It appears that David Seaman who died in Western Virginia (before it was "West") was the son of Willets Seaman of New Jersey, not "Wilbert" of New Jersey. This "Wilbert" was from an undated abstract, and the original record is stored away because of its fragility. (Donna Lee Seaman Marshall of Mo. told me it was very hard to read the name, but the county clerk issues the death certificate with David born in New Jersey of parents Wilbert and Mary Seaman) The name Willet and Willis come down the descendant line in sons and grandsons of David. Not to mention all the Davids. It looks this way: West Virginia David6, Willets5, David4, David3, Jonathan2, John1. Is that enough generations, or is there another John or two in there? Willets5 was a son of David, jr. and Mary Willets. In a codicil of David jr.s Will (1759) he left his blacksmith shop and tools to his sons David and Willets. Willets went to New Jersey and he and Obediah Seaman sued Joseph Lewis for a sum of money in 1772 and won the case. The Rev War came along and Willets was captured by the Brits. The date of capture as the Attorney General has it says May, but another record says November. I believe he was captured in the battle for New York or the battle at Ft. Lee, NJ in November. (Votes of NJ Assembly, page 107; Journal of Council, page 45) After 2 years Willets was exchanged. In 1780 Joseph Lewis was directed to pay Willets and Obediah "one hundred nine Pounds and two shillings," according to the Original Court of Common Pleas record, and $1132.30/90ths according to the abstract sent to me by the NJ archives, Willets alone. This abstract also says that Joseph Lewis was "Quartermaster at Morristown". Willets Seaman's son David was paying property taxes in Monongalia Co. in western Virginia in 1799. There were other Seamans in that county, one of whom was John who was a stone cutter who went to Ohio eventually. That stone cutter John Seaman was the man mentioned in Evans and Stivers' History of Adams County, Ohio as "the father of Franklin Seaman". He died in 1835 after having worked on the excavation of Hollingsworth House in West Union, Ohio. The History says he died of Cholera. The general contractor Mr. Hamilton Dunbar died the same day of Cholera. David's children by Ann Elizabeth Board (sister of Patrick Board, Rev War vet) were John, Susannah, Thomas, Silas Board, Ann Elizabeth, Willet Allen and George Vigo. (John House's History of Roane County) Stanley Seaman has a web-page with descendants of Silas Board Seaman, compiled by Donna Lee Seaman Marshall. I descend from Thomas Seaman through his daughter Mary Jane Seaman Sparks. Marilyn Steber Researching: Sparks of KY; Potter of NY; Oppenborn of FL; Tuphorn of Wisconsin; and Seaman of NJ. ---- Marilyn Steber 4464 Castelar Street #104 San Diego, California.