For other similarly named people, see Christopher Reynolds (disambiguation)

Christopher Reynolds was a member of the Virgnia House of Burgesses and progenitor of R. J. Reynolds.

Early life

Reynolds was born in Gravesend, England in 1611, the son of George Reynolds and Thomasyn Church.

He arrived in the Virginia Colony along with several family members, including his brother Thomas, in 1622 aboard the John & Francis. His party settled in Warrascoyack County, Virginia, later named Isle of Wight County.

Eleven years old when he arrived, he was an indentured servant of Edward Bennett's Plantation, where he was still living in 1625. In 1626 he was documented in a legal dispute concerning the contract of other servants on the Bennett homestead.

Late life

By 1636, he had settled on 450 acres (182.1 ha) in what had eventually became Isle of Wight County near Pagan Creek. He had married Elizabeth, a widow with two children. They raised seven children, several who were mentioned in his will in 1654: son Christopher, son John, son Richard, daughter Abbasha, daughter Elizabeth, daughter Jane, stepson George Rivers, unnamed (unborn son Thomas, born 1655).

External links

• Baird, Robert W. "Reynolds Citations 1622-1699"