The Seamons family is descended from John and Joan Semans who were married around 1493 in Buckinghamshire.   John Semans was a wealthy farmer in Weedon, Bucks., although much of his estate passed to his daughter's husband, since his only son predeceased him.  To find out more about the Seamons family see John Seamons' excellent family history page at www.history.seamons.id.au  Thanks are due to John Seamons for much of the information on this page.  

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1 John Semans b: Abt. 1465 Aylesbury, Bucks. d: 1543
  +Joan m: 1493 

       2 John Semans b: Abt. 1495 Weedon, Bucks. d: 1537
          +Margaret  m: 1533

               3 Nicholas Simons b: 1534 d: 1615
                   +Isabella m: January 19th 1570 Hardwicke Church, Bucks.

                       4 Richard Symons b: 1571
                          +Elizabeth Wallis m: 16 October 1600
                       4 Edward (Edmund) Symons b: 1572 d: 1655
                          +Marie Hobcroft m: 21 May 1601 Hardwick, Bucks.

                              5 Helena Symons b: 1605
                              5 Marie Symons b: Abt. 1607
                                 +John Mead m: 20 March 1638/39 Hardwick, Bucks.
                              5 infant Symons b: 1609 d: December 1609
                              5 Dorothea Symons b: 1611
                                 +John Bowden m: 31 May 1640
                              5 Nicholas Symons b: 1614 Weedon, Bucks. d: 1682
                                            +Francisca Collett m: 3 June 1644 Ivinghoe, Bucks.

                                     6 Mary Seamons b: 1645
                                        +John Raynor m: 1672
                                     6 Edmund Seamons b: 1647 d: 1711
                                        +Ruth Crosse m: May 1681
                                     6 Michael Seamons b: 1650 d: 1736 Swanbourne, Bucks.
                                        +Phebe Howe m: 1685
                                     6 John Seamons b: 1653 Hardwick, Bucks. d: 1733
                                        +Sarah Goldney b: 1645 Hardwick, Bucks. m: 1682 Hardwick, Bucks.

                                             7 John Seamons b: 1683 d: 1757
                                                +Mary Watkins m: 1707 Quainton, Bucks.

                                                     8 Mary Seamons
                                                        +Charles Holloway m: 1728
                                                     8 Sarah Seamons
                                                        +Daniel How m: 1732
                                                     8 John Seamons b: Abt. 1714 Hardwick, Bucks.
                                                        +Hester Bowden m: 13 October 1733 Granborough, Bucks.

                                                             9 Joseph Seamons b: Abt. 1745
                                                               +Hester Markham b: Abt. 1754 m: 21 April 1771 Wingrave,
                                                                        Bucks.

                                                                   10 Ann Seamons b: 1776 Hartwell, Bucks. 
                                                                               d: 21 December 1849 Iver, Bucks.
                                                                        +James Woodruff b: Abt. 1772 m: 5 February 1798
                                                                               Hartwell, Bucks. d: 26 January 1820 Iver, Bucks.

Tree continued in Woodruff family tree

                                                                   10 Elizabeth Seamons b: 1778 Hartwell, Bucks.
                                                                        +Richard Fleet b: Abt. 1774 Uxbridge, Middlesex 
                                                                                 m: 30 January 1797 Hartwell, Bucks.

                                                                           11 Joseph Fleet b: 29 August 1808 Iver, Bucks.
                                                                           11 Elizabeth Fleet b: Abt. 1810

                                              7 Michael Seamons b: 1685 d: 1715
                                              7 Joseph Seamons b: 1688 d: 1741
                                                 +Sarah Lucas m: 1717 Cheddington
                                             7 William Seamons b: 1691 d: 1760
                                                 +Elizabeth Wells m: 1722
                                             7 James Seamons b: 1691 d: 1753
                                                 +Elizabeth Grace m: 8 May 1718 Cheddington

                                                      8 Elizabeth Seamons b: 1719 Hardwick, Bucks.  
                                                      8 John Seamons b: 1720 Hardwick, Bucks.  d: 1805
                                                        +Hannah Turpin  m: 26 February 1754 Aylesbury, Bucks.

