Reeve, Elisha

Summary

Father: John Reeve
Mother: Hannah Brown

Birth: c1690
Birth Source: Age at Death

Death: 10 May 1730
Death Source: Salmon Records

Spouse1: Sarah, m. 1710-1714

Narrative

Children of Elisha Reeve:

1. Daniel Reeve, b. c1721, d. 4 Aug 1728

Elisha was listed as part of the Southold Company #2 in the Suffolk Militia in 1715.

The following death entries from the Salmon records pertain to this family:

• 1728 Aug 4 Elisha Reeves son Daniel. 7 y....
• 1730 May 10 Elisha Reeve died aged 40
• 1730 Sep 6 Widw Sarah Reeves son infant
• 1736 Aug 16 Wid Sarah Reeve Daugter

The Salmon records also contain a marriage entry but the date is not discernable and can only be narrowed to a range:

• (1710-1714) Elisha Reeve & Sarah

Research Notes

Wesley Baker in the Study of the Reeve Family suggests that Walter Reeve (d. 1761) and Elisha Reeve (d. 1751) may have been children of this Elisha.

Sources

Marriage1:  Salmon Records
Death:        Salmon Records

1715 Militia List - Suffolk County, New York