The transcription of this four page document is:
I, Ella Prescott Seaver, of Boston in the County ofSuffolk and Commonwealth of Massachusetts, being of sound and
disposing mind and memory, do make make this my last will and
testament, hereby revoking all other wills by me at any time
heretofore made.
After the payment of my just debts and funeral expenses, I
give, devise and bequeath as follows"
In consideration of faithful service
I give to my coachman, John Gerety, Five thousand ($5000.)
Dollars.
I give to my waitress, Elizabeth Amrock, Five thousand
($5000.) Dollars.
I give to Mrs. Nellie Tallman Davis, Five Thousand ($5000.)
Dolllars.
It is my wish that these three persons shall receive their
bequests before the other beneficiaries are paid.
I give to my aunt, Jennie Prescott Lowe, Twenty-Five
Hundred ($2500.) Dollars.
I give to Frederick Augustus Burnham Lowe, husband of the
said Jennie Prescott Lowe, Twenty-five hundred ($2500.) Dollars.
I give to my cousin, Lottie Prescott Cahill, Five thousand
($5000.) Dollars.
I give to Ella Prescott Cahill, daughter of said Lottie
Prescott Cahill, Five thousand ($5000.) Dollars.
I give to Charles T. Cahill, husband of the said Lottie
Prescott Cahill, Twenty-five hundred ($2500.) Dollars.
I give to my cousin, Frederick Hudson Prescott Lowe, Five
Thousand ($5000.) Dollars.
I give to William Jarvis Lowe, son of the said Frederick
Hudson Prescott Lowe, Five Thousand ($5000) Dollars.
I give to Francis Jarvis Lowe, wife of said Frederick
Hudson Prescott Lowe, Twenty-five hundred ($2500.) Dollars.
I give to Miss Adelaide M. Kittredge, One Thousand ($1000.)
Dollars.
I give to Miss Helen Dwight Orvis, One Thousand ($1000.)
Dollars.
I give to Almira Bunting, wife of William Bunting, Jr.
One Thousand ($1000) Dollars.
I give to my cousin, Lottie Prescott Cahill, my mother's
full breakfast, dinner and tea set and fruit set, moss rose
pattern-green band; my mother's onyx and diamond pendant with
uncle Lyman's picture in the back; my mother's bracelet, my
mother's old candelabra and all furs.
I give to Ella Prescott Cahill all my music, vocal and
instrumental; books on Harmony and my medal, all my silver,
solid and plated, for table and toilet, all china, cut glass
and bric a brac; my china cabinet and all cabinet pieces; my
diamond heart-shaped pendant; my diamond ear-rings; my watch
nd chain, my engagement ring; my wedding handkerchief, laces
of any kind, my mahogany chess tip table, my oak tea table;
my silver three branch candelabra, my mahogany chamber set and
cabinet and all contents of my chamber, all my table linen,
doilies and bed linen and towels.
All my other jewelry, of every kind, rings, broaches,
bracelets, stick pins, etc. to be divided between Lottie
Prescott Cahill and Ella Prescott Cahill, as they wish.
All the rest, residue and remainder of my estate both real
and personal, of which I die seized or possessed or to
which I shall be in any way entitled at the time of my death
is to be divided equally among Lottie Prescott Cahill, Ella
Prescott Cahill, Frederick H.P. Lowe and William Jarvis Lowe,
to share and share alike.
I wish to have J.S. Waterman & Sons, Inc., take charge of
my body, which I want embalmed.
I wish to be dressed in my wedding dress.
I wish to be buried in my uncle Lyman Gibbs' lot in forest
Hills Cemetery. The grave on left as you face the monument.
I wish to have male quartette for music, preferably the
Weber Quartette. Music to be "Softly now the Light of Day"
chant "Thy Will be Done", "For all the Saints."
I wish to have the Episcopal Service at the house and the
officiating clergyman the Rev. Kenneth Ripley Forbes or whoever
is Rector at St. James Church at the time. During service my
body to be in the parlor adjoining the library.
My cousin Lottie Prescott Cahill and her daughter, Ella
Prescott Cahill to have full charge and to help the executor
as much as possible.
I nominate John Lowell, of Newton in the County of
Middlesex and said Commonwealth, to be executor of this will
and request that he be exempt from giving any surety on his
bond as such executor.
In testimony whereof I hereunto set my hand and seal and
in the presence of three witnesses declare this to be my last
will this first day of February A.D. 1922.
Ella Prescott Seaver {seal}
On this first day of February A.D. 1922, ELLA PRESCOTT
SEAVER, of Boston in the County of Suffolk and Commonwealth
of Massachusetts, signed the foregoing instrument in or
presence, declaring it to be her last will, and as witnesses
we three do now, at her request, in her presence and in the
presence of each other, hereunto subscribe our names.
letter v inserted in word Orvis of third line page 2 before
execution of the will.
James H. Lowell
Luther Hill
James F. Meagher
The source citation for this probate case file is:
"New York, U.S., Wills and Probate Records, 1659-1999," indexed database with record images, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Kings County, Probate Administration Records, Probate Administration Records, Elizabeth Buery - Herman Gramm, 1922, images 70-73 of 448, will of Ella Prescott Seaver of Boston, Massachusetts, written 1 February 1922 and proved 6 April 1922; original data: New York County, District and Probate Courts.
Ella Elizabeth Prescott (1853-1922) was born in August 1853 in Boston, Massachusetts, the daughter of Oliver C. and Delia (Gibbs) Prescott. She married George Francis Seaver (1850-1904) on 3 June 1896 in Boston. They had no children. Ella (Prescott) Seaver died 19 March 1922 according to the letters testamentary.
Ella Prescott Seaver wrote her will on 1 February 1922 and proved on 6 April 1922 in Suffolk County [Massachusetts] Probate Court. John Lowell was named executor. A bond of $200,000 was taken by John Lowell. Ella Prescott Seaver had a one-half interest in property at 417 Smith Street in Brooklyn, New York. There was no inventory or account in this probate file.
The will for Ella (Prescott) Seaver was filed in Kings County, New York probate records because she had an interest in property in Brooklyn.
\George Francis Seaver (1850-1904) is my 6th cousin 4 times removed, with our most recent Seaver common ancestor is my 9th great-grandfather Robert Seaver (1608-1683).
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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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