Person:Richard Seaman (6)

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Richard Jackson Seaman
b.12 Oct 1806
d.11 Aug 1857
Parents and Siblings
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m. 21 Jan 1789
  1. Jordan Seaman1790 -
  2. Jane (1) Seaman1792 - 1793
  3. Alanson Seaman1793 - 1865
  4. Rosetta Seaman1796 - 1824
  5. Henry Seaman1798 - 1820
  6. Jacob Seaman1799 - 1839
  7. Jane C. (2) Seaman1804 -
  8. Richard Jackson Seaman1806 - 1857
  9. Thomas Seaman1808 - 1856
  10. Alexander Warren SeamanAbt 1810 - 1844
  11. Mary Almy Seaman1817 - 1838
Spouse and Children
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  • H.  Richard Jackson Seaman1806 - 1857
  • W.  Ann L. Duryea1808 - 1854
m. 9 Apr 1828
  1. Caroline Elisabeth Seaman1829 -
  2. Thomas SeamanAbt 1838 -
  3. Alanson SeamanAbt 1840 -
  4. Jane SeamanAbt 1840 -
  5. Emily SeamanAbt 1845 -
  6. Warren SeamanAbt 1848 -
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Facts and Events
Name Richard Jackson Seaman
Gender Male
Alt Birth? 4 Nov 1805
Birth[1] 12 Oct 1806
Marriage 9 Apr 1828 South Hempstead, Queens Co., New York, United StatesChrist's Presbyterian Church
to Ann L. Duryea
Death[2] 11 Aug 1857
Burial? Jackson Family Graveyard, Wantagh, Nassau, New York, United States

Page 161 of "Long Island Genealogies" by Mrs. Mary Powell Bunker says that Richard was born 12 Oct 1806 and died 12 Aug 1857.
The photo of his tombstone at Find-a-Grave shows an inscription "In Memory of Richard J. Seaman, Died Aug 11, 1857, aged 51y, 9mo, 7d"
A transcription of the cemetery is on "Cemeteries of Old Wantagh" which records that Richard "died 11 Aug 1852 (sic), age 51yrs, 9 mths, 7dy"
Calculation using the data from the tombstone photo gives us a birth date of 4 Nov 1805.

1850 Census Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings Co., New York
Richard Seaman 45 M Butcher NY (abt 1805)
Ann Seaman 43 F NY
Thomas Seaman 12 M NY
Jane Seaman 10? F NY
Alanson Seaman 10 M NY
Emily Seaman 5 F NY
George W. Seaman 2 M NY (Warren)

References
  1. ↑ Bunker, Mary Powell. Long Island Genealogies. (Albany, New York, United States: Joel Munsell's Sons, 1895)
    161.
  2. ↑ Memorial# 19251190, in Find A Grave.

    Photo available

    The photo of his tombstone at Find-a-Grave shows an inscription "In Memory of Richard J. Seaman, Died Aug 11, 1857, aged 51y, 9mo, 7d" Alt birth date calculated from this information.

  3.   United States. 1850 U.S. Census Population Schedule. (National Archives Microfilm Publication M432)
    Brooklyn Ward 8, Kings Co., New York.
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