Thursday, January 28, 2021

Seavers In the News -- Mrs. Rachel B. Seaver Died in Boston in 1857

  It's time for another edition of "Seavers in the News" - a weekly feature from the historical newspapers about persons with the surname Seaver that are interesting, useful, mysterious, fun, macabre, or add information to my family tree database.

This week's entry is from the Boston [Mass. ] Investigator newspaper dated 15 July 1857:

The transcription of the article is:

"Obituary

"Died -- In this city, on the 8th inst., after a painful and a lingering illness (occasioned by cancer,) Mrs. Rachel B. Seaver, widow of the late James N. Seaver, and daughter of the late Mr. Adna Bates, aged 50 -- The remembrance that departed friends have led useful and upright lives furnishes consolation to rational and reflecting minds when death removes from them the objects of their affection and regard.  In this respect, the memory of Mrs. Seaver is soothing to her relatives and friends.  Her whole live was passed in good and honest pursuits, according to her conscientious convictions of truth and duty. She practically illustrated, in a remarkable degree, the sterling virtues of integrity, kindness, and justice, and thus proved by her deeds that her "life was in the right." In respect to religious opinions, she was a Christian, and, we can safely add, in the best sense of the term. Charitable and forgiving in her creed, and pure and truthful in her disposition, her piety was sincere, unaffected, and honestly entertained in the workings of an intelligent and inquiring mind improved and disciplined by much reading and reflection. But she was not merely a passive believer.  Her religion was practical and of the Samaritan kind which went about doing good. -- Many of the poor and unfortunate in this city will henceforth look around in vain for their benefactress, and while they bless her memory, mourn the absence of her kind face and open hand,  Through all the sufferings of her sickness, and amid the intensest paid, her trust and resignation never forsook her; the patient and quiet submission to her severe lot showed a wonderful strength of mind that could thus triumph over the ravages of a most painful disease and the absolute certainty of approaching death; and when the final hour came, she met it with the calmness and tranquility of one who had always walked in the light of an unaccusing conscience and the strength of a solid character. "A good name is rather to be chosen than great riches, and loving favor rather than silver and gold."

The source citation is:

"Obituary, " Boston [Mass.] Intelligencer newspaper, Wednesday, 15 July 1857, page 3, column B, Rachel B. Seaver obituary;  GenealogyBank   (https://genealogybank.com : accessed 28 January 2021).

This obituary provides a death date and place, husband's name, father's name, and an age, plus several paragraphs of praise for this woman.

Rachel (Bates) Seaver (1807-1857) was the daughter of Adna and Rachel (Briggs) Bates of Cohasset, Massachusetts.  She married James N. Seaver (1805-????) on 21 March 1830 in Boston, Massachusetts.  They had one son that I have been able to find in the records:

*  James Thomas Seaver (1832-1895), who married Elizabeth Davis Smith (1828-1899) in Gloucester, Massachusetts.

I have been unable to place James N. Seaver as a son of a Seaver couple, although I suspect that he is the James Seaver (1804-????) who was the son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Loker) Seaver of Boston, Massachusetts.  The editor of the Boston Investigator newspaper was Horace Seaver (1810-1889), who was a famous atheist, "free thinker" and abolitionist in his day.  Horace also was a son of Nathaniel and Hannah (Loker) Seaver.  This obituary may be for his sister-in-law whom he likely knew well.  

I wrote about my search for the search for James Thomas Seaver's parents in Seavers in the News - Post 6: Almost Finding James T. Seaver's Parents back in July 2014.

Horace (and perhaps James N.) Seaver is my 5th cousin 5 times removed, with common Seaver ancestors of  my 9th great-grandparents Robert and Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver.  

There are over 10,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and sometimes a person is a good Christian admired by many. I am glad that I can honor Rachel (Bates)Seaver today.  

You never know when a descendant or relative will find this blog post and learn something about their ancestors or relatives, or will provide more information about them to me.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1698 Marriage Records of Samuel Prescott and Esther Wheeler in Concord and Lancaster, 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 marriage entry for Samuel Prescott and Esther Wheeler in 1698 in the Lancaster, Massachusetts town record book:

The marriage entry is the 22nd from the top of the "Appendix" marriage listings:

The marriage record transcription is:

"Samuel Prescott and Esther Wheeler, May 5, 1698"

The source citation for this record is:

Henry S. Nourse (editor), The Birth, Marriage and Death Register, Church Records and Epitaphs of Lancaster, Massachusetts, 1643-1850 ( Clinton, Mass. : W.J. Coulter, Printer, 1890), page 11, "Middlesex County Records," Births, Ann Moore birth entry, 17 5th month 1666.

