The Reeve family tree, or at least, a branch of it...
...and if your family tree shares this branch, please
let me know.
I have a lot more of my tree written up and, over time, I will put it all in this section (taking the
usual, sensible precaution of not including the last 70 years). I thought to begin with, I would just list
the paternal line, with the eldest sons and their spouses. I believe that my paternal line comes from The Netherlands.
My maternal line has
German roots. So I am, at some deep level, Germanic, Deutsche/Dutch. This heritage manifests itself
in a love of beer and sausages, a mustache, and an occasional urge to annex a neighboring state.
I doubt if I will ever trace my family tree beyond the sixteenth century, but DNA tests have taken me back further.
They indicate that my paternal line goes back to an Irish king known as Niall of the Nine Hostages, who ruled a kingdom in northern Ireland
toward the end of the 4th century AD. So prolific were he and his offspring, that it is thought there are about 3 million men alive today descended from him.
They include me, Stephen Colbert and Henry Louis Gates, Jr.
Many of Niall’s descendents migrated to continental Europe, and my paternal ancestors possibly made their way through The Netherlands to East Anglia.
The Reeve family was resident at Garrett Manor in Essex, England at around the end of the 16th century.
Johannes, and the next five generations, were born in Bocking, Essex, England.
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Johannes Reeve
c1539 - ?
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Elizabeth Mault
c1535 - ?
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Johannes married Elizabeth at St. James Church, Chignall, Essex, on 11/06/1566.
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John was Christened on 2/12/1567, at St. Nicholas Church, Colchester, Essex. He died at Gosfield, Essex.
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John Reeve
c1561 - 01/09/1621
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Mary Brock
c1567 - ?
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John and Mary's daughter Anne (11/29/1590 - 01/20/1685) was born in Garrett Manor, Bocking. She and her children moved to
Connecticut. She died in Norwalk, Fairfield Co, Connecticut. Her great-grandson Thomas Fitch was governor of
Connecticut, 1754-1766. John Kerry is a direct descendant of Anne and is thus an 8th cousin of mine.
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Jeremiah Reeve
c1592 - ?
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Sarah
c1590 - ?
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I do not have Sarah's family name.
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John Reeve
1628-c1683
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John Reeve
1652 - ?
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Eleanor Brock
c1657 - 1704
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Jeremiah Reeve
1689 - ?
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Ruth Windell
c1688 - ?
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John Reeve
1715 - 1746
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Sarah Beckwith
c1711 - ?
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Great-great-great-grandfather Jonah was a grocer, probably born in Bocking, like his forebears.
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Jonah Reeve
1746 - 1807
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Elizabeth Houston
1755 - 1826
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Elizabeth was buried 1/17/1826 at Bocking.
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Great-great-grandad Joseph was born in Barling or Woodham Ferrers, Essex, probably the latter. He was a farmer.
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Joseph Reeve
05/14/1780 - 1811
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Amy Blakeley
c1780 - ?
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Amy was born in the Woodham Ferrers area, in Essex, probably. She married Joseph in Mundon, Essex, on 11/15/1805.
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Great-grandad Joseph was born in Barling or Woodham Ferrers, Essex, and was baptised on 04/01/1811.
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Joseph Reeve
c1809 - 03/16/1886
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Marianne Lambert
c1809 - ?
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My grandfather Joseph was born in Barling, Essex, England. He was for a while an auctioneer in Southend, Essex.
He died at Yate, Gloucestershire and is buried at Filton, Bristol.
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Joseph Reeve
07/16/1842 - 12/21/1926
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Elizabeth Sarah Dean
11/19/1859 - 03/02/1947
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My grandmother Elizabeth, a farmer's daughter, was born in Brentwood, Essex. Joseph and Elizabeth were married
11/03/1886, at Camden Town, Middlesex.
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