52 Ancestors - Week 343: #553 Susanna (Draper) Plimpton (1687-1769) of Medfield, Massachusetts

Susannah Draper (1687-1769) is number 553 on my Ahnentafel List, my 7th great-grandmother, who married #552 John Plimpton (1680-1730)  in 1707 in Medfield, now Norfolk County, Massachusetts.

I am descended through:

*  their son #276 John Plimpton (1708-1756) who married #277 Abigail Fisher (1711-1785) in 1731.

*  their son #138 Amos Plimpton (1735-1808) who married #139 Mary Guild (1735-1800) in 1756.

*  their daughter #69 Mercy Plimpton (1772-1850) who married #68  Aaron Smith (1765-1841) in 1795.

*  their son #34 Alpheus Smith (1802-1840)   who married  #35 Elizabeth Horton Dill (1791-1869) in 1826.

*  their daughter, #17 Lucretia Townsend Smith (1828-1884) who married #16 Isaac Seaver (1823-1901) in 1851.

*  their son #8 Frank Walton Seaver (1852-1922) who married #9 Hattie Louisa Hildreth (1857-1920) 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:                           Susanna Draper[1–2]    

*  Alternate Name:           Susanna Plimpton[4–5]    

*  Alternate Name:           Susanna Draper Plimpton[3]    

*  Alternate Name:           Susannah Sabin[6]  

*  Sex:                              Female    

*  Father:                         John Draper (1656-1749)    

*  Mother:                       Abigail Mason (1659-1705)  

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

   

*  Birth:                           1 August 1687, Dedham, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[1,3]    

*  Distribution:                7 April 1730, appointed administrator of husband's estate, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[7]

*  Death:                          27 September 1769 (age 82), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[3–4]    

*  Burial:                         after 27 September 1769 (after age 82), Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[3]  

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

*   Spouse 1.                  John Plimpton (1680-1730)    

*  Marriage 1:                 13 November 1707 (age 20), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]    

*  Child 1:                     John Plimpton (1708-1756)    

*  Child 2:                     James Plimpton (1709-1784)    

*  Child 3:                     Daniel Plimpton (1721-1777)    

*  Child 4:                     Elizabeth Plimpton (1726-1757)

* Spouse 2: Stephen Sabin (1689-1737)    

* Marriage 2: 31 May 1731 (age 43), Medfield, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[5]    

* Spouse 3: Joseph Plimpton (1677-1739)    

* Marriage 3: 5 April 1739 (age 51), Medway, Norfolk, Massachusetts, United States[6]  

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

 Susanna Draper was born 1 August 1687 in Dedham, Massachusetts, the daughter of John and Abigail (Mason) Draper[1,3].  

She married (1) John Plimpton (1680-1730) on 13 November 1707 in Medfield, Massachusetts[2].  He was the son of John and Elizabeth (Fisher) Plimpton of Medfield.  They had four children, all born in Medfield, and recorded in the town vital records:

*  John Plimpton (1708-1756), married 1731 Abigail Fisher (1711-1785).

*  James Plimpton (1709-1784), married 1736 Lydias Lovell (1717-????).

*  Daniel Plimpton (1721-1777), married 1745 Deborah Smith (1723-1787).

*  Elizabeth Plimpton (1726-1757).

John Plimpton died on 19 January 1730 in Medfield, leaving Susanna with four children between the ages of 4 and 22.  Administration on his estate was granted to Susanna and their eldest son, John Plimpton on 7 April 1730 in Suffolk County Probate Court[7].  The Inventory was apprised at £789.  The estate was distributed after the appraisers decided that the real estate could not be equitably divided between the heirs.  The widow received her thirds in land and personal estate for the rest of her life, sons John and James received the real estate, and were to provide their brother Daniel and sister Elizabeth with 74 pounds plus interest. 

Susanna (Draper) Plimpton married (2) on 31 May 1731 in Medfield to Stephen Sabin (1689-1737), as his second wife[5].  They had no children.

She married (3) on 15 April 1739 in Medfield to Joseph Plimpton (1677-1739), as his second wife[6], who was a cousin of her first husband, John Plimpton.  He died only six months later on 21 October 1739.  They had no children.

