Rev
John
Reeves
Brown
Born in Cliffe, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom
Ancestors 
Son of Thomas Brown
and Elizabeth (Reeves) Brown
Husband of
Mary Lucy (Eland) Brown
— married
1874 in Market Harborough, Leicestershire, England, United Kingdom
Descendants 
Father of
Cecil Reeves Brown, Vivian Shenton Reeves Brown, Ethel Maud Reeves (Brown) Whitehouse, Sholto Reeves Brown, Gerald Reeves Brown MBE, Mary Agatha Reeves Brown and Noel Reeves Brown
Died
at age 97
in Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England, United Kingdom
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Biography
John Brown was born in Yorkshire, England.
John was a Wesleyan Methodist Minister.
John was born in 1844 in Cliffe, Yorkshire, and baptised in Hemingbrough on 8 Dec 1844, his parents were Thomas and Eliza.[1][2][3] John's birth was difficult to track down as there doesn't appear to be a civil registration of it, or of any of his siblings, who according to an 1851 census [4][5] were living with their parents in Cliffe, Selby, which is a mile and a half from Hemingbrough.
- Thomas Brown Head M 34 Weldrake, Yorkshire, England
- Elizabeth Brown Wife F 39 Cliffe, Yorkshire, England
- Elizabeth Brown Daughter F 9 Estrington, Yorkshire, England.[6]
- Mary Brown Daughter F 7 Cliffe, Yorkshire, England.[7]
- John Reeves Brown Son M 5 Cliffe, Yorkshire, England
- Charles Brown Son M 3 Cliffe, Yorkshire, England.[8]
John was a Wesleyan minister having commenced in 1869, studying theology in Headingly College, Leeds and Richmond College in London.[9][10] He was based in Market Harborough when he married Mary Lucy Eland in January 1874,[11] the ceremony being performed by Mary's uncle the Rev. John Cooper, who was also a Wesleyan minister.[12] Being a Wesleyan minister meant that the next 40 or so years would be spent moving every few years to a new place as he was appointed to the various circuits.[9]
In 1881 they had moved to Edgbaston near Birmingham with 3 sons and a daughter:[13]
- Children:
- Cecil Reeves Brown, born 1874 in Dalton in Furness.
- Vivian Shenton Reeves Brown, born 1876 in Dalton in Furness
- Ethel Maud Reeves (Brown) Whitehouse, born 1878 in Northowram
- Sholto Reeves Brown, born 1880 in Birmingham
In 1891, they were living in Horton, Yorkshire, with 5 sons and 2 daughters.[14] The latest additions to the family were:
- Gerald Reeves Brown, born 1881 in King's Norton.
- Mary Agatha Reeves Brown, born 1886 in Linthwaite.
- Noel Reeves Brown, born 1887 in Linthwaite.
They had moved to Bedford, Bedfordshire by 1901 with Ethel, Sholto, Mary and Noel.[15] Ten years later in 1911, they were living in Newport, Monmouthshire with their daughter Ethel.[16]
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| Rusthall Church and 1 Manor Road. |
In 1919 he moved to Rusthall, Tunbridge Wells, Kent, and the 1921 census[17] shows that he was now widowed living with Mary Agatha at 1 Manor Road, which was next to what was then the Wesleyan Church.
By 1939 he had moved to 34 Grove Hill Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, and had been living in the Tunbridge Wells area for 20 years according to his circuit list.[9] He was living there with his son Gerald who was widowed, and his daughter Mary Agatha who had never married.[18][19]
He passed away in 1941, in Tunbridge Wells, Kent.
