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Rev. Leveret Reeves, ^^{[1, 2, 3]}
1786 - 1861

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• Prefix	Rev.
  Suffix	^
  Birth	1786	Oysterponds (Orient), Southold, Suffolk, NY   [1, 2, 4]
  Gender	Male
  Census	1820	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [5]
  	In his household were one male 26-45 (Leveret), two females under ten (one of whom could have been Parnal), and one female of twenty-six and under forty-five (Catherine). While Leveret is listed with other known Fire Place residents, the enumerator in 1820 appeared not to have recorded the families in consistent geographic order.
  Census	1830	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [6]
  	In his household were one male under five years of age (which could have been John D.), of forty and under fifty (likely Leveret), one female of five and under ten, one female of ten and under fifteen, one female of fifteen and under twenty (which could have been Parnal), and one female of thirty and under 40 (likely Catherine). He was listed between Francis Barto (Barteau) and Caleb Post. The Post residence, still extant, was on South Country Road just southwest of Beaver Dam Road (Historic Structure ID Br09B). The Barteau residence, now destroyed, was further northeast on South Country Road (Historic Structure ID Br07.1-S).
  Census	1840	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [7]
  	In his household he had one male 5 and under 10 (likely David of the 1850 census), one male 10 and under 15 (could have been John D.), one male 15 and under 20, one male 50 and under 60 (likely Leveret); one female 40 and under 50 (likely his wife Catherine).
  Census	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [8]
  	In his household were Catherine and young man, David (age 16). He was listed adjacent to Charles G. Hawkins, suggesting the same residence as 1840 near the intersection of South Country Road and Beaver Dam Road.
  Occupation	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	shoemaker
  Possessions	1850	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [1]
  	real estate valued at $300
  Census	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [9]
  	In his household was his wife Catherine. He was listed between a John D. Reeve (age 34) and David Reeve (age 26), likely the David of the 1850 census. Other nearby entries suggest that Leveret and Catherine were living in the same residence as previous censuses.
  Occupation	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [2]
  	Methodist minister
  Possessions	1860	Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY   [10]
  	real estate valued at $500
  Died	8 Jan 1861  [2, 11]
  	[In the 1870 censu, his wife Catherine was living with her son John D. Reeve, suggesting that Leveret had died between 1860 and 1870.]
  Person ID	I897	Brookhaven & South Haven Hamlets
  Last Modified	10 Apr 2009

  
  

  Father	Thomas Reeves, >,   b. Abt 1749, Mattituck, Southhold, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 3 Sep 1823, Mattituck, Southhold, Suffolk, NY
  Mother	Parnell Hubbard, >,   b. Abt 1750,   d. 2 Jun 1832, Mattituck, Southhold, Suffolk, NY
  Married	25 Oct 1770	Mattituck, Southhold, Suffolk, NY
  Family ID	F3780	Group Sheet

  
  

  Family	Catherine Brown, ^,   b. Abt 1794, NY ,   d. Yes, date unknown
  Married	Bef 1813  [1, 2, 12]
  	[I have inferred from census data and other information that Parnal and John D. were children of Leveret and Catherine Reeve. Even though Parnal and John D. were never listed by name in Leveret and Catherine's household, having established their own families by the 1850 census when this information was first recorded, earlier census enumerations are consistent with their being in the household (although there is some ambiguity as there are family members enumerated on later censuses which do not appear on earlier censuses). John D. is recorded as being a shoemaker as was Leveret. The John D. and Leveret residences were near to each other in the later census listings. Parnal and John D. were said, by George Perley Morse, a knowledgeable Brookhaven Hamlet historian in the 1940's, as being siblings.]
  Children	1. Hannah M. Reeve, ^,   b. 8 Dec 1822, Fire Place (now Brookhaven Hamlet), Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY ,   d. 22 Dec 1916, Babylon, Babylon, Suffolk, NY   2. Parnal (Parnel, Parnell) Reeve, ^,   b. 17 Apr 1813, NY ,   d. 8 Oct 1892, {Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, NY}   3. John D. Reeve, ^,   b. 1826, NY ,   d. 1901   4. David Brown Reeve, ^,   b. 14 Mar 1833, NY ,   d. 12 Sep 1914
  Family ID	F279	Group Sheet

