[[:start|Back to the Seymour Wiki home page]] {{ book:frontcover.jpg|Front Cover of "A History of the Seymour Family"}} ^ **A History of the Seymour Family\\ by\\ George Dudley Seymour\\ and\\ Donald Lines Jacobus\\ 1939** ^ This page contains transcribed sections from //A History of the Seymour Family// by [[George Dudley Seymour]] and [[http://www.eogen.com/Jacobus|Donald Lines Jacobus]] (1939). The bulk of this transcription was done using a scanner with OCR software, with the resulting text hand-edited to remove scanner errors. The contents are not //guaranteed// to match the original book, but this is my goal. If you spot something that looks wrong, please feel free to [[http://s560.com/s560contact.html|contact me]]. A note about copyright: It is my belief that since this work was published in 1939 //without a copyright notice//, it immediately entered the public domain. For further information on this issue, please see the U.S. Copyright Office's web site at [[http://www.copyright.gov/]] -- specifically the section titled "Absence of Copyright Notice" in [[http://www.copyright.gov/circs/circ22.html|Circular 22]]. **Here is a list of the entries from the book (pages in red have not yet been transcribed):** * [[Frontispiece]] * [[title_page|Title Page and Forewords]] * [[contents|Table of Contents]] * [[introduction|Introduction (The Seymour Bible)]] * [[english_origin|The English Origin of Richard and Mercy Seymour]] **First Generation** * [[001.richard|1. Richard Seymour]] **Second Generation** * [[002.thomas|2. Thomas Seymour]] * [[003.john|3. John Seymour]] * [[004.zachariah|4. Zachariah Seymour]] * [[005.richard|5. Capt. Richard Seymour]] **Third Generation** * [[006.matthew|6. Matthew Seymour]] * [[007.john|7. John Seymour]] * [[008.john|8. John Seymour]] * [[009.thomas|9. Thomas Seymour]] * [[010.zachariah|10. Zachariah Seymour]] * [[011.samuel|11. Samuel Seymour]] * [[012.ebenezer|12. Ebenezer Seymour]] * [[013.jonathan|13. Jonathan Seymour]] **Fourth Generation** * [[014.matthew|14. Matthew Seymour]] * [[015.samuel|15. Samuel Seymour]] * [[016.thomas|16. Capt. Thomas Seymour]] * [[017.jehiel|17. Jehiel Seymour]] * [[018.daniel|18. Daniel Seymour]] * [[019.john|19. John Seymour]] * [[020.john|20. John Seymour]] * [[021.timothy|21. Ensign Timothy Seymour]] * [[022.daniel|22. Daniel Seymour]] * [[023.jonathan|23. Capt. Jonathan Seymour]] * [[024.nathaniel|24. Ensign Nathaniel Seymour]] * [[025.zebulon|25. Zebulon Seymour]] * [[026.moses|26. Moses Seymour]] * [[027.richard|27. Cornet Richard Seymour]] * [[028.thomas|28. Thomas Seymour]] * [[029.bevil|29. Lieut. Bevil Seymour]] * [[030.zachariah|30. Zachariah Seymour]] * [[031.joseph|31. Ensign Joseph Seymour]] * [[032.samuel|32. Samuel Seymour]] * [[033.richard|33. Lieut. Richard Seymour]] * [[034.stephen|34. Capt. Stephen Seymour]] * [[035.eliakim|35. Eliakim Seymour]] **Fifth Generation** * [[036.matthew|36. Matthew Seymour]] * [[037.thomas|37. Thomas Seymour]] * [[038.samuel|38. Samuel Seymour]] * [[039.andrew|39. Andrew Seymour]] * [[040.thaddeus|40. Thaddeus Seymour]] * [[041.matthew|41. Matthew Seymour]] * [[042.ebenezer|42. Ebenezer Seymour]] * [[043.thomas|43. Thomas