Reeve, Thomas

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeve
Mother: Anne Button

Birth: c1684
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: cApr 1764
Death Source: Burial

Spouse1: Sarah

Narrative

Children of Thomas Reeve and Sarah:

1. Sarah Reeve, b. c1714, m1. ?James Tinworth, m2. Thomas Headland
2. Thomas Reeve, b. c1715
3. John Reeve, b. c1716
4. Anne Reeve, b. c1717
5. Edward Reeve, b. c1720

Thomas's baptism from Little Chesterford, St Mary, Essex Parish Registers:

• Thomas the sonne of Thomas Reeve & Anne his wife was baptized January the 15 1683 (1684)

Children's baptisms from Little Chesterford, St Mary, Essex Parish Registers:

• Sarah the daughter of Thomas Reeve and Sarah his wife was baptized the 13 of Aprill 1714
• Thomas the son of Thomas Reeve and Sarah his wife was baptized on the 25th of July 1715
• John the son of Thomas Reeve & Sarah his wife was Baptized on the 25th of Novembr (1716)
• Anne the daughtetr of Tho Reeve and Sarah his wife was Baptized on ye 27th of December 1717
• Edward the son of Thomas Reeve and Sarah his wife was Baptized on the 4th of October (1720)

Marriages from Little Chesterford, St Mary, Essex Parish Registers:

• James Tinworth and Sarah Reeve were married October the 7th both single of this parish (1735)
• Thomas Hedland & Sarah Reeve were married Dec the 8th (1751)

Burials from Little Chesterford, St Mary, Essex Parish Registers:

• Thos Reeve Sen Buried April ye 5th (1764)

Thomas Reeve of Little Chesterford Park in Little Chesterford, Essex wrote his will on 30 May 1762 and it was probated 17 Apr 1764. In his will, he mentions:

• my Son Thomas Reeve
• my daughter Sarah the wife of Thomas Headland
• my Granddaughter Sarah the daughter of my said daughter Sarah
• my grandsons John Tinworth and John Reeve
• my son Edward Reeve (executor)

Research Notes

Since Thomas mentions his daughter Sarah, wife of Thomas Headland in his will, it's clear that marriage concerns his daughter. However, he also mentions a grandson John Tinworth. There is an earlier marriage for a Sarah Reeve to James Tinworth that fits Sarah's age. This would appear to be a first marriage. However, it is odd that the second marriage lists her as Sarah Reeve as well.

The connection to his father is inferred from parish registers alone. The family of his father Thomas Reeve appears to be the only one present in Little Chesterford in the late 1600s and up to the 1720s.

Sources

Baptism:    Little Chesterford, St Mary, Essex Combine (BM&B) Parish Register 1559-1798, D/P 398/1/1
Burial:       Little Chesterford, St Mary, Essex Combine (BM&B) Parish Register 1559-1798, D/P 398/1/1

1762 Will - Thomas Reeve - Archdeaconry of Colchester - D/ACW 31/7/13
Little Chesterford, St Mary, Essex Combine (BM&B) Parish Register 1559-1798, D/P 398/1/1