David Reno (Renoe)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military: 1776, Revolutionary War
• Possessions: 1787, Prince William Co, Virginia
• Possessions: 1810, Prince William Co, Virginia
• Will: 5 Mar 1822, Prince William Co, Virginia

Notes:

Possessions:
Property 1: 1787, 8 slaves, 8 horses, and 13 cattle.

Possessions:
29 slaves listed in 1810 Census

Will:
David's will, probated on March 5, 1822 names the following slaves:
Willowby, Sharlott, Mills, Jude, Lewis and Robert

David married Nancy Ann Suttle (Settle) in 1774 in Prince William Co, Virginia. Nancy (daughter of Strother Settle) was born in 1752 in Prince William Co, Virginia; died in 1799 in Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Amy (or Annie) Reno was born in 1770 in Prince William Co, Virginia; died in 1842 in Virginia.
2. Strother Reno was born between 1770 and 1780 in Prince William Co, Virginia; died before 8 Apr 1841 in Prince William Co, Virginia.
3. William Reno was born in 1775 in Prince William Co, Virginia; died in Apr 1841 in Prince William Co, Virginia.
4. Madden Reno (Renoe) was born in 1782 in Prince William Co, Virginia; died before Dec 1871 in Prince William Co, Virginia.
5. Scarlet Reno was born in 1783 in Prince William Co, Virginia; died after 1850 in Prince William Co, Virginia.

Other Events and Attributes:

• Other-Begin: 11 Jan 1758, Dettingen Parish, Prince William Co, Virginia
• Census: 1760, Prince William Co, Virginia; Tax Rolls
• Religion: Between 1769 and 1774, Dettingen Parish, Church of England, Prince William Co, Virginia

Notes:

Lewis Reno was a sheriff in Prince William County, Virginia in 1753. He became a corporal in the Prince William County militia in 1756. He was paid 2046 pounds for his service in the militia. From 1761 until he died he was the Justice of the Peace there, serving in the County Court. He had great holdings of land during his lifetime.

http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=wilde_tree-1&id=I6480



Other-Begin:
was designated one of the executors of Gabriel Moffett's will: "Lastly, I nominate my cousins, Edward Gwalkins, William Moore and Lewis Reno, as my Executors."



Census:
Name: Lewis Jun. Reno
State: VA
County: Prince William County
Township: Rental Rolls
Year: 1760
Record Type: Rent Role
Database: VA Early Census Index

also his brothers:
Francis Renno
John Renno
Thomas Jun. Reno

Religion:
In the records of the Dettington Parish of the Church of England in Prince William Country, Virginia 1769-1774, he is said to have been the Church Warden. A Church Warden, or Vestryman, had religious and civic duties and the governed most of the affairs in the parish until the Revolutionary War. Some exampes of responsibilities Lewis would have had were to conduct the business of the church, build new churches, attend to the poor people in the area, oversee the building and repairing of roads, checking and boundaries, and keeping parish registers.

Lewis married Elizabeth Whitledge about 1730 in Prince William Co, Virginia. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Whitledge and Sybil Harrison) was born in 1712 in of, Stafford Co (now Prince William Co), Virginia; died in 1761 in Prince William Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Property: 25 Feb 1700, Stafford Co, Virginia; 100 acres from John Allen
• Property: 7 Jun 1707, Stafford Co, Virginia ; Ursula Allen
• Residence: 1723, Dettingen, Stafford Co (now Prince William Co), Virginia
• Property: 16 Jul 1728, Stafford Co, Virginia
• Will: 27 Jan 1755, Prince William Co, Virginia

Notes:

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 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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Lewis Reynaud, whose name appears as the anglicized version Renoe, Rennoe, or Reno in early Stafford County, Virginia records, had to have been under 21 years of age on October 10, 1688 when he was included in the Letter of Denization granted his parents, but he must have been at least 21 in February 1700 when he acquired land in Virginia, thus fixing his birth before 1678.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reynaud/reneau_history.htm

Property:
Lewis Reno acquired his first 100 acres of land from John Allen on February 25, 1700 for 2100 pounds of tobacco "to me in hand paid or promised to be paid" (Stafford County Deed Book Z, p. 73-74). This land had been purchased by John Allen and his brother William Allen from Augustine Kneaton, and was "situate and lying between the Rocky Run and Austins Run in Acquia". John and William Allen signed a Deed of Division for the parcel (witnessed by Lewis Reno) just prior to John Allen selling his portion to Lewis Reno. On March 9, 1705, John Allen confirmed the deed to Lewis Reno, "the 2100 pounds of tobacco having been fully paid" (Stafford Co. Book Z, p.309). A later land record by John Allen's brother, William Allen, mentions "a tract of land sold by my brother John Allen to Lewis Renoe a Frenchman of Westmoreland County". Stafford County was formed out of part of Westmoreland County, and Prince William County was later formed from part of Stafford County.

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reynaud/reneau_history.htm



Property:
On June 7, 1707, Ursula Allen, "wife of John Allen of the County of Stafford", granted power of attorney to Nathaniel Pope to "acknowledge in Stafford County Court a certain tract of land granted by sale by my said husband Lewis Renoe in the same County the 9th day of March 1705 giving and granting unto my said attorney my whole power of authority in and about the premis to acknowledge in Court my right of Dower of the said land...". (Stafford Co. Book Z p.372).\

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reynaud/reneau_history.htm

Residence:
According to the 1723 Virginia Tobacco Lists, brothers Henry and Gabriel Moffett were living in the household of Lewis Reno in 1723 in Dettingen Parish. Frank Moffett wrote the following based on his research of these tobacco lists: "This was a census which was taken to allocate the number of tobacco plants which each male would be allowed to plant, as there was a tobacco glut, and the price was suffering. Sort of a colonial version of FDR's "Land Bank" program, wherein farmers were paid not to grow crops, etc. The brothers Henry (sometimes recorded as Heinrich) Moffett and Gabriel were listed in the household of Lewis Reno, a Huguenot, along with Reno sons, in Dettingen Parish, the location of which is now in Prince William County (then Stafford County).

http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~reynaud/reneau_history.htm

Property:
William Forster/Foster, 16 Jul 1728-31 Aug 1728; 219 acres on Winter's Branch; adjacent his own land, Lewis Renoe, Lewis Tacquet, Clement Sabyla, John Savage, John Adams. Surv. John Warner.


Will:
Lewis Reno's will was probated on November 27, 1754, with his sons Lewis Reno and Thomas Reno named as executors. They presented his will in Court on January 27, 1755 and signed a bond, both spelling their name Reno (PW Co. Court Order Book 1754-1755, p. 181). On August 26, 1755 they reported an inventory and appraisal of his estate, but the detailed records have been lost or destroyed as has his will and any record of his marriage.

Lewis married Mrs. Anne (..) Reynaud (Reno) about 1701 in Stafford Co (now Prince William Co), Virginia. Anne was born about 1680; died after 1720 in of, Stafford Co (now Prince William Co), Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Sybil Harrison about 1709. Sybil was born about 1690; died after 1713 in of, Stafford Co, Virginia. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]