Thomas Reeve (ca. 1611-1682) immigrated in 1635 from England to the British West Indies, and immigrated to Southold, Long Island, New York during or before 1652. James Reeve (d.1698) immigrated during or before 1636 from England to Chowan County, North Carolina, and settled in Southold, Long Island, New York in the spring of 1637. Descendants and relatives listed lived chiefly in New York. Includes a transcript of all Reeve/Reeves entries in Suffolk County vital records, land and property records, probate records, tax records, census records, military records, published family histories and biographies, etc.

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This is a collection of articles published originally in The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record containing primary source materials on Long Island.The records included range from censuses and lists of early inhabitants to newspaper notices, wills, deeds, town records, and Bible and family records. Among the census records in this volume are the Southold census of 1686, the Hempstead census of 1698, and the 1800 federal census of Kings, Queens, and Suffolk counties. Early Kings County wills and deeds are abstracted, as are wills found in Queens County deed books. In addition, there are town records or vital statistics for Newtown, Huntington, Gravesend, Hempstead, and, especially, Southold. The entire collection of articles is completely indexed (25,000 entries!) and forms the perfect companion volume to the two-volume Genealogies of Long Island Families (see Item 3433).