Smith and Young Families of northern Rhode Island




Seamans Family




The information on the Seamans Family on this page (up to Jeremiah Seamans) comes primarily
from "The Seamans Family in America" by John Lawton, 1933, Syracuse, New York. Descendants
of the Seamans Family in Rhode Island sometimes used the surname "Simmons".







Thomas¹ Seamans

b. Abt. 1660? in Chilton,England?
m. in 1687 in Swansea, Mass.    Susannah Salisbury     b. April 27, 1662 in Mass.?     d. ? in Swansea, Mass.?
d. ? in Swansea, Mass.?

Thomas was a carpenter and a school teacher. He was a member of the early Baptist Church at Swansea.
His wife Susannah was the daughter of William Salisbury, who was killed by some of King Phillip's
native warriors during Phillip's attack on Swansea, Mass. in June 1675. Susannah survived King Phillip's
War, but her brother John was also killed in June 1675.


children:

Susannah² Seamans (1692 - ?)
Thomas² Seamans (1693 - ?)
John² Seamans (1695/6 - 1791?)
Mary² Seamans (1697/8 - 1752)
***James² Seamans (1699 - 1757)
Charles² Seamans (1700 - 1771)
Gilbert² Seamans (1706 - ?)
Rosamond² Seamans (1709 - ?)
Nathan² Seamans (? - ?)
Hannah² Seamans (1711/12 - ?)
Josiah² Seamans (? - ?)





***James² Seamans (Thomas¹)

b. January 28, 1699 in Swansea, Mass.
m. January 16, 1723/24 in Swansea, Mass.    Tabitha Wood    b. March 21, 1705 in Swansea, Mass.    d. Aft. 1757 in Swansea, Mass.
d. June 7, 1757 in Scituate, R.I.

James was a carpenter who grew up and lived in Swansea, Mass. He moved his family to Scituate, R.I.
from 1740 to 1746 along with his brothers Thomas and John and their families. The descendants of
James and his brothers lived in Scituate and Foster, R.I. and were one of the major families there.


children:

Freelove³ Seamans (1724 - ?)
Naomi³ Seamans (1725 - ?)
***Jonathan³ Seamans
Mary³ Seamans (1730 - ?)
James³ Seamans (1732 - 1781?)
Hannah³ Seamans (1735- ?)
Tabitha³ Seamans (1741 - ?)
Ruth³ Seamans (1743 - ?)
Thomas³ Seamans (1746 - 1824)
Caleb³ Seamans (1748 - 1793)
Susannah³ Seamans (1750 - ?)
Noah³ Seamans (1752 - ?)





***Jonathan³ Seamans (James², Thomas¹)

b. October 7, 1727 in Swansea, Mass.
m. ? in Scituate, R.I.?    Lois Eastman    b. 1736 in R.I.?     d. April 12, 1810 in Foster, R.I.?
d. December 4, 1807 in Foster, R.I.
burial: unknown

Jonathan was a farmer in Scituate and Foster, R.I.


children:

Simeon⁴ Seamans (1754 - 1798?)
Caleb⁴ Seamans (1760 - 1848?)
Jonathan⁴ Seamans (1762 - 1858?)
***Jeremiah⁴ Seamans
Lois⁴ Seamans (1770 - 1828?)
William⁴ Seamans (1772 - 1846?)





***Jeremiah⁴ Seamans (Jonathan³, James², Thomas¹)

b. 1766 in Scituate, R.I.
m. ?    Waity ( ? ) Davis     b. ?    d. ? in Foster, R.I.?
d. June 28, 1813 in Foster, R.I.
burial: Foster, R.I.?

Jeremiah was a Laborer in Foster, R.I.


children:
***Susan⁵ Rebecca Seamans
Lucy⁵ Seamans (? - ?)
Jeremiah⁵ Seamans (? - ?)
Otis⁵ Seamans (1806 - ?)
Halsey⁵ Seamans (1808 - 1876)
Russel⁵ Seamans (? - ?)





***Susan⁵ Rebecca Seamans (Jeremiah⁴, Jonathan³, James², Thomas¹)

b. Aft. 1800 in Scituate, R.I.?
m. February 18, 1821 in Scituate, R.I.    James Young     b. July 6, 1793 in Glocester, R.I.    d. August 27, 1849 in Greenfield, PA?
d. Aft. 1850 in Pennsylvania?
burial: Pennsylvania?

Susan grew up in Scituate or Foster, R.I. After marrying James Young, Susan helped raise her family
in Scituate, R.I. and later moved with James to Pennsylvania in the early 1830's. After James
died in 1849, Susan remained with some of her children in Pennsylvania.


children:
***George⁶ Nelson Young (1821 - 1866)
James⁶ Young (Abt. 1823 - ?)
Stephen⁶ D. Young (Abt. 1825 - ?)
Andrew⁶ J. Young (Abt. 1829 - ?)
Emeline⁶ J. Young (1832 - 1861?)
Lucinda⁶ Young (Abt. 1838 - ?)











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