American Seymour Genealogy

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====== 2. Thomas Seymour ======

2. THOMAS<sup>2</sup> SEYMOUR
(//[[001.richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>),
of Norwalk, Conn., baptized at Sawbridgeworth, co. Herts, England, 15
July 1632, died at Norwalk, Conn., between 22 Sept. 1712, the date of
his will, and 15 Oct. 1712, when the inventory of his estate was
taken. He married first, at Norwalk, 5 Jan. 1653/4, HANNAH MARVIN,
born in co. Essex, England, about Oct. 1634, living in 1680, daughter
of Matthew<sup>1</sup>
and Elizabeth; secondly, between 1690 and 1697, SARAH, widow of
Thomas Wildman of Bedford, N.Y.; and thirdly, ELIZABETH.

He was brought
to New England by his parents about 1638-9, when he was about six years
old, lived with them at Hartford, Conn., until about 1651, and then
removed with them to Norwalk. As his mother remarried very soon after
his father's death in 1655 and removed with her younger children to
Farmington, Conn., and as he was the only one of the children who was
of age at that time, he succeeded to his father's lands in Norwalk,
and lived there until his death. He was freeman in 1668, one of the
patentees in 1686, and a deputy from Norwalk to the Connecticut
General Court in 1690.

The
will of Thomas Seymour, copied verbatim from the original in the
files, follows. The inventory of his estate, taken 15 Oct. 1712 by
John Raymond and Samuel Smith, showed property appraised at £351.5s.

In
the Name of God Amen the Tweenty second Day of September In the Year
of our Lord 1712 I Thomas Seamer of Norwalk in ye County of Fairfield
of the Colony of Connecticut in New England, being Verry sick and
Weak in Body, but of perfect Mind & Memory thanks be given unto
God; therefore Calling to mind the mortallity of my
Body, and Knowing that it is appointed for men once to dye, Do Make
and Ordain this my Last Will and Testament, that is to say
principally and first of all, I give and Recomend my Soul into y<sup>e</sup>
hands of God that gave it, Hopeing through the Merrits, Death and
passion of my Saviour Jesus Christ to have full and free pardon and
forgiveness of all my sins, and to Inherit Everlasting Life; and my
Body I Comit to the Earth to be Decently Buried at y<sup>e</sup>
Discretion of my Execut<sup>rs</sup> here after Named, Nothing
Doubting but at y<sup>e</sup> Generall resurrection I shall Receive
y<sup>e</sup> same again by the Mighty power of God. - And As
Touching Such Worldly Estate Wherewith it hath pleased God to Bless
me in this life, I give Demise and Dispose of y<sup>e</sup> same in
y<sup>e</sup> following maner & form-That is to say, first I Will
that all those Debts and Duties as I do Ow in Right or Consience to
any Maner of person or persons Whatsoever, shall be Well and true
Contented & paid or Ordained to be paid in Convenient time after
my Decease by My Execut<sup>rs</sup> hereafter Named. -

Item: I Give and
bequeath to Elizabeth Seamer my dearly beloved Wife, all &
whatsoever of goods or Estate that she Brought with her and one pair
of Curtains that she made since her liveing with me and one of my
Cows as she may Chose forever. -

Item I give to my
said Wife the Use and Improvement of my House & Barn, Half my
Orchard & the West End of my Home Lott from the swamp, with also
all of my Meadow Land on stony Hill (as may be Sufficient to aford
Hay for y<sup>e</sup> Keeping one Cow or more) also my Bed Beding &
Bedsted, my Copper Kettle and all other such Necessary Houshold
Utansels as may be for her Comfort and all this Dureing her
Continuance my Widdow. Also I give to my said Wife What provision
shall be found Lay'd in for y<sup>e</sup> families Use at my Decease,
- also I give to my said Wife My New Bible:

Item I give to my
Son John Seamer the Use & Improvement of the other half of my
Orchyard Dureing my Wifes Continuing my Widdow And to my sons Matthew
& John Seamer y<sup>e</sup> Use of my Kill & malt House -

Item I give and
bequeath to my Well beloved Grand son Thomas Seamer my House Barn
Home Lott & Orchyard Upon my afor said Wife Decease or Marriage
to be to him his heirs and Assigns forever.

