Reeve, Elymus

Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: cDec 1783, New York
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 10 Apr 1870, Southold, Suffolk County, New York
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Hagar

Narrative

Children of Elymus Reeve and Hagar:

1. Miriam Reeve, b. c1815
2. Parthenia Reeve, b. c1816
3. Karen Happuck Reeve, b. c1818
4. Betsey Sylphy Reeve, b. c1822
5. Elymus Reeve, b. c1820
6. Reuben Reeve, b. c1825
7. John B. Reeve, b. 28 Oct 1831

Elymus's name sometimes appears as Limus. He is mentioned in the will of Elizabeth Reeve in 1812.

Baptisms from Cutchogue Church Records:

• Apr 28, 1822 Betsey Sylphy dau. of Lymas & Hager Reeve
• Jan 8th, 1815 Miriam dau of Lymas and Hagar his wife
• Dec 19, 1816 Parthenia dau. of Lymas & Hager
• Oct 23, 1818 Keren Happuck dau. of Lymas & Hager Reeve
• Apr 14 1820 Elymas s. of Limas & Hager Reeve
• Aug 15, 1824 Reuben s. of Lymas And Hager Reeve

Death records state he died of Valvular Disease of Heart in Southold.

Research Notes

More information on Elymus is available at the Plain Sight Project. The page for Reuben Reeve, a former slave of the Payne, Horton, and Osborn households in Southold may have been the father of Elymus.

Sources

Death:        New York, U.S., U.S. Census Mortality Schedules, 1850-1880 (Ancestry)
Burial:       Findagrave - Old Burying Ground Cutchogue, Suffolk County, New York

1820 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1830 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1840 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1850 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1860 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York

Cutchogue Church Records
1812 Will - Elizabeth Reeve - Suffolk County, New York Surrogate's Court Will Liber D, p263