Renald (also called Reginald) Fernald came to Portsmouth in 1631 as the surgeon of Capt. John Mason's Company. It is a tradition that he was a surgeon in the English Navy, resigning his post to come to America. He was Clerk of Court, Recorder of Deeds, Commissioner, and Surveyor, and was Town Clerk at the time of his death. He lived on "Doctor's," now Peirces Island, where he died between 17 May and 7 Oct., 1656, and is said to have been buried at Point of Graves cemetery in Portsmouth. His wife's name was Joanna, who died in 1660. Children:

1. Thomas b. about 1633: m. Temperance ;d. before 25 Aug. 1697.

El1zabeth b. about 1634: unmarried.

Mary b. about 1637: m. John Partridge 11 Dec. 1660; d. 16 Aug. 1722. 8 ch.

Sarah b. about 1640: m. Allen Lyde 3 Dec. 1661, (2) Richard Water

2. John b. about 1642: m. Mary Spinney.

3. Samuel b. about 1644: m. Hannah Spinney.

4. W1ll1am b. 5 March 1646; m. Elizabeth Langdon 16 Nov. 1671.

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REGINALD or RENALD FERNALD was the surgeon or physician of Mason's Colony. He lived at Strawberry Bank, and died in 1656 on Pierce's Island and was buried, it is said, at the Point of Graves in Portsmouth. His wife's name was Joanna. She died in 1660. One who has given much study to the genealogy of the Fernald family has told me that the descendants of Reginald Fernald number fifty thousand.