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Reeve, John (c1741 - c1800 NJ)

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Reeve(s), John


Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: c1741
Birth Source: Headstone

Death: 26 Feb 1800
Death Source: Will Probate & Headstone

Spouse1: Sarah

Narrative

Children of John Reeve:
  1. Susannah Reeve
  2. John Reeve
  3. Eber Reeve
  4. Joab Reeve

John and Sarah are buried in Saint Andrews graveyard in Mt. Holly. His headstone reads: "In/Memory of/John Reeves/who departed this life/February 26th 1800/In the 59th Year of his/Age." The St. Andrews Episcopal church records state John was buried the same day. Sarah's reads: "In memory of/Sarah Reeves/wife of/John Reeves/was born March 4/1737/and departed this life/April 6 1807/Aged 70 years 1 month/and 2 days."

Research Notes

There is a Pennsylvania marriage license for a John Reeves to Sarah Patterson on 8 Jun 1769. It is claimed this is the same couple and that Sarah was previously a Reeves and her first husband, Mr. Patterson, had died. This needs further research.

John was probably the son of Joseph Reeve. James Coppucke, who witnessed John's will, would be his brother-in-law in that case. John was also buried nearby Joseph Reeve in the St. Andrews graveyard.

Sources

1794 Will - John Reeve - Burlington County, New Jersey Will Records 11936C

Burial:       Findagrave - Saint Andrew's Graveyard, Mount Holly, Burlington County, New Jersey

Pennsylvania and New Jersey, U.S., Church and Town Records, 1669-2013 (Ancestry)