Reeves, John
Summary
Father: Robert ReevesMother: Frances
Birth: c. 1691, Northumberland Co., VA
Birth Source: Estimated based on birth of first child in 1720
Death: After 14 July 1740, Northumberland Co., VA
Death Source: Northumberland Co., VA, Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1737-1743
Spouse1: Elizabeth Sanders
Narrative
Children of John Reeves and Elizabeth Sanders:- Richard Reeves, b. 18 Mar 1724
- Elizabeth Reeves, b. 23 March 1722, m. Mr. Pugh
The following Reeves births are listed in Northumberland County's St. Stephen's Parish register, which also documents Richard Reeves's birth. Since John names a daughter Elizabeth Pugh in a deed, she is presumably Eliza Reeves listed here. Martha, Ann, and Sarah may be children of John's as well:
- Martha (Marthew) Reeves, b. 8 October 1720, Northumberland Co., VA
- Eliza Reeves, b. 23 March 1722, Northumberland Co., VA
- Ann Reeves, b. 10 June 1726, Northumberland Co., VA
- Sarah Reeves, b. 16 March 1729, Northumberland Co., VA
John Reeves administered the estate of William Hammond in Northumberland County on 19 April 1727 (Northumberland Co., VA, Order Book, 1719/20-1729, p. 259).
Two deeds filed in Lancaster County Deeds Wills Etc. No. 13 in 1736 and 1737 establish the maiden name and paternity of Elizabeth Sanders Reeves. Another deed, dated 11 March 1747/8, relates to the same matter. At that time, Richard Reeves of Northumberland County sold to Peter Conway of Lancaster County 190 acres that had formerly been land of Capt. Edward Sanders. Sanders had left 200 acres to his daughter Josian, then wife of John Frame. Josian died without issue, and the land fell to her sisters. Richard Reeves was the son & heir of Elizabeth, "sister of the whole blood to the sd Josian, who is since dead, and her right is devolved to her son Richard." (Lancaster Co., VA, Wills, Administrations, Deeds, Inventories, Etc., Book 14, 1743-1750, p. 102, citing original page 363).
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On 14 Jul 1740, John Reaves and his wife Elizabeth sold some land to their daughter Elizabeth Pugh for a small sum "but more in particular for the natural love and affection I bear unto my said Daughter." John states that the land "fell to me by Capt Edward Sanders Decd last will and Testament."
On 14 June 1741, the Northumberland Court ordered George Conway, Vincent Garner, and James Oldham to value the estate of John Reeves. The document does not specify whether John Reeves was then deceased; it may be that this was only an attachment to satisfy a debt and not a probate record. The order mentions an amount which was to settle a debt owned to Leroy Griffin of Richmond County as well as an amount set apart for the use of John's wife Elizabeth Reeves and son Richard Reeves and states that the appraisers had met at the "plantation of John Reeves." An 11 July 1743 deed from John Christopher to George Christopher for 119 acres in St. Stephen's Parish mentioned that the land had been purchased in 1695 by Robert Reeves from Thomas Adams and then conveyed by Robert Reeves to his son John, who, in turn, conveyed it to John Christopher; the land lay between the two main branches of the Coan River and joined John Ward, Thomas Timmons, Thomas Dyer, Thomas Towers, and William Taylor.
John Reeves may have been alive as late as 13 October 1746 when an appraisal of the estate of John Broady, taken by Vincent Garner, George Oldham, & John Reaves, was filed in Northumberland County.
The 11 March 1747/8 deed from Richard Reeves to Peter Conway, referenced above, suggests that John and Elizabeth Sanders Reeves may have both been deceased by that date.
Sources
Mary Marshall Brewer, Northumberland County, VA, Deeds, Wills, Etc., 1737-1743, pp. 46, 73.1740 Lease - John & Elizabeth Reeves to Ellis Gill - Northumberland County, Viriginia Deeds Wills Inventories Etc, 1738-1743, p84
1740 Deed - John & Elizabeth Reaves to Elizabeth Pugh - Northumberland County, Viriginia Deeds Wills Inventories Etc, 1738-1743, p92a