"Westchester Patriarchs - A Genealogical Dictionary of Westchester County, New York, Families Prior to 1755" by Norman Davis, 1988, Heritage Books, Bowie, Md. -------------- Henry DUSENBURY, of Hempstead LI, bpt 12 Apr 1658, d 1743; m Mary, prob d/o William and Sarah THORNE of FLUSHINGA. Had: Henry, of Rye, b 1681; m Mary FOWLER Mary; m Art Alberts (Arent ALBERTSE); she d before 1742 William; of Bedford; m Sarah WILMOT. Hannah, m 1714 Benjamin FOWLER sarah, m 1st Jeremiah FOWLER; m 2nd Timothy RHODES. Samuel, d 1744; m Hannah Benjamin, m 30 Aug 1728 Sara b 1706 d/o Richard & Jane (MOTT) SEAMAN of westbury; ?children?. John, bc 169_, m Elizabeth NUDGE. ----------------------- Daniel SECOR s/o Daniel b 1672; b Mar 1698; mc 172_ Catherine d/o Caspar PIETERSON & Elizabeth (SCHUREMAN) MABIE. Resided New Rochelle and had: Daniel, of Cortland; m Elinor John, of Cortland; m ______ TRAVIS Peter, b 15 Sep 1726 Rachel b 15 Sep 1726; m Jecaniah (s/o Jonathan & Elizabeth (DEMON) SEAMAN, of Orange Co James, b 24 Apr 1732; m Madelaine BADEAU Sophie, b 22 Feb 1734 Marie b 29 Mar 1737 sarah, b 17 Mat 1738 Anne, b 1740/41 Margery/Margaret, bpt 7 June 1743; m (MB 28 Jul 1763) Samuel Hitchcock. -------------------- Henry FRANKLIN s/o Henry & Sarah (COCK); of Harrison & Greenwich, b 30 Sept 1702; m Sarah d/o Joshua CORNELL. Had: Henry of NYC, m 5 Jan 1763 Westbury, Mary d/o Thomas SEAMAN of Oyster Bay === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND,HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Terry, Don't know if I'm your cousin, but I resemble that remark. :} Evelyn

Here's the next batch. Adam SEAMAN s/o Richard and Jane (MOTT) SEAMAN of Westbury, LI; b 1704, d 1757/63, will dated 25 May 1757, proved 28 Jun3 1763, resided Northcastle where he was Supervisor 1739, owned fifty acres & grist mill at Sawpit (Port Chester) 1743, had one male slave in 1755 Slave Census; m 16 Jan 1729/30 Hannah d/o James Pine of Rye. Had: Adam, resided Rye/Sawpit 1758; (Loyalist) land seized during Rev; moved to Canada James, m Jemima d/o Thomas & Phebe (VOWLES) LYON. Israel, a Tory, left Sawpit & removed to Canada 1799. Richard Samuel Letitia m John DOUGHTY/DOTY Jane Hannah Mary ------------------ ________ SEAMAN, had: Thomas, of Northcastle, died without posterity, will dated 12 Dec 1776, proved 1 Apr 1779. Abigail, m ____MOGER Mary, m ______ LEVERICH. Charity, m ______ SEAMAN and had Phebe. Hannah, m ______ MOZER -------------- More in a short time === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND,HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

