In a message dated 5/21/99 4:25:54 AM Central Daylight Time, WOLF6PACK@aol.com writes: > Franklin Couch, Lawyer & genealogist of Peekskill traced many families in the > area in the early 1900s. As with the MacKenzie papers, the information > should be used as a guide. On the whole, he has been pretty accurate. > I hope someone knows of these people... > This is what he wrote about the surname SEAMAN: > Cornelius SEAMAN, Peekskill m. Leah Manning d. 23 Aug 1880 I don't have Cornelius placed (yet), but do have Leah Manning's ancestry: 1. Leah Manning b. 09 Aug 1783, m. 02 May 1807, in Ref. Dutch Ch., NY City, NY, Cornelius Seaman, d. 23 Aug 1880, Peekskill, NY. Parents 2. Samuel Manning b. 1749, Hunterdon Co., NJ, m. Catrina (Catherine) Cole. Samuel died 10 Nov 1832, Hunterdon Co., NJ. 3. Catrina (Catherine) Cole Grand Parents 4. Benjamin Manning b. 08 Feb 1723, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, note: Jr., m. ca. 1746, Elizabeth "Lena" Bescherer, b. ca. 1724, NJ, d. ca. 1765, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. Benjamin died aft 1800?, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. 5. Elizabeth "Lena" Bescherer b. ca. 1724, NJ, m. (1) bef. 1744, Tristram Hull, b. 06 Apr 1720, NJ, m. (2) ca. 1746, Benjamin Manning, b. 08 Feb 1723, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, note: Jr., d. aft 1800?, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. Elizabeth died ca. 1765, res. Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. Great Grand Parents 8. Israel "Benjamin" Manning b. 30 Dec 1700, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, note: Sr., m. (1) bef. May 1722, in NJ, Susannah Skinner, b. 1704, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ?, note: d. 22y, d. 02 Dec 1726, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, bur.: St. James churchyard, Piscataway, NJ, m. (2) 09 Sep 1727, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Mary Shotwell, res. "of Woodbridge, NJ". Israel died ca. 1782, Knowlton, Sussex Co., NJ. 9. Susannah Skinner b. 1704, Woodbridge, Middlesex Co., NJ?, note: d. 22y, d. 02 Dec 1726, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, bur.: St. James churchyard, Piscataway, NJ. 10. Johan Jacob Bescherer b. 10 Nov 1681, Zweibrucken, Germany, m. Anna Barbara (Lowrens) Lorentz, b. Sep 1699, Germany. 11. Anna Barbara (Lowrens) Lorentz b. Sep 1699, Germany. Great Great Grand Parents 16. Benjamin Manning b. 08 Sep 1676, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, m. 19 Jan 1698/9, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Anne ("Anna/Hanna") Blackford, b. 22 Sep 1678, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, d. aft. 1741?, NJ?, res. Middlesex & Essex Co.'s, NJ. Benjamin died 28 Jan 1702, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ. 17. Anne ("Anna/Hanna") Blackford b. 22 Sep 1678, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, m. (1) 19 Jan 1698/9, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Benjamin Manning, b. 08 Sep 1676, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, d. 28 Jan 1702, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, m. (2) ca. 1702, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Joseph Drake, b. 21 Oct 1681, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, note: had 5 children, d. ca. 1715, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, m. (3) ca. 1715, in NJ, Isaac Drake, b. 12 Jan 1687/8, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, d. Jan 1759, Green Brook, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, res. Piscataway 1739. Anne died aft. 1741?, NJ?, res. Middlesex & Essex Co.'s, NJ. 18. ___ Skinner m. ___. 19. ___ 20. Johann Jacob (Bashore) Bescherer b. ca. 1647, Breitenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, m. (1) 20 Jan 1680/81, in Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany, Anna Gertrudt Meyer, b. 17 Oct 1647, Brietenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, d. 04 Mar 1692/3, Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany, m. (2) Anna Christina Maurer, b. ca. 1651, Germany, res. "of Hornbach, Germany". Johann died 1719, Hurley, Ulster Co., NY, res. "of Zweibrucken, Germany". 21. Anna Gertrudt Meyer b. 17 Oct 1647, Brietenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, d. 04 Mar 1692/3, Zweibrucken, Pfalz, Germany. 22. Johannes Lorenz b. 1666, Bellheim, Pfalz, Germany, m. 13 Feb 1690/1, in Bellheim, Pfalz, Germany, Anna Margaretha Heiliger, b. bef 1670, Oberlustadt, Pfalz, Germany, d. aft. 1745, NJ. Johannes died 1745, Peapack, Somerset Co., NJ. 23. Anna Margaretha Heiliger b. bef 1670, Oberlustadt, Pfalz, Germany, d. aft. 1745, NJ. 3rd Great Grand Parents 32. Jeffrey Manning b. ca. 1640/41, MA or NY, Marshal, Middlesex Co.,NJ, m. ca. 1662, in Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, Hepzibah Andrews, b. ca. 1645, Hingham, Plymouth, MA, d. 26 Jan 1692, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Hingham, MA. Jeffrey died 26 Jan 1692/3, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Piscataway, NJ by 1676. 33. Hepzibah Andrews b. ca. 1645, Hingham, Plymouth, MA, d. 26 Jan 1692, Piscataway, Middlesex Co., NJ, res. Hingham, MA. 34. Samuel Blackford b. ca. 1640, England, note: Sr., m. ca. 1672, Anna or Hannah (Smalley?) Munday, b. 14 Jun 1641, Plymouth, MA?, d. aft. 1708, Eastham, Barnstable, MA. Samuel died ca. 1712, Piscataway, Middlesex, NJ, res. West Samptown, Middlesex Co., NJ. 35. Anna or Hannah (Smalley?) Munday b. 14 Jun 1641, Plymouth, MA?, d. aft. 1708, Eastham, Barnstable, MA. 40. Hans Albrecht (Boshaar) Bescherer b. ca. 1625, Breitenbach, Zweibrucken, Germany, m. Anna Margaretha ___, b. ca. 1625, Germany, res. "of Breitenbach, Germany". Hans res. "of Breitenbach, Germany". 41. Anna Margaretha ___ b. ca. 1625, Germany, res. "of Breitenbach, Germany". 42. Hans Lux Meyer b. Zweibrucken, Germany, m. Benigna ___. 43. Benigna ___ 46. Johannes Heiliger b. Oberlustadt, Pfalz, Germany, m. ___. 47. ___ Regards, John Stewart Grand Island, NE