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William Seymour

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WILLIAM⁶ SEYMOUR (Samuel⁵, Samuel⁴, Matthew³, Thomas², Richard¹), born 1758 in Greenwich, Fairfield, CT, died 1811 in Newburgh, Orange, NY. Married first Esther SANDS of Long Island. Married second Eliza POWELL (daughter of Henry, Long Island). Had one son with apparent mistress Rhoda Chidsey of E. Haven, CT. William is recognized in the book – History of the Town of Newburgh

Children with first wife, Esther Sands of Oyster Bay, Long Island (1766-1796):
Drake	b. 1783 Greenwich, CT d. near Newburgh, NY June 25, 1824 accidentally shot in hunting accident http://www.pawchs.org/newspapers/SusqDem1824.html No information on any children
Samuel Sands	b. 1790 Newburgh, NY, S. S. Seymour married Abigail Fowler who died 1817, thay had 3 children, Elizabeth, Martha Jane and Augustus. SS was Aide de Camp in Army. No info on Augustus
William C.	b. 1791 in Newburgh, living as of 1861 in Brooklyn, NY. m: Jane Ann Maison 1815. He was the father of Rev. Charles Seymour, a graduate of Columbia College (B.A., 1836, M.A., 1839), born at Newburgh, N.Y., 16 Jan. 1819; he was graduated from the General Theological Seminary in 1844 died at Nyack. N.Y., 29 June 1895
Esther E.	b. 1796
Children with second wife, Eliza Powell, daughter of Henry Powell, Long Island:
Margaret	b. 1804 Newburgh, d:1845 New Orleans, married Joseph Kernochan, had son Joseph Frederic Kernochan-Yale, Columbia law, Wall St. Lawyer. Daughter Elizabeth Garr
Mary Powell	b. 1805 Newburgh, married James S. Abeel, US Army
Child with mistress Rhoda Chidsey, b. 1764,d. c 1820, daughter of John Chidsey, E. Haven, CT:
William, Jr.	b. 1785 E. Haven, CT, d. 1827 Cannonsville, Delaware, NY. Ten children