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Jonathan Seaman

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m. Abt 1703

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Name	Jonathan Seaman
Gender	Male
Birth`^?`	Abt 1683	Of New Hempstead, Orange County, New York
Marriage	Abt 1703	[some say 1709] to Elizabeth Denton
Alt Death`^?`	1743	Frederick County, Virginia
Death`^?`	2 Apr 1745	Frederick County, Virginia

Early Land Acquisition in Orange County, VA

Acquisition of Land from Orange County, Virginia Records:

Pages 163-68. 26-27 Oct. 1737. Jost Hite of Orange County and Mary his wife to John Seamon of the Province of New York. Lease and release; for £30 current money. 1,000 acres on the west side of Shinando River joyning unto the land of Benjamin Burden, part of 2,930 acres granted to Jost Hites, 3 Oct. 1734... in Benjamin Burden's line... (signed) Jost Hite. 27 Oct. 1737. Acknowledged by Jost Hite. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 44].

28-29 Sept. 1737 - Jonathan Seaman witnessed a deed between George Robinson and John Pateate and Ann his wife. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 42].

8 Dec. 1737 - Jonathan Seaman witnessed a deed between Thomas Anderson (Jonathan Seaman's father-in-law) and Colbert Anderson (Jonathan Seaman's brother-in-law). [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 2, Dorman, pg. 55].

Pages 16-19. 14-15 May 1740. Thomas Anderson of Orange County, blacksmith, to Colbert Anderson of same. Lease and release; for £50 current money. Half of 542 acres mentioned in a patent 12 Nov. 1735, on the west side of Oppeckan Creek and on Mill Creek about three quarters of a mile below, oposit to the mouth of the Great Spring... corner of Jonathan Seaman... a steep piney hill.. (signed) Tho. Anderson. Wit: Jonathan Seaman, Neill Thompson, Morgan(an). 22 May 1740. Proved by Jonathan Seaman, Neill Thompson and Morgan Morgan. [Orange County Virginia Deed Book 4, Dorman, pg 36].

Jonathan Seamon [b.c. 1703] was living on Thomas Anderson's north half of the 542-acre patent land (Tract 144B, Map 4) by December 1737. [Orange County, VA Deed Book 2, pp. 55,56]. Jonathan was deceased by 11 November 1743 when his wife Elizabeth was appointed Administratrix of his estate, [Frederick Co., VA Court Book 1, p.2] leaving two sons as orphans: Jonas and Jonathan, and two daughters: Phebe and Elizabeth [Frederick County, VA Will Book 1, p.3]. On 6 May 1745, Jonathan (b.1730) purchased the northern half (271 1/2 acres where his father had lived, 8 May 1738) of Thomas Anderson's 1735 patent land containing 542 acres for 20 pounds. His mother, Elizabeth Mitchell, the wife of William Mitchell, released her right of dower as widow of Jonathan Seamon, deceased. [Frederick County, VA Deed Book 1, p.212]

At the request by Jonas Seamon, [son of Jonathan Seaman, Sr], a warrant was issued by the Clerk of the Proprietors Office on 2 August 1750 for a survey of 205-plus acres "where he lives within a survey made for Noah Hampton (Tract 176, Map 4) (60 acres) and bought of Colbert Anderson" adjacent Peter McCain (formerly William Mitchell's) [Joyner, Abstracts Northern Neck Warrants and Surveys, Frederick County, p.138]. The survey was completed on 9 April 1754. He received two Fairfax grants out of the "Hampton Survey": one for the above 205 acres on 6 June 1760 (Tract 176A, Map 4), and the other for 389 acres on 9 June 1760 (Tract 176B). [Source: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/h/a/m/Karl-Hampton/BOOK-0001/0013-0001.html]

1749 - Nov. 13, 14:—Yost Hite sells to John Painter for £24 5s., 125 A. in Fred. Co., adjoining or near Jonathan Seaman. Witnesses, Jasper Measener, John Miller, Gabriel Jones. FC D B 2—38. [Source: The German Element of the Shenandoah Valley in Virginia].