Susanna (Draper) (Plimpton) (Sabin) Plimpton died 27 September 1769 in Medfield, Massachusetts at age 82[3-4].  She is probably buried in Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield[3], although there is no stone evident at this time.

5)  SOURCES

1. Massachusetts, Town and Vital Records, 1620-1988, indexed database and digital image, Ancestry.com (https://www.ancestry.com), Dedham Births, Marriages and Deaths," page xx (image 25 of 1916), Susanna Draper birth entry.

2. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. :  New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Marriages, page 165, John Plimpton and Susannah Draper entry, 13 November 1707.

3. Find A Grave, indexed database and digital image,  (http://www.findagrave.com), Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Mass., Susanna Draper Plimpton memorial #171801214 .

4. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Deaths, page 230, Susanna Plimpton entry, 27 September 1769.

5. Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850, Marriages, page 166, Susanna Plimpton and Stephen Sabin entry, 31 May 1731.

6. Massachusetts, Town Records, 1620-1988, digital images, Ancestry.com, Medway > Births, Marriages, Deaths > image 135 of 1171, Joseph Plimton and Susannah Sabin entry, 15 April 1739.

7.  Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Estate File 5941 John Plimpton, 1730, Letter of Administration and Inventory; "Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, 1636-1899," digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.americanancestors.org : accessed 5 November 2017).

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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 2020 for a seventh year to 364 Ancestors in 364 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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Seavers in The News - Miss Cora J. Seaver Dies in Hartford in 1940

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 Hartford [Conn.] Courant newspaper dated 18 November 1940:

The transcription of the article is:

"Miss Cora J. Seaver, 75, Retired Teacher, Dies

"Miss Cora J. Seaver, 75, of 427 Main Street, formerly of rocky Hill and a retired schoolteacher, died Sunday morning at her home after a long illness.  She was a teacher at the New Park Avenue School for 48 years, retiring in 1933.  She was a member of the First Congregational Church of Rocky Hill and the Ladies Benevolent society,  Miss Seaver leaves several cousins, among them James C. Bowers, with whom she made her home.  The funeral will be held at the Marchant Funeral Home, 530 Farmington Avenue, Tuesday at 3:30 p.m.  Rev. E.M. Bussey will officiate and burial will be in Old North Cemetery."

The source citation is:

"Miss Cora J. Seaver, 75, Retired Teacher, Dies," Hartford [Conn.] Courant newspaper, obituary, Monday, 18 November 1940, page 4, column 6, Cora J. Seaver obituary;  Newspapers.com   (https://www.newspapers.com : accessed 13 August 2020).

This obituary provides a death date, a death place, an age, a cousin's name, a home address, and an occupation.

Cora Julia Seaver (1865-1940) was born 28 July 1865 in Hartford, the daughter of Heber W. and Julia A. (Goodman) Seaver.  She had two brothers, Frederick A. Seaver (1863-1927) and William Abner Seaver (1867-1933) who never married.  The cousin named, James C. Bowers, is probably related on her mother's side of the family.

Cora Julia Seaver is my 7th cousin 3 times removed, with the common Seaver ancestor being the immigrant, robert Seaver (1608-1683) of roxbury, Massachusetts.

There are over 9,000 Seaver "stories" in my family tree - and this was one of them.   Life happens, accidentally and intentionally, and some people serve their community for their entire 48 year career.  I am glad that I can honor my distant cousin Cora J. 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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Disclosure:  I have a complimentary subscription to Newspapers.com and have used it extensively to find articles about my ancestral and one-name families.

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Treasure Chest Thursday -- 1705 Marriage of John Fisher and Abigail Smith in Medfield, Massachusetts

It's Treasure Chest Tuesday - 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 1705 marriage record of John Fisher and Abigail Smith in the Medfield, Massachusetts town vital record book:

The Fisher/Smith marriage record is: 

The transcription of this record is:

"[FISHER] John and Abigail Smith, Apr. 23, 1705*"

The source citation for this record is:

Vital Records of Medfield, Massachusetts to the Year 1850 (Boston, Mass. : New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1903), Marriages, page 140, John Fisher and Abigail Smith entry, 23 April 1705.

