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Generation: 1
| 1. | Elizabeth Other Events:
- _UID: DB3F0D608325452B9E1FDB607941C4C7DCA8
Notes:
Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Seawell Family,Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 54-62
Will of Mrs. Elizabeth Seawell.
Her will was dated Sept. 22, 1786.
In the name of God, Amen. I, Elizabeth Seawell, being old and weak, but of sound mind, memory and understanding, do make, ordain and appoint this to be my last will and testament, that, whereas my deceased husband, Joseph Seawell, by his last will, gave me the right of disposing of half my dower (lands excepted) at my death, in case I should not marry, to whom I please. I do, therefore, dispose of the half of my said dower in manner and form following:
Item. I give to my granddaughter Elizabeth Seawell one negro woman named Jinny, with her future increase, except the first child she has, which said child I give to my granddaughter, Mary Seawell.
Item. I give to my grandson John Boswell Seawell one negro boy named Wilson, to him and his heirs forever.
Item. I give to my grandson John Seawell, son of my son John, one negro boy named Ralph, to him and his heirs forever, and I do also give to my said grandson all and every other part of my said dower and all the remainder part of my estate, to him and his heirs forever.
I do hereby appoint my said grandson my executor to this my last will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day, Sept., 1786.
Signed, sealed and delivered in the presence of Richard Coleman, Banr Pipen. her
Elizabeth + Seawell
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Elizabeth married Joseph SEAWELL. Joseph was born Abt 1710. [Group Sheet]
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| 2. | John SEAWELL  (1.Elizabeth1)Other Events:
- _UID: 418552452D454AC6B90BAFD8FB23B9757668
Notes:
Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Seawell Family,Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 54-62
Narrative of Maria Edwards, daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler.
His brother John, who was my great grandfather, built on the adjoining tract. He built first on Timber Neck creek, the place called the "White-house," which still bears the name. Here there was a handsome house. As a child, my father took me there to get cherries and English walnuts. This house was burned down, just after all the furniture had been imported; mirrors thrown out of the windows, etc. This was told me by an old servant, who followed his young master, one of the Cleaver family, to Braddock's defeat. My great-grandfather then build the house in which I was born, Gloucester Place. I forget the date, but before the Revolution. His wife when he married her, was a widow Thornton. My father remembered her, and said she was handsome, with expressive black eyes. He bore her maiden name, Boswell, as his middle name.
My great-grandfather was an importing merchant, and the "war" interfered sadly with his business. The American and French troops at one time camped in the field on the left hand side as you go up to the house called the Wind-mill field, and fed to their horses, and destroyed a fine crop of corn. Many years afterwards my uncle John Tyler found, in an old "day-book" a full account of it, in which my great-grandfather stated his grievances, and thought my father should have put it in his hands while he was in Congress.
In a list of slave owners in Abingdon Parish, Gloucester, 1786, the largest slave-holders were: John Page, 160; Warren Lewis, 143; John Perrin, 116; John Seawell, Sr., 39; Samuel Cary, 39; Joseph Cluverius, 32, &c.
John married Jane BOSWELL. (daughter of Major Thomas BOSWELL and Martha or Elizabeth MACHEN) [Group Sheet]
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| 3. | Joseph SEAWELL (1.Elizabeth1) Other Events:
- _UID: 5DD86372D1984201BD7349D8C558B3BE95D8
Notes:
Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Seawell Family,Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 54-62
Narrative of Maria Edwards, daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler.
My father's family resided in Gloucester county, Va., at a place about five miles from Gloucester Town. My father's great uncle Joseph Seawell lived on the tract of land during the Revolutionary war. The old servants told me of those days.
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| 4. | Sarah SEAWELL (1.Elizabeth1) was born 30 Sep 1746. Other Events:
- _UID: 288C96A94CA84A9CA0FE2DD29459D8AEDD78
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| 5. | John SEAWELL (2.John2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born 6 Feb 1760, Gloucester Co. VA; died 1806, Gloucester Co. VA. Other Events:
- _UID: 8B08D5A1A9E04E018698817CF4F413E2D91A
Notes:
was captain, justice, etc., of Gloucester County.
Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Seawell Family,Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 54-62
Will of Elizabeth Seawell, wife of Joseph.
