Reeve, Isaac Tuthill

Summary

Father: Isaac Reeve
Mother: Hannah Tuthill

Birth: c1762
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 18 Jun 1811
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Joanna Wells

Narrative

Children of Isaac Tuthill Reeve and Joanna Wells:

1. Jobe Reeve, b. c1785, d. 28 Dec 1785
2. Isaac T. Reeve, b. c1787, d. 6 May 1787
3. Hannah Tuthill Reeve, b. c1788, d. 6 Nov 1799
4. Isaac Reeve, b. c1790
5. Henry Tuthill Reeve, b. c1793
6. Samuel Reeve, b. 5 Sep 1795
7. Henry Laurens Reeve, b. c9 Jan 1799
8. John Flavel Reeve, b. c1801
9. Idanna Reeve, m. Thomas Heron

Isaac was baptized at Mattituck in 1762:

• Isaac Tuthill Reeve | Isaac & Hannah | July 11, 1762

Isaac T. and his wife Joanna were admitted to the Mattituck Presbyterian Church on examination in 1791.

The will of Daniel Wells of Riverhead, Suffolk County, made his will on 21 Jul 1793 which mentions daughter Joanna Reeve and son-in-law Isaac T. Reeve (WB A, p312).

Baptisms from Mattituck Presbyterian Church Records:

• Jobe Reeve | Isaac T. & Joanna | Dec 28, 1785
• Isaac T. Reeve | Isaac T. & Joanna | Apr 22, 1787
• Hannah Tuthill Reeve | Isaac T. & Joanna | Aug 24, 1788
• Isaac Reeve | Isaac T. & Joanna | Oct 17, 1790
• Henry Tuthill Reeve | Isaac T | Nov 21, 1793
• Henry Laurens Reeve | Isaac T | Mar 31, 1799
• John Flavel Reeve | Isaac T | Mar 15, 1801

Deaths from Mattituck Presbyterian Church Records:

• Job Reeve | Dec 28, 1785 | Son of Isaac T & Joanna
• Isaac T. Reeve | May 6, 1787 | Son of Isaac T & Johanna
• Hannah Reeve | Nov 6, 1799 | Daughter of Isaac T.

Isaac Reeve wrote his will on 15 Jun 1811 and it was probated on 18 September in Queens County. He mentions his wife Joanna, son Isaac, and also mentions "my three oldest sons." The names Isaac Reeves, Henry T. Reeves, and Samuel Reeves are inserted at that point.

Isaac was buried at the Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica, Queens County, New York. A transcription from 1910 states the following for the Reeve family:

• Isaac T. Reeve, died June 18, 1811, in his 50th year
• Joanna, wife of Isaac T. Reeve, died March 7, 1838, in her 74th year.
• Idanna, daughter of Isaac T. and Joanna Reeve, and wife of Thomas Heron, died April 11, 18?? Age 27 years, 10 months and 6 days

Research Notes

Sources

Baptism:    Mattituck Presbyterian Church Records - 1751-1809 Record Book
Burial:       Frost, Josephine C. (1910). Inscriptions from Prospect Cemetery at Jamaica Long Island, N.Y., 34

1790 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1800 Census:  
1810 Census:  Flushing, Queens County, New York

1811 Will - Isaac T. Reeves - Queens County, New York Real Estate Will Book C, p177 (also E, p449)
Eardeley, William A. D. (1940) Suffolk County, New York, Surrogate records at Riverhead, New York, 1787 per 1829; indexes of wills and abstracts, p26