Bethuel Reeve 1776 census
2 Males under 50 and over 16 years:
Bethuel 1726-1737 (makes him at least 18 when first son born)
Joel 1755 (21 birth year known from headstone and Early History of Southampton)
Daniel is away fighting in the war he is likely at least 16, birth likely btw 1758-1760
3 Males under 16 which means born after 1760:
2 Females over 16 years (before 1760):
Mary and probably Keturah
1 Female under 16 years (after 1760):
probably Bethiah
Birth order in Early History of Southampton:
Joel, Silas, Daniel, Zebulon, Jeremiah, Keturah, Bethiah
Birth order mentioned in the Will:
Joel, Jeremiah, Silas, Daniel, Zebulon, Keturah, Bethiah
My guess is Joel (1755), Keturah (1756), Silas (aft 1760), Daniel (1760), Zebulon (1761), Jeremiah (1763), Bethiah (1764) or within a year or two.
(this next part was an incorrect theory -- the Silas who was the father of this family may have been distantly related to Bethuel, but was not Bethuel's son. This Silas was the grandson of Hezakiah Reeve who removed from Long Island to New Jersey.)
Next I want to jump to the 1840 Vigo County, Indiana census. Here, in Honey Creek Township, We have in a row, Sanford Larkin, Nicholas Larkin, Nicholas Larkin Jr., Thomas Franklin, Silas Reeve and Eden Reeve (the other siblings Rufus and Eunice have died). I believe Silas and Eden are married to Larkin sisters, and Thomas Franklin is Annie Reeves husband. Sanford, Nicholas Jr, and Lucy (married to Silas) and Phebe (married to Eden) are all siblings and the children of Nicholas Larkin Sr.
Eden and Phebe's marriage is pretty well documented. But there is no evidence that Nicholas Larkin Sr. had a daughter named Lucy. Silas' wife seems to be named Lucy Larkin, she shows up later in the census record as Lucy Reeves. Nicholas Larkin Sr. recorded daughters seem to have been Phebe, Sarah Ann and Lois. Although Lucy is not documented as his daughter, it is certainly not impossible. In the 1800 census the family is listed with 2 females under 10, the 1810 census also lists the family with 2 females under 10. Even if the were newborns in 1800, they could not still be under 10 in 1810. Then again, there are no females listed with the family that are over 10. It's pretty clear that the females in the 1800 census are not the same ones in the 1810 census, so there may indeed be daughters unaccounted for. I think that Nicholas Sr.'s will might help clarify matters, or perhaps Silas Jr's will might help.
Interestingly, one of Silas and Lucy's sons, Roy Ransom Reeves, names his children as follows:
Silas Eden Reeves, Rufus Reeves, Mandana Reeves, Millard Fillmore Reeves, Artemus Lee Reeves (after a sibling), and Lucy Reeves.
