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- | His estate, inventoried 10 Oct. 1655, was valued at �255-09-00 - not a | + | His estate, inventoried 10 Oct. 1655, was valued at £255-09-00 - not a |
large, but a fair estate. Considering that Richard died at the age of | large, but a fair estate. Considering that Richard died at the age of | ||
about fifty years and the circumstances of his short life, the value | about fifty years and the circumstances of his short life, the value | ||
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his will and met with the same disaster of an overflow of ink and its | his will and met with the same disaster of an overflow of ink and its | ||
top section is illegible. The only item worthy of note is " | top section is illegible. The only item worthy of note is " | ||
- | valued at �1. Comparatively few inventories of the period list | + | valued at £1. Comparatively few inventories of the period list |
any books at all. The use of the plural shows that at least there was | any books at all. The use of the plural shows that at least there was | ||
something more than a Bible in the house. Indeed, the sum of one | something more than a Bible in the house. Indeed, the sum of one | ||
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the marriage took place in Farmington, rather than in Norwalk, where | the marriage took place in Farmington, rather than in Norwalk, where | ||
Mercy lived. It was very common then for the man to record his | Mercy lived. It was very common then for the man to record his | ||
- | marriage where //he //lived, for | + | marriage where //he// lived, for |
obvious reasons connected with inheritance. The apparent precipitancy | obvious reasons connected with inheritance. The apparent precipitancy | ||
of the marriage of Richard' | of the marriage of Richard' | ||
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dearth of available women, to marry her and bring her back from | dearth of available women, to marry her and bring her back from | ||
Norwalk and her Ruscoe relatives there, with her three younger sons? | Norwalk and her Ruscoe relatives there, with her three younger sons? | ||
- | Can she be blamed if it be considered who he was -"his place in | + | Can she be blamed if it be considered who he was -- "his place in |
- | the sun" - to have made a " | + | the sun" |
if such it was, though we can only speculate on that matter. | if such it was, though we can only speculate on that matter. | ||
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standard spelling of the name seems to have been generally accepted. | standard spelling of the name seems to have been generally accepted. | ||
- | <file> | + | <blockquote> |
- | | + | [The will of Richar]d Semer (1655)\\ |
- | | + | [ ] being very week & sike [ ] gods pon[?]\\ |
- | mercy in [ ] doe leve this as my [ ] doe first | + | mercy in [ ] doe leve this as my [ ] doe first\\ |
- | will and [ ] dust of w< | + | will and [ ] dust of w< |
- | hands of God that gave it [and I doe will and] bequeath unto my Loving wife | + | hands of God that gave it [and I doe will and] bequeath unto my Loving wife\\ |
- | Mercy [Seamor] my whole Estate: viz: my house & Lands Cattle and [all] | + | Mercy [Seamor] my whole Estate: viz: my house & Lands Cattle and [all]\\ |
- | my moveables: Except that it is my Will that [my] Eldest sonn Thomas should | + | my moveables: Except that it is my Will that [my] Eldest sonn Thomas should\\ |
- | have two steeres [ ] year old and upward and my best cartt: | + | have two steeres [ ] year old and upward and my best cartt:\\ |
- | thease [to] receive soen after my decease: | + | thease [to] receive soen after my decease: |
- | It is alsoe my will that my other three sons John & Zachary [and] Richard | + | |
- | receive out of this Totall estate the sum of forty pounds each of them viz: | + | |
- | fourty pounds to John and fourty pounds to Zachary and forty pounds to | + | |
- | Richard: duly and faythiully to be payd to them severally at the age of twenty- | + | |
- | one years: Unles the Executo< | + | |
- | It is alsoe my Will that my loving wife should have the dispose of my three | + | |
- | sons John Zachary & Richard untill such time as they shall be fit to receive and | + | |
- | dispose of ther Estate: It is alsoe my will and apoyntment that my loving Wife | + | |
- | Mercy: togather with my faythfull freind Richard Olmsted be the sole Executo< | + | |
- | and Administrato< | + | |
- | and all Lawfull debts and demands duly discharged by my loving wife Mercy: | + | |
- | It is my will that shee posses and enioy all the rest of my Estate. to this my | + | |
