----- Original Message ----- From: Helen Silvey <hsilvey@macnexus.org> To: <SEAMAN-L@rootsweb.com> Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2000 8:07 AM Subject: [SEAMAN-L] <no subject> > I have the following family that I need help with: > > #1 > Elizabeth CARMAN - no dates, places or who the parents are, > they mar. 30 Jan 1756 > John SEAMAN b. 18 jun 1734, d. 9 Jul 1778 Hempstead twp., Queens Co., NY. > son of > John SEAMAN and Sarah ALLING. Ch.: > Mary SEAMAN b. 11 Apr., 1758 > John SEAMAN b. 28 Jun 1761 > David SEAMAN b 21 Dec 1764 > Elizabeth SEAMAN b. 20 Jul 1766m d, 5 Feb,m 1786 Hempstead, mar. Jeremiah > TERRY > Sarah SEAMAN b. 2 Feb 1771, d. 18 Nov 1787 Hempstead mar. Elisha POST > > -- > Helen, Sacramento =================================== Sorry Helen... we haven't been able to identify which Elizabeth Carman this is. We were hoping that some of the CARMAN researchers could help us! All we know is: Elizabeth Carman is listed "of Oyster Bay" in the marriage records and the couple resided in John's home of Hempstead. John4 Seaman (John3, Thomas2, John1) was born June 18, 1734, and died July 9, 1778 in Jerusalem, Hempstead Twp., Queens Co. [now Nassau Co.], NY (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 10:222, will proved April 9, 1782.). He married Elizabeth Carman January 30, 1756 in St. George's [Episcopal] Church, Hempstead, Long Island, NY (Source: (1) Haight, John Sylvanus, Adventures for God: a History of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island, (Binghamton, NY: Vail-Ballou Press, 1932)., (2) Seaman, Ardon, Marriages of the Seamans taken from the records of the Town, State, and Church, (NY: privately published, 1866), John Seaman of Hempstead to Elizabeth Carman of Oyster Bay, Jan. 30, 1756.). Notes for John Seaman: John Seaman is listed "of Hempstead" in the marriage records [Haight, John Sylvanus "Adventures for God: a history of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island" [Vail-Ballou Press, Binghamton, NY:1932] More About John Seaman: Fact 5: May 5, 1757, mentioned in father's will, John Seaman of Jerusalem, in Hempstead, Queens Co. (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 5:181.) Will: October 21, 1777, proved April 9, 1782 (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 10:222, I, John Seaman, of Jerusalem, Township of Hempstead, Queens County, being weak in body. My estate to be sold, and all my just debts and funeral expenses to be paid. The remainder, if there be anything left, I leave three quarters to my two sons, John and David, in equal shares; the rest or one-quarter to my three daughters, Mary, Elizabeth, and Sarah, equally divided. I make my brother-in-law, John Birdsall, and Thomas Seaman, schoolmaster, executors.Witnesses, Solomon Seaman, Israel Seaman, of Hempstead, yeoman, Amos Powell.) Notes for Elizabeth Carman: Elizabeth Carman is listed "of Oyster Bay" in the marriage records: [Haight, John Sylvanus "Adventures for God: a history of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island" [Vail-Ballou Press, Binghamton, NY:1932] Marriage Notes for John Seaman and Elizabeth Carman: John Seaman married Elizabeth Carman and they resided in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. More About John Seaman and Elizabeth Carman: Marriage: January 30, 1756, St. George's [Episcopal] Church, Hempstead, Long Island, NY (Source: (1) Haight, John Sylvanus, Adventures for God: a History of St. George's Episcopal Church, Hempstead, Long Island, (Binghamton, NY: Vail-Ballou Press, 1932)., (2) Seaman, Ardon, Marriages of the Seamans taken from the records of the Town, State, and Church, (NY: privately published, 1866), John Seaman of Hempstead to Elizabeth Carman of Oyster Bay, Jan. 30, 1756.) Children of John Seaman and Elizabeth Carman are: + 2 i. Mary5 Seaman, born April 11, 1758. + 3 ii. John Seaman, born June 28, 1761. + 4 iii. David Seaman, born December 21, 1764. 5 iv. Elizabeth Seaman, born July 20, 1766. She married Jeremiah Terry February 5, 1786 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY. More About Elizabeth Seaman: Fact 4: October 21, 1777, mentioned in father's will, John Seaman of Jerusalem, Hempstead, Queens Co., NY (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 10:222.) More About Jeremiah Terry and Elizabeth Seaman: Marriage: February 5, 1786, Hempstead, Long Island, NY 6 v. Sarah Seaman, born February 2, 1771. She married Elisha Post November 18, 1787 in Hempstead, Long Island, NY (Source: Seaman, Ardon, Marriages of the Seamans taken from the records of the Town, State, and Church, (NY: privately published, 1866), Serah [Seaman] of Hempstead mar. Elisha Post, Nov. 18, 1787.). More About Sarah Seaman: Fact 4: October 21, 1777, mentioned in father's will, John Seaman of Jerusalem, Hempstead, Queens Co., NY (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 10:222.) More About Elisha Post and Sarah Seaman: Marriage: November 18, 1787, Hempstead, Long Island, NY (Source: Seaman, Ardon, Marriages of the Seamans taken from the records of the Town, State, and Church, (NY: privately published, 1866), Serah [Seaman] of Hempstead mar. Elisha Post, Nov. 18, 1787.)