I have, in my hot little hands, a book titled "Westchester Patriarchs - A Genealogical Dictionary of Westchester County, New York, Families Prior to 1755" by Norman Davis, 1988, Heritage Books, Bowie, Md. In it are some SEAMANs and others. Over the next couple days I'll transcribed some of these. When I finish, I'll throw it open to questions of other names. PLEASE don't send me other requests until I finish these SEAMANs. ---------- Page 133 Robert JACKSON, of Southold: m Agnes d/o William and Jane WASHBURNE. Had amongst others; John, m Elizabeth SEAMON. --------------- John JACKSON, s/o Robert and Agnes (WASHBURNE); m Elizabeth d/o Capt. John SEAMON. Had amongst others; Sarah, bc 168_/9_; m Joshua BARNES of Rye. -------------------- Samuel SEAMAN (s/o Capt. John); of LI; m Phoebe d/o Thomas HICKS. Had: Samuel. Mary, m Jacob SEAMAN. Martha, m James SEAMAN Hicks, m 1726 Elizabeth d/o Joshua and Sarah (JACKSON) BARNES of Rye, removed to Croton in 1764, registered earmark 12 Mar 1750 Northcastle. ------------- Daniel SEAMAN; of Northcastle; recorded earmark 12/27/1745. -------------- More to follow. Is it my imagination or do we have a lot of SEAMAN m SEAMAN here? This could explain why some of my cousins are they way they are - in-breeding does it every time. Terry === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND,HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Yes, "HISTORY" is really just a pile of conflicting opinions supposedly based on "facts". Sometimes we can sort out the opinion from the facts and we are better for it. Most times however, the "facts" are the perceptions of the beholder and the best we can do it figure out the context in which the beholder lived and perceived the events. I know it to be my nature to give "spin" to the "facts" of my life at times [like in resumes or in social conversation] so we can also expect that families gave "spin" to their family histories to present them in a better light. We just have to separate the "spin" from the "facts" when we can. Unplanned pregnancies were often hid by a couple moving out of town and then claiming that they were married in the town they left so that by the time they settled in the new town the birth was "legitimate." This is how the "blessing" was invented. When a couple had no record that they were married other than their oral claim but they wanted to baptize their child the church had to "bless" their union so that it appeared legitimate and so the child could be baptized. I am not suggesting that this is the case in the situation you described earlier. It is just that this is another possible explanation. ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Wilson <twilson11@rocketmail.com> To: Jim Rubins, Napa, CA <jmrubins@napanet.net> Sent: Tuesday, June 08, 1999 6:18 AM Subject: Re: [SEAMAN-L] Veracity > But my HISTORY file, as you call it, just keeps > getting bigger and bigger and bigger, ad infinitum. > > Thanks for the opinion, I agree > > Terry > > > > === > Terry Wilson > 40 S. Gamble Street > Shelby, OH 44875 > Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, > HARLAN/HARLAND,HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, > JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, > KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, > McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, > TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON > > > > > > > > ---"Jim Rubins, Napa, CA" <jmrubins@napanet.net> wrote: > > > > As you suggest the marriage may have been performed > in one place and > > recorded in another. In some cases the second > church may have "blessed" the > > original marriage and then recorded the "blessing" > with both the original > > date and the date of the "blessing". > > > > It also may be that the researchers knew that > people were living in a > > particular place and ASSUMED that they were married > in THAT place. [It is > > always dangerous to assume...] > > > > AND there may have been two couples with the same > names, however, this is > > the least likely of the propositions. > > > > Until you can see the original records yourself you > probably should record > > both sets of facts AND to whom those "facts" can be > attributed. You MAY be > > able to resolve this. Then again you may never be > able to resolve this > > conflict and it will just get added to the pile of > other conflicts of data > > that are stored as "HISTORY". > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: Terry Wilson <twilson11@rocketmail.com> > > To: <SEAMAN-L@rootsweb.com> > > Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 11:11 AM > > Subject: [SEAMAN-L] Veracity > > > > > > > OK you experienced and savvy group of > researchers, I > > > need an explanation - or postulation - or wild > guess. > > > I have a conflict here: > > > > > > >From church records in Yorktown, Westchester Co > NY: > > > James G. SEAMAN m Mary CRONK on 29 Jun 1822 > > > > > > >From IGI Batch M526081 and also from a private > > > researcher: > > > James Grummon SEAMAN m Mary CRONK 29 Jun 1822 in > > > Bergen NJ > > > ----- > > > What are the odds of 2 James G. SEAMANs m 2 Mary > > > CRONKS on the same day hundreds of miles apart > ????? > > > > > > Why ????????????????????? > > > How ????????????????????? > > > Huh ????????????????????? > > > > > > Both supposedly documented in original material > !!!! > > > Other research now indicates NJ as the most prob & > > > then they headed north & then west. Could the > church > > > in Westchester Co transcribed/recorded their > marriage > > > date if they joined the church there for awhile ??? > > > If Westchester Co was her home area (quite > possible) > > > could they just have recorded the marriage there > ???? > > > > > > Somebody please offer an explanation that I can > buy. > > > > > > Terry > > > > > > > > > > > > === > > > Terry Wilson > > > 40 S. Gamble Street > > > Shelby, OH 44875 > > > Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, > > > HARLAN/HARLAND, > > > HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, > > > KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, > > > McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, > > > TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > > > DO YOU YAHOO!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >

