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Heman Ray of Westmin- Martha Sever, Silas Sever, Isaac Sever, Rozilla Sever and Mary Jane Sever, minors, children of Benjamin Sever late of said Westminster, deceased, intestate, by an order of the Supreme Judicial Court begun and holden at Worcester within and for said county of Worcester on the fourth Tuesday of Septem- pass deeds to convey the whole of said Minors real estate the proceeds thereof to be put out and secured to said minors, on interest for their benefit, and whereas I the said Ray, having up advertisements in said Westminster, Princeton and Worcester on the described real...

Amanuensis Monday - the Probate of Benjamin Seaver's (1757-1816) Estate Genea-blogger John Newmark (who writes the excellent TransylvanianDutch blog) started his own Monday blog theme many months ago called Amanuensis Monday. What does "amanuensis" mean? John offers this definition: "A person employed to write what another dictates or to copy what has been written by another." My subject today is the probate records of Benjamin Seaver (1757-1816) of Westminster, worcester County, Massachusetts. He married Martha Whitney (1764-1832), daughter of Samuel and Abigail (Fletcher) Whitney. The p...