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Descendants of Capt. John Seaman of Hempstead, Long Island, NY according to Mary Thomas Seaman: 1928


      672. Mary5 Willets (Mary4 Jackson, James3, Elizabeth2 Seaman, John1) was born March 7, 1720/21 (Source: Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies, (Reprint. Originally published: Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1895), 90.), and died April 26, 1781. She married David Seaman, Jr. April 12, 1737 (Source: (1) Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies, (Reprint. Originally published: Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1895), 90., (2) Seaman, Ardon, A Copy of an Account Written by Jordan Seaman, of Jericho, tracing the family of Seamans descended from Captain John Seaman, of Hempstead., (Privately published 1866)., (3) Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 5:354., (4) Armbruster, Eugene L., Marriages of Long Island Settlers and Allied Families, (Jamaica, NY: Long Island Collection, The Queens Borough Public Library, 1941), vol 3., (5) Frost, Josephine C., The Frost Genealogy, (New York, F. H. Hitchcock, 1912), 46., (6) Seaman, Ardon, Marriages of the Seamans taken from the records of the Town, State, and Church, (NY: privately published, 1866), lists date as April 7, 1737.), son of David Seaman and Temperance Williams. He was born October 15, 1709 (Source: Seaman, Ardon, A Copy of an Account Written by Jordan Seaman, of Jericho, tracing the family of Seamans descended from Captain John Seaman, of Hempstead., (Privately published 1866).), and died Bef. April 25, 1759 in Oyster Bay, Queens [now Nassau] Co., NY (Source: (1) Seaman, Mary Thomas, The Seaman Family in America..., (New York: TA Wright, 1928)., (2) Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 5:354-355.).

Notes for Mary Willets:
Mary (Willits) Seaman received from her grandmother, Abigail (Powell) Willets' estate in 1757, a "great iron pot, one pair of andirons, and my sit, all in her posession. [From: Willett, Albert James, Jr. "The Willett Families of North America" [Southern Historical Press, Easley, SC:1985] p. 436]

More About Mary Willets:
Fact 4: June 12, 1757, ment. in grandmother's will, Abigail Willetts of Hempstead, Queens Co., NY (Source: Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 5:195.)

Notes for David Seaman, Jr.:
Advertisement in the [New York City, NY] Weekly Mercury Feb. 22, 1762: Seaman, David, late of Oyster Bay, Queens Co., NY, dec'd. -- farm in Oyster Bay, about 2 miles from Jericho, for sale; apply to execs., Richard Willets and William, David and Zebulon Seaman.

Advertisement in the [New York City, NY] Weekly Mercury Feb. 20, 1769: Seaman, David, late of Oyster Bay, Queens Co., NY, dec'd. -- farm for sale by execs., Zebulon, William and David Seaman and Richard Willets.

And in the [New York City, NY] Weekly Mercury Feb. 15, 1773: Seaman, Davis [sic] dec'd -- farm in Twp. of Oysterbay, Queens Co., NY, for sale by execs., Zebulon Williams, Richard Willits, William and David Seaman; apply to Zebulon Williams (late Zebulon Seaman), Richard Willits or William Seaman at Jericho, or to David Seaman, at the head of New Slip in NYC.

quotations are from: Scott, Kenneth "Genealogical Data from Colonial New York Newspapers: A consolidation of Articles from The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record" Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1977 p. 84, 137 and 170 respectively.

Page 355.--"I, STEPHEN SOINES, of Westbury, in Hempsted, in Queens County, yeoman, being this 15th day of the 9th month, 1772, very weak in body." My executors may sell all my estate. "I have now a parcel of Skins on hand, to be dressed and made into leather, which said leather my executors are to sell," and put the money at interest for my daughter Phebe till she is 18. I leave to my son John one horse and two cows, when he is of age. I leave to my wife Phebe the rest of personal estate and the use of all lands till my son is of age. But if she marries, my son and daughter are to have the use of the same. When my son is of age, my wife is to have the use of 1/3. I leave to my daughter the right to dwell in the house, and to be supported while she is single. I leave to my son John all my houses, lands, and meadows, except my Plain land in Oyster Bay, and he shall pay my daughter Phebe œ150. Whereas I have purchased 20 acres of Plain land of David Seaman in his Plain lot, and I have paid him one half, but have no deed, my executors are to take a deed and sell the land. I make my brother, William Soines, and my brother-in-law, John Titus, and my uncle, George Youngs, executors.

