SEAMAN ANNEX
John Charles Seaman Pedigree
(Start at generation 1, below.)
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Last Change: 30 November 2015
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Origin of
the surname “Seaman:”
Generation
6 (?) Seaman
Note 1: One might presume that
David Seaman (gen 5, below) was the son of Ambrose (b. abt 1787 in Dutchess
Co., NY) and Sarah (?) Seaman (b. abt 1791 in Washington Co., NY), early
residents of Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. However, the 1900 US Census indicates David's
mother was born in English speaking Canada, so that probably is not the case.
Note 2: Considering their
birth locations and the relative proximities of their residences to that of
David Seaman (gen 5, below), the following men may be David's brothers:
1. Andrew Seaman: Born about
1818 in English-speaking Canada. Married
Esther B. (?) (b. Jefferson Co., NY); children b. Jefferson County, New
York. In 1855 resided in Philadelphia
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
2. Allen Seaman: Born about
1820 in English-speaking Canada. Married
Almina (?) (b. Canada); children born in Canada. In 1855 was employed as an attorney in
Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
3. Stephen J. Seaman: Born
about 1822 in Canada West. Married
Elizabeth (?) (b. CT) and in 1850 resided in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson
County, New York.
4. Smith Seaman: Born about
1824 in English-speaking Canada. Married
Clarisa C. (?) (b. Jefferson Co., NY); oldest child
born Canada; 1 son b. Jefferson County, New York; 1 daughter born Lewis County,
New York. In 1855 resided in
Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
5 David Seaman
1. Biographical notes:
Born September 1827 in eastern Canada; his father
was born in New York State, and his mother was born in Canada. Died 15 August 1905 at Natural Bridge, Wilna
Township, Jefferson County, New York; interred there in Sand Hill
Cemetery. Immigrated from Canada to the
United States in 1830 (age 3-4), presumably with his parents. Employed as a blacksmith for many years at Sterlingville, Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York. In the early to late 1880s was
proprietor of The Seaman House at Sterlingbush, in
the southeast corner of Dianna Township, Lewis County, New York. In May 1888 moved back to Sterlingville,
where he opened a "temperance hotel."
Resided last at Natural Bridge (very close to Sterlingbush),
on the borders of Jefferson and Lewis Counties, New York.
1850 US Census: David Seaman, age 24 (b. English
Canada) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in Philadelphia
Township, Jefferson County, New York.
The household also included Smith Seaman (male), age 26 (b. English
Canada) and employed as a laborer; Clarrissa Seaman,
age 30 (b. English Canada); and Walter Seaman, age 2 (b. NYS).
1855 NYS Census: David Seaman, age 28 (b. Canada;
naturalized citizen) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in
Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had resided in Philadelphia Township for 9
years. The household also included his
wife, Jane Seaman, age 22 (b. Oneida Co., NYS), who had resided in Philadelphia
Township for 18 years; daughter, Hariet Seaman, age 1
(b. Jefferson Co., NYS); who had resided in Philadelphia Township for 1 year;
and servant, William Comstock, age 19 (b. Warren Co., NYS), who had resided in
Philadelphia Township for 1 year.
1860 US Census: David Seaman, age 32 (b. Canada),
was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Jane Seaman, age 28 (b. NYS); daughter, Harriett Seaman, age 6 (b. NYS);
and son, James Seaman, age 4 (b. NYS).
1865 NYS Census: David Seaman, age 38 (b. Canada;
was an alien) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in Diana
Township, Lewis County, New York. The
household also included his wife, Jane Seaman, age 32 (b. Oneida County, NYS),
who had had 3 children; daughter, Hattie A. Seaman, age 11 (b. Jefferson Co.,
NYS); son, James Seaman, age 9 (b. Jefferson Co., NYS); and daughter, Delia
Seaman, age 1 year and 5 months (b. Jefferson Co., NYS).
1870 US Census: David Seaman, age 41 (b. Canada) and
employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township,
Jefferson County, New York. His mother
was of foreign birth; his real property was valued at $1000 and his personal
property was valued at $800. The
household also included his wife, Jane Seaman, age 36 (b. NYS); daughter,
Hattie A. Seaman, age 16 (b. NYS); son, James Seaman, age 13 (b. NYS);
daughter, Adelia Seaman, age 6 (b. NYS); son, Addison
Seaman, age 2 (b. NYS); and daughter, Jane Seaman, age 2 months (b. NYS).
