Reeve, Matthew

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeve
Mother:

Birth: aft 1637
Birth Source: Father's will

Death: 1723
Death Source: burial

Spouse1: Mary

Narrative

Children of Matthew Reeve and Mary:

1. Elizabeth Reeve, bu. 29 Jan 1695

Matthew is mentioned in the will of his father from 1659 as not yet 21. In a 1693 heirs deed, he is said to be of Shellow Bowells. He was still living in 1697 when he was mentioned in his brother Richard's will.

From Estate and Family records at the Essex Archives, a deed dated 1693:

• Richard Reeve, of Willingale Spain, yeoman, s. & h. of Thomas Reeve, late of Roxwell, and Susan his wife, afterwards wife of Thomas Foster, of Roxwell and Matthew Reeve, of Shellow Bowells, brother of Richard to Henry Maggett, of Writtle, yeoman, 2 crofts called "Seawalls", near "Stone hill" in Roxwell

Since this Matthew was of Shellow Bowells in 1693, he appears to be the best match for the following entries from the register there:

• Eliz ye daughtr of Matthew Reeve & Mary his wife Jan 29 (1694/5) (burial)
• Mary ye wife of Math: Reeve May ye 29 1715 (burial)
• Mathew Reeve May ye 20th (1723) (burial)

Research Notes

Sources

Burial:       Shellow Bowells, St Peter and St Paul, Essex Parish Register 1553-1783, D/P 339/1/1

1659 Will - Thomas Reeve - Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford: Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell, D/APwW 1/25
1697 Will - Richard Reeve - Archdeaconry of Middlesex (Essex and Hertfordshire Jurisdiction), D/AMW 11/115
Essex Archives - 1693 Deed - Richard Reeve et al to Henry Maggett
Shellow Bowells, St Peter and St Paul, Essex Parish Register 1553-1783, D/P 339/1/1