Amanuensis Monday -- 1862 Will of Abram Seaver (1807-1881) of Keene, New Hampshire

 This week's document for transcription is the 1862 Will of Abram  Seaver (1807-1881) of  Keene, Cheshire County, New Hampshire.

1) Cheshire County, New Hampshire Probate Records - Probate File 1138 - Images 1411-1413 of 1475:

The transcription of this will is:

I Abram Seaver of Keene in the County of

Cheshire and State of New Hampshire, being

sensible of my liableness to sudden death

and being at the same time in my own

apprehension of sound mind, do judge it

best to make and accordingly do hereby

make this my last will and testament.

It is my will that all my just debts and

the charges of my funeral be paid and dis-

charged by my executrix herein after named

and appointed out of my estate as soon

as conveniently may be after my decease

and I leave the charges of my funeral

to the discretion of my said executrix.

I give and bequeath to my son, William

T. Seaver give dollars to be paid as soon

as convenient after my decease by my

said executrix to the said William.

I give and bequeath to my son Edwin

S. Seaver five dollars to be paid to the

said Edwin as soon as convenient after

my decease by my said executrix.

I give, bequeath and devise to my

beloved wife Direxa Seaver all my real

estate, tenements and hereditaments where-

soever situate, and after paying the

legacies, charges and expenses as here-

in before mentioned I also give and

bequeath to my said wife the residue

of all my personal estate hereby meaning

to include those in active rights and

claims, all my goods and chattels of

any and every nature whatsoever, to have

and to hold the said real estate, tenements

and hereditaments and said personal

property to the said Direxa Seaver, her 

heirs and assigns to her own use and

benefit forever.

I do hereby appoint my said wife Di-

rexa Seaver Executrix of this my last

will and testament.

Witness my hand and seal this the

thirtieth day of January AD 1862.

 

                                Abram Seaver  {seal}

Signed, sealed, published and declared

to be the last will and testament of the

said Abram Seaver by the said Abram

Seaver in the presence of us who at his

request in his presence and in the presence

of each other have subscribed our names

as witnesses thereof.

                                H D Randall

                                Stephen Barker

                                Don H. Woodward

                                                                 

The source citation for this probate case file is:

"New Hampshire, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1643-1982," indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Cheshire County, Estate Files S1068-S1140, 1878-1881, File 1138 (images 1402-1419 of  1475), Abram Seaver of Keene, 1881; original data: New Hampshire County, District and Probate Courts.

Abraham "Abram" Seaver (1807-1881) was born 3 November 1807 in Swanzey, New Hampahire, the son of William Hyde and Polly (Pierce) Seaver.  He married Direxa Verry (1810-1884), born 22 March 1810 in Swanzey, New Hampshire, the daughter of Daniel and Rebecca (Cleveland) Verry,  on 16 October 1832 in Winchester, New Hampshire.  Abraham "Abram" Seaver died 9 December 1881 in Keene, New Hampshire.  They had two children:

*  William Taylor Seaver (1833-1904), married 1862 Minnie Melvina Knight (1841-1918).  No children.

*  Edwin Snow Seaver (1838-1884), married 1861 Lydia Bradford Brown (1836-????).  They had one child, Charlotte Maria (Lottie) Seaver (1863-1946), who married 1891 Henry Albert Derby (1868-1945).

The will of Abram Seaver was written on 30 January 1862. His wife, Direxa, was named as the executor of Abram's will.  The will was proved on the third Friday of December 1881.  The inventory was filed on 14 February 1882, and totaled $2000 in real estate and $262.00 in personal estate.  The two sons signed receipts for their $5.00 legacy on 27 November 1882.

Abraham Seaver (1807-1881) is my 4th cousin five times removed.  Our common Seaver ancestor is my 8th great-grandfather Shubael Seaver (1640-1731).

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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 of records of my ancestors at Amanuensis Monday Posts.

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