Reeves, Sylvanus

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeve
Mother: Amy White

Birth: 22 Jan 1798
Birth Source: Family Bible

Death: 6 Jul 1832
Death Source: Mary Reeve Family Bible

Spouse1: Mary Greig, m. Nov 1823

Narrative

Children of Sylvanus Reeves and Mary Greig:

1. Mary Ann Reeves, wife of Lemuel H. Dill

Some records spell his name Silvanus. His father's probate records mentions that Sylvanus had a daughter Mary Ann, wife of Lemuel H. Dill.

New York Evening Post, 27 Nov 1823
Tuesday evening last by Rev. Dr. McMurray, SILVANUS REEVES to MARY GREIG, all of this city.

Sylvanus appears in New Haven City, Connecticut in 1830 in the age 30-40 category. He may have been married as a woman age 20-30 is in the household, presumably his wife Mary.

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  New York Evening Post, 27 Nov 1823

1830 Census:  New Haven City, New Haven, Connecticut

Thomas Reeve Family Bible
Mary Reeve Family Bible