Item.
I give and bequeath to my Well beloved Sons viz Matthew Seamer &
John Seamer the Rest of my Lands and Meedows whatsoever &
Moveable Estate that I have in Norwalk or Else where to be Divided
Equally between them and my Will is that my Son John Seamer Have In
part of his part my Barren Marsh Meedow Joyning to his own Land

Item My Will is that
my said sons Matthew and John Seamer shall in some Conveniant season
after my Decease pay to Each of My Surviveing Daughters four pounds
in provision pay apiece Except my Daughter Elizabeth Knap they paying
to her y<sup>e</sup> sum of tweenty shillings in pay abovesaid -

I likewise
Constitute make and Ordain My said sons Matthew Seamer & John
Seamer Executers of this my Last Will and Testament And I do hereby
Utterly Dissalow Revoke and dissanul all and Every Other former
Testaments Wills & Leagacies Bequests and Execut<sup>rs</sup> by
me in any Wayes before this time Named Willed & bequeathed
Rattifying and Confirming this and no Other to be my Last Will &
Testament -

In Witness whereof I
have hereunto sett my hand and Seal the Day and year above Written.

| Signed, Sealed Published pronounced and | | Mark |
| declared by the said Thomas Seamer | Thomas | T S Seamer (seal) |
| as his Last Will and Testament in the | | his |
| presence of us the Subscribers - |||
|   Thomas Betts Senr |||
|   John Copp |||

The foregoing
original will of Thomas Seymour may be seen in the probate files in
the State Library at Hartford, with the original seal charged with
the two ,wings conjoined in lure, forming the paternal coat of the
Seymours of Penhow. It is small, of crumbling reddish brown wax, and
evidently an impression from a well-worn signet, undoubtedly brought
from England by his father. Photographs of the will itself and of the
seal enlarged will be found in the present volume.

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October the 15<sup>th</sup>: 1712

An Inventory of the Estate of Thomas semer Late of norwalk dececed Taken
by us whose names are under written: as followeth in primes

