Reeve, John Foster

Summary

Father: Jonah Reeve
Mother: Elizabeth Houston

Birth: 3 Jul 1790, Bocking, Essex
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 3q 1877, Surrey
Death Source: GRO Index

Spouse1: Ann Cribb, m. 16 Jul 1816, Bloomsbury St George, Middlesex

Narrative

Children of John Foster Reeve and Ann Cribb:

1. Emily Reeve, b. c1819
2. Caroline Ann Reeve, b. c1820
3. John Foster Reeve, b. c1824
4. Henry Reeve, b. c1827
5. Frances Reeve, b. c1827
6. Catherine Reeve, b. 9 Apr 1832, m. Charles Morgan
7. Clara Reeve, b. 26 Dec 1836

His birth and baptism were also recorded in Bocking Independent Registers:

• John-Foster Reeve, Son of Jonah Reeve and Elizabeth his Wife, of the Parish of Bocking in the Couty of Essex (born on the Third Day of July 1790) was baptized on the Twelfth day of August 1790 By me John Thorowgood

Marriage from Bloomsbury St George, Middlesex Parish Registers:

• John Foster Reeve of this Parish a Bachelor and Ann Cribb of this Parish spinster a Minor were married in this Church by Licence with Consent of John Cribb Father of the said Minor this Sixteenth Day of July in the Year One thousand eight hundred and sixteen

The Bury and Norwich Post, 31 Jul 1816
On the 16th inst. Mr. John Foster Reeve, of Bocking, to Ann, eldest daughter of Mr. John Cribb, surgeon, of High Holborn, London.

Baptisms from Holborn, St. Andrew, Middlesex Parish Registers:

• (1820 Feb) 15 | Caroline Ann daughter of | John Foster (&) Ann | Reeve | Southampton Buildings | Surgeon | Martin

Baptisms from St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex Parish Registers:

• (1824) June 18 | John Foster | John Foster & Ann | Reeve | Armond Street | Surgeon | Chas Marty?
• (1827 Aug) 24 | Henry | John Foster & Ann | Reeve | Great-Armond Street | Surgeon | E O Hannon

Baptisms from Hoxton, St John, Middlesex Parish Registers:

• (1844 Oct) 9 | Catherine Dr of | John Foster & Ann | Reeve | Great Ormond Street | Surgeon | James Richard Curate | 9 April 1832
• (1844 Oct) 9 | Clara Dr of | John Foster & Ann | Reeve | Great Ormond Street | Surgeon | James Richards Curate | 26 Dec 1836

In 1861, John F. Reeve was age 70, a widower, born in Bocking, Essex, living at Grays Inn Lane, St. Pancras in Middlesex. He was a surgeon in general practice. With him are daughters Emily (42), Frances (34), Clara (24), Kate Morgan (28) and her husband Charles (38) with their daughter Kate Morgan (2). Two servants Louisa Sharman (38) and Elizabeth Price (18) were also with them.

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Medical Directory 1862 lists John Foster Reeve of 7 St. George's place, Camberwell, S. - M.D. King's Coll. Aberd. 1857; M.R.C.S. Eng. 1846; L.S.A. 1859; (St. Barthol.); Contrib. "On the Administration of Nourishment to Insane Persons who refuse Food." Psyc. Journ. vol. vi.

The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland Medical Register for 1871 lists John Foster Reeve of 7 St. George's place, Camberwell, Surrey S E. Registered 1 Jan 1859. Qualifications are listed: Mem. R. Coll. Surg. Eng. 1846. M.D. Univ. K. Coll. Aberd. 1857. Lic. Soc. Apoth. Lond. 1859.

Research Notes

Sources

Baptism:    RG4, Essex Independent Registers, Piece 1500 (Bocking, 1738-1794), folio 69
Marriage1:  Bloomsbury St George, Middlesex Parish Marriage Register 1813-1821, P82/GEO1/022
Death:        GRO Death Index, Croydon Registration District, 3q 1877

1861 Census:  RG9, Piece 105, Folio 105, Page 38, Schedule 223

Marriage Announcement, The Bury and Norwich Post, 31 Jul 1816
The Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Medical Directory 1862, TMD/1862
Royal College of Physicians of Ireland, Medical Register 1871, TMR/1871
NIH PubMed - Reeve, John Foster, M.R.C.S.E., On a Method of Administering, by Means of a New Contrivance, Nourishment to Insane Persons Who Refuse Food

Holborn, St. Andrew, Middlesex Parish Baptism Register 1818-1820, P69/And2/A/01/Ms 6667/19
St George the Martyr, Queen Square, Middlesex Parish Baptism Register 1824-1836, P82/Geo2/004
Hoxton, St John, Middlesex Parish Baptism Register 1830-1845, P91/JNB/003