52 Ancestors - Week 423: #307 Mary (Herrington) (Rogers) Grout (1693-1774) of Watertown and Westborough, Massachusetts

Mary Herrington (1693-1774)  is #307 on my Ahnentafel  List, my 6th great-grandmother, who married #306 Joseph Grout  (1683-1758)  in 1717 in Watertown, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts Bay.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #153 Mehitable Grout  (1725-1795) who married #152 Moses Brigham (1723-1769)  in 1749.* their son #76 Phinehas Brigham (1755-1802), who married #77 Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) in 1779.
* their son, #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) who married #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882) in 1817.
* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) who married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.

* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) 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:                  Mary Herrington[1,3]

*  Alternate Name:  Mary Herrington Grout[2]

*  Alternate Name:  Mary Rogers[1,6]

*  Alternate Name:  Mary Grout[4,5]

*  Sex:                      Female

*  Father:                 Edward Herrington 1668-1736

*  Mother:                Mary Ockington 1669-1725

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                   2 January 1692/3, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]

*  Distribution:       7 March 1736 (age 44), father's will proved; Cambridge, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]

*  Distribution:      12 January 1759 (age 67), administrator appointed for husband's estate; Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[5]

*  Death:                18 August 1774 (age 82), Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[1-2]

*  Burial:               after 18 August 1774 (after age 82), Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[2]

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:           Daniel Rogers 1687-1711

*  Marriage 1:        7 December 1710 (age 18), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,3]

*  Spouse 2:            Joseph Grout 1683-1758

*  Marriage 2:         3 January 1716/7 (age 24), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,6]

*  Child 1:             Mindwell Grout 1717-1741

*  Child 2:             Susannah Grout 1719-1816

*  Child 3:             Mehitable Grout 1725-1795

*  Child 4:             Joseph Grout 1727-1798

*  Child 5:             Jonathan Grout 1730-1801

*  Child 6:             Sarah Grout 1732-????    

*  Child 7:             Daniel Grout 1735-1809

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

Mary Herrington was born 2 January 1692/3 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Ockington) Herrington[1-2].

She married, first, Daniel Rogers (1687-1711) in Watertown on 7 December 1710 at age 17[1,3].  Daniel died on 5 November 1711, without issue with Mary.

Mary Rogers married, second, Joseph Grout (1683-1758) in Watertown on 3 January 1716/7 at age 24[1,6].  He was the son of Joseph and Susannah (Hagar) Grout of Watertown.  They had seven children, all but the last born and recorded in Watertown town records.  The seventh child, Daniel, was recorded in Westborough.  The children were:

*  Mindwell Grout (1717-1741), married 1735 Silas Brigham (1710-1791).

*  Susannah Grout (1720-1816), married 1745 Levi Brigham (1716-1787).

*  Mehitable Grout (1725-1795), married 1749 Moses Brigham (1723-1769).

*  Joseph Grout (1727-1798), married 1755 Sarah Rice (1734-1808).

*  Jonathan Grout (1730-1801), married 1761 Hannah Merriam (1738-1811).

*  Sarah Grout (1732-????), married 1754 Jason Parmenter (1726-????).

*  Daniel Grout (1736-1809), married 1762 Elizabwth Adams (1743-1822).

Mary's father, Edward Herrington wrote his will on 3 March 1735, and it was proved in Middlesex County Probate Court on 7 March 1736[14].  In his will he bequeathed to his daughter Mary Grout:

"(7)  Item I Give and bequeath unto my daughter Mary Grout the Sum of forty pounds ^in Houshold Stuff and such stock or to her Heirs^ in good Bills of Creddit on the Massachusets Province ^ to be paid^ with'in one yeare next after my decease and my Wife's Decease ^or Marriage^ (which Soever first comes to pass) by my Executor hereafternamed, Or in good Bills of Creddit if said other Estate falls Short which Sum together with what she had at Marriage is her Portion."

Mary's husband, Joseph Grout, died intestate on 13 October 1758 in Westborough, Massachusetts.  His widow, Mary Grout, wrote a letter to the Judge of Probate for Worcester County dated 11 January 1759 and declined appointment as administratrix to her husband's intestate estate, and suggested their son, Jonathan Grout.  Jonathan Grout posted a 200 pounds bond with Joseph and Daniel Grout (brothers or uncles) on 12 January 1759 and was appointed administrator on that date.  A committee was appointed to take an inventory of the estate on 5 February 1759.  The inventory was taken on 7 April 1759 by Simon Tainter, Samuel Harrington and Nathaniel Whitney.  It had no real estate, and the personal estate totaled £49 18s 5p.  The inventory was taken on 7 April 1759 and was presented to the Court on 9 April 1759[5].

