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John Reese

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Southampton County, Virginia, British Colonial American
Death: November 13, 1794 (59)
St Luke, Southampton, Virginia, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of Joseph Reese and Mary Reese
Husband of Mary Polly Reese
Father of Randolph Reese; Roger Reese; Lucy Rosanna Johnson; Sallie Ledbetter; Rivers Reese and 8 others
Brother of Edward Reese; Mary Reese and Joseph Reese

Managed by: James E. Nicholls
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About John Reese

Biography

The husband of Mary Polly (Thorpe) Reese (1735-1798) is John Reese (1737-1794). Her parents are John Thorpe (1698-1772) and Mary Mathewes (1713-1772)

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reese-1259

Daughters of the American Revolution Records

  • REESE, JOHN
  • Ancestor #: A210778
  • Service: VIRGINIA Rank(s): PATRIOTIC SERVICE
  • Birth: CIRCA 1738
  • Death: ANTE 10-9-1794 ST LUKES PAR SOUTHAMPTON CO VIRGINIA
  • Service Source: ABERCROMBIE & SLATTEN, VA REV PUB CLAIMS, VOL 3, P 851
  • Service Description: 1) FURNISHED SUPPLIES
  • RESIDENCE: 1) County: SOUTHAMPTON CO - State: VIRGINIA
  • SPOUSE: 1) MARY THORPE
  • Died 13 NOV 1794. Southampton Co., Virginia

DNA This has been proven by DNA relations between 5th cousins

Will: John died 13 Nov 1794 at Southampton, VA; his estate was probated at Southampton, VA; “Reese, John, Sr. Parish of St. Luke.”

Will of John Reese which names: wife Mary; sons

  1. Randolph Reese,
  2. Rogers Reese,
  3. Rivers Reese,
  4. Reuben Reese,
  5. Rowel Reese,
  6. John Reese, and
  7. Joseph Reese and daughters
  8. Lucy Johnson,
  9. Sally Ivy, wife of Benjn Ivy,
  10. Sucky Ivy, wife of Phillip,
  11. Patty Morgan, wife of Matthew Morgan,
  12. Mary Thorpe, wife of John Thorpe, and
  13. Selah Adams, wife of Benjn Adams Junr. [1]

References

  1. https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Reese-1259
  2. SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - John Reese, 1 Dec 1792
  3. Cited as father of bride in marriage of Sukey Reese to Phillips Ivey: "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7H-VPD : accessed 6 January 2016), John Reese in entry for Philips Ivey and Sukey Reese, 09 Jan 1786; citing Southampton, Virginia, reference p. 44; FHL microfilm 33,993.
  4. Cited as father of groom in marriage of Rivers Reese to Piety Vick. "Virginia, Marriages, 1785-1940," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XR7C-3HF : accessed 6 January 2016), John Reese in entry for Rivers Reese and Piety Vick, 05 Jan 1793; citing Southampton, Virginia, reference p. 86; FHL microfilm 33,993.
  5. Birth Citation Information: Detail: Source number: 127.000; Source type: Electronic Database; Number of Pages: 1; Submitter Code: JWJ Title: U.S. and International Marriage Records, 1560-1900 Author: Yates Publishing Publisher: Online publication - Provo, UT, USA: The Generations Network, Inc., 2004.Original data - This unique collection of records was extracted from a variety of sources including family group sheets and electronic databases.
  6. Death Citation Information: Title: Wills and Administrations of Southampton County, Virginia 1749-1800, Book 1 Compiled by Blanche Adams Chapman Publisher: publisher not identified, 1947 Original from the New York Public Library Digitized Dec 10, 2015 Length 152 pages
  7. Southampton Co., Virginia Probate Records at FamilySearch.org, "Will book, No. 4-5 1783-1804", Book 4, pg 649, image 349/731
  8. https://services.dar.org/Public/DAR_Research/search_adb/?action=ful...
  9. Johnson, Guill. William Johnson, Sr. 1750-1830: the Johnsons of Warren County, Georgia. (1997) Chiefly descendants of William Johnson and Lucy Rosannah Reese. He was born 16 Oct 1750 in Virginia. He married Lucy Rosannah Reese in 1778. He died 6 May 1830 in Georgia. They were the parents of eleven children. < FamilySearch > ; page 6. < FamilySearch >
  10. Library of Virginia, Will Book 4, 1783-1797 Southampton Co, VA Reel 17, pages 649-650
  11. http://usgenarchives.net SOUTHAMPTON COUNTY, VA - WILLS AND ESTATES - John Reese, 1 Dec 1792 (transcription)
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John Reese's Timeline

1735
June 11, 1735
Southampton County, Virginia, British Colonial American
1759
1759
Southampton County, Virginia, United States
1760
1760
Southampton, Virginia, USA
1761
1761
of, Randolph County, Province of North Carolina
1761
Southampton County, Virginia
1763
1763
Southampton, Virginia, USA
1765
1765
Southampton, Virginia, USA
1765
Southampton, Virginia, USA
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VA