~1706 - ~1775
Massachusetts - New Hampshire
Peter -> Richard -> Seth
Seth Pattee spent his entire life in more or less the same place - but it changed from Massachusetts to New Hampshire. He was the son of Richard Pattee, the Virginian son of Peter Pattee the shoemaker, and (possibly) his wife Susanna Beale. (Richard may have had a previous unrecorded marriage.) He (Seth) was the second son, the first being his brother Peter, b. 1704; there were 8 more children after him.
On 24 December 1729, Seth Pattee of Haverhill, sadler, received a £5 legacy from the estate of his grandfather Peter. A few weeks later, his father deeded him 50 acres in Haverhill, MA, which he farmed for 2 years. (He sold it for £200 in December 1731.)
He married Dorcas Savory on 30 March 1730 in Bradford Massachusetts.
For a while, according to Marie Scalisi, he earned his living from the sea and possibly boarded with his in-laws.
In 1734, he bought 48 acres in Haverhill. In 1750 the part of Haverhill in which he lived became Salem, New Hampshire. Seth was one of the proprietors of the town (whatever that means) and served as selectman and constable.
In 1755, from September to December, he served as clerk of Capt. Jonathan Poor’s company, which marched in the first expedition against Crown Point. During the following year, he was clerk of Capt. Samuel Watts’s company. He was promoted to sergeant and served again with Watts in 1760.
In 1765, he sold some of his property to his son (our next ancestor) Jerediah, some having already gone to Eliphalet, and in 1770 he sold more to son Seth. His last land transaction occurred in 1774. His son Seth was the administrator of his estate, from which the first debt was paid in December 1775 (so presumably he died about then). Dorcas was granted dower rights in March 1784.
Jonathan 21 Oct 1731
Lois 12 June 1733
Alice 12 June 1733
Mary baptized August 1733
- Three of Seth Pattee’s children died 1735-1737 of throat distemper in Haverhill. Nothing more is known of these four, so possibly some of them are the ones meant.
Hannah 7 December 1737 - 11 March 1820
married Oliver Dow before 1758
children: Phebe, Hannah, Oliver, Ellis, Levi, Oliver, Phene (Phebe?), Lavinia
Jerediah 6 January 1739/40 - he has his own section - twin to Joanna
Joanna 6 January 1739/40 - 12 August 1821 (Metheun MA) - twin to Jerediah
married Day Emerson 31 December 1761
children: Jonathan, Day, Dorcas Savery, Timothy, Elizabeth, Joanna, Amos
Eliphalet 10 May 1742 - 18 October 1838 at Poultney, Vermont
married (1) Abigail Elliot 9 September 1763
- divorced 10 Feb 1773 (Abigail “acknowledged her guilt”)
children: Edmond, Seth
(2) Sarah Watkins 3 October 1774
children: Dillie, George
(3) Abigail Ames 19 February 1784
children: Carter, Thomas, Savory, Seth, Eliphalet, Sarah
Molly 4 September 1745
Lois 30 October 1747 - 22 July 1825
married Richard Kimball before 1766
children: Mehitable, Esther, Hannah, Richard, Jemimah, Lois, Esther, Elizabeth Wheeler, Benjamin, Jonathan
Seth 2 March 1749/50 - ~1779 Rockingham Co, NH
married Susannah Corliss ~1772
children: Jonathan, Eliphalet, Stephen, Susanna/Sukey
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