1875 NYS Census: David Seaman, age 48 (b. Canada;
naturalized citizen) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a household in
Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Jane
Seaman, age 42 (b. Oneida Co., NYS); daughter, Hatta
Seaman, age 21 (b. Jefferson Co., NYS), single, and employed as a school
teacher; son, James Seaman, age 19 (b. Jefferson Co., NYS) and employed as a
blacksmith; daughter, Delia M. Seaman, age 11 (b. Jefferson Co., NYS); son, Aderson Seaman, age 7 (b. Jefferson Co., NYS); daughter,
Gertrude Seaman, age 5 (b. Jefferson Co., NYS); daughter, Corene
Seaman, age 2 years and 2 months (b. Jefferson Co., NYS); daughter, Clara
Seaman, age 7 months (b. Jefferson Co., NYS); and boarder, Rose Briot, age 29 (b. France) and employed as a music teacher.
1880 US Census: David Seaman, age 52 (b. Canada),
was heading a household at Sterlingbush, southeast
corner of Diana Township, Lewis County, New York. The household also included his wife, Jane
Seaman, age 46 (b. NYS); daughter, Antoinette Seaman, age 6 (b. NYS); Cynthia
Hall, age 40 (b. NYS); Michael Reynolds, age 28 (b. NYS); John Doyle, age 70
(b. Ireland); daughter, Carinna Seaman, age 9 (b.
NYS); William Shorts, age 26 (b. NYS); daughter, Cidelia
Seaman, age 17 (b. NYS); son, Abson Seaman, age 12
(b. NYS); Charles Bawn, age 33 (b. NYS); and Richard Bodfield, age 30 (b. NYS).
1892 NYS Census: David Seaman, age 44 [very legible,
but should be abt 64] (b. Canada) and employed as a blacksmith, was heading a
household in Diana Township, Lewis County, New York. The household also included his wife, Jannie Seaman, age 59 (b. US), whose occupation was
described as "blacksmith wife"; Lister B. Seaman (female), age 22 (b.
US); Antonette Seaman, age 18 (b. US); and, perhaps,
Ruth E. Esington/Edington,
age 5 (b. US), whose name followed Antonette and
preceded laborer, James M. Boyce, age 27 (b. US).
1900 US Census: David Seaman, age 72 (b. Sep 1827 in
English Canada; father b. NYS; mother b. English Canada) and employed as a day
laborer, was heading a household in Diana Township, Lewis County, New
York. He immigrated to the US in
1830. The household also included his
wife of 46 years, Jane Seaman, age 67 (b. Apr 1833 in NYS; parents b. NYS), who
had had 9 children, 4 of whom were still alive.
1905 NYS Census: David Seamond,
age 77, was heading a household in Wilna Township (District 3, pg. 11, lines
7-8), Jefferson County, New York (which is very close to Diana Twp, Lewis Co.,
NY). The household also included his
wife, Jane E. Seamond, age 72.
2. Wife: Jane E. Bacon
Born April 1833 in Oneida County, New York. Died 1906; interred Sand Hill Cemetery with
David.
3. Children: (9 total)
a. Harriett
"Hattie" A. Seaman: Born about 1854 in Jefferson County, New York.
b. James M.
Seaman: See generation 4, below.
c. Celia Seaman: Born
about January 1860. Died 13 November
1862, age 2 years and 11 months; interred Gates Cemetery, Sterlingville,
Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York (now on Fort Drum property).
d. Adelia "Delia"/"Cidelia"
M. Seaman: Born about 1863/64 in Jefferson County, New York.
d. Addison C. Seaman:
Born about 1868 in Jefferson County, New York.
In 1905 resided at Marlborough, Massachusetts.
e. Gertrude B.
Seaman: Born about 1870 at Sterlingville,
Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. Died Thursday, 2 February 1905 at home in the
Village of Natural Bridge, Jefferson and Lewis Counties, New York; interred
there in the village cemetery. Married
Edward "Ed" Rice about 1893.
f. Antoinette Seaman:
Born about 1874 in New York. Married
Henry Burns, and in 1905 resided at Benson Mines, Clifton Township, St.
