Reeve, Joshua

Summary

Father: Benjamin Reeve
Mother:

Birth: aft 1726
Birth Source: Under 50 in 1776

Death: 13 Apr 1784
Death Source: Salmon Records

Spouse1: Mary Gining, m. 15 Nov 1759
Spouse2: Mary Salmon, m. 28 Mar 1781

Narrative

Children of Joshua Reeve and Mary Gining:

1. Mary Reeve, b. c1761, d. 1 Apr 1764
2. Mary Reeve, b. c1765, d. 3 Oct 1772
3. Abigail Reeve, b. c1763, d. 7 Oct 1772
4. Keturah Reeve, b. c1768, d. 3 Oct 1772
5. Benjamin Reeve, b. 1770, d. 6 Oct 1772
6. Joshua Reeve, b. c1772

Children of Joshua Reeve and Mary Salmon:

1. Joseph Reeve, b. 1783
2. Mehitable Reeve
3. Mary Reeve

Joshua and Mary's marriage was recorded in the Salmon Records:

• 1759 Nov 15 Joshua Reeve & mary Gining

The following baptisms are from Southold Presbyterian Church Records:

• 1765 Dec 29 Mary daughter of Joshua and Mary Reeves
• 1763 Aug 21 Abigael ye Daughter of Joshua Reeve & Mary his wife
• 1768 July 17 Kitturah, daughter of Joshua Reeve
• 1772 Nov 22 Joshua, son of Joshua Reeve
• 1783 Dec 14 Joseph, son of Joshua Reve

The following deaths are recorded in the Salmon Records pertaining to this family:

• 1772 Oct 3 Joshua Reeve child
• 1772 Oct 7 Joshua Reeve child
• 1772 Oct 8 Joshua Reeve child
• 1772 Oct 22 Joshua Reeve child
• 1784 Apr 13 Joshua Reeve

The following are transcriptions of headstones in the Southold Presbyterian Church Cemetery:

• Reeve, Mary, daughter of Joshua & Mary Reeve; died, April 1, 1764; aged 3 years
• Reeve, Mary, daughter of Joshua and Mary Reeve; died Oct. 3, 1772; aged 7 years
• Reeve, Ketury, daughter of Joshua and Mary Reeve; died, Oct. 3, 1772; aged 4 years and 4 months
• Reeve, Benjain, son of Joshua and Mary Reeve; died, Oct. 6, 1772; aged 2 years and 3 months
• Reeve, Abigail, daughter of Joshua and Mary Reeve; died, Oct. 7, 1772; aged 9 years

Note that the Salmon Records seem to give approximate dates for the children's deaths.

Joshua is listed in the Southold 1776 census right before a Widow Elizabeth. He had two males under 16 and one female under 16 in addition to himself and his presumed wife in the household. This likely indicates there was another son and daughter not accounted for in the above list.

There is a second marriage for a Joshua Reeve in the Salmon Records:

• 178(1 or 2) Mar 28 Joshua Reeve & mary Salmon

This marriage is also recorded in Mattituck Presbyterian Church Records:

• Joshua Reeve | Mary Salmon | Mar 28, 1781

It would appear the second wife Mary was buried in Southold Pres per the cemetery transcription:

• Reeve, Mary, wife of Joshua Reeve; died, October 13, 1819; in her 79th year ?

Mary Reeve of Southold, widow of Joshua Reeve, was given administration on his estate on 22 Jul 1784.

A partition deed from 1788 lists heirs of Joshua as: Joshua (son), Mehitable, Mary and Joseph. All four of these are believed to be children. Given that both Joshua and Joseph are heirs, this indicates that this Joshua was indeed married twice and was the father of Joseph. The daughters Mehitable and Mary were likely children of the second wife Mary Salmon.

Mary Reeve appears as a head of household in 1790 with two men over 16 (would include Joshua), one under 16 (Joseph), and three females total (presumably Mary HOH, Mehitable, and Mary).

In 1800, she was head of household in Southold with one male 10-16 (probably Joseph although age is a few years off), a female 16-26 and herself over 45. Joshua Reeve is listed as a head of household on the same census sheet.

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  Salmon Records
Marriage2:  Salmon Records and Mattituck Presbyterian Church Records - 1751-1809 Record Book
Death:        Salmon Records

1790 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York (Mary HOH)
1800 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York (Mary HOH)

Queens Library Collection - Cemetery Inscriptions Vol. 13: Inscriptions from Presbyterian and Willow Hill Cemeteries at Southold, Long Island, New York
Southold Presbyterian Church Records
1784 Administration - Joshua Reeve to Mary Reeve - New York County, New York Letters of Administration Vol. 2, p144
1787 Partition Deed - Land of Joshua Reeve - Suffolk County, New York Partition Deed Book A, p35