I finally got a response from the General Commission on Archives and History of the United Methodist Church in Madison, NJ. Official Journal of the Minutes of the New York East Annual Conference of the Methodist Episcopal Church held at St. John's Methodist Episcopal Church, Brooklyn, NY April 7-15, 1897. Pages 134-137: excerpted obituary: "Rev. Samuel Augustus Seaman" Samuel Augustus Seaman was born August 18, 1818, in the city of New York, and died in the city of his birth October 23, 1896, at the age of seventy-eight. His ancestors belonged to the Society of Friends, but his parents, Samuel and Sarah Seaman, were members of Greene Street Methodist Episcopal Church, New York City. .... The record shows that he was baptized in infancy in the second John Street Church by the Rev. Freeborn Garrettson; that he was converted in October, 1835, was received into the Church by the Rev. John B. Stratton, was licensed to exhort in 1839, to preach in 1841; that he joined the New York Conference in 1842, was ordained deacon in Brooklyn, June 16, 1844, and elder in May, 1846, to both orders by Bishop Janes. .... He prepared for college at the New York City High School, entered New York University, and graduated with the class of 1841. He was the Latin salutatorian of his class. ..... He gave much time toward collecting materials for a local history of our denomination. So careful and severely accurate was he that his "Annals of New York Methodism" published in 1890, will never need revision. ..... With the exception of his degree of A.M., conferred by his alma mater in course, it seems not a little strange in these days of easily acquired degrees, that some of our literary institutions had not thought of him as a candidate for higher honors. .... He retired from the pastorate, taking a superannuated relation in 1885. ..... [page 136 top] In his domestic relations he was very fortunate and very happy. Just previous to graduation into full orders in our ministry in 1844, he was united in marriage to Miss Anna A. Byrne, a ward of the late Rev. James Floy, D.D., an honored member of this Conference. She was a true wife, a valuable helpmeet [sic] to her husband, and gave much inspiration to his life. The delicate and difficult duties of an itinerant's wife she preformed faithfully and well. It might be truthfully and beautifully said of her, "She hath done what she could." After forty-one years of married life she entered upon the life immortal January 16, 1885. To this devoted couple eight children were born, five of whom survive. His was a beautiful home life. .... [page 137 bottom] His funeral services were conducted by Bishop Andrews, from the home of his son. The Bishop was assisted by the Rev. A. H. Ferguson, his lifelong friend, who has since joined him in the excellent glory. His remains are interred at Searington, L.I. Burial by Rev. Frank Hallock, pastor.

In a message dated 99-06-08 09:22:31 EDT, you write: << Until you can see the original records yourself you probably should record both sets of facts AND to whom those "facts" can be attributed. You MAY be able to resolve this. Then again you may never be able to resolve this conflict and it will just get added to the pile of other conflicts of data that are stored as "HISTORY". >> Yes, Terry....We can add our Sylvanus Seaman to that pile of "HISTORY". Will probably never get him out of Illinois! Even though we have secondary information stating he was born in Fairfield, Herkimer co, NY. However, when we get ready to make that trip...we could pick you up along the way. How does that sound. Mary

As you suggest the marriage may have been performed in one place and recorded in another. In some cases the second church may have "blessed" the original marriage and then recorded the "blessing" with both the original date and the date of the "blessing". It also may be that the researchers knew that people were living in a particular place and ASSUMED that they were married in THAT place. [It is always dangerous to assume...] AND there may have been two couples with the same names, however, this is the least likely of the propositions. Until you can see the original records yourself you probably should record both sets of facts AND to whom those "facts" can be attributed. You MAY be able to resolve this. Then again you may never be able to resolve this conflict and it will just get added to the pile of other conflicts of data that are stored as "HISTORY". ----- Original Message ----- From: Terry Wilson <twilson11@rocketmail.com> To: <SEAMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Monday, June 07, 1999 11:11 AM Subject: [SEAMAN-L] Veracity > OK you experienced and savvy group of researchers, I > need an explanation - or postulation - or wild guess. > I have a conflict here: > > >From church records in Yorktown, Westchester Co NY: > James G. SEAMAN m Mary CRONK on 29 Jun 1822 > > >From IGI Batch M526081 and also from a private > researcher: > James Grummon SEAMAN m Mary CRONK 29 Jun 1822 in > Bergen NJ > ----- > What are the odds of 2 James G. SEAMANs m 2 Mary > CRONKS on the same day hundreds of miles apart ????? > > Why ????????????????????? > How ????????????????????? > Huh ????????????????????? > > Both supposedly documented in original material !!!! > Other research now indicates NJ as the most prob & > then they headed north & then west. Could the church > in Westchester Co transcribed/recorded their marriage > date if they joined the church there for awhile ??? > If Westchester Co was her home area (quite possible) > could they just have recorded the marriage there ???? > > Somebody please offer an explanation that I can buy. > > Terry > > > > === > Terry Wilson > 40 S. Gamble Street > Shelby, OH 44875 > Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, > HARLAN/HARLAND, > HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, > KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, > McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, > TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________ > DO YOU YAHOO!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > >

