Amanuensis Monday - Week 282: Asset Account of William Sever (1729-1809) Estate of Kingston, Mass.

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."

The subject today is the Asset Account of the estate of William Sever (1729-1809) of Kingsotn, Plymouth County, Massachusetts.  

The transcription of this Account is (in tabular format):

[page 70]

To the Hon.Joshua Thomas Esq'r Judge of the probate of Wills &c within and

for the County of Plymouth

The account of James Sever, Executor of the last will and Testament of the Hom.

William Sever late of Kingston in said County Esq'r deceased

D'r James Sever as Executor in account with the Estate of William Sever Esq'r deceased.

1809 Sep'r	To Cash received from Mansion House in Silver	$  1849.31.2
	To Cash received from Mansion House in Gold	317.60
	To Cash received from Mansion House in Bank paper	30.00
	To Cash received from U.S Bank at Boston	5159.17
	To Cash received sundry dividends U.S. Loan Office	2592.94
	To Cash received sundry dividends N. Eng'd M. Insurance Co.	2756.00
	To Cash received sundry dividends Fire & M. Insurance Co.	848.00
	To Cash received sundry dividends Suffolk Insurance Co.	774.37
	To cash received sundry dividends Boston M. Insurance Co.	675.00
	To Cash received sundry dividends Boston Bank	950.00
	To Cash received Instalments & Interest from State Treasury	439.78
	To Cash received from U.S. Loan Office 8 per Cent stock	2700.00
	To Cash received of Obadiah Lyon his Bond	22.19
	To Cash received of Malatiah Holmes his Bond	162.98
	To Cash received of Asa Thompson his Bond	60.15
	To Cash received of Wm & Seth Bosworth their Bond	187.48
	To Cash received of John Waterman his Bond	121.32
	To Cash received of Joshua Holmes Josiah West's Bond	33.04
	To Cash received of Levi Bradford his Bond	66.86
	To Cash received of Ebenezer Leach his Bond	123.76
	To Cash received of Robert Young his Bond	160.12
	To Cash received of Joseph Vaughn his Bond	159.08
	To Cash received of Robert Young his Bond	220.70
	To Cash received of Hezekiah Hooper his Bond	73.59
	To Cash received of Seth Mitchell his Bond	122.60
	To Cash received of Lot Whitcomb his Bond	224.76
	To Cash received of Jehiel Washburn his Bond	54.33
	To Cash received of David Benson his Bond	146.63
	To Cash received of Noah Gurney his Bond	150.50
	To Cash received of Jacob & Noah Ford their Bond	112.11
	To Cash received of Isaac Wright & J. Ellis their Bond	55.37
	To Cash received of Josiah Chandler his Bond	44.45
	To Cash received of Issachar Snell his Bond	62.29
	To Cash received of William Hooper his Bond	142.30
	To Cash received of John Hardin & Wm Hooper their Bond	124.67
	To Cash received of Joseph Adams his Bond	115.55
	To Cash received of Ephraim Fobes his Bond	95.48
	To Cash received of John Harden & Pratt their Bond	119.56
	To Cash received of Elijah Hayward his Bond	124.50
	To Cash received of Cornelius Pratt his Bond	52.22
	To Cash received of Nath'l & Levi Harlow their Bond	40.84
	To Cash received of Ebenezer Porter his Bond	345.75
	To Cash received of Elias Churchill his Bond	66.90
	To Cash received of Nathaniel Pratt his Bond	62.08
	To Cash received of Oliver Parker & J. Ellis their Bond	100.62
	The amount carried over	$ 22846.95.2

[page 71]

