| [Index] |
| Anthony MCREYNOLDS (1820 - 1886) |
| Children | Self + Spouses | Parents | Grandparents | Greatgrandparents |
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William MCREYNOLDS (1852 - 1893) Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS (1853 - ) Thomas Gray MCREYNOLDS (1855 - 1930) James Dunn MCREYNOLDS (1856 - 1923) John G MCREYNOLDS (1862 - 1879) Sarah MCREYNOLDS (1865 - ) |
Anthony MCREYNOLDS (1820 - 1886) + Eliza Jane GRAY (1830 - 1878) |
William MCREYNOLDS (1777 - 1845) | Thomas MCREYNOLDS (1740 - 1798) | James MCREYNOLDS |
| Elizabeth COURTNEY | ||||
| Mary DILWORTH | ||||
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| b. abt 1820 |
| m. 1850 Eliza Jane GRAY (1830 - 1878) at Coagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland |
| d. 24 Mar 1886 at Canada aged 66 |
| Parents: |
| William MCREYNOLDS (1777 - 1845) |
| Mary DILWORTH |
| Siblings (6): |
| Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS |
| Thomas MCREYNOLDS (1825 - 1894) |
| Oliver MCREYNOLDS (1826 - ) |
| Martha MCREYNOLDS (1829 - ) |
| Sarah MCREYNOLDS (1831 - ) |
| Mary MCREYNOLDS (1837 - ) |
| Events in Anthony MCREYNOLDS (1820 - 1886)'s life | |||||
| Date | Age | Event | Place | Notes | Src |
| abt 1820 | Anthony MCREYNOLDS was born | 33 | |||
| 1845 | 25 | Death of father William MCREYNOLDS (aged 68) | 33 | ||
| 1850 | 30 | Married Eliza Jane GRAY (aged 20) | Coagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 33 | |
| abt 1852 | 32 | Birth of son William MCREYNOLDS | Northern Ireland | 33 | |
| 20 Jan 1853 | 33 | Birth of daughter Elizabeth MCREYNOLDS | Coagh, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 33 | |
| abt 1855 | 35 | Birth of son Thomas Gray MCREYNOLDS | Northern Ireland | 33 | |
| 01 Mar 1856 | 36 | Birth of son James Dunn MCREYNOLDS | Ballynargan, County Tyrone, Northern Ireland | 33 | |
| abt 1862 | 42 | Birth of son John G MCREYNOLDS | Northern Ireland | 33 | |
| abt 1865 | 45 | Birth of daughter Sarah MCREYNOLDS | Northern Ireland | 33 | |
| 11 Dec 1878 | 58 | Death of wife Eliza Jane GRAY (aged 48) | Canada | 33 | |
| 23 Apr 1879 | 59 | Death of son John G MCREYNOLDS (aged 17) | Canada | 33 | |
| 24 Mar 1886 | 66 | Anthony MCREYNOLDS died | Canada | 33 | |
| Personal Notes: |
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Anthony McReynolds was born about 1820 and may have been baptized in Kilsally on Sep.11, 1825. He inherited the other part of his father's farm holdings. In 1850, Anthony who is listed as a full-aged bachelor farmer of Kingsmill whose father is farmer William McReynolds was married in the Presbyterian Church of Coagh to Eliza Jane Gray, a minor spinster of Ballynargan, parish of Tamlaght, whose father was farmer Alex Gray. Ballynargan was next door to Kingsmill. Eliza's mother was born Elizabeth Dunn of Dunnesville, the property just across the road from the mill at Kingsmill. It was somewhat unusual that the wedding took place in a Presbyterian Church since the groom was Church of Ireland. There is some family tradition that Anthony and Eliza Jane moved away from the area for some time but that ``it did not work out.'' Whatever happened, Anthony and Eliza were recorded as living in Ballynargan when two of their children were christened at Coagh Presbyterian Church.
Orillia Headstone of Anthony McReynolds family In the Griffith Valuation of about 1860, Anthony is listed as holding just over 24 acres in the townland of Lisboy and just over 14 acres in the townland of Liscausy from Rev. James Jones. In Lisboy he sublets a house to Catherine Devlin and in Liscausy he sublets two houses, one to Anne Johnston. Anthony also holds just over 44 acres in the townland of Ballynargan, parish of Arboe, from Rev. W. Chichester O'Neill; he also holds a house worth three pounds and ten shillings on this land and sublets a house to Robert Wyley. It seems possible that these holdings in Ballynargan came from his wifes family. In 1860/61 Anthony gave a shilling toward the new lighting in Artrea Parish Church. However, from his descendants, we know that Anthony blew all his wealth by gambling on the horses. It seems probable that these losses led to the letters [PRONI D664/D/222/A to D] from Armagh dated March 1863 from a land steward give details of an attempt to settle the affairs of a Mr. and Mrs. McReynolds of Ardtrea. ``I received a list of McReynolds debts from Mr. Jones, the curate at Ardtrea, upwards of a month ago. It amounts to 280 pounds and I know that McReynolds owes his sister about 50 pounds in addition. I annex a copy of the list .....''. ``McReynolds wife wishes to emigrate and leave him. He is a sort of imbecile (aged about 45). He might well give her what would take her out of the country (say 10 or 15 pounds)....''. Brother Thomas is said to have bought out the remains of Anthony's share of the estate and that money apparently paid for the emigration (in the period 1865-71) of the entire family to Innisfill Township, Ontario, Canada, about 50km north of Toronto. The 1871 census of Canada lists the family living in Innisfill Township as consisting of Anthony (aged 48), Elizabeth (aged 39) and their children William (19), Elizabeth (17), Thomas (15), James (13), John (9) and Sarah (6). All are listed as being Church of Ireland and born in Ireland. Anthony (and son William) are listed as laborers and family legend tells of them working on the railroad which was under construction north from Toronto. Wife Elizabeth Jane took in pupils to teach in her home in Lefroy, where there was no school at the time. One of her pupils who held her in high regard later became president of the Grand Trunk Railroad. It was a hard life. Property records show that Anthony and Elizabeth Jane later owned a house in Orillia, Ontario, about 100km north of Toronto. Anthony died on Mar.24, 1886, at the age of 66, and his wife Elizabeth on Dec.11, 1878, at the age of 48; they were buried in St. Andrews and St. James Cemetery in Orillia though the graves were subsequently relocated. Grandson William James said he recalled tending their graves in Orillia with his sister Sarah in the early 1890s. |
| Source References: |
| 33. Type: Web Page, Abbr: Kerr Family Chronicles, Title: Kerr Family Chronicles, Auth: Christopher Earls Brennen, Locn: http://www.dankat.com/kerr/chap6.htm |
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