This is a Derivative Source record for the marriage of John Fisher and Abigail Smith. It is Primary Information and Direct Evidence of the marriage date and place, and the names of John and Abigail. The original record is probably a Medfield town record that has been lost over the centuries.

John Fisher (1677-1727) was the son of John and Hannah (Adams) Fisher of Medfield, Massachusetts.  Abigail Smith (1686-1725) was the daughter of Samuel and Sarah (Clarke) Smith of Medfield. John and Abigail (Smith) Fisher are my 7th great-grandparents, through their daughter Abigail Fisher (1711-1785) who married John Plimpton (1708-1756) in 1731 in Medfield.

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Dear Randy: "Can You Combine Three Ancestry Trees Into One Using RootsMagic?"

Reader Mary asked that question, noting she had just obtained RootsMagic and needs to combine three Ancestry trees into one tree.

Here is my response to Mary:

Yes, it is possible to merge three Ancestry trees into RootsMagic and make one tree.  

A)  There are two processes that can be used - here's the GEDCOM way:

1)  Go online to Ancestry in the "Trees" tab.  At the bottom of the dropdown menu is "Create & manage trees."  Click on that to see your list of trees.  Pick a tree, and click on "Manage tree" for that tree.  That opens the "Tree Settings" for that tree.  There is an "Export tree" button that will create a GEDCOM file for your Tree #1.

2)  Do the same for your Tree #2 and your Tree #3.  Know where those files are on your computer - find the file folders and file names for all three trees.

3)  Open RootsMagic, and on the "File" tab you can click "Import" and then select GEDCOM file.  You can import Tree #1 to RootsMagic by telling RM where to find the file on your computer.  Once you click on your Tree #1 GEDCOM file name, you want to create a new RootsMagic file, so select "Create a New Database."

4)  Once you have Tree #1 imported from the GEDCOM file, do the same thing to import Tree #2.  But select "Combine into the database" to add Tree #2 to Tree #1.  

5)  Then do the same thing for Tree #3 to get all three trees into one larger tree.

6)  If you have identical persons in the three Ancestry trees, then you should merge those identical persons into one person using the "Tools" and "Merge" feature in RootsMagic.

RootsMagic has a great "Help" button on the top menu bar.  click on that and select the "Search" tab and search for "Importing a GEDCOM file" to give you better step-by-step instructions.  For merging individuals, search for the "Manual merges" help.  

Note that by using a GEDCOM file, you will not download images from your Ancestry trees, but you will get your Notes and sources along with the names, dates, places, events, etc.  

B)  There is another option, and this one will download the Ancestry images using the TreeShare way:

1)  RootsMagic has a TreeShare feature that enables you to synchronize your RootsMagic and Ancestry trees one tree at a time.  Using TreeShare, the images attached to your Ancestry tree will be downloaded to RootsMagic.  You will have to TreeShare your three Ancestry trees one at a time in order to get everything.  When you have all three trees TreeShared, pick Tree #1 to be the Master database - and copy it (don't rename it!) to a new tree - call it Tree "M" - so that your Master tree is no longer named Tree #1.  You can save and rename Tree "M" anything you want.

2)  Open Tree #2 in RootsMagic, with "File" "Open" and pick Tree #2.  You should see Tree #2 in a 2nd window.  Then "Drag and drop" a person in Tree #2 over to Tree M.  You will be given a choice of who to drag and drop.  You can choose to drag and drop everyone in the Tree #2 database into Tree M. See "Dragging and dropping people" in "Help" for more detailed instructions.  

3)  When Tree #2 is done, you now have a bigger Tree M.  Close Tree #2 and open tree #3 and drag and drop everyone in Tree #3 into Tree M.  Now you have everybody in all three trees in Tree M.  Trees #1, #2, and #3 still exist as separate trees in your files and on Ancestry.  

4)  You will have to merge duplicate profiles.  I am not sure if the "Media" files will be in one file folder (for File "M" or in three separate file folders (for File #1, #2 and #3).  If they are in three file folders, then copy them all into the File "M" Media folder and see if that works. 

5)  You can then use Tree M to TreeShare back into Ancestry as a new tree if you wish so that your RM tree M is synced with your Ancestry Tree M.  See the "TreeShare for Ancestry" article in "Help" for more detailed instructions. 

