Reeve, Benjamin

Summary

Father: Luther Reeve
Mother: Anna Pierson

Birth: 23 Feb 1787, Lyme, Connecticut
Birth Source: Connecticut Births

Death: 13 Dec 1879
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Martha/Patty Sill, m. 19 Nov 1809, Lyme, Connecticut

Narrative

Children of Benjamin Reeve and Martha:

1. Lucian Bonaparte Reeve, b. 8 Mar 1813
2. Sarah Ann Reeve, b. 9 Jun 1815, m. John L. Dunyon
3. Julia Sill Reeve, b. 31 Oct 1810, John Fitch

Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph, 19 Dec 1879
Benjamin Reeve, of New Lyme, died on the 13th, aged 93 years. He had been in good standing with the Masonic Order for 72 years and was buried with Masonic honors. Services at the Greenville Baptist church on Sunday. Though the day was stormy the attendance was large. Sermon by Rev. R. Crane, from Trumball county, from the words, "What is man that thou art mindful of him?" Many of the Masonic Order were in attendance from distant lodges, their number was quite large. Mr. Reeves emigrated to New Lyme in 1821, and was one of the nine members at the organization of the free-will Baptist church. In 1826 he was its first deacon and first delegate to a quarterly meeting. From that church his occupation was that of a farmer, and was at his death believed to be the oldest Free-mason in this State. At ninety years of age he attended the old folks meeting in New Lyme, and was led on to the stand by the writer. He retained a fair state of health until near his end which might have been hastened by a fall.
B. G. Phillips

Children's births recorded in Connecticut town records.

Daughter Sarah and two children were living with the parents in 1850.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906 (FamilySearch)
Marriage1:  Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Ancestry)
Death:        Headstone, Dodgeville Cemetery, New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio
                   1880 Mortality Schedule, New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio
                   Ashtabula Weekly Telegraph, 19 Dec 1879

1840 Census:  New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio
1850 Census:  New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio
1860 Census:  New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio
1870 Census:  New Lyme, Ashtabula County, Ohio

Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) (Anestry)