The Ancestors and Relatives of William Addams Reitwiesner
Part CXX
The Descendants of Benjamin Seaman and Elizabeth Mott



Descendants of Benjamin Seaman and Elizabeth Mott
                   
1. BENJAMIN SEAMAN, b. Westbury, L. I., N. Y., 19 Dec. 1719, d. ... [will dated 4 Aug. 1785, proved 26 Sept. 1785], buried Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, son of Benjamin Seaman and of Jane Mott,
m. Great Neck, L. I., N. Y., ... 1743
ELIZABETH MOTT, b. Westbury, L. I., N. Y., ... 1720, d. New York, N. Y., 7 Sept. 1781, dau. of Adam Mott and of Elizabeth Mott.
Issue (surname Seaman):
2 a. Mary, b. ... 1743, d. ... .
3 b. Edmund, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1745, d. ... 1828.
c. Elizabeth, b. ... 1747, d. ... 1748.
d. Benjamin, b. ... 1749, d. ... 1750.
4 e. Richard, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1751, d. ... .
5 f. Jane, b. ... 1754, d. St. John, N. B., ... 1802.
6 g. Benjamin, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1756, d. ... .
7 h. John, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1758, d. ... .
8 i. Elizabeth, b. ... 1759, d. ... .
9 j. Henry, b. Staten Island, N. Y., 21 March 1761, d. ... 28 Feb. 1799.
10 k. William, b. Staten Island, N. Y., 7 Aug. 1764, d. New York, N. Y., 14 Dec. 1835.



Generation II


2. Mary Seaman, b. ... 1743, d. ... , dau. of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. ... , N. Y., 6 Aug. 1759, Paul Micheaux, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Micheaux and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


3. Edmund Seaman, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1745, d. ... 1828, son of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. (1) ... 24 Dec. 1768, Elizabeth Zabriskie, b. ... , d. ... 27 Jan.1774, dau. of ... Zabriskie and of ... ,
m. (2) ... , Hester Van Ranst, b. ... [bapt. Dutch Church, New York, N. Y., 23 Jan. 1754], d. ... , dau. of Cornelius Van Ranst and of Cornelia Canon.
For issue, see Part CCXLVII.


4. Richard Seaman, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1751, d. ... , son of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. ... , N. Y., 19 Dec. 1770, Elizabeth Cortelyou, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of Aaron Cortelyou and of Elizabeth Androvet.
Issue (surname Seaman):
a. Jane, b. ... 1771, d. ... .
b. Aaron, b. ... 1773, d. ... .
11 c. Benjamin Richard, b. Elizabeth, N. J., 15 Jan. 1776, d. ... 26 May 1844.
d. Eliza, b. ... 1779, d. ... .
e. Mary, b. ... 1781, d. ... .
f. Marie, b. ... 1784, d. ... .
g. Susan, b. ... 1787, d. ... 1811.


5. Jane Seaman, b. ... 1754, d. St. John, N. B., ... 1802, dau. of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. ... , N. Y., 11 Feb. 1773, as his second wife, Col. Christopher Billopp, b. ... 1737, d. ... 28 March 1827 [he had m. (1) ... , Sarah Leonard, b. ... , d. ... ], son of ... Billopp and of ... .
For issue, see Part CCXLV.


6. Benjamin Seaman, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1756, d. ... , son of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. ... , Catherine Billopp, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of Christopher Billopp and of Sarah Leonard.
Issue (surname Seaman):
a. George, b. ... , d. ... .
b. Catherine, b. ... , d. ... .


7. John Seaman, b. Staten Island, N. Y., ... 1758, d. ... , son of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. Staten Island, N. Y., 19 Oct. 1803, Rebecca Benson, b. ... [ca. 1775], d. Tompkinville, Staten Island, N. Y., 7 Nov. 1845, dau. of ... Benson and of ... .
Issue (surname Seaman):
a. Mary, b. ... , d. ... .
b. Elizabeth, b. ... , d. ... .
12 c. Katherine Kortright, b. ... 3 Jan. 1810, d. ... 7 Aug. 1866.
13 d. Rebecca, b. ... , d. ... .
14 e. Harriet Ann, b. ... , d. ... .
15 f. Edmond, b. ... , d. ... .
g. Christopher, b. ... , d. ... .
h. John, b. ... , d. ... .


