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Note: Adam Seaman was a resident of Rye, NY. His will was dated, Rye, August 25,1757. According to Pelletreau, William S. "Early Wills of Westchester, NY" [Frances P. Harper, New York: 1898] the will of Adam Seaman was dated *May* 25, 1757, proved June 18, 1763 and is on Liber 24. P.136. "Leaves to my five sons Adam, James, Israel, Richard, and Samuel all lands in New York, Connecticutt and elsewhere." Legacies to my 4 daughters, Letitia wife of James Doughty, Jane, Hannah, and Mary. Makes father in law James Pine and Richard Miller executors. According to Davis, Norman in "Westchester Patriarchs..." Adam Seaman "...resided in Northcastle where he was Supervisor 1739, owned fifty acres & grist mill at Sawpit (Port Chester) 1743, had one male slave in 1755 Slave Census.
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