	Amount brought over	$ 22846.95.2
	To Cash received of Joseph Copeland his Bond	156.17
	To Cash received of William Holmes his Bond	168.68
	To Cash received of Peter Foster his Bond	28.24
	To Cash received of Micah White his Bond	241.06
	To Cash received of Samuel Harden his Bond	58.76
	To Cash received of Josepg & benj'n Pope their Bond	133.65
	To Cash received of Timothy Ripley his Bond	69.42
	To Cash received of Ephraim & James Tilson their Bond	139.99
	To Cash received of Ebenezer Benson his Bond	413.40
	To Cash received of Isaac Wright his Bond	90.40
	To Cash received of Arthur Chandler his Bond	42.63
	To Cash received of Ellis Holmes his Bond	250.53
	To Cash received of Billya Wright his Bond	159.43
	To Cash received of Abiel Richmond his Note	33.78
	To Cash received of Daniel Ripley his Note	5.23
	To Cash received of Jeremiah Sampson his Note	20.35
	To Cash received of Nath'l Fish's Estate his Note	14.40
	To Cash received of John Cobb his Note	42.40
	To Cash received of Oliver Cobb his Note	212.00
	To Cash received of Nath'l & George Russell their Note	1114.25
	To Cash received of Elisha Stetson his Note	12.16
	To Cash received of Arthur Chandler his Note	8.12
	To Cash received of Joshua Eddy his Note	163.85
	To Cash received of Jacob Fish his Note	9.81
	To Cash received of Oliver Sampson his Note	64.26
	To Cash received of Joseph Everson his Note	11.30
	To Cash received of Samuel Adams his Note	10.52
	To Cash received of Anselm Holmes his Note	6.09
	To Cash received of Constant Sampson his Note	40.67
	To Cash received of Thomas Loring his Note	191.08
	To Cash received of Cornelius Cobb his Note	22.12
	To Cash received of Seth Perkins his Note	36.89
	To Cash received of Elisha Washburn his Note	29.74
	To Cash received of Nehemiah Savery his Note	79.05
	To Cash of Reuben Sylvester pasturage yoke of oxen	3.85
	To Cash of Pelham Brewster for Wood	84.48
	To Cash of Lysander Bartlett Balance Book Acc't	29.20
	To Cash of Abijah Drew Balance Book Acc't	4.83
	To Cash of Sylvester Holmes for wood	21.83
	To Cash of Pelham Brewster for Hay at Rocky nook	11.33
	To Cash of Pelham Brewster for Wood	40.83
	To Cash of Francis Adams Balance Book Acc't	8.00
	To Cash of Zenas Drew Balance Book Acc't	41.22
	To Cash of Pelham Brewster for Wood	48.81
	To Cash of Nehemiah Savery for Wood	117.40
	To Cash of Seth Bartlett Balance Book Acc't	5.00
	To Cash of Joseph McLauthlin on Acc't	18.00
	To Cash of Leonard Drew Balance Book Acc't	1.67
	To Cash of Cornelis Drew Balance Book Acc't	4.91
	Amount carried over	$ 27363.74.2

[page 72]

	Amount carried over	$ 27363.74.2
	To Cash of Joseph McLauthlin on acc't	80.00
	To Cash of Noah Simmons Balance Book acc't	1.80
	To Cash of Stephen Drew Balance Ja Drew's Book acc't	27.90
	To Cash of Sam'l Stetson Aqueduct dividends to January 1'st 1810	6.25
	To Cash of Joseph McLauthlin on acc't	35.08
	To an order on the Town Treasurer in favour Z Bassett for Hay	6.00
	To Cash of John Fuller for Hay	3.00
	To Cash of Pelham Brewster for wood	46.70
	To Cash of Joseph McLauthlin on acc't	22.75
	To Cash of John Sever for 3 Bushels potatoes he sold C. Wadworth Jun'r	1.25
	To Cash of Jedidiah Holmes Esq'r on acc't	40.00
	To Cash of Arthur Chandler for Sedge on Brown's Flat	2.00
	To Cash of Abijah Drew for an Iron Bound Cask	1.50
	To Cash of Sam'l Stetson Aqueduct dividends to July 1st 1810	5.00
	To Cash of Philip Washburn for Pew rent	16.84
	To Cash of John Holmes for Sedge Hay	18.00
	To Cash of Daniel McLauthlin for pasturage in 1810	7.15
	To Cash of Joseph McLauthlin Balance his wood acc't	31.28
	To Cash of Jacob Fish for use of Tubbs meadow	6.00
	To Cash of Ebenezer Cushman for Wood	36.45
	To Cash of Martin Parris aqueduct dividends to Jan 1st 1811	10.00
	To Cash of Ezekiel Bryant for Wood stolen by him	2.00
	To Cash of Lewis Holmes for Timber	22.17
	To Cash of Moses Inglee balance Book acc't	46.70
	To Cash of Rev'd Mr. Willis for 3024 feet merchantable Lumber	37.29
	To Cash of Zephaniah Kieth for 228 feet merchantable Lumber	2.96
	To Cash of Pelham Brewster for wood	44.33
	To Cash of Joseph Bartlett for Wood	26.00
	To Cash of Joseph Bartlett on acc't	13.00
	To Cash of Abner Holmes for Hay	1.00
	To Cash of Peter Winsor for Hay	3.60
	To Cash of John Adams for Hay	5.00
	To Cash of Ebenezer Cushman for wood coaled	54.34
	To Cash for C't 5 of 6-9 Hay sold	3.50
	To Cash of Ebenezer Cushman for wood coaled	16.75
	To Cash of Lysander Bartlett on acc't	20.60
	To Cash of James Jones fior pasturage 1809 & 10	15.58
	To Cash of Joseph Bartlett for wood	53.00
	To Cash of Joseph Bartlett on acc't	21.75
	To Cash of Lot Eaton Balance Book acc't	12.13
	To Cash of Jedidiah Holmes Jun'r for 2140 feet M. boards	27.82
	To Cash of Tilden Holmes for 1005 feet Merch'ble Boards	13.06
	To Cash of Cephas Wadsworth for 20 feet merch'ble Plank	0.52
	To Cash of Priscilla Sampson for 582 feet merch'ble Boards	7.55
	To Cash of James Richardson Esq'r Treasurer of Bristol Turnpike	71.50
	To Cash of Wm Simmons half the Flowage by his Mill to Aug't 27th 1811	5.82
	To Cash of Martin Parris aqueduct dividend to July 1st 1809 omitted	5.00
	To Cash of Martin Parris aqueduct dividend to Jan'y 1st 1812	5.00
	To Cash of Pelham Brewster for Wood	22.67
	Amount carried over	$ 28348.26.2