8. Elizabeth Seaman, b. ... 1759, d. ... , dau. of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. ... , N. Y., 26 Oct. 1781, Robert Stewart, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Stewart and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


9. Henry Seaman, b. Staten Island, N. Y., 21 March 1761, d. ... 28 Feb. 1799, son of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. ... 1784, Sarah Billopp, b. ... 6 Dec. 1765, d. ... 1811, dau. of Christopher Billopp and of Frances Willett.
For issue, see Part CXXII.


10. William Seaman, b. Staten Island, N. Y., 7 Aug. 1764, d. New York, N. Y., 14 Dec. 1835, son of Benjamin Seaman and of Elizabeth Mott [number 1],
m. Digby, Annapolis County, Nova Scotia, 24 March 1788, Elizabeth Brewerton Benson, b. Staten Island, N. Y., 11 Jan. 1771, d. New York, N. Y., 13 Aug. 1840, dau. of Christopher Benson and of Mary Brewerton.
For issue, see Part LX.



Generation III


11. Benjamin Richard Seaman, b. Elizabeth, N. J., 15 Jan. 1776, d. ... 26 May 1844, son of Richard Seaman [number 4] and of Elizabeth Cortelyou,
m. ... 1803, Catherine Johanna Provoost, b. ... 23 Aug. 1783, d. ... , dau. of James Provoost and of Anna Bowne.
Issue (surname Seaman):
a. Catherine Maria, b. ... , d. ... .
b. Anna Jane, b. ... 1811, d. ... 1882.
16 c. George Cummins Thomas, b. Elizabeth, N. J., 27 Sept. 1817, d. ... 8 Jan. 1903.
d. Richard, b. ... 1820, d. ... 1858.
e. James Provoost, b. Elizabeth, N. J., 19 Aug. 1821, d. ... 1849.


12. Katherine Kortright Seaman, b. ... 3 Jan. 1810, d. ... 7 Aug. 1866, dau. of John Seaman [number 7] and of Rebecca Benson,
m. Tompkinville, Staten Island, N. Y., 13 July 1835, Rev. Thomas Mallaby, b. ... 24 Oct. 1811, d. ... 4 April 1880, son of ... Mallaby and of ... .
Issue (surname Mallaby):
a. Kate, b. ... , d. ... .
17 b. Seaman John, b. Madison, N. J., 21 March 1844, d. ... 30 Dec. 1914.
c. Frank B ... , b. ... , d. ... .
d. Fanny, b. ... , d. ... .
e. Thomas, b. ... 1842, d. ... 20 Oct. 1866.


13. Rebecca Seaman, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of John Seaman [number 7] and of Rebecca Benson,
m. ... , Capt. Frank Mallaby, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Mallaby and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


14. Harriet Ann Seaman, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of John Seaman [number 7] and of Rebecca Benson,
m. Tompkinville, Staten Island, N. Y., 20 Oct. 1842, Seth Geer, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Geer and of ... .
Issue (surname Geer):
18 a. Mary, b. ... , d. ... .
b. William, b. ... , d. ... .
19 c. Whiting, b. ... , d. ... .


15. Edmond Seaman, b. ... , d. ... , son of John Seaman [number 7] and of Rebecca Benson,
m. ... , Emeline Geer, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Geer and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.



Generation IV


16. George Cummins Thomas Seaman, b. Elizabeth, N. J., 27 Sept. 1817, d. ... 8 Jan. 1903, son of Benjamin Richard Seaman [number 11] and of Catherine Johanna Provoost,
m. New York, N. Y., 6 June 1851, Caroline Hamilton Bleecker, b. New York, N. Y., 22 Sept. 1823, d. Elizabeth, N. J., 27 July 1879, dau. of Alexander Noel Bleecker and of Frances Wade.
Issue (surname Seaman):
a. Catherine Provoost, b. ... 1852, d. ... [infancy].
b. Fannie Bleecker, b. ... 3 July 1853, d. ... .
20 c. William Bleecker, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 29 March 1855, d. ... 29 March 1907.
21 d. George Provoost, b. ... 13 April 1857, d. ... 1911.
e. Bleecker, b. ... 1859, d. New York, N. Y., 27 Sept. 1860.
22 f. Benjamin Richard, b. ... 13 Aug. 1860, d. ... .


