Lettice (Rogers) Reeves (1749 - 1833)

Born 1749 in Massachusetts Bay

Ancestors

Wife of James Reeves — married 2 Sep 1767 in Woolwich, Maine

Descendants

Died 20 Jan 1833 at about age 84 in Jefferson, Maine

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Biography

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Lettice Reeves (born Rogers), 1749 - 1833. First name sometimes seen as "Lettis."

Parentage unknown. But, not a daughter of George and Anna (Ferguson) Rogers of Phippsburg, Maine. https://archive.org/stream/rogersfamilyhist00seav#page/49/mode/1up/search/Ferguson

Lettice married James Reeves on month day 1767, at age 18 at Woolwich, Maine.

They had 7 children: James Reeves, Nancy Plummer (born Reeves) and 5 other children.

Lettice passed away in 1833, at age 84 at Jefferson, Maine. She was buried at burial place, Trask Lawn Cemetery, South Jefferson, Maine.

As James and Lettice (Rogers) Reeves lived in Balltown [now South Jefferson] on Dyer's Pond. It it is likely she was a daughter of one Moses Rogers who had settled at Dyers Pond in the 1760s after having previously spent time at Newcastle, Maine on the Sheepscott River, where he was involved there in the timber trade.

Sources

"United States Census, 1790," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:33SQ-GYYY-94P5?cc=1803959&wc=3XT9-3BW%3A1584070931%2C1584070997%2C1584071553 : 14 May 2015), Maine > York > Ball Town > image 2 of 3; citing NARA microfilm publication M637, (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).

Gravestone at Trask meeting House cemetery. Information recorded before stone disintegrated.

Research of Thomas Moody based heavily on passed down knowledge of his grandmother Thelma (Donnell) Moody ( Annie (Atkinson) Donnell > Clara (McCurda) Atkinson > Barzena (Reeves) McCurda > Rev. Moses Reeves > Isaac G. Reeves > James & Lettice (Rogers) Reeves) OR (Annie (Atkinson) Donnell > Clara (McCurda) Atkinson > Barzena (Reeves) McCurda > Rosanna (McCurda) Reeves > Mary (Reeves) McCurda > James & Lettice (Rogers) Reeves) OR (Annie (Atkinson) Donnell > Clara (McCurda) Atkinson > Albert McCurda > Luther McCurda > Mary (Reeves) McCurda > James & Lettice (Rogers) Reeves)

• VR of Woolwich, Maine

"Maine Marriages, 1771-1907," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F46J-2JX : 10 February 2018), James Revvis and Lettis Rodgers, 02 Sep 1767; citing Woolwich, Sagadahoc, Maine, reference ; FHL microfilm 12,315. https://oldbristolhistoricalsociety.wordpress.com/sestercentennial/reeves/

• Gravestone (now disintegrated) at the Trask Meeting House Cemetery, Was legible some 40 years ago which is when info was recorded.

https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/69037173/lettice-reeves

• Research of Thomas H. Moody - not available to public.

• History of Jefferson/Balltown ME Bicentennial Publication. Privately held copy of Thomas Moody, has not been made available in a digital format.

• Centennial Celebration of the Town of Jefferson, Lincoln County, Maine, U.S

... https://books.google.com/books?id=AKsTAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA32&dq=centennial+of+jefferson+maine&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwiO5dSH-r7ZAhVJ8IMKHT-fBbEQ6AEIMTAC#v=onepage&q=centennial%20of%20jefferson%20maine&f=false

• U.S. Census Records 1790, 1800, 1810

• VR of Old Bristol and Nobleboro, Maine, compiled by Christine Huston Dodge. Copies available at many libraries and at The Mayflower Society headquarters in Boston, Mass.