Reeve, Henry
Summary
Father:Mother:
Birth: c. 1807, Tilbury or Belchamp Otten, Essex
Birth Source: Censuses
Death: Sep 1895, Romford, Essex
Death Source: FreeBMD, Burial
Spouse1: Clara Jay, m. 27 Jun 1827, Halstead, St Andrew, Essex
Narrative
Children of Henry Reeve and Clara Jay:- Elizabeth Reeve, b. 1827
- Mary Ann Reeve, b. 1829. Married Frederick Halls
- Susan Reeve, b. 1832. Married Henry Chatters
- Samuel Reeve, b. c1835
- John Reeve, b. 1836, 1836
- John Reeve, b. 1839
- Henry Reeve, b. 1845
- Sarah Reeve, b. 1848. Married William Butler
From Halstead, St Andrew, Essex Parish Register:
- Henry Reeve of this Parish Bachelor and Clara Jay of this Parish of Belchamp Otten in this County Spinster were married in this Church by Banns this twenty seventh Day of June in the Year One thousand eight hundred and twenty seven By me William Adams VIcar; In the presence of William Marson, Wm Eagle
From the Parish Register of Belchamp St Paul, St Andrew, Essex 1813-1845, D/P 408/1/7:
- 1827. Born Feb 12. bapt June 10. No. 355. | Elizabeth B. B. | Henry Reeve & Clara Jay | Belchamp St Paul | Labourer | E Pemberton Curate
From the Parish Register of Belchamp Otten, St Ethelbert and All Saints, Essex, D/P 214/1/4:
- (Year 1829) May 10th | Mary Ann | Henry & Clara Reeve | Belchamp Otten | Labourer | John Cox Rector
- (Year 1832) April 15th | Susan | Henry & Clara Reeve | Belchamp Otten | Labourer | John Cox Rector
- (Year 1836) Oct 30th | John son of Henry & Clarissa Reeve | Belchamp Otten | Labourer | Thomas Maude Rector
- (Year 1841) Febr 14 Born oct 25 1839 | John son of Henry & Clarissa Reeves | Walter Belchamp | Labourer | E H Dawson
From the Parish Register of Belchamp Walter, St Mary the Virgin, Essex 1813-1856, D/P 215/1/4:
- 1848. Sept 3rd | Henry son of | Henry & Clara | Reeve | Walter Belchamp | Labourer | Wm N Andrews Curate
- 1848. Sept 3rd | Sarah daughter of | Henry & Clara | Reeve | Walter Belchamp | Labourer | Wm N Andrews Curate
Henry Reeve worked his whole life as an Agricultural Laborer.
On the 1841 census Henry is recorded as 35 living in Belchamp Walter, Essex with his wife Clara and children Elizabeth (14), Mary (12) Susan (9) Samuel (6) and John (1).
In 1851 Henry is 44 and still living in Belchamp Walter with his wife Clarissa and children Elizabeth (26), Susan (19), Samuel (16), John (11), Henry (6) and Sarah (2). It states he was born in Tilbury.
In 1861 Henry is still in Belchamp Walter with his wife Clara and children: Samuel (26), Henry (16) and Susan (12).
By 1871 Henry had moved to Chapel Hill, Belchamp Walter with his wife Clara and daughter Sarah (22). Also resident was their lodger William Cutler (20) Agricultural Laborer. This census states he was born in Belchamp Otten.
In 1881 Henry and his wife were living at 3 Southend Road, Rich Cottages with their daughter Sarah and husband William Cutler. This census states he was born in Tilbury.
By 1891 Henry is 84, widowed and living with his widowed daughter Mary Halls in Romford, Essex. This census states he was born in Belchamp Otten.
From Hornchurch, St. Andrew, Essex Parish Register:
- (1895) Henry Reeve | Hornchurch | 14th Septr | 88 | Robt Johnson Vicar
Research Notes
Also recorded on the 1841 Census is a Samuel Reeve, Agricultural Laborer aged 30 living with his wife Elizabeth and children Elizabeth (13), William (11), Thomas (9), Samuel (7) and Joseph (4). Based on census records it is probable that this was Samuel Reeve b. 1811
Sources
Birth: England CensusesBaptism:
Marriage1: Halstead, St Andrew, Essex Parish Register 1813-1830, D/P 96/1/16
Death: FreeBMD, Q3 Romford, Volume 4a, Page 257
Burial: Hornchurch, St. Andrew, Essex Parish Register 1849 1898, D/P 115/1/13
1841 Census: HO 107, Piece 331, Book 6, Folio 16, Page 3
1851 Census: HO 107, Piece 1788, Folio 85 reverse, Page 15, Schedule 44
1861 Census: RG 9, Piece 1127, Folio 44, Page 13
1871 Census: RG 10, Piece 1714, Folio 44, Page 6
1881 Census: RG 11, Piece 1750, Folio 56, Page 6
1891 Census: RG 12,Piece 1373, Folio 63