I have started writing genealogical sketches, and then will write AI-assisted biographies, of my ancestors by ancestral couple, not by individual ancestor.
Here is the genealogical sketch for my 8th great-grandparents Shubael Seaver (1640-1730) and Hannah (Wilson) Seaver (1646-1722) who married in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay Colony in 1668.
- Caleb Seaver (1641-1713), married 1671 Sarah Inglesby (1651-1708).
- Joshua Seaver (1641-1730), married 1678 Mary May (1657-????).
- Elizabeth Seaver (1643-1731), married 1661 Samuel Craft (1637-1691).
- Nathamiel Seaver (1646-1676), married 1671 Sarah --?-- (1647-????).
- Hannah Seaver (1647-1648).
- Hannah Seaver (1650-1654).
- child Wilson (1646-1646).
- Susanna Wilson (1649-1725), married 1673 Thomas Gill (1648-1725).
- Nathaniel Wilson )1653-1721), married 1680 Hannah Jackson (1660-1690).
- Benjamin Wilson (1655-1706), married 1677 Sarah --?-- (1658-1689).
- Joseph Wilson (1656-1710), married 1685 Deliverance Jackson (1657-1718).
- Isaac Wilson (1658-1720), married 1685 Susanna Andrews (1659-????).
- Mary Wilson (1661-1729), married 1682 Thomas Oliver (1645-1715).
- Abigail Wilson (1663-1746), married 1687 Edward Jackson (1652-1727).
- Samuel Wilson (1666-????), married 1696 Experience Trowbridge (1675-1705).
- Robert Seaver was born on 7 Jun 1670 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. He was christened on 14 Apr 1672 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony. There are no marriage records, death records, land records or probate records for Robert Seaver. It is likely that he died as a child or young man.
- Joseph Seaver, born 1 Jun 1672, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, ; married Mary Read, 13 Oct 1700, Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony, six children; died bef 26 Aug 1754, Framingham, Middlesex, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Hannah Seaver, born 1 Sep 1674, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, ; married Patrick Gregory, 26 Nov 1724, Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Abigail Seaver, born 23 Jul 1677, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, ; married Edmund Cole, 29 Mar 1705, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Shubael Seaver, born 10 Oct 1679, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, ; married Abigail Twelves, 12 Jun 1704, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, ; died bef 14 Jan 1757, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
- Thankful Seaver, born 6 Apr 1684, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony, ; married Richard Mowear, 29 Mar 1705, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.
Shuball Seuer was part of a group who ran the lines between Roxbury and Boston, Cambridge and Dedham on 19 January 1657.[4]
On 24 February 1661, "Shewbell Seaver" was paid 16 shillings for "whels."[4]
Shuball Sever was voted a parcel of town land on 18 January 1663 near his father's land, "to build a shopp upon for his trade, and fence in part of the Towne land to lay his timber in, so that it may not debarr the neighbours from goeing downe to water there cattle and when he leaves following his trade he is to take downe his howse and pull up his fence and let the land lye for the Towns use the neighbours thare abouts to agree upon the quanty and place."[4]
Shubael and his brother Caleb were admitted into membership of the First Church of Roxbury in 1674, while Hannah was admitted in 1671.
On 3 February 1675, Shewball Sever was granted "a small quantyty of land on the west side of stony river nere the now dwelling house of John Craft such a quantyty of land as the selectmen now chossen with the inhabitanc nere there about shall thinks fit to build a shop on and lay timber on, to carry on his trad of a wheel wright. this grant is upon condicion that a shop be built theron within two yers after the said land shalbe soe layd ought as aforesayd and he is hereby injoined to relinquish all former grants of land nere therabought." [4]
On 13 January 1678, Shuball Sevir was chosen as one of three men to make coffins for the year following. [4]
On 22 February 1682, "there was a grant of a parcell off land absolutely to Shuball Seaver lying before his door among the rocks which was graunted conditionally, the Neighbourhood consenting and the Selectmen staking out the same."[4]
After his father's death in 1683, Shubael received a portion of the estate. He is named as receiving all of the salt marsh. The will also provided that the estate of Robert Seaver, which he had given liberty to his widow to use, would be divided among Robert's four children after her death.
