Person:Jesse Seaver (3)

In the 1820 United States Census, Jesse Seaver was a head of household in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The household included one free white male under age 10, one free white male aged 26 to 45, and one free white female aged 26 to 45 (1820 United States Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts Population Schedule, Townsend town, Page 570, FHL Microfilm 0,193,739).

In the 1830 United States census, Jesse Seaver was a head of household in Townsend town, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The household included one free white male aged 40 to 50, and one free white female aged 40 to 50 (1830 United States Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Population Schedule, Townsend, Page 264, FHL Microfilm 0,337,925).

In the 1840 United States census, Jesse Seaver was a head of household in Townsend, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. The household included one free white male aged 5 to 10, one free white male aged 20 to 30, one free white male aged 50 to 60, one free white female aged 10 to 15 and one free white female aged 50 to 60 (1840 United States Census, Middlesex County, Massachusetts, Population Schedule, Townsend, Page 208, FHL Microfilm 0,014,678).

In the 1850 US census, the Jesse Seaver family resided in Townsend, Middlesex County, MA. The household included Jesse (age 64, farmer, $1,500 in real property, born MA), Elizabeth (age 64, born MA), Mary Warren (age 25, born MA) and Sarah E. Seaver (age 18, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,443,542, page 063, family #12].

Jesse Seaver of Townsend died testate, having written a will dated 19 December 1856. The records are in Middlesex County (MA) Probate Docket # 41,275 (FHL Microfilm 0,510,637). The records include:

On 14 February 1860: Elizabeth Seaver of Townsend, Middlesex MA, widow, filed the will of Jesse Seaver late of Townsend, yeoman.

The will reads:

"Be it remembered that I Jesse Seaver of Townsend in the county of Middlesex being as I trust of sound disposing mind and memory but  mindfull of the uncertainty of life do make publish and declare this my last will and testament hereby revoking all former wills by me heretofore made, in manner following, viz.

"1st, I order all my just debts and funeral expenses and the expense of settling my estate to be paid as soon as convenient after my demise out of my estate.

"2nd I give, devise and bequeath all the rest and residue of my estate real personal and mixed of every kind and description wherever situate and however bounded or described unto my wife Elizabeth Seaver to have and to hold the same to her, her heirs and assigns to her use and behood forever.

"3rd I constitute and appoint my wife Elizabeth Seaver sole executor of this my last will and testament.

"In witness whereof I the said Jesse Seaver have hereunto set my hand and seal this nineteenth day of December AD 1856."

  signed "Jesse Seaver"

        "Signed sealed published and declared
        by the said Jesse Seaver as his last
        will and testament in presence of us who
        in his presence and at his request
        have set our names as the
        witnesses hereunto
             Granville Wood
             Joseph Adams
             F A Worcester"

1. ↑ Townsend (Massachusetts) Vital Records to 1892
   page 249.
2. ↑ Townsend (Massachusetts) Vital Records to 1892
   page 376.