Born [location unknown]
Ancestors 
Daughter of Daniel Melvin I
and Jane (Thomas) Melvin
Sister of
Susannah (Melvin) Sutton, John Thomas Melvin Sr, Nancy Ann (Melvin) Russ, Morning (Melvin) Fort, George Melvin and Daniel Melvin II
Wife of
Edward Reeves
— married
about 1767 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Mother of
Jeremiah Prothero Reeves, William Reeves, Nancy (Reeves) Cassady, Edward Prothero Reeves, Robert Reeves, James Reeves, Sarah (Reeves) Hawes, Jane (Reeves) Harris, Evan Reeves, Mary Reeves, Hannah (Reeves) Cain, Thompson Reeves, Damaris (Reeves) Sutton and David Melvin Reeves
Died
at about age 88
in Miami, Dade, Florida, United States
[uncertain]
[uncertain]Profile last modified
| Created 4 May 2013
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Biography
Jane was born in 1748. She was married to Edward Reeves with whom she had 14 children. She passed away in 1836.
Sources
- The Descendants of Daniel Melvin and Jane Thomas of Bladen County, North Carolina and Allied Families, Library of Congress cat. no. 91-066554
- Reeves, Leroy and Bivins, Willie Reeves, Ancestral Sketches
- Find A Grave Index, database with images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/52449738 :accessed 8 December 2017), memorial 52449738, Jane Melvin Reeves (1748-1836), Reeves Cemetery, Bladen County, North Carolina, USA; gravestone photograph by Shirley.
- See also:
- Bivins, Willie Reeves, The Family of Edward Reeves and Jane Melvin
Acknowledgments
Thanks to Elaine Carter for starting this profile. Click the Changes tab for the details of contributions by Elaine and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jane by comparing test results with other carriers of her mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known mtDNA test-takers in her direct maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Jane:
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~1.56%
Jeri (Garner) Little
:
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A599911 [compare], Ancestry member JeriGarner
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~1.56%
Samuel Reeves :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch T633419 [compare], FTDNA kit #830743
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~0.78%
Elaine (Carter) Brown :
23andMe, GEDmatch M100245 [compare]
+
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch M100245 [compare], Ancestry member NCICENI
+
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch M100245 [compare], FTDNA kit #N5063
-
~0.78%
Michael Whitehurst :
23andMe
+
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Kimberley (Mullins) Boggs :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch RY3782334 [compare], Ancestry member BOGGSJR
-
~0.78%
David Christopher :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A121258 [compare], Ancestry member chrstdvd
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~0.78%
~3.12%
G (McCandless) Keen :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch LE8365227 [compare], Ancestry member GinnyK
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~0.78%
Michael Garner :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A550511 [compare], Ancestry member MichaelGarner
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~0.78%
Crislyn (Garner) Neff :
AncestryDNA, GEDmatch A958979 [compare], Ancestry member CrislynNeff
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~0.78%
Renee Royal :
AncestryDNA
-
~0.78%
Wanda (Whitehurst) Cavender :
AncestryDNA
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~0.78%
Kenneth Carty :
Family Tree DNA Family Finder, GEDmatch Z690318 [compare], FTDNA kit #616893
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