Mary Jennings Seward

Given Name
Mary
Surname
Seward
Maiden Name
Jennings
Birth Date
November 27, 1769
Birth Note
Born in Goshen, NY
Death Date
December 11, 1844
Death Note
Died in Florida, NY
Biographical Information

Mary Jennings was born on November 27, 1769, to Margaret Jackson and Benjamin Jennings. 

Mary married Samuel Sweezy Seward in 1792. Together, the Sewards had six children: Benjamin Jennings Seward, Elisabeth Seward (who died in infancy), Edwin Polydore Seward, William Henry Seward, Louisa Cornelia Canfield, and George Washington Seward. The Seward family settled and lived in Florida, New York, in the 1800s.

Mary died on December 11, 1844, at the age of 75. 

Citation(s) for Biographical Information:
Frederick W. Seward. Obadiah Seward of Long Island, New York, and His Descendants. Goshen, NY, 1949.
Additional notes: https://archive.org/details/obadiahsewardofl00sewa_0/page/54/mode/2up?q=mary+jennings
William Richard Cutter. Genealogical and family history of southern New York and the Hudson River Valley; a Record of the Achievements of her People in the Making of a Commonwealth and the Building of a Nation. Lewis Historical Pub. Co.: New York, 1913.
Additional notes: https://books.google.com/books?id=G7eN4c4vkkgC&lpg=PA1075&ots=-WQpQGM6mG&dq=mary%20jennings%20seward%20goshen%20ny&pg=PA1075#v=onepage&q=mary%20jennings%20seward%20goshen%20ny&f=false
New York State Library. Last modified October 21, 2021. Accessed on October 21, 2021.
Citation(s) for Birth Information:
Find a Grave. Last modified February 21, 2014. Accessed on February 21, 2014.
Citation(s) for Death Information:
Find a Grave. Last modified February 21, 2014. Accessed on February 21, 2014.