son of James Reeve and Mary Hudson
Children:
- Christopher Reeve
- Polly Reeve m Daniel Smith
- Jeffery Reeve (1765-), bapt 24 Mar 1765; m Fanny Howell
- Benjamin Strong Reeve (1766-), bapt 1765; m Martha Tucker
- Selah Reeve (1769-1837), bapt 1771
- Eunice Reeve (1771-1837), bapt 24 Mar 1771; m Henry Phillips
- Joseph Reeve (1773-1828), bapt 8 Aug 1783
- Keturah Reeve (1775, bapt 15 Oct 1775-1852) m Isaac Van Duzer
- Deborah Reeve (1777-1817) m Drake Hobbie
- James Reeve (1780-)
- Mary Reeve (1782-)
- Nathan Reeve (1786-)
- Elizabeth Reeve (1790-)
NY State Senate, 10 Nov 1781: Petition of [Lt.] Selah Reeve, dated New Burgh, Nov. 8, 1781. [Leg. Pap. 1366.] "Your Petitioner with his Family left Long Island soon after the Enemy Took Possission of Newyork. That your Petitioner first set Down in the Town of Killingworth in Conn. on a hired farm where he Remained for Three years. That the war was still Continuing and your Petitioner having a Growing Family, Put him under the Necessity of Realizing the Little Cash he had left, in a Small Farm." Bought farm of John Jacob Staple, who has since gone over to the enemy, in consequence of which his farm is in danger of being confiscated. Prays for relief in the premises. Read and referred.
Source:
-vital records
-An Outline History of Orange County; compiled by Samuel Watkins Eager (1846)
-History of the Town of Newburgh New York; compiled by Edward Manning Ruttenber (1859)
- Van Deursen family, Volume 1 By Albert Harrison Van Deusen (1912)
- The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut; compiled by Frederic Gregory Mather (1913)
son of James Reeve and Mary Hudson
Children:
- Christopher Reeve
- Polly Reeve m Daniel Smith
- Jeffery Reeve (1765-), bapt 24 Mar 1765; m Fanny Howell
- Benjamin Strong Reeve (1766-), bapt 1765; m Martha Tucker
- Selah Reeve (1769-1837), bapt 1771
- Eunice Reeve (1771-1837), bapt 24 Mar 1771; m Henry Phillips
- Joseph Reeve (1773-1828), bapt 8 Aug 1783
- Keturah Reeve (1775, bapt 15 Oct 1775-1852) m Isaac Van Duzer
- Deborah Reeve (1777-1817) m Drake Hobbie
- James Reeve (1780-)
- Mary Reeve (1782-)
- Nathan Reeve (1786-)
- Elizabeth Reeve (1790-)
NY State Senate, 10 Nov 1781: Petition of [Lt.] Selah Reeve, dated New Burgh, Nov. 8, 1781. [Leg. Pap. 1366.] "Your Petitioner with his Family left Long Island soon after the Enemy Took Possission of Newyork. That your Petitioner first set Down in the Town of Killingworth in Conn. on a hired farm where he Remained for Three years. That the war was still Continuing and your Petitioner having a Growing Family, Put him under the Necessity of Realizing the Little Cash he had left, in a Small Farm." Bought farm of John Jacob Staple, who has since gone over to the enemy, in consequence of which his farm is in danger of being confiscated. Prays for relief in the premises. Read and referred.
Source:
-vital records
-An Outline History of Orange County; compiled by Samuel Watkins Eager (1846)
-History of the Town of Newburgh New York; compiled by Edward Manning Ruttenber (1859)
- Van Deursen family, Volume 1 By Albert Harrison Van Deusen (1912)
- The Refugees of 1776 from Long Island to Connecticut; compiled by Frederic Gregory Mather (1913)
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In memory of Selah Reeve, who departed this life 21 Feb 1796, aged 54 yrs, 11 mos, 21 dys. Also, Keturah, wife of Selah Reeve, was b. 23d Jan 1745, d. 21 Jan 1829
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