Captain John Seaman

 John Seaman emigrated to America with the Winthrop's Fleet in 1630. He was one of the original purchasers of the town of Stamford, Connecticut, where he settled in 1641. During the Pequod War in 1646, he was given to be command of one of the companies.

He was one of the 62 original signers of the Hempstead compact of land, and in 1647 he settled in Hempstead, New York where he became one of the most prominent men for half a century.

In 1665, he became Captain of Queen County Troop Province of New York, and served on a Grand Jury in Hempstead.

After obtaining the patent for the area from the Massapequa Indians, he oversaw the creation of Jerusalem South, the first European name given to the town which was to become Seaford where he founded. It was also widely referred to as Seaman's Neck.

In 1644, he built a house nicknamed "Cherrywood" on the intersection of Jerusalem and Wantagh Avenues in Jerusalem where he was a pioneer settler and patentee of Hempstead Purchase.

He was a staunch defender of religious liberty. He moved to Hempstead where he died. Captain John Seaman was twice married. He married first in 1644, Elizabeth Strickland. Captain John and Elizabeth had four sons and one daughter. Seaman’s second wife was Martha Moore.  They had four sons and seven daughters

He was interred at Seaman Family Burying Ground in Hempstead that was obliterated some years later. His body and gravesite are lost, but his descendants are still going on.

 

Sources:

“Capt. John Seaman (1613-1695).” Find a Grave, https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/136406587/john-seaman

“John Seaman.” WikiTree, 22 Dec. 2022, https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Seaman-10