Nathaniel SILVESTER

Father: Amos SILVESTER
Mother: Elizabeth HENCHMAN

Family 1: Sage BARDIN

(1) Source: Dwelley, Jedediah, and Simmons, John F., History of the Town of Hanover, Massachusetts, with Family Genealogies. Hanover, Massachusetts, United States, published by the Town of Hanover, 1910, page 397.

Family 2: Sarah BATES

(1) Source: Dwelley, Jedediah, and Simmons, John F., History of the Town of Hanover, Massachusetts, with Family Genealogies. Hanover, Massachusetts, United States, published by the Town of Hanover, 1910, page 397. 
                                           _Richard SILVESTER _
                       _Joseph SILVESTER _|
                      |                   |_Naomi // __________
 _Amos SILVESTER _____|
|                     |                    _William BARSTOW____
|                     |_Mary BARSTOW _____|
|                                         |_Anna HUBBARD_______
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|--Nathaniel SILVESTER
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|                                          ____________________
|                      _Joseph HENCHMAN___|
|                     |                   |____________________
|_Elizabeth HENCHMAN _|
                      |                    ____________________
                      |___________________|
                                          |____________________

Notes

Updated December 25, 2024. Compiled by Howder (www.howderfamily.com) from the following source(s):

(1) Dwelley, Jedediah, and Simmons, John F., History of the Town of Hanover, Massachusetts, with Family Genealogies. Hanover, Massachusetts, United States, published by the Town of Hanover, 1910.

Page: 397: "Nathaniel (s. of Amos-3); m. first Jan. 26, 1743. Sage BARDIN, dau. of Capt. Thomas BARDIN. He m. secondly, Sarah BATES, who d. July 8, 1775, and he d. Feb. 21, 1781. Selectman. Resided on Washington street, in house now occupied by Mr. Theodore K. GUTH. Children born in Hanover: i. Nathaniel. ii. Lydia; m. Thomas BARSTOW. iii. Sarah; m. a HILL, and d. Mar. 18, 1818 (?). iv. Elijah, Nov. 24, 1767. v. Sage; m. John JOSSELYN. In the will of Nathaniel, dated 1780, he speaks of a dau. Mary, who m. a MYRICKS, and of a dau. Sage JOSSELYN, both of these children having deceased previous to that year."

Page 173: "Their old yard, however, was still used. Nathaniel SYLVESTER, commonly known, for distinction's sake, as 'Builder' SYLVESTER, took the abandoned site for his own, about 1745. Mr. SYLVESTER was born in 1718 and built the house (1743) now occupied by Mr. T. K. GUTH, near the bridge... 'Builder' SYLVESTER built mostly schooners, for which there was a good demand for coasting purposes. Coal was then unknown. Wood was in great demand. Railroads were also undreamed of. Coasting schooners furnished the best means of transporting wood to market. And the wood business was one of importance. 'Builder' died February 21, 1781. His son Nathaniel succeeded him at this yard, until, in 1795, it passed into the hands of Jonathan SAMPSON."

Page 181: "Newport and Kate, slaves of Nathaniel SYLVESTER, were married May 25, 1760."

Page 28: Selectmen. "Nathaniel SYLVESTER, 1765 to 1767; and 1772 to 1774."

(2) Briggs, Lloyd Vernon. History of Shipbuilding on North River, Plymouth County, Massachusetts: With Genealogies of the Shipbuilders, and Accounts of the Industries Upon Its Tributaries. 1640 to 1872. Boston, Massachusetts, United States, Coburn brothers, printers, 1889.

Pages 64-68: "The next yard was the 'Old Barstow Yard,' so called. It was located just below the Barstow Bridge, and it is said that the vessels stood on land now occupied by the BIGELOWS, and the sterns were on land just below the present bridge... After the Barstows left the yard, or about 1745, it was improved by Nathaniel SILVESTER, familiarly known as Builder SILVESTER. He was born in 1718, and about 1743 built the house afterward occupied by Rufus FARNHAM, later by Zenas STURTEVANT, and now by John FISHER... This house was at one time, previous to 1815, a tavern, kept by Tilden CROCKER, or CROOKER... 'Builder SILVESTER' built mostly schooners, as they were in demand at this time... His son Elijah was a ship-builder, but his son Nathaniel succeeded him at the bridge yards."

(3) Massachusetts, U.S., Town and Vital Records via Ancestry.com: Scituate Births

- "Nathaniel s. Amos, Apr. 29, 1718. [Nathanaell, s. Amos and Elizabeth, C.R.2.]"

(4) Massachusetts, U.S., Wills and Probate Records via Ancestry.com

"In the name of God Amen this fifth day of December for the year from our Lord 1780, Nathaniel SYLVESTER of Hanover in the County of Plymouth being weak and infirm but of a sound defining mind & memory, thanks be given to God for the same to make and ordain this my Last Will & Testamant as follows. First of all recommend my soul into the hands of that God that gave it and my body to decent burial at the discretion of my executors herein after named, and as touching what worldly estate it hath pleased God to Bless me with I give and designate of the same as follows my just debts and funeral charges being first paid out of my personal estate by my executors after named. Imprimis I give and bequeath unto my son Nathaniel, two thirds of my real estate whereforever the same is or may be found I also give him two thirds of my personal estate, he paying two thirds of legacies herein after giving away, I also give him shoe buckles and knee buckles. Item, I give and bequeath to my son Elijah one third part of my real estate & personal estate, he paying one third part of the legacies herein after given away and it is my mind & will that he be kept to School the Space of one year & that two thirds of this support in victuals, washing, lodging, and schooling by paid by my son Nathaniel."

Smaller inheritances: to "My four grandchildren, the children of my daughter Sage JOSSLYN, deceased"; to "My two granddaughters Mary and Salle MEYRICK, the children of my daughter Mary, deceased"; to "my daughter Lucy BAILEY"; to "my daughter Unice STETSON"; to "my daughter Lydia"; and to "my daughter Salle".

"Lastly I do hereby nominate, constitute and appoint my son Nathaniel & my trusty friend Jeremiah STETSON to be executors of this my Last Will & Testament."

(5) Find a Grave

- Name: Nathaniel SYLVESTER
- Birth: 29 Apr 1718
- Death: 21 Feb 1781 (aged 62)
- Burial: Church Hill Cemetery; Norwell, Plymouth County, Massachusetts, USA
- Memorial ID: 170393399

(6) Silvester, Albert Henry, "Richard Silvester of Weymouth, Mass., and Some of his Descendants," New England Historical and Genealogical Register volume LXXXV (Boston, MA: 1931), p. 362.

(7) Family History, Volume S(4), Sylvester, Daughters of the American Revolution library, Washington, DC.