OK you experienced and savvy group of researchers, I need an explanation - or postulation - or wild guess. I have a conflict here: >From church records in Yorktown, Westchester Co NY: James G. SEAMAN m Mary CRONK on 29 Jun 1822 >From IGI Batch M526081 and also from a private researcher: James Grummon SEAMAN m Mary CRONK 29 Jun 1822 in Bergen NJ ----- What are the odds of 2 James G. SEAMANs m 2 Mary CRONKS on the same day hundreds of miles apart ????? Why ????????????????????? How ????????????????????? Huh ????????????????????? Both supposedly documented in original material !!!! Other research now indicates NJ as the most prob & then they headed north & then west. Could the church in Westchester Co transcribed/recorded their marriage date if they joined the church there for awhile ??? If Westchester Co was her home area (quite possible) could they just have recorded the marriage there ???? Somebody please offer an explanation that I can buy. Terry === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND, HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Surrogate’s Court, Jamaica, Queens County, New York Liber E, Wills, 1825 to 1827, pp 377-379. Last Will and Testament of John W. Seaman Know all men by these presents that I John W. Seaman, of the town of Flushing in Queens County, State of New York, being this twentieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen indisposed in body but my mind and memory sound and good do make and ordain this my last will and testament First I do give and bequeath unto my wife two beds and beding [sic] such as she shall chose [sic] all the rest of my estate both real and personal I do hereby order and direct my Executors hereinafter Named and appointed at some reasonable time after my decease to sell and dispose off [sic] at Publick Vendue or otherwise at their discretion and out of the money arising therefrom after paying my debts and funeral expences [sic] I do give unto my wife one thousand dollars and unto my two daughters Martha and Rebecca two hundred dollars Each the legacies giving to my wife to be in Lieu of her right of dower and not otherwise the remaining part of my estate I do give unto my children Namely my son George and my daughters Phebe Martha and Rebecca and the children of my daughter Mary to be divided in manner following my son George to have one hundred dollars more than one of my daughters and my daughters and the children of Mary to have share and share alike the children of Mary to have one share equally amongst them and whereas I hold obligations against my son George my will is that George share of the Estate shall be paid to him from the obligations I hold against him and whatever more there is due for him to pay to my Executors and Lastly I do hereby nominate and appoint my Son in law Simeon Searing of the town of North Hempstead my Cousin Charles Willits and Benjamin Doughty both of the town of Flushing all of them in Queens County to be the executors of this my will giving them or iether [sic] of them that shall quallify [sic] and take the trust full power and legal authority to do every thing that is necessary to be done in the Execution thereof and to settle all disputes that may arise in such manner as they shall think will be most beneficial to my Estate. Signed sealed published and declared by him the said John W. Seaman as and for his last will and testament in the presence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator and of each other. Henry S. Laton Seaman Willits John R. Brown JOHN W. SEAMAN (SEAL) I John W. Seaman do this twenty eight day of February in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one make and publish this as a Codicil to be annexed to my last will and testament that is to say the legacy giving in will to my daughter Rebecca she is to have the use of only as long as she lives and at her decease it is to be divided equally amongst her children share and share alike in witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand and seal the day and year above written. Signed sealed published and declared by the said John W. Seaman as a Codicil to be annexed to his last will and testament in the presence of us who subscribed our names as witnesses therto [sic] in presence of the testator and of each other Henry S. Layton [sic] Seaman Willets [sic] Ann Willets [sic] JOHN W. SEAMAN (SEAL) STATE OF NEW YORK: QUEENS COUNTY, SS: Be it Remembered that on the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six personally appeared before me Nicholas Wyckoff Surrogate of the County of Queens aforesaid Seaman Willits one of the subscribing witnesses to the Will and Codicil of John w. Seaman late of the town of Flushing in the said County deceased who being duly affirmed declared that he did see the said John W. Seaman, seal and exicute [sic] the instrument hereunto annexed and impressed with the seal of office of the said Surrogate which said instrument purports to be the last Will & Testament of the said John W. Seaman, Deceased The Will bearing date the twe ntieth day of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and seventeen and Codicil bearing date the twenty eight day of Febuary [sic] in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty one that he heard him the said John W. Seaman publish and declare the same as and for his last will and Codicil that at the time thereof he the said John W. Seaman, was of sound disposing mind and memory to the best knowledge and belief of him the sade [sic] Seaman Willits and that he together with Henry S. Laton John R. Brown Henry S. Laton & Ann Willits the other witnesses to the said will and Codicil did severally subscribe there names thereto as witnesses in the presence of the testator. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, the said Surrogate hath hereunto set his hand and affixed his seal office done at Jamaica this twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six. NICHOLAS WYCKOFF QUEENS COUNTY: SS: Be it also Remembered that on the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six personally appeared before me the said Surrogate Simeon Searing Charles Willits and Benjamin Doughty Executors in the aforesaid will named and they being duly affirmed to the faithful performance and exicution [sic] thereof by making the usual affirmation in that case provided. NICHOLAS WYCKOFF (SEAL) The People of the State of New York, by the Grace of God free and independent: To all to whoom [sic] these presents shall come or may concern Send Greeting: Know ye, that at Jamaica in Queens County on the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six before Nicholas Wyckoff Esquire, Surrogate of our said County the last Will and Testament of John W. Seaman of the Town of Flushing deceased (a copy whereof is hereunto annexed) was proved and is now approved and allowed by us, and the said deceased having whilst he lived and at the time of his death goods chattel or credits within this state by means whereof the proving and registering the said will and the granting the Administration of all and singular the said goods Chattels and Credits and also the auditing allowing and final discharging the account thereof doth belong unto us; the administration of all and singular goods chattels and credits of the said deceased and any way concerning his will is granted unto his son in Law Simeon Searing of the town of North Hempstead his cousin Charles Willits and Benjamin Doughty both of the town of Flushing all of them in Queens County Executors in the said Will named they being first duly affirmed well and faithfully to administer the same, and to make and exhibit a true and perfect Inventory of all and singular the said goods, chattels and credits; and also to render a just and true account thereof when thereunto required. In Testimony whereof we have caused the seal of office of our said Surrogate to be hereunto affixed. Witness Nicholas Wyckoff, Esquire Surrogate, of the said County, at Jamaica, the twenty fifth day of March in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and twenty six and of our Independence the fiftieth. NICHOLAS WYCKOFF Lindsey Ottman NYC, NY

