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John Seamans

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In brief

Born January 17, 1695[1696], in Swansea, Massachusetts. He married August 22, 1718, in Swansea, Massachusetts. He died February 9, 1791.

Family

Father
Thomas Seamans
Mother
Susannah Salisbury
Spouse
Priscilla Wood
m. 1718

Children

  • William Seamans
    b. January 1720, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Elizabeth Reed
    d. September 5, 1792, in Scituate, Rhode Island
  • Susannah Seamans
    b. August 16, 1723, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. James Round, July 16, 1741
  • Penelope Seamans
    b. March 1725, in Swansea, Massachusetts
  • John Seamans · in this line
    b. October 4, 1728, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Patience Hopkins
    d. May 10, 1813, in Clarendon, Vermont
  • Priscilla Seamans
    b. July 15, 1731, in Swansea, Massachusetts
  • Tabitha Seamans
    b. December 4, 1733, in Swansea, Massachusetts
  • Anna Seamans
    b. January 19, 1735, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Zebedee Hopkins, December 11, 1757, in Scituate, Rhode Island
  • Lydia Seamans
    b. January 19, 1737, in Swansea, Massachusetts
  • Benjamin Seamans
    b. June 26, 1740, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Elizabeth Hammond, April 19, 1759, in Scituate, Rhode Island
    d. May 8, 1829, in Ashford, Connecticut
  • Daniel Seamans
    b. December 8, 1742, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Zilpha Hines, June 18, 1762, in Scituate, Rhode Island
    d. May 19, 1802, in Scituate, Rhode Island

Siblings

  • Susannah Seamans
    b. April 23, 1692, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Elisha Bowen, September 16, 1714, in Rehoboth, Massachusetts
  • Thomas Seamans
    b. November 25, 1693, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Mary Pierce, January 12, 1716
  • Mary Seamans
    b. January 1697, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. John Round, July 14, 1721, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    d. October 24, 1752, in Scituate, Massachusetts
  • James Seamans
    b. January 28, 1699, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Tabitha Wood sister of Priscilla Wood (2024), January 1723, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    d. June 7, 1757, in Scituate, Rhode Island
  • Charles Seamans
    b. September 1700, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Hannah Mason Bowen, February 14, 1730
    d. June 4, 1771, in Sackville, Nova Scotia, Canada
  • Gilbert Seamans
    b. November 29, 1706, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Mary Bowen, July 13, 1730, in Swansea Massachusetts
  • Rosamond Seamans
    b. December 18, 1709, in Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Ephraim Salisbury in 1731
  • Nathan Seamans
    b. Swansea, Massachusetts
    m. Judith ____
  • Hannah Seamans
    b. January 1711
  • Josiah Seamans

Life story

Providing for His Sons

John Seamans was born January 17, 1696, in Swansea, Massachusetts, and married there in 1718 before moving his family to Scituate, Rhode Island, around 1743 and later to Foster, Rhode Island. Over two decades, from 1748 to 1768, John methodically deeded property in Scituate to each of his sons — William, John, Benjamin, and Daniel — as they came of age. He died February 9, 1791, at around ninety-five years old.

Sources (2)
  1. John Julian Lawton, The Seamans Family in America (Syracuse, New York: Charles Seamans Brown, 1933).
  2. Bertha W. Clark, John Wood of Rhode Island (Crete, Illinois: Bertha W. Clark, 1966); image copy, Ancestry, (https://www.ancestry.com/imageviewer/collections/28334/images/dvm_GenMono007787-00001-0 : accessed 24 August 2026).
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