C)  One thing that may be critical is to keep Tree #1 #2 and #3 separate on your computer so you can do the whole process again if you mess up.  Rename Tree #1 as Tree "M" (your choice of names) before you do the drag and drop work.

  I hope this helps.  It's complicated, but it can be done.  

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Lori and Tami at Easter 1991 -- Post 630 of (Not So) Wordless Wednesday

I can't help it, I can't do a wordless post! I found some more family photos hiding in Linda's family photo boxes. This is one of my favorite photographs:

This photograph was taken at Easter 1991, in front of our church in Chula Vista.  Daughter Lori on the left was almost 17, and was as tall as I am (in her heels).  Daughter Tami on the right was 14 years old and was still growing. Aren't they beautiful?  I was 47 in this photo and still didn't have any hair and my beard was graying.  The church has always had a wooden cross that parishioners could bring flowers and attach them to the wire mesh on the cross at Easter time.  I don't know who the little boy on the ladder is.

These photos were scanned from photographs created from developed film prints and are not particularly sharp, but they are what we have!

Several times a year when our children were growing up, Linda sent photographs to her parents and brother in San Francisco. When her father died in 2002, her brother sorted out the photos and gave Linda the ones that were of our family and the ones interacting with them. They were given to us in a big box of stuff back in 2006, and we finally looked at them last year! I've started digitizing them for use in these Wordless Wednesday posts.

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Genealogy News Bytes - Tuesday, 11 August 2020

Welcome to Genealogy News 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 over the past four days.

1)  News Articles:

*  Free Access to MyHeritage Photo Enhancer and MyHeritage In Color™ For One Month

*  U.S. Census Bureau to Halt Counting Operation a Month Earlier than Expected

2)  New or Updated Record Collections:

*  Added and Updated Ancestry.com Record Collections - Week of 1 to 7 August 2020

*  Added and Updated Record Collections at FamilySearch.org - Week of 1 to 7 August 2020

*  Historical [MyHeritage] Record Collections Added in July 2020

*  New Free Historical Records on FamilySearch: Week of 10 August 2020

*  80 Million Historic U.S. Newspaper Pages Now Available from Advantage Archives

*  The Israel Genealogy Research Association (IGRA) Adds a Significant Sephardic Collection to its Database

3)  Genealogy Education -- Conferences and Institutes

*  Conference Keeper Calendar

*  A Summer of DNA Virtual Conference (15 August 2020)

*  The FGS Family History Conference has gone virtual! (2-5 September 2020 live)

*  New York State Conference Goes Virtual with Lectures, Exhibits (September 10-12, 2020)

*  Early bird registration opens for Genealogy with a Canadian Twist Virtual Workshop (17 October 2020)

*  Virtual Genealogical Association Annual Conference (13-15 November 2020)

*  The Family History Federation's Really Useful Family History Show (14 November 2020)

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

*  GeneaWebinars Calendar

*  MyHeritage Online Events for July-August

*  Free Genealogy Webinars for August 2020

*  Archived Family Tree Webinar: Working with Different Family Tree Views on MyHeritage, by Uri Gonen

*  Upcoming Family Tree Webinar - Wednesday, 11 August, 5 p.m.: Dissecting a Civil War Pension Packet--Union and Confederate, by Jill Morelli

5)  Genealogy Education - Podcasts:

*  Research Like a Pro:  RLP 109: Copyright and Plagiarism

*  Extreme Genes:  Episode 337 – What’s There? Fisher Gets His “Big Reveal” On DNA From Family Envelopes / Melanie McComb On Researching Minister Ancestors

*  Fisher's Top Tips:  #196r - Unexpected DNA Results

6)  Genealogy Videos (YouTube):

*  Data Mining DNA:  Download Ancestry Record Images with RootsMagic Essentials

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 27 July 2020

*  DearMYRTLE:  Mondays with Myrt - 10 Aug 2020

*  Family History Fanatics:  What are Genealogy Brick Walls? Defining Family History Terms

*  Findmypast:  History of the Great British Pub - Findmypast Live 24 July 2020 | Findmypast

*  Lisa louise Cooke's Genealogy Gems:  How to Use Photo Discoveries, Photo Enhancement and Colorization at MyHeritage

*  Lisa Lisson:  HOW TO STORE & CARE FOR OLD FAMILY PHOTOS | My Facebook Live Interview With The Archive Lady

*  MyHeritage:  MyHeritage DNA For Your Family Knot

*  WikiTree:  WikiTree LiveCast (August 8) - Weekly recap + Tree Chat

7)  Did you miss the last Genealogy News Bytes - 7 August 2020 ?

