"Daughter - Wife - Mother"
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton was born in New York City on August 28, 1774, shortly before our country was founded. Even though she was not a catholic, Elizabeth was destined to become the first, native born American citizen to be canonized a Saint. Her mother died when she was three years old. Her father was a prominent physician and she learned from him to care for the sick and poor. Though her childhood was a difficult one she enjoyed dancing and playing the piano. At the age of 19 she married the love of her life, William Seton. They had five children -- two sons and three daughters. She loved being a wife and mother.