JBW again! On page 207 of the book I mentioned is the following entry under se at- (2.) (v.) To settle on as an inhabitant. To plant with inhabitants. A 1697 description os Virginia said, ' Everyone that takes out a patent...is...obliged to do two things. One is to seat or plant upon it within three years.' And, "Seating...is reconedthe building of a house and keeping a stock for a whole year." Seated land is settled land; a seater is one who seats."