Jane was mentioned in the 3 December 1716 will of her husband Joseph Reeves. She was to receive one third of his land during her life. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 15, pages 75–76.]

On 16 July 1717, Jane Reeves, John Bates, Godfrey Stanton, and Charles Gresham were bound £400 sterling for Jane Reeves’s execution of the last will and testament of Joseph Reeves. Signed Jane Reeves, Jno Bates, Godfrey Stanton, Charles his 8 mark Gresham. Ordered recorded 16 July 1717. [Essex County, Virginia, Deed Book 15, page 76.]