Friday, March 7, 2014

52 Ancestors - Week 10: #17 - Lucretia Townsend (Smith) Seaver (1828-1884)

Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post Challenge:  52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog.  Here is my ancestor biography for week #10:

Lucretia Townsend (Smith) Seaver  (1828-1884) is #17 on my Ancestor Name List, and is my 2nd-great-grandmother.  She married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.


 I am descended through:

*  their son, #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922), who married 1874 Hattie L. Hildreth (1857-1920)

*  their son, #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942), who married 1900 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962)
* their son, #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983), who married 1942 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) 
*  their son, #1 Randall J. Seaver (1943-....)

To create this post, I made an Individual Summary report in RootsMagic 6, then saved it into an RTF file.  I then copied and pasted the Person, the Individual Fact List, the Marriages/Children, the General Notes, and the Source Citations into this blog post.  Unfortunately, the source citations superscripts did not survive this process as superscripts, so I put them in brackets in the Individual Facts list below, and without brackets in the Source Citation list.  I have images of many of these records, but have not included them in this blog post due to the length of the post.  Many of them have been transcribed or shown in Amanuensis Monday and Treasure Chest Thursday posts.

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1)  PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):


*  Name:                   Lucretia Townsend Smith [1]    
*  Sex:                      Female   
*  Father:                  Alpheus B. Smith (1802-1840)   
*  Mother:                 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869)   
  
2) INDIVIDUAL FACTS ( with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                    6 September 1828, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [1]

*  Census:                 1 June 1850 (age 21), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [2]
*  Census:                 1 June 1855 (age 26) Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [3]
*  Census:                1 June 1860 (age 31), Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [4]
*  Census:                1 June 1865 (age 36), Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [5]
*  Census:                1 June 1870 (age 41), Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [6]
*  Census:                1 June 1880 (age 51), Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [7]   
*  Death:                  24 March 1884 (age 55), of an abscess; Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [8–9]
*  Burial:                  after 24 March 1884 (after age 55), Leominster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [10–11]
*  Probate:               22 April 1884 (age 55), Letter of Administration filed; Worcester, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [12]
   
*  Alt. Name:           Lucretia T. Smith [2]    
*  Alt. Name:           Lucretia T. Seaver [3, 5, 10, 12]
*  Alt. Name:           Lucretia Smith [13–14]
*  Alt. Name:           Lucretia Seaver [4, 7]    
*  Alt. Name:           Lucretia D. Seaver [6, 8–9]   
  
3)  MARRIAGES/CHILDREN (with source citations as indicated in brackets):    
*  Spouse 1:            Isaac Seaver (1823-1901)   
*  Marriage 1:         9 September 1851 (age 23), Walpole, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States [13-14]
*  Child 1:              Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922)   
*  Child 2:              Benjamin Seaver (1854-1894)   
*  Child 3:              Elizabeth Lucinda Seaver (1859-1914)   

*  Child 4:              Ellen Maria "Nellie" Seaver (1861-1933)  

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

The birth of Lucretia Townsend Smith is recorded in the Medfield, Massachusetts Vital Records book as [1]:

"[SMITH], Lucretia Townsend, d[aughter]. Alpeus B. and Elizabeth, Sept. 6, 1828"

Her first and middle names commemorated one of her mother's teacher colleagues in Dedham, Lucretia Townsend.

She was also called Lucretia Smith and Lucretia T. Smith before her marriage, and Lucretia Seaver, Lucretia T. Seaver and Lucretia D. Seaver after her marriage. 

In the 1850 US census, Elizabeth H. Smith (age 52, female, born MA) resided in Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts with Lucretia T. Smith (age 22, female born MA) [2].

The marriage record in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915 record collection has this information [13]:

*  Date:  Sept. 4 1851 in Walpole
*  Groom:  Isaac Seaver, resident of Medfield, age 27, a Blacksmith, born Westminster, parents Benj & Abigail Seaver, Second marriage
*  Bride:  Lucretia Smith, resident of Medfield, age 23, born in Medfield, parents Alpheus & Eliza Smith, First marriage
*  Officiant:  Rev. Geo. R. Newhall

In the 1855 Massachusetts State Census, the Isaac Seaver family was enumerated on 14 September 1855 residing in Medfield, Norfolk county, Massachusetts [3].  The household included:

*  Isaac Seaver - age 31, male, a machinist, born in Mass.
*  Lucretia T. Seaver - age 28, female, born Mass.
*  Juliette G. Seaver - age 8, female, born Mass.
*  Frank W. Seaver - age 3, male, born Mass.
*  Benjn Seaver - age 1, male, born Mass.

In the 1860 census, this family resided in Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts [4]. The household included:

*  Isaac Seaver 3rd -- age 36, male, blacksmith, $1800 in real property, $600 in personal property, born MA
*  Lucretia Seaver -- age 32, female, born MA
*  Juliette G. Seaver -- age 13, female, born MA, attended school
*  Frank W. Seaver -- age 8, male, born MA, attended school
*  Benjamin Seaver -- age 6, male, born MA, attended school
*  Elizabeth L. Seaver -- age 1, female, born MA.