[page 73]

	Amount brought over	$ 28348.26.2
	To Cash of Benjamin Waterman Blance Book acc't	0.74
	To Cash of Philip Washburn for Pew rent in full	8.00
	To Cash of Martin Parris aqueduct dividend to July 1st 1812	10.00
	To Cash of Lysander Bartlett Rent of Landing in full	11.00
	To Cash of Martin Parris aqueduct dividend to Jan'y 1st 1813	8.75
	To Cash of Joshua Holmes's Administrator Balance Book Acc't	7.74
1814	To Cash of Martin Parris aqueduct dividend to July 1st 1813	7.50
	To Cash of Levi Whitman Balance Book acc't	9.54
	To Cash of Joseph Holmes Jun'r his Note	17.89
	To Cash of Jedidah Holmes Esq'r on acc't	60.00
	To Cash for Sedge Hay sold in 1810 omitted	9.00
		$ 28498.42.2

D'r James Sever as Executor in account with the Estate of

William Sever Esq'r deceased.

1809	To fifty Shares in Boston Bank	$  5000.00
	To fifty Shares in Boston Marine Insurance company	3000.00
	To fifty two Shares in N. England Marine Insurance Company	5200.00
	To thirty five Shares in Suffolk Marine Insurance Company	2625.00
	To fifty three Shares in Mass'tts Fire & Marine Insurance Company	2650.00
	To ten Shares in Bristol & Norfolk Turnpike Road	2170.00
	To ten Shares in New Bedford & Bridgewater Turnpike Road	1000.00
	To five shares in Kingston Squeduct Corporation	270.00
	To two Certificates U.S. six per Cent stock	7009.55
	To two Certificates U.S. deferred six per Cent stock	3504.78
	To two certificates U.S. three per Cent Stock	5133.60
	To two Certificates Massachusetts State Debt	530.07
		$ 38093.00

By Bank Insurance and other Stocks transferred

to N. Sever as Guardian to Heirs of John Sever

1811 Feb'y 23	By Twenty five Shares Boston Bank transferred as per rec't	$  2500.00
Feb'y 25th	By twenty five Shares Boston M. I. Company as per rec't	1500.00
Feb'y 25	By twenty six shares N. England M. I. Company as per rec't	2600.00
March 2nd	By Eighteen Shares Suffolk M. I. Company as per rec't	1350.00
March 6th	By twenty six Shares Mass'tts F & M I. Company as per rec't	1300.00
Aug't 17th	By five Shares Norfolk & Bristol Turnpike Road as per rec't	1085.00
24th	By five Shares N. Bedford & Bridgewater Turnpike as per rec't	500.00
	By two and half Shares in Kingston Aqueduct rec't cost	135.00
May 25th	By one Certificate U.S. six per Cent Stock as per rec't	3504.78
	By one Certificate U./S. Deferred six per Cent Stock as per rec't	1752.39
	By one Certificate Mass'tts State Debt as per rec't	265.03
		$ 19059.00