Shubal Seaver, planter of Roxbury, and Hannah his wife sold land in Roxbury to John Parker, planter of Roxbury, for 16 pounds sterling. The land was about six acres near Boston called "Boston Field", and was bounded by the widow Beameslyes on the north, the widow Bigges on the southeast, the great swamp on the west, and Mr. Coalburne's marsh on the east.[4]
A bill was paid to Shuball Sever for two coffins for Eliezer May and his wife and child, on 14 December 1688, in the amount of 15 shillings.[4]
Subael Seavers of Roxbury, yeoman, sold 20 acres of land in Roxbury to Robert Thompson of London, represented by William Stoughton, for 30 pounds current money. The land consisted of a pasture lying near Stony Brook in Roxbury, bounded eastward by land of Deacon William Garey, southward by land of Isaac Curtice, westward by land of Caleb Seaver, and northward by the highway to Dedham. The deed was dated 2 March 1689.[7]
Shuball Sever of Roxbury, wheelwright, sold the messuage, tenement and land in Roxbury on which he dwelt, plus 3 acres of adjoining land, to George Clark of Boston, glover, for 25 pounds. The land was located in Stony River, and was bounded on the north by land of John Curtis, on the west by land of John Pike, on the south and east by the highway or country road. The deed is dated 1 November 1690.[8]
Subael Sever senior of Roxbury, wheelwright, sold five acres of woodland in Roxbury to John Davis senior of Roxbury for 9 pounds. The land was near to Bear Marsh, bounded to the east by the lands of John Davis, north by ther lands of Thomas Morey, west by the land of Caleb Seaver, and south by the lands of Joseph Baron. The deed was signed 4 October 1692.[9]
Shobal Sever of Roxbury sold land in Roxbury to John Davis senior of Roxbury for 12 pounds in current money. The land was the northeast end of two lots in the second division of land in Roxbury, nigh to the mansion house of John Davis. It comprised 6 and a half acres. Another lot was in the southwest end of another lot in the first division of Roxbury, comprising two acres adjoining to the first parcel. The two parcels were bounded by land of John Davis, by land of Shoball Sever sold to Thomas Morey and now in the possession of John Watson, on the southwest by land of Caleb Sever, land of Joseph Weld on the northwest, by the head line running between lands of the first and second division, and on the northeast by lands of the heirs of Joseph Pepper, and by the highway to Bear Marsh on the southeast. The deed was dated 15 March 1692.[10]
Shoball Sever was paid 1 pound, 14 shillings on 30 May 1694 for mending country bridges.[4]
Shubael Seaver kept Sarah Parker for some time. He was paid about 1 pound per quarter from 17 May 1698 until 9 May 1700 for her maintenance and clothing.[4]
Shoball Sever was on the list in 1698 of those holding lots in Woodstock, Connecticut Colony (which was settled by people from Roxbury). He held lot 62 in the third range comprised of 40 acres.[5]. In the list of 22September 1715, Shobaal Seever held 60 and a half acres in lot 42 in the third range of the second division in Woodstock, Connecticut Colony.[5]
Shubael Seaver of Roxbury, yeoman, sold two lots of land to Samuel Sewall and Peter Sergeant for 45 pounds current money on 1 July 1694. One parcel was 16 acres of part arable land and part pasture bounded eastward by land of William Garey, southward by land of Isaac Curtis, westward by land of Caleb Seaver, and northward by the highway to Dedham. The second parcel of land contained 30 acres of land in the second division bounded to the southeast by land of Isaac Newell, northwest by land of Caleb Seaver, northeast by Joshua Child, and southwest by the third division line.[11]
Shubael Seaver, wheelwright, and his wife Hannah deeded land in Roxbury on 8 September 1700 to their son-in-law Edmond Cole, cordwainer of Roxbury, for "a godd and valuable sum in hand". The land contained a half acre more or less, and was located on the other side of the way of the now dwelling house of Shubael Seaver, and bounded north by land of William Heath, east by Stony River, south by land of the heirs of John Craft, southerly by land of Shuball Sever, and westerly by the highway to Dedham. The deed was acknowledged by Shubael Seaver in the 90th year of his age on 25 March 1727.[12]
