Family Reunions: The Seaman Family

Family Reunions: The Seaman Family

Source: Morton Montgomery, p. 320

Surnames: SEAMAN, KLEIN, BECKER

The Association of Descendants of Johan Ludwig Seaman was
formed in 1903, and held its first reunion on ancestral grounds in
Tilden township.

Johan Ludwig Seaman, the progenitor, was a native of Alsace, France.
At the age of twenty he enlisted in the service of Frederick the Great,
of Prussia, as body-guard. After eight years he married, and in 1748
emigrated to Pennsylvania, locating in Bern township, in that part of
the district now embraced in Tilden township. He was a large land
owner and owned a considerable portion of the township, which his
descendants colonized in large measure. His remains are interred at
St. Michael’s Church. His wife, Catharine, bore him three sons,
namely: Eberhart, John and Ludwig, each of whom reared families. John
located in western Pennsylvania, where his descendants are very
prosperous people, while Eberhart and Ludwig remained on ancestral
homesteads. The Seamans are very numerous in upper Berks county and
are a very representative and enterprising family. The second reunion
was held at West Hamburg in 1904, and was largely attended. The family
expects to publish a genealogical history. The permanent officers of
the Association are:

President, Maj. Charles F. Seaman, Hamburg, Pa.

Secretary and Historian, A. S. Klein, Upper Bern, Pa.

Treasurer, William Seaman, Fleetwood, Pa.

Executive Committee, Dr. J. K. Seaman, Reading, Pa.; Levi B. Seaman, Berks, Pa.; A. S. Seaman, Frackville, Pa.; Joseph S. Seaman, Pittsburg, Pa.; A. S. Becker, Berks, Pa.