Reeves-Brown, John of 34 Grove Hill-road Tunbridge Wells died 6 December 1941 Administration (with Will) Llandudno 16 February to Mary Agatha Reeves-Brown spinster. [10][20]
Family Announcement: REEVES-BROWN.—On Dec. 6th, at 34, Grovehill-rd., Wells. Rev J. Reeves-Brown, Wesleyan Methodist Minister, aged 97 (formerly Coltman-street. Hull), dearly loved father of Sholto, Gerald and Mollie. Hull Daily Mail - Wednesday 10 December 1941. [21]
John's Wesleyan Circuit list:[9]
- 1869 Institution (Selby)
- 1870 Brackley
- 1871 Market Harborough
- 1873 Ulverston
- 1876 Halifax, Wesley
- 1879 Birmingham, Cherry Street
- 1882 Bath
- 1885 Huddersfield, Buxton Road
- 1888 Bradford, Kirkgate
- 1891 London, Gt Qn. St.
- 1894 Bedford, St M.
- 1897 Hull, Gt Thornton St
- 1900 Bedford St. M.
- 1903 Truro
- 1906 Liverpool, Waterloo
- 1909 Newport, Mon.
- 1913 Llandrindod Wells
- 1918 London, Kilburn
- 1919 Tunbridge Wells
Research Notes
Thomas and Elizabeth, John's parents had just married, and were living in Elvington with his sister Elizabeth,[22] Thomas' marriage seems to tie up with the census, with Elizabeth being about 5 years older. Thomas married Elizabeth Reeves on 19 October 1840 in Howdenshire, Yorkshire, England.[23] Daughter Elizabeth's age is age is written as one month old in 1841. As the census was taken on 6 June 1841, and her baptism was on 19 May,Elizabeth, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth, was baptised on 19 May 1841 in Elvington, Yorkshire (East Riding), England.[24] that seems to tie up nicely. In the 1851 census is written that Elizabeth was born in Estrington or Eastrington. There are no baptism records for Elizabeth in Eastrington.
In the 1861 census it is written Elvington (John had left home by then).[25]
- 1861 Census: Railway Cottage, Cliff Common, Cliffe cum Lund, Selby, Yorkshire
- Thomas Brown Head Married M 44 Agricultural labourer Wheldrake, Yorkshire, England
- Elizabeth Brown Wife Married F 49 Labourers wife Cliffe, Yorkshire, England
- Elizabeth Brown Daughter Unmarried F 19 House servant Elvington, Yorkshire, England
- Charles Brown Son M 13 Scholar Cliffe, Yorkshire, England
If my deductions are correct, Elizabeth his mother was the daughter of Charles Reeves of Woodhall, if so she would have had an uncle called John Reeves who died fairly young and was a respected servant of the Graham family (and how Charles came to inherit the hall). Charles married Elizabeth Tomlinson in 1811.[26] They had a daughter Elizabeth in 1812. [27] Her mother died in 1814.[28] "Elizabeth wife of Charles Reeves of Cleek Hall".
Charles married again, Frances Harper, he was listed as a widower.[29]
Charles died in 1865. [30][31]
Charles daughter Elizabeth (of Barlby) married Thomas Brown, a farmer of Wheldrake in 1840, her father is noted as Charles Reeves, Chief Constable, and his as William Brown, labourer.[32]
Sources
- ↑
Baptism:
"Yorkshire Baptisms"
Archive: Borthwick Institute for Archives; Page: 194
FindMyPast Image • FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 October 2021)
John Reeves Brown baptism on 8 Dec 1844, son of Thomas & Eliza, in Hemingbrough, Yorkshire (East Riding), England. - ↑
Baptism:
"England Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
FamilySearch (accessed 16 October 2021)
John Reeves Brown, 1844. - ↑
Baptism:
"England, Yorkshire, Parish Registers, 1538-2016"
FamilySearch (accessed 29 June 2022)
FamilySearch Image Image number 00107
John Reeves Brown baptism on 8 Dec 1844 in Hemingbrough, Yorkshire East Riding, England, United Kingdom. - ↑
1851 Census:
"1851 England Census"
Class: HO107; Piece: 2351; Folio: 513; Page: 16; GSU roll: 87611-87612