- | will and Testament I have set to my hand this 29th July 1655: | + | |
- | In the presence of us | + | |
- | Thomas Handford | + | |
- | Jno Rescoe | + | |
- | | + | It is alsoe my will that my other three sons John & Zachary [and] Richard\\ |
- | | + | receive out of this Totall estate the sum of forty pounds each of them viz:\\ |
- | therof | + | fourty pounds to John and fourty pounds to Zachary and forty pounds to\\ |
- | | + | Richard: duly and faythiully to be payd to them severally at the age of twenty-\\ |
- | </file> | + | one years: Unles the Executo< |
+ | It is alsoe my Will that my loving wife should have the dispose of my three\\ | ||
+ | sons John Zachary & Richard untill such time as they shall be fit to receive and\\ | ||
+ | dispose of ther Estate: It is alsoe my will and apoyntment that my loving Wife\\ | ||
+ | Mercy: togather with my faythfull freind Richard Olmsted be the sole Executo< | ||
+ | and Administrato< | ||
+ | and all Lawfull debts and demands duly discharged by my loving wife Mercy:\\ | ||
+ | It is my will that shee posses and enioy all the rest of my Estate. to this my\\ | ||
+ | will and Testament I have set to my hand this 29th July 1655: | ||
+ | |||
+ | In the presence of us\\ | ||
+ | Thomas Handford | ||
+ | Jno Rescoe | ||
+ | |||
+ | 25 octobar 1655\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | The Court haveing examined the will of Richard Seamor they doe approve\\ | ||
+ | therof | ||
+ | |||
+ | William Hill: Secretary | ||
+ | </blockquote> | ||
The top section of | The top section of | ||
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| In bookes | [01-00-00] | | | In bookes | [01-00-00] | | ||
| In armes and ammunition | [03-02-00] | | | In armes and ammunition | [03-02-00] | | ||
- | | | ---- | | + | | | ---- | |
| Totall | [255-09-00] | | | Totall | [255-09-00] | | ||
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the four sons of Richard Seymour made a place for themselves in their | the four sons of Richard Seymour made a place for themselves in their | ||
respective communities, | respective communities, | ||
- | inventories at death amounted to well over �2,000, which of | + | inventories at death amounted to well over £2,000, which of |
course makes no allowance for property bestowed on the children of | course makes no allowance for property bestowed on the children of | ||
some of them before they died. | some of them before they died. | ||
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[[english_origin|(< | [[english_origin|(< | ||
- | Additional information added by Paul Seymour | + | //Additional information added by Paul Seymour// |
- | Briefly, about the founding of Connecticut, | + | Briefly, about the founding of Connecticut, |
+ | for Puritan Nobleman by the Earl of Warwick, via King Charles. | ||
+ | Puritan has been misinterpreted over the centuries. | ||
+ | basically even more anti-catholic than the average Brit during this period, | ||
+ | and Queen Elizabeth, and later King James found their beliefs a little too | ||
+ | radical at the time to be politically acceptable. | ||
+ | problems at the time just breaking away from the Catholic Church and | ||
+ | establishing a more moderate alternative. | ||
- | [[http:// | + | **[[wp>Roger_Ludlow]]** "Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) was one of the founders of |
- | “Roger Ludlow (1590-1664) was one of the founders of the Colony of Connecticut. He was born in March 1590 in Dinton, Wiltshire, England. Roger was the second son of Sir Thomas Ludlow of Maiden Bradley, Wiltshire //(Maiden Bradley is today the home of John Michael Seymour, Duke of Somerset)// and Jane Pyle, sister of Sir Gabriel Pyle. He matriculated at Balliol College, Oxford in 1609 or 1610, and was admitted to the Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 1612.” | + | the Colony of Connecticut. He was born in March 1590 in Dinton, Wiltshire, |
+ | England. Roger was the second son of Sir Thomas Ludlow of Maiden Bradley, | ||
+ | Wiltshire //(Maiden Bradley is today the home of John Michael Seymour, Duke | ||
+ | of Somerset)// and Jane Pyle, sister of Sir Gabriel Pyle. He matriculated | ||
+ | at Balliol College, Oxford in 1609 or 1610, and was admitted to the | ||
+ | Honourable Society of the Inner Temple in 1612." | ||
- | According to the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford website [[http:// | + | According to the Society of the Descendants of the Founders of Hartford |
+ | website [[http:// | ||
The Founders of Hartford | The Founders of Hartford | ||
+ | |||
+ | {{hartford_founders_monument.jpg? | ||
