Thomas Reeves, (III) >

1679 - 1738  (59 years)

• Name	Thomas Reeves  [1, 2]
  Suffix	(III) >
  Birth	1679	Southampton, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	9 Nov 1738	Southold, Suffolk, NY   [3]
  Burial	Southold (Presbyterian Church Cemetery), Southold, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  Person ID	I5833	My Genealogy
  Last Modified	17 Sep 2023

  
  

  Father	Thomas Reeves, II,   b. May 1646, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, British Colonial America d. 28 Aug 1685, Southampton, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America (Age 39 years)
  Mother	Rebecca Salmon,   b. Abt 1647, Southold, New York, British Colonial America d. 12 Jun 1694, Southold, Suffolk, Colony of New York, British Colonial America (Age 47 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1672	Southold, New York Colony, British Colonial America
  Family ID	F2825	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family 1	Bethiah Horton,   b. Sep 1687, Cutchogue, Suffolk, New York Colony, British Colonial America d. 4 Feb 1713, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 25 years)
  Marriage	19 Jun 1707	{Southold, Suffolk, NY}   [1, 3]
  Children	1. Abner Reeve, ^,   b. 22 Apr 1708, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 6 May 1798, Brattleboro, Windham, VT (Age 90 years)   2. Bathia Reeves,   b. 1 Sep 1711   d. 19 Oct 1716 (Age 5 years)
  Family ID	F2813	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

  Family 2	Mary Wells,   b. 8 Jan 1695, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 19 Jun 1761, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 66 years)
  Marriage	20 Jul 1719	{Southold, Suffolk, NY}   [3]
  Children	1. Keturah (Catura) Reeves,   b. 21 Aug 1727, {Southold, Suffolk, NY} d. Yes, date unknown   2. Wilmont Reeve,   b. Abt 1728, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America d. 10 Oct 1732, Southold, Suffolk, New York, British Colonial America (Age 4 years)   3. Nathaniel Reeves,   b. 8 Aug 1732, {Southold, Suffolk, NY} d. Yes, date unknown   4. Wilmot Reeves,   b. Abt 1733, Southold, Suffolk, New York d. 9 Sep 1737, Southold, Suffolk, New York (Age 4 years)   5. James Reeves,   b. 19 Aug 1736, {Southold, Suffolk, NY} d. Yes, date unknown   6. Thomas Reeves,   b. 20 Apr 1739, {Southold, Suffolk, NY} d. 1 Apr 1833, Orange Co, NY (Age 93 years)   7. Elijah Reeves,   b. 5 Oct 1772, Southold, Suffolk, NY d. 7 Nov 1789, Mamakating. Ulster (now Sullivan), NY (Age 17 years)
  Family ID	F2814	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	27 Mar 2026

  
  

• Notes

  [There is the possibility of confusion between two Thomas Reeve's (or Reeves) families living in Southold at the same time, both with wives named Bethia. The Thomas Reeve of our interest, who was the father of the Rev. Abner Reeve, is sometimes referred to as "blacksmith" Thomas Reeve, while the other Reeve was referred to as Lieutenent Thomas Reeve(s). Lt. Thomas's wife Bethiah died two years before Blacksmith Thomas's. I have, in general, accepted Wesley Baker's (1970) sorting out of the two families.]

  
  

• Sources

  [S40] George Borthwick, The Church at the South: A History of the South Haven Church (Mattituck, N.Y. : Cutchogue Presbyterian Church, 1989.. Written c. 1940 in manuscript form.), p. 62. [S44] Various, WorldConnect Multiple Databases (RootsWeb.Com. The individual databases at this internet site regularly change, and therefore a reference to a specific database may not be valid at a future date. This general reference to Rootsweb Worldc, http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=mbwheeler&i d=I44768. [S296] Wesley Logan Baker, Study of the Reeve family of Southold, Long Island, N.Y. : and Southold descendants of the Southampton, L.I. Reeves family and genealogy of said families up to 1800 (Douglaston, N.Y. (manuscript, HeritageQuest Online), 1970), pp 419 - 428.