This is an abstract from a copied town record book for Lancaster, Massachusetts, so it is a Derivative Source with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage of Samuel Prescott and Esther Wheeler.

There is also a record of this marriage in the Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths book:

The marriage record is the 18th record from the top of the page:

The transcription of the record is:

"Sam'll Prescote & Ester Wheeler both of Concord were marryed by y'e
Rever'nd Joseph Estabrooke may y'e 5th 1698."

The source citation for this record is:

George Tolman (compiler), Concord, Massachusetts Births, Marriages and Deaths, 1635-1850 (Concord, Mass. : Committee on Printing, 1894), page 46, Sam'll Prescote and Ester Wheeler marriage entry, 5 May 1698.

This is an abstract from a copied town record book for Concord, Massachusetts, so it is a Derivative Source with Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage of Samuel Prescott and Esther Wheeler..

Samuel Prescott (1674-1758) was the son of Jonathan and Dorothy (Heald) Prescott of Lancaster, and Esther Wheeler (1678-1756) was the daughter of John and Sarah (Larkin) Wheeler of Concord, Massachusetts.  They married on 5 May 1698 in Concord, but it was also recorded in the Lancaster book.

Samuel and Esther (Wheeler) Prescott are my 7th great-grandparents, through their daughter Dorothy Prescott (1702-1774) who married James Hildreth (1698-1761) on 20 December 1721 in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

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Wednesday, January 27, 2021

Checking Out Ancestry.com's New "Deep Dive" Feature in the 1940 U.S. Census

 I recently received access to the new Ancestry.com feature for "Deep Dive tour" for the 1940 United States Census.  Here is a quick look at this feature for my father in the 1940 U.S. census:

Here is the record summary for one of the two census entries for my father, Frederick W. Seaver.  In this record, he is age 28 in Leominster, Massachusetts, indexed as Frederick W. Lawon by the Ancestry indexers (I added an alternate name 9 years ago):   

The light-blue box at the top of the page notes "There's more to discover in this record.  Dive deeper into the life of Frederick W. Lawon in 1940.  Start tour"

I clicked the "Start tour" link and was presented with a series of 12 pages that highlighted information in this particular census record.  For instance, the first one is a summary of the census record:

The box says "This is a 1940 U.S. Federal Census document about Frederick.  Let's find out if this record matches the Frederick in your tree."  

Clicking on "Next" takes me to the second screen:

The box says "We will walk you through the information in this document so that you can decide if this matches the Frederick in your tree and to determine what it tells you about their story."

Clicking "Next" takes me to the third screen:

The street address for this household is highlighted, and the box says "Address: Frederick lived at 918 Main Street in Leominster, Massachusetts.  [Street view link].  Leominster was a town with a population of 22,226."

Clicking "Next" takes me to the fourth screen:

The home ownership and value entries for the head of household was highlighted, and the box says: "Home Ownership:  The 'O' indicates that Frederick's brother-in-law owned this home and it was valued at $6,800 ($129,200 in today's dollars)."

Clicking "Next," the fifth screen is:

The names and relationships of the household members were highlighted and the box says: "Household: These are the household members as recorded by the census taker.  You can tell that Ruth S. answered the census questions because there is a circled 'X' next to her name."

The next few screens show:

*  Ages of the household members

*  Education of household members

*  Birthplaces

*  Occupation [the dive didn't list the actual occupation, just the place where he worked.  My father was listed as a "Loan bant comp" (Loan bank company?) and the occupation was highlighted as an "Investigator" but not listed in the text note.]

*  Hours worked

*  Income, highlighting number of weeks worked and the yearly earnings in 1939

The last screen is:


The name of my father is highlighted and the box says "Do you want to save this record to someone in your tree?" with "Yes" or "No" as the choices.

If I click "Yes" then I can choose my father from my Ancestry Member Tree, or start a new person in a tree. If I choose to add a new person, a form is shown with pre-filled name, birth year and birth state:

It added the person to my active Ancestry Member Tree. 

