Not the same as Thomas Seaman of Heigham

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Thomas Seamans of Swansea, Massachusetts is not the son of [[Thomas Seaman, Esq., of Heigham Thomas Seaman, Esq., of Heigham] Thomas Seaman] of Heigham, England, and [[Elizabeth Copeland of Yoxford Elizabeth Copeland of Yoxford] Elizabeth Copland] of Yoxford, England.

Wikitree: Thomas Seamans (abt. 1660 - aft. 1727). Profile last modified 15 Oct 2022.

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Parentage

DISPROVEN:

• Thomas Seamans of Swansea, Massachusetts was not the son of Thomas Seaman of Heigham, England, and Elizabeth Copland of Yoxford, England.

The common belief has been that Thomas Seamans of Swansea, Massachusetts was the son of Thomas Seaman of Heigham, England, and Elizabeth Copland of Yoxford, England, and this information has been copied apparently from Ancestry.com and other genealogical websites.

However, recent research on his parentage has revealed that Thomas Seamans of Swansea, Massachusetts is not the son of Thomas Seaman of Heigham, England (1632 - 1700). It is evident that Thomas Seaman of Heigham has a second son named Thomas Seaman (1663 - 1740) who married Mary Norris, daughter of Jeremy Norris, Esquire, so his son, Thomas Seaman died on February 10, 1740, aged 77.

There were two burials of Thomas Seaman (1632 - 1700) and his son, Thomas Seaman (1663 - 1740) together at St. Bartholomew in Heigham, England.

At St. Bartholomew, in Heigham, a tablet on the south wall of the chancel, with colored shield showed a barry wavy of six argent and azure, at the fesse point a crescent gules, Seaman.[2]

"Sacred to the memory of Thomas Seaman, Esqre, who departed this life in ye year of our Lord 1700, aged 68, and lies interred under the stone near this place; and also to the memory of Mr Thos Seaman, second son of the said Thos Seaman, He married Mary the daughter of Jeremy Norris, Esqr, He died Feby the 10th, 1740, aged 77."[2]

Also, a slab at the west end of the nave showed Seaman, impaling, two bars, over a bend (Copland, argent, two bars and a canton gules, over all a bend azure- Bl. Norf. iv. 508. Crest: Seaman.[3]

For, "Thomas Seaman of Heigham, Esqre, Sheriff of ye co. of Norfolk and Citty of Norwich. He married Elizabeth, daughter of John Copland of Yoxford, co. Suffolk, Gent. He had six sons and four daughters, and died August 18th, 1700, in his 68th year."[3]

Thomas Seaman of Heigham's son, Thomas Seaman, who died in 1740, and Thomas Seamans of Swansea, Massachusetts are two different men, so Thomas Seamans of Swansea, Massachusetts is evidently not the son of Thomas Seaman of Heigham, England.

The parentage of Thomas Seamans of Swansea, Massachusetts remains unknown.[4]