Reeve, Jabez

Summary

Father: Charles Reeve
Mother: Frances

Birth: c1695, probably Chepstow, Monmouthshire
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 6 Oct 1770, Castle Precincts, Gloucestershire
Death Source: Burial note

Spouse1:

Narrative

Baptism from Chepstow, St Mary, Monmouthshire Parish Registers:

• * 1695. Jabez the son of Charles Rieves and Frances his wife was baptized September ye 8

Jabez Reeve is listed under Neuters in the 1754 Castle Priscinct Poll Book which also agrees with where the burial entry lists him.

Burial note from non-conformist records:

BRISTOL, the 7th of the 10th Month, 1770
To Wm Lambden
OPEN a Grace in Friends Burying-Ground at the Fryars
for the Body of Jabez Reeve
who died in the Castle Precincts the 6th
and is to be interred the 8th inst. Wm Fry
Agreeable to the above Jabez Reeve
was buried
8th Day of the 10th Month, 1770
Wm Lambden, Grave-Digger

In the will of Jabez Reeve, merchant of Bristol, he mentions several cousins who lived in Chepstow, but no Reeves. Given the name of Jabez was not very common, this fits well with the baptism from Chepstow in 1695. Jabez is also mentioned in the estate inventory of James Reeve of Bristol which was recorded in Suffolk County in New York where James's widow Jane was. The inventory, dated 1714 mentions money "for the passage of Jane Reeve and Jabez & Frances Reeve", "cash paid for Jane Reeve in the time of her sickness & funerall charges, & also for Jabez & Frances Reeve in their sickness & to the Doctor &c." The marriage record for James and Jane would indicate that's James's parents and closest relatives included a Charles, Frances and Rachel Reeve. These match with the names of his parents Charles and Frances, and sister Rachel.

Research Notes

Sources

Baptism:    Chepstow, St Mary, Monmouthshire Parish Combine (BM&B) Register 1563-1919
Burial:       RG 6, Piece 1671, Monthly Meeting of Bristol, Burial Notes, stamped 198, #922

UK, Poll Books and Electoral Registers, 1538-1893 (Ancestry)
1770 Will - Jabez Reeve - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Piece 961 (Jenner), folio 130