Benjamin Seavey

M, #1224, b. circa 1663, d. circa 1729
Relationship7th great-grandfather of Malcolm Kenyon McKown Jr.
Pedigree
Father*Thomas Seavey b. circa 1627, d. Feb 6, 1708
Mother*Thomasine Tamsen b. circa 1641, d. circa 1711

Family 1

Mary Abigail Hearle b. circa 1670
Children

Family 2

Mary Wallis b. circa 1675, d. Jul 9, 1724

Chronological Events

Birth*circa 1663 Benjamin Seavey was born circa 1663 at Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. 
 He was the son of Thomas Seavey and Thomasine Tamsen. 
Marriage*circa 1689 Benjamin Seavey married Mary Abigail Hearle circa 1689 at New Hampshire, United States. 
Marriage*Oct 23, 1712 Benjamin Seavey married Mary Wallis on Oct 23, 1712 at Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States. 
Death*circa 1729 Benjamin Seavey died circa 1729 at Rye, Rockingham County, New Hampshire, United States.1 
Book Excerpt*circa 1730 
Benjamin 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 wife, Mary.2
 

Citations

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