He married twice. He married MARY ALICE LEWIS November, 1869. (MARY ALICE LEWIS is #15685.) He married ABBY ELLA LEWIS Woodstock, CT, September 9, 1872. (ABBY ELLA LEWIS is #15686.) John
served in the 197th Regt., NY Volunteers during the Civil War. John was assistant cashier of the Nassau National Bank of Brooklyn. (Obit.)
JOHN WHITSON SEAMAN and MARY ALICE LEWIS had the following child:
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ANNA GERTRUDE9 SEAMAN (#15687) was born October 12, 1870. ANNA died 1944
Woodstock, CT, at 73 years of age. She married EDWARD RICE ROLLINS June 17, 1896. (EDWARD RICE
ROLLINS is #15694.) Anna and Edward had a daughter: Elisabeth Rollins, b. October 3, 1905, Bayonne, NJ.
JOHN WHITSON SEAMAN and ABBY ELLA LEWIS had the following children:
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MARY ELIZABETH SEAMAN (#15688) was born October 12, 1876. (Family Bible) MARY died April 13, 1934 at 57 years
of age. Mary graduated from Swarthmore in 1899 and was a teacher of German and Spanish. (records of David Sands Seaman)
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DAVID SANDS SEAMAN (#15689) was born in Brooklyn, NY November 11, 1879. DAVID died August 9, 1954 in
Providence, RI, at 74 years of age. He married ELIZABETH AVERY SWEET Buttonwoods, RI, June
6, 1910. (ELIZABETH AVERY SWEET is #15695.) David and Elizabeth had children: John whitson Seaman, b. March 28, 1911 E. Greenwich, RI, d.
December 25, 1972, David Sands Seaman, Jr., b. October 11, 1912 E. Greenwich, RI, d. about 1994, Avery Seaman, b. July 28, 1923.
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ALICE BOWEN SEAMAN (#15690) was born January 28, 1884. (Family Bible) ALICE died July 17, 1885 at 1 year of
age.
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HENRY LEWIS SEAMAN (#15691) was born November 3, 1887. HENRY died April 19, 1971 Wantagh, Long Island,
NY, at 83 years of age. He married LELLIE MAY KEENHOLTS Nayak, NY, June 19, 1912. (LELLIE
MAY KEENHOLTS is #15696.) Henry and Lellie had children: William Henry Seaman, b. January 10, 1914 Wantagh, NY, Mary Elizabeth Seaman, b.
October 3, 1915. (Carolyn Seaman)