17. Seaman John Mallaby, b. Madison, N. J., 21 March 1844, d. ... 30 Dec. 1914, son of Rev Thomas Mallaby and of Katherine Kortright Seaman [number 12],
m. New York, N. Y., 30 June 1875, Cornelia Bleecker, b. New York, N. Y., 26 Jan. 1852, d. ... 1 Oct. 1928, dau. of Anthony Lispenard Bleecker and of Sarah Bache.
Issue (surname Mallaby):
23 a. Francis Bleecker, b. ... , N. J., 13 Dec. 1876, d. Elizabeth, N. J., 7 May 1947.
b. Thomas Kortright, b. ... 16 Oct. 1879, d. ... .
c. Cornelia Bleecker, b. ... 1881, d. Clifton, Staten Island, N. Y., 25 July 1882.


18. Mary Geer, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of Seth Geer and of Harriet Ann Seaman [number 14],
m. ... , Washington Dill, b. ... , d. ... , son of ... Dill and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


19. Whiting Geer, b. ... , d. ... , son of Seth Geer and of Harriet Ann Seaman [number 14],
m. ... , ... Williams, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Williams and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.



Generation V


20. William Bleecker Seaman, b. Brooklyn, N. Y., 29 March 1855, d. ... 29 March 1907, son of George Cummins Thomas Seaman [number 16] and of Caroline Hamilton Bleecker,
m. ... 1879, Jane Caldwell, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of ... Caldwell and of ... .
Issue, if any, unknown.


21. George Provoost Seaman, b. ... 13 April 1857, d. ... 1911, son of George Cummins Thomas Seaman [number 16] and of Caroline Hamilton Bleecker,
m. ... 18 April 1888, Mary Louise Brown, b. ... , d. ... , dau. of T ... Y ... Brown and of ... .
Issue (surname Seaman):
a. Katharine Walton, b. ... 4 June 1892, d. ... .
b. Bleecker Noel Provoost, b. ... 17 July 1896, d. Alexandria, Va., ... May 1970.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.


22. Benjamin Richard Seaman, b. ... 13 Aug. 1860, d. ... , son of George Cummins Thomas Seaman [number 16] and of Caroline Hamilton Bleecker,
m. ... 18 April 1894, Mary Elaine Underhill, b. ... 30 Dec. 1862, d. ... , dau. of ... Underhill and of ... .
Issue (surname Seaman):
a. Julian Austin Lord, b. ... , d. ... .
b. Frances Underhill, b. ... , d. ... .
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.


23. Francis Bleecker Mallaby, b. ... 13 Dec. 1876, d. Elizabeth, N. J., 7 May 1947, son of Seaman John Mallaby [number 17] and of Cornelia Bleecker,
m. Elizabeth, N. J., 21 March 1901, Edith VanDyke Fryatt, b. Waterbury, Conn., 10 May 1876, d. Newark, N. J., 6 Oct. 1951, dau. of ... Fryatt and of ... .
Issue (surname Mallaby):
a. Edith Noel, b. ... 24 Dec. 1901, d. Hackensack, N. J., 25 June 1969.
b. Margaret Noel Bleecker, b. ... 27 July 1907, d. Cleveland, Ohio, 27 Aug. 1991.
Married. Details of marriage and issue suppressed.
c. Frances, b. ... , d. ... .









EXTRACTS from the U.S. FEDERAL DECENNIAL CENSUS


The spellings of the names are as found in the census schedules.


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NOTES






1 -- Judge Benjamin Seaman was one of the original United Empire Loyalists. As such, all of his descandants can affix the initials U.E. to their names.

For further details, see (for example) the website of The United Empire Loyalists' Association of Canada at http://www.uelac.org.






























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