Reeves, Henry

Summary

Father: Henry Reeves
Mother: Rachel Jess

Birth: 7 Mar 1783
Birth Source: Quaker Records

Death: 19 Dec 1831
Death Source: Family Bible

Spouse1: Mary Rakeshaw, m. c1804

Narrative

Children of Henry Reeves and Mary Rakeshaw:

1. Esther Reeves, b. 4 Aug 1806, d. 1817
2. Nathan Reeves, b. 28 Mar 1808, d. 1815
3. Samuel Reeves, b. 18 Aug 1809, d. 1809
4. Abraham Reeves, b. 10 Apr 1810
5. George W. Reeves, b. 1 Aug 1812
6. Mary Reeves, b. 23 Sep 1814
7. Lewis Reeves, b. 12 Nov 1816
8. Daniel Reeves, b. 6 Feb 1818
9. Phebe Reeves, b 5 May 1821
10. William Reeves, b. 20 Jul 1823
11. Thomas Reeves, b. 15 Jul 1825

Mount Holly Monthly Meeting Membership book shows that Henry departed the meeting with a certificate to Chester (Pennsylvania). Several different quaker record books record a marriage intention between Henry Reeves son of Henry and Mary Rakeshaw in 1804. In the Fallowfield Monthly Meeting records from Chester County, Pennsylvania, there are listed the children of Henry and Mary Reeves.

Poor School Children records from Chester County Pennsylvania show an entry under Henry Reeves of Charlestown (Chester County) for 1818 for children: Esther (age 11), Abram (age 8), George (age 5). There's also an entry from 1824 for children George and Mary Reeves of East Fallowfield Township, parent's name not listed.

Research Notes

Sources

Birth:          New Jersey, Burlington, Mount Holly Monthly Meeting, Births, Marriage Certificates and Burials, 1753-1827, p15 (Ancestry)
Marriage1:  New Jersey, Burlington, Moorestown Monthly Meeting, Men´s Minutes, 1804-1824, p11
Death:        Sarepta Reeves Family Bible

New Jersey, Burlington, Mount Holly Monthly Meeting, Membership-Book, 1776-1935, Marriages, 1678-1935, p141
Pennsylvania, Chester, Fallowfield Monthly Meeting, Fallowfield Births and Deaths, 1811-1921, p40
Chester County, Pennsylvania Poor School Children Records, 1810-1842