The source citation for this Account is:

"Massachusetts, Plymouth County, Probate Records, 1633-1967," Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org : accessed 15 July 2015), probate clerk transcriptions, ""Probate Records, 1813-1820, Vol 46-47," Volume 47, pages 70-77 (penned), William Sever executor's account; citing original records in the Massachusetts State Archives, Boston, Mass.

William Sever, Esquire of Kingston, Massachusetts was a very rich man.  He owned precious metals, stock in banks, road and insurance companies, money in the bank, and was owed money in the form of bonds, notes and accounts by many persons, presumably his associates and acquaintances in and around Plymouth and Kingston.  

Note that the information here is only the cash, stock and credit holdings; it does not include the real estate or personal estate (clothing, furniture, tools, utensils, etc.).  

This account spreads over eight pages - I have listed only the assets listed on the first four pages of the account.  I will transcribe the debts and disbursements from the executor's account in next week's post.  

The executor of the estate of William Sever is his only surviving son,  James N. Sever (1761-1845).  The will of William Sever was transcribed in Amanuensis Monday - Post 277: 1802 Will of William Sever (1729-1809) of Kingston, Mass. (posted 27 July 2015) and the division of the real estate between his heirs is in Amanuensis Monday - Post 278: 1811 Division of Lands of William Sever (1729-1809) of Kingston, Mass. (posted 3 August 2015).

The last portion of the asset account transcribed herein is the stock that was set aside for the heirs of William Sever's son, John Sever, who died in 1803, per the will of William Sever.  The sum total of the stock assets was $38,093 and stock worth $19,059 (just about half) was provided to the heirs of the deceased son John Sever.  The remainder of the assets in the estate was $28,498.42 which will be disbursed in the second half of the Account.

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CVGS Program Meeting on Wednesday, August 26th is a "Problem Solving Panel"

 WEDNESDAY, August 26th GENERAL MEETING

from 12:30 p.m. To 2:30 p.m.

At Bonita-Sunnyside Library (4375 Bonita Road) in Community Room

“Problem Solving Panel”

    The August 26th General Meeting of the Chula Vista Genealogical Society (CVGS) will feature four of our CVGS “expert researchers” – Shirley Becker, Ceasar Castro, John Finch, and Randy Seaver.   Jane Strawn will moderate the program.

     The panelists requested questions from CVGS members in the form of general research questions. One example is: “How do I obtain military/pension records from the War of 1812?”  Another: “Where would I find death records from New York?”.

     The panel will not be researching problems concerning specific individuals or families this year.  Each question submitted will be assigned to one of the panelists for a response, and the other panelists may provide support or additional information.

     The panel should be able to answer 12 questions in the 60 minute program.  There may be time for questions from the audience.

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Added or Updated Databases at Ancestry.com - Week of August 16 to 22, 2015

The following databases were added or updated on Ancestry.com during the period from 16 August to 22 August 2015:

The databases added or updated include

*  U.S., Quaker Meeting Records, 1681-1935; indexed records with document images, UPDATED 8/20/2015

*  Manchester, England, Marriages and Banns, 1754-1930 (Cathedral); indexed records with document images, UPDATED 8/20/2015

*  UK, American Loyalist Claims, 1776-1835; indexed records with document images, UPDATED 8/20/2015

* UK, Foreign and Overseas Registers of British Subjects, 1628-1969; indexed records with document images, UPDATED 8/20/2015

*  U.S. City Directories, 1822-1989; indexed records with document images, UPDATED 8/19/2015

*  California, Naturalization Records, 1887-1991; indexed records with document images, UPDATED 8/17/2015

*  England & Wales, National Probate Calendar (Index of Wills and Administrations), 1858-1966; indexed records with document images, UPDATED 8/17/2015

The recently added and updated page on Ancestry.com is at http://www.ancestry.com/cs/recent-collections.

