The record was this: "Married, December 2, 1756, Samuel Seatown and Ruth Smith, both of Andover, by Mr. John Barnard." Miss Abbott, of Andover, is inclined to think that Ruth Smith was a Boxford girl, in spite of the record.

Samuel moved to Amherst a short time after 1744, where his name appears on the tax list in 1760. He was one of the Selectmen of Amherst, and he owned a farm near that city, which farm adjoined the one given to Samuel Stanley and his wife by Peggy Seaton.

Seccomb says Samuel Seaton's name was on a petition in Amherst in 1783; also that he was prominent in church affairs in that city in 1779, and was in trade early in some place in New Hampshire that looks like Hemiplus in our copy, and owned estates in Nashua, Hillsborough county, and in Salisbury, in Merrimack county, New Hampshire, though he lived in Andover at one time.

Samuel Seaton died in Wenham, Essex county, Massachusetts, about the year 1796.

ELIZABETH SEATON, daughter of John and Jane Seaton, was born in Bonny Scotland or the Emerald Isle, was never married, and died when about twenty-one years of age.

JANE SEATON, a sister to the above, was born in the old country, happily lived to be a woman, and was married to John Henderson. They had one child, John Henderson 2d.

CHAPTER XXXIX.

THE CHILDREN OF ANDREW AND JANE (BLAKE) SEATON.

ANDREW SEATON 2D, son of Andrew and Jane Seaton, must have been born in Scotland or Ireland, and made the voyage to America with his father's family. In "New Hampshire State Papers," Vol. XXVII, page 65, is a petition from the inhabitants of Amherst, dated at "Souhegan West No. 3, January ye 27, 1748," signed among others, by Andrew Seeton, Jr.; and in Wyman's "Charlestown Record of Families," he is mentioned as keeping a tavern called Indian Chief Tavern, on what is now the site of Harvard Church, near Charlestown Square. It is also recorded there that he sold some town lots to one Jonathan Bailey, a distiller, in August, 1766, and in 1809 he sold out his holdings and bought other land of Thomas Crown, on Washington street. His wife's maiden name is given as Betsy Gordon.

RICHARD SEATON appears to have been one of the minor children of Andrew and Jane Seaton, who were said to have been partly raised by their stepfather, Joseph Sewler.

SARAH SEATON was probably born in Ireland. She was married to Joseph Chaplin, and raised a family of four children: 1. Joseph 2d; 2. Mary or Mercy; 3. Anna; and 4. Sally. They lived in Londonderry at one time.

ISMENIA SEATON, we have already learned, married her cousin, John Seaton 2d, under whose name may be found the names of her children, who are the best and often the only history of a woman who merges her identity into that of her husband and family.

ELIZABETH SEATON, daughter of Andrew and Jane Seaton, wast born in the old country. She married Richard Kimball. They

lived at Boxford, Mass., for some time, then moved to Rindge. They had seven children: 1. Richard 2d; 2. Andrew; 3. Aaron; 4. Abel; 5. Lemuel; 6. Mercy; and 7. Ismenia.

ANNA SEATON, the youngest child of Andrew and Jane Seaton, was born in 1736. It was this Anna who came so near being drowned when the vessel was wrecked on the Isle of Sable during the twenty-one days' voyage over the Atlantic. When she was found it was supposed that she was dead, and she was laid aside for burial, but the other children took on bitterly to have Anna waked up. Her mother took her into bed with her, breathed into her mouth and did all she could to revive her, and after a while they perceived that her body began to be warm, and at last they succeeded in restoring her to life; but the mother, Jane Blake Seaton, died on the Island of Cancer, as has been told.

Anna was a person remarkable for her religious character, ever manifesting, from her earliest youth, a great regard for serious things and an aversion to everything light and trivial. She lived to become a lovely woman, and married Andrew Nichols. They lived at Newburyport, where he died, after which sad event, Anna went back to Londonderry and taught school. In the course of time she was married to James Donaldson, but it is believed that she died childless.

THE CHILDREN OF JAMES AND ELIZABETH (ROBINSON) SEATON. ELIZABETH SEATON, daughter of James and Elizabeth, was born July 13, 1750, as mentioned in the life sketch of her father. She is said to have married Ebenezer Ellinwood, and to have had two children, John and Phoebe Ellinwood, to whom they gave a farm near Amherst, New Hampshire.

