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Entries: 10013 Updated: Mon Feb 17 23:25:10 2003 Contact: Jean L. Hutchins
Some source says born aft 1695, of Seavey's Island, Kittery, NH.
According to Parsons History of Rye, in 1682 the southern half of the Isles of
Shoals was assigned to NH, including Seavey Island; although it appears unlikely that he would have been born on Seavey Island. Apparently the northern islands were part of Kittery, Maine as mentioned about 1700. Since there is apparently no document giving his birth on Seavey Island, I will adopt the current designations: of Rye, Rockingham, NH.
In the year1792 Mary Kelley, Only surviving child of Joanna Kelley,
formerly Joanna Fernald and daghter and Heir of Thomas Fernald,
deseaced,conveyed to Stephen Seavey all of the land on Fernalds Island
in Kittery, which belonged to her said mother mother Joanna containing
about 16 acres. The same year Stephen Seavey purchased another lot on
the island from John Kennardand his wife Elizabeth, his wife, daughter
of Patience Atkins, who was one of the children of Thomas Fernald. He
was the first of the name of Seavey who owned land on the Island. March
20, 1730 John Fenderson conveyed to him another 17 acres. In Spetember
of 1742 the inventory of his estate included 49 1/2 acres of land on
Fernalds Island, which his administrator Stephen jr and Mary Seavey, in
1744, conveyed to Benjamin Miller, whoreconveyed the same to Stephen
Seavey jr.
Seaveys Island formerly Fernald's Island and now The Portsmouth Naval Shipyard, Kittery Maine.
