In a letter to one of her friends Reeve said the following of her father and her early life: Her mother's maiden name was Smithies, daughter of a Smithies, a goldsmith and jeweller to King George I. He made me read Rapin's History of England the information it gave made amends for its d Reeve was born in Ipswich, England, one of the eight children of Reverend Willian Reeve, M.A., Rector of Freston and of Kreson in Suffolk, and perpetual curate of St Nicholas. I gaped and yawned over them at the time, but, unawares to myself, they fixed my principles once and for all. In a letter to one of her friends Reeve said the following of her father and her early life: My father was an old Whig from him I have learned all that I know he was my oracle he used to make me read the Parliamentary debates, while he smoked his pipe after supper. Reeve was born in Ipswich, England, one of the eight children of Reverend Willian Reeve, M.A., Rector of Freston and of Kreson in Suffolk, and perpetual curate of St Nicholas.
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