Seymour]] * [[044.ezra|44. Ezra Seymour]] * [[045.nathaniel|45. Nathaniel Seymour]] * [[046.hezekiah|46. Hezekiah Seymour]] * [[047.stephen|47. Stephen Seymour]] * [[048.daniel|48. Daniel Seymour]] * [[049.thomas|49. Thomas Seymour]] * [[050.daniel|50. Daniel Seymour]] * [[051.john|51. John Seymour]] * [[052.william|52. Lieut. William Seymour]] * [[053.seth|53. Seth Seymour]] * [[054.david|54. David Seymour]] * [[055.ira|55. Ira Seymour]] * [[056.james|56. James Seymour]] * [[057.elisha|57. Elisha Seymour]] * [[058.isaac|58. Capt. Isaac Seymour]] * [[059.john|59. Capt. John Seymour]] * [[060.william|60. William Seymour]] * [[061.uriah|61. Capt. Uriah Seymour]] * [[062.elias|62. Elias Seymour]] * [[063.hezekiah|63. Hezekiah Seymour]] * [[064.elijah|64. Elijah Seymour]] * [[065.david|65. David Seymour]] * [[066.timothy|66. Capt. Timothy Seymour]] * [[067.allyn|67. Allyn Seymour]] * [[068.charles|68. Capt. Charles Seymour]] * [[069.daniel|69. Daniel Seymour]] * [[070.charles|70. Charles Seymour]] * [[071.jonathan|71. Jonathan Seymour]] * [[072.israel|72. Capt. Israel Seymour]] * [[073.zebulon|73. Capt. Zebulon Seymour]] * [[074.aaron|74. Aaron Seymour]] * [[075.moses|75. Major Moses Seymour]] * [[076.aaron|76. Aaron Seymour]] * [[077.samuel|77. Capt. Samuel Seymour]] * [[078.michael|78. Michael Seymour]] * [[079.james|79. James Seymour]] * [[080.freeman|80. Freeman Seymour]] * [[081.richard|81. Richard Seymour]] * [[082.jared|82. Jared Seymour]] * [[083.thomas|83. Col. Thomas Seymour]] * [[084.elias|84. Elias Seymour]] * [[085.ashbel|85. Ashbel Seymour]] * [[086.zachariah|86. Zachariah Seymour]] * [[087.joseph|87. Joseph Seymour]] * [[088.stephen|88. Stephen Seymour]] * [[089.bildad|89. Bildad Seymour]] * [[090.samuel|90. Samuel Seymour]] * [[091.truman|91. Truman Seymour]] * [[092.joash|92. Capt. Joash Seymour]] * [[093.samuel|93. Samuel Seymour]] * [[094.josiah|94. Capt. Josiah Seymour]] * [[095.gideon|95. Gideon Seymour]] * [[096.abel|96. Abel Seymour]] * [[097.daniel|97. Daniel Seymour]] * [[098.david|98. David Seymour]] * [[099.zadoc|99. Zadoc Seymour]] * [[100.stephen|100. Stephen Seymour]] * [[101.amos|101. Amos Seymour]] * [[102.jonathan|102. Jonathan Seymour]] * [[103.samuel|103. Col. Samuel Seymour]] **Descendants of John Seymour** **Sixth Generation** * [[104.elisha|104. Elisha Seymour]] * [[105.enos|105. Enos Seymour]] * [[106.ebenezer|106. Ebenezer Seymour]] * [[107.eli|107. Eli Seymour]] * [[108.levi|108. Levi Seymour]] * [[109.isaac|109. Isaac Seymour]] * [[110.james|110. James Seymour]] * [[111.roger|111. Roger Seymour]] * [[112.asa|112. Asa Seymour]] * [[113.nathaniel|113. Nathaniel Seymour]] * [[114.john|114. John Seymour]] * [[115.william|115. (Deacon) William Seymour]] * [[116.noah|116. Noah Seymour]] * [[117.jesse|117. Dr. Jesse Seymour]] * [[118.joel|118. Joel Seymour]] * [[119.silas|119. Silas Seymour]] * [[120.chauncey|120. Chauncey Seymour]] * [[121.sylvester|121. Capt. Sylvester Seymour]] * [[122.constantine|122. Constantine Seymour]] * [[123.abner|123. Abner Seymour]] * [[124.josiah|124. Josiah Seymour]] * [[125.leverett|125. Leverett Seymour]] * [[126.bradford_steele|126. Lieut. Bradford Steele