Reeves, Henry

Summary

Father: Thomas Reeves, Sr.
Mother: Unknown

Birth: abt 1725, Virginia
Birth Source: Legatee in will of George Reeves, age based upon assumption as adult in deed of 1747

Death: before May 1760, Spotsylvania County, Virginia
Death Source: Spotsylvania County VA, DB B, p443-444 Administrator's Bond

Spouse1: Unknown

Narrative

Probable child of Henry Reeves and unknown wife:

1. Thomas Reeves, b. c1753

Henry Reeves is named as one of the sons of Thomas Reeves, Sr. in the 1754 will of Thomas' brother George Reeves recorded in Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book B, Page 183. Otherwise, very little is known of Henry.

Before his death in 1760, Henry Reeves had sold the land in Essex County willed to him by his uncle George Reeves to Greensby Waggoner on 17 Nov 1759.

He appears to be the Henry Reeves whose estate was granted an administrators bond on 6 May 1760 in Spotsylvania County. Interestingly, that is the same date that the administrator's bond was granted for his father Thomas's estate.

Henry is probably the father of Thomas Reeves who was bound as an apprentice breeches maker to John Forman of Spotsylvania County in 1763 and again in 1768 bound to William Blyth as an apprentice breeches maker until the age of twenty-one. The 1768 document states that Thomas was at that time about 15 years of age.

Research Notes

Sources

Essex County VA Deed DB 24 pgs. 146-147
Spotsylvania County, Virginia WB B, Pages 183-184, Will of George Reeves
Essex County VA Deed DB 28, pgs. 199-200
Spotsylvania County VA, DB B, p443-444 Administrator's Bond
Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book D, pg. 70, Apprenticeship - Thomas Reeves
Spotsylvania County, Virginia Will Book D, pg. 316, Apprenticeship - Thomas Reeves