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Genealogy of Robert Sea Ver A GENEALOGY OF ROBERT SEA VER OF ROXBURY, MASSACHUSETTS, A.ND SOME OF HIS DESCENDANTS. BY \VILLIAJ\f BLAKE TRASK. BOSTON: DAVID CLAPP & SON, PRINTERS. I 8 7 2. EDITIO:N' OF OXE IIUNDRED A~D FIFTY COPIES. Reprinted from the NEW-ENGLAND HISTORICAL AND GENEALOGICAL REGISTER for July, 1872, with an Appendix, PREF ACE. THE follo-wing genealogy of Robert Seaver, of Roxbury, l\Iass., and his descendants, is confined, chiefly, to a fe,v of the branches of Caleb, Joshua, ancl Nathaniel. Individual meinbers of those respective lines have kindly furnished portions of the information incorporated in these pages ; but a greater part of the names and dates here used have been taken fro1n the public records of Roxbury, Dorchester, Brookline, Boston, and Ca111bridge. S01ne "7'ho have been called upon have either declined or neglected to give ,vhat ,vas needed to make these sketches n1ore complete. Should there be found a deficiency in the genealogical details ,vhere such parties are interested, the co1npiler feels in no degree responsible for such deficiency. It is hoped that ·what is here printed may be in general reliable, correctness having been ain1ed at in all the particulars. It is respectfully dedicated to those bearing the nan1e, their connections, and friends. Should the n1e111bers of the fan1ily feel inclined to concentrate · their efforts, a 1nore extended and valuable genealogy and history 111ight be produced. The ..itppenclix contains an account of the possessions of Ro bcrt Seaver, the e1ni~rant,...., ,Yith 3-n abstract of his -;Yill ; also, abstracts of the w-ills anu inventories of a nu1nbcr of his descen<lants. TIIE SEA ,rEll l(AJIILY. RoBERT SEA VER was born about the year 1608. The place of his nativity has not been ascertained, but the conjecture is, that it was in England.* On the 24th of ~larch, 1633-4, at the uge of about 25, he took the oaths of supremacy anll allegiance to pass for- New-England, in the ship "l\1ary and John," of London, Robert Sayres, master. (See "1/'ounders of New- * The annexed is the coat of arms of tllc Seaver family of Heath Hall, co. Armagh, Ireland. This is the only Seaver coat of arms that we have C\•·cr seen or heard of, after a due examination of all the heraldic works that have come under our notice. No connection, hmvever, has Leen established between the Heath Hall family and the one that scttlcu in Roxbury. The coincidence, surely, is singuhlr, that the Seaver ancl Heath families of Roxbury have been, in one or more of its branches, related to each other. It gives us much pleasure to be able to farnish here, an extract of a communication from the Rev. Charles Seaver, incumbent of St. J olm's church, Belfast, Ireland, to a gentleman of the same na.me in this city, in reply to inquiries on thb sulJject. The letter is dated, 16 Botanic Avenue, Belfast, Aug. 2,5, 1871. "The only information I kwc or can procure," he ,vritcs, "is that ;,a ~~ :rn nnccstnr of mi1w w:11;; -;ettl1:r1 in the Trm·nl'.l.ncl of -.r ,,f- s~\'t;" 1~u£. -i•.\• Trca, near Arnrngh, which he held under the Primate of that Sec. He married a l\Ii:-:s S,·moncls..... ,_ !!rand-,._,; daughter of Sir l\farmaunkc \Vhitchnrch, to whom a grant w:ls malk of the abLcy lands of Killc:1ry, in the ith of J:1mes I., alJout 1610. Tltb ,ms a Lout 16,5P, at whid1 date, they, i.e. tllc SL·avcr~, were settled at Trca. Acconling to tradition, the ance:-:tor came in Cro!mvcll's arm~· to Ircl.nlll; if so, thb mu~t h:1.vc 11c,·n him; l1i:- n:unc 's:1:-:: Cllark:-. I H:archcd tlic ILegi:;tcr:-: at .A.nnagh. lrnt they were 111 >t kci,t lJeC0rl'. 170U, wlH:11 the burial of ,Jonathan Sm ver of Trca is noted. \Yliat part of En;;land tlier L"amc frolll, I ha Ye nc,·er ] 2 THE SEAYER F AL\IILY. E1igland," by Samuel G. Drake, page 70.) IIe reached Roxbury, ~Iassa­ chnsetts, it is probable, previous to June, 1 G34:. On the 10th of December of that year, he married ElizaLeth Dallartl. In the list of those who had taken the requisite oath, l\Iarch 2Gth, to pass for New-England, in the above named vessel, we find the name of ,villiam Ballard, ·who it is presumed was a fellow passenger with l\Ir. Seaver, and a relative, not unlikely, of Elizabeth. The Roxbury Town Records, in giviug the marriage, has the name "Allard;" but the Church Records, in the early list of admissions, has the following explicit paragraph. " Elizabeth Ballard, a maide servant,-she