This comes from the Proceedings, Constitution, by-laws, List of members of the Surveyors' Association of West New Jersey, published by Order of the Society in 1880. Page 380: "The Seaman Family. The Seaman and some other families of which it is proper I should write, do not belong to Egg Harbor, they having first settled in Ocean county. Some of the members of those families having resided in, and other respects being intimately connected with Egg Harbor, it is expedient for me to give a sketch of their genealogy. "At an early date Joseph Seaman came from Long Island to West creek. He purchased (of some person who professed to be the proprietor) the lands which compose the Edmund and Richard Bartlett farms. He settled on the Edmund Bartlett farm, built buildings, cleared a farm, set out a valuable orchard, and made other improvements, supposing that he had a legitimate title for the land he had bought. After he had lived there some years, Joseph Bartlett came to West creek, and being desirous of purchasing a home he, who proved to be the legal proprietor of the Seaman property, sold Bartlett the lands which Seaman had improved. Seaman owned a considerable tract of land on Long Island. He never sold his lands on Long Island, therefore in justice, all of his descendants are heirs to those possessions. "Joseph Seaman married a French woman by the name of Sarah Burtow. Their children were Benjamin, David, Joseph, Mary, Elizabeth, Abigail, Hannah, Jemima and Sarah. "Benjamin Seaman, Sr. was born November 11, 1746 and died August 7th, 1812. Amelia his wife was born February 19, 1750 and died December 14, 1817." There are more of this family's branches in the following pages up to page 383, where there is an interesting paragraph: "There are Seamans on Long Island who must be the descendants of a brother or uncle of Joseph Seaman, Sr., who settled at West creek, Ocean county, NJ. Elias Hicks (the founder of the society of Hicksite Friends) married Jemima Seaman of Long Island." It goes on to say: "The male members of the Seaman family are distinguished for being skillful mechanics, and especially as being ingenious boat builders." I know there is someone on this list interested in the Egg Harbor Seamans. Of people who married into the family are names Ellsworth, Cox, Pharo, Lamson, Sprague. Lydia Seaman married Stephen Willets, Sr. Lydia was born Jan. 24th 1775. Marilyn in San Diego ---- 1999 resolutions: Find Willets Seaman, NJ line Rev. War soldier. Get more exercise. Find a way to research And exercise at the same time. Keep my desk neater. By April, I reckon. ---- Researching PanAm men captured on Guam Dec. 1941 and interned in Kobe, Japan.