Capt. Thomas Seymour, (II)

• Genealogy of the descendants of Richard Seymour, from the first settlement of Hartford, Conn. in 1635 (1880)
• https://archive.org/details/genealogyofdesce00broc
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00broc#page/n8/mode/1up
• RICHARD SEYMOUR.— One of the original settlers of Hartford, Ct., and as such his name appears on a monument erected in 1837 to the memory of the forefathers of the city in the ancient burying ground. His house was on Burr St. He probably came with Mr. Hooker's congregation from Chelmsford, Essex County, England. The history of this embryo republic (Mr. H's congregation) is given in Mr. Trumbull's History of Connecticut. They first settled in Cambridge, Mass., but thinking to better themselves, removed to Hartford in 1639. He went from there to Norwalk in 1653 and died in 1655.
• He left four sons :
  • Thomas, John, Zachariah, Richard.
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00broc#page/n10/mode/1up
  • SECOND GENERATION.
• THOMAS married H. Marvin in 1653. His children were:
  • Hannah, Mary, Thomas, Mathew, Abigail, Sarah, Mercy, Elizabeth, Rebecca.
• JOHN married M. Watson, lived in Hartford, on the south side of Little River. He died in 1713. His age is not known, but his will, dated in 1712, which is preserved in the Probate office, speaks of his being advanced in life. His children were:
  • John, Margaret, Richard, Zachary, Mary, Thomas, Jonathan, Nathaniel.
• ZACHARIAH married and had four children whose names are not given.
• RICHARD married and had three sons:
  • Samuel, Richard, John.
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00broc#page/n12/mode/1up
  • THIRD GENERATION.
• JOHN married E. Webster in 1643. Their children were:
  • John, Jonathan, Zebulon, Daniel, Nathaniel, Moses, Timothy, Susanna, Richard, Elizabeth, Margaret.
• MARY and MARGARET not given.
• THOMAS married R. Norton, and after her death M. Waters. Their children were:
  • Mary, Thomas, Sarah, Jerusha, Ruth, Basil, Alice.
• RICHARD married M. Wilson. No children given.
• JONATHAN ____.
• ZACHARY married H. Olmstead.
• NATHANIEL married and had three children:
  • Hannah, Zachariah, Rebecca.
• https://archive.org/stream/genealogyofdesce00broc#page/n14/mode/1up
  • FOURTH GENERATION.
• .... etc. ___________________________
• SEYMOUR, Thomas
• b. 29 JUL 1705 Hartford, CT.
• d. 18 MAR 1767 Hartford, CT.
• Parents:
• Father: SEYMOUR, Thomas
• Mother: NORTON, Ruth
• Family:
• Marriage: 5 MAR 1729/30 Hartford, CT.
• Spouse: MERRILL, Hepzibah
• b. 14 APR 1712 Hartford, CT.
• d. 28 AUG 1788 Hartford, CT.
• Parents:
• Father: MERRILL, Daniel
• Mother: PRATT, Susanna
• Children:
  • SEYMOUR, Jared
  • SEYMOUR, Eunice
  • SEYMOUR, David
  • SEYMOUR, Thomas b. 17 MAR 1734/5 Hartford, CT. d. 30 JUL 1829
  • SEYMOUR, George b. 23 SEP 1736 Hartford, CT. d. 12 NOV 1738 Hartford, CT.
  • SEYMOUR, Hepzibah
  • SEYMOUR, Ruth
  • SEYMOUR, Hannah
  • SEYMOUR, George b. 9 NOV 1743 Hartford, CT.
  • SEYMOUR, Caroline b. 28 AUG 1745 Hartford, CT. d. 12 MAY 1827 Windsor, Hartford, CT.
• From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_de.htm#178 ____________________________

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• Updated from MyHeritage Family Trees via mother Mary Seymour (born Waters) by SmartCopy: Jun 28 2015, 17:50:39 UTC

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Thomas Seymour was graduated from Yale College in 1724 and became a distinguished lawyer. He was a Deputy from Hartford to the General Assembly in 1746, 1749, and 1750. On May 7, 1744, he was commissioned lieutenant of the Second Company of Hartford and on May 4, 1752, was promoted to Captain.
(Dommerich, Hall and allied families, edited by Louis Effingham de Forest, page 30)