I see 3 Obediah Seamans who were 4th generation. All were born on Long Island it appears. One was born in 1736, one has no birth date who was the son of Martha Valentine and Samuel3 Seaman. The one who was born in 1729 was the son of Thomas and Philadelphia Titus. Is there any more information on any of these Obediahs? I am trying to identify the Obediah Seaman who appears to have been a partner of Willets Seaman in New Jersey, because he was a co-plaintiff in 1772 (Court of Common Pleas.) Willets was 18 when his father died about 1759, leaving him and David his Blacksmith shop and tools. Question would be whether Willets was in business with a younger cousin or an older one. I haven't nailed down Willets' wife Mary's last name either. Don't know if he married in Long Island or in NJ. He had one son (David of WV) born in NJ in 1768. Usually people stayed home until they married, but with no father he may have gone out "to seek his fortune" before. Did his mother Mary Willets move in with one of the kids after the farm was sold? M Researching: Sparks of KY; Potter of NY; Oppenborn of FL; McCoy of Greene County,PA; Tuphorn of Wisconsin; and Seaman of NJ, WV, KY, and "ye Westward". New Patriot to be added soon to the DAR roll: Willets Seaman of NJ, descendant of Capt. John Seaman of Hempstead, Long Island, NY ---- Marilyn Steber 4464 Castelar Street #104 San Diego, California.