John (Bridgeman) Seay

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Biography

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1. ↑ First-hand information as told by JJohn Bridgeman Seay during lifetime and recorded by Maggie Seay. John was a son of John J. Bridgeman and Agnes Cooper Henry.
2. ↑ John was born in abt Nov 1914. He is the son of John J Bridgeman. His mother was Agnes C Henry. They were married in 1909.
3. ↑ When John was abt 10, he was adopted by George Bledsoe Seay and Elizabeth B. McFarland.
4. ↑ John passed away in 2001.

1915 New Jersey State Census. Household of John J. Bridgman, enumerated 4 June 1915. Cumberland County, New Jersey - Bridgeton. "Those in household: John J. Bridgman (born Jan 1889, 25), Agnes C. (born July 1892, age 22), John (born Nov 1914, age 6/12), Carl B. Henry (born May 1___ age 17)." New Jersey State Archive, Trenton, NJ. Repository: #R44 "United States Census, 1930," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:C6Q9-BW2 : accessed 9 June 2022), John Bridgman in household of George B Seay, Cunningham, Fluvanna, Virginia, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) ED 5, sheet 5A, line 30, family 98, NARA microfilm publication T626 (Washington D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2002), roll 2443; FHL microfilm 2,342,177. 'enumerated 9 April 1930' Repository: R44 ancestry.com/The Generations Network, Provo, Utah John Bridgeman Seay in the Virginia, Marriage Records, 1936-2014

Name: John Bridgeman Seay Gender: Male Race: White Age: 29 Birth Date: abt 1920 Marriage Registration Place: Albemarle, Virginia, USA Marriage Date: 19 Aug 1949 Marriage Place: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Father: George B Seay Mother: Elizabeth Macfarland Spouse: Audrey Mae Glass Certificate Number: 1949020073

Elizabeth Barksdale Seay in the Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014 View Virginia, Death Records, 1912-2014

Report issue

Name: Elizabeth Barksdale Seay [Elizabeth Barksdale Macfarland] Gender: Female Race: White Death Age: 90 Birth Date: 7 Dec 1877 Death Date: 11 Jul 1968 Death Place: Charlottesville, Virginia, USA Registration Date: 18 Jul 1968 Father: William Hamilton Macfarland Mother: Rillah Cary Spouse: George B Seay Certificate Number: 1968019709

Research Notes

word of mouth. No adoption papers found. The court house in Fluvanna County, VA burned down?

first hand experience & stories

Marriage was in newspaper for John J Bridgeman and Agnes Henry/Newspapers.com - The Philadelphia Inquirer - 7 Dec 1909 - Pg 3

His mother Agnes told him she was being put in hospital and couldn't take care of him anymore. He was put up for adoption and ended up in Fluvanna county, Virginia. He was adopted by George Seay and Elizabeth McFarland but there were no records in their estate or will. Also the court house burned down so I have been told and have not been able to find any records. His mother also told him that he was born in Baltimore Maryland, but he only shows on the . He did not know how old he really was and ended up telling the SS that he was born in Dec 1920. He was reconnected with Agnes before he went to WW II and lived near her when he returned from the war. When she died I do not remember if he was listed on the will. After he died, I met one of his cousins near where I live and was told that Agnes and John Bridgeman had a baby but it died and my dad was not her son. I don't believe it.