Mary (Herrington) (Rogers) Grout died on 18 January 1774 in Westborough at age 82, and is buried in Memorial Cemetery in Westborough[2].  Her gravestone inscription says:

"Mrs. 

Mary

wife of

Mr. Joseph Grout

died Aug. 18 1774"

5)  SOURCES

1. Henry Bond, M.D.,  Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown & Co., 1860), page 275, Edward Harrington family sketch.

2. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Mass., Mary Herrington Grout memorial #63336360.

3. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com, Watertown > Births, Marriages and Deaths > page 35 (image 201 of 3991), Daniel Rodgers and Mary Herrington, 7 December 1710.

4. "Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files", Volume: Middlesex Cases 10000-11999, Estate File #10396 (8 images), Edward Herington estate, 1736; "Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," indexed database and digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014, American Ancestors (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 28 February 2021); Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org from original records at Probate Registry, Cambridge, Mass.

5. Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Packet #26 009, Joseph Grout of Westborough, 1759 (9 images); "Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 10 October 2020); Digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org from original records at Probate Registry, Cambridge, Mass.

6. Massachusetts, U.S., Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, Watertown > Births, Marriages and Deaths > page 47 (image 308 of 3991), Joseph Grout and Mary Rogers, 3 January 1716/7.

NOTE:  This genealogical sketch is out of Ahnentafel order because I found new information linking Sophia Newton to her birth father, Lambert Brigham.  

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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 2022 for a ninth year to 468 Ancestors in 468 Weeks. The (incomplete) 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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Treasure Chest Thursday -- Gravestone of Mary (Herrington) (Rogers) Grout (1693-1774)

 It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1774 gravestone Mary (Herrington) (Rogers) Grout in Westborough, Massachusetts Bay:

The gravestone is in Memorial Cemetery in Westborough, Massachusetts.  The inscription on the stone is:

"Mrs. 

Mary

wife of

Mr. Joseph Grout

died Aug. 18 1774"

The source citation for this marriage record is:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63336360/mary-grout : accessed 16 March 2022), memorial page for Mary Herrington Grout (2 Jan 1692–18 Aug 1774), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63336360, citing Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Andy Macdonald (contributor 47287042) .

There are no town records or vital records for Mary (Herrington) (Rogers) Grout (1693-1774).  

Mary Herrington was born 2 January 1692/3 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, the daughter of Edward and Mary (Ockington) Herrington.  She married (1) Daniel Rogers (1687-1711) on 17 December 1710 in Watertown.  As Mary Rogers, she married (2) Joseph Grout (1693-1758) on 3 January 1716/7 in Watertown.  She died 18 August 1774 in Westborough, Massachusetts Bay.

Joseph and Mary (Herrington) (Rodgers) Grout are my 6th great-grandparents, through their daughter Mehitable Grout (1722-1795), who married  Moses Brigham (1723-1769) in 1749. 

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52 Ancestors - Week 422: #306 Joseph Grout (1683-1758) of Watertown and Westborough, Massachusetts

Joseph Grout (1683-1758)  is #306 on my Ahnentafel  List, my 6th great-grandfather, who married #307 Mary (Harrington) Rogers (1693-1774)  in 1717 in Watertown, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts Bay.

I am descended through:

*  their daughter, #153 Mehitable Grout  (1725-1795) who married #152 Moses Brigham (1723-1769)  in 1749.

* their son #76 Phinehas Brigham (1755-1802), who married #77 Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) in 1779.
* their son, #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) who married #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882) in 1817.
* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) who married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.

* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) 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:                  Joseph Grout[1–4]

*  Sex:                    Male

*  Father:                Joseph Grout 1649-1720

*  Mother:              Susannah Hagar 1653-1731

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                  6 February 1682/3, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1,3]

*  Death:                13 October 1758 (age 76), Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[3]

*  Burial:                after 13 October 1758 (after age 76), Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[3]

*  Probate:             12 April 1759 (age 77), administration granted; Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[4]

  

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:            Mary Harrington 1692-1774

*  Marriage 1:         3 January 1716/7 (age 33), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[2]

*  Child 1:             Mindwell Grout 1717-1741

*  Child 2:             Susannah Grout 1719-1816

*  Child 3:             Mehitable Grout 1725-1795

*  Child 4:             Joseph Grout 1727-1798

*  Child 5:             Jonathan Grout 1730-1801

*  Child 6:             Sarah Grout 1732-    

*  Child 7:             Daniel Grout 1735-1809

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

Joseph Grout was born on 6 February 1682/3 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay, the son of Joseph and Susannah (Hagar) Grout[1.3].

