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Evidence needed to support as child of Thomas Reeve of Southold
From The Reeves Project: A global genealogical collaboration: Walter Reeve < link >
Children of Walter Reeve and Susanna:
Children of Walter Reeve and Anne Howell:
His actual date of birth is unknown, but it is assumed to be between 1650 and 1657. He initially lived on the south side of the North Branch of Rancocas Creek, and later bought a plantation on the north side of the creek, about midway between the village of Rancocas and the present town of Mt. Holly.
Court records reveal items of interest in Walter's dealings in Burlington County:
According to New Jersey Marriage License abstracts, Walter & Ann's license is dated 11 Nov 1682. The following is from Burlington marriage records in the office of Secretary of State, according to New Jersey Colonial Documents:
The Marriage between Walter Reeve and Anne Howell, being first published according to order, was solempnized the 11th day of December 1682, Before Robert Stacy Justice John White and Thomas Revell Registr.
In his < will>, dated 16 May 1698 and proved 18 Jun 1698, he mentions: wife Anne, and sons John, William, Joseph, and daughter Susanna. In the will he requests that the rest of his estate be divided amongst all his children "begotten or to be begotten upon ye body of Ann, my said wife", as they attain the age of twenty-one years. The will also does not name son Jonathan, but a conveyance dated 1 Aug 1710, shows his widow, Anne, conveying “the tract of meadow land lying above the fork of Northampton River, on the north side of the South Branch of the river, previously purchased from John Wills by deed dated 10 Jan 1708” to her son Jonathan.
On pages 2354-2360 of Burlington County, New Jersey Will Records are listed the accounts from the estate of Walter Reeve with entries for Walter, Jonathan, William, Elisha, Joseph, Caleb, Samuel, and Elizabeth Reeves in addition to the widow Ann. All these entries specifically state that Walter was their father.
The will of his widow Anne names as her children Walter, William, Joseph, Elisha, Caleb and Samuel. Elizabeth is not mentioned. This it is not clear whether she was Anne's daughter or the daughter of the first wife.
From The Reeves Project: A global genealogical collaboration < link > “Research Notes: Walter Reeve's origins”
In the handful of published genealogies of Walter Reeve, his origins remain unconfirmed but are typically stated as from England or Wales, and even possibly from Long Island, NY.
For the Long Island connection, some of them go further and say that he could be the son of <Thomas Reeve> of Southold, NY. However, no sources have yet been found by us to back up this claim, and no record has been found in Southold town records of any son of Thomas named Walter.
This subject is addressed by Wesley Baker ( Reeve study, Page 187), where he mentions that:
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1650
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Probably, England or, Wales (United Kingdom)
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June 18, 1698
Age 48
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Burlington County, New Jersey, Colonial America
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