Genealogy Report: Ancestors of Timothy Charles Zimmerman
Ancestors of Timothy Charles Zimmerman
512.Gabriel Zimmermann, born 01 Jan 1660/61 in Schwandi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 1730 in Schwandi, Glarus, Switzerland.He was the son of 1024. Heinrich Zimmermann and 1025. Magdalena Schuler.He married 513. Barbara Meier 01 Nov 1681 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland.
513.Barbara Meier, born 31 Jan 1655/56 in Betschwanden, Glarus, Switzerland; died 05 Jan 1723/24 in Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland.She was the daughter of 1026. Thomas Meier and 1027. Rosina Schindler.
More About Gabriel Zimmermann and Barbara Meier:
Marriage: 01 Nov 1681, Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland
Children of Gabriel Zimmermann and Barbara Meier are:
i. | Magdalena Zimmermann, born 25 Dec 1682 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 12 May 1755 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; married (1) Elsbeth Zimmermann; born 26 Nov 1727 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; married (2) Jacob Hefti 01 Nov 1720 in Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland; born Abt. 1682 in Glarus, Switzerland. |
More About Jacob Hefti and Magdalena Zimmermann: Marriage: 01 Nov 1720, Schwanden, Glarus, Switzerland |
ii. | Rosina Zimmermann, born 26 Jul 1685 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 02 May 1715 in Schwandi, Glarus, Switzerland; married Daniel Hassi 19 Oct 1708 in Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland; born 10 May 1686 in Mitloedi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 08 Aug 1748 in Mitloedi, Glarus, Switzerland. |
More About Daniel Hassi and Rosina Zimmermann: Marriage: 19 Oct 1708, Glarus, Glarus, Switzerland |
iii. | Margarethe Zimmermann, born 04 Dec 1687 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland. | |||
iv. | Anna Zimmermann, born 23 Oct 1690 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 16 Oct 1770; married Joss Hammerli 11 Apr 1727 in Matt, Glarus, Switzerland; born Abt. 1690 in Glarus, Switzerland. |
More About Joss Hammerli and Anna Zimmermann: Marriage: 11 Apr 1727, Matt, Glarus, Switzerland |
v. | Heinrich Zimmermann, born 16 Apr 1694 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 23 Dec 1737 in Glarus, Switzerland; married (1) Barbara Luchsinger; married (2) Regula Stuessi 01 Nov 1715 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; born Abt. 1694 in Glarus, Switzerland; died in Glarus, Switzerland. |
More About Heinrich Zimmermann and Regula Stuessi: Marriage: 01 Nov 1715, Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland |
256 | vi. | Thomas Zimmermann, born 18 Jun 1697 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 16 Aug 1749 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; married (1) Anna Maria Kundert 24 Aug 1724 in Nestal, Glarus, Switzerland; married (2) Anna Elmer 25 Oct 1743 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland. |
514.Jacob Elmer, born 02 Aug 1691 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland; died 15 Mar 1762 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland.He was the son of 1028. Jacob Elmer and 1029. Barbara Buesser.He married 515. Susanna Egli 24 Feb 1709/10 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland.
515.Susanna Egli, born 30 Nov 1689 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland; died 11 Apr 1756 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland.She was the daughter of 1030. Peter Egli and 1031. Anna Clauser.
More About Jacob Elmer and Susanna Egli:
Marriage: 24 Feb 1709/10, Elm, Glarus, Switzerland
Children of Jacob Elmer and Susanna Egli are:
i. | Heinrich Elmer, born 15 Jan 1709/10 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland. | |||
257 | ii. | Anna Elmer, born 21 Dec 1712 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland; died 03 Nov 1770 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; married Thomas Zimmermann 25 Oct 1743 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland. | ||
iii. | Peter Elmer, born 10 Jan 1715/16 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland. | |||
iv. | Barbara Elmer, born 05 Jun 1720 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland; married Kundert in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland. |
More About Kundert and Barbara Elmer: Marriage: Elm, Glarus, Switzerland |
v. | Elsbeth Elmer, born 22 Sep 1723 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland; died 17 Sep 1725 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland. | |||
vi. | Elsbeth Elmer, born 04 Jun 1727 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland; died 28 May 1732 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland. | |||
vii. | Jacob Elmer, born 26 Apr 1730 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland; died 11 Jul 1736 in Elm, Glarus, Switzerland. |
516.Fridolin Schiesser, born Abt. 1690.He married 517. Anna Jenny.
