Joshua Seaver, Sr.

Joshua Seaver m Mrs Mary (May) Pepper, widow of Joseph Pepper, dtr of John & Sarah (Brewer) May. He was made Freeman 22Mar1689/90. Joshua Seaver d testate, having written will 16Sep1723. Heirs named in will included wife Mary Seaver, sons Ebenezer, Jonathan, Joshua, & Robert Seaver, dtrs Mary, Sarah, & Jemima Seaver (wife of John Wood). Wife Mary Seaver was named executrix [Suffolk Co,(MA) Probate Records, Vol 28, p 80]. Inventory taken 25Aug1730 by Edward Bridge, John Payson, Samuel Stevens. Inventory totalled 2,590 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence. Executrix presented her acct 31Aug1730. Joshua Seaver is buried in Eliot Cem, Roxbury, MA.

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Biography

Joshua Seaver married Mrs. Mary (May) Pepper, widow of Joseph Pepper, and daughter of John and Sarah (Brewer) May.
He was made a Freeman on 22 March 1689/90 (NEHGS, Volume 3, page 348, October 1849).
Joshua Seaver died testate, having written a will on 16 September 1723. The heirs named in the will included wife Mary Seaver, sons Ebenezer and Jonathan Seaver, son Joshua Seaver, son Robert Seaver, daughters Mary and Sarah Seaver, daughter Jemima Seaver (wife of John Wood). Wife Mary Seaver was named executrix ([Suffolk County (Massachusetts) Probate Records, Volume 28, page 80).
An inventory was taken on 25 August 1730 by Edward Bridge, John Payson, Samuel Stevens. The inventory totalled 2,590 pounds, 15 shillings, 6 pence. The executrix presented her account an 31 August 1730.
Joshua Seaver is buried in Eliot Cemetery in Roxbury, Massachusetts.

Birth

30 AUG 1641 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1][2]

Marriage

Husband: Joshua Seaver
Child: Joshua Sever
Child: Jemima Sever
Child: Mary Sever
Child: Mary Sever
Child: Ebenezer Seaver
Child: John Seaver
Child: Sarah Seaver
Child: Robert Seaver
Child: Jonathan Seaver
28 FEB 1677/8 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[3]
Husband: Robert Seaver
Wife: Elizabeth Ballard
Child: Shubael Seaver
Child: Caleb Seaver
Child: Joshua Seaver
Child: Nathaniel Seaver
Child: Hannah Seaver
Child: Hannah Seaver
10 DEC 1634 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[4]

Death

27 MAR 1730 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[5][6]

Burial

AFT 27 MAR 1730 Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [7]

Joshua Seaver (1641 - 1730)

Joshua Seaver

Born 30 Aug 1641 in Roxbury, Massachusetts Bay

Son of Robert Seaver and Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver

Brother of Shubael Seaver, Caleb Seaver, Elizabeth (Seaver) Crafts, Nathaniel Seaver, Hannah Seaver and Hannah Seaver

Husband of Mary (May) Sever — married 28 Feb 1677 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts Bay Colony

Father of Joshua Sever, Jemima (Sever) Woods, Mary Sever, Mary Sever, Ebenezer Seaver, John Seaver, Sarah Seaver, Robert Seaver and Jonathan Seaver

Died 27 Mar 1730 at age 88 in Roxbury, Suffolk, Province of Massachusetts Bay

Profile last modified 19 Nov 2019 | Created 14 Dec 2013

Sources

Find A Grave: Memorial #33838404
Glover, Anna. Glover Memorials and Genealogies (David Clapp & Sons, Boston, 1867) Page 79
S325Roxbury MA Vital Records to 1849 Title: Vital Records of Roxbury, Massachusetts to the end of the year 1849 (Salem, Mass.: The Essex Institute, 1925, 2 Volumes) Repository: #R39
The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (New England Historic Genealogical Society, Boston, Mass.) Vol. 3, page 348, October 1849
Footnotes

↑ #S325: Page 314
↑ #S156: Page Eliot Burying Ground (Roxbury, Mass.), Joshua Seaver memorial
↑ #S325: Page 360 Data: Text: "Joshuah Sever and Mary Pepper, widow Joseph"
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↑ #S325: Page 633
↑ #S156: Page Eliot Burying Ground (Roxbury, Mass.), Joshua Seaver memorial
↑ #S156: Page Eliot Burying Ground (Roxbury, Mass.), Joshua Seaver memorial