Reeve, Sarah

Summary

Father: William Reeve
Mother: Elizabeth Marsh

Birth: c1767
Birth Source: Marriage Allegation

Death: cJul 1828
Death Source: Burial

Spouse1: Rev. John Thorowgood, m. 15 Nov 1792, London St. Ethelburga, London

Narrative

Children of Rev. John Thorowgood and Sarah Reeve:

1. Sarah Reeve Thorowgood, b. 8 Oct 1795
2. Mary Thorowgood, b. 29 Jul 1797
3. John Charles Thorowgood, b. 9 Sep 1799

The marriage allegation dated 2 Nov 1792 states that Sarah was age 25 and lived in Bocking.

The St Ethelburga, Bishopsgate Parish Register contains the following:

• John Thorowgood, Bachelor, of this Parish & Sarah Reeve of the parish of Bocking in the County of Essex, Spinster, were married in this church by Licence of the Bp of London this fifteenth day of November 1792 by me W Gilbank Rector...In presence of us Jonah Reeve John Reeve Joseph Reeve Eliz Reeve Mary Houston Elvia? Reeve

From the Bocking Independent Register:

• Sarah Thorowgood widow of the late Revd John Thorowgood of Bocking aged 64 years was buried in the Protestant Dissenters Burial Ground in Bocking July 5 1828 by me Thomas Craig

The will of John Thorowgood mentions "my children Elizabeth ... Sarah Reeve Thorowgood and John Charles Thorowgood."Jonah Reeve of Bocking Grocer" was appointed as an executor to the will. The will was proved in 1802. He was buried 22 Nov 1801, age 54 (b. c1747) according to non-conformist records.

The Essex County, Standard, etc., 7 Feb 1855
Jan. 31st, at Totteridge, in her 60th year, after a protracted illness, Sarah Reeve Thorowgood, daughter of the late Rev. John Thorowgood, of Bocking, in this county.

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  London Metropolitan Archives; London, England; London Church of England Parish Registers - P69/ETH/A/01/MS 4239, 1792-1812, p2
                   London and Surrey, England, Marriage Bonds and Allegations, 1597-1921 (Ancestry)
Burial:       RG4, Essex Independent Registers, Piece 1501 (Bocking, 1792-1838), folio 114 (reverse)

RG4, Essex Independent Registers, Piece 1502 (Bocking, 1792-1857), folios 5 (reverse), 7 (reverse), 17
The Essex County, Standard, etc., 7 Feb 1855
1801 Will - John Thorowgood - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Piece 1375 (Kenyon), folio 274