Lawrence County, New York. Subsequently
resided at Newton Falls, New York.
g. Carrioma "Corrine" Seaman: Born about 1871 in
Jefferson County, New York. Died 22
August 1889, age 16; interred Sand Hill Cemetery, Natural Bridge, Lewis and Jefferson
Counties, New York.
h. Clara Seaman: Born
about 1874 in Jefferson County, New York.
i. Jane Seaman: Born about 1880 in New York.
4 James M. Seaman
1. Biographical notes:
Born about 1856 in Jefferson
County, New York. Died 1930; interred North
Watertown Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson County, New York. Employed as a dairy farmer, cheese maker, and
blacksmith on Wilna Road in Philadelphia Township (also seen: dairy farmer of
Belleville, Jefferson Co.), Jefferson County, New York. In 1905 resided at Belleville, Ellisburg
Township, New York.
1860 US Census: James Seaman, age
4, resided with his parents in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York.
1870 US Census: James Seaman, age
13, resided with his parents in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York.
1875 NYS Census: James Seaman, age
19 (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and employed as a blacksmith, resided with his
parents in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1880 US Census: No record found.
1900 US Census: No record found.
1905 NYS Census: James W. Seeman, age 49, was heading a household on Washington
Street in Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mary S.
Seeman, age 48.
1910 US Census: James M. Seaman, age
54 and employed as a dairy farmer, was heading a household on Wilna Road in
Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife of 28
years, Mary B. Seaman (age 53, had had 1 child, still alive); and son, B.
Sterling Seaman (age 16, single).
1920 US Census: James M. Seaman,
age 64, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York. The household also included his
wife, Mary B. Seaman, age 63; son, Bradford Sterling Seaman, age 26; son, Bradford
Sterling Seaman, age 26; daughter-in-law, Cecile Pearl Seaman, age 26; and
granddaughter, Elizabeth M. Seaman, age 3.
1930 US Census: James Seaman, age
74 (b. NYS; father b. English Canada; mother b. NYS), a widower, and employed
as a dairy farmer, was heading a household on North Wilna Road, Sterlingville (Philadelphia Twp), Jefferson County, New
York. He was married at age 25. The household also included his son, Sterling
Seaman, age 36 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS) and employed as a farm laborer; daughter-in-law,
Cecelia Seaman, age 36 (b. NYS; parents b. NYS); granddaughter, Elizabeth
Seaman, age 13 (b. NYS); and grandson, Adrian Seaman, age 8 (b. NYS).
2. Wife: Mary Bradford Sterling
Born 28 October 1856 at Sterlingville, Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York State. Died 1929; interred North
Watertown Cemetery. Married James Seaman
on 15 February 1882 at Sterlingville.
3. Only child:
a. Bradford Sterling Seaman: See generation
3, below.
3 Bradford Sterling Seaman (more info)
“Sterling”:
1. Biographical notes:
Born 13 September 1893 at Oxbow, Antwerp Township,
Jefferson County, New York. Died age 56
from complications of a coronary embolism; interred North Watertown
Cemetery. Attended schools at
Belleville, Jefferson County, New York.
In 1941, after having their property in LeRay Township expropriated by
the US Government to allow the expansion of Pine Camp, "Sterling" and
"Cele" purchased a farm from Ernest Rounds
on Martin Street Road near the Village of West Carthage. Prior to Mr. Rounds, the property was owned
by Byron Jackson.
1900 US Census: No record found.
1910 US Census: B. Sterling Seaman, age 16, resided
with his parents on Wilna Road in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New
York.
1920 US Census: Bradford Sterling Seaman, age 26,
and his wife and daughter, resided with his parents in Philadelphia Township,
Jefferson County, New York.
1930 US Census: Sterling Seaman, age 36, and his
wife and 2 children, resided with his widower father in Philadelphia Township (Sterlingville), Jefferson County, New York.
1940 US Census: Sterling Seaman, age 46 (b. NYS) and
employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township (Sterlingville), Jefferson County, New York. He had completed 8th grade. The household also included his wife, Cecilia
Seaman, age 46 (b. NYS), who had competed 8th grade; and son, Adrian Seaman,
age 18 (b. NYS), single, and employed as a farm laborer, who had completed 3
years of high school.
2. Wife: Cecelia “Cele” Pearl Gates (more info)
Born 1893, daughter of George E. and Catherine (Gormley) Gates of Sterlingville,
LeRay Township, Jefferson County, New York.