Seymour]] * [[127.asaph|127. Asaph Seymour]] * [[128.isaac|128. Isaac Seymour]] * [[129a.nathaniel|129a. Lieut. Nathaniel Seymour]] * [[129b.miles|129b. Miles Seymour]] * [[130.timothy|130. Col. Timothy Seymour]] * [[131.norman|131. Norman Seymour]] * [[132.truman|132. Lieut. Truman Seymour]] * [[133.allyn|133. Allyn Seymour]] * [[134.charles|134. Charles Seymour]] * [[135.ashbel|135. Ashbel Seymour]] * [[136.asa|136. Asa Seymour]] * [[137.robert|137. Robert Seymour]] * [[138.daniel|138. Daniel Seymour]] * [[139.jonathan|139. Ens. Jonathan Seymour]] * [[140.nathaniel|140. Capt. Nathaniel Seymour]] * [[141.charles|141. Charles Seymour]] * [[142.horace|142. Col. Horace Seymour]] * [[143.joseph_whiting|143. Joseph Whiting Seymour]] * [[144.epaphras|144. Epaphras Seymour]] * [[145.calvin|145. Calvin Seymour]] * [[146.billy|146. Lieut. Billy Seymour]] * [[147.moses|147. Hon. Moses Seymour]] * [[148.ozias|148. Ozias Seymour]] * [[149.horatio|149. (Hon.) Horatio Seymour]] * [[150.henry|150. Henry Seymour]] * [[151.epaphroditus|151. Epaphroditus Seymour]] * [[152.friend|152. Friend Seymour]] * [[153.edward_phelps|153. Edward Phelps Seymour]] * [[154.moses_d|154. Moses D. Seymour]] * [[155.israel_t|155. Israel T. Seymour]] * [[156.aaron|156. Aaron Seymour]] * [[157.romanta|157. Romanta Seymour]] * [[158.james|158. James Seymour]] * [[159.william_henry|159. William Henry Seymour]] * [[160.michael|160. Michael Seymour]] * [[161.freeman|161. Freeman Seymour]] * [[162.james|162. James Seymour]] * [[163.frederick|163. Frederick Seymour]] * [[164.horace|164. Horace Seymour]] * [[165.richard|165. Richard Seymour]] * [[166.henry|166. Henry Seymour]] * [[167.george|167. George Seymour]] * [[168.george|168. George Seymour]] * [[169.frederick|169. Frederick Seymour]] * [[170.david|170. David Seymour]] * [[171.thomas|171. Thomas Youngs Seymour]] * [[172.william|172. William Seymour]] * [[173.edward|173. Edward Seymour]] * [[174.henry|174. Maj. Henry Seymour]] * [[175.ledyard|175. Col. Ledyard Seymour]] * [[176.elias|176. Elias Seymour]] * [[177.jeremiah|177. (Dea.) Jeremiah Seymour]] * [[178.ashbel|178. Ashbel Seymour]] * [[179.erastus|179. Erastus Seymour]] * [[180.bevil|180. Bevil Seymour]] * [[181.martin|181. Martin Seymour]] * [[182.harris|182. Capt. Harris Seymour]] * [[183.charles|183. Charles Seymour]] * [[184.allen|184. (Dea.) Allen Seymour]] * [[185.alva|185. Alva Seymour]] * [[186.rufus|186. Rufus Seymour]] * [[187.erastus|187. Erastus Seymour]] * [[188.samuel|188. Samuel Seymour]] * [[189.truman|189. Truman Seymour]] * [[190.arah_b|190. Arah B. Seymour]] * [[191.timothy_h|191. Timothy H. Seymour]] **Seventh Generation** * [[192.theron|192. Theron Seymour]] * [[193.luther|193. Luther Seymour]] * [[194.ambrose|194. Ambrose Seymour]] * [[195.edmund|195. Edmund Seymour]] * [[196.hardy|196. Hardy Seymour]] * [[197.chester|197. Chester Seymour]] * [[198.gurdon_isaac|198. Gurdon_Isaac Seymour]] * [[199.alfred|199. Alfred Seymour]] * [[200.asa|200. Asa Seymour]] * [[201.alexander|201. Alexander Seymour]] * [[202.ardon|202. (Deacon) Ardon Seymour]] * [[203.william|203. (Deacon) William Seymour]] * [[204.elijah|204. Elijah Seymour]] * [[205.gideon_deming|205. (Dea.) Gideon