Joseph married Mary (Harrington) Rogers on 3 January 1716/7 in Watertown[2] at age 33.  She was the daughter of Edward and Mary (Ockington) Harrington and the widow of Daniel Rogers of Watertown.

They had seven children, all born and recorded in Watertown, except for one born and recorded in Sudbury and one born and recorded in Westborough.  The children were:

*  Mindwell Grout (1717-1741), married 1735 Silas Brigham (1710-1791).

*  Susannah Grout (1720-1816), married 1745 Levi Brigham (1716-1787).

*  Mehitable Grout (1726-1795), married 1749 Moses Brigham (1725-1769).

*  Joseph Grout (1727-1798), married 1755 Sarah Rice (1734-1808).

*  Jonathan Grout (1730-1801), married 1761 Hannah Merriam (1738-1811)

*  Sarah Grout (1732-????), married 1754 Jason Parmenter (1726-????).

*  Daniel Grout (1736-1809), married 1762 Elizabeth Adams (1743-1822).

The Joseph Grout family moved to Westborough, Massachusetts prior to 1736. 

Joseph Grout died on 13 October 1758 in Westborough at age 75[3], according to his gravestone in Memorial Cemetery in Westborough, Massachusetts[3].

His intestate probate record is in Worcester County Probate Court packet 26,009 (9 images)[4]. His widow, Mary (Harrington) Grout, wrote a letter to the Judge of Probate for Worcester County dated 11 January 1759 and declined being administratrix to her husband's intestate estate, and suggested their son, Jonathan Grout.  Jonathan Grout posted a 200 pounds bond with Joseph and Daniel Grout (sons, brothers or uncles) on 12 January 1759 and was appointed administrator on that date.  The committee was appointed to take an inventory of the estate on 5 February 1759.  The inventory was taken on 7 April 1759 by Simon Tainter, Samuel Harrington and Nathaniel Whitney.  It had no real estate, and the personal estate totaled £49, 18s 5p.  The inventory was was presented to the Court on 9 April 1759.  The probate packet contained no administrator's account or distribution.

5)  SOURCES

1. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Watertown > Births, Marriages and Deaths, page 93, (image 171 of 3991), Joseph Grout birth record, 6 February 1682/3.

2. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town Records, 1620-1988," digital images, Ancestry.com, Watertown > Births, Marriages and Deaths > page 47 (image 308 of 3991), Joseph Grout and Mary Rogers, 3 January 1716/7.

3. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Mass., Joseph Grout (1682-1758) memorial #63336243.

4. Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Packet #26 009, Joseph Grout of Westborough, 1759 (9 images); "Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 10 October 2020).

NOTE:  This genealogical sketch is out of Ahnentafel order because I found new information linking Sophia Newton to her birth father, Lambert Brigham.  

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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 2022 for a ninth year to 468 Ancestors in 468 Weeks. The (incomplete) 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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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1683 Birth Record of Joseph Grout in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay

  It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the 1683 birth record for Joseph Grout in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay:

The marriage record is in the middle of the right-hand page:  

The transcription of this record is:

"Joseph Grout Son of Joseph and Susannah Grout borne the sixth ^of^ February [1682/3]"

The source citation for this marriage record is:

"Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Watertown > Births, Marriages and Deaths > page 93, (image 171 of 3991), Joseph Grout birth record, 6 February 1682/3.

This town record book is probably an Original Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence as to the names, marriage date and place. 

Joseph Grout (1683-1758) is the son of Joseph Grout and Susannah Hagar.  He married Mary (Harrington) Rogers (1693-1774), the daughter of Edward Harrington and Mary Ockington, and the widow of Daniel Rodgers (1686-1711), on 3 January 1716/7.

Joseph and Mary (Harrington) (Rodgers) Grout are my 6th great-grandparents, through their daughter Mehitable Grout (1722-1795),  who married  Moses Brigham (1723-1769) in 1749. 