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Free Access to MyHeritage Photo Enhancer and MyHeritage In Color™ For One Month

I received this from MyHeritage this morning:

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Starting today we’re unlocking both our popular photo tools — MyHeritage Photo Enhancer and MyHeritage In Color™ — for a whole month, until September 10, 2020. 

Normally, these features can be used by non-subscribers on up to 10 photos each, while users with a Complete plan enjoy unlimited use. But now, for a whole month, anyone can enhance and colorize as many photos as they’d like for free!

This continues our tradition of giving back to the community. With so many people currently confined to their home and doing their best to stay safe and healthy — we’re giving everyone a fun way to pass the time and enjoy genealogy!

Using these tools, you can get to know your ancestors in a whole new way. Your old, faded, black and white family photos will come to life, in full color and sharp focus — making them look almost as though they were taken yesterday. We invite you and your followers to pull out your family photo albums today and join in the fun.

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See my blog post Checking Out the MyHeritage Enhanced Photo Feature  for my own enhancing experiences.

See my blog posts Colorizing My Black and White Family Photos Using MyHeritage In Color™ and More of my MyHeritage InColor Photos for my own colorizing experiences.

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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Tombstone Tuesday -- Abigail (Fisher) (Plimpton) Clark (1711-1785) in Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Mass.

I have collected a number of gravestone photographs from my own camera and from Find A Grave memorials over many years, and thought I would share them one at a time for Tombstone Tuesday.

Here is the gravestone of my 6th great-grandmother, Abigail (Fisher) (Plimpton) Clark (1711-1785) in Vine Lake Cemetery in Medfield, Massachusetts:

The inscription from the photograph is:

In memory of

the widow Abigail

Clark, who died Feb.

19 1785 in y'e

743th year of her

age

The source citation for this gravestone is:

Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com : accessed 10 August 2020), memorial page for Abigail Fisher Plimpton Clark (10 Sep 1711–19 Feb 1785), Find a Grave Memorial no. 17200320, citing Vine Lake Cemetery, Medfield, Norfolk County, Massachusetts, USA ; Maintained by Julie Nathanson (contributor 46867640) .

Thank you to Julie Nathanson for creating this Find A Grave memorial and for taking this photograph.

John Plimpton (1708-1756) and Abigail Fisher (1711-1785) are my 6th great-grandparents.   John was the son of John Plimpton (1680-1730) and Susanna Draper (1688-1769). Abigail; was the daughter of John Fisher (1677-1727) and Abigail Smith (1686-1726).  John and Abigail married in 1731 in Medfield Mass., and had 5 children, including Amos Plimpton (1735-1808), my 5th great-grandfather, who married Mary Guild (1735-1800) in 1756.

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Monday Genea-Pourri - Week Ending 10 August 2020

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

1)  Attended the 1 August Chula Vista Genealogical Society board meeting where we decided to expand our Zoom program offerings to other San Diego societies.  Wrote, edited and published via email the August 2020 edition of the CVGS Newsletter.

2)  Watched the San Diego Genealogical Society program Zoom webinar on Saturday, with Marshall Clow and Claire McKarns in two sessions.

3)  Participated in Mondays With Myrt today.  We discussed the MyHeritage search improvements, JewishGen, the Ancestry sale, British Newspaper Archive, personal history and memories, Zoom bombing, and Zoom meetings.

4)  Watched one Family Tree Webinar -- "Using DNA to Solve Adoption and Unknown Parentage Mysteries" by Michelle Leonard.  Lots of great techniques and tips here.

5)  Wrote and posted a biographical sketch of 7th great-grandfather #552 John Plimpton  (1680-1730) for my 52 Ancestors biographical sketch on Friday.  

