Reeve, Thomas Houston

Summary

Father: Jonah Reeve
Mother: Elizabeth Houston

Birth: 10 Jun 1784
Birth Source: Baptismal record

Death: 24 Feb 1854, Toronto, Ontario
Death Source: Cemetery record

Spouse1: Ann Holman, m. 30 Jun 1808

Narrative

Children of Thomas Houston Reeve and Ann Holman:

1. Thomas Reeve, b. 31 May 1809
2. Jonah Reeve, b. 18 Jun 1810
3. Thomas Reeve, b. 5 Apr 1813
4. Fanny Reeve, b. 28 Oct 1814
5. Ephraim Reeve, b. 29 Jun 1816, d. 9 Nov 1816
6. Ann Reeve, b. 20 Apr 1818
7. Louisa Reeve, b. 1821, m. Gavin McKersie

His birth and baptism were also recorded in Bocking Independent Registers:

• Thomas Houston Reeve, Son of Jonah Reeve and Elizabeth his Wife, of the Parish of Bocking in the Couty of Essex (born on the Tenth Day of June 1784) was baptized on the Thirteenth day of July 1784 By the Revd Thomas Davidson (Piece 1500, folio 59)

From Halstead Parish Register:

• Thomas Houston Reeve of the Parish of Braintree, Bachelor, and Ann Holman of this Parish, Spinster, were Married in this Church by Licence this 30th Day of June in the year One Thousand eight Hundred and eight By me J Haughton Currate

His children's births and baptisms were also recorded in Bocking Independent Registers:

• Thomas Reeve son of Thomas Reeve of Braintree Ironmonger & of Ann (Holman) his wife Born May 31 1809 Baptized Oct 26 1809 by me T Craig (Piece 1501, folio 38)
• Jonah Reeve son of Thomas Reeve of Braintree (Ironmonger) and of Ann (Holman) his wife Born June 18 1810 Baptized Novr 15 1810 by me Thos Craig (Piece 1501, folio 40)
• Thomas Reeve son of Thomas Reeve of the Parish of Braintree (Ironmonger) and of Ann (Holman) his wife Born April 5 1813 Baptized May 12 1813 by me T Craig (Piece 1501, folio 44)
• Fanny Reeve daughter of Thomas Reeve of the Parish of Braintree Ironmonger and of Ann (Holman) his wife Born Oct 28 1814 was Baptized Feby 17 1815 by me Thos Craig (Piece 1501, folio 47)
• Ephraim Reeve son of Thomas Reeve of Braintree, Ironmonger, and of Ann his wife Born June 29 1816 was Baptized Nov 8 1816 by me T Craig died suddenly Nov 9 (Piece 1501, folio 49 (reverse))
• Ann Reeve daughter of Thomas Reeve of the Parish of Braintree and of Ann (Holman) his wife Born April 20 1818 was Baptized Novr 24 1818 by me Thos Craig (Piece 1501, folio 55)
• Ephraim Reeve son of Thomas Reeve of the Parish of Braintree in the County of Essex aged one year was buried in the Protestant Dissenters Burying Ground Bocking Nov 15 1816 by me Thos Craig Protestant Dissenters Minister (Piece 1501, folio 108)

Daughter Fanny Reeve is listed on the 1861-1901 censuses in Toronto, Canada. On the 1901 census this is confirmed by her birth date listed as Oct 28, 1814, born in England. Immigration year 1834. Earlier on the 1861 census in Toronto, she is listed age 46 with Mrs. Reeve (age 83), Ann Reeve (age 42), Alfred Reeve (age 20), and Ann Reeve McKersie (age 14). Later she was living with her sister and brother-in-law Louisa and Gavin McKersie,

In the 1863 Hutchinsons Toronto City Directory we find Alfred, Ann (wid Thomas), and Fanny all listed living at 45 Crookshank. A Cemetery book for the Necropolis Cemetery, in Toronto records that Thomas H. Reeve died 24 Feb 1854 in Toronto, age 70, born in England. He was buried on the 26th.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          RG4, Essex Independent Registers, Piece 1500 (Bocking, 1738-1794), folio 59
Marriage1:  Essex Archives - D/P 96/1/10, Halstead, St. Andrew 1787-1808
Burial:       Ontario, Canada, Toronto Trust Cemeteries, 1826-1989 (Ancestry), Necropolis Cemetery, Volume 01, 1849-1857, entry 290

RG4, Essex Independent Registers, Piece 1501 (Bocking, 1792-1838), folio 38, 40, 44, 47, 49 (reverse), 55, 108