----- Original Message ----- From: <LDavis7746@aol.com> To: <jmrubins@napanet.net> Sent: Wednesday, June 02, 1999 7:02 PM Subject: Noah Seaman > My name is Larry Davis and I live in Harrisburg, PA. I am trying to trace a > Noah Seaman back to England. He was born Sep 22 1800 somewhere in England, > and came to the US about 1820. Possibly through Virginia. He died Jul 22 > 1871 and is buried in Richfield, Snyder County, PA. My dates are kind of > unverified as I just pulled them off the new Mormon Church site, but they > seem somewhat compatible with your dates. > Thank you > Larry Davis >

Time to stir the pot again. Does anyone have info on the ancestry of the following SEAMAN folks in MI: Hilda SEAMAN b 9 Apr 1907 d Jun 1982 Eaton Co Oren SEAMAN b 8 Nov 1886 d Oct 1971 Mecosta Co Jacob SEAMAN b 20 Dec 1887 d Aug 1967 Mecosta Co Lillian SEAMAN b 13 Nov 1895 d Nov 1980 Mecosta Co Fred SEAMAN b 1 Oct 1898 d Feb 1971 Mecosta Co Lyman SEAMAN b 27 Mar 1906 d Aug 1978 Calhoun Co Albert SEAMAN b 23 Mar 1911 d Mar 1976 Arthur SEAMAN b 3 May 1927 d Nov 1973 I'm trying to tie them in to my line or exclude them. Terry === Terry Wilson 40 S. Gamble Street Shelby, OH 44875 Researching: ALLEN, COLTMAN, EDMAN, FERRIS, HARLAN/HARLAND, HOLLENBAUGH, HORNER, JANNY/JANNEY/JENNING, KELLER, KLINKLE, KRUNK/CRUNK/CRONK,MARING/MEARING, MAY, McCORMIC/McCORMICK, SEAMAN, SHOMO, SIFFERLIN, TOUSLEY/TOSELEY, & WILSON _________________________________________________________ DO YOU YAHOO!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

