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THE NAME RENWICK

"The name Renwick is of Anglo-Saxon origin and it’s believed that it came from the family that lived in the region of

Renwick beside the Eden River in Cumberland England. Professional researchers have established that the first record of the

surname Renwick was in Cumberland where they lived from early times The first records of the Renwick surname appeared

on the early census rolls taken by the early Kings of Britain.

"The history of the Anglo-Saxons provides a valuable background for the history of the Renwick family. The family name

Renwick is one of the most notable of the Anglo/Saxon race. This founding race of England, a fair skinned people led by the

Saxon General/Commanders Hengist and Horsa, settled in Kent from about the year 400 A.D. .The Saxons were a Teutonic

tribe of people originally from Germany.

"During the Dark Ages, the Renwick clan was prominent in Cumberland and was recorded as a family of great antiquity,

being Lords of the manor in that county in 1266. Originally called Ravenswick, the name later became Renwick, a barony on

the east side of the Eden River. Renwick is a topographic surname that is given to a person who resided near a physical

feature such as a hill, stream, church, or type of tree."

The Renwick Family Tree

"In pronouncing Renwick, (in the British Isles) the “w” is silent, and by the time the Scotch Irish Renicks came to America

in the early 1700's, the "w" had already been dropped. Some Renwicks who came directly from Scotland retained the spelling

of Renwick, at least in the beginning. Some immigrants from Ireland in the 1800’s were spelling the name Rennick."

THE RENICK FAMILY HISTORY

THE RENWICK NAME IN OUR FAMILY TREE

(Renwick in the Family Tree Database)

The name Renwick is specific to the William EDGAR branch of Adam EDGAR's family tree. To date there are fourteen (14)

family members with the name Renwick in William EDGAR's family tree; they are in two (2) branches, related by marriage.

There are seven (7) Renwicks in the Adam EDGAR - William EDGAR branch.

• EDGAR Adam Renwick, b.1832, grandson of William EDGAR (William, Robert)

• EDGAR James Renwick, b. 1856, great grandson of William EDGAR (William, Alexander John, William Morrison)

• EDGAR Robert Renwick, b.1857, great grandson of William EDGAR (William, Robert, James)

• PIPER James Renwick, b. 1869, great grandson of Margaret EDGAR (Margaret Jane, David LITTLE, Margaret LITTLE)

• DONNELLY Calvin William Renwick, b. 1901, 2X great grandson of William EDGAR (William, Robert, James, Effie Estelle)

• EDGAR Roger Renwick, b. ? , 3X great grandson of William EDGAR (William, Robert, James, Robert Renwick, Paul Hyland)

• EDGAR William Renwick, b. 1951, 4X great grandson of William EDGAR (William, Robert, James, Robert Renwick, Paul

Hyland, Robert Louis)

The TORRENs branch of William EDGAR's tree brings seven (6) Renwick names from two branches, the TORRENS (2) and

the CARSONs (4).

• Robert Renwick EDGAR, great grandson of William EDGAR married Annie Rebecca TORRENS, granddaughter of Francis

TORRENS; Francis TORRENS, b. 1786 in IRELAND, had three sons --

• Joseph, b. 1808

• John, b. 1819

• Francis, b.1824

-- and they have two (2) heirs named Renwick.

• Joseph: CATHCART Joseph Renwick, b. 1884, great grandson of Francis TORRENS 1786 (Francis, Joseph, Esther)

• Esther R. TORRENS married Robert Thomas CATHCART; his brother was Renwick CATHCART.

• John: TORRENS John Renwick, b. 1857, grandson of Francis TORRENS 1786 (Francis, John)

• Francis b. 1824: TORRENS Annie Rebecca, b. 1862 (Francis, Francis) who married Robert Renwick EDGAR.

So, son Francis TORRENS brought the Renwick name into his branch of William EDGAR's family tree, and Francis TORREN's

wife Mary Jane BOYD, also brought the name Renwick through her mother Nancy Ann CARSON BOYD.

• CARSON, b. about 1740 in IRELAND, had two (2) sons --

• Thomas, b. 1765 in IRELAND

• William, b. 1767 in IRELAND

-- and they had four (4) heirs with the name Renwick.

