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Birth
Birth:
Date: 19 MAR 1818
Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[1]
Death
Death:
Date: 26 APR 1874
Place: Boston, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[2]
Note
Note: Was in city government of Roxbury MA and in the Mass. legislature. (Seaver notes)
Roxbury VRs say he was a grocer (in children's birth records)
In the 1850 US census, the William Seaver family resided in Roxbury, Norfolk county, MA. The household included William (age 33, grocer, born MA), Martha (age 35, born MA), William (age 4, born MA) and Edward (age 1, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,443,550, page 052, family #912].
In the 1860 U.S. census, the William Seaver family resided in Roxbury 2nd Ward, Norfolk County, MA. The household included William Seaver (age 42, grocer, $10,000 in real property, $5,000 in personal property, born MA), William (age 15, born MA), and Edward (age 11, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,803,517, page 757, dwelling 1719, family 2392].
In the 1870 US census, the William Seaver family resided in Boston Ward 14, Suffolk County, MA. The household included William (age 52, grocer, $20,000 in real property, $10,000 in personal property, born MA), Eliza (age 43, keeping house, born MA), Edward (age 21, clerk in grocery, born MA), and Llewellyn (age 3, at home, born MA). [LDS Microfilm 0,552,147, page 53 of Boston Ward 14, house #259, family #485].
Burial
Burial:
Date: AFT 26 APR 1874
Place: Jamaica Plain, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States [3]
Place: Roxbury, Suffolk, Massachusetts, United States[6]
Sources
Memorial: Find a Grave (has image) Find A Grave: Memorial #77369474 (accessed 21 May 2023) Memorial page for William Seaver (17 Mar 1818-26 Apr 1874), citing Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory, Jamaica Plain, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA; Maintained by Earl Munday (contributor 46874433).
Source: S156 Abbreviation: Find-A-Grave Title: Find A Grave, database and images (http://www.findagrave.com) Repository: #R2
Repository: R2 Name: www.FindAGrave.com Address:
Source: S277 Abbreviation: New England Vital Records, 1841-1915 (American Ancestors) Title: New England Historic Genealogical Society, Massachusetts Vital Records, 1841-1915, indexed database and digital images, American Ancestors (http://www.AmericanAncestors.org) Repository: #R3
Repository: R3 Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, MA 02116, USA) Address: Web Address: http://www.americanancestors.org
Source: S325 Abbreviation: Roxbury 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
Repository: R39 Name: New England Historic Genealogical Society (99-101 Newbury Street, Boston, Mass. 02116) Address: Web Address: http://www.AmericanAncestors.org
↑ Source: #S325 Page: 312 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
↑ Source: #S277 Page: Volume 267, Page 86 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
↑ Source: #S156 Page: Forest Hills Cemetery and Crematory (Jamaica Plain, Mass.), William Seaver entry
↑ Source: #S325 Page: 358 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
↑ Source: #S277 Page: Volume 190, Page 312 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
↑ Source: #S325 Page: Volume 2, Marriages, page 357 Quality or Certainty of Data: 3
Acknowledgments
Thank you to Randy Seaver for creating WikiTree profile Seaver-439 through the import of Robert Seaver Descendants - 6 generations.ged on Dec 13, 2013. Click to the Changes page for the details of edits by Randy and others.
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with William by comparing test results with other carriers of his ancestors' Y-chromosome or mitochondrial DNA.
Y-chromosome DNA test-takers in his direct paternal line on WikiTree:
Randy Seaver :
Y-Chromosome Test 20 markers, haplogroup R1b1b2a1a