Reeve, Abigail

Summary

Father: Isaiah Reeve
Mother:

Birth:
Birth Source:

Death: 7 Jan 1843
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: James Post

Narrative

From Abstracts of Wills of Suffolk County:
ABIGAIL POST, of Brookhaven. 7 Oct. 1836. Bequests to nieces: Sarah Haff, Abigail, wife of Jonah Turner, and Elizabeth, wife of Nicholas Parcells. Residuary estate to nephews Joel and Franklin Reeve. Exts: said nephews, niece Abigail and Josiah Smith. Wits: Josiah Smith, farmer, of Moriches; John Howell, Carpenter; James Edwards, mason. Proof adds heirs: Mehitable Bishop, Julianer Foster, of Huntington; Elizabeth, wife of John Owen; Franklin Haff, of New York; Jemima A., Mary E. and Frances Benjamin; Isaac, Alexander, Theodore and Cornelia Haff; and Charles H. and Emeline Reeve. Usher Benjamin and Mott Raynor, guardians. Pro: 17 Mch. 1843. pp 100-103.

Abigail Post is named as a daughter in the will of Isaiah Reeve. Her probate also lists Sarah Haff, Abigail Turner, Joel Reeve and Franklin Reeve as nephews and nieces. Thes were children of Silas Reeve which also helps identify that Silas as the son of Isaiah Reeve.

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Findagrave - Olde Beachfern Cemetery, Center Moriches, Suffolk County, New York

FamilySearch - Abstracts of Wills of Suffolk County Recorded at Riverhead, N.Y., Liber 4, p5
1836 Will - Abigail Post - Suffolk County, New York Surrogate's Court Will Liber 4, p102