Reeve, Thomas

Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: c1789
Birth Source: Age at burial

Death: 22 Jul 1836, Maldon, Essex
Death Source: Burial Register

Spouse1: Hannah Willingale, m. 20 Jan 1813, St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex

Narrative

Children of Thomas Reeve and Hannah:

1. Thomas Garrington Reeve, b. c1813
2. William Philip Reeve, b. c1818

From St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex Parish Register:

• Thomas Reeve Bachelor of this Parish and Hannah Willingale Spinster of this Parish were married in this Church by Banns with consent of ....this twentieth Day of January in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirteen.

Thomas wrote his will on 17 Jul 1831 and it was probated 17 Nov 1836 in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury. He mentions only his "two sons Thomas Garington Reeve and William Philip Reeve." John Willingale, Innkeeper, of Darlford, Kent was one of the executors, which fits with Hannah's maiden name being Willingale.

From the Maldon, All Saints and St. Peter, Essex Parish Register:

• 1813. Dec 23. Thomas Garrington son of Thomas & Hannah Reeve of St. Peters, Coal Meter, by C Matthew
• 1818. Oct 4. William Philip son of Thomas & Hannah Reeve Coal Meter of St Peter by C Matthew

From the Maldon, St. Mary the Virgin, Essex Parish Register:

• 1836. Thomas Reeve of St. Peter Maldon, July 28, age 47, by R. S. Bridge

The Essex County Standard, etc., 29 Jul 1836
22nd inst. at Maldon, aged 47 years, after a lingering illness, Mr. Thomas Reeve, late coal meter of that port.

From Essex Society for Family History Monumental Inscriptions:

In
memory of
HANNAH WILLINGALE
the beloved wife of
THOMAS REEVE
who died Feb ()
aged 4(-) years
also of
THOMAS REEVE
who died July (--) 18(36)
aged (
Footstone:
H R
1835

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  St. Mary, Whitechapel, Middlesex Parish Register 1806-1828 P93/MRY1/035
Death:        The Essex County Standard, etc., 29 Jul 1836
Burial:       Maldon, St. Mary the Virgin, Essex Parish Register 1813-1879 D/P 132/1/12
                   Essex Society for Family History - Monumental Inscriptions

1831 Will - Thomas Reeve - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Piece 1869 (Stowell), folio 240 reverse
Maldon, All Saints and St. Peter, Essex Parish Register 1813-1845 D/P 201/1/11