Reeve, Jeremiah

Summary

Father: John Reeve
Mother: Eleanor Brock

Birth: c1687-1689
Birth Source:

Death: Apr 1743
Death Source: Essex Burials

Spouse1: Ruth Windle, m. 29 Apr 1712, Braintree, St. Michael The Archangel, Essex

Narrative

Children of Jeremiah Reeve and Ruth Windle:

1. John Reeve
2. Ruth Reeve, b. c1716
3. Ethena Reeve
4. Sarah Reeve, b. c1721

From Braintree, St. Michael The Archangel, Essex Parish Register:

• 29 Jeremiah Reeve of this parish singleman and Ruth Windle singlewoman of Bocking were marryed (Apr 1712)

Age on marriage certificate was 23.

D/DB T1428 7 February 1712 Titled Recovery of lands in Little Leighs by
John Reeve and Jeremiah Reeve John Reeve, gentleman, of Childerditch, Jeremiah Reeve of Braintree Clothier and heir of the body of Eleanor Reeve, late wife of the said John Reeve, by the said John Reeve, begotten which Eleanor was the only daughter heir of the Body of Isaac Brocke and Eleanor his wife both deceased of the first part

From the 1724 will of William Windell:
And to my Daughter Ruth Reeve the wife of Jeremiah Reeve....And to my Grandchildren John Ruth Ethena & Sarah Reeve...

Halstead Baptisms includes the following:

• Sarah daughter of Jeremiah & Ruth Reeves was baptized May 11th 1727 aged 6 yr

1734 Freeholders of Essex age is given as 47 (1687).

From Childerditch, All Saints And St Faith, Essex Parish Register:

• Jeremiah Reeve was buried April the twenty seventh one thousand seven hundred forty three

Research Notes

More information on this family available on Delores Dickson's blog.

There is a marriage for a Jeremiah Reeve to Ann Hales in Braintree 18 Oct 1716. So he may have married more than once.
Ann daughter of Jeremiah Reeve and Ann his wife bapt 23 Jun 1717
Jeremiah son of Jeremiah Reeve and Ann his wife bapt 12 Jan 1720

On 8 Sep 1742, Jeremiah son of Jeremiah Reeve is listed as an apprentice of Thos Smith of Braintree, Essex, a currier.

It's possible this entry from Braintree, is actually this Jeremiah. This or the one from 1743 might also be the apparent son Jeremiah baptized 1720:

• 1764 Feby 21. Jeremiah Reeve was buried

Sources

Marriage1:  Braintree, St. Michael The Archangel, Essex Parish Register 1664-1740, D/P 264/1/2
                     Essex Archives - D/ABL 1712/63 - Marriage Licence Bonds and Allegations
Burial:       Childerditch, All Saints and St Faith, Essex Parish Register 1710-1758, D/P 230/1/2

UK, Register of Duties Paid for Apprentices' Indentures, 1710-1811 (Ancestry)
1724 Will - William Windell of Bocking, Essex - Archbishop Of Canterbury: Peculiar Of Deanery Of Bocking, May 1725 (Essex Archives)
Halstead, St. Andrew Register of Baptisms, D/P 96/1/4
Braintree, St. Michael The Archangel, Essex Parish Register 1740-1812, D/P 264/1/6