6)  Transcribed the 1704 Division of the real estate of Joseph Clark (1642-1702) of Medfield, Mass.  for Amanuensis Monday.  The real estate totaled £775.

7)  Added 1 AncestryDNA ThruLine to my RootsMagic tree, and added Notes to 4 more AncestryDNA matches with cM values, relationships and known common ancestors.  Ancestry added 78 new DNA Matches this past week.  Reviewed 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 36,918 of my RootsMagic persons with FamilySearch Family Tree profiles (up 14).

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 58,543 persons in my RootsMagic file (up 8), and 125,400 source citations (up 259).   I TreeShared with my Ancestry Member Tree one time this week updating 132 profiles, and I resolved 776 Ancestry Hints.  I've fallen behind on the Ancestry Record Hints with 132,193 to be resolved, but I work on them almost daily.    

10)  Wrote 17 Genea-Musings blog posts last week, of which three were a press release.  The most popular post last week was Blackstone to Acquire Ancestry.com for $4.7 Billion - My Comments with over 562 views.  

11)  We are still fine here at the Genea-cave, hunkered down and not going out much.  I went to the grocery store on Monday and Friday, and it wasn't too busy.  Church opened again with an outside service and we attended on Sunday.  Linda had a dentist appointment on Tuesday and an eye appointment on Thursday and I got a haircut on Tuesday.  Other than that, it was stay-at-home on the computer doing genealogy, eating, sleeping and a little yard work, watching the Padres games, and reading a book I read a portion of back in 2002.

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Amanuensis Monday -- 1704 Division of Real Estate of Joseph Clark (1642-1702) of Medfield, Mass.

This week's document for transcription is the 1704 division of the real estate of Joseph Clark (1642-1702) of Medfield, Massachusetts, in Probate Packet 2,794 in the Suffolk County, Massachusetts probate court records:

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The transcription of these papers is:

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In obedience to and persuance of an order of y'e hon'ble Judge of
probate for y'e County of Suffolk bareing date y'e ninth day of July anno
Domoni 1703 Directed to us whose Names are hereunto subscribed or any

three of us to make a Division of y'e housing and lands of Joseph Clark late

of Medfield, husbandman (Deceased), Intestate among and to his children

and there Legall Representatives according to Law we y'e said Subscribers

have Divided y'e said Estate to each one his full share as followeth.

viz.

To Joseph Clark his Eldest Son for his Double portion all the lands

att home on y'e East Side of y'e Cart way with y'e houseing on said side of said way

and also y'e barn and barn yard and orchard by it. More four acres of land

at y'e End of y'e home field adjoyning to Natt'a clarks land; More two acres

of Meadow in center meadow; More one third part of sixty three acres

of meadow and Swamp lying by Stop River y'e midle part onely he is to

take a neck of meadow as part of it, it being about three as it lyeth

Between y'e brook and y'e upland; More twelve acres of land called

Clay pitt paster through which he is to allow a leading Cart way for the

use of Solomon Clark and his heirs to his swamp allowance to be made;

More ten and a half of woodland on y'e south side of Stop River by Wrentham

line;  More Eighteen acres of land in and at Black Swamp; More the one 

half of fifty and four acres of woodland in Deadham bounds next to

puffers land; and also one Cow Common Right in Wrentham bounds.

To Solomon Clark for his share or portion the house and land at plant-

ing field; and also one third part of sixty three acres of meadow and

Swamp that part next his house; More twelve acres of Land in South

plain next to Jonathan Boydons Land; More ten acres and od measure

of Course meadow and Land lying by it by Stop River; More four

acres and a half of Woodland by Boggastow Brook; More Eighty three

acres of Land in y'e New grant; more Seven acres and od measure of wood-

land on y'e south side of Stop river; More y'e one half of fifty four acres

of Cedar Swamp in Deadham bounds and also two Cow Common

Rights and one sheep Common Rights in wrentham bounds.

