Reeves, Frederick

Summary

Father:
Mother:

Birth: c1764-1766
Birth Source: Census & Age at Death

Death: 30 Oct 1842
Death Source: Obituary

Spouse1: Catherine Hawkes, m. 7 Apr 1797, St Martin-In-The-Fields, Middlesex

Narrative

Children of Frederick Reeve and Catherine Hawkes:

1. Georgiana Frances Reeves, b. 13 Dec 1801
2. Frederick John Hawkes Reeves, b. c1804
3. Marian Jane Reeves, b. May 1805
4. Henry Wilson Reeves, b. 8 Mar 1807
5. George Ommanney Reeves, b. c1809

From St Martin-In-The-Fields, Middlesex Parish Register:

• Frederick Reeves Esqr of the Parish of St Paul Covent Garden Bachelor and Catherine Hawkes of the Parish of St Clement Danes a spinster were married in this Church by L. A. B. this Eighth Day of April 1797. by me Rich: Bullock Recr of St Paul Cov Garden

Although Frederick was of St. Paul Covent Garden, Middlesex in 1797 at his marriage, it appears he was present in India before this. He is listed in the Registers of Employees of the East India Company in the Bengal Calendar dated 1792 as having been appointed in 1782 as Muster-master and Assistant to the Military Paymaster, Bombay.

India Births and Baptisms show the following records for the children of Frederick and Catherine:

• George Frances Reeves, b. 13 Dec 1801, bap. 31 Dec 1802, Bombay
• Mariana Jane Reeves, b. May 1805, bap. 4 Feb 1806, Bombay
• Henry Wilson Reeve, b. 8 Mar 1807, bap. 22 Jan 1808, Mangalore
• George Ommanny Reeves, bap. 16 Jan 1809, Bombay

In 1841, Frederick was living with his son Frederick's family in Mortlake, Surrey, age 75, not born in County.

Saint James's Chronicle, 3 Nov 1842
Oct. 30, at East Sheen, Surrey, Frederick Reeves, Esq., aged 79.

From Mortlake, St Mary, Surrey Parish Register:

• Frederick Reeves (of) East Sheen (buried) Nov 7 (1842) aged 78 (by) J H Pinckney offcer

Frederick Reeves of East Sheen, Surrey, wrote his will on 15 Apr 1842 and it was probated in the Prerogative Court of Canterbury 21 Nov 1842. In it he mentions among others:

• my son Reverend Frederick John Hawkes Reeves
• my son Henry Wilson Reeves
• my son George Ommanney Reeves

Research Notes

Sources

Marriage1:  St Martin-In-The-Fields, Middlesex Parish Register 1794-1798, STM/PR/6/17
Death:        Obituary, Saint James's Chronicle, 3 Nov 1842
Burial:       Mortlake, St Mary, Surry Parish Register 1842, Dw/T/7006/34

1841 Census:  HO107, Piece 1062, Folio 28, Page 26

FamilySearch - George Frances Reeves - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - Mariana Jane Reeves - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - Henry Wilson Reeve - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
FamilySearch - George Ommanny Reeves - India Births and Baptisms, 1786-1947
1842 Will - Frederick Reeves - Prerogative Court of Canterbury, Piece 1971, folio 177 reverse
Registers of Employees of the East India Company and the India Office, 1746-1939 (Ancestry)