came in the year 1633, and soone after joyned to the church,­ she was afterwards married to Robert Sever of this church, where she led a godly conversation." l\Ir. Seaver was made freeman, April 18, 1637. The name is variously written on the Records, Seaver, Sever, Seavers, Civer. Robert, the ancestor, wrote his name " Seaver," as will be seen by the fac­ simile, here given, of his signature to a petition to the General Court, dated l\Iay 31, IG47, signed by sixty-four [(tJ e,_._,-{; 5 ~ freemen and soldiers of Roxbury, praying the confirmation by the Court of Hugh Pritchard as captain of a military company in that town, he being heard. A branch of the family professing the Roman Catholic religion is settled near Dublin, but they have no better information. The change in their religion was effected, I have heard, by a Roman Catholic nurse. I have searched all the availalJle books on genealogical matters to which I had access, but found nothing further. I enclose the Coat of Arms, Crest and Motto, which we have used at least for a century, but I believe they were then chosen by my grandfather, and that the original Coat of Arms, if any, were lost. I think Burke contains almost all the particulars of which I am informed; and your friend seems to have the books." Tue coat of arms herewitn presented is substantially the same as the one aboye alluded ·to, Yvitll the crest and motto, and is thus clescriucd in Burke's Heraldic Illustrations, accom­ panied, also, vdth an engraving: - Arms.-Argcnt a chevron gulcs hctTrccn three doves pecking sheaves of ·wheat, proper. Crest.- A hand a:nd. arm, holuing a s,vonl erect, cncirdccl bv a laurel wreath all ~ ~ ' proper. ~.Iotto.-Sume su11crbiam. quxsitam meritis. [Assume the pril1c acquired hy merit.] THE SEAVER FAMILY. 3 chosen by these persons to ac~ as their commanding officer. This request was complied ·with, as appears by the entry on the Colony Records at the l\lay session of the san1e year. '' l\Ir. Prichard, being chosen capt. of ye traine band in Roxberry, is confirmecl by ordr of this Corte." In 1 G35, the General Court agreed that "noe dwelling howse shalbe built above halfe a myle from the meeteing h9wse, in any newe plantacon," " ,vithout leaue from the Court ( except myll howses & Ferme howses of such as have their dwelling howses in some towne)." This was con.firmed the next year~ with an addition to the order, that it should extend to all towns within their jurisdiction. The above statement will explain the fol­ lowing grant of the Court to Robert Seaver and others, 1\Iay 23, 1639. '' Jasper Gun, Robert Seaver, Abraham I-Iowe, John Tatman and Ralph Sary, vpon their petition, had leave granted them to continue in the houses web they have built, and do dwell in, though they bee above halfe a mile fron1 their meeting house." This "halfe a my le law" was re1)ealed in I 640e Robert Seaver was chosen one of the selectmen of Roxbury, Jan. 15, 1 GG,5. Elizabeth, his wife, died June 6, 1657. The Church Record says:­ " 1 G57. Buryecl, mo. 4, day 9, Sister Seaver, ye wife of Robert Seaver." Also, "1 GG9, mo. 10, day 18, wife to Robert Seaver buryed." 1-Ie must have had a third wife, for in his will, made Jan. IG, 1681, proved July 5, 1683, he proYides for his wife ( christian name not given) and four children. The names of the latter were, Shubael, Caleb, Joshua, and son Samuel Crafts, who married his daughter Elizabeth. The latter was, probably, dead at the elate of the wilt Robert1 Seaver, according to the Roxbury Toicn Records, died l\I~y 13: 1 G83, aged about 7 5. The Roxbury Churc!t Records say :-,; 1 G83, mo. 4, day G, Robert Seaver an ag12d Christian buryed." IIow these dates art3 t0 be reconciled we [lre 1.mabk to decide. Robert and Elizabeth (Ballard) Seaver had : -- 4 THE SEAYER F A1'1ILY. 2. i. Shuhael, born Jan. 31, 1639; died Jan. 18, li29-30. 3. ii. Caleb, b. Aug. 30, 164:1; d. 1'Iarch 6, 1713. 4. iii. Joshua (twin brother of Caleb), b. Aug. 30, 1641; died before Aug. 25, 1730, when an inrentory of his estate was taken. IV. Elizabeth, b. Nov. 19, 1643; m. Samuel Crafts, of Tioxlmry, Oct. 1661. (See SaYage's Dictionary for the births of their nine chilurcn, ·viz.: Han­ nah, Samuel, Elizabeth, Samuel, Joseph, l\lary, Abigail, l\athaniel and Benjamin.) l\lr. Crafts died Dec. 9, 1709. 5. v. Nathaniel, bap. Jan. ~' 16°15. He was slain at Sudbury, l\Iass., by the Indians, April 21, 1676. vi. Hannah, b.
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