Ancestry Sharing Link • Ancestry uk Record uki1851 #10874900 (accessed 16 October 2021)
John Reeves Brown (5) son in household of Thomas Brown (34) in Selby registration district. Born in Cliffe, Yorkshire, England. - ↑
1851 Census:
"England and Wales Census, 1851"
Citing , Yorkshire,Yorkshire (West Riding), England, p. 16; citing PRO HO 107, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
FamilySearch (accessed 29 June 2022)
FindMyPast Image
John Reeves Brown (5), unmarried son, in household of Thomas Brown (34) in Selby registration district. Born in Cliffe, Yorkshire. - ↑
Baptism:
"Yorkshire Baptisms"
Archive: Borthwick Institute for Archives; Reference: PR ELV/5; Page: 56
FindMyPast Image • FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 October 2021)
Elizabeth Brown baptism on 19 May 1841, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth, in Elvington, Yorkshire (East Riding), England. - ↑
Baptism:
"Yorkshire Baptisms"
Archive: Borthwick Institute for Archives; Reference: P R HEM/9; Page: 185
FindMyPast Image • FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 October 2021)
Mary Brown baptism on 7 May 1843, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth, in Hemingbrough, Yorkshire (East Riding), England. - ↑
Baptism:
"Yorkshire Baptisms"
Archive: Borthwick Institute for Archives; Reference: P R HEM/10; Page: 13
FindMyPast Image • FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 October 2021)
Charles Brown baptism on 27 Feb 1848, son of Thomas & Eliza, in Hemingbrough, Yorkshire (East Riding), England. - ↑ 9.0 9.1 9.2 9.3 Hill's Alphabetical and chronological arrangement of the Wesleyan Methodist Ministers and Preachers, 24th ed 1922, pdf made available by Methodist Heritage, 1922 Hill's (A-Harvey, Edwin J.)
- ↑ 10.0 10.1 Brown, John Reeves W[esleyan] 1869 1941
The University of Manchester Library, John Rylands Research Institute and Library, Index of Methodist Ministers - ↑ https://www.freebmd.org.uk/cgi/search.pl
Eland Mary Lucy Market Harborough Vol. 7a Page 43
Brown John Reeves Market Harborough Vol. 7a Page 43 - ↑ Northampton Mercury, 31 Jan 1874 https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/ (requires subscription)
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1881," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:Q27N-MHRR : 12 December 2017), Mary L Brown in household of John R Brown, Edgbaston (Warwick), Worcestershire, England; from "1881 England, Scotland and Wales Census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing p. 43, Piece/Folio 2954/25, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey; FHL microfilm 101,774,837.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1891," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:7K98-P6Z : 23 February 2021), Mary Lucy Reeves-Brown in household of John Reeves-Brown, Horton in Ribblesdale, Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1891 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing PRO RG 12, Yorkshire, Yorkshire (West Riding) county, subdistrict, The National Archives of the UK, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑ "England and Wales Census, 1901," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:XS36-NGX : 20 May 2019), Mary Lucy Reeves Brown in household of John Reeves Brown, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England, United Kingdom; from "1901 England, Scotland and Wales census," database and images, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : n.d.); citing Bedford And Cardington subdistrict, PRO RG 13, The National Archives, Kew, Surrey.