  
  

• Documents

  Early Brookhaven Methodist Church This picture is of the original church before a steeple and additions were added. It may even be of the building before it was moved from South Country Road to Beaver Dam Road -- the steeple being added after the move in 1872. If it is of the church before it was moved, then the man in front may be Leveret Reeve, minister of the church during its early years. If so, this would date the picture before 1861 (when he died), and would make it one of the earliest photographs in the Post-Morrow Foundation collection.

  
  

• Sources

  [S3] 1850 Census, p. 119. [S460] LongIslandGenealogy.com: Reeves Family, http://longislandgenealogy.com/reeve/gp720.htm. [S603] Huntington Long Islander., 13 Dec 1912, p.3. CELEBRATED 90TH BIRTHDAY Mrs. Hannah Raynor, of Huntington, Well and Happy, Too. Monday, Mrs. Hannah Raynor, Huntington's oldest woman resident, celebrated her ninetieth birthday in a quiet but pleasant manner, at the home of her daughter, Mrs. C. S. Washburn, Green street. She is unusually spry for one her age, and answered the ring of the doorbell several times herself, when quite a large number of friends and neighbors called in to pay regards to one of the finest old ladies that ever lived. She was also remembered with several handsome presents and a postcard shower. Mrs. Raynor was assisted in celebrating by her three living daughters, Mrs. Washburn, Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven, and Mrs. John Carman of Babylon, and by her stepson, John B. Raynor, of Brooklyn, and his wife. Except for slight deafness, and an occasional touch of rheumatism, Mrs. Raynor is unusually active. She is always cheerful. She is a native of Fire Place, now Brookhaven, where she was born on December 8, 1822, the daughter of Leverett and Catherine Brown Reeves, good old Long Island names. Her parents were sterling Methodists, and she united with that church seventy years ago. Up to a few years ago she was a great church worker. Mrs. Raynor was married twice. Her first husband was Stephen Craft, of New York City. Five children were born to them. Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. Carman are the survivors. Her second husband was Edward Raynor, of Fire Place. Mrs. George Nesbitt, of Brookhaven, is the daughter by this marriage. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 209. Age 70.. [S153] 1820 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M33_74; Page: 332; Image: 336.. [S166] 1830 Census, Ancestry.com., Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: 103; Page: 167.. [S63] 1840 Census, p. 23.; Census Place: , Suffolk, New York; Roll: 343; Page: 272.. [S3] 1850 Census, p. 119. Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M432_601; Page: 205; Image: 412.. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 209. Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M653_865; Page: 0; Image: 335.. [S61] 1860 Census, p. 209. [S62] 1870 Census, Census Place: Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York; Roll: M593_1100; Page: 373; Image: 129.. [S603] Huntington Long Islander., 10 Dec 1909, p. 4. Mrs. Hannah Raynor is 87. Wednesday, Mrs. Hannah Raynor, who lives with her daughter Mrs. C. S. Washburn, Green street, celebrated eighty-seven years of life. The old lady is bright and remarkably well preserved. She is a little deaf. Mrs. Raynor was born at Fire Place, now Brookhaven, Long Island, in 1822, being one of six children born to Leverett Reeve and Catherine Brown. One brother is still living, David Reeves of Freehold, N.J., who is 79 years of age. She married twice, her first husband being Stephen Craft of New York. Of the five children blessing their home two are now living, Mrs. Washburn and Mrs. John Carman of Yaphank. Edward Raynor of Brookhaven was her second husband; and there was one daughter by that union, Mrs. George Nesbitt of Brookhaven. She also has a stepson, John Raynor of Brooklyn, who thinks as much of her as if she were his own mother.