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1717 Marriage of Joseph Grout and Mary (Harrington) Rogers in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay

 It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the marriage record for Joseph Grout and Mary Rogers in Watertown, Massachusetts:

The marriage record is the 4th entry at the top of the right-hand page:  

The transcription of this record is:

"Joseph Grout and Mary Rogers both of Watertown, wer Joyned in Marriage by Mr.

Samuel Angier a Minister in Watertown, January 3: 1716/17"

The source citation for this marriage record is:

"Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Watertown > Births, Marriages and Deaths > page 47 (image 308 of 3991), Joseph Grout and Mary Rogers, 3 January 1716/7.

This town record book is probably an Original Source, with Primary Information and Direct Evidence as to the names, marriage date and place. 

Joseph Grout (1683-1758) is the son of Joseph Group and Susannah Hagar.  Mary Rogers (1693-1774) is the daughter of Edward Harrington and Mary Ockington, and the widow of Daniel Rodgers (1686-1711).

Joseph and Mary (Harrington) (Rodgers) Grout are my 6th great-grandparents, through their daughter Mehitable Grout (1722-1795),  who married  Moses Brigham (1723-1769) in 1749. 

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52 Ancestors - Week 417: #153 Mehitable (Grout) Brigham (1725-1795) of Watertown and Westborough, Massachusetts

 Mehitable Grout (1725-1795)  is #153 on my Ahnentafel  List, my 5th great-grandmother, who married #152 Moses Brigham (1723-1769) in 1749 in Westborough, Worcester County,  Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

* their son, #76 Phinehas Brigham (1755-1802), who married #77 Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) in 1779.
* their son, #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) who married #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882) in 1817.
* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) who married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.

* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) who married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) 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:                       Mehitable Grout[1–4]

*  Alternate Name:       Mehetabel Grout Brigham[10]

*  Alternate Name:       Mehitable Brigham[6,9]

*  Sex:                           Female

*  Father:                      Joseph Grout (1682-1758)

*  Mother:                    Mary Harrington (1692-1774)

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                         5 February 1725, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–3,6]

*  Distribution:             1 January 1770 (age 44), named administratrix of husband's estate; Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[5]

*  Death:                       30 August 1795 (age 70), Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[6]

*  Burial:                       after 30 August 1795 (after age 70), Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[6]

*  Probate:                     6 October 1795 (age 70), Westborough, Worceeter, Massachusetts, United States[7]

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:                Moses Brigham (1723-1769)

*  Marriage 1:             2 May 1749 (age 24), Westborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States[1,4]

*  Child 1:                  Sarah Brigham 1751-1827

*  Child 2:                  Moses Brigham 1753-1814

*  Child 3:                  Phinehas Brigham 1755-1802

*  Child 4:                  Mehitable Brigham 1758-1844

*  Child 5:                  Ebenezer Brigham 1761-1839

*  Child 6:                  Mary Brigham 1764-1846

*  Child 7:                  Joseph Brigham 1766-1837

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

Mehitable Grout was born 5 February 1725 in Watertown, Massachusetts Bay[1-3,6], the daughter of Joseph and Mary (Harrington) Grout of Watertown, who went to Westborough, Massachusetts in about 1735.  

Mehitable married, at age 24, Moses Brigham (1723-1769) on 2 May 1749 in Westborough[1,4]. He was the son of Nathan and Dinah (Rice) Brigham of Westborough. They had seven children, all born and recorded in Westborough:

*  Sarah Brigham (1751-1827), married 1772 Jonathan Forbes (1746-1805).

*  Moses Brigham (1753-1814), married (1) 1781 Wealthy Johnson (1757-1790); (2) 1792 Lucinda Tiffany (1761-1819).

*  Phinehas Brigham (1755-1802), married (1) 1779 Lydia Batherick (1752-1795); (2) 1796 Hannah Jackson (1754-????).

*  Mehitable Brigham (1758-1844), married 1776 John Fay (1748-1837).

*  Ebenezer Brigham (1761-1839), married 1782 Judith Hazleton (1761-1852).

*  Mary Brigham (1764-1846), married 1793 Amasa Braman (1760-1830).

*  Joseph Brigham (1766-1837), married 1795 Sarah Woods (1776-1806).

Moses Brigham died intestate on 3 December 1769 in Westborough, leaving Mehitable with seven children aged 3 to 18.  