I give to my grandson John Seawell, son of my son John, one negro boy named Ralph, to him and his heirs forever, and I do also give to my said grandson all and every other part of my said dower and all the remainder part of my estate, to him and his heirs forever. I do hereby appoint my said grandson my executor to this my last will. In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand this 22d day, Sept., 1786.
Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Seawell Family,Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 54-62
Narrative of Maria Edwards, daughter of John B. Seawell and Maria Henry Tyler.
My grandfather, after his marriage, continued to live with his parents at their seat (Gloucester Place), which at their death he inherited. My grandfather was a vestryman of Abingdon church. He died at forty-six years of age, leaving my father and his old friend, Benjamin Dabney, his exors. He left a very large estate, lands and negroes. My father went first to the grammar school, and then to the college of William and Mary. His father said he regretted having sent him to William and Mary because he came home a Democrat, he being a Federalist. I heard my father say that after he was married it was proposed at a large dinner party at Belle Farm (Col. Lewis' residence) that his father should be brought out as a candidate for the Legislature, and the votes of those present were taken on the proposition. When father's turn came to vote he said he would not vote for him, when his father immediately declined the proposition, saying he could not consent to run if his own son would oppose him.
Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Seawell Family,Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 54-62
John married Frances (Fanny) HOBDAY. Frances (daughter of John HOBDAY and Hannah) was born 28 May 1761, Gloucester Co. VA. [Group Sheet]
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| 9. | John Boswell SEAWELL (5.John3, 2.John2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born Jul 1780. Other Events:
- _UID: F442637E096E429C93DD36B6BD479C1E86B8
Notes:
Source: The William and Mary Quarterly, Seawell Family,Vol. 8, No. 1 (Jul., 1899), pp. 54-62
John B. Seawell, was a distinguished lawyer of Virginia, and married Maria Henry Tyler, sister of President Tyler. Educated at William and Mary College.
John married Maria Henry TYLER 23 Dec 1800, “Greenway†Charles City Co.VA. (daughter of John TYLER and Mary Marot ARMISTEAD) [Group Sheet]
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| 10. | Benjamin SEAWELL (5.John3, 2.John2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born Abt 1801, Gloucester Co. VA. Other Events:
- _UID: ECAA9AD5A0764743BB1683B3A8D46EF18792
Notes:
1850 Gloucester Co. VA census, household 866. Age 49, with wife Rebecca, age 48, son John H., age 28, and Louisa J., age 22. She could be John’s wife or sister. His ister Courtney Seawell Cluberius is living at household 864.
Benjamin married Rebecca PERRIN. [Group Sheet]
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| 11. | Brigadier General Washington SEAWELL (5.John3, 2.John2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born 1802, Gloucester Co. VA. Other Events:
- _UID: CA434DDD899F45A28E8A0592E9EF7EA0EBDC
Notes:
Born in Gloucester county, Virginia, in 1802, son of John Seawell and Fanny Hobday, his wife. He graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1825, and as lieutenant was assigned to the Seventh Infantry. From 1832 to 1834 he was disbursing agent for Indian affairs, and was then assigned to duty as adjutant-general and aide-de-camp on the staff of Gen. Matthew Arbuckle. In 1836 he was promoted to captain, and saw service against the Indians. He served in the Mexican war, and was promoted to major of the Second Infantry, in 1847, with which regiment he was on duty at Monterey, in 1849. He was promoted to lieutenant-colonel in 1852, and to colonel in 1860. He was retired from active service February 20, 1862, on account of disability resulting from exposure in the line of duty. He was chief mustering and disbursing officer of the state of Kentucky, from March, 1862, to September, 1863, and then of the department of the Pacific. He was acting assistant provost-marshal at San Francisco from November, 1865, to June, 1866. In 1865 he was brevetted brigadier-general, for long and faithful service. He had lived on the Pacific coast since 1864, and owned one of the largest ranches in the state of California, in Sonoma county. He died in San Francisco, January 9, 1888, being at that time next to the oldest general officer on the retired list of the army. His brother, John B. Seawell, was a distinguished lawyer of Virginia, and married Maria Henry Tyler, sister of President Tyler.