• Thomas: McCLAY James Renwick, b. 1866, 2X great grandson of CARSON (CARSON, Thomas, John, Eliza Ann)

• William: CARSON James Renwick, b. 1875, 2X great grandson of CARSON (CARSON, William, John, Thomas)

• Thomas: McCLOY James Renwick Sloane, b. 1876, 2X great grandson of CARSON (CARSON, Thomas, John, Jane)

• Thomas: JACKSON James Renwick Jackson, b. 1892, 2X great grandson of CARSON (CARSON, Thomas, William,

Margaret)

• Thomas: CARSON Nancy Ann, b. 1804, (CARSON, Thomas) married BOYD John and their daughter BOYD Mary Jane

married TORREN Francis, b. 1824

So Roger Renwick EDGAR can claim Renwick from three branches of his family tree - EDGAR, TORRENS, and CARSON.

• EDGAR: William, Robert, James, Robert Renwick, Paul Hyland

• TORRENS: Francis, Francis, Annie Rebecca, Paul Hyland EDGAR

• CARSON: CARSON, Thomas, Nancy Ann CARSON BOYD, Mary Jane BOYD TORRENS, Annie Rebecca TORRENS EDGAR

SOURCES OF THE NAME RENWICK

Although, to date, there are no family stories explaining the use of the name Renwick, it is easy to extrapolate the middle

name Renwick was chosen in honor of the Rev. James RENWICK and/or the Rev. John RENWICK, both well-documented and

historically-important clergymen in the Covenanter movement in SCOTLAND and IRELAND, which evolved into the Reformed

Presbyterian Church in AMERICA. The Adam EDGAR family, the TORRENS family, and the CARSON family all found their

roots in IRELAND / SCOTLAND and in the Covenanter Presbyterian religion.

* The Rev. "James Renwick was a stalwart of the United Societies and the last minister to be a martyr.  He was born on 15

February 1662 in Knees Cottage, the village of Moniave, in the parish of Glencairn, Dumfriesshire.... He was one of four

trainee ministers selected by the United Societies to go to Holland (Renwick, John Nisbet, John Flint and William Boyd), to

complete their education before taking up the ministry. [Note: The surnames NISBET and BOYD are also active in the RPC

and in our Family Tree.]... James Renwick issued his “Apologetical Declaration and Admonitory Vindication against

Intelligencers and Informers” on 28 October 1684 defending his creed and supporters against many slanders that had been

made, and threatening death to spies and collaborators. The declaration was posted by fixing on church doors. The response

from the government was a particularly odious Abjuration Oath, which... enabled any person refusing “on demand” to swear it,

to be put to death on the spot in the presence of two witnesses... So began 'The Killing Time.' ...Renwick and two companions,

John McMillan and David Ferguson, [Note: The surname McMILLAN is also active in the RPC and in our Family Tree.]... Thus

on 17 February 1688, just three days after his twenty sixth birthday, he was executed in the Grassmarket, Edinburgh. His head

and hands were affixed above the Netherbow Gate alongside other Martyrs of the Covenant." The Information's Biography of

James RENWICK

Additional sources:

Wikipedia

Next1000

• The Life of Rev. James Renwick by Robert Simpson

@ Archives.org

@ Google.Books.com

Covenanter Martyrs @ The Green Castle Museum

• The Rev. John RENWICK, a Covenanter Minister, is said to have been descended from the Rev. James RENWICK. Rev.

John was born 1735 in Ireland, died 1775 and is buried in Cannons Creek A. R. P. Church Cemetery in Newberry County,

SOUTH CAROLINA.  Rev. John came with some of his congregation to SOUTH CAROLINA in 1771, not long before Rev.

William MARTIN of Ballymoney, Ireland, came with a colony of his people in 1772, settled along the Rocky Creek, and helped

found the Rocky Creek Reformed Presbyterian Church.

Additional sources:

Next1000.com

Newberry County, South Carolina: Historical and Genealogical Annals by George Leland Summer

@ Google.Books.com, page 377

The Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church

FindAGrave.com

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