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Descendants of Henry Zevie

Generation No. 2

2. THOMAS⁶ SEAVEY (HENRY⁵ ZEVIE, THOMAS⁴, THOMAS BAWDEN³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹ SEWY) was born December 04, 1594 in Stokeinteignhead, England.

Child of Thomas Seavey is:

4.	i.	THOMAS⁷ SEAVEY, b. Abt 1627, Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England; d. February 06, 1707/08, Newcastle, Rockingham, New Hampshire.

3. WILLIAM⁶ SEAVEY (HENRY⁵ ZEVIE, THOMAS⁴, THOMAS BAWDEN³, RICHARD², RICHARD¹ SEWY) was born October 25, 1601 in Stokeinteignhead, Devon, England, and died 1688 in Portsmouth, NH. He married MARY ELIZBETH.

Notes
2/10/1996 -Notes from Donna Dietrich
       William Seavey was one of the original settlers to the general Portsmouth area. He was sent to the Pisquataqua settlement in 1631 by Capt. John Mason. He was actively associated with the Isles of Shoals, serving as constable in 1655. He was a selectman and otherwise of some consequence in the settlement (south end of Prescott Park). In 1660 he was William the Edler. He owned a large amount of land he left his wife and four children.

Above infor from:
       History of Rye Families - by Louise Tallman
       History of Rye - page 526
       Genealogy of the Odiorne Family
       Info from the NE Historical and Genealogical SOciety, Boston, ME
       Genealogical Dict. of Maine and New Hampshire by Noyes pg 929.1
       Savage's Genealogical Dict of the First Settlers

Established his home on Strawberry Banks
delegated to build the first church in Plymouth
Proof in the City Library, Denver, Co (R---929----1) (H---733---d)
Also AnnaLs of Portsmouth (R-HR-929)

Maine Historical Society, Portland, ME from Stephen F. Seavey (G SE 19) a gift from Mrs. Mina P. Hayden 10/11/1933
       Bramble's History of Portsmouth, pg 18 - One of 80 men sent from England, 1631 by Mason, page 27 - Persons to have land and properties (William Seavey 161), page 351 House built by William Seavey about 1790
       Old Kittery and Her Families, page 34 Was a constable at the Isles of Shoals in 1656 and a selectman in Portsmouth in 1657, we was living in 1682. He had a land grant of 50 acres in what is now Rye, NH and bought land there in 1669 from Jane Drake, widow of Wm. Berry.
       Gen. Dict. of New England by Savage "William, of Portsmouth, one of the comp. by Mason sent over in 1631, was constable at Isle of Shoals 1655, much engage in the fishery and selectman 1657 and d. 1671. His prop. was large, by inv. of 13 Dec amount to L631,7,8 and in Apr. foll his wid. Eliz. had admin.

From Boston & Eastern Mass, pg 789
William Seavey, immigrant ancestor, was born about 1600 in England and was sent over by Caption John Mason to NH in 1631 or 1631 and settled in Portsmouth and Rye where he died in 1688. In 1660 he was called "the elder" and in 1657 was selectman of the town of Rye. He was constable at the Isle of Shoals in 1655. The name of his wife is unknown. He was engaged much of the time in fishing, and acquired a large amount of property, the inventory of which amounted to 631 pounds seven shillings eight pence. He left a widow Elizabeth. Children: 1) William Jr born 1640;2) John 1650 married 7/29/1686 Hannah Walker, widow of Joseph and daughter of John Philbrick 3) Thomas dided March 15, 1708 at Newcastle NH, was of the Isle of Shoals 1663 4) Stephen 5) Elizabeth, married _ Odiorne.

       Children of William Seavey and Mary Elizbeth are:

5.	i.	WILLIAM⁷ SEAVEY, b. 1648, Portsmouth, NH; d. June 18, 1732, Rye, NH.
	ii.	JOHN SEAVEY, b. Abt 1650; d. Bef April 04, 1709, Bradford of, Exxex, Massachusetts; m. (1) MARY; m. (2) HANNAH PHILBROOK, July 19, 1686.
6.	iii.	ELIZABETH SEAVEY, b. 1652; d. December 03, 1703.
	iv.	STEPHEN SEAVEY, b. 1656; d. Aft 1679, Newington, Rockingham, NH; m. ANN.

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