Reeve, William Napier

Summary

Father: Joseph Reeve
Mother: Sarah Napier

Birth: 22 Jun 1811
Birth Source: Baptism

Death: 21 Apr 1888, Leicester, Leicestershire
Death Source: Probate

Spouse1: Mary Ann Waugh, m. 23 Mar 1837, St Clement Danes, Middlesex

Narrative

Children of William Napier Reeve and Mary Ann Waugh:

1. Isabella Waugh Reeve, b. 14 Feb 1838

Birth and baptism from the Bocking Independent Registers:

• William Napier Reeve son of Joseph Reeve of Bocking (Grocer) and Sarah (Napier) his wife Born June 22nd 1811 Baptized Jany 21 1812 by me T Craig

There is an indenture filed 11 Jun 1830 in which "William Napier Reeve was bound to the said Michall Lane to serve him as his clerk in the profession and practice of an attorney and solicitor." It states that William Napier Reeve was "eldest son of Joseph Reeve of Bocking in the County of Essex Grocer and Draper)."

Marriage from St Clement Danes, Middlesex Parish Registers:

• William Napier Reeve of the Parish of Saint Botolph Bishopsgate, a Bachelor and Mary Ann Waugh of this Parish spinster were married in this Church by Licence...this Twenty third Day of March in the Year One thousand eight hundred and thirty seven...In the Presence of Elizabeth Reeve...

Baptism from St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, Middlesex Parish Registers:

• (1838) 14 Feb 38 | September 25 | Isabella Waugh | William Napier & Mary Ann | Reeve | 24 Broad Street Buildings | Solicitor | John Poole Curate of Seally near Searbow

The following application for admission to the Freedom of the City of London is dated 14 Dec 1839:

I William Napier Reeve (Son of Joseph Reeve of Bocking Essex, wine merchant) occupying premises in No 24 Broad Street Buildgs in the Parish of St Botolph Bishopsgate in the Ward of Bishopsgate Without and carrying on the Profession of a solicitor do hereby apply to be admitted to the Freedom of the City of London, by redemption, in pursuance of the Resolution of the Court of Common Council of the 17th and 19th March, and 1st October, 1835, in the Company of Spectaclemaker of London and I hereby declare that I am not an Alien, nor the son of an Alien, and that I am above the age of 21 years.

In 1841, their daughter Isabella was listed on the census with her grandparents, Joseph and Sarah, in Bocking.

In 1851, William Napier Reeve was age 39, born in Bocking, Essex, living in Leicester St. Mary in Leicestershire. With him were wife Mary Ann (35), daughter Isabella Waugh (13), and servant Christina Broughton (19).

In 1861, William Napier Reeve was age 49, born in Bocking, Essex, living in Leicester St. Mary in Leicestershire. With him were wife Mary Ann (45), daughter Isabella Waugh (22), and servant Jane White Geary (22).

In 1871, William N. Reeve was age 59, born in Bocking, Essex, living in Leicester St. Margaret in Leicestershire. With him were wife Mary A. (55) and servants Marianne Booker (35) and Fanny Allen (24).

In 1881, William Napier Reeve was age 69, born in Bocking, Essex, living in Leicester St. Margaret in Leicestershire. With him were Mary Ann (65) and servants Mary Ann Colsy (26) and Mary Ann Michen (22).

From the National Probate Calendar, 1888:
REEVE William Napier. Personal Estate £6,080. 5s. 2d. 12 June. Administration (with the Will) of the Personal Estate of William Napier Reeve late of Prebend-street Leicester in the County of Leicester Solicitor who died 21 April 1888 at Leicester was granted at Leicester to Mary Anne Reeve of Prebend-street Widow the Relict the Residuary Legatee.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          RG4, Essex Independent Registers, Piece 1501 (Bocking, 1792-1838), folios 42 (reverse)
Marriage1:  St Clement Danes, Middlesex Parish Marriage Register 1829-1837, STC/PR/5/18
Death:        England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995 (Ancestry)
                   GRO Death Index, Leicester Registration District, 2q 1888

1851 Census:  HO107, Piece 2090, Folio 510 reverse, Page 11, Schedule 58
1861 Census:  RG9, Piece 2293, Folio 66, Page 11, Schedule 61
1871 Census:  RG10, Piece 3269, Folio 91 reverse, Page 28, Schedule 132
1881 Census:  RG11, Piece 3158, Folio 6 reverse, Page 5, Schedule 30

UK, Articles of Clerkship, 1756-1874 (Ancestry)
St Botolph Without Bishopsgate, Middlesex Parish Baptism Register 1820-1843, P69/Bot4/A/01/Ms 4519/4