book:026.moses

26. Moses Seymour

26. MOSES⁴ SEYMOUR (John³, John², Richard¹), of West Hartford, Conn., born at Hartford, Conn., 17 Feb 1710/11, died at West Hartford 24¹⁾ Sept. 1795, in his 85th year. He married at Hartford, 14 Mar. 1737/8, RACHEL⁴ GOODWIN, baptized at Hartford 22 Jan. 1715/16, died at West Hartford 23²⁾ July 1763, in her 47th year, daughter of Nathaniel³ (Nathaniel², Ozias¹) and Sarah (Easton).

Moses Seymour settled in the West Parish of Harford, now West Hartford, where he and his wife and some of their children are buried. He lived east of his brother Timothy, at the foot of the hill, where Romanta Seymour's house afterwards stood. He was admitted to the church in 1746, his wife before 1757. In his will, dated 25 July 1791 and proved 11 Dec. 1795, he names sons Moses, Aaron, and Samuel, and daughters Sarah, Rachel, Dorothy, Katy, and Eunice, of whom the last was unmarried in Dec. 1795.

Children:
	i.	SARAH⁵, b. 16 Feb. 1740; d. at West Hartford 23 June 1798; m. at West Hartford, 13 May 1764, THOMAS⁴ GOODMAN, bapt. at West Hartford 1 Apr. 1739, d. there 17 Sept. 1809, aged 70, s. of Timothy³ (Richard², Richard¹) and Johanna (Wadsworth).³⁾ He m. (2) Ruth (Skinner) Gay, who d. 21 Sept. 1820, aged 81.
		Children, bapt. at West Hartford:
		1.	Sarah, bapt. 31 Mar. 1765; m. 1 Nov 1789, Elijah Gridley of Farmington, Conn.
		2.	Timothy, bapt. 10 Aug. 1766; d. 23 Jan. 1770.
		3.	Timothy, bapt. 9 Sept. 1770; d. at Demerara,⁴⁾ South America, 7 Dec. 1788, aged 18 (gravestone record).
		4.	Thomas, bapt. 2 Aug. 1772; d. 10 Aug. 1800, aged 28; m. 24 Dec. 1795, Abigail⁷ Seymour, dau. of Timothy⁶ and Abigal (Skinner).
		5.	A child, stillborn 2 May 1775.
75.	ii.	MOSES, b. 23 July 1742.
	iii.	RACHEL, b. 17 Dec. 1744; d. at Windsor, Conn., 14 July 1794; m. (1) at West Hartford, 14 Nov. 1776, CAPT. ELIJAH TRYON,⁵⁾ who was lost at sea 27 Sept. 1785, s. of John; m. (2) at West Hartford, 3 Feb. 1791, as his second wife, CAPT. SOLOMON⁵ ALLYN of Windsor, b. 8 Oct. 1732, d. 16 Nov. 1810, s. of Pelatiah⁴ (Matthew³, Thomas², Matthew¹) and Mary (Stoughton).
		Child by first husband:
		1.	A child, stillborn in Sept. 1782.
	iv.	DOROTHY, b. 13 Oct. 1746; d. at Lebanon, N.Y., 5 June 1819; m. at West Hartford, 17 Feb. 1778, as his second wife, ABRAHAM⁶ WEBSTER, b. at West Hartford 17 Sept. 1751, d. at Sullivan, N.Y., 4 Aug. 1831, s. of Noah⁵ (Daniel⁴, John³, Robert², John¹) and Mercy (Steele) and brother of Noah Webster, the famous lexicographer. Through his mother, Mercy Steele, he was a descendant of Gov. William Bradford of the Plymouth Colony. He m. (1) 11 Jan. 17756, Rachel Merrill of New Hartford, Conn., who d. 18 Jan. 1776, in her 24th year, and m. (3) 19 Feb. 1822, Eunice Childs of Deerfield, Mass.
		Children:
		1.	Rachel, b. 25 Jan. 1779; m. 25 Mar. 1799, Amos Blair
		2.	Sophia, b. 6 Sept. 1781; m. 10 Sept. 1806, William Bradley.
		3.	Dolly, b. 17 Feb. 1784; m. 22 Feb. 1807, Mars Blair.
		4.	Eunice, b. 12 Dec. 1786; m. 9 Feb. 1806, Isaac Ward Adams.
		5.	Abraham Seymour, b. 19 Nov. 1789; d. at Adams, N.Y., while serving in the Army, 21 Nov. 1814.
76.	v.	AARON, b. 4 Mar. 1749.
	vi.	EUNICE, b. 7 Aug. 1751; d. s.p. at Litchfield, Conn., 4 Mar. 1832, aged 81; m. at Litchfield, 23 Nov. 1801, as his second wife, SETH LANDON, b. 18 Dec. 1749, d. at Litchfield 4 Feb. 1832, s. of Daniel and Martha (Youngs).
77.	vii.	SAMUEL, b. 21 Jan. 1754.
	viii.	CATHERINE, b. 29 Aug. 1756; d. at Chester, Conn., 19 Mar. 1814; m. (1) at West Hartford, 15 June 1779, as his second wife, her first cousin once removed, NORMAN⁶ SEYMOUR (q.v.), bapt. at West Hartford 10 Dec. 1752, d. 28 June 1796, s. of Timothy⁵ and Lydia (Kellogg); m. (2) at Newington Parish, Wethersfield, Conn., 1 June 1802, as his third wife, REV. SAMUEL⁴ MILLS of Saybrook, Conn., b. at Simsbury, Conn., 22 June 1752, d. at Chester 17 Feb. 1814, s. of Rev. Gideon³ (Peter², Peter¹) and Elizabeth (Higley). He m. (1) 28 May 1778, Sarah Gilpin of Philadelphia, Pa., who d. 19 Oct. 1796, aged 38, and m. (2) in Feb. 1798, Rebecca Belden, who d. 19 Aug. 1801, aged 36, dau. of John and Rebecca (Reynolds) of Wethersfield.

(<-- 25. Zebulon(4) Seymour) (Back to Start) (27. Cornet Richard(4) Seymour -->)

¹⁾

Gravestone record. The church records of West Hartford give the date as 28 Sept., which may have been the date of burial

²⁾

Gravestone record. The church records of West Hartford give the date as 24 July.

³⁾

Thomas Goodman had brothers, Richard and Moses, who also married Seymours.

⁴⁾

Now in British Guiana

⁵⁾

In his will, dated 30 Apr. 1782, Elijah Tryon of Hartford names his wife, his aged father John Tryon, and his sister Molly. These last two are to have the use of part of the house during his lifetime and her single life.