I don't know how extensive this feature will be in the future.  I thought I heard that it would be applied to the 1911 England and Wales census and the 1921 Canada census but I haven't seen those yet.  It could be applied to other census records and to more record collections that supply personal and family information (e.g., other census years, the Social Security Applications and Claims Index (which has no related image), the World War I and II draft registrations cards, etc.).

Is it useful for genealogists and family historians?  Seasoned researchers know how to search for and to find all of those items from the 1940 U.S. Census, but many novice researchers may appreciate the help provided - they still have to do a search.  The feature doesn't waste my time if I don't click on the "Start Tour" link.  So I think it can be useful.

I have no idea if all Ancestry subscribers have this feature, or if I'm one of the "lucky" ones.  

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The Frederick W. Seaver Family of San Diego, Plus a Cousin, in 1958 -- Post 654 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

 I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! This is one of my favorite photographs:

In summer 1958, my aunt and uncle Walter and Evelyn (Seaver) Wood drove from Leominster, Massachusetts to San Diego with my grandmother, Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver and Walter and Evelyn's granddaughter, Diana.  They stayed for about a week with the Marshall and Dorothy (Taylor) Chamberlain family in San Diego, where Bessie's sister, Emily (Richmond) Taylor lived.  So it was a grand reunion of my father with his sister and mother after 16 years away from Massachusetts.  This was the first and the last time that my brothers and I met our paternal grandmother.

In this photograph, taken in the backyard of the Chamberlains home at 4601 Terrace Drive in San Diego, are (from the left):

*  My brother Stanley Richmond Seaver (age 11+)

*  My brother, Scott Frederick Seaver (age 2+)

*  My father, Frederick Walton Seaver (age 46+)

*  My first cousin once removed, Diana Soule (age 11)

*  Me (age 14+) - note: with hair!

*  My mother, Betty Virginia (Carringer) Seaver (age 39)

I have very few photographs of my whole birth family because we took very few photographs between 1960 and 1983, when my father died.  I think that my grandfather, Lyle Carringer took this photo of us.   

This photo (originally with faded colors) has been enhanced and restored using the MyHeritage photo tools.  

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Tuesday, January 26, 2021

Genealogy News and Education Bytes -- Tuesday, 26 January 2021

Welcome to Genealogy News and Education Bytes, posted on Tuesday afternoon and Friday afternoon, where we try to highlight the most important genealogy and family history news and education items that came across our desktop since the last issue.    


1)  News Articles:




2)  New or Updated Record Collections:





3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes






4)  Genealogy Education - Seminars, Webinars and Online Classes (times are US Pacific):






*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Tuesday, 26 January, 11 a.m.: 

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 27 January, 11 a.m.:  Genealogy Escape Room, by Thomas MacEntee

 *  Archived Family Tree Webinar:  Introducing Genetic Groups, by Ran Snir

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Lisa Louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  Episode 249: 10 Questions You Need to Ask

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 133: Daugherty Case Study Part 1



*  Fisher's Top Tips: #244r - Old Home Movies



6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):











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The New MyHeritage Photo Color Restoration Feature Works Really Well

 Like many genealogists and family historians, I have a raft of photographs taken in the 1950s and 1960s that have faded or turned yellowish over time while they hid in albums or boxes of photographs.

The MyHeritage Photo Color Restoration feature was announced to day - see Introducing Color Restoration on MyHeritage   I think it works really well.

Some of the oldest faded family photographs I have from the 1950s to 1970s are these - presented "before" and "after" going through the color restoration process:

1)  My mother, father and paternal grandmother in San Diego in summer 1958.


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2)  Randy, cousin Diana, brother Scott, and brother Stan in Summer 1958 at the San Diego Zoo:


3)  The Seaver-Carringer-Chamberlain-Wood group photo in Summer 1958:



These photographs are really special to me because this was the only time in my life that I met my grandmother Alma Bessie (Richmond) Seaver in person.  She drove with her daughter Evelyn (Seaver) Wood, son-in-law Walter Wood, and great-granddaughter Diana Soule from Leominster, Massachusetts all the way across the country in the summer of 1958.  My guess is that Walter and Evelyn shared the driving.  They also visited Santa Barbara to see Evelyn's first cousin Bud Richmond.  I am sure they stopped at many places to sightsee on the long road trip which probably took three or four weeks.  I will have to ask Diana where they visited on the way to San Diego and back home.

