Jordan grandparents

OK, you must think I'm a sucker for punishment by now.

But I just keep on climbing out on more branches where there are hints and promises of blossoms (and of course thus there will be fruit by the summertime!)

So going along on another Basse tree, not sure why I stopped. There were the Reynolds, parents of Cicely Reynolds Jordan, wife of Capt. Samuel Silas Jordan, whose ships brought many a colonial settler to Jamestown and the Virginia Colony.

Her mother may have some confusion on her tree, and I'll work on her family in another post.

But Cicely's father was probably Thomas of Gravesend Reynolds, a Doctor and Surgeon. He was born in 1564 in London, England. He died on 14 July 1603, Clerkenwell, Middlesex, England.  

The Doctor's father was Christopher Tillman Reynolds (with various spellings) who was born 20 Jan, 1530 in Aylesford, Kent, England. Christopher's wife was Clarissa Elizabeth Huntington Reynolds, born in 1534 in Aylesford, Kent, England. She died 2 Feb 1681 in Kent, Dorset, England. Her husband, Christopher died about 1592 in London, Cheshire, England. His death had been listed as "abt. 1600," but I found some probate/will documents dated 1592, so would gather that date might be more appropriate.

Stretching back to the 13 times great grandparents...Christopher's father was Sir Robert Reynolds III, or Reynell. Robert was born 18 Dec. 1500 in East Bergholt, Babergh District, Suffolk, England. He died 19 Nov. 1580 in Gravesend, Kent, England. His wife was Agnes Hall Reynolds,  born Feb. 1505 in East Bergholt, Babergh District, Suffolk, England. She died Feb. 1570 and was buried 3 Feb 1570 in St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets, Essex, England.

I am not listing all the other children these grandparents had, which included a few who merited being included in Burke's Peerage, the book of who was who in England. Agnes has one other Ancestry tree with some parents listed, but the father is considered a Reynolds rather than a Hall, which makes it hard to believe.

13 greats grandfather Sir Robert Reynolds III had Sir Robert Reynolds II as his father (of course!) who was born on 10 Jan 1475 in East Bergholt, Kent, England. He died on 11 Jan 1574 in East Bergholt, Suffolk, England. I find it very difficult to believe he was 99 years when he died, just as I wonder how East Bergholt moved from Kent to Suffolk.

My Grandmother times 14 greats was Lady Keziah Elizabeth Tyrell (Terrell) Reynolds, born on 7 Jan 1470 Olton, Suffolk, England. She died in 1569 in Aylesford, Kent, England...another 99 year old ancestor. Pardon me if I say "Bah Humbug."

And that's as far back as the Reynolds tree goes. But since Sir Robert Reynolds II is the furthest back, we must assume his father had had the same name.