Reeve, Jeffery

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Death: 4 Jun 1849, New York City, New York
Death Source: Probate Records

Spouse1: Sophia

Narrative

Children of Jeffery Reeve:

1. Melissa Reeve, m. William D Gilson?
2. Jane Eliza Reeve, m. Mr. Humphrey
3. Nathan H. Reeve
4. Mary Anne Reeve
5. Henrietta Reeve, b. 1817, d. 2 Aug 1818

Jeffery was likely a son of Jeffery and Fanny Reeve. There is a deed which Fanny was involved in in 1820 in which she and Robert H. Reeve and his wife Eliza Ann sold some land to Benjamin Carpenter. The same day, Jeffery and Sophia Reeve sold some land to Robert H. Reeve. It's likely that Jeffery and Robert H. were children of Jeffery and Fanny.

He was living next door to Robert H. in 1820.

The Administration Bond for Jeffery Reeve by Sophia is dated 18 Jun 1849. Estate papers state that Sophia was his widow and he died in the city of New York on 4 Jun 1849 intestate. The papers state that he "left him surviving your petitioner his widow, Milessa Gilsin? wife of William D Gilson?, Jane Eliza Humphrey, Nathan H Reve & Mary Anne Reve, his only children all of whom are of full age except the said Mary Ann Reve."

The following inscription from the Old Town cemetery in Newburgh is of a daughter of Jeffery: "In memory of HENRIETTA, daughter of Jeffer[son] and Sophiah REEVE, who died August 2d, 1818, Aged 11 months & 15 days." Note that "Jeffer" was apparently interpreted as Jefferson where is actually read Jeffery.

Research Notes

Sources

1820 Census:  Newburgh, Orange County, New York

1820 Deed - Robert H. & Eliza Ann Reeve & Fanny Reeve to Benjamin Carpenter - Orange County, New York Deed Book U, p278
1820 Deed - Jeffery & Sophia Reeve to Robert H. Reeve - Orange County, New York Deed Book U, p281
1849 Admin Bond To Sophia Reeve for Jeffrey Reeve - New York County, New York Administration Bonds Vol. 53, p197
Surrogate Court Papers for Estate of Jeffrey Reeve - New York County, New York Box 8-28981, 1849
Archive.org - Emery, Rufus. (1898). A record of the inscriptions in the old town burying ground of Newburgh, N. Y, p118