This week's documents for transcription are from the 1843 Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court estate papers for the intestate estate of Betsey Seaver of Townsend, Massachusetts.
a) Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 41271, image 15 of 17:
b) Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 41271, image 17 of 17:
The transcription of these pages is:
a) Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 41271, image 15 of 17:
The following are the Names of the heirs at
law of the Estate of Betsey Seaver late of
Townsend deceased.
Brothers & Sisters of deceased }
Thomas Seaver }
Ruth Flagg widow }
Abraham Seaver }
Hannah Seaver }
Jesse Seaver }
Otis Seaver }
Nephews & Nieces of deceased
Abraham W. Seaver
Olive Bartlett wife of Jonathan Bartlett
Harriet N. Fairbanks wife of Luke Fairbanks
Celinda Seaver wife of Wm Seaver
you will perceive Celinda Seaver did not alter her Name by Marriage
Thomas F. Seaver
Samuel Seaver
the Above are Children of Samuel Seaver late of Northboro deceased
Hannah Sherwin
Susan Applin wife of Weston Applin
Children of Beulah Sherwin
When you have made the distribution please send it to me by Mail to Townsend Harbor
Yours Respectfully
Joel Emery
a) Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 41271, image 17 of 17:
At a Court of Probate holden at Groton
within and for the county of Middlesex, on the
fifth day of November A.D. 1844
Whereas it has appeared to the Hon. J.M. Fay Esq.,
Judge of said Court, from the sent account of Joel Emery
this day allowed as admin of the
estate of Betsey Seaver - late of Townsend
in said county, singlewoman, deceased, intestate, that all the debts
and charges already arisen against said
estate are fully paid and satisfied, and that a balance sill rests in said
admin hands, amounting to the sum of
Eighty seven dollars & seventy cents
which is to distributed to and among the next of kin
of said deceased, after paying such charges as may hereafter arise.
It is therefore decreed by me, the said Judge, that said
admin distribute and pay out the same as follows:
That he retain, to pay future charges, dolls. fifty cts. 0.50
That he pay to Thomas Seaver 10.90
That he pay to Ruth Flagg 10.90
That he pay to Abraham Seaver 10.90
That he pay to Hannah Seaver 10.90
That he pay to Jesse Seaver 10.90
That he pay to Otis Seaver 10.90
That he pay to Abraham W. Seaver 1.82
That he pay to Jon'a. Bartlett in right of his wife Olive 1.82
That he pay to Luke Fairbanks in right of his wife Harriet 1.82
That he pay to William Seaver in right of his wife Celinda 1.82
That he pay to Thomas F. Seaver 1.81
That he pay to Samuel Seaver 1.81
That he pay to Hannah Sherwin 5.45
That he pay to Weston Applin in right of wife Susan 5.45
$ 87.70
All which sums to the aforesaid balance, and are to be paid to
them or their respective legal representatives.
Witness the said J.M. Fay Judge as aforesaid
under his hand at the Court aforesaid.
J.P. P. Fay Reg.
The source citation for this probate record is:
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case file 41271 (17 images), Betsey Seaver of Townsend, 1844; "Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 8 May 2022).
Elizabeth "Betsey" Seaver was born 18 February 1779 in Townsend, the daughter of Thomas and Hannah (Wood) Seaver. She never married, and had no children. She died intestate 5 November 1843 in Townsend, owning real and personal property. Her parents and three siblings had died before 1843, so the heirs-at-law according to Massachusetts law at the time were her siblings and the children of her deceased siblings.
The papers in the Probate File 41,271 in Middlesex County Probate Court records include:
* 20 November 1843: Probate Court ordered Robert Jefts, James Gilcrest and John P. Clements to appriase the estate of Betsey Seaver, and they accepted.
* 24 November 1843: Inventory of estate taken by Robert Jefts, John P. Clements, and James Gitchnest. Real estate (one half of the undivided homestead farm in Townsend) was apprised at $375, and the personal property at $199.07, for a total of $574.07.
* 5 December 1843: Petition by four siblings requesting that Joel Emery be appointed administrator o the estate.
* 5 December 1843: Memorandum and Bond of by Joel Emery, who was appointed administrator of estate.
* 4 May 1844: Affidavit by Joel Emery that he notified the heirs and community of his administration and requested a list of debts and credits be provided to him.
* 5 November 1844: First account filed by Joel emery and accepted by the Judge of Probate. It included charges, debts and credits totaling $111.37, leaving $87.70 in personal property to be distributed to the heirs.
* 5 November 1844: A list of heirs and the amount awarded was provided and approved by the Judge of Probate.
Elizabeth "Betsey" Seaver was my 4th cousin 6 times removed, with our common Seaver ancestor being Robert Seaver (1608-1683) of Roxbury, Massachusetts.
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NOTE: Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started a Monday blog theme years ago called "Amanuensis Monday." John offers this definition for "amanuensis:"
"A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another."
Read other transcriptions for records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.
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