Person:William Seaver (46)

SOURCE:

BIRTH: 4 May 1791 Northborough MA (VR)

MARRIAGE: to Zelinda Sever 9 Apr 1821 Northboro VR (says William of Quincy)

         Columbian Centinel says William Sever of Quincy m. Zelinda Sever in
            Northborough (CC Apr 14 1821)

CENSUS:

In the 1830 United States census, William Seaver was a head of household in Quincy town, Norfolk County, Massachusetts. The household included one free white male aged 15 to 20, three free white males aged 30 to 40, one free white male aged 50 to 60, one free white female under age 5, one free white female aged 5 to 10 and one free white female aged 20 to 30 (1830 United States Census,Norfolk County, Massachusetts, Population Schedule, Quincy, Page 133, FHL Microfilm 0,337,918).

In the 1850 US census, the William Seaver family resided in Northborough, Worcester County, MA. The household included William (age 56, school teacher, $3,88 in real property, born MA), Zelinda (age 48, born NH), William H. (age 18, comb maker, born MA) and Olive (age 70, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,443,562, page 258, family #185]. Note that Olive is Zelinda's mother, not William's.

In the 1860 US Census, William Seaver (age 69, male, a farmer, $2000 in real property, $500 in personal property, born MA) and Silinda Seaver (age 68, female, born NH) resided in Northborough township, Worcester County, Massachusetts [FHL Microfilm 0,803,528, Page 955, dwelling #797, family #986].

1. ↑ Howe, Gilman B. Vital records of Northborough, Massachusetts, to the End of the Year 1850. (Worcester, Massachusetts: Franklin P. Rice, 1901)
   p. 61.

   SEAVER, William, s. Joseph and Sarah, [born] May 4, 1791.

2. ↑ Massachusetts, United States. Massachusetts Deaths, 1841-1915
   [1].

   DEATHS REGISTERED in the Town of Needham [Northborough] for the Year eighteen hundred and seventy-two.
   Date of Death: Feb. 17, 1782
   Name: William Seaver
   Sex: male
   Condition: Widowed
   Age: 81 y. 9 m. 13 d. [80 y. 9 m. 13 d.] [Note: birth calculates to about 4 May 1790 or 4 May 1791]
   Cause: Heart disease [Old age]
   Place of Death: Needham [Newton]
   Occupation: Teacher [School Teacher]
   Place of Birth: Northboro
   Parents: Joseph & Comfort (Fairbanks) [Joseph Seaver and Sally (Rice)]
   Birthplace of Parents: Northboro [blank/Framingham]
   [Note: duplicate record here from Northborough. Differences noted in brackets.]

3.   Worcester, Massachusetts, United States. 1870 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration Publication M593)
   [2].

   Northborough, Worcester, Massachusetts, 19 July 1870, Dwelling 118, Family 124
   Seaver, William, age 80, no occupation, b. Mass.
   [Note: indexed as Leaver]