Person:Joshua Seaver (16)
Joshua Seaver
b.30 Aug 1641 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
d.27 Mar 1730 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 10 Dec 1634
  1. Shubael Seaver1639/40 - 1729/30
  2. Joshua Seaver1641 - 1730
  3. Caleb Seaver1641 - 1712/13
  4. Elizabeth Seaver1643 - 1731
  5. Nathaniel Seaver1644/45 - 1676
  6. Hannah Seaver1646/47 - 1647
  7. Hannah Seaver1650 - 1652/53
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Joshua Seaver1641 - 1730
  • W.  Mary May1657 -
m. 28 Feb 1677/78
  1. Joshua Sever1678/79 - 1739
  2. Jemima SeverEst 1680 - 1768
  3. Mary Sever1683 - 1683
  4. Mary Seaver1684 - 1753
  5. Ebenezer Sever1687 - 1773
  6. John Sever1687 -
  7. Sarah SeverEst 1690 - 1736
  8. Robert Seaver1697 - Bef 1771
  9. Jonathan Sever1700 - 1753
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Facts and Events
Name Joshua Seaver
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 30 Aug 1641 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United StatesTwin to Caleb.
Marriage 28 Feb 1677/78 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United Statesto Mary May
Death[2] 27 Mar 1730 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States
Burial[3] Eliot Burying Ground, Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States

Joshua Seaver married Mrs. Mary (May) Pepper, widow of Joseph Pepper, and daughter of John and Sarah (Brewer) May.

He was made a Freeman on 22 March 1689/90.

Joshua Seaver died testate, having written a will on 16 September 1723. The heirs named in the will included wife Mary Seaver, sons Ebenezer and Jonathan Seaver, son Joshua Seaver, son Robert Seaver, daughters Mary and Sarah Seaver, daughter Jemima Seaver (wife of John Wood). Wife Mary Seaver was named executrix [Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, Volume 28, page 80].

An inventory was taken on 25 August 1730 by Edward Bridge, John Payson, Samuel Stevens. The inventory totalled 2,590 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence. The executrix presented her account an 31 August 1730.

Joshua Seaver is buried in Eliot Cemetery in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

References
  1. ↑ Robert Seaver, in Anderson, Robert Charles. The Great Migration Begins: Immigrants to New England, 1620-1633. (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 1995)
    3:1645.

    "Joshua (Seaver) (twin), b. Roxbury 30 August 1641; …"

  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
    1:314, 2:633.

    "Sever, … Josuah, s. twin, Robart, [born] Aug. 30, 1641."
    "Seaver, … Joshua, [died] Mar. 27, 1730, in his 88th y. (gravestone record, Eliot Cemetery.)"

  3. ↑ Joshua Seaver Sr., in Find A Grave.
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