- ↑
1911 Census:
"1911 Wales Census"
Class: RG14; Piece: 31970; Schedule Number: 309
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1911Wales #1273036 (accessed 12 August 2022)
John Reevestkown (66), married, Wesleyan Melli Bist Muriter, head of household at Wersley Stow Park Avenue Newport Mon in Newport registration district. Born in Hemingborough, York, England. - ↑ 1921 Census of England and Wales, Findmypast (Purchase required to view)
- ↑
1939 Register:
"1939 Register"
Reference: RG101/1776A/012/36; Piece number: 1776A
FindMyPast Image • FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 October 2021)
John Reeves-Brown (born 27 Nov 1844), widowed, Methodist Minister, Retired, at 34 Grove Hill Road, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Royal Tunbridge Wells M.B., Kent, England. - ↑
1939 Register:
"1939 England and Wales Register"
The National Archives; Kew, London, England; 1939 Register; Reference: Rg 101/1776a
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 61596 #16722688 (accessed 12 August 2022)
Joseph Reever Brown [John Reeves Brown] (born 27 Nov 1844), widow, Methodist Minister Ret, at 34, Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, England. - ↑
Probate:
"England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1995"
Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry uk Record 1904 #19530956 (accessed 12 August 2022)
John Brown probate on 16 Feb 1942 in Llandudno. Died 6 Dec 1941 in Tunbridge Wells. - ↑ https://www.britishnewspaperarchive.co.uk/viewer/bl/0000324/19411210/057/0002 Findmypast in partnership with the British Library
- ↑
1841 Census:
"1841 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
Reference: HO107; Piece number: 1227; Page: 3
FindMyPast Image • FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 October 2021)
Elizabeth Brown (0) in York registration district. - ↑
Marriage:
"England Marriages 1538-1973"
FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 July 2022)
Thomas Brown (23) marriage to Elizabeth Reeves (28) on 19 Oct 1840 in Howdenshire, Yorkshire, England. - ↑
Baptism:
"Yorkshire Baptisms"
Archive: Borthwick Institute for Archives; Reference: PR ELV/5; Page: 56
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 July 2022)
Elizabeth Brown baptism on 19 May 1841, daughter of Thomas & Elizabeth, in Elvington, Yorkshire (East Riding), England. - ↑
1861 Census:
"1861 England, Wales & Scotland Census"
Reference: RG09; Piece number: 3535; Folio: 29; Page: 3
FindMyPast Image • FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 16 October 2021)
Elizabeth Brown (19), unmarried daughter, House servant, in household of Thomas Brown (44) in Selby registration district. - ↑
Marriage:
"England, Select Marriages, 1538-1973"
Ancestry uk Record 9852 #27138683 (accessed 10 December 2021)
Charles Reeves marriage to Elizabeth Tomlinson on 21 Feb 1811 in Hemingbrough, York, England. - ↑
Baptism:
"England, Select Births and Christenings, 1538-1975"
Ancestry uk Record 9841 #108347129 (accessed 10 December 2021)
Elizabeth Reeves baptism on 13 Jan 1812 (born 11 Jan 1812), daughter of Charles Reeves & Elizabeth, in Hemingbrough, York, England. - ↑
Burial:
"Yorkshire Burials"
Archive: Borthwick Institute for Archives; Reference: -; Page: 442
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 December 2021)
Elizabeth Reeves burial (died in 1814 at age 26) on 17 Jun 1814 in Hemingbrough, Yorkshire (East Riding), England. - ↑
Marriage:
"England Marriages 1538-1973"
FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 December 2021)
Charles Reeves (28) marriage to Frances Harper (32) on 12 Jan 1816 in Selby, Yorkshire, England. - ↑
Death Registration:
"England & Wales General Register Office"
GRO Online Indexes - Death (accessed 10 December 2021)
Reeves, Charles (Age at death: 78).
GRO Reference: 1865 Jul-Aug-Sep in Selby Volume 09C Page 409. - ↑
Probate:
"Index To Death Duty Registers 1796-1903"
Reference: IR27/354
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 December 2021)
Charles Reeves probate in 1865 in BAILBY. - ↑
Marriage:
"Yorkshire Marriages"
Archive: Borthwick Institute for Archives; Reference: P R HEM/14; Page: 23
FindMyPast Image - FindMyPast Transcription (accessed 10 December 2021)
Elizabeth Reeves (Of Full Age) marriage to Thomas Brown (Of Full Age) on 20 Oct 1840 in Hemingbrough, Yorkshire (East Riding), England.
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It may be possible to confirm family relationships with John by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with John:
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