Reeves, Abimiel King

Summary

Father: Jonathan Reeves
Mother: Mehitable King

Birth: 27 Nov 1793, Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York
Birth Source: Jonathan Reeves Family Bible

Death: Aug, 1882
Death Source: Jonathan Reeves Family Bible

Spouse1: Elizabeth DeCamp McMullen

Narrative

Children of Abimiel King Reeve and Elizabeth DeCamp McMullen:

1. Letitia M. Reeves, b. 23 Jan 1829
2. Charles Decatur Reeves, b. 5 Mar 1831 (died in infancy 1839)
3. William Wallice Reeves, b. 30 Nov 1832
4. Sarah C. Reeves, b. 9 Oct 1834
5. George H. Reeves, b. 5 Jun 1837
6. Detmold Reeves, b. 14 Apr 1839
7. Charles Decatur Reeves, b. 1 Apr 1841 (died in infancy 1843)
8. Abimiel K. Reeves, b. 22 Sep 1842
9. Mariah Josephine, b. 26 Nov 1844
10. Edwina H. Reeves, b. 6 Mar 1847
11. Charles Decatur Reeves, b. 10 Mar 10, 1849 (he survived infancy; died Oct 25, 1892)1

Some months after the publication of the study of the Reeves family of Southold L.I. by Wesley L. Baker, Mrs. Robert C. Reeves, whose husband was a descendant of Jonathan Reeves, discovered some clippings and notes which had been sent to her husband in 1966 by his aunt. Among those clippings is the following:

Abimial King Reeves - born at Cutchogue, Nov. 27, 1794, when he was 18 months old his father moved to Shelter Island. In the year 1818 he moved with his father to Sag Harbor.

Research Notes

Fonda, New York Dutch Reformed Church records appear to contain an entry for the baptism of a child of "Abimel K. Reeves" and Helen Louisa Archabald named Patrick Alexander (Reeves) on 4 Jul 1825. A Marian Ward was witness. It appears likely therefore that Abimiel was married to Helen previous to Elizabeth and lived in the Fonda, New York area for a time.

Sources

Birth:          Jonathan Reeves Family Bible
Death:        Jonathan Reeves Family Bible

1830 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1840 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1850 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1860 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1870 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York
1880 Census:  Greenport, Suffolk County, New York (Chas D. Reeve HOH)

Southold, Long Island, N. Y., and Southold descendants of the Southampton, L.I. Reeves by Wesley L. Baker, pub 1970, p. 350 and Family Bible p.107
1865 New York State Census - Southold, Suffolk County, New York
U.S., Dutch Reformed Church Records in Selected States, 1639-1989 (Ancestry)