Witnesses, William Soines, Charles Clement, Samuel Willis.

Codicil. 20 day of 9 month, 1772. All the things left to my wife, are in lieu of dower. (Same witnesses.) Proved, November 19, 1772. (The executors are all Quakers.)

More About David Seaman, Jr.:
Will: March 23, 1759, proved April 25, 1759 (Source: (1) Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 5:354-355, In the name of God, Amen, March 23, 1759. I, DAVID SEAMAN, of Oyster Bay, in Queens County, "being in a poor state of health, and knowing that all men must die and leave this transitory World sooner or later." I leave to my wife Mary her choice of beds, and her choice of my horses, and side saddle and bridle, and my gold shirt sleeve buttons, Also 3 cows. I leave to my eldest son David all my 1/2 of the Plain inclosure which is in company with my brother, Zebulon Seaman, Also 50 acres of Plain land out of my share which lies to the south of the said inclosure, Also my silver-headed cane and mathematical instruments, and all my books and apparell, and he is to pay to his mother œ6 13s. 4d., and to each of his brothers, William, Micah, Robert, and Isaac, the same sum, and the same to his sisters, Mary, Temperance, Rebecca, Abigail, Hannah, and Martha; I also leave to my son David all my right and title to the Hill lot, so called, and the Orchard I have at Jericho, and my woodland between Josiah Robins land and the Plains. My executors may sell all the rest of my estate. Out of the money they are to pay my wife 1/15, To my son Willis 2/15, To my son Micah 2/15, To my son Robert 2/15, To my son Isaac 2/15, and the rest to my 6 daughters, Mary, Temperance, Rebecca, Abigail, Hannah, and Martha. I make my brother, Zebulon Seaman, and my brother in law, Richard Willetts, and my cousin, William Seaman, and my dutiful son, David Seaman, executors. Witnesses, Peter Vandewater, Robert Hubbs, William Parcells. Codicil.--Confirms the will, and leaves to his sons David and Willis his smith shop and tools, and to his wife the use of the estate till sold, and all provisions. March 24, 1759. Witnesses, Robert Seaman, James Townsend. Proved, April 25, 1759., (2) Seaman, Ardon, A Copy of an Account Written by Jordan Seaman, of Jericho, tracing the family of Seamans descended from Captain John Seaman, of Hempstead., (Privately published 1866)., (3) Sawyer, Ray Cowen, 1895- ed., "Index of wills for New York County (New York City) from 1662-1850," New York: Sawyer, 1931, 387, proved Apr. 28, 1759 [other sources say Apr. 25] Liber 21, page 481.)

More About David Seaman and Mary Willets:
Marriage: April 12, 1737 (Source: (1) Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies, (Reprint. Originally published: Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1895), 90., (2) Seaman, Ardon, A Copy of an Account Written by Jordan Seaman, of Jericho, tracing the family of Seamans descended from Captain John Seaman, of Hempstead., (Privately published 1866)., (3) Heritage Books Inc., New York Abstracts of Wills, 1665-1801 (CD #9), (Bowie, MD: Heritage Books, 1997), "CD-ROM," 5:354., (4) Armbruster, Eugene L., Marriages of Long Island Settlers and Allied Families, (Jamaica, NY: Long Island Collection, The Queens Borough Public Library, 1941), vol 3., (5) Frost, Josephine C., The Frost Genealogy, (New York, F. H. Hitchcock, 1912), 46., (6) Seaman, Ardon, Marriages of the Seamans taken from the records of the Town, State, and Church, (NY: privately published, 1866), lists date as April 7, 1737.)
     
