Benjamin Seavey

Benjamin Seavey

• Born about 1663 - Rye, N.H.
• Deceased 1729 - Rye, N.H.
• Places of residence Rye, N.H. (now New Castle, Little Harbor)
• Occupation Yeoman.
• Father Thomas Seavey, b. c1627.
• Mother Tamson or Thomasine _____.

Family

Benjamin Seavey (say 1663 - 1729) married three times.

1. before 1690 to an unknown woman - d bef 1712 - mother of most children. Perhaps Abigail.
2. 23 Oct 1712 in Hampton, Rockingham, New Hampshire to Mary Wallis (b. 1667 in Portsmouth, N.H., d. c. 1724). Daughter of George Wallis & Ann Shortridge. She was William Bates widow. No children with Benjamin Seavey.
3. after 1724 to an unknown woman - one more child (Moses) Perhaps Mary.

Children

https://athenaeum.pastperfectonline.com/person/E0CF3B77-DF09-4510-B...

• 1. Benjamin Seavey, b. c1690, d. bef. 1762, m. Oct. 23, 1712, to Mary Wallis.
• 2. William Terbias or Tertius Seavey, also called William Seavey "the third" (yeoman), b. c1693, d. c. March 1745.
• 3. Mary Seavey, unm.
• 4. Hannah Seavey, b. 1704 in New Castle, N.H., d. 1763 in New Castle, N.H., m. 1. William Fernald, and m. 2. ____ Dixon.
• 5. Elizabeth "Eliza" Seavey, b. 1705 in Newcastle, N.H., d. 1762 in Newcastle, N.H., m. c1724 to Ozem Dowse or Dowst.
• 6. Sarah Seavey, b. btw. 1712-1717 in Rye, N.H., d. aft. Jul. 13, 1763, m. c1726 to Samuel Marden (1707-1774).
• 7. Hepzibah Seavey, m. (intentions) Apr. 27, 1728, to Charles Foye.
• 8. Susanna Seavey, m. bef. 1735 to William Paine.
• 9. Moses Seavey was born in 1729 in Arundel of York, Maine. He died on 28 Nov 1767. (With 3rd wife)

Notes

http://mckownfamily.com/g1/p1224.htm (book excerpt)

Benjamin Seavey was the eldest surviving son of Thomas and his major heir according to "Salic" law which was then in common usage in England, United Kingdom. He is believed to have had a wife, Abigail, who was the mother of at least his older children; but when he made a deed in lieu of a will, his wife was Mary.

It is recorded that in 1693, money was due him for carpentry work at Fort William and Mary. He witnessed a deed with a John Tuck in 1685, and served on the Grand Jury in 1695.

On February 3, 1729, he and his wife, Mary, made a deed naming son William administrator, and giving him the homestead, " except the part near Oliver's Neck that son Bejamin, Jr., used to mow".

After William died , the deed was not invoked until June 24, 1761, when daughter Elizabeth Dowst and her husband Ozem Dowst asked the court to settle the estate. Final division was made on August 1762. The deed does not mention son Moses, but he received the double-share as eldest surviving son in 1762, so undoubtedly his mother was the second [third] wife, Mary.2

• [S802] Site - Ancestry.com, online at http://www.ancestry.com
• [S943] Book - Unknown.

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/a/s/h/Dawn-E-Ashpole/GENE0001-0004.html

Bartlett 7/75 ltr says Mary Wallace was 2nd wife and not the mother of William 3rd.1/76 ltr says Benjamin b.1663 apparently lived longer than some of his children because in 1762 his will mentions Moses Seavey, Elizabeth Dorst, Heirs of Hannah Dickson, Susanna Pain, Hepsibah Fry, Mary and Sarah Seavey. Benjamin and William not mentioned.

Origins

https://www.genealogy.com/ftm/a/s/h/Dawn-E-Ashpole/GENE0001-0003.html

Children of Thomas Seavey and Tamsen are:

• i. HENRY8 SEAVEY, b. 1660, of Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire; d. 1697, Sandy Beach, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
• ii. NATHANIEL SEAVEY, b. Abt 1661; d. September 29, 1691, Sandy Beach, Rye, Rockingham, New Hampshire.
• iii. BENJAMIN SEAVEY, b. Abt 1663, Rye of, Rockingham, New Hampshire; d. Abt 1729.
• iv. DAMARIS SEAVEY, b. Abt 1671.
• v. SAMUEL SEAVEY, b. Abt 1672, Rye, Rockingham Co., NH; d. Abt December 1737.
• vi. REBECCA SEAVEY, b. Abt 1673; m. JOHN SHUTE, Aft 1686.

References

• Ancestors of Gregory Kelton Caswell. - pdf on web Caswell, Gregory K. Record Type: Library No Image Available < PDF > # 542 on page 31-32 (extract attached)
• Seavey Families of Rye, N.H. - REF CS71 .S401 Tallman, Louise H. Record Type: Library
• TURNER - HOWE & RELATED FAMILIES by Linda Phillips Spearman
• https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Wallis-188
• George Wallis of Little Harbor in Portsmouth, New Hampshire and His Descendants for Several Generations New Hampshire Genealogical Record 33 (2021):3-20, 39-74, 34 (2022): 3-20.
• WALLACE FAMILIES OF EPSOM, GENEALOGY BOSTON TRANSCRIPT JUNE 10, 1907 WALLACE, Note #992: link
  • George (2) Wallace (not Ralph, as stated in the "History of Rye") married, Nov. 18, 1686, Ann Shortridge. George and Ann deeded June 5 1719, New Hampshire Deeds, vol. ii, page 8. He died before Sept. 12, 1726, when his estate was divided (New Hampshire Probate Records, vol. vii., page 312) among his children, who were Ann, wife of Benjamin Barnes; Mary, wife of ____ Seavey; Esther wife of Nathaniel Berry; Deborah, wife of Christopher Scheggel; Hannah wife of Edward Randall, and Caleb an idiot, for whose support during life a part of the estate was reserved, to be divided among the others after his death. The daughter's husbands signed, receipting for their shares, are among them Yedyard Webber, who perhaps had been husband of a deceased daughter.