Reeve, Franklin

Summary

Father: Silas Reeve
Mother: Jemima

Birth: c1809
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 25 Jun 1849
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Sarepta Bishop

Narrative

Children of Franklin Reeve and Sarepta Bishop:

1. Charles Franklin Reeve, b. c1834, d. 17 May 1838

From Abstracts of Intestate Records of Suffolk County:
FRANKLIN REEVE, of Brookhaven, 30 Nov. 1849. Died 25 June. Adm. widow Sarepta. Bond: Elias Topping, Silas E. Topping. Heir: Elizabeth A. Reeve. File 3926. p219.

In 1850, widow Sarepta was living in the household in Silas Topping in Brookhaven.

The 1851 will of Isaac Bishop of Brookhaven mentions daughter Serepta Reeve, widow. Isaac's daughter Louisa was the wife of Elias Topping who held bond for Franklin's estate.

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Findagrave - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Suffolk County, New York

1840 Census:  Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York
1850 Census:  Brookhaven, Suffolk County, New York (Silas Topping HOH)

Findagrave - Charles Franklin Reeve - Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Center Moriches, Suffolk County, New York
FamilySearch - Abstracts of Intestate Records of Suffolk County Recorded at Riverhead, N. Y. Liber G, p23
FamilySearch - Abstracts of Wills of Suffolk County Recorded at Riverhead, N. Y. Liber 5, p18