Reeve, James Gurdon

Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: c1806, Great Clacton, Essex
Birth Source: Census

Death: 7 Jan 1879, Mountessing, Essex
Death Source: GRO Death Index, Probate Calendar

Spouse1: Jane Atkins, m 5 Apr 1832, Colchester, Holy Trinity, Essex

Narrative

Children of James Gurdon Reeve and Jane Atkins:

1. James Stacey Reeve, b. 1837
2. Susannah Ann Reeve, b. 3 Nov 1839
3. George Henry Reeve, b. 29 Apr 1841
4. Mary Jane Reeve, b. cMar 1843, d. Sep 1843
5. Stephen Prince Reeve, b. 1846
6. Wallace Gurdon Reeve, b. 1 Apr 1845
7. Stephen Bruce Reeve, b. c1846, d. 1851
8. Martha Jane Reeve, b. 1848, d. 1849
9. Sarah Rhoda Reeve, b. 1849, d. 1850

Marriage from Colchester, Holy Trinity, Essex Parish Registers:

• James Reeve of the Parish of St Mary at the Walls Bachelor and Jane Atkins of this Parish spinster were married in this Church by banns this fifth Day of April in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty three By me William Wright Curate

The following entries in the GRO Birth Index appear with the mother's maiden name Atkins in the Billericay Registration District and appear to match the children on the census:

• Reeve, Susanna Ann, 4q 1839
• Reeve, Henry, 3q 1840
• Reeve, George James, 2q 1841
• Reeve, Mary Jane, 1q 1843
• Reeve, Stephen Prince, 4q 1846
• Reeve, Wallace Gurdon, 2q 1845
• Reeve, Martha Jane, 3q 1848
• Reeve, Sarah Rhoda, 4q 1849

The following entries in the GRO Death Index appear to match some of the children, registered in the Billericay Registration District:

• Reeve, Mary Jane, 3q 1843
• Reeve, Martha Jane, 3q 1849
• Reeve, Sarah Rhoda, 3q 1850
• Reeve, Stephen Bruce, 3q 1851

Baptisms from Ingatestone, Essex Non-Conformist Registers:

• Susanna Ann, daughter of James and Jane Reeve of the parish of Mountnessing, Essex was born November 3, 1839, baptized October 25, 1840
• George Henry, son of James and Jane Reeve of the parish of Mountnessing, Essex, was born April 29, 1841, Baptized May 30, 1841
• Wallace Gurdon Reeve, son of James and Jane Reeve, of the parish of Mountnessing, Essex, was born April 1 1845, Baptized May 18, 1845.

In 1841, James was age 35, listed as a grocer in Mountnessing. With him are wife Jane, children James (4), George (2m), and another James (possibly Reeve), age 13, an assistant.

In 1851, James Gurdon Reeve was living in Mountnessing, Essex, age 45, born in Great Clacton, with wife Jane (45) and children Susannah Ann (12), Henry (10), Wallace (7), Bruce (5), and servant Mary Sutton (14).

The book Ingatestone and the Essex Great Road with Fryerning indicates James Gurdon Reeve was a deacon from 1852 to 1879 at a Congregational church at Ingatestone.

In 1861, he was in Mountnessing, age 56, born in Great Clacton. With him are wife Jane (56) and children Susannah (21), George Henry (19), and Wallis Gurdon (16).

In 1871, he was in Mountnessing, age 66, born in Great Clacton, with wife Jane (65), daughter Annie (30), and servant Ann Sutton (13).

The Essex County Standard, etc., 17 Nov 1876
REEVE - Nov. 12th, Jane, wife of Mr. James Gurdon Reeve, of Mountnessing, in her 71st year.

James Gurdon Reeve's death was registered in Billericay, Essex in 1q 1879, age 73.

From the National Probate Calendar, 1879:
REEVE James Gurdon. Personal Estate under £200. 28 January. The Will of James Gurdon Reeve late of Mountnessing in the County of Essex Grocer and Draper who died 8 Jan 1879 at Mountnessing was proved at the Principal Registry by James Stacey Reeve of Springfield in the said County Draper the Son and Benjamin Jacob Hart Salmon of the City of Norwich Gentleman the Executors.

The Chelmsford Chronicle, 10 Jan 1879
REEVE - Jan. 8th, 1879, of paralysis, James Gurdon Reeve, of Mountnessing, in his 74th year.

Burials from Ingatestone, Essex Non-Conformist Registers:

• Mary Jane, infant daughter of James and Jane Reeve of the parish of Mountnessing, Essex was buried in the Chapel yard by the north vestry door Septr 12/43 six months old
• James Gurdon Reeve died at his residence Mountnessing, Essex, on Wednesday Jany 8th 1879 aged 73 years, and was buried in the Congregational Church Burial Ground on Monday January 13th 1879

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  Colchester, Holy Trinity, Essex Parish Marriage Register 1813-1838, D/P 323/1/7
Death:        GRO Death Index, Billericay Registration District, 1q 1879
Burial:       FamilySearch (Film 1702073) - Ingatestone, Essex Non-Conformist Registers 1814-1890, D/NC 10/2

1841 Census:  HO107, Piece 326, Book 2, Folio 15 reverse, Page 1
1851 Census:  HO107, Piece 1774, Folio 267 reverse, Page 7, Schedule 29
1861 Census:  RG 9, Piece 1076, Folio 132 reverse, Page 6, Schedule 26
1871 Census:  RG 10, Piece 1658, Folio 117 reverse, Page 6, Schedule 41

Wilde, E. E. (1913) Ingatestone and the Essex Great Road with Fryerning, p416
England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)
FamilySearch (Film 1702073) - Ingatestone, Essex Non-Conformist Registers 1813-1971, D/NC 10/2

The Essex County Standard, etc., 17 Nov 1876
The Chelmsford Chronicle, 10 Jan 1879