by Leonide Cousins
lrcousins@sc.rr.com
The Reagan/Reagin family who was associated with the Quakers in Newberry
County, SC, were descendants of Timothy and Mary Lary Reagin through their son
Reason/Rezin Reagin and his wife Anne Beaumont Reagin. Their sons John, Thomas,
Reason, and Daniel migrated to Newberry County.
John Reagin, Sr. (1745-1800) married Elizabeth Edwards (1743-aft.
1800), whose father was Joseph Edwards (1718-1797) of Berkley
County, WVA, whose ancestors were Quakers and associated with the Concord
Meeting House in the Concord (later Delaware) Township in PA.
John and Elizabeth moved to the Newberry area about 1768. They had
eight children--a number of whom married into Quaker families. Joseph
(1763-1816) married Mary "Molly" Jay; Daniel (b. 1765) married
___ Julien; Jesse (1769-1826) married Rachel
Jay; John, Jr. (1773-1803) married Synthia
Gilbert; Reason (1779-1825) married Anna
Gilbert; Sarah Ann (b. 1781) married John
Wright; and Elizabeth (1784-1825) married John Smith
Edmundson. Joseph's son Cary Reagin (1789-1812) married Nancy
Speer, who married Alexander Jay after Cary's
death. They moved to Ohio where Nancy's daughter Elizabeth "Betsy" Reagin
married Allen Linton in Clinton County, OH, 30th of 10th month
1828. Joseph's daughter Elizabeth married William McClure.
Jesse Reagan and wife Rachael Jay Reagan moved to Abbeville District, SC,
and their family can be traced throughout the South. John Reagin, Jr. died in
1803, and his widow Synthia Gilbert Reagin remarried Patrick Jacob Lewis. John
Reagin, Jr.'s family migrated to Limestone County, TN. Reason Reagin died in
1825 and much of his family ended up in TX via Limestone County, TN. Reason
and Anna's son John C. Reagin married Dorothy Chandler,
daughter of Israel and Lydia Gilbert
Chandler.
John Reagin, Sr.'s brother Thomas Reagin moved to Newberry County, SC,
was married to Hannah [Pugh], served in the Revolutionary War,
and died in Clinton County, IN. Names associated with him are
McKinsey and O'Neal. Note: The Newberry Pugh
family is from the same area of Virginia where John and Elizabeth Edwards Reagin
lived. Reason Reagin, another of John's brothers, also moved to Newberry. He
married Rachel [Connell]. Katherine, one of their daughters, married Mordecai
McKinsey. Another daughter married Isaac
Ballinger. Another of John Reagin, Sr.'s brothers was Daniel
Reagin, who married Leah Wright. Their son Wilkes married
Beulah Gaunt (Miami Monthly Meeting), and daughter Patience
married Ephraim Mills. Leah Reagan is shown as part of the
1807 Miami Monthly Meeting.
DNA testing has recently proved that a great-great-great-grandson of
William Reagin (1775-1830) is the great-grandson of Timothy Reagan (d. 1743).
William Reagin married Phoebe Burton and remained in Newberry with a large
family. A couple of their children stayed in Newberry, but most of them moved
to Georgia and Alabama.
1 comment:
Hello Mr./Ms. Cousins:
Congrats on the expose on the Reagins/Reagans. My particular interest is their interactions
with the Wrights. I believe that the Quaker Wrights of Newberry are likely mine.
Do you have any original sources for the family of the Sarah Ann Reagin who married John Wright? I think I might have a fit for them in my tree.
Secondly, you show a Daniel ( b. 1765 ) Reagin who md. a FNU Julien. In my tree I show a
Daniel ( b. 1759 ) Reagin who md. Leah Wright. Are these Daniels the same person ?? Please
confirm the lines of the 2 Daniel Reagins for me.
There are several Wright ties into the Reagin lines. Further, I understand that my Wrights
owned land along Beaverdam Creek not too far from the extensive holdings of Jos. Reagin.
Be interested in comparing notes with other allied Quakers of Newberry lines.
Best regards .................. Rocky Wright
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