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15. Samuel Seymour
15. SAMUEL4 Seymour (Matthew3, Thomas2, Richard1), of New Canaan Parish, Norwalk Conn. born at Norwalk and baptized in the church at Fairfield, Conn., 17 Nov. 1694, died about 1754. He married MARY LYON, daughter of Andrew and Mary of Norwalk.
Samuel Seymour settled in New Canaan Parish Norwalk and resided there until his death. In his will, dated 22 Nov. 1753 and proved 5 Feb. 1754, he describes himself as “being something Advanced in Age,” and bequeaths his property to wife Mary, son Samuel, sons Andrew and Thaddeus (both under age), two daughters, Mary, wife of James Talmadge, and Anne, wife of Peter Husted, and grandson Seymour Fitch. He appoints his wife Mary, his brother Thomas Seymour, and his nephew Ebenezer Seymour, son of his brother Thomas, as executors.
| Children (order unknown): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| i. | A daughter5, who probably m. LYNDALL FITCH, who d. at New Canaan 24 Mar. 1773, aged 56 years. | ||
| Child: | |||
| 1. | Seymour, bapt. at New Canaan 27 June 1742; d. there 24 Apr. 1799; m. (1) 7 Apr. 1763, Elizabeth Hoyt; m. (2) Sarah —-, who d. in 1783; m. (3) 17 July 1783, Patty St. John. | ||
| ii. | MARY, m. at Norwalk, 31 Dec. 1741, JAMES5 TALMADGE, b. at Stamford, Conn., 10 Sept. 1721, d. at New Canaan 8 Dec 1797, s. of Thomas4 (Enos3, Robert2, Thomas1) and Susanna (Weed). In his will, dated 24 Aug. 1787 all proved 7 Feb. 1798, he names wife Mary, sons James (deceased) Seymour, and Jonathan, and daughters Jane, wife of John White of St. John N.B. and Hannah, wife of Isaac Weed of Greenwich [Conn.]. | ||
| Children, bapt. at New Canaan: | |||
| 1. | Hannah, bapt. 2 Jan 1743; d young | ||
| 2. | Jane, bapt. 29 Dec. 1745; m. 5 Feb. 1767, John White. | ||
| 3. | Sarah, bapt. 15 Oct. 1749. | ||
| 4. | James bapt. 28 June 1752. | ||
| 5. | Seymour, bapt. 15 June 1755; m. 7 Apr. 1774 Sarah Hoyt. | ||
| 6. | Jonathan, bapt. 12 Nov. 1758; m. 13 Mar. 1783, Hannah Weed. | ||
| 7. | Hannah, bapt. 30 Aug. 1761; m. Isaac Weed. | ||
| iii. | ANNE, b. abt 1729; d. at New Canaan 10 Sept. 1784, aged 55; m. there 23 Oct. 1746, PETER HUSTED, who d. at New Canaan in Sept. 1783. | ||
| Children, bapt. at New Canaan: | |||
| 1. | Jonathan, bapt. 31 May 1747. | ||
| 2. | Samuel, bapt. 15 July 1750. | ||
| 3. | Hannah, bapt. 22 Oct. 1752. | ||
| 4. | Andrew, bapt. 1 June 1755. | ||
| 5. | Thaddeus, bapt. 26 Mar. 1758; d. young. | ||
| 6. | Thaddeus, bapt. 26 July 1759, “being sick.” | ||
| 7. | Nathan, bapt. 11 Apr. 1762. | ||
| 8. | Betsey, bapt. 23 Apr. 1769. | ||
| 38. | iv. | SAMUEL, b. abt. 1731, Greenwich, Fairfield, CT. d. 1818 in Greenwhich. Nine children | |
| v. | MATTHEW, bapt. 8 July 1733; not named in his father's will. | ||
| 39. | vi. | ANDREW, b. in May 1734. | |
| 40. | vii. | THADDEUS, b. 25 Aug. 1737. | |
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