Reeves, Clarissa

Summary

Father: Samuel Reeves
Mother: Abigail Parris

Birth: 22 Apr 1786, Wayland, Middlesex County, Massachusetts
Birth Source: Wayland Vital Records

Death: 8 Aug 1869
Death Source: Headstone

Spouse1: Job Morse, m. 10 Jan 1814, Hope, Knox County, Maine

Narrative

Children of Job Morse and Clarissa Reeves:

1. Charles Morse, b. c1817
2. Sylvester R Morse, b. c1821
3. Ellen Morse, b. c1825
4. Henry Etta Morse, b. c1827
5. Mary W Morse, b. c1830

Headstone says she was 83 yrs., 3 mos., and 16 days. The census says she was born in Massachusetts. This agrees with the birth record for Clarissa Reeves from Wayland, Massachusetts. The parents names are given as Samuel and Abigail which fits with the couple who are also buried in Knox County. Interestingly she was only born a couple months after the marriage date for her parents.

Sources

Birth:       Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988 (Ancestry)
Marriage: Maine Marriages, 1771-1907 (FamilySearch)
Death:       Headstone, Hope Grove Cemetery, Hope, Knox County, Maine
Census:      1850 Census - Waldo County, Maine