Thomas Seaver Family from Walpole As It Was and As It Is (1880)

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Surname: SEAVER
Source: Walpole As It Was and As It Is by George Aldrich, 
        The Claremont Manufacturing Co., Claremont, N.H., 1880, pages 353-354

SEAVER, THOMAS, came to this town about the year 1803, from Northboro, Mass., and married 
Eunice Redington, a sister of Thomas and Isaac, who were for many years merchants in the place. Mr. 
Seaver soon commenced trade, and continued business for more than forty years. He kept various 
kinds of goods for sale, but his principal business was the compounding and sale of drugs and 
medicines, and among other things he made a liniment which was very popular for a time, and met with 
a ready sale. He was one of the early pillars of the Orthodox church and for many years one of its 
deacons. He was proverbially a pious and peace-loving citizen and a constant attendant on public 
worship. He was from a long-lived family and he reached the ripe old age of ninety years anal five 
months, Dec. 5, 1862; his wife d. Jan. 9, 1860, aged 72. Ch.
I. Harriet, b. June 15, 1804
II. Almira A., b. 1807, m. Samuel Prentiss, of Langdon, and had 5 ch.
III. Susan, b. June 5, 1809; m. Leonard Worcester, who was an educated man and once taught an 
academy in this town. She had one child. They died in New Jersey.
IV. Mary E., b. Oct. 1810; m. Francisco B. Lopez, and went to South America--4 ch.
V. Hannah L., b. 1811; m. John C. Weir, moved to Alabama, and had six children.
VI. Eunice Rebecca, b. Dec. 24, 1813; m. Wm. T. Matthews, and went to Alabama.
VII. Thomas Henry, b. 1818. He was a merchant, and, at one time, was in company with his 
father, in town, but subsequently went to Alabama, where he died. He married Julia, dau. of 
Chester and Phebe Wier, of this town. She d. 1878.