Genea-Musings: Amanuensis Monday - the Probate of Benjamin Seaver's (1757-1816) Estate
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...
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