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====== 6. Matthew Seymour ====== | ====== 6. Matthew Seymour ====== | ||
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^ Children by first wife (order of births unknown): | ^ Children by first wife (order of births unknown): | ||
- | | 14. | i. | [[014.MATTHEW]]< | + | | 14. | i. | [[014.matthew|MATTHEW]]< |
- | | 15. | ii. | [[015.SAMUEL|SAMUEL]], bapt. 17 Nov. 1695((The baptism of this child is recorded in the church records of Fairfield, Conn.)) || | + | | 15. | ii. | [[015.samuel|SAMUEL]], bapt. 17 Nov. 1695, Norwalk, CT, d. 1751 New Canaan, Fairfield, CT((The baptism of this child is recorded in the church records of Fairfield, Conn.)), Nine children |
- | | 16. | iii. | [[016.Thomas|THOMAS]], b. abt. 1702. || | + | | 16. | iii. | [[016.thomas|THOMAS]], b. abt. 1702. || |
| 17. | iv. | [[017.jehiel|JEHIEL]]. || | | 17. | iv. | [[017.jehiel|JEHIEL]]. || | ||
| | v. | HANNAH, d. at Ridgefield, Conn., 22 Aug. 1768; m. 7 June 1721, NATHAN< | | | v. | HANNAH, d. at Ridgefield, Conn., 22 Aug. 1768; m. 7 June 1721, NATHAN< | ||
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| | x. | SUSANNA((In the absence of dates it is probable that Catherine and Susanna and possibly Sarah were children of the second wife. Catherine.)) m. before Mar. 1742/3, JOSIAH RUSCO. || | | | x. | SUSANNA((In the absence of dates it is probable that Catherine and Susanna and possibly Sarah were children of the second wife. Catherine.)) m. before Mar. 1742/3, JOSIAH RUSCO. || | ||
| 18. | xi. | [[018.daniel|DANIEL]]. || | | 18. | xi. | [[018.daniel|DANIEL]]. || | ||
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+ | //The following information was supplied by Paul Carleton Seymour.// | ||
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+ | **Capt. Matthew Seymour (1669-1735)** | ||
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+ | I don't know about you, but when I read Thomas' | ||
+ | son John is the favorite. | ||
+ | John's history, it's said that he died in 1746 with "an unusually large | ||
+ | estate" | ||
+ | ensign at the time of his father' | ||
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+ | As Thomas died in 1712, we see that a few years earlier, his oldest living | ||
+ | son Matthew had already left Norwalk. | ||
+ | tradition of his father and grandfather, | ||
+ | American town, this time Ridgefield CT, moving there in 1708 when he was 39 | ||
+ | years old. Note that they dealt directly with the Indian chief. | ||
+ | only imagine what they traded for the land, but a quick internet search at | ||
+ | the time of writing in 2010 shows that there' | ||
+ | Lane in Ridgefield for just over a million dollars. | ||
+ | expect that kind of appreciation in 302 years. | ||
+ | superstitions, | ||
+ | He was evidently a soldier in the Connecticut Militia as an Indian fighter | ||
+ | long before the Declaration of Independence was issued. | ||
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+ | Historical Records of Norwalk, Conn. | ||
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+ | //At a Norwalk town meeting in 1718, Matthew, is picked as part of a 6-man | ||
+ | committee to represent the town in a major political dispute. | ||
+ | the townspeople voted for the guys they knew to be impartial and fair.// | ||
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+ | A group of 25 people from Norwalk, led by Matthew and 3 others, purchased a | ||
+ | large tract of land from the Indians between Norwalk and Danbury in 1708, | ||
+ | about 10 years earlier, which explains why the Norwalk residents would have | ||
+ | to pay for their services now. Ridgefield looks to be about 7 miles NW of | ||
+ | Norwalk. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Looking at the tree, we see that after his first five children were born in | ||
+ | Norwalk, including Samuel, the sixth of Matthew' | ||
+ | Ridgefield in 1708, but that his next daughter was born in Danbury in 1709, | ||
+ | then later ones back in Norwalk, so he apparently returned back to his | ||
+ | hometown. | ||
+ | dispute. It looks like he was very popular after resolving this issue and | ||
+ | the Norwalk folks wanted him to stay on as one of their leaders. | ||
+ | [[http:// | ||
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+ | " | ||
+ | of selectmen is commonly the executive arm of the government of New England | ||
+ | towns. The board typically consists of three or five members//) and deputy | ||
+ | to the General Court from Norwalk in 1712 and 1713. //The General Court was | ||
+ | the precursor to the State Legislature, | ||
+ | were what we would call today, State Representatives. | ||
+ | lieutenant in 1710, and was chosen captain of the North Company Militia unit | ||
+ | in Norwalk, 26 May 1729 //when he was almost 60//. In his will, dated 4 Jan. | ||
+ | 1734/5 and proved 6 Jan. 1735/6, he names wife Catherine, sons Matthew, | ||
+ | **Samuel**, Thomas, and Jehiel, youngest son Daniel (who is under age and is | ||
+ | to have the whole of the house after the decease of Catherine, his mother), | ||
+ | and daughters Hannah St. John, Elizabeth Bouton, Ruth Smith, Sarah Bouton, | ||
+ | Catherine and Susanna. He directs that some of the estate and "also my Negro | ||
+ | man Bristoll" | ||
+ | Seymour as executors. The amount of the inventory was £436. 5s. 1d." | ||
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+ | //I have no idea what 436 pounds would be in year 2010 dollars. | ||
+ | understand having a slave indicated some sort of wealth, but not an | ||
+ | " | ||
+ | executor.// | ||
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