The complete Ancestry.com Card Catalog is at  http://search.ancestry.com/search/CardCatalog.aspx.  

There were 0 NEW databases ADDED this past week. There are now 32,708 databases available as of 22 August, up 0 from last week. 

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Best of the Genea-Blogs - 16 to 22 August 2015

Hundreds of genealogy and family history bloggers write thousands of posts every week about their research, their families, and their interests. I appreciate each one of them and their efforts.

My criteria for "Best of ..." are pretty simple - I pick posts that advance knowledge about genealogy and family history, address current genealogy issues, provide personal family history, are funny or are poignant. I don't list posts destined for daily blog prompts or meme submissions (but I do include summaries of them), or my own posts.

Here are my picks for great reads from the genealogy blogs for this past week:

*  Challenge #30: Critical Analysis by Susan Farrell Bankhead on the Brick Wall Genealogist blog.  Susan tackles this important task in the GPS.

*  Citations, Rigmarole, & Aha! Moments by Elizabeth Shown Mills on the Evidence Explained QuickTips blog.  What matters in a source citation?  Elizabeth explains.

*  Did Great-Grandpa Grow Hemp? by Amy Johnson Crow on the Amy Johnson Crow blog.  Amy explores a person's entry in the agricultural schedule in the 1850. census

*  Tracing Orphans in Your Ancestry by D. Joshua Taylor on the JSTOR Daily blog.  Josh reviews the problem of orphaned ancestors and how to find records for them.

*  Moving Part 5:  Learning to Research in a New Community by Cari Taplin on the Genealogy Pants blog.  Cari moved from Denver to Austin, and describes how she is getting along in new-to-her repositories.

*  Ethnicity Testing and Results by Roberta J. Estes on the DNAeXplained - Genetic Genealogy blog.  This is an excellent overview of ethnicity estimates and chromosome browsing.

*  Lisa Elzey WDYTYA? and Story Telling - #BYUFHGC and Lisa Elzey #BYUFHGC Presentation, Part 2 by the writer of The Ancestry Insider blog.  Mr. AI describes Lisa's presentation about how WDYTYA? research works.

*  The Limits of Ownership by Judy G. Russell on The Legal Genealogist blog.  Judy addresses copyright protection of a photo of an older photo.

*  Reflections of a Grandmother by Jacquie Schattner on the Seeds to Tree blog.  Three generations back, two generations forward, love binds.

*  Hey Soldier, What's Your Name?  Crowdsourcing IDs in Old Photos (TUTORIAL) by Denise Levenick on The Family Curator blog.

*  GeneaGem:  Genealogical Periodicals and Newsletters by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.  Linda highlights the unique offerings of society newsletters and periodicals.

Here are pick posts by other geneabloggers this week:

*  GAGs - GeniAus' Gems - 21 August 2015 by Jill Ball on the Geniaus blog.

*  Recommended Reads by Linda Stufflebean on the Empty Branches on the Family Tree blog.

*  Friday Finds and FollowsL 21 August 2015 by Miriam Robbins on the Ancestories: The Stories of My Ancestors blog.

*  Friday Finds in Directories: 21 August 2015 by Miriam Robbins on the Online Historical Directories blog.

*  Friday Finds in Newspapers: 21 August 2015 by Miriam Robbins on the Online Historical Newspapers blog.

*  Friday Finds; August 15-21 by Nichelle Barra on the Copper Leaf Genealogy blog.

*  Follow Friday ~ Fab Finds for August 21, 2015 by Jana Last on Jana's Genealogy and Family History Blog.

*  Best Bytes for the Week of 21 August  2015 by Elizabeth O'Neal on the Little Bytes of Life blog.

*  This Week's Creme de la Creme -- August 22, 2015 by Gail Dever on the Genealogy a la Carte blog.

*  Saturday Serendipity(August 22, 2015) by John D. Tew on the Filiopietism Prism blog.

Readers are encouraged to go to the blogs listed above and read their articles, and add their blogs to your Favorites, Feedly, another RSS feed, or email if you like what you read. Please make a comment to them also - all bloggers appreciate feedback on what they write.

Did I miss a great genealogy blog post? Tell me! I am currently reading posts from over 1590 genealogy bloggers using Feedly, but I still miss quite a few it seems.

Read past Best of the Genea-Blogs posts here.

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