John Seaman and Catharine Alwein

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Husband John Seaman ^{1 2 3}

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           Born: 19 Sep 1779 - Bern Twp, Berks Co, PA 4
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           Died: 19 May 1868 - near Petersville, Connoquenessing Twp, Butler Co, PA 4
         Buried:  - Zelienople, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA

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         Father: John Seaman (1753-1820) 3
         Mother: Elizabeth Schlabbig (1754-1824) 3

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       Marriage: 10 Jan 1799 5

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Wife Catharine Alwein ⁵

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            AKA: Katherine Allwine 6
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         Father: John Alwein (      -      ) 5
         Mother: Eva [Unk] (      -      ) 5

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Children

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1 M Samuel Seaman ⁵

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         Spouse: Anna M. Spade (      -      ) 5

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2 M Elias Seaman ^{1 7 8}

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           Born: 20 Feb 1812 - Berks Co, PA 6 9
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           Died: 24 Aug 1842 - Harmony, Jackson Twp, Butler Co, PA 9
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         Spouse: Margaret Charlotte Goehring (1814-Aft 1895) 8 10
           Marr: 1834 9

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3 F Lydia Seaman ²

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         Spouse: Francis Heckart (1808-1889) 2
           Marr: 1932 2

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4 F Elizabeth Seaman ⁵

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         Spouse: Philip Heckert (      -      ) 5

         Spouse: Samuel Teets (      -      ) 5

         Spouse: William Ruby (      -      ) 5

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5 M John Seaman ⁵

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6 F Catharine Seaman ⁵

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         Spouse: Nicholas Miller (      -      ) 5

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7 M Daniel Seaman ⁵

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8 F Rachel Seaman ⁵

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9 M Edward Seaman ⁵

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General Notes: Husband - John Seaman

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He was baptized by the Rev. W. Lehman, his sponsors being John Rentschler and Salome Seaman, and had the advantage of a good education. He was a superior penman, writing both German and English; books from his hand containing rules for the solution of problems in higher mathematics as well as books relating to the study of other branches, were known. He followed the profession of surveying and was appointed by the governor as a justice of the peace, there being on record a number of settlements, agreements, and other legal documents which were drawn up under his hand and official seal.
For a time he was engaged in mercantile dealings at Rehrersburg, Pennsylvania, but it is said that he was too generous in extending credit to his neighbors and in endorsing their notes, so that he failed in business. On account of some financial assistance received from his father, probably about this time, a legal document was drawn up in which he renounced all rights, title, claim and interest in his father's estate, a paper on file in the records of the Berks County court at Reading, Pennsylvania. At a later period he repaid every dollar of debt which was incurred in his business misfortunes. After these events John Seaman moved to Upper Paxton, Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, and then to Pillow, Northumberland County, Pennsylvania, but remained only a short time in either place. He then lived for about a year in Clearfield County, Pennsylvania, but did not like the locality, for while wolves were still plentiful in the forests, its greatest disadvantage was that the inhabitants of the region were also rough and "wild." About 1825 he moved to Harmony, Butler County, Pennsylvania, where he made his permanent home. At that period there existed at Harmony a peculiar German communistic organization known as the Harmony Society, of whom Father Rapp was then the spiritual head, and he sent for Mr. Seaman to come to Harmony. When Mr. Seaman arrived there he was employed by the Society, and later became its clerk and trusted agent, remaining so for many years, Father Rapp declaring that he never knew a more honorable man than John Seaman. In connection with this employment he still followed surveying, and was appointed justice of the peace, which office he held until 1860, prospering in his new home, finding contentment and enjoying the respect of the community. While there he wrote to his son Samuel in Dauphin County, Pennsylvania, inviting his son to sell his property and to join him in the new home, urging as a reason better opportunities and better moral conditions in the community. In 1860 he left Harmony and made his home with his daughter, Lydia, wife of Francis Heckert, and there died.

1 —, The History of Allegheny County, Pennsylvania, Part II (Chicago, IL: A. W. Warner & Co., 1889), Pg 661.

2 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 864.

3 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 183.

4 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 184.

5 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 185.

6 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 91.

7 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1095, 1167.

8 John W. Jordan, LL.D., Genealogical and Personal History of Western Pennsylvania (New York: Lewis Historical Publishing Company, 1915), Pg 91, 185.

9 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1095.

10 —, History of Butler County, Pennsylvania (R. C. Brown & Co. Publishers, 1895), Pg 1167.