The widow Mehitable Brigham was granted administration on her husband's estate on 1 January 1770, and posted a bond of 500 pounds with Jonathan Grout (perhaps Mehitable's brother or uncle)[5].  An inventory of the real and personal estate was taken by 15 January 1770, which totaled 783 pounds.  Mehitable's widow's thirds included the personal estate after debts were paid, and a portion of the real estate, including one third of the house.  

Each child had a guardian or legal representative named for them to protect their interest in their father's estate.  Son Moses Brigham's guardian was his uncle, Jonathan Grout.  Son Levi and daughter Sarah's guardian was their uncle Levi Brigham.  The mother, Mehitable Brigham, was the guardian for the younger children.  Daughter Sarah (born 18 April 1751) had attained adulthood by 23 June 1772, and married on 2 July 1772, which may have prompted the account[5]. 

The account of Mehitable Brigham was allowed on 8 June 1772.  She charged herself with the personal estate of £213:7:10 and requested allowances of £42:8:0, leaving a balance of £170:19:10[5].  

The court waited until the eldest son, Moses Brigham, turned 21 years old, and then in 1774 ordered the real estate split between the widow and the children.  The real estate of Moses Brigham was appraised again on 6 July 1774.  The subscribers concluded that the property could not be divided to all of the heirs.  Mehitable was given her one-third dower estate, and the eldest son Moses Brigham was given the two-thirds children's share, valued at £400, provided he gave each of his siblings £49:13:9. Mehitable's share included part of the house, barn and homestead land[5].

Mehitable Brigham certainly stayed in the family homestead in Westborough, and raised her children until they married and moved away.  

Mehitable Brigham died, at age 70, on 30 August 1795, according to her gravestone in Memorial Cemetery in Westborough[6].  The gravestone inscription says:

"M'rs. Mehetabel Brigham

Relict of M'r. Moses

Brigham died Aug.

30'th 1795 in the 71'st

Year of her age."

Mehitable (Grout) Brigham wrote her will on 24 July 1795 and it was proved in Worcester County Probate Court on 6 October 1795[7].

The will is in the hand of Eli Whitney, one of the witnesses and bond guarantors.  Mehitabel Brigham signed it in her own hand.

In the Name of God Amen. I Mehitabel Brigham of Westborough

in the County of Worcester and Commonwealth of Massachusetts Widow being infirm in body, but of Sound Mind, Memory and Understanding, considering the  uncertainty of this transitory life, do make publish and declare this my last Will and Testament in manner and form following Viz.

Firs of all, I give and bequeath to my Daughter Sarah the one third part of my household furniture and wearing Apparel.

Also, I give and bequeath to my Son Moses the one Sixth part of all my real and personal Estate of what kind and nature soever, excepting the house-hold furniture and wearing Apparel.

Item. I give and bequeath to my Son Phinehas the one Sixth part of all my real and personal Estate of what kind and Nature soever excepting the household furniture and wearing Apparel.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Mehitabel one third part of my household furniture and wearing Apparel and also the one sixth part of all the rest and residue of my Estate both real and personal.

Also I give and bequeath to my Son Ebenezer the one sixth part of all my real and personal Estate of what kind and Nature soever, excepting the household furniture and wearing Apparel.

Item I give and bequeath to my Daughter Polly the one third part of my household furniture and wearing Apparel And also the one Sixth part of all the rest and residue of my Estate both real and personal.

Also, I give and bequeath to my Son Joseph the one Sixth part of all my real and personal Estate of what kind and Nature soever, excepting the household furniture and wearing Apparel.

Provided also that the Estate abovementioned other than the furniture and wearing Apparel shall be first subject to the payment of my just Debts and funeral Charges.

I also ordain and appoint my Son Joseph my Sole Executor of this my last Will and Testament hereby revoking any former Will or Wills by me heretofore made.

In Witness whereof I hereunto Set my hand and Seal this Twenty fourth Day of July in the year of our Lord Seventeen hundred and Ninety five.

Signed, Sealed, published and declared by                  }
the said Testatrix as her last Will and Eli Whitney       } Mehitabel Brigham
Testament in the presence of us, who at James Hawes }
her request, in her presence, and in the the                   } Silas Fay  Oct. 6 1795
presence of each other, have hereunto                          }

Her youngest son, Joseph Brigham (born in 1766, so age 29) was named the executor of Mehitabel's will.  The only other useful record in the probate packet was the bond ($10,000) and order to settle debts and funeral charges, make an inventory of the estate, distribute the legacies, and submit an account to the court.  

