Abigail Seavey

Evidence needed to support as daughter of Beaton Hearle & Beaton Hearle

Family

Benjamín 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 1726 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. (With third 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.

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)