Thank you Jim Rubins for your surname resource in the Seaman Digest. I'm a person who thought that her Seaman line was complete when Elizabeth Seaman married Col. John Jackson. Then much later along came Phebe Seaman who married Peter Totten about 1715 Rye, Westchester NY. I thought it would be a snap since I knew where to look. Lo and Behold she is an elusive woman but the search will go on. Mary O. Haller from the banks of Puget Sound in Des Moines. SEAMAN-D-request@rootsweb.com wrote: > Part 1.1Type: message/rfc822 > > Part 1.2Type: message/rfc822

Apparently the Genealogical Publishing Company of Baltimore has printed a consolidated every name index to six of the seven volumes of Hinshaw "The Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy". It only covers the six volumes [not the posthumously published vol. 7]. It also still does not cover the many meetings in New York State that have never been abstracted. But it may help us trace branches of the SEAMAN family who remained Quakers and who moved out of NY to the surrounding states.

IN the April 1999 issue of the NYGBR there is reference to a 191 page transcription of "Quaker Records: Purchase [Westchester Co., NY] Monthly meeting" Hinshaw quotes [and misquotes] some of those records. I am looking for references to Hezikiah SEAMAN who was disowned because he took an oath as a constable. If anyone has access to that transcript I would appreciate a look up. Thank you! Jim Rubins, Napa, CA

In the April 1999 issue of the NYGBR there is a reference to a work: Wilhelm, Arlene "Quaker women of Westbury & Jericho [NY]" Has anybody see this 85 page book? Are there any SEAMAN women profiled?

Does anyone have access to Jean Worden's book: Revised Master Index to the New York State Daughters of the Am. Rev. Genealogical Records Volumes? I started to work through many of the volumes at the New York State Library in Albany that were not included in her 1972 index. It sure would help if someone could Xerox the pages that have to do with the SEAMAN family so we can see what we have and have not yet included in the SEAMAN database. Thank you! Jim Rubins

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General Index, Wills of Personal Estate, Queens County (Queens County used to include Nassau County) These libers can be found at Surrogate's Court, Jamaica, Queens County, New York City, NY Page Number, Testators, Wills Recorded Record A 60, Almy Seaman, 19 Oct 1789 144, Thomas Seaman Sen., 3 July 1792 Record B 185, Thomas Seaman, 13 Feb 1804 301, Jacob Seaman, 24 Dec 1805 343, Enoch Seaman, 22 Aug 1806 Record C 5, Benjamin Seaman, 15 May 1807 73, Jacob Seaman, 14 Jan 1809 126, Isaac Seaman, 21 May 1810 152, Jordan Seaman, 17 Dec 1810 298, Hannah Seaman, 11 Nov 1813 Record D 46, Nathaniel Seaman, 14 Dec 1816 183, Sarah Seaman, 5 Feb 1819 213, Thomas Seaman, 8 June 1819 Record E 121, Martha Seaman, 8 March 1823 128, Ellenor Seaman, 5 April 1823 160, Jacob Seaman, 13 Oct 1823 196, John Jackson Seaman, 31 Mar 1824 251, Benjn [Benjamin] D. Seaman, 24 Nov 1824 377, John W. Seaman, 25 March 1826 379, Mary Seaman, 25 March 1826 455, Henry O. Seaman, 4 Nov 1826 Record F 63, Samuel Seaman, 29 April 1828 310, Thomas Seaman, 9 Nov 1829 Record G 39, Bradock Seaman, 30 Oct 1830 176, Benjamin Seaman, 26 April 1832 186, Noah Seaman, 22 May 1832 372, Richard 21 April 1834 Record No. 1 11, Ephraim Seaman, 28 Oct 1835 20, James Seaman, 2 Jan 1836 195, Abigail Seaman, 6 Apr 1838 356, Martha Seaman, 30 June 1845 372, Martha Seaman, 17 July 1846 439, James Seaman, 9 April 1849 Record No. 2 152, Mary Seaman, 19 Dec 1855 262, Jarvis Seaman, 1 March 1859 Record No. 3 418, Samuel Seaman, 18 Mar 1874 Lindsey Ottman NYC, NY