Deming Seymour]] * [[206.horace_kellogg|206. Horace Kellogg Seymour]] * [[207.edwin|207. Edwin Seymour]] * [[208.mason|208. Mason Seymour]] * [[209.jeremiah|209. Jeremiah Seymour]] * [[210.william|210. Lieut. William Seymour]] * [[211.jesse|211. (Deacon) Jesse Seymour]] * [[212.erastus|212. Erastus Seymour]] * [[213.john|213. John Seymour]] * [[214.ebenezer|214. (Rev.) Ebenezer Seymour]] * [[215.lot_norton|215. Lot Norton Seymour]] * [[216.lauren|216. Lauren Seymour]] * [[217.horace|217. Horace Seymour]] * [[218.isaac_newton|218. Isaac Newton Seymour]] * [[219.william_tell|219. William Tell Seymour]] * [[220.alfred|220. Alfred Seymour]] * [[221.sedgwick|221. Sedgwick Seymour]] * [[222.thomas_jefferson|222. Thomas Jefferson Seymour]] * [[223.constantine_andrus|223. Constantine Andrus Seymour]] * [[224.albert_phelps|224. Albert Phelps Seymour]] * [[225.henry_roderick|225. Henry Roderick Seymour]] * [[226.orson|226. Orson Seymour]] * [[227.chester|227. Chester Seymour]] * [[228.norman|228. Norman Seymour]] * [[229.alexander|229. Alexander Seymour]] * [[230.william|230. William Seymour]] * [[231.isaac_packard|231. Isaac Packard Seymour]] * [[232.truman|232. Rev. Truman Seymour]] * [[233.timothy|233. Timothy Seymour]] * [[234.ayres|234. Ayres Seymour]] * [[235.rodney|235. Lieut. Rodney Seymour]] * [[236.ira|236. Ira Seymour]] * [[237.nathan_perkins|237. Nathan Perkins Seymour]] * [[238.chester|238. Chester Seymour]] * [[239.albert|239. Albert Seymour]] * [[240.charles_nathaniel|240. (Rev.) Charles Nathaniel Seymour]] * [[241.origen_storrs|241. (Chief Justice) Origen Storrs Seymour]] * [[242.ozias|242. Ozias Seymour]] * [[243.moses|243. Moses Seymour]] * [[244.horatio|244. Gov. Horatio Seymour]] * [[245.john_forman|245. John Forman Seymour]] * [[246.orson_hart|246. Orson Hart Seymour]] * [[247.henry_phelps|247. Henry Phelps Seymour]] * [[248.william_pierce|248. William Pierce Seymour]] * [[249.george_ruthven|249. George Ruthven Seymour]] * [[250.william_henry|250. William Henry Seymour]] * [[251.james|251. James Seymour]] * [[252.henry|252. Henry Seymour]] * [[253.henry_william|253. Hon. Henry William Seymour]] * [[254.henry_terry|254. Henry Terry Seymour]] * [[255.sylvester|255. Sylvester Seymour]] * [[256.julius_l|256. Julius L. Seymour]] * [[257.george_gilman|257. George Gilman Seymour]] * [[258.franklin_mason|258. Franklin Mason Seymour]] * [[259.george_nichols|259. George Nichols Seymour]] * [[260.isaac|260. Isaac Seymour]] * [[261.david_lewis|261. David Lewis Seymour]] * [[262.thomas_s|262. Thomas S. Seymour]] * [[263.thomas_hart|263. Gov. Thomas Hart Seymour]] * [[264.william_ellery|264. William Ellery Seymour]] * [[265.john_deming|265. John Deming Seymour]] * [[266.david_lowrey|266. David Lowrey Seymour]] * [[267.erastus|267. (Dea.) Erastus Seymour]] * [[268.ashbel_wellington|268. Ashbel Wellington Seymour]] * [[269.james_wilberforce|269. James Wilberforce Seymour]] * [[270.frederick_wales|270. Frederick Wales Seymour]] * [[271.henry|271. Henry Seymour]] * [[272.leverett_ashbel|272. Leverett Ashbel Seymour]] * [[273.charles_willard|273. Charles Willard Seymour]] * [[274.allen|274. Allen Seymour]] * [[275.joseph_lucius|275. Joseph