In a message dated 1/25/02 7:11:07 PM Eastern Standard Time, seaverp@localnet.com writes: > Good morning, Charles, > > Thanks for your kind words. You are right about orphans' records for > William's children. Jane Fairburn pieced together his children some > time ago from orphans' records in Wythe Co, VA along with an > 1821-1822 court case regarding the settlement of his son Henry's > estate. Here are her findings: > > Children of William & Wife # 1: > Henry b. 1794 > John b. 1795 (my husband's grgrgrandfather) > Joseph @1796 > (Christopher @1800) > William C. b. 1800 > Jeremiah b. 1805 > Susanna b. Dec. 1805 > > Children of William & Wife # 2: > Elizabeth Lois Seaver b. 1808 (Betsy) > Nancy @1813 > Matilda @1815 > > In 1818, Jeremiah and Susanna appear in orphans' records in Wythe > Co., although their parents' names were never mentioned; they picked > their brothers, John and William C. as their guardians. Then Henry > died in 1821, unmarried, and there are court records (also Wythe Co.) > with respect to his estate that name all of the children of both > wives except Christopher (more about that later). > > Jane Fairburn had not found the name of the children's father, but I > suspected that the father of the Wythe Co. children was closely > related to Jacob Seaver. I suspected that the Peggy Seavers in the > 1830 Scott Co. census (Margaret Seavers in 1850) was perhaps Wife #2, > and that turned out to be the case. My sister-in-law, Blanda Seaver, > looked up her death record, where we not only found that her maiden > name was Cleek, but also William's first name. The Elizabeth Seavers > who married James Cleek in Scott Co. in 1833 was William & Margaret's > daughter. Margaret was the daughter of Michael Cleek/Click of > Hawkins Co, TN. We don't know how James was related to Margaret. > > More recently, Jane viewed the Bible of William C. Seaver, which is > in the possession of the Smyth Co, VA Historical Museum. It lists > the children of William and his first wife; that is where the birth > dates above come from. I suspect that William C. may have written > the names and dates of his siblings when he was older, and they may > not be totally reliable. He has Jeremiah's DoB as March 1805 and > Susanna's as December 1805--possible, I suppose, but I wonder if one > of them was born in 1804. That is the only reference that I know of > to Christopher, which is why I have him in parenthesis. Jane said > that his name is written off to the side, not with the other > children's names. > > Here is what happened to the children of the first wife: > Henry died in 1821 > John stayed in Wythe Co. and died in 1834 > Joseph moved to Hawkins Co. TN in the 1820s > William C. stayed in Wythe Co. and died in 1868 > Jeremiah moved to Hawkins Co. TN about 1826 > Susanna: according to court documents related to her brother Henry's > estate, she was in Indiana "living with family members" in 1822. We > don't know any more of her. I suspect that she may have been living > with Jacob and Esther; perhaps she married there and never returned > to VA. > > My strong suspicion is that William was a brother of Jacob. I don't > know why the children of his first wife were in Wythe Co. after his > death and his second wife and family was in Scott Co. His sons > Henry, John and William C. were all wagoners. Perhaps their mother > had Wythe Co. ties and they established a family business there. > > I also would not be surprised to find a relation to the William > Seavers 1752-1852 who married Catherine Peck and moved to > Knox/Anderson, TN and then to Nodaway, MO. If I am right that the > Wythe/Scott Co. William was Jacob's brother, there is the Lamar > connection. Also, when William's son Henry died, he was in > Frederick, VA carrying a wagonload of goods from Baltimore to > Knoxville. His brother John picked up the wagon and delivered the > load to Knoxville. Circumstantial, but worth further investigation. > > Once we are settled in Knoxville, I hope to spend some time studying > land records of the Crobergers, Cleeks, Jacob, etc. > > The next few weeks are going to be very busy for me. We're going to > spend next week in Knoxville, getting our house there ready for our > move, which will take place the week of Feb. 11. I probably won't > have much time for genealogy until we are settled, so if you don't > hear from me for a while, don't write me off! > > Best, > Pat > -- > Patricia M. Seaver > Williamsville, New York >