Reeve, William

Summary

Father: William Reeve
Mother: Ann Hornsby

Birth: c1780, Pleshey, Essex
Birth Source: Census, Baptism

Death: Aug 1855
Death Source: Burial

Spouse1: Mary Ann Matthias, m. 7 Jan 1800, Pleshey, Holy Trinity, Essex

Narrative

Children of William Reeve and Mary Ann Matthias:

1. Joseph Reeve, b. c1802
2. William Reeve, b. c1804
3. John Reeve, b. c1806
4. Edward Reeve, b. c1809
5. James Reeve, b. c1811
6. William Reeve, b. c1813
7. Samuel Reeve, b. c1814
8. Richard Reeve, b. c1817
9. Letitia Reeve, b. c1818
10. Benjamin Reeve, b. c1822

From Pleshey, Holy Trinity, Essex Parish Register:

• 1780. January 30. William Son of William & Ann Reve was baptized
• Wm Reeve of this Parish Bachelor and Mary Ann Matthaius of this Parish Spinster Married in this Church by Banns this 7th Day of January in the Year One Thousand eight Hundred
• (1802) Joseph Son of William & Mary Ann Reeve nov 14th
• (1804) William Son of William & Mary Ann Reeve Dec 2nd

From Great Waltham, St Mary and St Lawrence, Essex Parish Register:

• John Son of William & Mary Reeve April 20th (1806)
• Edward Son of William and Mary Ann Reeve 9 (Apr 1809)
• James Son of William & Mary Ann Reeve 29 (Sep 1811)
• (1814) 17 April | Samuel | William & Mary Ann | Reeve| Gt Waltham | Labor | G S Clarke
• (1817) 12 Jany | Rich | William & Mary Ann | Reeve| Gt Waltham | Labor | G S Clarke
• (1818) 27 Dec | Letitia | William & Mary Ann | Reeve| Gt Waltham | Labor | G S Clarke
• (1822) 13 Jun | Benjamin | William & Mary Ann | Reeve| Gt Waltham | Farmer | G S Clarke
• William Reeve | Great Waltham | (buried) Augt 20th 1855 | 75 | J H Dyer Vicar
• Mary Ann Reeve | Great Waltham | (buried) May 19th 1859 | 79 | J H Dyer Vicar

Note that son William's baptism was apparently never recorded, although he is specified as a brother of the son James Reeve as the administrator of his estate.

In 1851, William is listed in Great Waltham, age 71, a pauper born in Pleshey, with wife Mary Ann, sons Joseph (48), Edward, (41), and Samuel (36), and also a grandson James Stokes (17).

Research Notes

Sources

Baptism:    Pleshey, Holy Trinity, Essex Parish Register 1737-1812, D/P 149/1/2
Marriage1:  Pleshey, Holy Trinity, Essex Parish Register 1754-1812, D/P 149/1/3
Burial:       Great Waltham, St Mary and St Lawrence, Essex Parish Register 1813-1863, D/P 121/1/9

1851 Census:  HO 107, Piece 1776, Folio 277, Page 18, Schedule 76

Pleshey, Holy Trinity, Essex Parish Register 1737-1812, D/P 149/1/2
Great Waltham, St Mary and St Lawrence, Essex Parish Register 1783-1812, D/P 121/1/4
Great Waltham, St Mary and St Lawrence, Essex Parish Register 1813-1841, D/P 121/1/6