After the administration of Moses Brigham was settled in 1774, the eldest son Moses Brigham sold the children's share to Jonathan Forbes, who had married the eldest daughter, Sarah Brigham in 1772.  Phinehas Brigham sold his share of his mother's real estate to Jonathan Forbes in 1779, and son Moses Brigham sold his share of his deceased mother's real estate to Jonathan Forbes in 1795.  It is likely the other children also sold their shares in their mother's estate to Jonathan Forbes. 

5.  SOURCES

1. W. I. Tyler Brigham (Emma E. Brigham, editor), The History of the Brigham Family, A Record of Several Thousand Descendants of Thomas Brigham the Emigrant, 1603-1653 (New York City : The Grafton Press, 1907), page 183, #69 Moses Brigham family sketch.

2. Watertown Records, Comprising the Third Book of Town Proceedings and the Second Book of Births, Marriages, and Deaths, to the End of 1737. etc (Watertown, Mass. : Watertown Historical Society, 1900), "Watertown Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 63 (image 216 of 3991), Mehitable Grout birth record, 5 February 1725.

3. "Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988," indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), "Watertown Births, Marriages and Deaths," page 63 (image 216 of 3991), Mehitable Grout birth record, 5 February 1725.

4. Systematic History Fund, Vital Records of Westborough, Massachusetts to the end of year 1849 (Worcester, Mass. : Franklin P. Rice, 1903), Marriages, page 131, Moses Brigham and Mehitable Grout marriage entry, 2 May 1749.

5. Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Probate Packet 7407 (32 pages) intestate estate of Moses Brigham of Westborough, 1770; "Worcester County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1731-1881," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 15 March 2020).

6. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Mass., Mehetabel Grout Brigham memorial #63339092.

7. Worcester County, Massachusetts, Probate Packet 7402 (6 pages) testate estate of Mehitabel Brigham of Westborough, 1795.

NOTE:  This genealogical sketch is out of Ahnentafel order because I found new information linking Sophia Newton to her birth father, Lambert Brigham.  

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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 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 Weeks. The (incomplete) 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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Treasure Chest Thursday -- Gravestone Record of Mehitable (Grout) Brigham (1725-1795) in Westborough, Massachusetts

 It's Treasure Chest Thursday - a chance to look in my digital image files to see what treasures I can find for my family history and genealogy musings.

The treasure today is the gravestone record for Mehitable Brigham (1725-1795) of Westborough, Massachusetts Bay:

The inscription on the gravestone is:

"M'rs. Mehetabel Brigham

Relict of M'r. Moses

Brigham died Aug.

30'th 1795 in the 71'st

Year of her age."

The source citation for the Moses Brigham burial record on Find A Grave is:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/63339092/mehitable-brigham : accessed 26 January 2022), memorial page for Mehetabel Grout Brigham (5 Feb 1725- 30 Aug 1795), Find a Grave Memorial ID 63339092, citing Memorial Cemetery, Westborough, Worcester County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Andy Macdonald (contributor 47287042) .

This is the only death record I have found for Mehitable (Grout) Brigham.  Her death is not in the Westborough Vital Records book.

   

Moses Brigham(1723-1769) married Mehitable Grout (1725-1795) on 2 May 1749 in Westborough, Massachusetts Bay.  They are my 5th great-grandparents, through their son Phinehas Brigham (1755-1802) who married Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) in 1779.

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52 Ancestors - Week 392: #613 Susannah (Hagar) Grout (1653-1731) of Watertown, Massachusetts

Susanna Hagar (1653-1731) is #613 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #612 Joseph Grout (1649-1720)  in 1681 in Watertown, Middlesex County,  Massachusetts Bay Colony.

I am descended through:

* their son #306 Joseph Grout (1683-1758) married Mary Harrington (1693-1774) in 1717.
* their daughter #153 Mehitable Grout (1726-1795) married #152 Moses Brigham (1723-1769) in 1749.
* their son, #76 Phinehas Brigham (1755-1802) married #77 Lydia Batherick (1752-1795) in 1779.
* their son #38 Lambert Brigham (1794-1834) married #39 Sophia Buck (1797-1882) in 1817.
* their daughter #19 Sophia Newton (1834-1923) married #18 Edward Hildreth (1831-1899) in 1852.
* their daughter #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) married #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) in 1874.
* their son #4 Frederick Walton Seaver (1876-1942) married #5 Alma Bessie Richmond (1882-1962) in 1900.
* their son #2 Frederick Walton Seaver (1911-1983) 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:                      Susannah Hagar[1-3]