In San Diego, they stayed with Bess's sister, Emily (Richmond) Taylor, and her daughter Dorothy (Taylor) Chamberlain and her husband Marshall Chamberlain.  My Carringer grandparents are in the last photo also.  

I have tried to restore theses photos before using a photograph editing program, but the MyHeritage Photo Restoration feature works much faster and easier.  I will not bore you with more photos because I have many more to restore!

Thank you, MyHeritage!!

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Disclosure: I receive a complimentary subscription to MyHeritage, and gave received other material consideration in past years. I uploaded my autosomal DNA raw data to their DNA product. This does not affect my objective analysis of MyHeritage products.

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Monday, January 25, 2021

MyHeritage Releases Color Restoration Feature to Bring New Life to Faded Color Photos

 I received this information from MyHeritage today:

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MyHeritage Releases Color Restoration Feature to Bring New Life to Faded Color Photos

MyHeritage In Color™ expanded, now beautifully restores faded color photos using AI technology licensed from DeOldify

Tel Aviv, Israel & Lehi, Utah, January 25, 2021 — MyHeritage, the leading global service for discovering your past and empowering your future, announced today the release of color restoration for faded color photos. A major enhancement to MyHeritage’s advanced suite of photo tools, color restoration revives the authentic colors in faded photos, with exceptional results.

Color restoration is ideal for old color photos from the 1950’s through the 1990’s, where the chemistry of printed photos stored in albums did not withstand the test of time and caused the colors to fade or turn yellow. The technology for color restoration was licensed exclusively from DeOldify, created by deep learning experts Jason Antic and Dana Kelley, and was integrated into MyHeritage. It accurately restores a photo’s original colors and sharpens the image in the process. Color restoration is a powerful new addition to MyHeritage In Color™, the company’s flagship photo feature for colorizing black and white photos, which was also developed by DeOldify and licensed exclusively by MyHeritage.

MyHeritage In Color™ and another AI-based feature, the MyHeritage Photo Enhancer, were released last year and have been used by consumers over 20 million times. Both have gone viral, received high acclaim, and have inspired a renewed appreciation for historical photos among consumers.

“In 2020, MyHeritage became the top online destination for colorizing, enhancing, and sharing historical photos,” said Gilad Japhet, Founder and CEO of MyHeritage. “The addition of color restoration to our robust suite of photo features offers the incredible opportunity to bring cherished childhood memories back to life, and to share the beautifully revived photos with our family and friends. Nostalgia doesn't get any sweeter than this!”

"We're thrilled that our cutting-edge color restoration model will be enjoyed by the community as part of MyHeritage In Color™", said Jason Antic and Dana Kelley, founders of DeOldify. "So much effort has gone into creating this software, and we can think of no better partner for bringing it to the market than MyHeritage, a company that is defined by innovation and whose mission is to make family history more accessible to people all over the world.”

Integration into the MyHeritage platform

Millions of people around the world use the MyHeritage platform to discover their family history and digitally preserve their family photos. With world-class technologies for colorizing and enhancing photos, and now with the addition of color restoration, MyHeritage offers cutting-edge tools that provide new perspectives on family history.

Color restoration is available on the MyHeritage platform on the web and on MyHeritage’s free mobile app for iOS and Android. The mobile app includes a built-in scanner so users can digitize family photos stored in physical albums. When a photo is uploaded to MyHeritage, the system automatically determines if the photo is black and white (or sepia), or was originally taken in color. Photos that were originally black and white can be colorized, and those that were taken in color can have their original colors restored. Color-restored photos can easily be shared with family and friends on Facebook, Twitter, WhatsApp, and other social media. Restoring colors does not modify the photo, but creates a separate copy on MyHeritage alongside the original.

MyHeritage In Color™ is a freemium feature on MyHeritage. Users can restore the colors in 10 photos for free, after which continued use requires a subscription.

Please see some incredible examples in our blog post here and read more information in the press release below.



