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Jacob R Reese
Birth 5 Feb 1831
Manchester, Metropolitan Borough of Manchester, Greater Manchester, England
Death 3 Apr 1920 (aged 89)
New York County (Manhattan), New York, USA
Burial
Oakland Cemetery
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA
Plot Section 2 lot 78
Memorial ID 198200418 · View Source

NOTES on FIND A Grave site:


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Jacob H. Reese, 89, who wan born in Manchester, England, of American parents, Feb. 5, 1831, and was a resident of Yonkers from 1871 to 1901, died at his home, 478 West 145th street, New York, Saturday.

His early life was spent in the city of Philadelphia. He was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania, class of 1850.

Shortly after his graduation he pioneered the first transcontinental railroads and later engaged in farming. Subsequently he became the senior partner of the firm of Reese, Williamson & Co., dry goods importers, in Philadelphia, and upon dissolution of this firm in the late '70s, he continued under his own name in New York City until 1902, when he retired at the age of 71.

In 1869 he married Clara Jaffray, daughter of Richmond Jaffray and Abbie Hamilton, and niece of the late Edward S. Jaffray, formerly of the firm of E.S. Jaffray & Co., 350 Broadway, New York. His wife died in 1899.

Four sons and two daughters survive him: George Herbert, Arthur Mesier, Richmond Jaffray, Gerald Livingston, Lilian Hamilton and Clara Hildegarde. The funeral will be held at St. Paul's Church, Yonkers, tomorrow afternoon; burial at Oakland.
-obituary published in The Yonkers Statesman, Monday, 4/5/1920-0506

Family/Spouse: Living. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Age: 66

Died:
Age: 66

George Margaret Mesier. Margaret (daughter of Matthew Pieter Mesier and Joanna Paul Schenck) 30 Apr 1805 Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA; 30 Nov 1859Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA; 03 Dec 1859. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
Age: 58

Died:
Age: 58

Notes:

Buried:
Age: 79

Jacob Catherine Sheaff. Catherine 23 Dec 1801. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

89. Matthew Mesier (Rn=16702), who was born 1769.

He married 24 August 1800 Joanna Schenck Mesier (Rn=16703), who was born 30 March 1781 and died 28 February 1857 at Wappingers Falls, Dutchess County, New York at 75 years of age, a daughter of Paul Schenck
(Rn=16704) and Johanna Livingston Schenck (Rn=18541).

Children of Matthew Mesier and Joanna Schenck were as follows:

131. i. Peter Mesier was born 1801 and died 1810).

132. ii. Joanna Mesier was born 1802 and died 1887).

+ 133. iii. Margaret Mesier Reese (Rn=43773), who was born 1805 and married George B Reese (Rn=63467).

134. iv. Maria Mesier was born 1808 and died 1890).

135. v. Abraham Mesier was born 1810 and died 1882 and married 1847) [Rebecca Ralston Chester was born 1826 and died 1890)].

+ 136. vi. Henry Mesier (Rn=16701), who was born 11 February 1812 and married Elizabeth Carmer Wetmore Mesier (Rn=16700).

** From http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~rclarke/page1/mesier.htm

Matthew Joanna Paul Schenck 24 Aug 1800Albany, NY. Joanna (daughter of Paul Abraham Schenck and Joanna Livingston) 30 Mar 1781 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA; 28 Feb 1857Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA; Wappingers Falls, Dutchess, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deitrick Cristiana Rohr 1764. Cristiana about 1745. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In 1776, a well-to-do loyalist tea merchant from New York City, Peter Mesier, arrived in Fishkill. He bought the 750 acres of land and the homestead from Nicholas Brewer and opened a small store in the homestead. Mesier angered his customers with high prices and in May of 1777, a number of people broke into his store and demanded tea, refusing to pay the high prices asked. For three days, the intruders beat Mesier and his wife and servants, destroyed his property and raided his cellar.

Peter Mesier and his wife, Catherine Sleight, lived peacefully after the incident and together had eight children, three boys and five girls. Upon the death of Peter in 1806, their son Matthew took over the Mesier Homestead. Matthew and his wife had two sons, Henry and Abram and two daughters, Johanna and Maria. These heirs of Matthew were the last owners of Mesier Homestead. (From website of the Wappingers Falls Historical Society -

http://www.wappingershistoricalsociety.org/mesier.shtml

Pieter Catherina Sleigt. Catherina 25 Oct 1742 New York, New York, USA; 13 Aug 1806New York, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joanna and Paul lived in Millston, N.J., then in Bushwick, L.I., and later in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. In 1774-78, he was manager of a mill which Leonard Lewis had established on the Val Kill where it enters the Hudson River, and during this period he lived in the Lewis House. The site rapidly increased in importance and became known as "the Upper Landing." In the 1780's he was in New Lebanon, N.Y., and around 1800 he was back in Poughkeepsie, where he was a well-known merchant. He was a member of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies Aug. 9, 1777, along with Andrew Billings, Peter Tappan, and John Schneck. His name appears on the list of Deputies to the Provincial Congress in 1776, and he was among those who signed the Articles of Association.

** From http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/siblings.htm#schenck

Paul Joanna Livingston 26 Jan 1776Albany, NY. Joanna (daughter of Dr. Henry Livingston and Susanna Storm Conklin) 16 May 1754 Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA; 16 Jan 1795Poughkeepsie, Dutchess, New York, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Joanna and Paul lived in Millston, N.J., then in Bushwick, L.I., and later in Wappingers Falls, N.Y. In 1774-78, he was manager of a mill which Leonard Lewis had established on the Val Kill where it enters the Hudson River, and during this period he lived in the Lewis House. The site rapidly increased in importance and became known as "the Upper Landing." In the 1780's he was in New Lebanon, N.Y., and around 1800 he was back in Poughkeepsie, where he was a well-known merchant. He was a member of the Committee for Detecting Conspiracies Aug. 9, 1777, along with Andrew Billings, Peter Tappan, and John Schneck. His name appears on the list of Deputies to the Provincial Congress in 1776, and he was among those who signed the Articles of Association.

** From website http://www.iment.com/maida/familytree/henry/genealogy/siblings.htm#schenck

Died:
Poughkeepsie Rural Cemetery