*  Alternate Name:      Susannah Hager[6]

*  Alternate Name:      Susannah Grout[4–6]

*  Sex:                         Female

*  Father:                    William Hagar (1620-1684)

*  Mother:                   Mary Bemis (1624-1695)

2)  INDIVIDUAL EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Birth:                      about 1653, Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1–2]

*  Distribution:          1 April 1684 (about age 31), father's will proved; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[4]

*  Distribution:          4 November 1720 (about age 67), husband's will proved; Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[5]

*  Death:                   8 May 1731 (about age 78), Sudbury, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States

3)  SHARED EVENTS (with source citations as indicated in brackets):

*  Spouse 1:             Joseph Grout (1649-1720)

*  Marriage 1:          about 1681 (about age 27), Watertown, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States[1-3,6]

*  Child 1:                Susannah Grout (1681-1724)

*  Child 2:                Joseph Grout (1682-1758)

*  Child 3:                Mary Grout (1687-    )

*  Child 4:                Mehitabel Grout (1689-    )

   

4)  NOTES (with source citations as indicated in brackets):  

Susanna Hagar was born in about 1653 in Watertown, Massachusetts, the daughter of William and Mary (Bemis) Hagar of Watertown[1-3].

Susanna married Joseph Grout (1649-1720) in about 1681 in Watertown, Massachusetts at age 27[1-3,6]. He was the son of John and Sarah (Busby) Grout of Sudbury. They had four children, all born and recorded in Watertown town records:

* Susannah Grout (1681- after 1724), married 1710 Zachariah Smith (1687-1724).
* Joseph Grout (1683-1758), married 1717 Mary Harrington (1693-1774).
* Mary Grout (1687-????).
* Mehitabel Grout (1689-????).

The Joseph Grout family resided in Watertown until Joseph's death.

The will of Susannah's father, William Hagar (1620-1684) of Watertown, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Bay, was written 10 January 1683/4, and was proved 1 April 1684[4]. The will bequeaths to his daughter the following:

"I give unto my daughter Susannah Grout fifty shillings to be paid within three years after my decease in country pay."

Joseph Grout died before 4 November 1720 in Watertown when his will was proved in Middlesex County Probate Records. In her husband's will written 1 September 1720, Susannah (Hagar) Grout was bequeathed[5]:

"I give & bequeath to my loving wife Susanah Grout as her dower one one third part of my Estate both Real & personal to be posesed by her according to the direction of the law for settling Intestat Estas. or comfortable maintenanc out of my estate dureing the term of her Remaining my widow, which she shall see cause to accept of."

Many online family trees and websites claim that Susannah (Hagar) Grout died on 8 May 1731 in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and some claim she was buried in Waltham, Massachusetts. There are no extant records for her death or burial date and location..

5.  SOURCES

1. Henry Bond, M.D., Family Memorials: Genealogies of the Families and Descendants of the Early Settlers of Watertown, Massachusetts (Boston, Mass. : Little, Brown & Co., 1860), page 264, William Hagar family sketch.

2. Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, The Bemis History and Genealogy, Being an Account in Greater Part of the Descendants of joseph Bemis of Watertown, Mass. (San Francisco, Calif. : The Stanley-Taylor Co., 1900), pages 1-3, Mary (Bemis) Hagar family sketch.

3. Alicia Crane Williams (editor), Early New England Families Study Project, Volume 1 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historical and Genealogical Society, 2020), John Grout family sketch (8 pages).

4. "Probate Records 1648-1924 (Middlesex County, Massachusetts)," Family History Library (Salt Lake City, Utah), on 886 FHL US/CAN Microfilms, Volume 6, pages 126-128, William Hagar estate papers; accessed on FHL US/CAN Microfilm 0,521,762.

5. Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Probate Packet #9,960 (3 images) Joseph Grout of Watertown, 1720; "Middlesex County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1648-1871," indexed database and digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org: accessed 30 May 2020); Original records in Middlesex County, Massachusetts Probate Court Records, Cambridge, Massachusetts.

6. "New England Marriages to 1700," online database with digital images, AmericanAncestors.org (New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2008, page 328, Joseph Grout and Susanna Hager entry, 1681.

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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 2021 for an eighth year to 416 Ancestors in 416 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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