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Monday Genea-Pourri - Week Ending 25 January 2021

 Here are the highlights of my family history and genealogy related activities over the past week:

1)  Moderated the Chula Vista Genealogical Society DNA interest Group meeting on Wednesday on Zoom with 18 attendees.  I reported on the MyHeritageDNA Genetic Groups, AncestryDNA shutting down their Health feature, and the FamilyTreeDNA merger with myDNA.  I described Chromosome Mapping on DNA Painter and demonstrated adding segments to my map.  The attendees described their recent DNA activities.

2)  Watched one new Family Tree Webinar - Another 50 Websites Every Genealogist Should Know by Gena Philibert-Ortega. 

3)  Wrote and posted a biographical sketch of my 7th great-grandmother #577 Ann (Moore) Hildreth (1666-1760) of Chelmsford, Mass. for my 52 Ancestors biographical sketch on Friday. 

4)  Transcribed a probate record in Amanuensis Monday -- 1733 Will of Joseph Morse (1667-1733) of Marlborough, Massachusetts.

5)  Reviewed, printed and collected the records for the last four generations for my Mayflower Society application.  I need to write away for BMD certificates to a number of New England town repositories.

6)  Added chromosome segments from DNA matches with known ancestors to my DNA Painter chromosome map from MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA, 23andMe and GEDmatch.  Tried to find AncestryDNA matches in the other match lists with few successes.  Now it's on to tracing the ancestry of my highest matches.

7)  Added Notes to 14 more AncestryDNA matches with cM values, relationships and known common ancestors, including six with known common ancestors/  Ancestry added 99 new DNA matches this past week, with one new ThruLines.   MyHeritage added 29 new DNA matches.   Reviewed the new DNA matches on  AncestryDNA, MyHeritageDNA, FamilyTreeDNA and 23andMe.  

8)  There were several sessions working in the RootsMagic software program to match with and update FamilySearch Family Tree profiles for Seaver families and my ancestral families, with occasional additions to the RootsMagic profiles. I have matched 40,110 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 121).

9)  Used Web Hints and Record Matches from Ancestry, MyHeritage, Findmypast and FamilySearch to add content and sources to my RootsMagic profiles.  I now have 61,233 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 138), and 132.355 source citations (up 377).   I TreeShared with my Ancestry Member Tree twice this week updating 253 profiles, and I resolved 1,996 Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 146,345 to be resolved, but I work on them almost daily. 

10)  Wrote 15 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which one was a press release.  The most popular post last week was Amanuensis Monday -- 1716 Will of Thomas Brigham (1641-1716) of Marlborough, Massachusetts  with over 328 views.  

11)  We are still fine here at the Genea-cave, hunkered down and not going out much in Week 45 of COVID-19 isolation.  I went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday, and it wasn't too busy.  I got the sniffles on Saturday somehow and have been isolating myself more.  Other than that, it was stay-at-home on the computer doing genealogy, eating, sleeping, cleaning, and a little yard work.  I watched the NFL playoff  football games on Sunday, and I started reading Nathan Dylan Goodwin's latest ebook on my laptop.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1733 Will of Joseph Morse (1667-1733) of Marlborough, Massachusetts

 This week's document for transcription is the 1733 Will of Joseph Morse (1667-1733) of Marlborough, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, which is in Estate File 15528 in the Middlesex County Probate Court records. 

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The transcription of this will is:

