Richard Henry Seaward (1750 - 1832)

Born 15 Jan 1750 in Maryland

Husband of Olive (Fowler) Seaward — married 20 Nov 1812 in Kittery, York, Massachusetts, United States

Died 6 Oct 1832 at age 82 in Kittery, York, Maine, United States

Biography

Private Richard Seaward served with Continental Navy during the American Revolution.

Richard Seaward is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102219.

Richard was born in 1750 in Maryland.

Richard Seaward enlisted in Captain Robert Follett's company for defense of the Piscataqua Harbor. He sailed from this port in the brig Dalton, which was captured by a British frigate. The crew was sent to England, and imprisoned for two years. Richard was exchanged with the other and was sent to France. Seaward enlisted as Sergeant of Marines on the Bon Homme Richard, and under Captain John Paul Jones, participated in the battle with the British frigate Serapis on 23 September 1779.^[1]

Richard Sayward, son of Sayward, married Sarah Dearing, sister of his first wife, Molly, on 18 April 1788 in Kittery, York, Maine, United States.^[2]

Olive (Fowler) Seaward (1775-1850) was the third wife of Richard Seaward on 20 November 1812.

Richard filed for a pension based on his Revolutionary War service in 1818.^[3]

He passed away in 1832. Richard Seaward was mentioned on a memorial in First Baptist Church Cemetery, Kittery Point, York County, Maine, United States with a death date of 6 October 1832.^[4][5]

Sources

1. ↑ DAR: Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/ : accessed 6 Dec 2023), "Record of Richard Seward", Ancestor # A102219.
2. ↑ Marriage: "Maine Marriages, 1771-1907"
   citing Digital film/folder number: 007595724; FHL microfilm: 11322; Record number: 601; Packet letter: B
   FamilySearch Record: F481-1RF (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Richard Sayward marriage to Sarah Dearing on 18 Apr 1788 in Kittery, York, Maine, United States.
3. ↑ Pension S.37430
4. ↑ Memorial: Find a Grave (has image)
   Find A Grave: Memorial #88219404 (accessed 6 December 2023)
   Memorial page for Richard Seaward (15 Jan 1750-6 Oct 1832), citing First Baptist Church Cemetery, Kittery Point, York County, Maine, USA (plot: 100 yards behind chruch); Maintained by Stan Garrity (contributor 47147857).
5. ↑ Death: "Maine, Veterans Cemetery Records, 1676-1918"
   citing Death, , State Archives, Augusta; FHL microfilm 1,001,838
   FamilySearch Record: KXQ8-QBS (accessed 6 December 2023)
   FamilySearch Image: 33SQ-G1WS-WPG
   Richard Seward death 6 Oct 1832 (born 15 Jan 1750).

• A Record of the Services of the Commissioned Officers and Enlisted Men of Kittery and Eliot, Maine, Who Served Their Country on Land and Sea in the American Revolution, From 1775 to 1783. Boston, Massachusetts: A. Mudge & Son, Printers, 1992
  Ancestry Sharing Link - Ancestry Record 1863 #1194 (accessed 7 December 2023)
  Name: Mrs Sarah Marden [Mrs Sarah Seawards]; Gender: Female; Residence Place: Somerville, Massachusetts; Father: Richard Seawards.