Lucius Seymour]] * [[276.henry|276. Henry Rufus Seymour]] **Eighth Generation** * [[277.henry|277. Henry Seymour]] * [[278.elisha|278. Elisha Seymour]] * [[279.milton_w|279. Milton W. Seymour]] * [[280.john|280. John Seymour]] * [[281.alfred|281. Alfred Seymour]] * [[282.asa_noble|282. Asa Noble Seymour]] * [[283.ardon_augustus|283. Ardon Augustus Seymour]] * [[284.bela_newton|284. (Rev.) Bela Newton Seymour]] * [[285.james_howard|285. James Howard Seymour]] * [[286.william_collins|286. William Collins Seymour]] * [[287.harvey|287. Harvey Seymour]] * [[288.milton_elijah|288. Milton Elijah Seymour]] * [[289.asa|289. Asa Seymour]] * [[290.edgar_hurlbut|290. Edgar Hurlbut Seymour]] * [[291.william|291. William Seymour]] * [[292.henry|292. Henry Seymour]] * [[293.edwards|293. Edwards Seymour]] * [[294.george_masters|294. George Masters Seymour]] * [[295.ralph_cowles|295. Ralph Cowles Seymour]] * [[296.henry_albert|296. Henry Albert Seymour]] * [[297.george_franklin|297. Rt. Rev. George Franklin Seymour]] * [[298.norman|298. Norman Seymour]] * [[299.mcneil|299. Mcneil Seymour]] * [[300.truman|300. Maj.-Gen. Truman Seymour]] * [[301.william_henry|301. William Henry Seymour]] * [[302.thomas_day|302. Thomas Day Seymour]] * [[303.chester|303. Chester Seymour]] * [[304.george_henry|304. George Henry Seymour]] * [[305.george_devillers|305. George DeVillers Seymour]] * [[306.isaac_lewis|306. Isaac Lewis Seymour]] * [[307.william|307. William Seymour]] * [[308.henry_dewey|308. Henry Dewey Seymour]] * [[309.frank_curtis|309. Frank Curtis Seymour]] * [[310.sidney_leslie|310. Sidney Leslie Seymour]] **Illustrations:** * [[frontispiece|The Induction of President Seymour of Yale, October 8, 1937]] * The Parish Church of Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, England * The Will of Thomas Seymour of Norwalk (1632-1712) * Seymour Seals * Silver Seal of Thomas Seymour, Esq. (1705-1767) of Hartford * Headstone of John Seymour, 2d (1666-1748) of Hartford * Arms displayed in the home of Thomas Seymour (1735-1829), the First Mayor of Hartford * The "Old State House," Hartford (1792-1796), Bullfinch, Architect * Mary (Ledyard) Seymour (1735-1807), Wife of the First Mayor * Trade-card of Samuel Prince, Joyner * The First Mayor's "Mohogany Desk and Book Case" * The First Mayor's Tall-case Clock * Document-Chest of the First Mayor * The Mayor's Staff * Major Henry Seymour (1764-1846) of Hartford * [[i470.thomas|Captain Thomas Youngs Seymour (1757-1811)]] * Mary Juliana Seymour (1769-1843) * Captain John Chenevard, Jr. (1770-1808) * Mary Eliza (Chenevard) Comstock * Governor Thomas Hart Seymour (1808-1868) * Captain John Ellery (1681-1742) * Jane (Bonner) Ellery (1691-1739) * John Bonner (1693- ) * Margaret (Beauchamp) Chenevard (1707-1783) * Jane Ellery (1745-1787), by John Durand * Major Moses Seymour (1742-1826), by Ralph Earl * Molly (Marsh) Seymour {1752-1826), by Ralph Earl * Clarissa (Seymour) Marsh (1772-1865); by Ralph Earl * Moses Seymour, Jr. (1774-1826), by Ralph Earl * Chief-Justice Origen Storrs Seymour (1804-1881) * The Old Seymour Homestead, Litchfield, from a daguerreotype * Charles Seymour (1771-1852) of Hartford, from a