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In the Name of God Amen

I Joseph Morse of Marlburrough sen'r in y'e County of Middl's in New England yeoman
being Aged and full of Pain but of sound mind and Disposing memory blessed be God therefor in and
by these Presents make this my Last will and Testament in manner and form as followeth -
Imp'rs I Will and bequeath my soul to God that Gave it and my Body to y'e earth to be Decently Buried at
the Discretion of my Executor Hereafter Named Hoping through the Death sufferings and Merrits of
my Great Redeemer to Receive it a spiritual Body in all Respects better filled and prepared for
my Lord and Master's service.
And as to y'e Worldly Goods God in his Rich and undeserved Bounty hath made me Possessor of
I Do Dispose of them in manner following.
1'st  I will and Bequeath unto my son Joseph in Adition to what I have Heretofore Given him by
deed and as his full part in mine inheritance Twelve Acres of Meadow Lying and being in that
comonly called Sedge Meadow and y'e upland thereunto Adjoining at y'e easterly end thereof, and
also five acres of Meadow on y'e easterly part of my Possession in that comonly called Broad Meadow
and also Three Acres in that comonly called spruce swamp adjoining therunto.
2'ly I Will and Bequeath unto my Grand children by my daughter Grace ^deceased^ one Hundred Pounds to be
paid unto them in equall parts as they shall become of full age.  And if it shall Happen that
any of my s'd Grandchildren should Decease before the Become of age as is afores'd, my Will is that
that his or her or their part be equally Devided amongst the survivors of them.
3'ly I Will and Bequeath unto my son in Law Jacob Hinds five Pounds in full of his part of my
Estate whatsoever.
4'ly I Will and Bequeath unto my Daughters Mary Elisabeth and Patience Three Hundred Pounds to
be Paid unto them fifty Pounds Each at y'e end of one year and an half Next after my Decease and
the other Part which is fifty pounds each to be paid unto them att three years End next
after y'e Decease of my Wife Grace, to be Paid unto them Respectively in Good and Lawfull
Bills of Creditt on the Province afores'd or in other species current with y'e Merchant at
Money price at y'e Respective Days and times of Payment.
5'ly I Will and Bequeath unto my Tender and Wellbeloved Wife Grace During the Time that
she shall Remain my Widow, the Continual Improvement of all and every Part of my
Buildings orchards fences Plowlands Meadows and the Continual Incomes from thence 
arising, which are not Heretofore by Deed, or by this my present will Disposed of.
6'ly I Will and bequeath unto my Wife afores'd all my Moveable Estate within my now
Dwelling house (Bonds excepted) and also one Horse Two Cowes and Four sheep
to be at her Dispose to any or all of my three Daughters above Named as she my said
Wife shall Judge most expedient.
7'ly  I Will and Bequeath unto my son Jonas all my Lands not Heretofore Disposed of Together
will all and singular the Buildings Fences orchards improvements and incomes from thence
from time to time and at all times ariseing to be with him and his assignes forever after
the time of my s'd Wife Grace shall Decease or cease to be my Widow.  Further my Will is
that from and after my Decease my cattle of what Kind soever and my money or Bonds for
money Together with my Tooles for Husbandry shall be and Remain unto my s'd son Jonas
forever.
Finally  I name and constitute my son Jonas afores'd to be sole Executor of this my Last
will and Testament Here'by Renouncing all former Wills and Do Declare this to be my Last
Will and Testament Declared signed and sealed this Ninth Day of Aprill Anno Domini
one thousand seven Hundred Thirty and Three and in the fifth year of y'e Reign of our
Soverein Lord George y'e second of Great Britain &c King.
Declared signed and sealed (the word Deceased was Hereunto anexed before sealing and Declaring
Hereof) in Presence of us Wittnesses
Samuel Biglo
Samuel Morss
Daniel Harington                                                       Joseph morse  {seal}

On 3 September 1733, Jonas Morse (the executor) and the three witnesses presented the will to the Middlesex County Probate Court and Jonas Morse was charged to faithfully execute the will of his father and to provide an account when required by Judge Jonathan Remington. 

The source citation for this probate case file is:

Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Volume: Middlesex 14000-15599, Estate File #15528 (4 images), Joseph Morse estate, 1733; "Middlesex County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1648-1871," digital images, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2014, American Ancestors  (https://www.americanancestors.org: accessed 17 January 2021); Digitized mages provided by FamilySearch.org from original records at Probate Registry, Cambridge, Mass. 

Joseph Morse (1667-1733) married Grace Warren (1671-1753) on 20 January 1690 in Marlborough, Massachusetts.  They resided in Marlborough, and had six children:

*  Joseph Morse (1692-1756), married 1716 Abigail Barnes (1695-1741).
*  Grace Morse (1694-1731), married 1716 Jacob Hinds (1695-1764).
*  Mary Morse (1697-????), married 1719 James Maynard (1694-????).
*  Elizabeth Morse (1699-1774), married 1717 Benjamin Woods (1691-1740).
*  Jonas Morse (1703-1779), married 1735 Lucy Eager (1707-1802).
*  Patience Morse (1705-1776), married 1726 Jonathan Keyes (1702-1778).

There are only four papers in this Estate file - the cover, the will, the order to the executor to appear, and the approval of the will.  There is no inventory or account in this estate file.  

Joseph and Grace (Warren) Morse are my 7th great-grandparents, through their daughter Mary Morse (1697-????) who married James Maynard (1694-????) in about 1719. 

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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."

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