When John Gill Seaman was born on 27 June 1854, in Bayport, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States, his father, John Seaman, was 24 and his mother, Margaret Lane, was 23. He married Frances Ann Callen on 12 March 1879, in Bayport, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 2 daughters. He lived in Brookhaven, Brookhaven, Suffolk, New York, United States in 1880 and Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States for about 30 years. He died on 28 May 1934, in Bayport, Islip, Suffolk, New York, United States, at the age of 79, and was buried in Sayville, Islip, Suffolk, 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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