Reeve, Thomas

Summary

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Birth:
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Death: Apr-May 1659
Death Source: Burial

Spouse1: Susan Foster, m. 6 Oct 1634, Roxwell, St. Micahel And All Angels, Essex

Narrative

Children of Thomas Reeve and Susan Foster:

1. Ann Reeve, b. c1636, m. Thomas Vincent
2. Richard Reeve, b. c1636
3. John Reeve, b. c1639
4. Mary Reeve, b. c1641
5. Margaret Reeve, b. c1644
6. Thomas Reeve, b. c1649, bu. 25 Jun 1670
7. Matthew Reeve, b. aft c1649

Thomas wrote his will on 29 Apr 1659, when he was of Roxwell, Essex. No probate date is given. In it, he mentions:

• my eldest daughter Anne Vinson
• my second daughter Mary Reeve...when shee shall come to the full age of twenty & one yeares
• my third daughter Margaret Reeve...when she shall come to the full age of twenty & one yeares
• my second sonne John Reeve...when he shall come to the age of one & twenty years
• my third sonne Thomas Reeve...when hee shall come to the full age of one & twenty yeares
• my fourth & youngest sonne Mathew Reeve,,,when he shall come to the full age of twenty & one yeares
• my eldest sonne Richard Reeve

From Roxwell, St. Michael And All Angels, Essex Parish Register:

• Anne of Thomas Reeve - 30 (Jun 1635)
• Richard ye sonne of Thomas Reeve Decemb ye 18 (1636)
• John ye sonn of Thomas Reeve - 17 (Mar 1638/9)
• Mary daughter of Thomas Reeve - 5 (Sep 1641)
• Margaret the Daughter of Tho Reeve bapt 311 (Mar 1644)
• Thomas the son of Thomas Reeve - 16 (Feb 1648/9)
• Thomas Vincent & Ane Reeve - Oct 14 (1658)
• John Lilly & Widdow Reve - Feb 10 (1658/9)
• Thom: Reve - May 2 (1659, buried)
• Thomas Reeve ye son of Susan Foster 25 (Jun 1670)

From Estate and Family records at the Essex Archives, a deed dated 1693:

• Richard Reeve, of Willingale Spain, yeoman, s. & h. of Thomas Reeve, late of Roxwell, and Susan his wife, afterwards wife of Thomas Foster, of Roxwell and Matthew Reeve, of Shellow Bowells, brother of Richard to Henry Maggett, of Writtle, yeoman, 2 crofts called "Seawalls", near "Stone hill" in Roxwell

Research Notes

Since Thomas named his son Matthew, it's possible he was related to Matthew Reeve who lived in Shallow Bowells just to the west of Roxwell.

Sources

Marriage1:  Roxwell, St. Micahel And All Angels, Essex Parish Register 1559-1666, D/P 288/1/1
Burial:       Roxwell, St. Micahel And All Angels, Essex Parish Register 1649-1812, D/P 288/1/2

1659 Will - Thomas Reeve - Warden and Fellows of New College, Oxford: Peculiar of Writtle with Roxwell, D/APwW 1/25
Essex Archives - 1693 Deed - Richard Reeve et al to Henry Maggett
Roxwell, St. Michael And All Angels, Essex Parish Register 1559-1666, D/P 288/1/1