Nathaniel Guild is number 556 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandfather, who married #557 Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771) in about 1708 in Dedham, now Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
I am descended through:
* their son #278 Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796) who married #279 Mary Boyden (1708-1776) in 1733.
* their daughter #139 Mary Guild (1735-1800) who married #138 Amos Plimpton (1735-1808) in 1756.
* their daughter #69 Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) who married #68 Aaron Smith (1765-1841) in 1795.
* their son #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840) who married #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) in 1826.
* their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.
* their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) who married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) who married #3 Betty Virginia Carringer (1919-2002) in 1942.
* their son #1 Randall Jeffrey Seaver (1943-living)
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1) PERSON (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Name: Nathaniel Guild[1–2]
* Alternate Name: Nathaneel Guile[3-4]
* Sex: Male
* Father: Samuel Guild (1647-1731)
* Mother: Mary Woodcock (1653-1703)
2) INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Birth: 12 January 1678/9, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1–4]
* Death: 28 January 1774 (age 95), Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1–2,5]
3) SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
* Spouse 1: Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771)
* Marriage 1: before 1708 (before about age 29), probably Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]
* Child 1: Mehitable Guild (1708-1798)
* Child 2: Mary Guild (1709-1751)
* Child 3: Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796)
* Child 4: Susanna Guild (1713-1714)
* Child 5: Susanna Guild (1717-1742)
* Child 6: Samuel Guild (1719-1743)
* Child 7: Rebecca Guild (1721-1793)
* Child 8: Sarah Guild (1723- )
* Child 9: Moses Guild (1725-1789)
* Child 10: Aaron Guild (1728-1818)
4) NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):
The Guild families of America were described in the book The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family[1]. The biography of Nathaniel Guild (page 23) includes:
"He was appointed by Gov. Belcher, Oct. 10, 1736, Ensign in Capt Eben Woodward's 2d Foot Company. He lived at Dedham, and died there Jan. 28, 1774."
The book Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume 4[2], includes this sketch for Nathaniel Guild on page 2195:
"(III) Nathaniel, son of Samuel Guild, was born in Dedham, January 12, 1678, and died there January 28, 1774. He was appointed by Governor Belcher, October 10, 1736, ensign in Captain Eben Woodward's Second Foot Company. He married Mehitable Farrington, or Hartshorn, who died February 10, 1771. Children: 1. Mehitable, born February 18, 1707/8; married, September 23, 1726, Jacob Ellis. 2. Mary, born October 24, 1709; married John Morse. 3. Nathaniel, born March 20, 1712; married (first) Mary Boyden; (second) Ann Rhodes. 4. Susanna, born November 23, 1713; died September 2, 1714. 5. Susanna, born June 6, 1717; died September 13, 1742; married December 11, 1735, Jacob Hart. 6. Samuel, born July 13. 1719. 7. Rebecca, born September 6, 1721; died April 21, 1793; married, January 28. 1742, Deacon Samuel Cony. 8. Sarah, born April 18, 1723; married, November 1, 1748, Jonathan Billings Jr. 9. Moses, born May 14, `1725; married Rhoda Mann;10. Aaron, mentioned below."
Nathaniel Guild was born 12 January 1678/9 in Dedham, Massachusetts, the son of Samuel and Mary (Woodcock) Guild[3-4]. The Dedham town record says (in Old Style dating, where the 11th month is January of the next year):
"Nathaneel son of Samuell & Mary Guile borne 12th of 11th [16]78"
Nathaniel married Mehitable Hartshorn (1683-1771, some older books say "Farrington") in about 1708[1-2] (estimated by the birth date of the oldest child), probably in Dedham (but it is not in the Dedham records). They had ten children, all born in and recorded in the Dedham town records:
* Mehitable Guild (1708-1798), married 1726 Jacob Ellis (1703-1752).
* Mary Guild (1709-1751), married 1727 John Morse (1703-1750).
* Nathaniel Guild (1712-1796), married 1733 Mary Boyden (1708-1776).
* Susanna Guild (1713-1714).
* Susanna Guild (1717-1742), married 1735 Jacob Hart (1710-1783).
* Samuel Guild (1719-1743).
* Rebecca Guild (1721-1793), married 1742 Samuel cony (1718-1779).
* Sarah Guild (1723-????), married 1748 Jonathan Billings (1725-1789).
* Moses Guild (1725-1789), married 1753 Rhoda Mason (1735-1797).
* Aaron Guild (1728-1818), married 1756 Anna Coney (1728-1776).
Nathaniel's wife, Mehitable, died in 1771 in Dedham.
Nathaniel Guild died at age 95 on 28 January 1774 in Dedham, Massachusetts[5], and is probably buried in the Dedham cemetery although there is no cemetery record available for him.
There is no probate record for Nathaniel Guild of Dedham in the Suffolk County, Massavhusetts probate court records.
5) SOURCES
1. Charles Burleigh, The Genealogy and History of the Guild, Guile and Gile Family (Portland, Me : Brown Thurston & Company, 1887), page 23, Nathaniel Guild3 sketch.
2. William Richard Cutter, William Frederick Adams, Genealogical and personal memoirs relating to the families of the state of Massachusetts, Volume 4 (New York : Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1910), page 2195, Nathaniel Guild sketch.
3. Don Gleason Hill (editor), The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Dedham,1635-1845 (Dedham, Mass. : Town of Dedham, 1886), page 16, Births, 1678, Nathaneel Guile birth entry, "12th of 11th, 78".
4. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com, "Dedham Births, Marriages and Deaths," Page 16 (Image 19 of 1916), Nathaniel Guild birth entry, 12 January 1678/9.
5. Don Gleason Hill (editor), The Record of Births, Marriages and Deaths in the Town of Dedham,1635-1845, page 112, Deaths, Nathaniel Guild entry, 28 January 1774.
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NOTE: In 2014, Amy Johnson Crow suggested a weekly blog theme of "52 Ancestors" in her blog post 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks on the No Story Too Small blog. I have extended this theme in 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 Weeks. The list of 52 Ancestors biographies from my great-grandparents to the 7th great-grandparents (in work) is in https://www.geneamusings.com/p/ancestor-biographies.html.
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