William SEVERS & Ms. __?__ & Catherine PECK

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William SEVERS
Ms. __?__
Catherine PECK

WARNING: this family group sheet is very shakely. There is little documentation supporting it.

Husband: William SEVERS / SEAVERS / SEAVER
Birth: 1752/3 or, more likely, 1760-70, VA
Death: 25 Aug 1852, MO — presumably in Nodoway Co., MO
Occupation: farmer

William is said to be Johann Wilhelm SIEBERT, b. 9 Feb 1750/1 in Metzebach, Hesse, Germany, but the one census records argue against both the birthdate and birthplace. If anyone has the evidence supporting that the two are the same man, please share.

Marriage-1: 1770s/80s

Wife-1: Ms. __?__

There is no proof William had an earlier wife, but neither is there proof that he didn't, and a first marriage over the age of 40 is almost unheard of.

Marriage-2: 14 Oct 1793, Montgomery Co., VA

Wife-2: Catherine PECK
Birth: ca. 1774
Death: aft. 1830
Father: George PECK
Mother: Catharine KOEHLER

Children with Wife-1:

Children with Catherine PECK:

1. Mary "Polly" SEVERS, b. 1795; d. 1856, Anderson Co., TN; m. William LAMAR (1770-1831)
2. John SEVERS, b. 15 Dec 1798, TN
3. Daniel H. SEVERS, b. 1802; d. 1875, AR; m1. Nancy __?__; m2. 1868, Phillips Co., AR, Sarah J. PARHAM
4. Jacob Peck SEVERS, b. 1809, Knox Co., TN; d. 1880, Breckinridge Co., KY; m. 12 May 1833, Nelson Co., KY, Mary Elizabeth HURLEY (1814-1891)

Some sources give this son for our subject, but others say the connection is unproven.
. William SEVERS (Jr.), b. 1796/7, TN — settled Newton Co., MO, which is nowhere near Nodoway Co., MO

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Sources:

1. Marriage Records:

2. 1790 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the 1790 Virginia census was lost and Tennessee did not become a state until 1792.

3. 1800 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the 1800 Virginia and Tennessee censuses were lost. There is a William SEIBERT in Somerset Co., PA, but our subjects were at least in Virginia, if not Tennessee, by 1800.

4. 1810 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the 1810 Tennessee census was lost, unless he's the William SEVERS in Mercer Co., KY.

5. 1820 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the censuses of 22 of Tennessee's 48 counties were lost. (The William SEVER in Georgia is much too young to be our subject.)

6. 1830 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #12 of 55; extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

1830 TN Anderson Co. Roll 175 p. 175 Ln. 6 Wm Severs Sen 112 000 001 - 221 001 100 no slaves

These data indicate:

No. & Sex Age Class Therefore Born Individuals Inferred

1 male 4 or under 1825-1830 =

1 male 5-9 1820-1825 =

2 males 10-14 1815-1820 =

1 male 60-69 1760-1770 = William (b. 1752/3?)

2 females 4 or under 1825-1830 =

2 females 5-9 1820-1825 =

1 female 10-14 1815-1820 =

1 female 30-39 1790-1800 =

1 female 40-49 1780-1790 =

Either William is tabulated in the wrong column or there is age inflation in the 1850 census. Also, either Catherine is fibbing about her age or William has remarried to a younger woman. Where's Jacob? He supposedly hasn't married yet. Listed one line above James SEVERS (Ln. 7, 0001-1001), who is three lines above George SEVERS (Ln. 10, 110001-10001), who is seven lines above John SEVERS, who is ten lines above William SEVERS.

7. 1840 Census Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com): not found, but the index for Tennessee is very incomplete. I did a page-by-page search of Anderson Co., TN, and while there were many SIEBERs, I did not find William, but parts of some pages are torn away. William Jr. is in Newton Co., MO.

8. 1850 Census Every-Name-Index/Images (online at Ancestry.com; Image #17 of 49): District No. 64, Nodaway Co., MO, Roll M432_408, p. 379A, 110/112, enumerated 30 Oct 185v, official enumeration date 1 Jun 1850 (extracted by Diana Gale Matthiesen):

John Seavers 52 M Farmer Va

[John's wife and children]

William Seavers 97 M Farmer Va

It seems likely that, for William, age inflation is taking place here.

9. WorldConnect / Ancestry World Trees (online at RootsWeb.com/Ancestry.com).

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