I’m looking for additional information regarding Nicholas Reynolds and Mary Wright of Addison County, Vermont, particularly the parents of Nicholas Reynolds.

This Reynolds family seems to share similarities to the family of Griffin Reynolds and Martha Gardner in their path from Vermont, to Genesee County New York, to Erie County New York, and to Whiteside County Illinois. I’m wondering if Nicholas might be related to that branch somehow, maybe an undocumented brother or cousin of Griffin. Nicholas was born in 1777, during all sorts of pillaging in Vermont, so maybe family records relating the two were destroyed.

Any information or guesses would be appreciated.

Here are my Reynolds:

1. Nicholas Reynolds, millwright. Born April 12, 1777 in Vermont. (This is *not* the Nicholas Reynolds born in West Rutland, Vermont, son of Jonathan Reynolds.) He appears on Addison County, Vermont census in 1800. Nicholas Reynolds and Mary Wright were married December 31, 1801 in Vermont. Living in St. Lawrence County, New York 1805-1811. Son Almos born in Madrid, NY in 1808. Nicholas family appears in Potsdam, NY in 1810. Involved in St. Lawrence County militia through 1811, rising to rank of captain. In 1811 moves to Riga, Genesee County, New York; living there on 1820 Census. By 1830 had moved eastwards to Erie County, NY. Living in Aurora in 1830 and Wales in 1840 and 1850. (After 1850 might have briefly moved to Whiteside County, Illinois with children, and then returned after wife’s death in 1855.) Died August 24, 1857 in Wales, Erie County, New York.

2. Mary Wright. Born December 24, 1783 in Weybridge, Addison County, Vermont. (Her children claimed to be first cousins of NY governor Silas Wright, but I’m dubious how that works.) Her parents were Ebenezer Wright and Rebecca Stannard of Berkshire County, Massachusetts who came to Weybridge in 1783. (He was *not* the same Loyalist Ebenezer Wright of Shaftsbury, Vermont whose lands were confiscated in 1778 and who went to Quebec along with a few Reynolds.) Mary died 1855 in Hopkins Township, Whiteside County, Illinois.

CHILDREN:

3. Charlotte Reynolds. Born February 16, 1807 in Cayuga County, New York. Married Justus Frary in 1827 in New York. (Both Justus Frary and Nicholas Reynolds families living in Riga, NY on 1820 Census.) In Perry, Richland County, Ohio on 1850 and 1860 Censuses; then in Pierceton, Kosciusko County, Indiana in 1870. In 1874 moved to Dayton, Washington where son Franklin S. Frary was involved in woolen mill owned by her brother Almos H. Reynolds. Died January 29, 1878 in Dayton, Columbia County, Washington.

4. Almos Holbrook Reynolds, millwright. Born October 21, 1808 in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, New York. Apprenticed to millwright in Churchville, Genesee County, NY in 1820. Departs to Iowa 1837. Marries Mary W. Glidden around 1839. Appears on 1840 Census in Davenport, Iowa -- across Mississippi River from Whiteside County, Illinois. Obtains federal land grants in Davenport in 1845 and 1848. Children die in 1848, wife in 1849. Departs for the west during Gold Rush. Appears on 1850 Census in El Dorado County, California. In mid-Willamette Valley, Oregon 1851-1859. Moves to Walla Walla, Washington 1859. Married second Lettice Jane Millican on May 23, 1861 in Walla Walla, Washington. Died April 21, 1889 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla County, Washington.

5. Harriet M. Reynolds. Born May 14, 1811 in New York. Married William McDearmon of Aurora, NY. In Aurora, NY on 1840 Census. In Chicago on 1850 Census. In Lyndon, Whiteside County, Illinois on 1860 Census. Died August 28, 1858 in Whiteside County, Illinois.

6. Almon Valence Reynolds. Born January 13, 1814 in Erie County, New York. Married Harriet Griswold on July 1, 1841 in Allen County, Indiana. In Springfield, Allen County, Indiana on 1850 Census. Moves to Whiteside County, Illinois 1854. At some point after 1880 moves west to Portland, Oregon. Died May 25, 1890 in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.

7. Nicholas W. Reynolds. Born November 23, 1816 in New York. Married Jane [ ].
In Springfield, Allen County, Indiana on 1850 Census. Died 1856-1860, probably in Whiteside County, Illinois.

8. Miranda Reynolds. Born May 10, 1820 in New York. Married Henry Burnett. In Buffalo, Erie County, NY on 1850 Census. In Richland County, Ohio on 1860 and 1870 Censuses. After husband dies moves to Hopkins, Whiteside County, Illinois; on 1880 Census there. Died 1887, probably in Whiteside County, Illinois.

9. James A. Reynolds, millwright. Born May 21, 1822 in New York. Married Elizabeth Wright (of England.) Moves to Alabama sometime in the 1840s; daughter born in Prattville, Autauga County, Alabama in 1846. Lives in Prattville, Alabama remainder of life. Died after 1880.

10. Daniel W. Reynolds. Born May 1, 1824 in New York. Living with parents in Wales, NY through 1850. In Whiteside County, Illinois in 1856 according to Nicholas’s will. In Lyndon and Hopkins of Whiteside County on 1860 and 1880 Censuses. Sometime after 1880 moved to Portland, Multnomah County, where he appears on 1900 Census. Died 1910, probably in Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon.