Person:Isaac Seaver (1)

After residing elsewhere in town for awhile, he settled on his father's homestead where his later years were spent. (Westminster book)

In the 1840 United States census, Isaac Seaver was a head of household in Westminster town, Worcester County, Massachusetts. The household included one free white male aged 30 to 40, one free white female under age 5 and one free white female aged 20 to 30 (1840 United States Census, Worcester County, Massachusetts, Population Schedule, Westminster, Page 047, FHL Microfilm 0,014,682).

In the 1850 US census, the Isaac Seaver family resided in Westminster, Worcester County, MA. The household included Isaac Seaver (age 41, farmer, $1,000 in real property, born MA), Betsey Seaver (age 34, born MA), Ellen E. Seaver (age 11, born MA), Silas W. Seaver (age 9, born MA), Edward A. Seaver (age 5, born MA), Adelaide A. Seaver (age 1, born MA) and Hannah (age 70, born MA) [LDS Microfilm 0,443,559, page 052, family #115].

In the 1860 US census, the Isaac Seaver 2nd family resided in Westminster, Worcester County, MA. The family included Isaac Seaver (age 51, born MA, a farmer, with $1,200 in real property, $300 in personal property), Betsy P. Seaver (age 44, born MA), Ellen E. Sawin (age 21, born MA), Cyrus W. Seaver (likely Silas W., age 19, born MA, farmer), Edward A. Seaver (age 15, born MA), Adalade (age 11, born MA), Frank H. Seaver (age 5, born MA), and Laura Sawin (age 41, born MA). [1860 US Census, Worcester County MA, LDS Microfilm 0,803,531, p. 29, house 233, family 247]

In the 1870 US census, the Isaac Seaver family resided in Westminster, Worcester County, MA. The household included Isaac Seaver (age 62, farmer, $1,400 in real property, $470 in personal property, born MA), Betsey P. Seaver (age 54, keeping house, born MA) and Edward A.Seaver (age 25, works on a farm, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,156, page 2 of Westminster, family #17].

In the 1880 US Census soundex, the Isaac Seaver (age 71) family resided in Westminster MA. The family includes wife Betsey Seaver (age 64), granddaughter Laurie E. Seaver (age 20) and granddaughter Addie Seaver (age 10), all born in MA. The granddaughters may be children of one of their children. The full census record can be found in Volume 34, ED 837, sheet 2, line 30 [National Archives Microfilm T754-57].

1. ↑ Westminster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. Vital records of Westminster, Massachusetts, to the end of the year 1849. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1908)
   83.
2. ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841–1910. (New England Historic and Genealogical Society)
   429:689.