Reeves, Jonathan

Summary

Father: probably Walter Reeves
Mother: probably Mary Burt

Birth: 1768, Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York
Birth Source: Jonathan Reeves Family Bible

Death: 21 or 24 Dec 1845, Southold, Long Island
Death Source: Jonathan Reeves Family Bible

Spouse1: Mehitable King, m. 17 Feb 1793

Narrative

Children of Jonathan Reeves and Mehitable King:

1. Abimiel King Reeves, b. 22 Nov 1794
2. Harry Reeves, b. 22 Jan 1796
3. Cynthia Reeves, b. 8 Jan 1799
4. Harriet Reeves, b. 8 May 1800
5. Parmelia Reeves, b. 11 Oct 1801
6. Almira Reeves, b. 22 Apr 1803
7. Philena Reeves, b. 20 Apr 1806
8. Elizann Reeves, b. 22 May 1805
9. Nancy Reeves, b. 27 Jul 1807
10. William Watson Reeves, b. 4 Jan 1809
11. Orrin Reeves, b. 20 Sep 1811
12. Maryann Reeves, b. 14 Apr 1816

Jonathan was buried in the Green Hill Cemetery in Greenport, Suffolk County. His headstone states he died the 21st whereas the transcription of his son's Bible record states the 24th.

Research Notes

In the course of the Study of the Reeves families of Southold, Long Island, New York, Wesley L. Baker's research notes list a large amount of inferential data that would support Walter Reeves and Mary Burt also of the hamlet Cutchogue as having been the parents of Jonathan Reeves. Page 350 of that publication and the attached notes concerning Jonathan Reeves and his son Abimiel K. Reeves detail their findings.

This is probably the Jonathan listed in Shelter Island in 1800.

Sources

Marriage1:  Setauket Presbyterian Church Records
Burial:       Findagrave - Green Hill Cemetery, Greenport, Suffolk County, New York

1840 Census:  Southold, Suffolk County, New York

Southold, Long Island, N. Y., and Southold descendants of the Southampton, L.I. Reeves by Wesley L. Baker, pub 1970, p. 350 and Family Bible p.107