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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...

   [1,4]     [2]     [3,5]     [3,5]     [2]                   *  Marriage 1:               about 1695 (about age 26), Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [1]     *  Child 2:                   Hannah Harwood (1698-1781)     *  Child 3:                   Elizabeth Harwood (1701-1739)     *  Child 4:                   Rachel Harwood (1703-1784)     *  Child 5:                   Sarah Harwood (1707-1796)     *  Child 6:                   Jonathan Harwood (1710-1784)     *  Child 7:...

   [1,4]     [2]     [3,5]     [3,5]     [2]                   *  Marriage 1:               about 1695 (about age 26), Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [1]     *  Child 2:                   Hannah Harwood (1698-1781)     *  Child 3:                   Elizabeth Harwood (1701-1739)     *  Child 4:                   Rachel Harwood (1703-1784)     *  Child 5:                   Sarah Harwood (1707-1796)     *  Child 6:                   Jonathan Harwood (1710-1784)     *  Child 7:...

  [1–2]     *  Deed:                     5 May 1698 (about age 24), granted 90 acres in Lancaster by father, Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [4]     *  Deed:                     24 October 1707 (about age 33), bought 150 acres in New Grant of Concord from James Russell for £60; Concord, Middlesex, Massachusetts, United States [5]     *  Distribution:          21 February 1721/2 (about age 48), father's will proved; Lancaster, Worcester, Massachusetts, United States [6]     [7]     [1-2,8–9]     [7]     *  Marriage 1:   ...