Died ; interred North Watertown Cemetery, Watertown, Jefferson County,
New York. Aunt of Ann
Marlene (Gates) (Richards) Drake
and Clifford Gates. Married
"Sterling" Seaman on 25 August 1915.
3. Children:
a. Elizabeth M. Seaman: (more info) Graduated from Philadelphia High School,
Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York and Delberts
Business School, Philadelphia.
Subsequently employed as a bookkeeper in Brooklyn, New York. Of interest, roomed there with Miriam June Fickes, who, as a result, met and married Elizabeth's
brother, Adrian. Married Frank M. Hoover
(more info), son of Merton J. Hover of 13 North Main Street,
Carthage, Jefferson County (who also had dau Myrtle
Hoover, who m. Amos Murphy), in November (?)
at St. Joseph's Church, Philadelphia.
Frank also graduated from Philadelphia High School and Delbert's
Business School. He was a veteran of
World War II; served in the US Army in the Pacific Theater of Operations. Elizabeth and Frank had the following son:
(1. David "Dave" Allen Hoover.
b. James Adrian Seaman: See generation 2,
below.
2 James Adrian Seaman “Adrian” (photos) (more info)
1. Biographical notes:
Born . Died
. Graduated from Philadelphia High
School, Philadelphia, Jefferson County, New York. Veteran of World War II; served in the US
Army. Employed as a farmer and rural
mail carrier.
2. Wife: Miriam June Fickes (photos) (more info)
Born ; daughter of Jesse Horting and Bertha (Trout) Fickes of
Howard/Newport, Pennsylvania. Died ;
interred . Was a registered nurse. Veteran of World War II; served in the US
Army Nurse Corps for 2 years. Married
James Adrian Seaman in September 1948; has been a roommate of Adrian's sister,
Elizabeth, in New York City.
3. Children:
a. James
"Jim" Sterling Seaman: (photos) Twin. Born
1949. Died 18 August 2013. In 1973 resided at Fairborn, Ohio. Married Cynthia Peto and operated the Seaman
family farm on Martin Street Road between Great Bend and West Carthage,
Champion Township, Jefferson County, New York.
b. Cathy Elizabeth Seaman: Twin. Born 1949. Married Roger Quackenbush and in 1997 resided at
Albany, New York. Later resided in Florida.
c. John Charles Seaman: See generation 1, below.
1 John Charles Seaman
Born 15 April 1952 at West Carthage Hospital, West Carthage, Jefferson County, New York. Died 14 April 1997 at home in Salcha, North Star Borough, Alaska. Married, as her 1ST husband, Katherine Elizabeth Drake, descendant #2.3 of generation 13 of the Descendants of Almond Henry Drake on 15 September 1973.
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Other, still unidentified, Seaman names:
1. Ambrose Seaman: Born about 1787 in NYS. Employed as a farmer in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1850 US Census: Ambrose, age 63, b. NYS, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township. His real estate was valued at $3,000. The household also included his wife, Sarah Seaman (age 59); daughter, Maria Seaman (age 24); and James Seaman (age 20). Of interest, their next door neighbor was the Alfred Seaman household.
1855 NYS Census: Ambrose Seaman, age 65 (b. Dutchess Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Sarah Seaman, age 64 (b. Washington Co., NY); and James Seaman, age 24 (b. St. Lawrence Co., NY) and employed as a farmer.
Ambrose Seaman married Sarah Kinney (b. 1791 in NYS) and had at least the following children:
a. Almira Seaman: Born 1812 at Rossie or Gouverneur, St. Lawrence County, New York.
1850 US Census: Joseph Cunningham, age 42 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Gouverneur Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife, Alma Cunningham, age 37 (b. NYS); son, Joseph H. Cunningham, age 14 (b. NYS); Charles A. Cunningham, age 13 (b. NYS); daughter, Sarah E. Cunningham, age 9 (b. NYS); and daughter, Ann M. Cunningham, age 8 (b. NYS).
1860 US Census: Joseph Cunningham, age 52 (b. NYS), was heading a household in Gouverneur Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife, Almira Cunningham, age 47 (b. NYS); son, Charles A. Cunningham, age 22 (b. NYS); daughter, Ann M. Cunningham, age 18 (b. NYS); son, John H. Cunningham, age 9 (b. NYS); and Sarah J. Larner, age 3.
