When Mary Reeve was born about 1674, in Little Washbourne, Worcestershire, England, her father, William Reeve, was 25 and her mother, Mrs. Mary Reeve, was 23. She married John Carpenter on 31 March 1695, in Elmstone Hardwicke, Gloucestershire, England. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 3 daughters. She died on 20 August 1756, in Alderton, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom, at the age of 83.
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The Glorious Revolution brought the downfall of Catholic King James II and the reign of his Protestant daughter Mary and her Dutch husband, William III of Orange.
The South Sea Bubble Bill was passed by the House of Lords in 1720. This allowed the South Sea company to monopolize trade with South America. The company underwrote the English National Debt which promised 5% interest from the government. As shares rose exponentially, many companies were created and many fortunes were made. The stocks crashed and many people lost their money which caused them to become destitute overnight and suicide was common. Robert Walpole took charge of the South Sea Bubble Financial Crisis by dividing the national debt between the Bank of England, the Treasury, and the Sinking Fund.
Gregorian calendar was adopted in England in 1752. That year, Wednesday, September 2, 1752, was followed by Thursday, September 14th, 1752, which caused the country to skip ahead eleven days.
English (East Anglia): occupational name from Middle English reve, refe ‘reeve’ (Old English gerēfa). In medieval England a reeve was an official responsible for the administration of a manor, including organizing work done by the peasants on the land for their lord, collecting rents, selling produce, and so on.
Irish: variant of Reeves 5.
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