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Richard Seymour, | Richard Seymour, | ||
- | though not an original proprietor, was one of the early settlers of | + | though not an original proprietor, was one of the [[hartford|early settlers of |
- | Hartford. Just when he joined the little settlement near "Dutch | + | Hartford]]. Just when he joined the little settlement near "Dutch |
Point" on the Connecticut river we do not know, but probably in | Point" on the Connecticut river we do not know, but probably in | ||
1639, when we find his name in the list of those " | 1639, when we find his name in the list of those " | ||
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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] | | ||
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| Totall | [255-09-00] | | | Totall | [255-09-00] | | ||
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| 5. | vi. | [[005.Richard|RICHARD]], | | 5. | vi. | [[005.Richard|RICHARD]], | ||
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