Reeve, Abraham
Summary
Father:Mother:
Birth: c1741
Birth Source: Age at burial
Death: 23 Dec 1826, Hadleigh, Suffolk
Death Source: Burial, Bio & Probate
Spouse1: Elizabeth Wallace, m. 16 Mar 1778, Messing, All Saints, Essex
Narrative
Children of Abraham Reeve and Elizabeth Wallace:- Abraham Charles Reeve, b. 3 Jul 1779
- George Reeve, b. 29 Jun 1782
- Henry Reeve, b. 17 Sep 1780
- Edward Reeve, b. 29 Apr 1785
- Thomas Reeve, b. c1792
From Messing, All Saints, Essex Parish Registers
- Abraham Reeve of the Parish of Raydon in the County of Suffolk Batchelor and Elizabeth Wallace of this Parish spinster were married in this church by Licence this Sixteenth Day of March in the Year One Thousand Seven Hundred and Seventy eight by me J Wallace Vicar of Panser Cambr.
Gleaned from England births and baptisms from the parish of Hadleigh, Suffolk:
- Abraham Charles Reeve, b. 3 Jul 1779, bap. 23 Jul 1779, s/o Abraham & Elizabeth
- George Reeve, b. 29 Jun 1782, bap. 6 Aug 1782, s/o Abraham & Elizabeth
- Henry Reeve, b. 17 Sep 1780, bap. 5 Oct 1780, s/o Abraham & Elizabeth
- Edward Reeve, b. 29 Apr 1785, bap. 20 May 1785, s/o Abraham & Elizabeth
- Thomas Reeve, bap. 17 Sep 1792, s/o Abrm. & Eliz. Reeve
The The Ipswich Journal of 30 Jul 1814 reports that Abraham Reeve, Esq. was the chair of the Hadleigh Peace Festival Dinner.
The Bury and Norwich Post, 6 Aug 1817
Thursday last the Rev. Thos. Reeve was instituted to the Rectory of Roydon, in this county, on the presentation of Abraham Reeve, Esq. void by the death of the Rev. Thos. Cautley.
Some biographical information concerning Abraham is contained at the beginning of a book on the life of his son Henry:
The family had been settled for many generations in Essex, and especially in the neighbourhood of Maldon, where, in the end of last century, Abraham Reeve owned some corn mills, and in the course of an industrious life amassed a considerable fortune, estimated at not less than 100,000 l. During the latter part of his life he lived at Hadleigh, in Suffolk, where he died at the age of 86, in 1826. In or about 1776 he married Elizabeth, daughter of the Rev. Job Wallace, D .D., rector of Messing, and had by her five sons - Charles Abraham, Henry, George, who died young, Edward, who served for some time in the West Suffolk Militia, and Thomas, rector of Raydon. Mrs. Abraham Reeve was of the same age as her husband, and died in less than a fortnight after him.
Abraham Reeve, Esquire, of Hadleigh, Suffolk, wrote his will on 25 May 1821. Among others, he mentions his wife Elizabeth, and children Abraham Charles Reeve, Edward Reeve, and Thomas Reeve, and "grandson Henry Reeve (son of my late Son Henry Reeve, deceased)." The will was proved 16 Mar 1827 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury.
The Ipswich Journal, 30 Dec 1826
Saturday last died, in the 85th year of his age, universally respected and sincerely lamented, Abraham Reeve, Esq. of Hadleigh.
The Bury and Norwich Post, 24 Jan 1827
On Wednesday last, at Hadleigh, in the 78th year of her age, Elizabeth, relict of Abraham Reeve, Esq. whose decease was announced in our paper of the 27th ult.
Gleaned from England burials from the parish of Hadleigh, Suffolk:
- Abraham Reeve, bur. 30 Dec 1826, age 85
Research Notes
This is almost certainly the son of Jordan Reeve. The biography of his son indicates his family was in the neighborhood of Maldon. Much of that extended family which Jordan is a part of was located in Langford, just to the north of Maldon.Sources
Marriage1: Messing, All Saints, Essex Parish Register 1754-1812, D/P 188/1/5Death: Obituary, The Ipswich Journal, 30 Dec 1826
Burial: England, Select Deaths and Burials, 1538-1991 (Ancestry)
1821 Will - Abraham Reeve, Esq. - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Piece 1723 (Hober), folio 317
Laughton, John Knox. (1898). Memoirs of the Life and Correspondence of Henry Reeve, C. B., D. C. L., Vol. I, p1
England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975 (Ancestry)
The Bury and Norwich Post, 6 Aug 1817
The Ipswich Journal, 30 Jul 1814
The Bury and Norwich Post, 24 Jan 1827