This week's document for transcription is from the 1839 Middlesex County, Massachusetts probate file for the guardianship of William R. Seaver et al of Marlborough, Massachusetts.
a) Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records - Case File 20065, image 2 of 17:
To the Honorable S.P.P. Fay Esq. Judge
of the Court of Probate, in and for the County of
Middlesex.
The Memorial of Sarah C. Seaver of Marlborough in
the County of Middlesex, widow
Respectfully represents
That William R. Seaver & Elizabeth W. Seaver are minors over
the age of 14 years & Hannah P. Seaver & Sarah R. Seaver
are minors under the age of 14 years & children of Heman
Seaver late of said Marlborough Esquire, dece^d; that there
to occasion for a Guardian to said Minors; that William R.
& Elizabeth Seaver have nominated your Petitioner to
be there Guardian, who [is] the mother of said Minors &
entitled to the part of Guardian.
That the said Memorialist is ready to give Bond, with sufficient sureties, for the
due performance of said trust: Wherefore your Memorialist prays, that she may
be appointed Guardian
in manner and form as the law in such case provides.
Sarah C. Seaver
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Middlesex, ss.
At a Court of Probate, holden at the Probate office
in and for said county, on the twenty second day of
July A.D. 1839 for this purpose.
The foregoing memorial being read and fully understood, and all needful
inquiries made relative thereto, it appears to me, the Judge of said Court, that
the declarations therein contained are true, and that the memorialist is a suitable
person to be appointed to the said office of Guardian.
and is eligible thereto:
It is therefore Decreed by me, the said Judge, that the said memorialist be
appointed Guardian she giving bond
with sufficient sureties for the due performance of said trust, in manner and form
as the law in such case provides:
And it is Ordered, that the said memorialist exhibit upon oath into the
Court of Probate, in and for said county, a true and perfect inventory of all
and singular the real estate, goods, chattels, rights, and credits of the said
minors within twelve months
from the date hereof.
S.P.P. Fay J. Prob.
The source citation for this probate record is:
Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Case file 20065 (17 images), William R. Seaver et al of Marlborough, 1839; "Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 24 July 2022).
The estate file for the testate probate of William R. Seaver et al contains 17 images, including:
* Image 1 - cover folder of estate file
* 22 July 1839 - image 2: Petition by Sarah C. Seaver for guardianship of four minor children.
* 22 July 1839 - image 3: Bond of Sarah C. Seaver, Thomas Cole and Henry Rice for $10,000
* 28 July 1843 - image 4: Affidavit of William R. Seaver accepting his portion of the estate, including a note for $584.40 pending settlement of his father's estate.
* 21 March 1844 - image 5: Affidavit of William R. Seaver accepting the $584.40 on the note.
* 28 July 1843 - images 6-8: Account of Sarah C. Seaver for William R. Seaver. Board and sundry expenses deducted for each year, plus interest accrued, for total inheritance of $2720 before expenses and interest, leaving a balance of $1206.84.
* 10 January 1845 - image 9: Affidavit of Sarah R. Day accepting her portion of the estate.
* 10 January 1845 - images 10-11: Account of Sarah C. Seaver for Sarah R. Day. Board and sundry expenses deducted for each year, plus interest accrued, for total inheritance of $2950 before expenses and interest, leaving a balance of $1121.41.
* 16 January 1844 - image 12: Affidavit of Elizabeth W. Frost accepting her portion of the estate.
* 16 January 1844 - images 13-14: Account of Sarah C. Seaver for Elizabeth W. Frost. Board and sundry expenses deducted for each year, plus interest accrued, for total inheritance of $2840 before expenses and interest, leaving a balance of $1371.42.
* 15 August 1848 - image 15: Affidavit of Hannah P. Homer accepting her portion of the estate.
* 15 August 1848 - images 16-17: Account of Sarah C. Seaver for Hannah P. Homer. Board and sundry expenses deducted for each year, plus interest accrued, for total inheritance of $2882.21 before expenses and interest, leaving a balance of $1066.43.
Heman Seaver was born 6 May 1769, the son of Norman and Sarah (Read) Seaver of Shrewsbury, Massachusetts. He died 19 December 1835 in Marlborough. He married (1) Elizabeth Weeks (1772-1815) on 15 January 1794 in Marlborough and they had two children:
* Aaron Weeks Seaver (1797-1813).
* Norman S. Seaver (1802-1838).
He married (2) Sarah Cazneau Rice (1787-1872) on 12 February 1816 in Marlborough. They had five children:
* Aaron Weeks Seaver (1819-1819).
* William Rufus Seaver (1822-1898), married 1842 Mehitable Homer (1822-1908).
* Elizabeth Weeks Seaver (1824-1892), married 1844 Norman Seaver Frost (1816-1854).
* Sarah Rice Seaver (1825-1898), married 1844 Horace Day (1816-1902).
* Hannah Palfrey Seaver (1827-1882), married 1846 Wilson Hamilton Homer (1812-1890).
Heman and Sarah Cazneau (Rice) Seaver resided in Montreal, Quebec, and their children were born there. Before his death in 1835, the family moved to Marlborough, Massachusetts. Heman Seaver had land holdings in Montreal. Heman's second wife, Sarah C. (Rice) Seaver, is the appointed Guardian of her four minor children.
Heman Seaver (1769-1835) is my fourth great-granduncle, and his children are my first cousins five times removed. Our common Seaver ancestor is my 5th great-grandfather, Norman Seaver (1734-1787).
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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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