miniature * Nathan Perkins Seymour, LL.D. (1813-1891) * Thomas Day Seymour (1848-1907) (Western Reserve College, B.A. 1870) * Thomas Day Seymour (1848-1907), LL.D. (Western Reserve, Glasgow, and Harvard) * Professor Thomas Day Seymour (1848-1907) in his study in Phelps Hall * The Seymour Home, Hudson, Ohio, 1843 * Hon. Henry Seymour (1780-1837) of Utica, N. Y., from a miniature * Mary Ledyard (Forman) Seymour (1785-1859) * Governor Horatio Seymour (1810-1886) * The Town House of Hon. Henry Seymour (1780-1837), Utica, N. Y. * Helen Clarissa (Seymour) Lincklaen (1818-1894) * Julia Catherine (Seymour) Conkling (1827-1893) * Helen (Lincklaen) Fairchild (1846-1931) * Senator Horatio Seymour (1778-1857) of Middlebury, Vermont * Hon. Horatio Seymour's Mansion, Middlebury, Vermont * General Truman Seymour (1824-1891), by Robert Weir * Ann (Seymour) Robinson (1801-1892) * Lt.-Col. Clarence William Seymour (1885- ) * The Right Rev. George Franklin Seymour (1829-1906) * Hon. Henry William Seymour (1834-1906) * Richard Seymour Jackson (1910- ) of New Haven * Headstone on "Town Hill" in New Hartford to John Seymour,3rd (1694-1758) * Henry Albert Seymour (1818-1897) * Electa Churchill (1818-1873) * Headstone to Belinda (Spencer) Seymour (1792-1873) of New Hartford * Belinda (Spencer) Seymour (1792-1873) * Henry Albert Seymour (1818-1897) * Henry Albert Seymour (1818-1897) of Bristol and Electa Churchill (1818-1873), his wife * Memorial Erected by the Author in Churchill Park, Newington, to the Memory of his Mother, Electa (Churchill) Seymour * The Author's Bookplate showing the Churchill Homestead in Newington * Laura Electa Seymour (1846-1922) * Henry Albert Seymour, Jr. (1846-1921) * Mary Marilla Leggett (1853-1914) * Miles Lewis Peck (1849- ) * Mary Harriet Seymour (1849-1926) * William Shurtleff Ingraham (1857-1930) * Grace Ella (Seymour) Ingraham (1856-1925} * George Dudley Seymour (1859- ) * A Souvenir of the Author's Public Activities * Two Seventeenth Century Chests of New England Origin * Nathan Hale, by Bela Lyon Pratt, in the clay * The Birth Place of Nathan Hale, South Coventry, Conn. * "The Green Cloak," a portrait of the Author, by Cecilia Beaux **Appendices:** * I. Bibliography, Seymour Family * II. The Seymour Committee of 1903 * III. Registers of Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England * [[popham colony|IV. Richard Seymer of the Popham Colony, Maine, 1607]] * V. The First Mayor of Hartford Welcomes President Washington * VI. The "Gallant Ledyard" and Young William Seymour * VII. Seymour Memorials * Inscriptions on Seymour Tombstones, South Yard, Hartford, Conn. * List of Inscriptions on Seymour Tombstones in "Evergreen" Cemetery, Huron, near Wolcott, N. Y. * VIII. Seymour Family Portraits * IX. From the Author's Scrap-Book * Honorary Degree from Yale * Mr. Seymour and the State (from //The Hartford Courant//) * Hartford's Estimate of a New Havener (from the //New Haven Journal-Courier//) * A City Improvement Platform, 1919 * An Old Song * X. Governor Thomas "Hart" Seymour * XI. Bibliography of George Dudley Seymour * XII. A Leaf from "Friendship Garland" * [[Index]] \\ [[:start|Back to the Seymour Wiki home page]]