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• Birth	19 Apr 1809	New York,USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	19 Mar 1882	Conneaut,Crawford,Pennsylvania,USA
  Person ID	I91179	Brainard (Brainerd) / Foster / Fish
  Last Modified	13 Jul 2004 00:00:00
  Father	Elijah BARBER, b. 21 Jun 1779, Harwinton, Litchfield, Connecticut
  Mother	Rachel HILL, b. 8 Mar 1784, Simsbury,Hartford,Connecticut,USA
  Family ID	F13223	Group Sheet
  Family	Silas Hill SEAGER, b. 6 Mar 1809, Phelps,Ontario,New York,USA
  Married	29 Dec 1832	Phelps,Ontario,New York,USA
  Children	> 1. Charles Edward SEAGER, b. 13 Sep 1839, Conneaut Township,Crawford,Pennsylvania,USA > 2. Orin Barber SEAGER, b. 26 Sep 1842, Conneaut,Crawford,Pennsylvania,USA > 3. Prince Albert SEAGER, b. 22 Oct 1844, Conneaut Township,Crawford,Pennsylvania,USA
  Family ID	F39720	Group Sheet

• Notes

  According to the 1870 census for Conneaut, Pennsylvania, Amelia Barber was bornin New York. Most of her ancestors originated from Massachusetts or Connecticut and were of English descent. Her 5th great grandfather was Thomas Hooker,who was a notable minister of Connecticut. From Hooker's sermons sprange the constitution of Connecticut, the first of the written American constitutions framed by the people for the people. It is also believed that Amelia Barber was adescendant of Thomas Rogers of the Mayflower. The Barber, Drake, Seager, and other families lived in the same communities and intermarried several times. Amelia and Silas were second cousins. They were both descendants of Thomas Barber, who was the first Barber in New England. Amelia moved to Crawford Co., Pennsylvania sometime before 1832 where she married Silias Hill Seager and they had three children, Charles Edward, Orin Barber, and Prince Albert.

• Sources

  [S1678] Photo of Amelia Barber in possesion of Kara S. Segalla; 1850, 1860, 1870, 1880census for Conneaut, Crawford, Penn.. [S401] GEDCOM File : rachel_hill.ged, Kara Seager-Segalla (jpsegalla@msn.com), (http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GED&db=:2916467&id=I0210), 4 Jul 2004.