“Here are the 163 men and women listed in the Book of Distribution of Land as being those who settled in Hartford before February 1640. Their names are on a monument in Hartford' | “Here are the 163 men and women listed in the Book of Distribution of Land as being those who settled in Hartford before February 1640. Their names are on a monument in Hartford' | ||
- | Jeremy Adams William Gibbons | + | | Jeremy Adams | William Gibbons |
- | Matthew Allyn Deacon Richard Goodman | + | | Matthew Allyn | Deacon Richard Goodman |
- | Francis Andrews | + | | Francis Andrews |
- | William Andrews | + | | William Andrews |
- | John Arnold Seth Grant William Pratt | + | | John Arnold |
- | Andrew Bacon George Grave John Purchas (Purkas) | + | | Andrew Bacon | George Grave | John Purchas (Purkas) |
- | John Barnard Bartholomew Greene* Nathaniel Richards | + | | John Barnard |
- | Thomas Barnes Samuel Greenhill Thomas Richards | + | | Thomas Barnes |
- | Robert Bartlett Thomas Gridley Richard Risley (Wrigley) | + | | Robert Bartlett |
- | John Baysey Samuel Hale (Hales) Thomas Root | + | | John Baysey |
- | Thomas Beale Thomas Hale William Ruscoe (Reskoe, Rescue) | + | | Thomas Beale | Thomas Hale | William Ruscoe (Reskoe, Rescue) |
- | Nathaniel Bearding John Hall Nathaniel Ruscoe | + | | Nathaniel Bearding |
- | Mary Betts Stephen Hart John Sable (Savell, Sables) | + | | Mary Betts | Stephen Hart | John Sable (Savell, Sables) |
- | John Bidwell William Hayden Thomas Scott | + | | John Bidwell |
- | Richard Billing Hon. John Haynes Thomas Selden | + | | Richard Billing |
- | Thomas Birchwood Rev. John Higginson **Richard Seymour** | + | | Thomas Birchwood |
- | Peter Blachford William Hills John Skinner | + | | Peter Blachford |
- | Thomas Blackley | + | | Thomas Blackley |
- | Thomas Bliss, Sr. William Holton Giles Smith | + | | Thomas Bliss, Sr. | William Holton |
- | Thomas Bliss, Jr. Rev. Thomas Hooker Sergeant Thomas Spencer | + | | Thomas Bliss, Jr. | Rev. Thomas Hooker |
- | William Blumfield Governor Edward Hopkins | + | | William Blumfield |
- | James Bridgeman | + | | James Bridgeman |
- | John Bronson Thomas Hosmer | + | | John Bronson |
- | Richard Bronson | + | | Richard Bronson |
- | Capt. Thomas Bull Thomas Hungerford Thomas Stanton | + | | Capt. Thomas Bull | Thomas Hungerford |
- | Thomas Bunce William Hyde Deacon Edward Stebbins (Stebbin) | + | | Thomas Bunce | William Hyde | Deacon Edward Stebbins (Stebbin) |
- | Benjamin Burr Jonathan Ince George Steele | + | | Benjamin Burr | Jonathan Ince | George Steele |
- | Deacon Richard Butler Thomas Judd John Steele | + | | Deacon Richard Butler |
- | William Butler Ralph Keeler George Stocking | + | | William Butler |
- | Clement Chaplin | + | | Clement Chaplin |
- | Mss. Dorothy Chester William Kelsey Rev. Samuel Stone | + | | Mss. Dorothy Chester |
- | Richard Church Edward Lay John Talcott | + | | Richard Church |
- | John Clarke William Lewis, Sen. Thomas Thompson | + | | John Clarke |
- | Nicholas Clarke Captain Richard Lord Thomas Upson | + | | Nicholas Clarke |
- | William Clarke Thomas Lord Robert Wade | + | | William Clarke |
- | James Cole Thomas Lord, Jr. William Wadsworth | + | | James Cole | Thomas Lord, Jr. | William Wadsworth |
- | Sgt. William Cornwell Richard Lyman Henry Wakeley (Walkley) | + | | Sgt. William Cornwell |
- | John Crow John Marsh James Wakeley | + | | John Crow | John Marsh | James Wakeley |
- | Captain John Cullick Matthew Marvin | + | | Captain John Cullick |
- | Philip Davis Reinold Marvin Nathaniel Ward | + | | Philip Davis | Reinold Marvin |
- | Fulke Davy John Maynard Andrew Warner | + | | Fulke Davy | John Maynard |
- | Robert Day John Moody John Warner | + | | Robert Day | John Moody | John Warner |
- | Nicholas Desborough John Morris (Morrice) Richard Watts | + | | Nicholas Desborough |
- | Deacon Joseph Easton Benjamin Munn | + | | Deacon Joseph Easton |
- | William Edwards | + | | William Edwards |
- | Edward Elmer Joseph Mygatt Governor Thomas Welles | + | | Edward Elmer | Joseph Mygatt |
- | Nathaniel Ely Thomas Olcott William Westley | + | | Nathaniel Ely | Thomas Olcott |
- | James Ensign (Ensigg) James Olmsted (Holmsted) William Westwood | + | | James Ensign (Ensigg) |
- | Zachary Field Dr John Olmsted | + | | Zachary Field | Dr John Olmsted |
- | Thomas Fisher Capt. Richard Olmsted Samuel Whitehead | + | | Thomas Fisher |
- | John Friend William Pantry (Peyntre) Major William Whiting | + | | John Friend |
- | Samuel Gardner | + | | Samuel Gardner |
- | Daniel Garret Deacon Paul Peck Gregory Wolterton (Wilterton) | + | | Daniel Garret |
- | John Gennings | + | | John Gennings |
- | Governor George Wyllys | + | | Governor George Wyllys |
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