517.Anna Jenny
Child of Fridolin Schiesser and Anna Jenny is:
258 | i. | David Schiesser, born 28 Jan 1710/11 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 15 Jan 1784 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; married Rosina Kessler 01 Nov 1793 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland. |
518.Jost KesslerHe married 519. Anna Luchsinger inSwitzerland.
519.Anna Luchsinger
More About Jost Kessler and Anna Luchsinger:
Marriage:Switzerland
Child of Jost Kessler and Anna Luchsinger is:
259 | i. | Rosina Kessler, born in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; died 03 May 1780 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland; married David Schiesser 01 Nov 1793 in Schwaendi, Glarus, Switzerland. |
608.Louis Reynaud, born Abt. 1676 in Valence, Dauphin, France; died 27 Jan 1755 in Prince William County, Virginia.He was the son of 1216. Pierre De Reynaud and 1217. Sarah Regnaut.He married 609. Margaret Faut Abt. 1702 in Stafford, Virginia.
609.Margaret Faut101.
Notes for Louis Reynaud:
Lewis Reynaud probably went from France to England with his parents in 1687-88, and he was included in the Letter of Denization granted his parents on October 10, 1688. He had to have been under 21 years of age in 1688, and had to have been at least 21 in Feburary 1700 when he acquired land in Virginia, thus fixing his birth not later than 1678. According to Wm. L. Reno (1975), he probably went to the Northern Neck of Virginia about 1696/98, possibly landing at one of the ports in Stafford County, i.e., Aquia, Dumfries, or Occoquan. He acquired his first 100 acres of land from John Allen, recorded in a deed dated 25 February 1700, for 2100 pounds of tobacco (Stafford County Deed Book Z, p. 73, p. 309). On Aug. 24, 1710, Lewis Reno and Clement Chevalle acquired a proprietary grant of 968 acres on the upper side of Broad Run just east of Bristow (Northern Neck Grant Bk. 4, p. 28). On 28 August 1711, Lewis Reno and Lewis Tacquett (Tackett, Sr.) acquired a grant of 486 acres on Cedar Run, presently located east of Brentsville and south of Manassas, and Lewis Reno was living on this land in 1715 (Northern Neck Grant Bk. 5, p. 67). The title to this Reno-Tackett grant was the subject of a lengthy suit between Thomas Stamps and Thomas Reno in 1752 wherein the Court held that Lewis Reno in 1711 had been "duly naturalized and capable of taking and holding lands as by a Copy of Record in the office of Prince William County dated the second day of October 1688". The Court held that Lewis Tackett was not then naturalized and that this grant was invalid as to him. In 1712, Lewis Reno and Lewis Tackett divided the original grant equally between themselves, and this division was confirmed by the Court on June 16, 1779 (Prince Wm. Co. Bk. U, p.49). On June 30, 1712, Lewis Reno and Philomen Waters acquired a proprietary grant of 466 acres on the east side of Cedar Run, adjoining the Reno-Tackett Grant (Bk. M, p. 176).
William L. Reno (1975) provides the following explanation on the naturalization date for Lewis Reno: "This date closely coincides with the Date (October 10, 1688) on which the Letter of Denization issued to his father, Peter Reynaud, was inscribed on the Patent Roll which was, of course, its effective date. The slight difference in dates was probably due to a clerical error in the many transcriptions which this court record has undergone; it probably said October 20, 1688, instead of October 2, 1688. If this be true, then October 20, 1688 would, under the New Style Calendar adopted in 1751, have been the equivalent of October 10, 1688 under the Old Style Calendar and would have precisely coincided with the date of the Letter of Denization. "
Lewis Reno's will was probated on November 27, 1754, with his sons Lewis Reno and Thomas Reno named as execturos (PW Co. Court Order Book 1754-1755, p. 181). On August 26, 1755 they reported an inventory and appraisal of his estate, but these records have been lost or destroyed as has his will (William L. Reno 1975).