Shubael Seaver, husbandman, and Hannah his wife sold 20 acres of land, being the 13th lot in the second allotment of the last division of outland in Roxbury, for 20 pounds current money to Isaac Newell of Roxbury on 20 September 1700.[13]
Shoball Sever of Roxbury, wheelwright, and Hannah his wife sold seven acres of land, being the 13th lot in the second division in Roxbury, to Isaac Newell for 14 pounds in current money on 10 April 1701.[14]
Shobal Sever petitioned the town, and the town granted "upon the nineteenth day of February [1702/3] the selectmen met at Stony river at the request of Shoball Sever to see if he might be accommodated with a small slipe of land, before his dore petitioned for at the Generall Town meeting there being severall of the neighbours there also present and none making any opposition..."[4]
Shubael Sever of Roxbury, wheelwright, sold land in Woodstock for 35 pounds to Ichabod Holmes, recorded 20 May 1710.
On 26 August 1714, Shubael Sever of Roxbury, yeoman aged 75 years, testified that upwards of 55 years before he mowed and made hay in a certain meadow called Mather's meadow in Dorchester in the three divisions on the north side of the Naponset River, and that this meadow was in the possession of William Curtis and William Hopkins, both of Roxbury, and later when occupied and possessed by Edward Morris, yeoman.[15]
Hannah Wilson) Seaver died on 13 February 1721/2 at the age of 73 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[16] Hannah was buried after 13 February 1721/2 at Eliot Burying Ground at the Roxbury Church in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[17]
Shubael Seaver died 18 January 1729/30 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony at the age of 89,.18] He was buried at Eliot Burying Ground in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony.[19]
Shubael Seaver did not write a will, nor was his estate probated. Shortly before his death, he requested Edmund Weld Jr. to hold his lands in trust for his children, to be divided after his death. Edmund Weld Jr. paid 5 shillings to receive the trust[20]. The details in this indenture are identical to those in the settlement of the estate:[21]
"Whereas our Honoured Father Shubael Seaver late of Roxbury in the County of Suffolk in New England Wheelwright Deceased did in an Instrument under his Hand and Seal duly Executed bearing Date the Third Day of January 1729/30 amongst other things and Uses Order that after his the Said Seaver's decease his real Estate should be disposed of to and for the Use of his two Sons Joseph and Shubael Seaver and his three Daughters Hannah Grigory Abigail Cole and Thankful More them and their heirs forever part and part alike save only a double part & portion to the said Joseph Seaver to be divided as the Law of the province directs and appoints. Agreeable to which we the Subscribers & Children to the said deceased have mutually agreed and by these presents do agree to the Settlement of the said Estate as follows viz.
"Impr. Agreed that our Brother Joseph Seaver shall have and hold all the Mansion or Dwelling House Messuage & Garden and part of the Orchard containing about One Acre & an half as now marked out lying in Roxbury aforesd bounded South Easterly on the Country Road leading towards Dedham and North Easterly on Land lately sold to Mr. Davis by Samuel Gore with the Barn on the other side of the Highway against the said house and the land thereunto belonging bounded on the said Country Road Northwesterly and on Land belonging to our Brother Edmund Cole North Easterly and South Easterly And also the One full half part of the Salt Marsh lying at a place in said Rox'y called the Island containing on the whole about Two Acres bounded on the Creek Southerly & Westerly &c. All which to be to him said Joseph Seaver his Heirs & assigns forever.