Children are listed above under (148) David Seaman, Jr..


      705. Isaac5 Mott (Abigail4 Jackson, Samuel3, Elizabeth2 Seaman, John1) was born May 6, 1743 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 4.), and died Unknown. He married Anne Coles, daughter of Joseph Coles and Freelove Weeks. She died Unknown.

Notes for Isaac Mott:
Isaac [4], the oldest, born Apr. 6, 1743, married Anne Coles, daughter of Joseph and Freelove (Weeks) Coles. Her benevolence was actively exerted to relieve the necessities and sufferings of American prisoners during the Revolution, and she was made the recipient of a table cloth, now cherished by her descendants, which was given her by some officers confined in the Sugar House (for sketch of her life see N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record. Jan. and April, 1905). Isaac Mott died in 1780, leaving issue, Samuel Coles [5], of Sing Sing, Jordan [5], of New York, Jacob Coles [5], of New York, and Jerusha [5].
Of these, Samuel Coles [5], 1). Nov. 19, 1766, drowned Oct. 30. 1839, mar. Mary Leonard [6], who d. Nov. 221, 1826; issue, seven children. of whom Samuel Leonard [6], b. Aug. 16, 1803. d. Mar. 29, 1871, mar. Lavinia, dau. of Rev. George and Jerusha [5] (Mott) Strebeck. Jordan [5], b. Feb. 6, 1768, mar. (1) Elizabeth, dau. of James Ellison of Hempstead (see Allison Family Gen. P. 245), no issue, and (2) Lavinia (Winifred) dau. of James Striker of Striker's Bay, by whom he had seven sons. : Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 4\

Notes for Anne Coles:
Isaac [4], the oldest, born Apr. 6, 1743, married Anne Coles, daughter of Joseph and Freelove (Weeks) Coles. Her benevolence was actively exerted to relieve the necessities and sufferings of American prisoners during the Revolution, and she was made the recipient of a table cloth, now cherished by her descendants, which was given her by some officers confined in the Sugar House (for sketch of her life see N. Y. Gen. & Biog. Record. Jan. and April, 1905). : Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 4\
     
Children of Isaac Mott and Anne Coles are:
  1475 i.   Jordan6 Mott, died Unknown.
  1476 ii.   Jacob Coles Mott, died Unknown.
+ 1477 iii.   Samuel Coles Mott, born November 19, 1766; died October 30, 1839.
+ 1478 iv.   Jerusha Mott, born February 5, 1772; died 1811.


      706. Samuel Jackson5 Mott (Abigail4 Jackson, Samuel3, Elizabeth2 Seaman, John1) was born February 6, 1753 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 4.), and died Abt. 1828 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 4.). He married Glorianna Coles January 25, 1774 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 4.). She died Unknown.

Notes for Samuel Jackson Mott:
Samuel Jackson [4], second son of Jacob [3], born Feb. 6, 1753, lived at North Hempstead, married Glorianna Coles and died about 1828. His children were James [5], Joseph [5], Miriam [5], the wife of John Carpenter, Elizabeth [5], the wife of Charles Kissam, Benjamin [5], Mary [5], the wife of Titus Boerum, Abigail [5], the wife of Timothy Townsend, and Jacob C. [5] : Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 4\

More About Samuel Mott and Glorianna Coles:
Marriage: January 25, 1774 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 4.)
     
