Reeves, Jonathan

Summary

Father: Jonathan Reeves
Mother: Elizabeth

Birth: 28 Apr 1763, Whitechapel, London
Birth Source: Alumni Cantabrigienses & Baptism

Death: 27 Apr 1793
Death Source: Alumni Etonenses

Spouse1:

Narrative

From St Mary, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex Parish Register:

• (1763, May 1) Jonathan Reeves son of Jonathan & Elizabeth borne April 28 in Mansell? Street

The Alumni Cantabrigienses (Cambridge Alumni) includes the following about him:
REEVES, JONATHAN. Adm. (age 18) at King's, a scholar from Eton, July 5, 1782. [S. of the Rev. Jonathan, R. of West Ham, Essex. B. Apr. 28, 1763, in Whitechapel, London.] Matric. Michs. 1784; Browne medal, 1784; B.A. 1786; M.A. 1789. Fellow, 1785-90. Ord. deacon (Peterb.) Dec. 4, 1785. Minister of Kingsland, Middlesex. Died c. Oct. 1790. (Eton Coll. Lists; Northants. Clergy.)

From Alumni Etonenses (Provosts and Fellows of Eton College & King's College, Cambridge...):
JONATHAN REEVES, A. B. 1786; A. M. -; was Minister of Kingland, in Middlesex, and died April 27 1793.

Research Notes

Note that the death date provided by Alumni Etonenses is more specific, but disagrees with that provided in Alumni Cantabrigienses.

The entry in Alumni Cantabrigienses helps show that his father Jonathan had formerly listed in Whitechapel, London area.

Sources

Baptism:    St Mary, Whitechapel, Tower Hamlets, Middlesex Parish Register 1758-1792, P93/MRY1/010

Harwood, Thomas. Alumni Etonenses. Birmingham, England: T. Pearson, 1797. p355
Venn, J. A., comp. Alumni Cantabrigienses. London, England: Cambridge University Press, 1922-1954. Pt. 2, Vol. 5, p269