1869-1949) Born 1st January 1869 at Sandridge. Married Isabel Gibson Brough in Hawick in 1902

Son:    Arthur John Reynolds (1870-1959) Born 18th August 1870 at Sandridge. Married Lily Barker in Kimpton in 1903

Census 1871:    Farmer of 213 acres, employing 6 men and 2 boys, at Hammonds Farm, Sandridge

Daughter:     Rose Mary Reynolds (1872-1948) Born 15th July 1872 at Sandridge. Married Arthur Frank William Martin in St Albans in 1912

Daughter:    Ellen Frances Reynolds (1875-1950) Born 19th December 1875 at Sandridge. Married Richard Thomas Grove in St Albans in 1904

Census 1881:    Farmer of 528 acres, employing 18 men and 6 boys, at Heath Farm, Sandridge.

Census 1891:    Farmer at Heath Farm.

The Reynolds Family outside the back door of Heath Farm in 1892
John                          Lizzie              Harry
Ellen            Jacob           Rose
Frank              Ellen (Nellie)

Census:    St Albans 1901:    Farmer and Brickmaker, Heath Farm, Sandridge    See My Ancestors in the 1901 Census

from The Story of the Church and Parish of St Saviour. St Albans

St Saviour's Church - 1905 - Became the first Vicar's Warden

Died:    18th January 1926 at Heath Farm

To be completed

See Who is Related to Who?

See Heath Farm Dairy

See Crimes involving Jacob Reynolds and Heath Farm

See  Brickmakers - Jacob Reynolds

See REYNOLDS, Sandridge Road,  St Albans, circa 1900

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