                                                            9 John Seamons b: 28 July 1754 Hardwick, Bucks.  d: 1817
                                                              +Anne King   

                                                                   10 Henry Seamons b: 1788 Weeden, Bucks.  
                                                                         +Elizabeth Fincher b: 16 June 1792 Weeden, Bucks.  

                                                                           11 Joseph Seamons b: 4 September 1816 Weeden, Bucks.
                                                                                       d: 1900 Michigan, U.S.A.
                                                                               +Mary Ann Williams b: 1811 Weeden, Bucks.  
                                                                                       d: 1898 Michigan, U.S.A.

                                                                                   12 Joseph Seamons b: 1845 Shenley, Bucks.  
                                                                                                d: 1916 Michigan, U.S.A.
                                                                                       +Diana Hannah Elderton b: 31 December 1845
                                                                                               Shenley, Bucks.  d: 1920 Michigan, U.S.A.

                                                             9 Mary Seamons b: 1755 Hardwick, Bucks.  d: Bef. 1761
                                                 9 Mary Seamons b: 1761 Hardwick, Bucks.  
                                                             9 Hannah Seamons b: 1763 Hardwick, Bucks.  
                                                             9 William Seamons b: 1767 Weeden, Bucks.  d: 1831
                                                                       Aylesbury, Bucks.
                                                               +Anne Brooks b: Abt. 1768 m: 4 May 1789 Hardwick, Bucks.

                                                                   10 Elizabeth Seamons b: 1790  
                                                                         +James Watkins b: 1790 Bucks. m: 1833
                                                                   10 Charles Seamons b: 1792 Hardwick, Bucks.  
                                                                                  d: 9 January 1868 Weeden, Bucks.
                                                                   10 Sarah Seamons b: 27 March 1797 Hardwick, Bucks.
                                                                                  d: 11 September 1884
                                                                         +William Judkins  m: 9 August 1820
                                                      10 William Seamons b: 31 December 1798 d: March 1885
                                                                         +Mary Judge  m: 24 April 1832 Hardwick, Bucks.
                                                                    10 John Seamons b: 18 November 1800 Hardwick, Bucks. 
                                                                                d: 27 September 1890 Franklinford, Victoria, Australia
                                                                        +Anna Billington b: Abt. 1809 Dover, Kent
                                                                                    m: 27 September 1826 Hardwick, Bucks.
                                                                                    d: 24 October 1891

                                                                              11 William Seamons b: Abt. 1826 Hardwick, Bucks. 
                                                                                         d: 1915 Australia
                                                                              11 Joseph Seamons b: Abt. 1828 Hardwick, Bucks. 
                                                              11 Mary Anne Seamons b: Abt. 1830 Hardwick, Bucks. 
                                                                              11 Charles Seamons b: 1832 Hardwick, Bucks. 
                                                                              11  James Seamons b: 3 December 1835 Bedford,
                                                                                                Bedfordshire  d: 24 November 1905
                                                                                                Flanklinford, Victoria, Australia
                                                                                   +Elizabeth Ann Roberts b: 7 July 1853 Victoria,
                                                                                                Australia m: 31 January 1871 Inglewood,
                                                                                                Victoria, Australia d: 5 March 1937 Yandoit,
                                                                                                Victoria, Australia

                                                                                          12 Elizabeth Anne Seamons b: 1871 Jarklan,
                                                                                                           Victoria, Australia 
                                                                                               +James Hatt  m: 1898
                                                                                          12  John James Seamons b: 24 May 1873
                                                                                                           Franklinford, Victoria, Australia 
                                                                                                           d: 19 June 1946
                                                                                               +Mary Thomas  m: 1901
                                                                                          12  Joseph Richard Seamons b: 27 May 1876
                                                                                                           Franklinford, Victoria, Australia 
                                                                                                           d: 8 August 1939
                                                                                               +Clara Owen Thomas  m: January 1901
                                                                        12 Edith Emily Seamons b: 6 September 1878
                                                                                                          Franklinford, Victoria, Australia 
                                                                                                          d: 1949 Daylesford, Victoria, Australia
                                                                                               +George Marshall  m: 1898
                                                                        12 Ann Maria Seamons b: 21 December 1881
                                                                                                          Franklinford, Victoria, Australia 
                                                                                                          d: 1972
                                                                                               +Henry George Hall  m: 1905
                                                                         12 Edmund Brookes Seamons b: 1883
                                                                                                           Franklinford, Victoria, Australia 
                                                                                                           d: 15 October 1954 Innisfail,
                                                                                                           Queensland, Australia
                                                                                                +Ethel Grace Marquis Baker b: 1889 Brisbane,
                                                                                                           Australia m: 17 September 1913
                                                                                                           Beerwah, Queensland, Australia