According to the book "Landmarks of Old Prince William" by Fairfax Harrison (1924) and an article by Dollye M. Elliott in the Colonial Genealogist 9(2):58-62, many of the Huguenots who came to the Northern Neck of Virginia did so under a business venture by Nicholas Hayward, who made speculative
investments in the English colonies from Virginia to Hudson Bay. Nicholas' brother Samuel Hayward was the Clerk of Stafford County, Virginia, and Hayward, George Brent, Robert Bristow and Richard Foot, four english businessmen, had secured a 30,000 acre proprietorship between Cedar Run and Broad Run in the northern Neck of Virginia from Lord Culpeper that was originally intended as a colony for Huguenot and catholic refugees from England. French expatriates in London were sought out by businessmen with land holdings in the colonies of Virginia and Carolina who offered promises and provisions to entice the Huguenots to settle there (including Letters of Denization, and bounty payments to the settlers). Thus, Nicholas Hayward essentially recruited Louis and Benjamin Reynaud and their families to settle on these proprietary lands in the northern neck of Virginia.
A bounty award from the English crown dated September 8, 1687 reads "To severall ye intended for ye West Indies" ... "To Lewis Reynaud of Angoumois, his wife and eight children for tools and others necessaries things to go to Virginia" granted 8 pounds; and "To Nichlos Hayward notary for ye passage to Virginia of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Francis, Lewis, Mary and Sara Reynaud their children, and Benjamin Reynaud, Mary his wife, Marianne and Mary their children, and John de la Chaumette" granted 33 pounds. And "To Lewis Reynaud and his family for supply" granted 2 pounds.
On March 25, 1688, effective March 31, 1688, denization was granted to Lewis Reynaud, Ann his wife, and Lewis and Sara their children, and also to Benjamin Reynaud and Mary his wife. The omission from this Letter of Denization of six children of Lewis Reynaud and two children of Benjamin Reynaud who were mentioned in the Bounty Papers might be explained by the possibility that these children were over 21 years of age when the denization was granted (The Reno Family, by William L. Reno, Jr.; Huguenot Society of London Publ., Quarto Series, Vol. XVIII - Letters of Denization and Acts of Naturalization for Aliens in England and Ireland, 1603-1700, pp. 204-209).
The following confirmation of Louis' letter of Denization by Nicholas Hayward is found in Stafford County records for October 2-3, 1688 (Stafford County Court Records 1686-1693/4, p.95, Virginia State Library, microfilm 7a). A similar letter was found for his brother Benjamin: "I Nicholas Hayward Notary and Tabellion Publick dwelling in London Admitted and Sworne doe hereby Certifie and attest unto all whom it may concern that I have seen and perused certain Letters Patent of Denization Granted by our Soveraigne Lord King James ye second under ye broad seal of England Dated ye 31 day of March in ye fourth year of his said Majestys Reign wherein amongst others is inserted ye name of Lewis Reynaud, Anne his wife, Lewis and Sarah their children who though born beyond seas are made his Majestys Leige Subjects and to be held reputed and taken as born in this Kingdom of England and may as such purchase buy sell and dispose of lands tenements and hereditaments in this Kingdom or any other of his Majestys dominions as freely peaceably and Entirely as any Subject born in this Kingdom and if ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife and Lewis and Sarah their children by virtue of ye said Letters Patent are to pay Customs and Duties for their goods only as natives doe or ought to doe and to Enjoy all Liberties Privileges and Franchises of Subjects born in this Kingdom without any disturbance Impediment or molestation as by said Patent relacon being thereunto had may more at large appear of all which act being required of me ye said Notary I have Granted these presents to serve and avail ye said Lewis Reynaud Anne his wife Lewis and Sarah their children in tyme and place convenient. London ye 5th of April 1688. In testimonium Veritatis Signo meo Manual Solito signavi et tabellionatus mei Sigillum apposui Rogatus. [signed]
Nicholas Hayward, Notary Public." Recorded in ye County Court Records of Stafford this 2nd day of October 1688 per me, James Hearse Dept. Cl. Curr Staffd.