To David Clarks heirs for there share orp ortion the house in Wren-

tham bounds and y'e new ????? now within fence; and also y'e one half of

fourteen acres and and a Rood of meadow in wrentham bounds by

Stop river y'e Down Stream End of it; More y'e one half of five acres

and a Rood of meadow and four acres and three Rood of upland lying

by it in medfield bounds by noon hill y'e upstream End of it; More one half

of two acres and three Roods of meadow at Tiles End; More y'e one half of

the Land lying at y'e End of y'e new field y'e northerly part of it; More one half

of fourteen acres of woodland in wrentham bounds; More ten acres &

a half of Swamp and meadow by Stop River next to Joseph Clarks;

More fourteen acres of woodland and other lands adjoyning to John

Turners Land; more six acres of Land in y'e old field on y'e west side of the

highway y'e northerly side of it; and also one Cow Common Right and

one sheep Common right in wrentham bounds.

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To Aaron Clark for his share or portion Sixty and four acres

of land and meadow in wrentham bounds by Dirty Brook; more

Seven acres of y'e old field on y'e southerly side of it; more y'e one half of

fourteen acres and a Rood of meadow Land in wrentham bounds by

Stop river y'e upstream end of it; more y'e one half of five acres

of meadow Land by noon hill in medfield bounds y'e down stream

End of it with three acres of upland by it; more one half of two acres

and three Roods of meadow Land at Tiles End; more y'e one half

of fourteen acres of woodland in wrentham bounds; more five

ares and three Roods of upland at South plain on that side

next to Benj- Clarks Land; more ten acres and a half of meadow

and Swamp by Stop River next to John Turners Land; more

fifteen acres and a Rood of Land on y'e west side of Charls River

by Boggastow Brook part meadow and part upland and 

also three Cow Common Rights in wrentham bounds.

Medfield octob'r y'e 13'th 1704    memorandum that Thomas Thurston and Esther

                                                      Thurston y'e daughter of said Joseph Clark dec'd

                                                      have sold all there Right title and Intrest in sd

                                                      Estate to there brothers and there heirs; and have

                                                      forever Released y'e same.

Presented by the Committee                                  Sam'll Barbur

Dec'r 5'h 1704.                                                      Henry Adams

                                                                              Jeremiah X Morse

                                                                              Eleazear Whelock

                                                                              John Fisher

Suffolk Ss.     By the hon'ble Isaac Addington Esq'r

                                Judge of Probate &c

I Accept & Allow of the within written Division made

by the Committee therein named, as a Settlem't of y'e Estate

in housing & Lands of Joseph Clark late of Medfield

Husbandman deced Intestate, each party to whom any Share

is thereby Alloted to give Security as the Law directs, if

Debts be afterw'ds made to Appear, to pay back his or

her Ratable p't thereof.  And of the Administrator's charges.

Boston ???? Decem'r 5'th 1704.      Isa. Addington

The source citation for this probate case file is:

Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Probate case files, Packet #2,794 (11 images), Joseph Clark of Medfield, administration granted 1703; "Suffolk County, MA: Probate File Papers, 1636-1893," indexed database and digital images, New England Historical and Genealogical Society, American Ancestors (https://www.AmericanAncestors.org : accessed 22 July 2020); from records supplied by the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Archives, digitized images provided by FamilySearch.org.

Joseph Clark (1642-1702) died intestate on 4 September 1702 in Medfield.   He married Mary Allen (1642-1702) in 1663, and they had 12 children between 1664 and 1685.  Only five children (Joseph, Esther, Solomon, David and Aaron) were alive, or had heirs, in 1702.

This probate packet contains 11 pages, including the Letter of Administration (with administrators sons Joseph Clark and Solomon Clark), an inventory of the real and personal estate of Joseph Clark,  The inventory was taken 13 March 1702/3 and totaled 1,023 pounds, 4 shillings and 1 pence, of which the real estate totaled about 775 pounds.  There is no account or indication of how the personal property was divided. 

The committee of five Medfield men had a challenge dividing the real property.  Each child's portion amounted to about 129 pounds (since the eldest son received a double portion of about 258 pounds).  In 1725, the committee men informed the probate court that the division should have included another half parcel of land to Aaron Clark, but it was overlooked.  The Court ordered the half parcel of land directed to Aaron Clark. 

Joseph and Mary (Allen) Clark are my 8th great-grandparents, through their son Joseph Clark (1664-1731) who married Mary Wight (1667-1705) in 1686.

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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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