The 1865 Massachusetts State Census entry for the Isaac Seaver family in Westminster, Worcester County, Massachusetts includes [5]:

*  Isaac Seaver - age 41, male, born Westminster, Mass., married, a blacksmith, ratable polls checked, legal voter checked
*  Lucretia T. Seaver - age 37, female, born Medfield, Mass., married, a housekeeper
*  Juliet G. Seaver - age 17, female, born Westminster, Mass., single, a domestic
*  Frank W. Seaver - age 13, male, born Medfield, Mass.
*  Benjamin Seaver - no age, male, born Medfield, Mass.
*  Lizzie L. Seaver - age 6, female, born Westminster, Mass.
*  Nellie M. Seaver - age 4, female, born Westminster, Mass.

In the 1870 US census, this family resided in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts [6]. The household included:

*  Isaac Seaver -- age 46, male, white, works in a fork shop, $2000 in real property, $1500 in personal property, born MA
*  Lucretia D. Seaver -- age 42, female, white, keeping house, born MA
*  Frank W. Seaver -- age 18, male, white, attends school, born MA
*  Benjamin Seaver -- age 16, male, white, attends school, born MA
*  Elizabeth Seaver -- age 11, female, white, attends school, born MA
*  Ellen M. Seaver -- age 8, female, white, attends school, born MA

In the 1880 census, the Isaac Seaver family resided in Leominster, Worcester County, Massachusetts [7].  The family included:

*  Isaac Seaver -- white, male, age 56, married, born MA, blacksmith, parents born MA
*  Lucretia Seaver -- white, female, age 52, wife, married, born MA, keeping house, parents born MA
*  Nellie Seaver -- white, female, age 18, daughter, single, attended school, born MA, parents born MA.

The death entry for Lucretia (Smith) Seaver in the Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915 has this information [8]:

*  Date/Place:  24 March 1884 in Leominster, Mass.
*  Lucretia D. Seaver, Female, Married, age 56-6-18 at death; cause of death an Abscess; Residence is Leominster, Place of Death is Leominster, Burial in Leominster; birthplace Medfield; father is Alpheus Smith, born in Medfield; Mother is Elizabeth - , born in Eastham, Mass.

The gravestone inscription of Isaac Seaver, two of his wives, and two children in Evergreen Cemetery in Leominster, Massachusetts reads [10-11]:

1823  Isaac Seaver  1901
1826 Juliett his wife 1847
1828 Lucretia T. his wife 1884
1854 Benjamin Seaver 1894
1861  Nellie M. Seaver  1931

Lucretia T. (Smith) Seaver died in 1884, intestate.  Her probate papers are in Worcester County Probate Records, Probate Packet B-3169 [12]. Her husband, Isaac Seaver was named administrator, and he filed bond of $1000 on 22 April 1884.  The  administrator's petition was filed on the same date, listing the following children:

Frank W. Seaver of Leominster    son
Benjamin Seaver of Maitland FL    "
Eliz. L. Blanchard of Harvard    daughter
Ellen M. Seaver of Leominster      "

5)  SOURCES:


1. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Births, page 92: Lucretia Townsend Smith entry.

2. 1850 United States Federal Census, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, population schedule; Medfield town, Page 348A, Dwelling #488, Family #632, Eliza Smith household; online database, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M432, Roll 331.

3. "Massachusetts State Census, 1855,"  indexed database and digital image, FamilySearch.org  (https://www.familysearch.org), Norfolk county, Medfield, page 19 (penned), Dwelling #55, Family #55, Isaac Seaver household.

4. 1860 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Westminster:  Page 94, dwelling #354, family #386, Isaac Seaver household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M653, Roll 531).

5. "Massachusetts, State Census, 1865", Worcester County, Westminster, Page 30 (penned), Dwelling #272, family #310, Isaac Seaver household; digital image, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org).

6. 1870 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leominster: Page 284, dwelling #398, family #526, Isaac Seaver household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication M593, Roll 654.

7. 1880 United States Federal Census, Population Schedule, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Leominster:  Page 533C, dwelling #493, family #621, Isaac Seaver household; digital images, Ancestry.com (http://www.ancestry.com); citing National Archives Microfilm Publication T9, Roll 565.

8. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," indexed database and digital images,  New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org), Deaths: Volume 357, Page 414.

9. Leominster, Massachusetts, Death Certificate, Certificate of Death, Lucretia D. Seaver, 24 March 1884; City Clerk's Office, Leominster, Mass. (certificate dated 28 August 1991).

10. Evergreen Cemetery (Leominster, Mass., on Main Street), Lucretia T. Seaver gravestone.

11. Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com), Evergreen Cemetery (Leominster, Mass.), Lucretia Townsend Smith Seaver memorial.

12. "Worcester County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records" (Worcester County Probate Courthouse, Worcester, Mass.), Probate Packet B-3169, Lucretia Seaver (1884), letter of administration filed.

13. "Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915," England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors, Marriages: Volume 55, Page 214, Walpole:  Isaac Seaver and Lucretia Smith entry.

14. Walpole, Massachusetts, Certificate of Marriage, Isaac Seaver and Lucretia Smith, 4 September 1851, Town Clerk's Office, Medfield, Mass. (certificate dated 7 October 1994).

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