I am very interested also but the problem is in proving that Captain John Seaman of Hempstead is any of the John Seamans listed in england and the son of anyone. since we don't have a birth date for Capt. John and some discussion about which Elizabeth is his wife the likelihood of establishing his parents is slim. I didn't count the John Seamans in the IGI that could be Capt. John but there were several and the IGI is not complete for the existing records much less the lost ones. If someone has the time to contact the submitters they may have found something unknown to us. I don't have time to contact the submitters or to try to find the records they may have used, place names are given for the English born Johns so it may be possible to check the records for those places and turn up something. It would be relay exciting to turn up records from across the pond! Richard Lyle Pettitt ABSea@aol.com wrote: > > I'm very much interested too, but more so in the U.S. line from 1800-1900. My > gap is between my great-great grandfather, Jarvis Seaman of Hempstead > (1867-1912) and his forbears (most likely a Jarvis or Alfred Seaman of > Hempstead, Wantaugh, Belmore or environs.