| it: to one rackcoone hat: | | 01- 5-0 |
| it: to one new druget cote | | 02-10-0 |
| it: to one druget cote: 12s: to [o]ne druget uest | | 01-10-0 |
| it: to one paire of flanel briches | | 00-07-0 |
| it: to one new flanel uest not finished | | 01-04-0 |
| it: to two paire of Linin briches | | 00-08-0 |
| it: to one paire of Lether briches | | 00-06-0 |
| it: to two shurts | | 00-10-0 |
| it: to one muslen neeckclath | | 00-02-0 |
| it: to three paire of stockens | | 00-09-0 |
| it: to one hat | | 00-02-0 |
| it: to one new shurt clath | | 00-10-0 |
| it: to one fetherbed and bolster | | 03-02-0 |
| it: to two fether pillows | | 00-09-0 |
| it: to one rudg 1£: 0 0 to one checker couerled | | 02-10-0 |
| it: to one blanket: | | 01-04-0 |
| it: to one blanket | | 00-10-0 |
| it: to one more blanket | | 01-00-0 |
| it: to one blanket and one couerled | | 01-10-0 |
| it: to one fether boulster | | 00-16-0 |
| it: to one rudg | | 00-08-0 |
| it: to foure paire of sheets | | 07-00-0 |
| it: to one paire of old sheets | | 00-05-0 |
| it: to curtens and uallants | | 02-08-0 |
| it: to one bedsteed and cord | | 00-12-0 |
| it: to one bedticken boulster ticken | | 00-05-0 |
| it: to one bedsteed and cord | | 00-08-0 |
| it: to two paire of pillowbears | | 00-16-0 |
| it: to: 8: napcens & towels | | 00-16-0 |
| it: to two tableclaths | | 00-07-0 |
| it: to one straining clath | | 00-01-6 |
| it: to one table | | 00-10-0 |
| it: to one great chest | | 00-12-0 |
| it: to one old box | | 00-02-0 |
| it: to one chest | | 00-12-0 |
| it: to one warming pan | | 00-17-0 |
| it: to one old chest | | 00-02-0 |
| it: to one great brass cettel | | 07-10-0 |
| it: to one copper cettel | | 00-12-0 |
| it: to one brass scillet and frame | | 00-05-0 |
| it: to two putter platters | | 00-10-0 |
| it: to two putter basons: 10s: and :3: putter pots all: | | 17-0 |
| it: to two putter porengers :4: and one tumbler | | 00-04-6 |
| it: to one tin cullender | | 00-02-0 |
| it: to foure putter platters | | 01-10-0 |
| it: to three putter plats :6s: 0: to three putter basons: 12s: all | | 18-0 |
| it: to two putter cups: 3: and old putter one shiling all | | 04-0 |
| it: to earthenware-15-and two ston pots-all | | 18-0 |
| it: to four spoons-02: and ten trenchers-all | | 00-03-6 |
| it: to three payels-03: and three trayes-all | | 00-06-0 |
| it: to one ston cu1)-00-6: and :5: glass bottel: all | | 00-03-6 |
| it: to one paire of tayllers sheeres: and one inkhorn- | | 00-03-6 |
| it: to one rayser and hone and knife | | 00-05-0 |
| it: to two iron candolstick | | 00-02-0 |
| it: to one fryingpan: gridgiron: and fleshforke | | 00-09-0 |
| it: to one iron pot and pothocks | | 00-15-0 |
| it: to one tramel: 8s: and fireflis: 8s: and tongs: all: | | 00-17-0 |
| it: to one great iron pot | | 00-15-0 |
| it: to new iron: 5: and one paire of stilyards: all | | 01-01-0 |
| it: to one small iron cettel | | 00-07-0 |
| it: to one hamer and foure gimblets: and goudg | | 00-04-0 |
| it: to bettel rings: and ads: and old iron | | 00-06-0 |
| it: to foure exes: 8s: and one shaueing knife | | 00-09-6 |
| it: to one paire of pinchers: and sheep sheeres | | 00-03-0 |
| it: to armes and amanition | | 01-00-0 |
| it: to iron: crow: 10s: and horse geeres: 5s: all | | 00-15-0 |
| it: to one old saddol: 06: and one chaping knif | | 00-06-6 |
| it: to plow and plow irons | | 01-10-0 |
| it: to wheet and barly in the barn | | 02-02-0 |
| it: to flex to drees :15s: and one frow 2:6: all: | | 00-17-6 |
| it: to three sickels 4: and peesehoock: 1-6- all | | 00-05-6 |
| it: to one broode how: and crackel | | 00-05-6 |
| it: to one grinston and extree and winck | | 00-05-0 |
| it: to old iron: 4s: and one great bible | | 00-14-0 |
| it: to one bible: 10: and: 1: great boock: &: 4: small books | | 01-00-0 |
| it: to three chaires: 8 :-0: and flex to swingle | all | 00-18-0 |
| it: to one paire of cards: 5s: and wool | all | 00-09-0 |
| it: to malt in the house -2-0-0: and indion com | all | 04-14-0 |
| it: to one corn fan 1-0-0: and one half bushel | all | 01-01-6 |
| it: to wool: and one old how | | 00-09-0 |
| it: to one yoke and yoke irons | | 00-05-0 |
| it: to butter and cheese: 1-16-0: and meet in the house: | | 03-00-0 |
| it: to one earthen pot: and one stone pot:&: wooden bot | | 04-0 |
| it: to one churn and small tubs: 2 pigeins all | | 0-10-0. |
| it: to one box iron: 8: and one Looking glas-all | | 00-13-0 |
| it: to tobacon 1-0-0: and hops | | 02-07-0 |
| it: to one hare clath 1-10-0 :&: bucket hoops & bail | |  1-13-0 |
| it: to tubs: and cask: and boudering tubs: and meete troufes | |  2-00-0 |
| it: to blanket yarn: and tow yam | | 00-10-0 |
| it: to: 5: swine: 3-0-0: and one cheesepres: &: one hiue of bees | all |  3-13-0 |
| it: to one hors: 3-0-0: and two oxen: 12-0-0: &: 3 cows: 10-0-0:: | all | 25-00-0 |
| it: to one yere old steer: 2-0-0: and two calfs -02-00 all | | 04-00-0 |
| it: to the house barn malthouse & orchard and homelot-all | | 80-00-0 |
| it: to the frutfull spring Lot | | 30-00-0 |
| it: to the stonihill Lot: 48-0-0: and a peece of salt meddow at sacotuck plain | | 54-00-0 |
| it: to the Land at dryebrook | | 45-00-0 |
| it: to the raylehill Lot | | 16-00-0 |
| it: to the Land att the woulfpit hills | | 18-00-0 |
| it: to the Land att the old hill | | 18-00-0 |
| it: to the Land on the east side the riuer at pimpewalk | | 10-00-0 |
| it: to the Land on the horse pound hill between the parts | | 08-00-0 |
| it: to the Land and meddow at baranmarsh | | 50-00-0 |
| it: to the sheep in the flock | | 05-00-0 |
| it: to one paire of specttickls | | 00-02-0 |
| it: to a: 11 pound and a half of Linin yam | | 01-14-6 |
| it: to one iuiry come: a: 2: paire of old sisus | | 00-03-6 |
| it: to cart and wheels and cart tacklen | | 03-10-0 |
| it: to two iron wedges and one iron presing iron | | 00-04-0 |
| it: to one paire of glases | | 00-02-6 |
| Itm: two acres of Land ouer sacotuck riuer | | 04-00-00 |
| Itm: one iron chayne | | 00-15-00 |

| M<sup>r</sup>s Elisabeth Seamer made | John Raymond |
| oath to the Inuentory of her | samuel smith |
| Deceased Husbands Estat ||
| Before: James: Olmsted Justice: ||

January 7<sup>th</sup> 1712/13

Ensign
Mathew Semer and John Seerner appeared in y<sup>e</sup> prerogative
Court held in Fairfield Jan<sup>r</sup>y 7<sup>th  </sup>1712/13, and
gave oath to the truth of the aboue Inuentory and if any thing shall
after appear they will Cause the same to be inserted

