Elizabeth Seaman

Brief Life History of Elizabeth

When Elizabeth Seaman was born on 7 June 1733, in Hempstead, Queens, New York, United States, her father, Joseph Seaman, was 28 and her mother, Sarah Jane Bartow, was 27. She married Peter Parker Sr on 10 February 1757, in New Jersey, British Colonial America. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 2 daughters. She died in 1808, in Burlington, New Jersey, United States, at the age of 75, and was buried in Tuckerton, Ocean, New Jersey, United States.

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Family Time Line

Peter Parker Sr
1733–1815
Elizabeth Seaman
1733–1808
Marriage: 10 February 1757
Hannah Parker
1759–1835
Thomas Parker
1760–
Joseph Parker
1761–1845
Rachel Parker
1770–1848
Peter Parker Jr
1772–1861

Sources (3)

  • Elizabeth Parker, "Find A Grave Index"
  • Elizabeth Parker in entry for Peter Parker, "New Jersey Deaths and Burials, 1720-1988"
  • 93 Joseph Seaman in "The Seaman family in America as descended from Captain John Seaman of Hempstead, Long Island" by Mary Thomas Seaman

World Events (4)

1775

During the six-year Revolutionary war, more of the fights took place in New Jersey than any other colony. Over 296 engagements between opposing forces were recorded. One of the largest conflicts of the entire war took place between Morristown and Middlebrook, referred to as the "Ten Crucial Days" and remembered by the famous phrase "the times that try men's souls". The revolution won some of their most desperately needed victories during this time.

1776

Thomas Jefferson's American Declaration of Independence endorsed by Congress. Colonies declare independence.

1791

Bill of Rights guarantees individual freedom.

Name Meaning

English: from the Middle English personal name Seman, Semon (Old English Sǣmann, composed of the elements ‘sea’ + mann ‘man’). The surname may have become confused with variants of Simon .

English: occasionally perhaps an occupational name for a sailor, from Middle English seman ‘sailor’ (Old English sǣmann), but the most common source of the name is 1.

Americanized form of German and Jewish (Ashkenazic) Seemann .

Dictionary of American Family Names © Patrick Hanks 2003, 2006.

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