Children of Samuel Mott and Glorianna Coles are:
  1479 i.   James6 Mott, died Unknown.
  1480 ii.   Miriam Mott, died Unknown. She married John Carpenter (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.); died Unknown.
  More About John Carpenter and Miriam Mott:
Marriage: (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.)
  1481 iii.   Elizabeth Mott, died Unknown. She married Charles Kissam; died Unknown.
  1482 iv.   Benjamin Mott, died Unknown.
  1483 v.   Mary Mott, died Unknown. She married Titus Boerum (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.); died Unknown.
  More About Titus Boerum and Mary Mott:
Marriage: (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.)
  1484 vi.   Abigail Mott, died Unknown. She married Timothy Townsend (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.); died Unknown.
  More About Timothy Townsend and Abigail Mott:
Marriage: (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.)
  1485 vii.   Jacob C. Mott, died Unknown.
  1486 viii.   Joseph Mott, born February 21, 1776; died Unknown. He married Ann VanCott; died Unknown.


      707. Jacob5 Mott (Abigail4 Jackson, Samuel3, Elizabeth2 Seaman, John1) was born June 30, 1756 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.), and died August 16, 1823 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.). He married Deborah Lawrence (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.). She died Unknown.

Notes for Jacob Mott:
Jacob [4], the third son of Jacob [3], born June 30, 1756, was of New York, and an alderman, married Deborah Lawrence, and died Aug. 16, 1823. He had four sons, William Lawrence [5], grocer, of New York, and the grandfather of Rev. George S. [7] Mott, of Newark. Richard Lawrence [5], of New York, Jacob Lawrence [5], Quaker preacher of Tarrytown (bought in 1826, and occupied, the house there made famous by Irving, in which Ichabod Crane courted Katrina van Tassel), and Jordan Lawrence [5], of New York, the father of the present Jordan L. [6], of Mott Haven. : Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 5\

More About Jacob Mott and Deborah Lawrence:
Marriage: (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.)
     
Children of Jacob Mott and Deborah Lawrence are:
  1487 i.   William Lawrence6 Mott, died Unknown.
  Notes for William Lawrence Mott:
William Lawrence [5], grocer, of New York, and the grandfather of Rev. George S. [7] Mott, of Newark.
: Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 5\

  1488 ii.   Richard Lawrence Mott, died Unknown.
  1489 iii.   Jacob Lawrence Mott, died Unknown.
  Notes for Jacob Lawrence Mott:
Jacob Lawrence [5], Quaker preacher of Tarrytown (bought in 1826, and occupied, the house there made famous by Irving, in which Ichabod Crane courted Katrina van Tassel)...: Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 5\

+ 1490 iv.   Jordan Lawrence Mott, died Unknown.


      708. Richard5 Mott (Abigail4 Jackson, Samuel3, Elizabeth2 Seaman, John1) was born May 9, 1761 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.), and died November 1, 1814 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.).

Notes for Richard Mott:
Richard [4], the fourth son of Jacob [3], born May 9, 1761. was of Roslyn, died Nov. 1, 1814, and had Jacob S. [5], of Roslyn. : Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 5\
     
Children of Richard Mott are:
  1491 i.   Jacob S.6 Mott, died Unknown.
  1492 ii.   Abigail Mott, died Unknown. She married Isaac Kirby (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.); died Unknown.
  More About Isaac Kirby and Abigail Mott:
Marriage: (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.)
  1493 iii.   Elisha S. Mott, died Unknown.
  1494 iv.   Phebe Mott, died Unknown. She married Samuel Kissam (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.); died Unknown.
  More About Samuel Kissam and Phebe Mott:
Marriage: (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.)


      709. Joseph5 Mott (Abigail4 Jackson, Samuel3, Elizabeth2 Seaman, John1) was born August 21, 1763 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.), and died Bef. 1803 (Source: Harris, Edward Doubleday, The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY, (Lancaster, PA: New Era Printing Co., 1906), 5.).

Notes for Joseph Mott:
Joseph [4], the youngest son of Jacob [3], born Aug. 21, 1763, had died before 1803, leaving a minor daughter Phebe [5]. : Harris, Edward Doubleday "The Descendants of Adam Mott of Hempstead, Long Island, NY" [Lancester, PA: The New Era Printing Co., 1906] Revised Edition, p. 5\
     
Child of Joseph Mott is:
  1495 i.   Phebe6 Mott, died Unknown.

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