> > Subject: Re: Siever of PA & VA > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" > X-Mozilla-Status2: 00000000 > >Pat, > > > >I have been doing Siever research for over thirty years. I am now > >tracking six different Siever families. My family starts with Johannes > >Siebert about 1786 in Loudoun County, Virginia. He moved to Rockingham > >County, Virginia in the early 1790's and then Spelled his name John > >Siever. > > > >Will Give and help with any information I have. > > > >Ray Siever > > > Ray, > Thanks so much for responding to my query. I am researching William > Seavers (various spellings) who died about 1817. He had been married > twice, and the children of his first wife were in Wythe Co. in 1818 > and thereafter, while his second wife and their three children were > in Scott Co, VA. We don't know where he died, but there are court > records in Wythe co. in 1818 in which his youngest son by his first > wife, Jeremiah, chose his brother John (my husband's line) as his > guardian. By 1830, his widow, Margaret Cleek Seavers, was living > with her three daughters in Scott Co., VA. > William Seavers & Wife # 1: > Henry b. 2 may 1794 d. 1821 Frederick Co. VA > John b. 7 aug 1795 d. bef. 14 sep 1835 Wythe Co. m. Nancy Riggle 21 > mar 1819 Wythe Co. > Joseph b. @1796 d. aft 1852 Hawkins Co, TN m. Matilda Unknown > William C. b. 29 apr 1800 d. 28 mar 1869 m. Sarah Seacatt 9 aug 1827 Wythe Co. > Jeremiah b. 15 mar 1804 d. 28 jul 1869 Hamblen Co, TN m. (1) Nancy > Thurman (2) Elvira Counts (both in Hawkins Co, TN) > Susanna b. 27 dec 1805 d. aft 1823 (may have moved to Indiana) > William Seavers & Margaret Cleek: > Elizabeth Lois (Betsy) b. 13 feb 1808 in TN d. 20 nov 1900, Scott Co. > VA m. James Cleek 24 feb 1833 Scott Co., VA > Nancy b. abt 1813 VA d. aft 1860 Scott, VA > Matilda b. @1815 TN or VA > We suspect that William was from a German branch of the family. > There is a great deal of circumstancial evidence that ties him to the > Jacob Seaver b. 1773 who married Esther Croberger in VA in 1798. > According to the Jesse Seaver history, Jacob was the son of Henry b. > @1743, who was one of the Sievert/Severt/Sivert brothers who arrived > in Philadelphia in 1753 aboard the Leathley. Jacob lived in Scott, > VA, but bought and sold land in Sullivan and Hawkins, TN. Esther > Croberger's parents, Henry and Mary, settled in Hawkins County as > well. In 1820, Jacob and Esther moved their family to Switzerland > Co, IN. > There were many wagoners in this branch of the family. William's > son, Henry, fell ill and died in Frederick Co, VA in 1821 while he > was carrying a load to Knoxville, TN. Henry had accounts in > Baltimore. His estate was settled in Wythe Co. courts, but it was > stated that he had no known address. William's sons John and William > C. were also wagoners in Wythe Co. > William's connection to Wythe Co. is a bit of a mystery. His second > wife, Margaret Cleek Seavers, was from a family of Cleeks who lived > in Hawkins Co. near the border with Scott, VA. Two of his sons by > his first wife, Joseph and Jeremiah, both moved to Hawkins Co. when > they became adults. His oldest daughter by Margaret was apparently > born in TN, probably Hawkins Co. The Wythe Co. connection may be > through his first wife's family. All of her children were present in > Wythe Co. 1821-1823 period when Henry's estate was being settled. > There was another William Severs in VA who is sometimes confused with > this William. The other William was b. @1752, married Catherine Peck > 1793 in VA, was living in Knox/Anderson Co, TN by 1800, and died in > Nodaway Co, MO in 1852. I do believe that he was related to the > William I am researching, possibly an uncle. I do not believe he > could have been his father. > If you see any connections or can suggest any research paths to me, I > would be most appreciative. > Pat > -- > Patricia M. Seaver > Williamsville, New York