Person:Elijah Seaver (2)

In the 1850 US census, the Elijah Seaver family resided in Gill, Franklin county, MA. The household included Elijah (age 44, farmer, $500 in real property, born MA), Marilla (age 37, birthplace not noted), Nathaniel (age 14, born MA), Sarah (age 7, born MA), Charles R. (age 4, born MA) and Olive M. (age 2, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,443535, page 107, family #44].

Alma and Abby Seaver, children of Elijah Seaver and his wife of Gill, were adopted by Elisha and Martha Clap of Gill in 1857, and their names were changed to Alma and Abby Clap (Franklin County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, Probate Packet #4,179, Probate docket transcribed from FHL Microfilm 0,854,377, provided by Margaret Jenks).

In the 1860 US census, Sylvia Seaver (age 45, born MA) resided in Gill, Franklin County, MA with her step-daughter, Sarah Seaver (age 18, born MA) in the house of Elvin Lyons. Sylvia was the second wife of Elijah Seaver. [1860 US Census for Massachusetts, LDS Microfilm 0,803,501, p. 595, house 84, family 83].

In the 1870 US census, Sylvia Seaver (age 62, keeping house, born MA) resided in Bernardston, Franklin county, MA with her step-daughter, Sarah Seaver (age 25, at home, born MA) and Sheldon Parmenus (age 46, laborer, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,114, page 11 of Bernardston, house #107, family #108].

1. ↑ Heath, Franklin, Massachusetts, United States. Births, Deaths, Marriages and Intentions, 1735-1900. (Microfilm of manuscript housed in the Heath Town Hall: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1972)
   p. 35.

   Elijah Son of Mr royal & Mrs OLive Seaver Born March 9th AD 1806.

2. ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
   [1].

   Deaths registered in the town of Gill for the year 1857.
   No.: Elijah Seaver
   Age: 51
   Place of Death: Gill
   Cause: Long cont'd debility ending in Dysentary
   Sex and Condtition: male Married
   Occupation: Laborer
   Place of Birth: Unknown
   Parents: Royal and Olive