Manasseh Reeve

At this time in Roxbury Township:
1745 -- Presbyterians first started meeting in homes in Succasunna about this time. In 1756 the Succasunna Presbyterian Church was organized by the New York Presbytery, with the first building constructed on the current site around 1760.

Hezekiah and Manasseh came about 1752 and are listed as Freeholders in Roxbury Township.

1750's -- Lake Hopatcong was called Great Pond. Around 1750 an iron forge is built by New York City businessman Garret Rapalje near the southern end of the Lake at the point where it flows into the Musconetcong River. Called the Brookland Forge, it was located on what is now the Hopatcong State Park and it operated for over 30 years. A dam built for the forge raised the Lake level by 6 feet, submerging areas of shoreline and cutting off Halsey Island and Raccoon Island from the mainland. The Lake became known as Brookland Pond.

1758 - - The "Treaty of Easton" in October marks the pullout of the Delaware Indian Nation from the French & Indian War. The previously peaceful Delaware had joined the French against the Colonial/British settlers in New Jersey and had massacred members of almost a dozen families who had settled in Sussex County, causing alarm in Roxbury. The Treaty completes the sale of Lenape Delaware land to European settlers and called for remaining Tribe members in New Jersey & eastern Pennsylvania to move to the Ohio Valley or join other Native Americans in Ontario.

1776 thru 1783 -- Roxbury Township and the surrounding area become an important hub for producing Iron Ore and cannonballs to supply General George Washington and the Continental Army. During the Revolutionary War, the Succasunna Presbyterian Church served as barracks and a hospital for the Continentals. A tradition relates how George Washington visited his wounded soldiers there. A number of wood and stone homes were built in Drakesville (Ledgewood) and Succasunny during this time.

Manassah's will dated
March 28, 1795 was proved in NewJersey October 5, 1797. It
names his wife Jerusha, son in law Isaac Corwin and following
sons and daughters: Abner, Silas, Hezekiah, Benjamin, James,
Martha and Experience.