John's name is spelled as Severs as opposed to Seevers. His descendants also spelled it this way.

John would have been Abraham's only true brother. This may account for these two repeatedly showing up together in the same places at the same time.

It is not known in what year that that John would have been born or whether he was older or younger than Abraham. But, it would be safe to assume that he was born between 1746 and 1752.

John's mother Charity had a father and a brother named John, so he was probably named after one or the other.

According to "History of East Amwell 1700 - 1800", there is a John Severs listed as "a single man living with horse, living with Race, in the 1780 Amwell Township tax ratables." This must be referring to John living at home with his mother Charity and his step-father Jacob Race, whom she married after the death of her first husband Conrad Seevers. This at least gives us a location in 1780 for the yet unmarried John.

In "Certificates and Reciepts of Revolutionary New Jersey, Records of New Jersey Vol. 2" by Dorothy Stratford and Thomas B. Wilson, there are reciepts for beef that list Abraham Severs on December 5th, 1781 and John Sever on December 6th, 1781. The top of this page says "Joseph Inslee, Hunterdon County". Another example of finding John and Abraham listed in the same records.

John must have married in about the year 1786, as his first known child Sarah, was born on February 3rd, 1787. He married Catherine Smith. Catherine was the daughter of Johannes Schmidt and Christiana Harshall. Catherine was born in about 1768, making her quite a few years younger than John.

John Severs and his wife Catherine Smith had the following children:

Sarah - She was born on February 3rd, 1787. She married Johanes Pickell. She died on October 17th, 1838.
Abraham - He was born in about 1789. He married Hannah V. Manning. He died before 1880.
Elizabeth - She was born in about 1789. She married John Sheats sometime before 1824.
Christiana - She was born on March 30th 1793. She married John Predmore Jr. on December 24th, 1814.
Catherine - She was born on March 28th, 1795. She married John Lisk. She died on April 20th, 1884.
Mary - She was born in January of 1797. She married Jacob Smith Pickell. She died in 1859.
Levi - He was born in about 1798. He married a woman named Rebecca.
Susannah - No information.
John - No information.

In 1788, John and Abraham are both shown in tax records for Bernards Township, Somerset County, New Jersey. Abraham has 275 acres of land, 2 horses, and 3 cattle. John has 200 acres of land, 2 horses, and five cattle. The year 1788 was the year that Abraham apparently left New Jersey for Pennsylvania. The following year 1789, Abraham is not found in tax records, but John is. This time however, John had 475 acres of land, 6 horses, and 9 cattle. Obviously, he acquired Abraham's land and livestock after Abraham left New Jersey.

In "More Records of Old Hunterdon County, Volume 1" compiled by Phyllis B. D'Autrechy, there is a reference to John's family and his death.

It reads:

"Severs, Christiana, Catherine, Mary and Susanna (-14) and Levi, Abraham and Elizabeth (-21), c/o John Severs, dec'd, late of Morris Co., NJ and wife, Catherine who remarried Mr. Manning. Gaurdian: Jacob Runkle; sureties, Michael Shurts Jr. and Clement Bonnell -- 5 Oct. 1806."

According to one source, John died in September of 1800. His widow Catherine remarries to a gentleman by the name of Samuel Mannon on August 29th, 1802.

As with her brother John, it is unknown what year Sarah would have been born. But, once again, it would seem that she would have been born between 1746 and 1752.

It does not seem that Sarah ever married.

She died sometime before February 5th, 1787 as an inventory of her estate refers to her as deceased.

There are two recorded inventories of her belongings at the time of her death.

They included:

silk gause handk
a flowered apron
a linnen cap
a linnen handk
a gause cap with a red ribbon
a gause cap with a striped ribbon
a single flowered bordered handk
a cotten chince gown
a blue quilt
a brass kettle
a pair of shoes
one set of caloco curtains
one poplar chest
three hives of bees
a feather bed

The hives of bees are interesting as her brother Abraham's property at the time of his death also included bee hives.

Jacob Race was the only known child of Charity and her second husband Jacob Race.

Jacob would have been a half-brother to Abraham.

Jacob Race Jr. was born on August 11th, 1764.

He married a total of three times. His first wife was Ann Rockefellar. He married her on February 10th, 1787. Ann was the daughter of William and Magdalena (Quick) Rockefellar. Ann was born on September 23rd, 1765. She died September 27th, 1799 after the birth of thier son Andrew.

Jacob and and his wife Ann Rockefellar had the following children:

William - He was born on January 5th, 1788. He married Elizabeth Wilson.
Mary - She was born on January 10th, 1790. She married twice. Her first husband was Henry Rockefellar. Her second husband was David C. Davis.
Jacob - He was born on February 22nd, 1794. He married Anne Stull.
John - He was born on May 6th, 1797. He married Eliza Stiger.
Andrew - He was born on September 27th, 1799. He married Elizabeth Tomson.

Jacob's wife Ann had a probable brother named Peter. There is a letter written by Peter's wife Abigail (Large) Rockefellar to Jacob Race from Washington County, Pennsylvania.

It reads:

"Jacob Rase in Amwell township hunterdon County West new jersey

August the 29 1788. washington County penselvany two mile and a half from old redstone fort over the monnongahall on the catfish road.

Dear sister,

this is first time that I have taken pen in hand to write to you since i sean you for I have never had no sertain oppertunity of geting my leters too you but I think thare is no danger now as I write by a Jersy man that croses Creels ferry. My dear me and my little sons is in good heath and have bean so ever since we have bean hear. this country is very healthy and sutes poor people very wel for thar is plenty of good bread and meat to be had at a reasonable rate and if a man was to come and had but a small estate in mony he might make himself in buying of land cheap for mony is scarce here. my dear I nothing strang to write to you so conclude with my best love to you and your husband. Sammy and bily give thare love to you and all inquiring friends.

Abigail Rockafellar

To Jacob and anny Rase my dear dont miss no oppertunity of writing to me. all my fathers family give thare love to you."

After the death of his first wife in 1799, Jacob Race married a second time. This time to Sophia Hoff. He married her on November 1st, 1801. Sophia was the daughter of Cornelius and Margaret Hoff.

Jacob and his second wife Sophia Hoff had the following children:

Cornelius - He was born on March 2nd, 1803. He married Mary Spybey.
Holloway H. - He was born on September 11th, 1804. He married twice. His first wife was Charlotte Sebold. His second wife was Sarah Ann Pittenger.
Samuel - He was born on June 16th, 1806. He married Charlotte Bird.
Anne - She was born on May 25th, 1809. She married David McClallen.
Henry - He was born on February 23rd, 1814. He married Ada Louisa Woodruff.
Margaret - She was born on February 19th, 1816.

Jacob's third wife was Mrs. Charity Wert. He married Mrs. Wert on September 30th, 1837.

Jacob and his wife Charity show up in the Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New Jersey census for 1850. Living with them is a Charlotte Race who is 38 years old. I do not know who she is, but two of his sons married women named Charlotte. This could be one of them.

Jacob Race died on July 4th, 1857.

Even though William would not be any blood relative to Abraham Seevers, he is mentioned because, given his birth year of about 1756, he could have grown up in the same house as Abraham. This William Race was baptized in Readington on August 8th, 1756. Abraham would have considered him a brother. Abraham named a son William, possibly after this gentleman.

Nothing is known of William other than that he was a son of Jacob Race by his first wife before he married Charity (Buenberg) Seevers. William's mother's name was Elizabeth.