Encyclopedia of Virginia Biography, Volume II
VIII--Prominent Persons
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| 12. | Courtney SEAWELL (5.John3, 2.John2, 1.Elizabeth1) was born Between 1790 and 1794, Gloucester Co. VA; died 1855, Gloucester Co VA. Other Events:
- _UID: 8A34C3783BBB48628C511C5B45351950D0B8
Notes:
CENSUS RECORDS
1810 United States Federal Census
Name: Thos Cluverues [Cluverius]
Home in 1810 (City, County, State): Gloucester, Gloucester, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 16 thru 25: 1 [Thomas]
Free White Persons - Females - 16 thru 25: 1 [Courtney]
Numbers of Slaves: 17
Number of Household Members: 19
1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas G Cleworius [Cluverius]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Gloucester, Virginia
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - Under 10: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1 [Thomas]
Free White Persons - Females - Under 10: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 26 thru 44: 1 [Courtney]
Slaves - Males - Under 14: 1
Slaves - Females - Under 14: 2
Slaves - Females - 26 thru 44: 1
Slaves - Females - 45 and over: 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 16: 3
Free White Persons - Over 25: 2
Total Free White Persons: 5
Total Slaves: 5
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 10
1830 United States Federal Census
Name: Thomas G Chaverins [Thomas G Cluverius]
Home in 1830 (City, County, State): Gloucester, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - Under 5: 3
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 10 thru 14: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 40 thru 49: 1 [Thomas]
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 30 thru 39: 1 [Courtney]
Free White Persons - Under 20: 7
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 2
Total Free White Persons: 9
Total - All Persons (Free White, Slaves, Free Colored): 9
1840 United States Federal Census
Name: Courtney Clewenis [Courtney Cluverius]
Home in 1840 (City, County, State): Gloucester, Virginia
Free White Persons - Males - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 15 thru 19: 2
Free White Persons - Males - 20 thru 29: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 5 thru 9: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 15 thru 19: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 50 thru 59: 1 [Courtney]
Slaves - Males - Under 10: 1
Slaves - Males - 24 thru 35: 1
Slaves - Males - 55 thru 99: 1
Slaves - Females - 10 thru 23: 1
Persons Employed in Agriculture: 4
Free White Persons - Under 20: 5
Free White Persons - 20 thru 49: 1
Total Free White Persons: 7
Total Slaves: 4
Total All Persons - Free White, Free Colored, Slaves: 11
1850 United States Federal Census
Name: Courtney Cheverius [Cluverius]
Age: 47
Birth Year: abt 1803
Birthplace: Virginia
Home in 1850: Gloucester, Virginia
Gender: Female
Family Number: 867
Household Members:
Beverly W Cluverius 26
Courtney Cluverius 47
Mary Cluverius 19
Lafayett Cluverius 16
DOD http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~vaggsv/gloucester_death_records_1853_d.htm
Cluverous, Courtney, died: 1855, age: 60y, cause: old age, consort: widow, source: Washington L. Cluverous, H/F.
Courtney married Thomas G. CLUVERIUS. Thomas (son of Gibson CLUVERIUS and Susanna WHITING) was born Between 1788 and 1789, Gloucester Co VA; died Abt 1836, Gloucester Co VA. [Group Sheet]
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| 23. | Susanna WHITING (6.Elizabeth3, 2.John2, 1.Elizabeth1) Other Events:
- _UID: 670BB6CD8F654307958627B03EE9C82D4176
Notes:
Revolutionary War Roster Gloucester County Virginia compiled by Elizabeth Dutton Lewis: CLUVERIUS, Gibson, Capt. Gloucester Mil. 1775-1776, served principally in Gloucester Co. ... and in the lower part called "Guinea" and in service of the State of Virginia; m. in Gloucester on March 4, 1786, Susan Whiting, who m. (2) on September 29, 1791, John Lowry (d. 1821) of Gloucester. Mrs. Susan Lowry applied for pension on August 26, 1850, W. 8061. Cluverius d. in Gloucester February 23, 1789. Heirs: Elizabeth b. 1787, m. (1) in 1802 Anthony Armistead (2) in 1818 Robert Lowry. In 1850 she was living in Elizabeth City County with her mother; probably another child. (Eck.; Gwathmey, p. 160; National Archives).
A History of Two Virginia Families Transplanted From County Kent, England. Thomas Baytop, Tenterden, 1638, and John Catlett, Sittingbourne, 1622 - Page 159-160.
