Reeve, Rebecca
Summary
Father: Michael ReeveMother: Elizabeth Brett
Birth: 6 Nov 1791, Bocking, Essex
Birth Source: Baptismal record
Death: Feb 1872
Death Source: Burial register
Spouse1: William Reeve Mihill, m. 10 Feb 1817, St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, London
Narrative
Children of William Reeve Mihill and Rebecca Reeve:- William Reeve Mihill, b. c1823
- Sarah Reeve Mihill, b. 14 Oct 1826
The following pertinent items are included in the Bocking Parish Register:
- Rebecca daughter of Michael & Elizabeth Reeve, b. 6 Nov, baptized 11 Dec 1791
The will of her father Michael refers to her as Rebecca the wife of William Reeve Mihill.
The St. Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney Parish record from Tower Hamlets, London has the following marriage record:
- William Reeve Mihill of this Parish & Hamlet of ? Widower and Rebecca Reeve of this parish & same Hamlet spinster were married in this Church by banns...this tenth Day of February in the Year One thousand eight hundred and seventeen
In 1851, Rebecca was living in Romford, Dagenham in Essex in 1851. Children William R. (28) and Sarah R. Mihill (24) were living with her along with a visitor Mary Ann Mead (25) and several servants, John Westmore (55), Sarah Westmore (53), and Maria Westmore (12).
In 1861, she was still living in Romford with William Reeve Mihall (as head of household) and Sarah Reeve Mihall and one servant, Ellen Murray.
In 1871, she was again in Romford, age 79. William R. Mihill (49) was head of household with Sarah R. Mihill (sister, 44), Maria Porter (cousin, 66), Louisa Jarvis (servant, 18), and Emma Jarvis (servant, 16).
Research Notes
Sources
Baptism: Bocking, Essex Parish RegisterMarriage1: St Dunstan and All Saints, Stepney, Tower Hamlets Parish Register, 1815-1890, p193
Death: Hornchurch, St Andrew, Essex Parish Records, 1849-1898
1851 Census: HO107, Piece 1772, folio 269 reverse, Schedule 66
1861 Census: RG9, Piece 1069, folio 89 reverse, Schedule 33
1871 Census: RG10, Piece, 1646, folio 36, Schedule 11