Series 1: Deeds
Sub-series 1.1: New York City
Item 4, April 1763
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land in Ferry Street "in Montgomery Ward" New York City by Thomas Franklin of that city to Willet Seaman of Hempstead.
Item 5, June 2, 1768
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land in Ferry Street "in Montgomery Ward" New York City, by John Burling to Obadiah Seaman.
Biographical note
Obadiah and Willet Seaman were brothers.
Source:
- Seaman, Mary T. "The Seaman Family in America," p. 64.
Item 6, May 10, 1784
Scope and Contents
Lease of land and buildings in Montgomery Ward, New York City (for one year) by Abraham Beekman, physician to Willet Seaman, merchant of New York City.
Item 7, May 11, 1784
Scope and Contents
Sale of land and buildings in Montgomery Ward by Abraham Beekman to Willet Seaman.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
This oversize item is written on parchment.
Sub-series 1.2: Long Island
Item 1, August 31, 1752
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land in Westbury, Long Island, by Nathaniel Seaman to his son Samuel Seaman.
Item 2, December 18, 1753
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land in Hempstead by Samuel Langdon Jr. of Rockway to Samuel Seaman "near Westbury."
Item 3, January 25, 1755
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land "on Hempstead plains and in the Marshes and Beaches on the south side of the necks within the pattent [sic] of Hempstead" by Jacob Seaman to Samuel Seaman, both of Oyster Bay.
Biographical note
Jacob and Samuel Seaman were brothers.
Source:
- Seaman, Mary T. "The Seaman Family in America," p. 43.
Item 35, October 15, 1812
Scope and Contents
Survey of tract of land at the head and on the west side of Hempstead Harbor by James Hegeman for Daniel Hoogland.
Item 34, October 21, 1812
Scope and Contents
Agreement about "premises [at the head and on the west of Hempstead Harbor] between John Cock and Townsend Cock on the first part and Daniel Hoogland on the second part. The Cock men had given Daniel Hoogland two promissory notes for this property, each note for $2875, which had been endorsed by J. & W. Seaman and Company.
Item 36, March 3, 1814
Scope and Contents
Deed from Daniel Hoogland and wife to John Seaman and others.
Item 37, March 5, 1814
Scope and Contents
Indenture from Daniel Hoogland and wife to John Seaman and others.
Sub-series 1.3: Greene County, NY
Item 15, March 10, 1804
Scope and Contents
Bond for land in Athens, Seth Hamilton to John Van Loon.
Item 16, September 17, 1814
Scope and Contents
Deed, Seth Hamilton to Benjamin R. Seaman. "Recorded in the clerk's office in the county of Greene in Liber E of Deeds, pp. 273-275. March 28, 1815."
Item 18, October 27, 1814
Scope and Contents
Articles of agreement between John Seaman and Valentine Seaman of the first part and Seth Hamilton of the county of Greene of the second part regarding the issue of a writ about a lot of land in Athens.
Item 17, December 30, 1814
Scope and Contents
Sheriff's deed for Seth Hamilton's place at Athens.
Sub-series 1.4: Washington County, NY
Item 19, April 28, 1803
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land in Queensbury, Washington County, New York by Enos Curtis to Edward Martindale of Lenox, Massachusetts.
Item 20, September 30, 1803
Scope and Contents
Edward Martindale, of Lenox. "Deed of Mill..." below Glen Falls [New York] to Henry C. Martindale.
Item 21, June 26, 1804
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of Mill below Glen Falls by Edward Martindale to Henry C. Martindale.
Item 9: Columbia County, NY deed, January 21, 1799
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land by Elishama James and Betsey his wife, of Canaan, Columbia County, "merchant" to Caleb Jarrett of the same place.
Item 12: Rensselear County, NY deed, January 1798
Scope and Contents
Lucy Galpin of Lansingburgh to Robert Bowne, merchant of New York. Release to him of a lot of land in Lansingburgh.
Sub-series 1.5: Connecticut
Item 14, October 15, 1802
Scope and Contents
Willet Seaman and Sons. Deed to Michael Godwin, of New Hartford, Connecticut for "certain pieces or parcels of land in New Hartford."
Item 11, August 14, 1810
Scope and Contents
Release and quit claim (for land in Saugatuck, Fairfield County, Connecticut [first mortgaged to Willet Seaman and sons]) by Samuel Pearsall of Fairfield, administrator of the estate of John S. Pearsall of Fairfield, deceased.
Sub-series 1.6: Massachusetts
Item 8, June 22, 1791
Scope and Contents
Deed of sale of land and buildings in Lenox, Massachusetts by Amos Smith to Jabez Brown of Woodbury. This land and buildings finally came into the possession of Willet Seaman, July 2, 1799.
Item 10, 1807-1808, inclusive
Scope and Contents
Copy of the deed of sale of land by Willet Seaman, John Seaman, and Valentine Seaman, "all of New York City, merchants (executors of the estate of their father)" to Jeremiah Lawrence "of Washington, in the county of Berkshire" Massachusetts.
Item 13: Vermont deed, October 21, 1817
Scope and Contents
Deed for lands in Pawlet sold by Elijah Brown of Pawlet to John, Willet, and Benjamin Seaman.
