Person:Robert Seaver (24)

Robert Seaver of Roxbury died testate, having written a will on 10 September 1764. The will was proved on 25 June 1771 in Suffolk County, by deposition of Henry Smith (Suffolk County Probate Records, Volume 70, page 32). Wife Ruth Seaver was named as executrix. The will was witnessed by Benj Smith, Saml Perry and Henry Smith. The family members named included:

            wife Ruth
            brother Ebenezer Seaver and heirs
            Richard Woods
            Hannah Gold's children
            Jemima Davises children
            Mary Seaver, sister Jemima's daughter
            Mary Weeb, sister Jemima's dau
            Mercy Green, Abigail Trass,
            Susannah Alliens children
            Sarah Davis
            Olive Turner, dau of Elisha and Esther Turner
            brother Joshua's children, Joshua, William and Elizabeth
            Samuel Seaver's children
            Elizabeth Bird

An Inventory of the estate was presented 15 Feb 1771 by Benj Smith, Jeremiah Richards, Ezra Davis. The total estate value was 391 pounds (Suffolk County Probate Records, Volume 70 page 69)

1. ↑ Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States. Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1849. (Salem, Massachusetts: Essex Institute, 1925-1926)
   Vol. 1, p. 315.

   SEVER, Robert, s. Joshua and Mary, [born] Dec. 30, 1697.