Person:Nathanael Seaver (1)

DEATH: 7 Dec 1890 E. Boston MA (Martha (Seaver) Kimball notes), buried in Forest Hills Cemetery, Jamaica Plain, MA

MARRIAGE: 3 Mar 1833 Roxbury MA (VR) to Ann Jane Codman (Martha (Seaver) Kimball notes, Trask)

BIOGRAPHY: from Martha Seaver Kimball notes

"According to a letter written to Priscilla, Anne and Martha Seaver by their mother, Inez Waite Seaver, Nathanael Seaver "was the practical business man of the family and lived all his life in Boston. He was a vigorous, energetic man, a prosperous store-keeper (groceries) and was also much interested in public affairs ... Besides managing his business at the store he served on a volunteer fire brigade, was captain of the Boston police force, an alderman, and a member of the General Court. He lived on Burroughs St, Jamaica Plain, until he decided Jamaica Plain was building up too fast, when he moved to East Boston and established his store at Maverick Square ...He seems to have owned two houses, one on Henry St, one on Paris St. The family lived well and generously ... (He) was not much of a churchman, but he supported the church liberally and his generosity in good works, especially to people in need, was unbounded. Much of his money was in real estate and he held mortgages on many pieces of property. In his very late years he became blind." (Martha (Seaver) Kimball Notes)

A newspaper article of 1870 on the occasion of his retirement from the board of aldermen recognized his zeal as well as his open and above board conduct ever since he entered city government. (Martha (Seaver) Kimball notes)

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1840 United States census, Nathaniel Seaver was a head of household in the 2nd Ward of Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The household included one free white male under age 5, two free white males aged 20 to 30, one free white male aged 30 to 40, one free white male aged 40 to 50, one free white female under age 5, one free white female aged 5 to 10, one free white female aged 15 to 20 and one free white female aged 20 to 30 (1840 United States Census, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, Population Schedule, 2nd Ward of Boston, Page 454, FHL Microfilm 0,014,681).

In the 1850 US census, the Nathaniel Seaver household in Boston 4th Ward included Nathl Seaver (age 42, W. L. goods, born MA), Ann L. Seaver (age 37, born MA), Ann M. Seaver (age 16, born MA), Nathaniel Seaver (age 14, born MA), and Harriet A. Seaver (age 12, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,443,554, page 056, house 541, family 898].

In the 1860 US census, the Nathaniel Seaver household in Boston's 2nd Ward included Nathl Seaver (age 52, grocer, real property $7500, personal property $1500, born MA), Ann J. Seaver (age 49, born MA), Anna Seaver (age 26, born MA), Nathaniel Seaver (age 24, dentist, born MA), and Harriette Seaver (age 21, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,853,520, page 703, house 1209, family 2211].

In the 1870 US census, the Nathaniel Seaver family resided in East Boston (Boston Ward 1), Suffolk County, MA. The household included Nathl (age 62, grocer, born MA), Ann J. (age 59, keeping house, born MA), Amy M. (age 36, no occupation, born MA), Ichabod Sampson (age 44, wood and coal, born MA), Harriet Sampson (age 31, keeping store, born MA) and E. Parker Seaver (age 20, clerk in store, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,139, page 149 of Boston Ward 1, house #655, family #1203].

In the 1880 US Census, this family resided in Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts. The household included Nathaniel Seaver (self, married, male, white, age 72, born MA, grocer, parents born MA), Ann J. Seaver (wife, married, female, white, age 68, born MA, keeps house, parents born MA), I.C. Sampson (son-in-law, single, male, white, age 51, born MA, grocer, parents born MA), A.M. Seaver (daughter, single, female, white, age 45, born MA, home, parents born MA) and J.H. Seaver (son, single, male, white, age 20, born MA, grocer, parents born MA) [National Archives Microfilm Series T9, Roll 0552, Page 348A].

1. ↑ Roxbury (MA) Vital Records to 1850
   311.