| 1. | Lewis Reynaud (Reno), Sr. was born about 1635 in Angoumois, Bordeaux, France (son of General Louis de Renaud (Reno)); died after 1710 in Prince William Co, Virginia. Other Events and Attributes:
- Immigration: 8 Sep 1687, France
- Emigration: 1688, Stafford Co, Virginia
Notes:
He and his wife and children were given a letter of denization 25 March 1688 which I think allowed them to leave France. He and his brother Benjamin and their wives and children were sent to Virginia by Nicholas Hayward to colonize it. The English crown paid them to go.
Louis was a Huguenot who was encouraged by Nicholas Hayward to come to the Virginia colony. It appears that after Louis had escaped religious perscution in France and come to Engand, he was given money to settle in Virginia by the English crown 8 September 1687. This is shown on a bounty award given him and his brother Benjamin and their families. It appears that he arrived in Virginia between July and October of 1688. He travelled with his wife and children and also with his brother Benjamin and his wife and children.
A little over 10 years after arriving in Virginia, Lewis purchased 100 acres of land from a man by the name of John Allen 25 February 1700. For this he paid 2100 pounds of tobacco. I don't know where he got the tobacco from, unless maybe he had been farming rented land prior to buying his own farm.
In 1711 and 1712, he (perhaps his son Louis; the father would be quite elderly by now) acquired much larger tracts of land in partership with others. Louis may have lived on Broad Run near Bristow. His home may have been a three story structure with slave quarters in a separate building. During the civil war, the Union army forced the slaves to burn down their quarters and then leave the premesis. There was once a secret staircase leading from the cellar to the water level of the well, so that the family members could get water safely without Indians seeing them. The home was once used as a hospital during the Civil War.
"Genealogy of the Reno/Reneau Family in America, 1600-1930"
Author: Sue Reneau Damewood and Steven Fancy
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Louis and and his wife, Anne de la Croix, are known to have attended the baptism of Anne Flauhaut at Canterbury on September 22, 1695 (The Reno Family, William L. Reno; Hug. Society Publ. Vol. 5). 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.
Immigration:
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.
Emigration:
The voyage to Virginia from London took about 13 weeks, so he probably arrived in the Northern Neck of Virginia between July and October, 1688 with his family and his uncle Benjamin and his family.
Lewis married Ann De La Croix about 1655 in France. Ann was born about 1635 in France; died after 1740 in Prince William Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Francis Reynaud (Reno) was born about 1663 in France; died after 1687 in of, Stafford Co, Virginia.
- Sara Reynaud (Reno) was born about 1665 in France; died after 1687 in of, Stafford Co, Virginia.
- Mary Reynaud (Reno) was born about 1670 in France; died after 1687 in of, Stafford Co, Virginia.
- Lewis Renaud (Reno), Jr. was born on 22 Jul 1676 in Valance Dauphin, Basses-Alpes, France; died on 27 Jan 1755 in Manassas, Prince William Co, Virginia; was buried on 28 Jan 1755 in Prince William Co, Virginia.
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Abt 1635 - Aft 1710 (~ 76 years)