1870 US Census: Chas. A. Cunningham, age 32 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Gouverneur Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife, Helen S. Cunningham, age 32 (b. NYS); son, Chas. A. Cunningham, age 4 (b. NYS); son, Lewis G. Cunningham, age 2 (b. NYS); father, Joseph Cunningham, age 70 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer; mother, Almira Cunningham, age 59 (b. NYS); brother, James N. Cunningham, age 17 (b. NYS); and brother, Joseph H. Cunningham, age 35 (b. NYS) and employed as farm laborer.
1880 US Census: Charles Cunningham, age 43 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Gouverneur Township, St. Lawrence County, New York. The household also included his wife, Helen Cunningham, age 41; son, Charles Cunningham, age 9; daughter, Mary J. Cunningham, age 6; and son, Rheuben Cunningham, age 2.
Almira Seaman married Joseph Cunningham and had the following children:
(1. Joseph H. Cunningham: Born about 1836 in New York.
(2. Charles Ambrose Cunningham: Born about 1837 in New York.
(3. Sarah E. Cunningham: Born about 1841 in New York.
(4. Ann M. Cunningham: Born about 1842 in New York.
(5. John H. Cunningham: Born about 1851 in New York.
(6. John N. Cunningham: Born about 1853 in New York.
b. Alfred Seaman: Born about 1822 in NYS. Employed as a farmer in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1850 US Census: Alfred Seaman, age 28 (b. NYS) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included James W. Seaman, age 4 (b. NYS); Sarah Anne Seaman, age 26 (b. NYS); and Orphelona Sheldon, age 30 (b. NYS). Of interest, their next door neighbor was the Ambrose Seaman household.
Alfred Seaman married Sarah Ann (?) (b. abt 1824 in NYS) and had the following son:
(1. James W. Seaman: Born about 1846.
1905 NYS Census: James W. Seaman, age 49, was heading a household on Washington Street in Ellisburg Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Mary S. Seaman, age 48.
c. Maria Seaman: Born about 1826.
d. James Seaman: Born October 1834 (also seen: 1830). Resided in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1865 NYS Census: James Seaman, age 34 (b. St. Lawrence Co., NY) and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Maria F. Seaman, age 25 (b. Jefferson Co., NY) and mother of 1; mother, Sarah Seaman, age 74 (b. Herkimer Co., NY), a widow, and mother of 11; and laborer, John McGarry, age 16 (b. Canada).
1870 US Census: James, age 39 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township. The household also included his wife, Maria Seaman (age 30); daughter, Sarah 2nd (age 8 months); and Sara Seaman (age 80 and ‘past labor’). All were born in New York State.
1900 US Census: James Seaman, age 65 (b. Oct 1834 in NYS; parents b. NYS)
and employed as a liveryman, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township,
Jefferson County, New York. The
household also included his wife of 40 years, Maria Seaman, age 57 (b. Nov 1842
in NYS; parents b. NYS), who had had 4 children, 1 still alive); son, Pearl Seaman,
age 26 (b. Jul 1873 in NYS) and employed as a liverman;
daughter-in-law, Della Seaman, age 25 (b. Oct 1874 in NYS), who had had 1
child, still alive); and grandson, Harry Seaman, age 6 months (b. Nov 1899 in
NYS); and C.A. Brown, age 45 (b. Dec 1854 in NYS), single, and retired.
James Seaman married Maria (?) (b. Nov 1842/40) and had 4 children, including the following:
(1. Sarah Seaman: Born about 1869.
(2. Pearl Seaman: (male) Born July 1873. Married Della (?) (b. Oct 1874) and had the following son:
(a. Harry Seaman: Born November 1899.
2. Noah Seaman: Born about 1794 in Massachusetts. Died 1882 in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. In 1807 moved from Otsego County, New York to Rodman Township, Jefferson County, New York. In 1813 moved to Rutland Township, Jefferson County. Employed as a farmer.
1860 US Census: Noah, age 66, b. MA, and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Dorcas C. Seaman (age 58, b. NYS); and perhaps daughter, Amy Seaman (age 29, b. NYS, and keeping house).
Noah Seaman married Dorcas C. Jeffers (b. abt 1802) in 1819 and had 6 children, including:
a. Stephen G. Seaman: Born about 1829 in New York State. Employed as a carpenter and farmer in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York.
