Reeve, Benjamin

Summary

Father: Joseph Reeve
Mother: Abigail

Birth: c1686
Birth Source: Headstone & Salmon Records

Death: 18 May 1752
Death Source: Headstone & Salmon Records

Spouse1: Deliverance Wells

Narrative

Children of Benjamin Reeve:

1. Joseph Reeve, b. c1709
2. Abigail Reeve, b. c22 Apr 1714
3. Benjamin Reeve, b. c1719, d. 17 Nov 1740
4. Mary Reeve, b. c1725, d. 7 Nov 1740
5. Joshua Reeve, b. aft c1726
6. Ezra Reeve
7. Deliverance Reeve
8. Mehitabel Reeve

Benjamin was listed as an ensign under Southold Company #1 in the Suffolk Militia in 1715.

Benjamin appears on a list of freeholders in Suffolk County in 1737.

Benjamin's will was dated 1 Jun 1743 and was proved 3 Jun 1752. In it he mentions his wife Deliverance, his brother-in-law Joshua "Walls," sons Joseph, Joshua, and Ezra, and daughters Abigail More and Deliverance and Mehetabel.

The following death record from the Salmon records pertain to Benjamin and his family:

• 1740 Nov 7 Mary Reeves - Benjamins daughter
• 1740 Nov 17 Benjamin Reeve Junr son
• 1752 May 18 or 19 Ensa Benjamin Reeve 66

He was buried in the old Southold Presbyterian Church graveyard and his stone reads:

In Memory of Ensign
BENJAMIN REEVS
Who Died May ye 18
Old Style 1752 in ye
66 Year of His Age

Two children who died apparently unmarried without issue before the will was written were Benjamin and Mary who were also buried in the Old Southold Pres graveyard. Benjamin's reads:

Here lyes ye Body
of Benjamin Reeve
Son of Mr. Benjamin
& Mrs Deliverance
Reeve Who Died Nov
ye 17 1740 Aged 21
Years 7 Monts 25 D

And Mary's:

Here lyes ye Body of
Mary Reeve, Daugtr
of Mr. Benjamin &
Mrs. Deliverance
Reeve, Who Died
Novbr 7th 1740. Aged
15 Years 3 Monts & 14 D

The following marriage records from the Salmon records appear to pertain to Benjamin's family:

• 1737 Mar 24 Silas Moor & Abigll Reeve
• 1744 July 2[3] Joseph Horton & Deliverance Reeve
• 1757 Apr 17 .athll Landon & Mehatabll Reeve
• 1759 Nov 15 Joshua Reeve & mary Gining

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Findagrave - Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk County, New York

1715 Militia List - Suffolk County, New York
1737 Freeholders - Suffolk County, New York
1743 Will - Benjamin Reeve - New York Will Book 18, p145 (Old Liber p142)
The Salmon Records
Findagrave - Benjamin Reeve - Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk County, New York
Findagrave - Mary Reeve - Old Burying Ground of First Presbyterian Church, Southold, Suffolk County, New York