manifested by perpetuating their lineaments and describing their virtues." An inheritance of wealth may be desirable, but an inheritance of character, an innate tendency toward that which is good and noble which has been intensified by generations of ancestors, who have themselves inherited a love of right and justice, is a dower beyond the ability of some persons to estimate or appreciate. No one who sprang from a noble ancestry is justified in saying, as was once written: "I am a nobody; who are you?” A celebrated judge, long since deceased, used to contend that there was no such thing as bad port wine; while willingly admitting that one sample of his particular favorite wine might be better than another. We are inclined to believe the same of biographies. Any biography is better than none, for what one of God's creatures has done interests others, but we are none of us admirers of gravestone biographies in a family history. Finally, tell us the history of the past and we may at least attempt to prophesy something of the future of a family. If our ancestors sprang from monkeys, as Darwin taught, why may we not expect our descendants to descend to donkeys? If our forbears were students, why may we not hope that we and our children may become scholars if we but direct our energies to that most desirable aim and end in life, especially if Addison was right when he wrote: "Title and ancestry render a good man more illustrious, but an ill one more contemptible." CHAPTER III. The Name Seaton Given to Many Places, 32 CHAPTER IX. John, Second Lord, and William, Master of Seton, George, Third Lord, Master of Seaton, 59 62 63 CHAPTER XVI. Only Child of Henry and Children of George Seaton, 106 CHAPTER XVII. Children of Augustine, 109 CHAPTER XVIII. Asa Seaton and Children of William W. Seaton, 115 123 CHAPTER XX. Children of Willard and Mary Seaton, 131 CHAPTER XXI. Children of Willard and Mary Seaton (continued), 142 143 CHAPTER XXII. Children of Leonard and Polly Seaton, . 149 CHAPTER XXIII. 172 Children of Leonard and Polly Seaton (continued), 161 CHAPTER XXVIII. Child of Andrew P. and Laura A. Seaton, Child of Leonard Jr. and Hattie Seaton, . 176 188 195 204 205 206 CHAPTER XXXI. Only Child of Chauncey E. and Sarah E. Seaton, 208 CHAPTER XXXII. Children of Oren A. and Sadie E. Seaton, . 213 CHAPTER XXXIII. Children of Oren A. and Sadie E. Seaton, . CHAPTER XXXVII. Scotch-Irish Seatons, Children of John and Jane (Edwards) Seaton, 236 240 . 250 253 CHAPTER XXXVIII. Children of John and Jane (Edwards) Seaton, 242 CHAPTER XLIV. Children of John and Rebecca Seaton (continued), 277 CHAPTER XLV. Children of George, son of Kenner Seaton, Children of Richard and Eleanor Seaton, Children of Kenner, son of Richard Jr. Seaton, 278 285 286 CHAPTER XLVI. Children of Samuel and Hannah (Eddy) Seaton, 288 Children of John and Mary E Seaton, 307 . 309 310 310 311 Some Virginia and Tennessee Immigrants to Kansas, 316 WHS More British Seatons, Alexander Seaton and His Posterity, English Seatons in the United States, . CHAPTER LII. English Seatons in the United States, Indiana and Illinois Seatons, A Real Reformer, CHAPTER LIII. Robert Seaton of Scotland and His Descendants, 338 338 Children of Robert Jr. and Ann (Seachrist) Seaton, 339 . CHAPTER LVI. Scotch-Irish Seatons, A Pennsylvania Family of Seatons, CHAPTER LVII. Greene County (Pennsylvania) Seatons, Tennessee Seatons, More Tennessee Seatons, CHAPTER LVIII. New-York-Wisconsin Seatons, Other Seatons, Some Pennsylvania Seatons, Negroes Whose Names are Seaton, 387 |