Reeve, John Colpoys

Summary

Father: Samuel Reeve
Mother: Eliza Gratiana Webber

Birth: 9 Sep 1813
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 30 Nov 1890, 2 Spring place, Partick, Glasgow
Death Source: Probate Calendar

Spouse1: Henrietta Charlotte Hicks, m. 17 Sep 1840, Neath, Glamorganshire

Narrative

Children of John Colpoys Reeve:

1. Samuel Uvedale Reeve, b. c1845
2. John A. Reeve, b. c1846

From Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell, Norfolk, Parish Register:

• 1813. 9th Sep priv., born the same day, recd. 19th Oct. John Colpoys son of Samuel Reeves Clk & Eliza Gratiana (late Webber) of Redenahll, Curate of Alburgh, by Samuel Reeve Curate of Alburgh & Mendenham

From Neath, Glamorganshire Parish Register:

• 1840. Sept 17th. John Colpoys Reeve, Bachelor, merchant of Glasgow, Scotland, son of Samuel Reeve clergyman to Henrietta Charlotte Hicks spinster of Neath daughter of Nicholas Hicks of the Church of England

In 1861, the family was living in Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire (Scotland). John C. is listed as age 47, wife Henrietta (49), children Uvedale S. Reeve (16), John A. Reeve (15), and servant Marion Stirling (33).

From the National Probate Calendar:
Reeve John Colpoys. 17 September. Administration of the Personal Estate of John Colpoys Reeve late of 2 Spring - place Partick Glasgow in North Britain Gentleman a Widower who died 30 November 1890 at 2 Spring - place was granted at the Principal Registry to Samuel Uvedale Reeve of 10 Sussex - villas Kensington in the County of Middlesex Esquire the Son and only Next of Kin.

Research Notes

Sources

Baptism:    Redenhall with Harleston and Wortwell, Norfolk, Parish Register, 1813-1841
Marriage1:  Neath, Glamorganshire Parish Register, 1837-1853
Death:        England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)

1861 Census:  Glasgow Barony, Lanarkshire