KENNER SEATON, Son of James and Elizabeth, was born in Virginia, March 13, 1753. He was a soldier in the war for American Independence, called the Revolution. He was married at Andover, Massachusetts, to Elizabeth Sliger, who bore him seven. children: 1. Elizabeth; 2. Margaret; 3. Rebecca; 4. George; 5. James Kenner; 6. Sarah; and 7. Richard.

With his family, Kenner Seaton moved to Jefferson county, Kentucky, where he and his sons settled at a place called Seatonville, in which village the post office was named Malott, and where Kenner lived the remainder of his days.

RODHAM SEATON, brother to Kenner, was a very religious man, belonging to the old Baptist Church. He was very strict in keeping the Sabbath day, and it is rather remarkable that he lost his life about 1788 by rupturing a blood-vessel in trying to remove a tree from the road one Sunday morning, the tree having fallen across the road during the previous night.

Rodham Seaton's children were four: two boys, Thomas and Kenner, and as many girls, whose names were Sarah and Elizabeth. Rodham is supposed to have been born about 1757, and consequently to have been about thirty-one years old when he died.

Thomas Washington Seaton, a brother to the above people, was born about 1755, probably in Virginia. From the records in the War Department at Washington, D. C., it appears that he served as a private in Captain Syme's company, Tenth Virginia Regiment, commanded by Colonel Edward Stevens, in the Revolutionary War. He is reported to have enlisted January 6, 1777, for a period of three years, but on the muster-roll of the company for the month of August, 1777, he is reported as "Invilade."

In due course of time, Thomas Washington Seaton married Barby Zinks, either in 1810 or 1811. They lived in Indiana at one time, and had an only son, Peter Seaton. Thomas died in the Hoosier State about 1813, and, some time afterward, Barby (Zinks) Seaton married Joseph Perisho. They resided in Indiana for a few years, then removed to Edgar county, Illinois.

Another ELIZABETH SEATON, a sister to Kenner, Rodham and Thomas, is said to have married Joseph Donaldson who lived and died at Eminence, Indiana. They had two sons and three daughters; Joseph and Jacob were the boys, both of whom are deceased. One of the daughters married John McGinnis, and they live near Eminence, Indiana. Another daughter married a Mr. Shoemaker, and lives near Eminence, a widow.

HOUSEN SEATON was born in Virginia. He married Sarah Kenner Pritchard, who was born in 1768 and died August 15, 1856. Housen built a flatboat in Virginia, probably at Huntington, and took his family down the Ohio river to Louisville, Kentucky. There he engaged in the hat business, but he is reported to have lived near Seatonville for a time. Soon after his trip down the river he died, leaving a widow and six children,-four boys and two girls.

The children of Housen and Sarah Seaton were:

1. JAMES SEATON, born March 27, 1796, at Winchester, Frederick county, Virginia. He married Nancy Wilhite, in Jefferson county, Kentucky, on December 16, 1819. They moved to Bureau county, Illinois, in 1835, and raised ten children. Nancy Wilhite was born July 25, 1801, in Old Virginia, and died in Illinois. James Seaton bought land in the above-named county. and lived there until the day of his death, in 1789. The village of Seatonville is on land formerly owned by James Seaton. children of James and Nancy Seaton will appear later.

The

2. WILLIAM C. SEATON, Son of Housen, was born in Virginia, January 8, 1804. He was twice married, first to Rebecca Stewart, by whom he was presented with four children, as follows: Eleanor Scott Seaton, born November 11, 1825; was married to Jefferson Durley, who is the Circuit Clerk of Putnam county, Illinois. They have one son, Leslie Durley, of Chicago; Sarah K. P. Seaton, born December 24, 1827, married a Burnham, now living in Hennepin, Illinois. Damarius Seaton, born June 9, 1830, married a Kay. She died in Nebraska City, Nebraska, where they made. their home. James Hervey Seaton, born August 24, 1832, died at three years of age.

For his second wife William C. married Ellen Booth, who gave him two children, the first of whom was named James Hervey Seaton, the same as the child before him, who had died. His biography will follow.

The other child of the second wife of William C. Seaton was William Thompson Seaton, who was born February 1, 1839. He is now living at Bonanza, Alaska, unmarried.