When Samuel Seaman was born on 8 February 1796, in Port Byron, Mentz, Cayuga, New York, United States, his father, Andrew Seaman, was 32 and his mother, Sarah H. Knight, was 27. He married Catherine Van Vleck on 27 August 1818. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 6 daughters. He lived in Mentz, Cayuga, New York, United States for about 5 years and New York, United States in 1870. He died on 4 August 1870, in Port Byron, Mentz, Cayuga, New York, United States, at the age of 74, and was buried in Mount Pleasant Cemetery, Port Byron, Mentz, Cayuga, New York, United States.
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Historical Boundaries 1799: Cayuga, New York, United States
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English: from the Middle English personal name Seman, Semon (Old English Sǣmann, composed of the elements sǣ ‘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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