Col. Thomas Whiting (b. 1712, d. 1781), influential
merchant at Gloucester Town 1751, burgess 1758, colonel of
Gloucester militia 1775, mar. (I) Elizabeth (b. 1740, d. 1766), dau. of John Thruston and wife, Sarah Mynn; (II) Elizabeth, dau. of Wm. Beverly, of "Blandfield" ; (III)" Elizabeth, dau. of John Seawell, of Gloucester, who mar. (II) Samuel Cary. Issue, fifteen children, of whom eight survived him, as mentioned in his will, Oct. 15, 1780 ((Va. Hist. May., XVIII, 358; William and Mary Quarterly, IV, 108): "To son Thomas, 600 acres in Abingdon parish, 30 slaves and houses and lots in Gloucester town (Gloucester Point); son Henry, one-half the Hackney and Munford plantation in Abingdon parish; son Horatio G., one-half of above plantation ; to daughters, Sarah, 15 slaves; Catherine B., 15 slaves; Elizabeth Thruston, 15 slaves; Susannah, 15 slaves; Jane, 15 slaves, and Ann Beverley, 15 slaves." Of these:
(1) Elizabeth (d. 1722), mar. (I) (1782) her cousin, John Thruston (b. 1761, d. 1802), son of Rev. Charles Mynn Thruston;
(II) Capt. Aaron Fontaine, of Louisville.
(2) Sarah, mar. James Hubard, and had son, Thomas Hubard.
(3) Catherine Beverley, mar. (I) Lieut. Stevenson, of the
Revolution; (II) William Lowry, and had Thomas Whiting Lowry.
(4) Thomas Beverly, mar. (I) ? Whiting; (II) Elizabeth
Kennon, widow of Henry Perrin, and had Dr. Tom and Kennon
Whiting, of Gloucester (b. 1796), mar. Ann Wythe Mallory,
parents of Gen. Julian Wythe Whiting, of Mobile, Ala.
(5) Susanna, mar. (I) (1786) Gibson Cluverius, d 1790; (II)
(1792) John Lowry, brother of William (above). [second husband of her sister, Catherine Beverley Whiting Stevenson]
(6) Jane, mar. Chas. Grymes, and had Charles and Mary Grymes.
(7) Henry (d. 1810), executor of John C. Pryor.
(8) Horatio Gates.
(9) Anne Beverley, mar. (I) Major John C. Pryor, of the Revolution; (II) Charles Fremont. Issue: Gen. John C. Fremont, U. S. A.
Gibson Cluverius, d. Feb. 23, 1789, Gloucester Co. Widow's pension application of Mrs. Susan (Whiting) Cluverius Lowry, a resident of Elizabeth City Co., Va., when she made an affidavit dated Aug. 26, 1850, "stating that she was 77 years in August last"; "she stated that her first husband, Gibson Cluverius, served in the Rev. War. Principally in the County of Gloucester....and in the service of the State of Virginia. That she knows of no battles in which her said husband was engaged but has heard him speak of his company being fired at by the enemy's ship entering York River."
Gibson Cluverius m. in Gloucester on March 4, 1786, to Susan Whiting who m. (2) on Sept. 29, 1791, to John Lowry (d. 1821) of Gloucester. Gibson Cluverius and his wife Susan Whiting had issue. Their eldest child was daughter Elizabeth b. 1787, who m. (1) in 1802 to Anthony Armistead and (2) in 1818 to Robert Lowry. She, the daughter, was living in Elizabeth City Co., with her mother in 1850. Cluverius had probably at least one other child (Thomas). Pension application W. 8061. (National Archives).
Gloucester Co. VA Tax List 1790
Cluverius, Gibson estate 376.33 acres
Gloucester Co. VA Tax List 1791
Cluverius, Susanna 376.33 acres
Marriages of Some Virginia Residents 1607-1800, p.107 has Susanna Whiting as the daughter of Thomas Whiting and Elizabeth Seawell. It indicates that a chancery suit in Williamsburg in 1810 proves the relationship.
Susanna married Gibson CLUVERIUS 4 Mar 1786, Gloucester Co. VA. Gibson was born , Gloucester Co. VA; died 23 Feb 1789, Gloucester Co. VA. [Group Sheet]
Susanna married John LOWRY 29 Sep 1791, Gloucester Co. VA. John died 1821, Gloucester Co. VA. [Group Sheet]
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