Heman Ray of Westmin-
Martha Sever, Silas Sever, Isaac Sever, Rozilla Sever and Mary
Jane Sever, minors, children of
Benjamin Sever late of said
Westminster, deceased, intestate, by an order of the Supreme
Judicial Court begun and holden at Worcester within and
for said county of Worcester on the fourth Tuesday of Septem-
pass deeds to convey the whole of said Minors real estate the
proceeds thereof to be put out and secured to said minors, on
interest for their benefit, and whereas I the said Ray, having
up advertisements in said Westminster, Princeton and Worcester
on the
described real estate of said minors would be sold to the high-
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 paragraphs below are narratives, not transcriptions, based on extractions from the Probate Packet for Benjamin Seaver.