1860 US Census: Stephen, age 31 and employed as a farmer, was heading a household in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Juliet Seaman (age 29); daughter, Alice M. Seaman (age 4); daughter, Nettie Seaman (age 2); and Samuel Henderson (age 20 and employed as a laborer). All were born in New York State.
1870 US Census: Stephen G. Seaman, age 41 (b. NYS) and employed as a carpenter and farmer, was heading a household in Rutland Township, Jefferson County, New York. His real estate was valued at $3,500 and his personal property was valued at $800. The household also included his wife, Juliette Seaman, age 39 (b. NYS); daughter, Alice Seaman, age 14 (b. NYS); daughter, Nettie Seaman, age 11 (b. NYS); daughter, Stella Seaman, age 8 (b. NYS); daughter, Emma Seaman, age 5 (b. NYS); son, John Ward Seaman, age 2 (b. NYS); daughter, Mary Seaman, age 9 months (b. NYS); Noah Seaman, age 76 (b. MA); and Dorcas Seaman, age 68 (b. NYS).
Stephen G. Seaman married Juliet Armstrong (b. abt 1831), daughter of John Armstrong, and had the following children: (note: Child's 1890 Gazetteer says S.G. Seaman had 6 sons and 1 daughter.)
(1. Alice M. Seaman: Born about 1856.
(2. Nettie Seaman: Born about 1858.
(3. Stella Seaman: Born about 1862.
(4. Emma Seaman: Born about 1865.
(5. John Ward Seaman: Born about 1868.
(6. Mary Seaman: Born about 1869.
b. Amy Seaman: (perhaps) Born about 1831 in New York State.
3. Andrew Seaman: Born about 1818 in English-speaking Canada.
1850 US Census: Andrew Seaman, age 32 (b. Canada) and employed as a merchant, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. His real estate was valued at $850. The household also included Esther R. Seaman, age 37 (b. NYS); Andrew F. Seaman, age 10 months (b. NSY); George Walton, age 10 (b. NYS); and Harriett E. Walton, age 8 (b. NYS).
1855 NYS Census: Andrew Seaman, age 37 (b. Canada), was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had resided in Philadelphia Township for 14 years. The household also included his wife, Esther B. Seaman, age 42 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), who had resided in Philadelphia Township for 14 years; step-son, George Walton, age 15 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); step-daughter, Hariet Seaman, age 13 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, Andrew F. Seaman, age 5 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); son, Pitt A. Seaman, age 4 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and son, Lyman W. Seaman, age 1 (b. Jefferson Co., NY).
4. Allen Seaman: Born about 1820 in English-speaking Canada.
1850 US Census: Allen Seaman, age 32 (b. Canada) and employed as a laborer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Elmina Seaman, age 23 (b. Canada); daughter, Sarah Seaman, age 6 (b. Canada); son, Alden Seaman, age 5 (b. Canada); daughter, Cornelia Seaman, age 4 (b. NYS); and daughter, Melaina Seaman, age 2 (b. NYS).
1855 NYS Census: Allen Seaman, age 35 (b. Canada) and employed as a lawyer, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Almina Seaman, age 32 (b. Canada); daughter, Sarah Seaman, age 12 (b. Canada); son, Alden R. Seaman, age 10 (b. Canada); and daughter, Cornelia Seaman, age 8 (b. Canada). Of interest, his next door neighbor was the household headed by David Seaman.
5. Stephen J. Seaman: born about 1822 in Canada West.
1850 US Census: Stephen J. Seaman, age 28 (b. Canada West) and employed as a cabinet maker, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. The household also included his wife, Elizabeth Seaman, age 23 (b. CT); and daughter, Paulina A. Seaman, age 1 (b. NYS).
6. Smith Seaman: Born about 1824 in English-speaking Canada.
1855 NYS Census: Smith Seaman, age 31 (b. Canada) and employed as a salesman, was heading a household in Philadelphia Township, Jefferson County, New York. He had resided in Philadelphia Township for 3 years. The household also included his wife, Clarisa C. Seaman, age 34 (b. Jefferson Co., NY), who had resided in Philadelphia Township for 12 years; son, Walter S. Seaman, age 7 (b. Canada), who had resided in Philadelphia Township for 3 years; son, Dewitt C. Seaman, age 4 (b. Jefferson Co., NY); and daughter, Annis C. Seaman, age 2 months (b. Lewis Co., NY).
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