                                                                                 13 Ethel Seamons b: 1914 Beerwah,
                                                                                                                     Queensland, Australia 
                                                                                                          +James Walter Stewart b: 28 March
                                                                                                                      1903 Mungana, Queensland,
                                                                                                                      d: 3 November 1990  Gordonvale,
                                                                                                                      Queensland, Australia

                                                                                                                  14 Living issue

                                                                                           12 William Buckingham Seamons
                                                                                                         b: 31 December 1884 Franklinford,
                                                                                                         Victoria d: 29 November 1964 Ashburton,
                                                                                                         Victoria, Australia
                                                                                                 +Mary Ann Arkley  m: 17 September 1913

                                                                                 13 Robert Frederick Seamons b: 18 July
                                                                                                                1915 Kyabram, Australia 
                                                                                                                d: 14 October 1988 East Melbourne,
                                                                                                                Australia
                                                                                                          +Beryl Anna Toal  m: 22 February 1941
                                                                                                                         Moonee Ponds, Australia

                                                                                           14 Living issue
                                                                                                                       (see www.history.seamons.id.au) 

                                                                                                     13 Gladys Edna Seamons b: 24 July 1917
                                                                                                                        Kyabram, Australia 
                                                                                                         +Gerald William Sexton  m: 9 November
                                                                                                                        1940 Ascot Vale, Australia
                                                                                                     13 Winifred Jean Seamons b: 1919
                                                                                                                        Kyabram, Australia 
                                                                                                          +George Frederick Kellow  

                                                                                           12 Walter Charles Seamons b: 7 August
                                                                                                         1886 Franklinford, Victoria, Australia 
                                                                                                         d: 1972
                                                                                                +Mirth May Sutherland  m: 1914
                                                                                           12 Frances Ellen Seamons b: 20 April 1889
                                                                                                         Franklinford, Victoria  d: 1 July 1969
                                                                                                         Castlemain, Australia
                                                                                                +Henry Matthew Lee  m: 1910
                                                                                            12 Richard Billington Seamons b: 15 May 1891
                                                                                                         Franklinford, Victoria d: 15 January
                                                                                                         1974 Kyabram, Australia
                                                                                                 +Ethel Ramsay  m: 1913
                                                                                            12 Alice Maud Mary Seamons b: 8 October 1893
                                                                                                         Franklinford, Victoria d: 17 April 1963
                                                                                                         Parkville, Australia
                                                                                                  +Benjamin Nickels  m: 1912
                                                                                             12 Albert Edward Seamons b: 21 July 1895
                                                                                                        Franklinford, Victoria d: 31 October 1974
                                                                                                        Castlemain, Australia

                                                                     10 Joseph Seamons b: 1803 Hardwick, Bucks.  d: 1804
                                                                                  Hardwick, Bucks.
                                                                    10 Joseph Seamons b: 29 July 1805  d: 26 October 1888
                                                                                  Weeden, Bucks.
                                                                         +Elizabeth Brazier  m: 1838
                                                       10 Edmund Seamons b: 5 April 1808 Hardwick,
                                                                                   Bucks.  d: 1899 Victoria, Australia
                                                                          +Mary Elizabeth Loader  m: 9 April 1832 Hardwick,
                                                                                   Bucks.
                                                       10 Mary Seamons b: 1811  d: Abt. 1855 Oxfordshire
                                                                          +William Bartlett Barnard b: 1814 Bicester, Oxfordshire
                                                                               m: 16 November 1837 Ellesborough d: 1854 Oxfordshire

                                                                           11 Henry Barnard b: 1 November 1838 Weeden, Bucks.
                                                                                        d: 1894 Gloucester
                                                                                +Mary Ann Wilton b: Abt. 1838 Gloucester  