"2ly. Agreed that our sister Hannah Griggory shall have and hold the remaining Part of the House Lot of Orchard Land containing about four acres and an half in Roxbury aforesd and Bounded North Easterly partly on the land aforesd set off to said Joseph Seaver and partly on Land sold by said Samuel Gore to Mr. Davis South Easterly on the sd Country Road and partly on George Laucklin's Land and Northwesterly on Capt Jos'h Mayo's Land all which said Land to be to the sd Hannah Grigory and her Heirs forever.
"3ly. Agreed that our Sister Abigail Cole shall have and hold part of the Pasture Land lying on the said Country Road in Roxbury aforesaid Northerly and at the further Side of it next to Mr. Abbot's Land called Whortleberry Hill and bounded Westerly on said Land and to extend into the said Pasture Land so as to make about five Acres as the same is now staked out and divided from the Remainder thereof All which said part of the Pasture Land to be to the said Abigail Cole her Heirs and Assigns forever Said Land is bound Southerly on Isaac Curtis's Land.
"4ly. Agreed that our Brother Shubael Seaver and Sister Thankful More shall have and hold the remaining part of the said Pasture Land being about Ten Acres Bounded Northerly on the Said Country Road and Easterly on Land belonging to the Heirs of William Abbot Deceased Southerly on Isaac Curtis's Land and Westerly on Land of Sister Cole the said Ten Acres of Pasture Land to be equally divided between them And to be to them the said Shubael Seaver and Thankful More and their Heirs forever.
"And further it is agreed that our said Brother Shubael Seaver shall have and hold the One full half being the remaining part of the Salt Marsh on the Island aforesd in Roxbury and bounded on the Creek Southerly and Westerly &c to him the said Shubael Seaver his Heirs and Assigns forever.
"And further as Touching and Concerning the personal Estate out of the good Will and Affection that we bear to our Sister Hannah Griggory give the same to her and her Heirs and Assigns And therefore do further agree to pay all the Debts that do or shall appear due from our said Father equally between us.
"In Witness whereof we the said Joseph Seaver and Patrick Grigory and Hannah his wife Edmund Cole and Abigail his Wife Shubael Seaver & Richard More and Thankful his Wife have hereunto put their Hands and Seals the thirteenth Day of March in the Third Year of his Majestie's Reign Annoque Domino 1729/30. Joseph Sever & a seal Patrick 'G' Griggory his mark & a Seal Hannah 'G' Griggory her mark & a seal Edmund Cole & a Seal Abigail '#' Cole her mark & a seal Shubael Seaver & a seal Richard More & a seal. Signed Sealed and Delivered in presence of us Ebenezer Newell Joseph Ruggles Ebenezer Pierpont
"Suffolk Ss Roxbury Apr. 6th 1730. Joseph Seaver Hannah Griggory Abigail Cole and Shubael Seaver appearing before me the subscribers acknowledged this Instrument to be their Act and Deed John Bowles Justice Pacis. Thankful '#' More her mark and a seal. Thankful More Signed Sealed and Delivered this Instrument iin presence of witnesses Hezekiah Turner Edmund Weld junr
"Suffolk Ss Roxbury May 18th 1730 Thankful More appearing before me the Subscriber acknowledged this Instrument to be her free Act and Deed John Bowles Justice Pacis.
"March 12th 1734 Rec'd & Accordingly Entred & Examined. Samuel Gerrish Reg'r."
