Reeves, Benjamin

Summary

Father: Cockril Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth Robinson

Birth: cFeb 1730/1, Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts
Birth Source: MA Vital Records

Death: 1759-1760
Death Source: Will and Probate

Spouse1: Hannah

Narrative

Children of Benjamin Reeves and Hannah:

1. Hannah Reeves, b. c1759

Benjamin is referred to as "Benjamin Reeves Heelmakers ...of Salem" in an heirs deed for his father Cockeril Reeves. Although there was another Benjamin Reeves born around the same time, son of William Reeves, there isn't any evidence that he was still alive at the time of the will and deeds which reference Benjamin of Salem. The will of Benjamin Reeves from 1759 names him as Benjamin Reeves, Heelmaker, of Salem, so this appears to be the same as Benjamin, son of Cockeril Reeves.

In 1770, Hannah was appointed the guardian of Hannah, daughter of Benjamin, age 11.

Sources

Birth:       Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Ancestry)
Death:       Benjamin Reeves Will and Probate, Massachusetts, Wills and Probate Records, 1635-1991 (Ancestry)

Essex County, Massachusetts Probate Book 346, p184