                                                                   12 William Barnard b: 1862 Gloucester     
                                                                                    12 Clara Hannah Barnard b: 1863 Gloucester  
                                                                                          +William Hamblin b: 1864 Gloucester  

                                                                                             13 Maggie Hamblin b: 1888 Gloucester  
                                                                                             13 Elsie Hamblin b: 1893 Gloucester  

                                                                                    12 Henry Seamons Barnard b: 1868 Gloucester                                                                                      12 Walter Thomas Barnard b: 1870 Gloucester
                                                                                                   d: 1906 Gloucester
                                                                                         +Vinnia Rose Williams b: 1869 Gloucester  

                                                                                             13 Walter Edward Barnard b: 24 August 1892
                                                                                                           Stroud, Gloucs.
                                                                                                   +Edith Maude Gregory b: Abt. 1893  

                                                                                                          14 Pearl Barnard b: 1917 Gloucester  
                                                                                                          14 Laurie Barnard b: 1918 Gloucester  
                                                                                     14 Bruce Jackson Walter Barnard
                                                                                                                        b: 1920 Gloucester  d: 1960
                                                                                                                +Nancy Lorraine Hopkins b: 1917
                                                                                                                        Pontypridd Glamorgan d: 1997
                                                                                                                +Living
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     15 Living issue

                                                                                             13 Arthur Henry Barnard b: 1896 Gloucester  
                                                                          13 William Frederick George Barnard b: 1900
                                                                                                         Gloucester  d: 1902
                                                                                             13 Caple Ernest Victor Barnard b: 1902
                                                                                                          Gloucester d:  1976
                                                                                                  +Theresa Kathleen M. McCabe b: 1904
                                                                                                           d: 1978

                                                                                                          14 Living issue

                                                                                             13 Stanley Wilton Barnard b: 1906 Bristol
                                                                          13 Oliver Barnard b: Abt. 1908
                                                                                             13 Lily Barnard b: 1910

                                                                   12 Arthur George Barnard b: 1873 Hereford  
                                                                                    12 Sarah Mary Barnard b: 1875 Hereford  
                                                                                    12 George Barnard b: 1878 Hereford
                                                                                    12 Florence Barnard b: 1881 Gloucester
                                                                                    12 Charles Barnard b: 1881 Gloucester  
                                                                                    12 Fred Wilton Barnard b: 1885 Gloucester  

                                                            11 William Barnard b: 1841 Oxford  
                                                                           11 Charles Barnard b: 1843 Oxfordshire  
                                                                           11 Edward Barnard b: 1846 Aylesbury, Bucks  
                                                            11 Joseph Barnard b: 1850 Cowley, Oxford  

                                                                   10 James Seamons b: 1814 Hardwick, Bucks.  d: 1878
                                                                        +Harriet Burrell b: 1835 Olney, Bucks. m: 14 October 1858
                                                                                    Waddesdon, Bucks. d: 1862 Hardwick, Bucks.

                                                                            11 Elizabeth Seamons b: 21 January 1862 Waddeson  
                                                                                        d: 1906 Banbury, Oxfordshire

                                                    8  James Seamons b: 1723 Hardwick, Bucks.  
                                           8  Joyce Seamons b: 13 March 1724/25 Hardwick, Bucks.  
                                                      8 Sarah Seamons b: 4 May 1727 Hardwick, Bucks.  
                                                      8 Joseph Seamons b: 1730 Hardwick, Bucks.  

                       4 Nicholas Symons b: 1575
                       4 Daniel Symons b: 1577
                          +? m: 1618
                       4 John Symons b: 1581
                          +Margaret Rawlinson m: 1612
                       4 Steven Symons
                          +Margaret Goodspede m: 7 June 1613 Aylesbury, Bucks.
                       4 Alice Symons
                          +Wooddardes

                              5 Barbara Wooddardes
                              5 Mary Wooddardes

                        4 Quinborough Symons b: 1850
                           +Leavage
                        4 Jane Symons b: 1611
                            +Chandler

               3 John Simons b: 1534 d: 1559
               3 James Simons b: 1535 d: 1559

        2 Joan Semans
           +William Hargat

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