Borrowed from KYMASON-L,there are some people of the Decatur Oh area. From: "John Steele" <jdstee01@sprynet.com> To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com D Hi Bill, I don't know if I can answer your question directly but perhaps I can give you some background. This is a case where we suspected that a gggggmother was a Reeves but cou;dn't prove it until recently, so still have a lot on the Reeves family to fill in. I will send you what I have and hope you will fill in blank spots or correct errors for me. Thomas Reeves b.c.1660m. Elizabeth and had George Reeves 1698 Northumberland Co., Va - 18 Mar 1778 PR. Wm. Co., Va. George 1m. Ann Doggett and 2m Jame Jones. Ann Doggett was d/o Benjamin and Betty Doggett and Benj. was the s/o Benjamin 1635 Ipswich, Eng who married Jane and went to Lancaster Va. George and Ann had: Thomas bc. 1719 Northumberland; Benjamin 1720/21 Northumberland - 1793/4; George bc.1722 m. 1743 Stafford Co. Va Ann Webster; John c. 1735; Moses c. 1735; Elizabeth c. 1735 m. a Haggard; Asa 1739 Northumberland - 1822 Fleming Co. Ky m. Sarah Lambert c1742- 1812. Benjamin from above 1720/21-1793/4 1m Sarah and 2m Jessie. They went to Hampshire Co. W.Va., then to Fayette CO. Pa., and on to Mason Co. Ky. His will in Mason Co. written/probated??? 30 Jan 1794 mentions wife Jessie, wife's granddaughter Elizabeth Melton, Son Austin Smith Reeves, daughter Sarah Fields (my line) son Benjamin, son Samuel, daughter Nancy Rose, and Austin's wife Sibball. Asa from above had children: Benjamin 1760 Pr. Wm Co., Va m. Mary Crooke and had 7 children (my source wouldn't/didn't send names of children); Ann Doggett 10 Apr 1767 Pr Wm. Co m. John Crooke; Jabez 30 May 1781 Pr. Wm Co., m. Mary Ross; Isaac 1793 Floyd CO. Ky m. Sarah Burke; Sarah Collinsworth c. 1785 m. Abraham Mahan; Asa 13 Oct 1788 Pr Wm. - 27 Aig 1845 Mont. Co. Ind. m. Susannah Hydah and had 11 children; William c. 1765 m. Ellinor Wood and went to Br Co., Ohio in 1816; Elijah d. 21 May 1825 Brown Co., Ohio m. 28 Jan 1791 Mason Co. Ky Sarah Ann Redman 1172-21 Feb 1848 and had 13 children - went to Brown Co. 1803 and they had John R. Reeves who m 18 Aug 1825 Adams Co., Ohio Nancy Rankin; Jane c. 1785 m. Jonathan Carter; Susannah c. 1785 m. Spencer Reeves; Elizabeth 1790 Pr Wm. m. Samuel Jones; Margaret 5 Jun 1797 Pr Wm. m. Samuel Burke; George 30 Mar 1807 Pr Wm. m. Nancy Hydah. George and Jane Jones had childrn: Jemima 26 Jun 1758 Pr Wm - 3 Feb 1841 m. Nicholas Carroll Mooney; William c. 1763 m Nettie and went to Abbeville S.C.;James c.1767 Pr Wm; Jonathan c.1764 Pr Wm; Jesse c.1711 Pr Wm; Joshua c 1773 Pr Wm m. Mary; Nash c1775 PrWm; Susannah c1777 PrWm; Isaac c.1779. Thomas and Elizabeth also had John c1710 Northumberland - 1782 Pr Wm; Isaac aft 1700; Judith who m. THomas Davies; Susannah m. James Rogers; and Thomas 1711 Esses Co. 0 1760 and had Thomas Jr. c 1730 Northumberland; Above John Reeves c1710-1792 married unknown and had Marthew(sic)c1720 (dates are off here!!!) Elizac1722;Ann c1726; Sarah c1729;Richard c1734; Jemima c. 1735 m. William Unknown. One source (Sandra McNulty) states that the parentage of Benj. Reeves who died 1793/4 Mason Co. Ky was George Rives c. 1695 Va -1773 Northumberland m. c1718 Mary Ann Doggett. George's father was John Rives b. 1665-1720 m. Grace. John's father was William Rives b.c. 1636 in Woodstock Eng d. 1695 Surrey Co, Va m c 1660 Possibly Elizabeth. William's father was Timothy Rives c1588 Oxfordshire Eng - Sept. 1643 m. Elizabeth who d.c.16 Aug 1643. I have not recnciled these two accounts but here's another possibility... Robert Ryves c1490 Dorset -11 Feb1549/50 Dorset m. Joan d. 12 Dec 1560 Dorset and had John c1514 Dorset -1549 Dorset m. Amye Harvey and had John 24 Jun 1536;MAry 1538; Margaret 1540; Jane 1542; Robert c1544-27 Jul 1576 m. Margaret Gillotte; Richard 1547; Robert 1549. Robert and Margaret Gillette had John Reeves 4 Jun 1567 Eng -1625 Eng m. Ann Burley and they had George 1588 Eng - 1666 m. Mary Hussey and they had Henry 1630 Eng - 6 Apr 1687 Esses Co., Va m. 1663 Rapahannack Co. Va Elizabeth Parker and they had 1.Henry 1665 Rap. Co -28 Apr 1728 Essex Co m. 1690 Rap Co Sarah 2.Rebecca 1664 3 MArtha 1666 4. Mary 1668 and 5 Ann 1670. Maybe this will give you some clues - hope you can fill in the middle. If you can add to my material, I hope you will. Jeanne > -----Original Message----- > From: william mason [mailto:william.mason@foxinternet.net] > Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 1999 10:40 AM > To: KYMASON-L@rootsweb.com > Subject: [KYMASON-L] Reeves > > > Looking for information on the following Reeves family of Mason County. > > This came from Abstracts of Mason Co deeds. > > dated 24 Sept 1816, Mason Co KY William Cordrey and his wife late Margaret > Reeves, Benajmin Reeves and his wife Nancy, Bartley > Reeves, Alexander Reeves, Effia Reeves, James Brown and > wife Polly (Mary) Reeves, Henry Wood and wife Miram > Reeves, and John Reeves heirs of James Reeves dec'd sold > 50 acres to William A. Holton > > Bill Mason > Renton, Wa. > > > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== > Visit the New Mason County Website! > http://www.rootsweb.com/~kymason/mason.htm > Be sure to bookmark it! > ==== KYMASON Mailing List ==== List problems? First, read the Welcome Message that you received when you subscribed. 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