Person:William Seaver (71)

BIOGRAPHY:

He located on the farm in Nelson first settled by Nathaniel Breed Jr in 1974.  Edgar Seaver still lives in the house, built in the late 1700's, by Paul Whitcomb for Nathaniel Breed Jr, E-6-A.   Wellington was a farmer owning 460 acres, now in Harrisville.  (Parke Hardy Struthers, "A History of Nelson, New Hampshire, 1767-1867, 1968)

CENSUS RECORDS:

In the 1870 US census, the Wellington Seaver family resided in Nelson township, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The household included Wellington (age 38, farmer, $3,000 in real property, $1,260 in personal property, born NH), Sarah J. (age 31, keeping house, born NH), Hattie J. (age 5, born NH), Mary B. (age 2, born NH), and Grace N. (age 1, born NH). [FHL Microfilm 0,552,337, page 681, dwelling #125, family #129].

In the 1880 US census soundex for New Hampshire, the Wellington W. Seaver (age 48, born NH) family resided in Harrisville, Cheshire County, NH. The family included his wife Sarah J. Seaver (age 41, born NH), daughter Bertha J. Seaver (age 12, born NH), daughter Harriet Seaver (age 15, born NH), son William Seaver (age 10, born NH), daughter Minnie B. Seaver (age 7, born NH), son Arthur F. Seaver (age 6, born NH), and daughter Gertrude A. Seaver (age 3, born ME). The full census record can be found in Volume 2, ED 50, sheet 28, line 7 [National Archives Microfilm T762, Roll 11].

In the 1900 US census, the remnant of this family resided in Harrisville, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The family included head S. Jennie Seaver (white, female, born Jun 1839, age 61, widowed, 5 children born, 5 living, born NH, parents born NH, owns farm free of mortgage), daughter Bertha M. Seaver (white, female, born Aug 1867, age 32, single, born NH, parents born NH, a teacher), son Arthur F. Seaver (white, male, born Apr 1874, age 26, single, born NH, parents born NH, a laborer at a saw mill), daughter Gertrude H. Seaver (white, female, born Jul 1876, age 23, single, born NH, parents born NH), son Edgar G. Seaver (white, male, born Jul 1880, single, born NH, parents born NH, at school), and son Leslie B. Seaver (white, male, born Nov 1882, age 17, born NH, parents born NH, a farm laborer) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 945, page 24, ED 29, Sheet 1, Line 42]. In addition, several other children from this family resided in Mason, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire. The household included head Charles H. Wheeler (white, male, born Sep 1868, age 31, married 1 year, born NH, parents born NH, a farmer), his wife Minnie S. Wheeler (white, female, born Aug 1872, age 27, married 1 year, 1 child born, 1 living, born NH, parents born NH), daughter Maude F. Wheeler (white, female, born Dec 1899, age 5 months, single, born NH, parents born NH), sister-in-law Hattie J. Royce (white, female, born Mar 1865, age 35, married 7 years, 2 children born, 2 living, born NH, parents born NH, a teacher), niece Lucy M. Royce (white, female, born Jun 1895, age 4, single, born NH, parents born NH), nephew James D. Royce (white, male, born Feb 1897, age 3, single, born NH, parents born NH) and sister-in-law Gertrude A. Seaver (white, female, born Jul 1876, age 23, single, born NH, parents born NH) [National Archives Microfilm Series T623, Roll 947, Page 53, ED 80, Sheet 1, Line 94].

In the 1910 US Census, the remnant of this family resided in Harrisville, Cheshire County, New Hampshire, The household included head Sarah J. Seaver (age 71, widowed, born NH, parents born NH, farmer, on general farm, 9 children born, 7 children living) and son Edgar G. Seaver (age 29, single, born NH, parents born NH, a letter carrier, on RFD) [1910 US Census for New Hampshire, National Archives Microfilm T624, Roll 860, ED 32, sheet 5B, dwelling #89, family #111].

In the 1930 US Census, the remnant of this family lived in Harrisville, Cheshire County, New Hampshire. The household included Edgar G. Seaver (head, age 49, single, born NH, parents born NH, a mail carrier on a rural route), sister Bertha M. Seaver (age 62, single, born NH, parents born NH), and mother Sarah J. Seaver (age 91, widow, born NH, parents born NH). [www.ancestry.com 1930 census data, complete census entry found in NARA Microfilm T626-1298, ED 6, page 4B].