^ Children by first wife, born at Norwalk: ^^^^
| | i. | HANNAH<sup>3</sup>, b. 12 Dec. 1654; m. at Norwalk, 12 Oct. 1675, FRANCIS<sup>3</sup> BUSHNELL of Norwalk and Danbury, Conn., b. in Jan. 1649/50, d. at Danbury in Oct. 1697, s. of Lieut. William<sup>1</sup> (//Francis//<sup>2</sup>) and Rebecca (Chapman). ||
| | | Children: ||
| | | 1. | //Hannah//, b. 22 Aug. 1676. |
| | | 2. | //Mary//, b. 21 Dec. 1679; m. John Taylor. |
| | | 3. | //Abigail//. |
| | | 4. | //Lydia//, b. in 1681; m. John Fitch. |
| | | 5. | //Mercy//, b. in 1687; d. 9 Nov. 1767; m. (1) 3 Jan. 1712, Maj. John Bostwick of New Milford, Conn.; m. (2) Capt. James Lockwood of Norwalk. |
| | | 6. | //Rebecca//, living unm. in 1712. |
| | | 7. | //Judith//, living unm. In 1712 |
| | ii. | ABIGAIL, b. in Jan. 1655/6; m. 16 Nov. 1676, THOMAS<sup>2</sup> PICKET, bapt. at Salem, Mass., 19 Nov. 1648, s. of John<sup>1</sup> and Margaret. They resided at Stratford, Conn. ||
| | | Children: ||
| | | 1. | //Abigail//, b. 30 July 1678. |
| | | 2. | //Hannah//, b. 20 May 1680. |
| | | 3. | //Jacob//, b. 16 Feb. 1680/1. |
| | iii. | MARY (twin), b. in Sept. 1658; m. at Norwalk, in May 1682, DEA. JOSHUA<sup>3</sup> BUSHNELL of Saybrook, Conn., b. at Saybrook 6 May 1644, d. in Mar. 1710, s. of Lieut. William<sup>2</sup> (//Francis//<sup>1</sup>) and Rebecca (Chapman). ||
| | | Children: ||
| | | 1. | //Thankful//, b. 3 Jan. 1686. |
| | | 2. | //Capt. Joshua// of Saybrook, b. 8 Nov. 1690; d. in 1767; m. (1) 21 Jan. 1711/12, Margaret Chapman, who d. 14 Feb. 1716; m. (2) 23 Feb. 1717/18, Elizabeth Hawley; m. (3) Lydia Lynde; one daughter by first wife, three children by second wife, one daughter by third wife. |
| | | 3. | //Hannah//, b. 16 Nov. 1693; m. 18 Feb. 1712/13, Joseph Nettleton of Killingworth, Conn. |
| | iv. | SARAH (twin), b. in Sept. 1658. ||
| | v. | THOMAS, b. in Sept. 1660; d. young. ||
| | vi. | MERCY, b. in Nov. 1666. ||
| 6. | vii. | [[006.matthew|Capt. MATTHEW]], b. in May 1669 in Norwalk. d. 1735 in Norwalk. 12 Children||
| | viii. | ELIZABETH, b. in Dec. 1673; d. at Greenwich, Conn., 17 June 1713; m. at Greenwich, 16 Mar. 1699, TIMOTHY<sup>3</sup> KNAPP, b. in 1668, d. abt. 1737, s. of Joshua<sup>2</sup> (//Nicholas//<sup>1</sup>) and Hannah (Close). He m. (2) 16 Feb. 1713/14 Martha Weeks. ||
| | | Children: ||
| | | 1. | //Rebecca//, b. 24 Sept. 1701. |
| | | 2. | //Timothy//, b. 9 Aug. 1703; d. 22 Apr. 1706. |
| | | 3. | //Israel//, b. 13 Dec. 1705; m. (1) Mary Lyon; m. (2) in Aug. 1742 Anna Marshall; In. (3) 7 or 17 Jan. 1762, Elizabeth Hugiord. |
| | | 4. | Mary, b. 16 Apr. 1708; m. Thomas Hoyt of Danbury, Conn. |
| | | 5. | //Elizabeth//, b. 22 Aug. 1710; m. Ebenezer Picket of Danbury, Conn. 6. //Prudence//, b. 26 Jan. 1712/13. |
| | ix. | REBECCA, b. in Jan. 1675/6; m. 13 Apr. 1704 JONATHAN RENALS. ||
| 7. | x. | [[007.john|JOHN]], date of birth unknown. ||

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Thomas has been memorialized as a founder of Norwalk with 29 other men and Widow Morgan, although Richard is not since this was taken from a list of inhabitants in 1655 just after he died, also note John Ruscoe, related to Richard’s wife and Thomas’ mother Mercy:
 
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