Louis and and his wife, Anne de la Croix, are known to have attended the baptism of Anne Flahaut at Canterbury on September 22, 1695 (The Reno Family, William L. Reno; Huguenot Society of London Publications, Quarto Series, Vol. 5, Registre de l'Eglise de Canterbury, Parts I, II and III, which reads "1695 Sept. 22: Bapteme: Anne, fille de Charles Flahaut. Temoinage: Louis Reynaut et Anne de la Croix"). They may have remained in England after this time, as no further record of them in the colonies can be found. However, their son Lewis remained in Virginia and is the direct ancestor of thousands of Renos and Reneaus as documented in this family tree.
Notes for ANNE:
Sherman Reno suspects that Lewis Reno's wife was the daughter of Thomas Waters (letter to William L. Reno, May 13, 1971).
Notes for Margaret Faut: Sherman Reno suspects that Lewis Reno's wife was the daughter of Thomas Waters (letter to William L. Reno, May 13, 1971). |
More About Louis Reynaud and Margaret Faut:
Marriage: Abt. 1702, Stafford, Virginia
Children of Louis Reynaud and Margaret Faut are:
i. | Margaret Reno, born Bet. 1690 - 1710; married Husband Anderson. | |||
ii. | Mary Reno, born Bet. 1690 - 1710; married Husband Davis. | |||
iii. | Sarah Reno, born Bet. 1690 - 1710. | |||
iv. | Thomas Reno102, born Abt. 1703 in Austins Run, Stafford, Virginia; died 24 Dec 1777 in Prince William County, Virginia; married (1) Jane French; married (2) Jane Bangar Abt. 1762. |
Notes for Thomas Reno: Mentioned as eldest son of Lewis Reno in records of Pr. Wm. County (Book Q, p. 174), and listed as an adult in Stafford County Tithe books for 1723 and 1724 (Sherman Reno). On December 3, 1742, he received a grant of 531 acres on the branches of Occoquan and Powell's Run, probably adjoining the Reno portion of the Reno-Chevalle Grant of 1710, which probably was his homeplace (Book Q, p. 179). Thomas Reno was appointed constable of Pr. Wm. County in place of Wm. Tackett on October 7, 1755 (Court Order Bk. 1755-1757). Deed dated Mar. 3, 1766, Prince William Co. Book Q, p. 370 deeded 121 1/2 acres of land to William French, brother of his first wife. Land "was patented by Lewis Reno and Lewis Tackett and willed by said Lewis Reno, father of said Thomas Reno, to Thomas Reno". On Apr. 3, 1768, Thomas Reno Sr. makes a deed of gift to his son, William Reno, land he patented in 1742 (Pr. Wm. Co. Bk. G, p. 579), and he apparently gave the remaining half to his son Lewis (Deed Book T, p. 178). A 128-acre parcel was granted on December 22, 1741 to James French, father of Thomas' first wife Jane French, which he had issued in the name of Thomas Reno. This land was the subject of a long and confused lawsuit between Thomas Hoomes, Jr., son of Mary Reno Hoomes, and Enoch Reno, who was a son of Francis Reno and a nephew of Thomas Reno. This lawsuit between 1795 and 1802, resulted in a judgment vesting title of the 128 acres to Enoch Reno (Pr. Wm. Co. Land Causes, 1793-1811, p. 169-196). In the lawsuit, Thomas Hoomes Jr. alleged that (1) Thomas Reno had offered to give this land to his father, Thomas Hoomes, Sr., but had instead turned it over to his son William Reno, who lived on it until William died shortly before the death of Thomas Reno; (2) that William's children were bastards and could not inherit; and (3) that Lewis Reno and Thomas Reno, Jr. had died without issue. He therefore claimed through his mother Mary Reno Hoomes. Enoch Reno deposed (1) that the 1741 grant was invalid because it had not been perfected in the proprietor's office; (2) that it was not certain that Lewis Reno and Thomas Reno, Jr. had died without issue or that the children of William Reno were illegitimate; and (3) that Enoch Reno had secured conveyances and quitclaims from the children of William Reno, and had secured a new grant from the proprietor's office in 1791. Thomas Reno died on December 24, 1777, and his estate was inventoried in 1778. No record of his will has been found. Sons William, Lewis, and Thomas all died childless according to Guy Reno. |
