Elizabeth Seaman

F, b. April 1795, d. 23 March 1796
FatherDr. Valentine Seaman b. 2 Mar 1770, d. 27 Jun 1817
MotherAnna Ferris b. 8 Dec 1771, d. 5 Nov 1854
     Elizabeth was born in April 1795 in Manhattan, New York County, New York, at the family home at 90 Beekman Street. She was often called Betsey. Elizabeth died on Wednesday, 23 March 1796 in Manhattan at the family home at 90 Beekman Street at age 11 months as a result of innoculation of a live smallpox virus. She was eleven months of age. She was buried there in Manhattan in the Old Liberty Street Yard.1

Citations

  1. [S899] Eliza Seaman Leggett, Autobiography of Eliza Seaman Leggett



    , Eliza tells of her sister Betsey's burial and that her mother attended meetings there when she was little.