Reeve, Mary M.

Summary

Father: James Reeve
Mother: Mary Corwin

Birth: 4 Jun 1789, New York
Birth Source: Bio & Headstone

Death: 18 Dec 1863
Death Source: Bio & Headstone

Spouse1: Joshua McNish, m. 19 Mar 1814

Narrative

Children of Joshua McNish and Mary M. Reeve:

1. Andrew C. McNish, b. 28 Nov 1816
2. George McNish, b. 25 Dec 1819
3. Elizabeth McNish, b. 17 Jan 1820
4. Wickham C. McNish, b. 25 Aug 1823

In an entry about Wickham C. McNish, the History of Orange County, New York, published in 1881, includes this bit of information:

Joshua was father of our subject, and resided upon the homestead during his life. Subsequent to his marriage he built a house on another part of the homestead, which was destroyed by fire in 1855, and the same year the present substantial residence was built by his son, Wickham C., who purchased the property of his brother, Andrew C., in 1854, and retained possession of it until 1860, when he sold it to his brother-in -law, James B. Crawford, who now resides upon it. His wife, Mary M., born June 4, 1789, was a daughter of Deacon James Reeve, one of the founders and first deacons of the Congregational Church at Middletown, and who settled in Wawayanda from Long Island, about two miles from Middletown, on the farm now owned by his grandson, Wickham C. Reeve. They were married March 19, 1814, and she died Dec. 18, 1863, having survived her husband since Oct. 6, 1829. After her husband's death she managed the homestead farm with superior judgment and ability, and reared her children with all the care and devotion of a Christian mother until her death. Both Joshua McNish and wife were active members of the Congregational Church at Middletown, and promoters of all worthy objects in the vicinity. Their children are Andrew C., born Nov. 28, 1816, died at the age of thirty-seven; George, born Dec. 25, 1819, died at the age of twenty-one; Elizabeth, born Jan. 17, 1820; Wickham C., born Aug. 25, 1823.

Note that some other entries in the History of Orange County give her middle initial as "A." However her the grave monument states her name as Mary M. Reeve as well. She was buried in Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, Orange County, New York.

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Findagrave - Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, Orange County, New York

1840 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York
1850 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York
1860 Census:  Wallkill, Orange County, New York

Archive.org - Ruttenber, Edward Manning. (1881). History of Orange County, New York, pp. 492