Chapter 20, Part IV 

LIEUT. NATHANIEL REYNOLDS AND HIS MEN

Nathaniel Reynolds, born in England, was the son of Robert and Mary, of Boston as early as 1632. He married Sarah Dwight of Dedham, November 30, 1657. She died July 8, 1663, and he married Priscilla Brackett, of Boston, before February 21, 1666. Children of Sarah, first wife,--Sarah, born July 26, 1659, married John Fosdick; Mary, born November 20, 1660, died aged 2 years, 2 months; Nathaniel, born March 3, 1662-3. By second wife -- John, born August 4, 1668, died 1757, aged 88 years; Peter, born January 26, 1670; Philip, born September 15, 1672, died young; Joseph, born January 9, 1677, died January 16, 1759, aged 82 years 7 days; Hannah, born January 15, 1682, married Samuel Royall; Mary, born 1684? married Nathaniel Woodbury; Benjamin, born May 10, 1686 (in Bristol); Ruth, born Dec. 9, 1688, married Josiah Cary.

He was of the Artillery Company 1658, and admitted freeman 1665. He was in command of the garrison at Chelmsford in the fall and winter of 1675-6, and on February 25th the inhabitants petition the Court that he be allowed to remain, with his soldiers, for their protection. He removed to Bristol, R.I., after the war, and was prominent in the organization and development of that town.