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Moses Seymour, Sr.

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford, Hartford County, CT, United States
Death: September 24, 1795 (85)
Litchfield, Litchfield County, CT, United States
Place of Burial: West Hartford, Hartford County, CT, United States
Immediate Family:

Son of John Seymour and Elizabeth Seymour
Husband of Rachel Seymour
Father of Sarah Steele; Maj. Moses Seymour, Continental Army; Rachel Allyn; Dorothy Webster; Aaron Seymour and 4 others
Brother of John Seymour; Timothy Seymour; Daniel Seymour; Usiah Seymour; Jonathan Seymour and 7 others

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About Moses Seymour, Sr.

  • 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. ___________________________
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Moses Seymour, Sr.'s Timeline

1710
February 17, 1710
Hartford, Hartford County, CT, United States
February 18, 1710
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, Connecticut
1740
February 16, 1740
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, British Colonial America
1742
July 23, 1742
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1744
December 17, 1744
Hartford, Hartford County, CT, United States
1746
October 13, 1746
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, America
1749
March 4, 1749
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, America
1751
August 7, 1751
Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States
1754
1754
CT, United States