Five lines from the end of the following excerpt there is mention of John Seaman who was a grocer at #66 Water Street in New York City in the late 1700s. Does anybody know which John Seaman this was? Excerpt from the "The Swartwout Chronicles 1338-1899 and The Ketelhuyn Chronicles 1451-1899" Author: Arthur James Weise, M.A.[New York:Trow Directory, Printing and bookbinding Co., 1899] At the age of seventeen years, John, son of Captain Abraham and Maria North Swartwout quitted the parental home at Poughkeepsie to take the position of a salesman in a store in the city of New York. His cordiality and manliness soon won for him the acquaintanceship of a number of highly reputable young men and the esteem of certain prominent and influential citizens. His mercantile experience of three years permitted him, in 1790, to open a paint and glass store, at No. 25 Little Dock Street. From the directory of the city of New York of 1792, the information is derived that "Snowdon and Swartwout, merchants," were engaged in business at the "corner of Front Street and Burling Slip," and that John Swartwout was an ensign in the Fourth Regiment of Militia commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel James Alner. On September 7, 1793, he was united in the holy bonds of matrimony to Mary, daughter of Samuel Smith and niece of Melancthon Smith, she being two years his junior. In 1794, he formed a partnership with Peter Dumont, jr. (who married his sister Elizabeth), and they, under the firm-name of Swartwout & Dumont, druggists, occupied the store, No. 66 Water Street, where previously John Seaman, grocer, had conducted business. Robert Swartwout, a younger brother of John, became in 1801 a member of the firm, the name of which was then changed to Swartwout, Dumont, & Company. From 1802 to 1809, the firm's store was designated as 62 Water Street. At the end of that time, it seems the copartnership was dissolved. In 1811, John and Robert Swartwout, merchants, No. 66 Water Street, engaged in business as copartners and remained a firm until the year 1818.