Reeve, David

Summary

Father: James Reeve
Mother: Mary Corwin

Birth: 1771
Birth Source: Son's Bio

Death: 1848
Death Source: Will & Probate

Spouse1: Esther Wickham, m. 1797

Narrative

Children of David Reeve and Esther Wickham:

1. Mary Reeve, m. George V. Mapes
2. Rosetta Reeve, m. Sylvester Cooper
3. William W. Reeve, b. c1802
4. James Reeve, b. c1804
5. Hosea Reeve, b. 1806
6. Arminda Reeve, b. c1810
7. Fanny Jane Reeve, b. 12 Oct 1810, d. 11 Mar 1821
8. Louisa Reeve, m. Benjamin W. Shaw
9. David Rose Reeve
10. Benjamin Franklin Reeve, b. c1820
11. Oliver P. Reeve, b. 10 Mar 1822
12. Harriet E. Reeve, b. c1825

David appears on tax rolls in Wall Kill, Orange County, New York for the years 1800, 1801, and 1802.

The History of Orange County, New York contains a biography and portrait of his son Oliver which includes some of the history of the family. The following portion pertains to David:

Of these children, David was father of our subject, was born in 1771, and died in 1848. He followed agricultural pursuits during his life, and owned a farm in the town of Wallkill, within a couple of miles of Middletown. He was a quiet, unostentatious man, and sought to fulfill the full duty of a citizen, was active as a member of the Congregational Church at Middletown, and a promoter of the benevolent objects of his time. His wife, Esther, daughter of William Wickham, whom he married in 1797, was born in 1780, was a devoted Christian woman, a member of the Congregational Church, and died in 1837. Their children are Mary, wife of George V. Mapes, of Orange County; Rosetta, wife of Sylvester Cooper, of Mattituck, L. I.; William W., for many years supervisor and justice of the peace at Middletown, and widely known throughout the county as a surveyor; James, settled in Tompkins County; Hosea, of Jackson County, Mich.; Arminda, widow of Dr. Hedges, of Chester, N. J.; Fanny Jane, died at the age of ten years; Louisa, widow of the late B. W. Shaw, of Middletown; David Rose, died in Orange County; Benjamin Franklin, died in Philadelphia; Oliver P.; and Harriet, wife of Rev. L. I. Stoughtenburgh, of Morris County, N. J.

David wrote his will on 3 May 1848 and it was proved 19 Oct 1848. In it he mentions the following:

• my two sons William W. Reeve and James Reeve
• my son Hosea Reeve
• my daughter Arminda Reeve
• my daughter Louisa the wife of Benjamin W Shaw
• my son David R. Reeve
• my son Benjamin F. Reeve
• my son Oliver P. Reeve
• my daughter Harriet E. wife of Luke J. Stoutenburgh
• children of my deceased daughter Mary Mapes
• the children of my deceased daughter Rosetta Cooper

The Probate includes the following statement listing the heirs:

People of the State of New York to Oliver P. Reeve, Arminda Reeve, Benjamin W. Shaw and Louisa his wife and Clarissa Mapes of the town of Wallkill in Orange Couty in the State of New York, Stephen S. Mapes and Janett his wife, of the town of Mount Hope in said County, John Malony and Elizabeth H. his wife of the city of New York, George Cooper of Mattatuck in Suffolk County in said State, James Reeve of the town of Hector, in Tompkins County in said state, Benjamin F. Reeve of Doge County in the State of Wisconsin town unknown, Hosea Reeve of the town of Rives in Jackson County in the State of Michigan, Luke J. Stontenburgh and Harriet his wife of Chester in Morres County in the State of New Jersey, and Albert S. Benton of the town of Goshen in Orange County aforesaid, Special Guardian of Nelson B. Mapes, Arminda W. Cooper, Joseph A. Cooper, David A. Cooper, Mary E. Cooper, Floyd S. Reeve, William H. Reeve and Harriet E. Reeve, infants, heirs at law and next of kin of David Reeve, late of the town of Wallkill in the county of Orange deceased.

Research Notes

Sources

1800 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York
1810 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York
1820 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York
1830 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York
1840 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York

1848 Will - David Reeve - Orange County, New York Will Book P, p74
Archive.org - Ruttenber, Edward Manning. (1881). History of Orange County, New York, p496
New York, U.S., Tax Assessment Rolls of Real and Personal Estates, 1799-1804 (Ancestry)
Findagrave - Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, Orange County, New York