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Phebe Seaman (Willets)

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Birthplace: Jericho, Oyster Bay, North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York
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Immediate Family:

Daughter of Jacob Willets; Jacob Willets; Hannah Willets and Hannah Willets
Wife of John Titus; Stephen Titus and Elijah Seaman
Mother of Hannah Underhill
Sister of Ann Whitson; Daniel Willets and Samuel Willets

Managed by: Paul Douglas Van Dillen
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Immediate Family

About Phebe Seaman

768. Elijah5 Seaman (Samuel4, Samuel3, Thomas2, John1) was born March 26, 1772 (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"[Compiled by Thomas W. Marshall] [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore,MD:1977] Vol. III p. 496.), and died Unknown. He married Phebe Willets 1803 (Source: (1) Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), vol. 3, p. 496, 506., (2) Armbruster, Eugene L., Marriages of Long Island Settlers and Allied Families, (Jamaica, NY: Long Island Collection, The Queens Borough Public Library, 1941), lists marriage date as "Abt. 1810."), daughter of Jacob Willets and Hannah Powell. She was born Abt. 1775 (Source: Willett, Albert James, Jr., The Willett Families of North America, (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1985), 257.), and died Unknown. 

More About Elijah Seaman:

Fact: 1795, mentioned in maternal grandmother's will, Elizabeth (Coe Pierce ) Birdsall of Queens Co., NY (Source: Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies, (Reprint. Originally published: Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1895), 181.)

Marriage Notes for Elijah Seaman and Phebe Willets:

Hinshaw's Quaker records: "Phebe disowned married outside [the Quaker faith] July 21, 1803; restored October 19, 1809; two children received by request April 15, 1813; two children received by request of Phebe May 18, 1820"

More About Elijah Seaman and Phebe Willets:

Marriage: 1803 (Source: (1) Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), vol. 3, p. 496, 506., (2) Armbruster, Eugene L., Marriages of Long Island Settlers and Allied Families, (Jamaica, NY: Long Island Collection, The Queens Borough Public Library, 1941), lists marriage date as "Abt. 1810.")

Children of Elijah Seaman and Phebe Willets are:

+ 1577 i. Samuel6 Seaman, died Unknown.

	1578	ii.	 	Avis C. Seaman, born June 21, 1806 (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"[Compiled by Thomas W. Marshall] [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore,MD:1977] Vol. III p. 496.); died March 26, 1865. She married James Ferris Birdsall September 24, 1829 in Jerusalem, Hempstead Twp., [Nassau Co.], NY (Source: (1) Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), 3:480,496., (2) Armbruster, Eugene L., Marriages of Long Island Settlers and Allied Families, (Jamaica, NY: Long Island Collection, The Queens Borough Public Library, 1941), vol. 3, date is listed as "about 1830."); died Unknown.

More About Avis C. Seaman:
Fact 5: December 16, 1830, certificate of transfer [Quaker] to New York Meeting from Jericho Meeting (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), 3:480.)

	More About James Birdsall and Avis Seaman:

Marriage: September 24, 1829, Jerusalem, Hempstead Twp., [Nassau Co.], NY (Source: (1) Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), 3:480,496., (2) Armbruster, Eugene L., Marriages of Long Island Settlers and Allied Families, (Jamaica, NY: Long Island Collection, The Queens Borough Public Library, 1941), vol. 3, date is listed as "about 1830.")

+ 1579 iii. Jacob W. Seaman, born November 20, 1809; died October 31, 1879 in Westbury, Long Island, NY.

+ 1580 iv. Hannah W. Seaman, born May 10, 1815 in Jerusalem, Long Island, NY; died December 10, 1888.

	1581	v.	 	Richard W. Seaman, born November 10, 1821 (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade, Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy, (Baltimore: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1991), 3:445.); died February 16, 1890 in Westbury, Long Island, NY (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"[Compiled by Thomas W. Marshall] [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore,MD:1977] Vol. III p. 445 (from Westbury [grave]Stone)). He married (1) Harriet Vredenburgh (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"[Compiled by Thomas W. Marshall] [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore,MD:1977] Vol. III p. 445); died Unknown. He married (2) Emma Jones (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"[Compiled by Thomas W. Marshall] [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore,MD:1977] Vol. III p. 445); died Unknown.

More About Richard Seaman and Harriet Vredenburgh:
Marriage: (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"[Compiled by Thomas W. Marshall] [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore,MD:1977] Vol. III p. 445 )

	More About Richard Seaman and Emma Jones:

Marriage: (Source: Hinshaw, William Wade "Encyclopedia of American Quaker Genealogy"[Compiled by Thomas W. Marshall] [Genealogical Pub. Co., Baltimore,MD:1977] Vol. III p. 445 )


1515. Stephen6 Titus (Stephen5, Mary4 Jackson, John3, Elizabeth2 Seaman, John1) died 1762 (Source: Bunker, Mary Powell, Long Island Genealogies, (Reprint. Originally published: Albany, NY: J. Munsell's Sons, 1895), 106.). He married Phebe Willets, daughter of Jacob Willets and Hannah Powell. She was born Abt. 1775 (Source: Willett, Albert James, Jr., The Willett Families of North America, (Easley, SC: Southern Historical Press, 1985), 257.), and died Unknown.

Marriage Notes for Stephen Titus and Phebe Willets:

Stephen and Phebe (Willets) Titus of Washington, Dutchess Co., NY. When daughter, Hannah, was married in Jericho in 1812 her parents were "late of Washington, Dutchess County, NY." [from: Frost, Josephine C., Underhill Genealogy vol. 2-3, ([New York?] Published privately by M.C. Taylor in the interests of the Underhill Society of America, 1932), 2:298]

Children of Stephen Titus and Phebe Willets are:

+ 2455 i. Hannah7 Titus, born 1786; died December 13, 1849.

+ 2456 ii. Samuel Titus, born 1788; died Unknown.

+ 2457 iii. Stephen W. Titus, born November 7, 1792; died March 28, 1876.

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Phebe Seaman's Timeline

1775
1775
Jericho, Oyster Bay, North Hempstead, Nassau County, New York
1786
1786
Washington, Dutchess, New York
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