Sir Thomas REYNELL

- 1775

• Name	Thomas REYNELL
  Title	Sir
  Gender	Male
  Death	15 Sep 1775
  Person ID	I5506	Davidson-Radford

  
  

  Father	Sir Richard REYNELL   d. Jun 1723
  Relationship	natural
  Mother	Elizabeth REYNELL,   b. Abt 1667   d. 2 Apr 1706 (Age 39 years)
  Relationship	natural
  Family ID	F1452	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Sarah RIGHTON   d.
  Marriage	26 Aug 1730
  Children	1. Sir Richard REYNELL   d. 17 Nov 1795  [Father: natural ]  [Mother: natural ]   2. Lt Thomas REYNELL,   b. Abt 1746, Laleham, Middlesex, England d. 19 Sep 1777, Saratoga, New York, USA (Age 31 years)  [Father: natural ]  [Mother: natural ]
  Family ID	F1453	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  According to Thomas Faulkner's History and Antiquities of Kensingto (London: 1820), the interior of Kensington Church has the followin g memorial: In the north gallery is a beautiful marble tablet, thus i scribed: 'Underneath are deposited the remains of Sir THOMAS REYNEL , of Laleham, in the County of Middlesex, Bart., who departed this lif e on the 12th day of September, 1775, aged 78. Sir Thomas was lineall y descended from Sir Richard Reynel of Rytney in the County of Somerse t, Knt., and Captain of the Castles at Exeter and Launceston, in the y ear 1191. He married Sarah, daughter and co-heir of Richard Righton o f Chipping Norton, in the County of Oxford, Esq., by whom he had issue , two sons, Richard and Thomas, who survived him. Underneath, also, a e deposited the remains of Sir RICHARD REYNEL, Bart., eldest survivin g son of the abovenamed Sir Thomas Reynel, who departed this life on t he 27th Nov., 1798, aged 67, a man of approved integrity and honour . THOMAS REYNEL, the youngest son of the abovenamed Sir Thomas Reynel , was a Lieutenant in his majesty's 62d regiment, and fell in the memo able battle of Saratoga, on the 19th September 1777, aged 31, bravel y fighting for his country. Sir Richard Reynel was a Commissioner o f the Salt Office, and at his death the title became extinct.'