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Richard Seymour

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
Death: 1747 (69-70)
Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
Immediate Family:

Son of John Seymour; Mary Seymour and Mary Watson
Husband of Mary Seymour
Brother of John Seymour; Mary North; Margaret Rew; Samuel Seymour; Thomas Seamor and 6 others

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About Richard Seymour

  • 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. ___________________________
  • WILSON, Mary
  • b. MAR 1687/8
  • Family:
  • Marriage: 30 OCT 1707 Hartford, CT.
  • Spouse: SEYMOUR, Richard
  • b. 11 FEB 1676/7 Hartford, CT.
  • d. ABT 1750 Canaan, Litchfield, CT.
  • Parents:
  • Father: SEYMOUR, John
  • Mother: WATSON, Mary
  • From: http://www.genealogyofnewengland.com/f_af.htm#176 _____________________
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Richard Seymour's Timeline

1676
February 11, 1676
Second Church, Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut
1677
February 11, 1677
Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut, USA
1747
1747
Age 69
Canaan, Litchfield, Connecticut, USA
1879
June 24, 1879
Age 70
1892
January 1, 1892
Age 70
1946
April 19, 1946
Age 70