After Shubael's death, his children dealt with the land:
- Patrick Gregory of Roxbury sold the land, house and barn which previously belonged to Shubael Seaver for 400 pounds to "Brother-in-law Edmund Cole of Roxbury Cordwainer Shubael Seaver of Roxbury Cordwainer Joseph Seaver of Framingham in the County of Middlesex Yeoman and Richard Moore of Lynn in the County of Essex innholder..." This deed was signed on 14 November 1734, signed sealed and delivered in the presence of Jno Walley and John Wilson in Roxbury on 28 November 1734, acknowledged by Patrick Gregory before Paul Dudley on 12 March 1734.
- Joseph Seaver and his wife Mary of Framingham, Shubael Seaver and his wife Abigail of Roxbury, Edmund Cole and his wife Abigail, and Richard Moor and wife Thankful sold land in Roxbury to Thomas Boylston of Boston for 400 pounds in March 1734. The land was bounded northerly at the front by the highway, easterly by the land of the heirs of William Abbott, southerly at the rear by land of Isaac Curtis, and westerly by land of Edmond Cole.
- The same parties sold two parcels of land and wooden house in Roxbury to Thomas Boylston of Boston on 15 November 1735 for 400 pounds. The land was in Roxbury, bounded southeasterly and southerly by the highway, northwesterly by land of George Loughlon and land of Joseph Mayo, northerly by land of Nicolas Davis; the second parcel was also sold bounded northwesterly by the road, northeasterly by the land of Edmond Cole, southeasterly by land of Edmond Cole, and southwesterly by town land.
1. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1925, 2 Volumes), page 315, Shubael Sever birth entry, 11 January 1639/40.
2. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, page 358, Hannah Wilson baptism entry, 2 May 1647.
3. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, page 315 and page 358, Shubael Sever and Hannah Wilson marriage entry, 7 February 1668.
4. Robert J. Dunkle and Ann S. Lainhart, The Town Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts 1647 to 1730 (Boston, The New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1997, various pages.
5. "Town of Roxbury Record of Houses and Lands, 1659-1716," page 87, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,478,573.
6. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 14, page 161, Shubael Seaver to John Parker, recorded 2 June 1687; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,936.
7. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 15, page 64, Shubael Seaver to Robert Thompson, executed 2 March 1689, recorded 21 March 1689/90; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,937.
8. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 15, page 191, Shubael Seaver to George Clark, executed 1 November 1690, recorded 24 August 1692; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,937.
9. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 16, page 50, Shubael Seaver to John Davis, executed 24 August 1692, recorded 28 March 1693; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,937.
10. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 16, page 51, Shubael Seaver to John Davis, executed 2 March 1692, recorded 28 March 1693; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,937.
11. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 18, page 165, Shubael Seaver to Samuel Seward and Peter Sergeant, recorded 21 May 1698; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,937.
12. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 51, page 292, Shubael Seaver to Edmond Cole, executed 8 September 1694, recorded 21 May 1698; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,952.
13. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 20, page 194, Shubael Seaver to Isaac Newell, executed 20 September 1700, recorded 19 October 1700; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,938.
14. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 21, page 26, Shubael Seaver to Isaac Newell, executed 10 April 1701, recorded 14 May 1702; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,938.
15. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 28, page 141, Shubael Seaver testified 26 August 1714; imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,941.
16. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, page 635, Hannah Sever death entry, 13 February 1721/2.
17. Find A Grave, imaged, (https://www.findagrave.com), Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Mass., Hannah Wilson Sever (1646-1722) memorial #64768387 .
18. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849, page 636, Shubael Sever death entry, 18 January 1729/30.
19. Find A Grave, imaged, (https://www.findagrave.com), Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Mass., Shubael Sever (1640-1730) memorial #64768515.
20. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 44, page 45, Indenture of Shubael Seaver to Edmund Weld, Jr., executed 3 January 1729/30, recorded 4 January 1729/30; imaged, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,949.
21. Suffolk County Deeds, Volume 49, page 235, Heirs of Shubael Seaver agreement to divide estate, executed 18 May 1730, recorded 12 March 1734, imaged, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org), accessed on FHL Microfilm 0,493,951.
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