v. | Lewis Reno, Jr., born Abt. 1710 in Stafford County, Virginia; died Abt. 1774 in Prince William County, Virginia; married Elizabeth Whitledge. |
Notes for Lewis Reno, Jr.: Known as "Major" or "Gent", probably because of his association with the county militia. Served as sheriff of PW Co., VA in 1753, and was a corporal in the PW Co. militia in 1756 for which he was paid 2,046 pounds of tobacco (Henings, Virginia Statutes, v.7, p.24). From 1761 until his death he was Justice of the Peace and served in the County Court. He dealt extensively in real estate throughout his life. In a deposition entered in a dispute over the will of William Spiller, he stated that he was born in Stafford County 'about 1710' and that we was then [1762] 'about 51 years of age' (PW Co. Deed Book P, p.232). His estate was settled Sept. 3, 1778 (PW Co. Will Bk. G, p.15), but the text of his will was destroyed. His sons Lewis and David Reno, and his brother Thomas Reno were appointed executors of his estate and gave a bond of 2,000 pounds on October 3, 1774 (PW Co. Bond Book 1753-1786, p.110). He made his home on part of the original Reno-Chevalle Grant of 1710 along Broad Run which was left to him by his father Lewis Reno (PW Co. Deed Bk. U, p.467). He left land to at least four of his sons: David (Deed Bk. U, p.263), Zealey (Deed Bk. U p.467), Eli (Deed Bk. X p.89) and Lewis (Kincheloe Families, p. 55, 360)(William Reno 1975). The Fairfax Co. library contains certain records of the Dettingen Parish of the Church of England in Prince Wm. County, where Lewis was Church Warden. He is mentioned in an entry Oct. 30, 1769 and is last mentioned in records on Apr. 19, 1774. An entry for Dec. 5, 1774 says that Major Lewis Reno had died. Church Wardens, or vestrymen, had both religious and civic duties in the church parishes, which governed most of the local affairs in Virginia prior to the Revolutionary War. The vestry conducted the business of the church, built new churches, and looked after the poor. The were responsible for the building and repair of local roads, and they checked land boundaries and kept parish registers containing the names and ages of all births, deaths, and marriages. Those not married in the church were required to post bonds. To carry out these duties, the church levied tithes (usually so many pounds of tobacco) on all males and Negro females over 16 years old. Prince William Co. was originally in Hamilton Parish, but in 1744 that parish was divided and Prince William was put in Dettingen Parish. Most of the records of Hamilton and Dettinger parish were lost or destroyed, and many county records were lost or destroyed during the Civil War. Several of the families whose names appear in the early records of Prince William County and the Dettingen Parish, including the Renos, Kincheloes, Wickliffes, Randolphs, and Doziers, moved to what is now Muhlenberg Co., Kentucky along the Green River near Cypress Creek by 1800 (from The Randolphs of Prince William County, Virginia; Blanche Randolph 1979). |
vi. | Judith Reno, born Abt. 1711 in Austins Run, Stafford, Virginia; married Henry Halley, Jr.. | |||
vii. | Francis Reno, born Abt. 1713 in Prince William County, Virginia; died Abt. 1794 in Prince William County, Virginia; married Elizabeth Bayliss. |
Notes for Francis Reno: He was described as a son of Lewis Reno in a deed dated May 25, 1761 (PW Co. Deed Bk. P, p.67). He was listed as a minor on the Stafford County Tithe Rolls for 1723 and 1724. He made his home on the Reno portion of the Reno-Waters grant of 1712 on Cedar Run at the mouth of Goose (later called Philomen's) Run (William L. Reno, Jr., The Reno Family, 1975). He was a vestryman of Dettingen Parish, and a member of the County Court (William Reno 1975). He will was dated October 18, 1794 and was probated on October 2, 1797 (PW Co. Will Bk. H, pp. 224-227). |
304 | viii. | John Reno, born 13 Apr 1715 in Manassas, Prince William, Virginia; died 14 Jun 1806 in Elizabethton, Carter, Tennessee; married Susanna Thorn 17 Nov 1737 in Prince William County, Virginia. |