Reeve, James Wickham

Summary

Father: James Reeve
Mother: Parnal Wickham

Birth: c1786
Birth Source: Age at Death

Death: 25 Jul 1857
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Phebe Reeve Goldsmith, m. 25 or 26 Oct 1809

Narrative

Children of James Wickham Reeve and Phebe Reeve Goldsmith:

1. James Reeve, b. c1810
2. Anna Wickham Reeve, b. c27 Jun 1814
3. Miriam Reeve, b. c1817
4. Phillip Reeve, b. c1826, d. 22 Nov 1830
5. Mary Augusta Reeve, b. c1828

Marriage from Mattituck Church Records:

• J. Wickham Reeve | Phebe Reeve Goldsmith | Oct 25, 1809

Marriage was also recorded in the Salmon Records, but a with a date of a day later:
1809 Oct 26 Wickham Reeve Phebe Goldsmth

His wife Phebe was the daughter of Benjamin Goldsmith, Jr. and Phebe Reeve.

James was installed as an elder and deacon at Mattituck on 3 Jun 1832. The records also state he died 25 Jul 1857.

The Sessions Record book contains the following baptisms:

• 1826 June 11 The son of James W Reeve named Phillip
• 1828 August 3. The daughter of James W Reeve named Mary Augusty at Mattituck

James wrote his will on 31 Jan 1857 and it was proved 8 Sep 1857. He mentions his wife Phebe R Reeve, son James, "children of my deceased daughter Miriam J. Osborn," daughter Anna W. Gildersleeve, and "my mother Mehitable W. Reeve." Mehitable was his step-mother.

His widow Phebe wrote her will on 11 Aug 1857 and it was proved 28 Oct 1857. She mentions her son James. She also mentions "the daughters of my said son James" and "the children of my daughter Anna W. Gildersleeve and Miriam J. Osborn deceased."

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  Mattituck Presbyterian Church Records - 1751-1809 Record Book
                   Salmon Records
Death:        Headstone
Burial:       Findagrave - Mattituck Presbyterian Burying Ground, Mattituck, Suffolk County, New York

1820 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York (James W. Reve)
1830 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York (J W Reeve)
1840 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1850 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York

Findagrave - Phebe R. Reeve - Mattituck Presbyterian Burying Ground, Mattituck, Suffolk County, New York
Mattituck Presbyterian Church Records - 1825-1852 Session Record Book
1857 Will - James W. Reeve - Suffolk County, New York Surrogate's Court Will Liber 6, p252
1857 Will - Phebe R. Reeve - Suffolk County, New York Surrogate's Court Will Liber 6, p278
Craven, Charles E. (1906) A history of Mattituck, Long Island, N.Y., p385 (Mattituck Presbyterian Burying Ground)