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25. Zebulon Seymour
25. ZEBULON4 SEYMOUR (John3, John2, Richard1), of Hartford, Conn., joiner, born at Hartford 14 May 1709, died there 3 Feb. 1765, in his 65th year.1) He married at Hartford, 7 June 1733, KEZIAH4 BULL, who died at New Hartford, Conn., where her daughter Keziah was then living, 4 Jan. 1800, aged 87, daughter of Daniel3 (Joseph2, Thomas1) and Mary (Mygatt) and sister of Mary Bull who married Capt. Jonathan Seymour (23), a brother of Zebulon.
Zebulon Seymour was a selectman of Hartford, 1750-1, and held other offices in the town government; He was employed in 1761 to build the meeting-house in Windsor, Conn.
In his will, dated 27 Dec. 1764 and proved 5 Mar.1765, he calls himself “weak in body,” and names wife Keziah, sons Zebulon and Aaron, and daughters Keziah, Margaret, Abigail, wife of Joseph Humphrey, Esther, Christian, Anne, Prudence, and Lucy. Distribution of the estate was made 18 Mar. 1772 between the widow, Keziah, the eldest son, Zebulon, the youngest son, Aaron, the eldest daughter, Keziah Seymour, daughters Margaret, wife of Barzillai Hudson, Esther, wife of John Brace, Abigail, wife of Joseph Humphrey, Christian Seymour, Anne Seymour, Prudence Seymour, and the youngest daughter, Lucy Seymour.
| Children (order of births uncertain): | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| i. | KEZIAH5, b. 5 Mar. 1733/4; d. 1 Feb. 1800; m. at New Hartford, 11 Feb. 1778, JOSEPH MERRILL, 2d, of New Hartford, bapt. at West Hartford, 30 Jan. 1732, d. 20 Mar. 1817. No children. | ||
| 73. | ii. | ZEBULON, b. 12 Sept. 1736. | |
| iii. | MARGARET, b. 23 Apr. 1738; d. at Middletown, Conn., 9 Apr. 1778; m. July 1766, BARZILLAI5 HUDSON, publisher and bookseller, b. at Bridgewater, Mass., 25 Dec. 1741, d. at Hartiord 1 Aug. 1823, aged 82, s. of William4 (Daniel3, Daniel2, Daniel1) and Sarah (Fobes). He was a Sergeant in the South Company of the town of Hartford, Col. Newberry's Regt., serving in the Continental Army near New York in 1776, and while there was summoned home to his wife's sick-bed. He m. (2) 11 Feb. 1779, Hannah (Bunce) Watson,2) b. at Lebanon, Conn., 28 Dec. 1749, d. at Hartford 27 Sept. 1807. | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | Sarah, b. 22 Jan. 1767. | ||
| 2. | William, b. 5 Oct. 1768; m. 9 Dec. 1790, Mary Skinner. 3. Henry, b. 30 June 1770; d. 26 Aug. 1770. 4. Child, b. abt. 1774; d. Sept. 1776, ae. 2. 5. Margaret, b. 6 Sept. 1776; d. 6 Sept. 1776. | ||
| iv. | ABIGAIL, b. 25 Jan. 1742; bur. at Hartford 13 Sept. 1788; m. CAPT. JOSEPH5 HUMPHREY, bapt. at Hartford 16 Jan. 1739/40, d. there 18 Aug. 1821, aged 81, s. of Dositheus4 (Nathaniel3, John2, Michael1) and Anne (Griswold). | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | A Son, bur. 8 July 1785, ae. 17. | ||
| 2. | A child, bur. 24 Oct. 1784, ae. 9 months. | ||
| Perhaps others. | |||
| 74. | v. | AARON, b. 11 Mar. 1744. | |
| vi. | ESTHER, b. 11 Apr. 1746; m. JOHN BRACE. | ||
| vii. | CHRISTIAN, b. 24 May 1749; d. Mar. 1825; m. JOHN NEVINS, b. 30 Aug. 1749, d. 11 Oct. 1824, s. of Robert and Mary (Smith) Nevins. | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | Samuel, b. in 1773; m. Elizabeth Seymour. | ||
| 2. | Jennett, b. 20 Aug. 1777; m. in 1797 Lemuel Caswell. | ||
| 3. | Marion, d. unm. | ||
| viii. | ANNA, b. 19 Sept. 1752; d. at Hartford 8 May 1790; m. 23 Jan. 1777, JONATHAN6 STEELE, b. 16 Feb. 1751, d. 13 Nov. 1844, s. of James5 (Jonathan4, James3, James2, George1). He m. (2) 9 Feb. 1792, Esther Fox, b. 12 Dec. 1751, d. 5 June 1838. | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | Jonathan, b. 23 Oct. 1777; d. in Chicago, Ill., 11 June 1852. | ||
| 2. | Polly, b. 15 Aug. 1778; m. Thomas Hale. | ||
| 3. | Julia, b. 11 Nov. 1781; m. in 1818 Thomas Miller. | ||
| 4. | Anna, b. 28 Jan. 1784; m. Nathan Pratt. | ||
| 5. | Salla, b.15 Apr. 1790; m. James Carlton. | ||
| ix. | PRUDENCE, b. 3 Apr. 1755; d. at Hartford 1 Sept. 1831; m. at Hartford, 22 Nov. 1772, SAMUEL BENTON, a Revolutionary soldier, bapt. at Hartford 18 June 1749, d. there 23 Apr. 1803, s. of Moses and Miriam. | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | Ursula, b. 24 Aug. 1773; d. 13 Nov. 1773. | ||
| 2. | Samuel, b. 20 Aug. 1774; d. 7 Oct. 1776. | ||
| 3. | Eunice, b. 19 July 1776; m. 18 Dec. 1794, Amos Thompson. | ||
| 4. | Prudence, b. 4 Aug. 1778; d. unm. 20 Feb. 1816. | ||
| 5. | Samuel, b. 30 Aug. 1780; d. 8 Sept. 1780. | ||
| 6. | James, b. 1 Oct. 1781; m. 12 Nov. 1803, Eunice Stanley. | ||
| 7. | Samuel, b. 3 Mar. 1784; m. Huldah Barnes. | ||
| 8. | Martha, b. 21 May 1786; m. 8 May 1808, Dr. Frederick Lathrop. | ||
| 9. | Betsey, b. 6 Sept. 1788; d. unm. 24 June 1847. | ||
| 10. | George, b. 23 Apr., 1791; m. in 1812, Almena Rugg. | ||
| 11. | Sally, b. 18 Feb. 1794; m. 6 Apr. 1814, David North. | ||
| 12. | Moses, b. 2 Mar. 1797; d. 10 Mar. 1797. | ||
| 13. | Andrew, b. 9 Feb. 1800; m. (1) Henrietta Hotchkiss; m. (2) 23 Oct. 1826, Aurelia Wells; m. (3) Dolly Stowe; m. (4) Melissa (—) Judd3) | ||
| x. | Lucy, b. l June 1759; bapt. 3 May [sic] 1759;4) d. at Winfield, N.Y., 19 Sept. 1839; m. abt. 1784, MARTIN5 KELLOGG, b. at New Hartford 16 July 1758, d. at Winfield 14 Apr. 1840, s. of Abraham4 (Isaac3, Samuel2, Joseph1) and Sarah (Marsh). | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | Laura, b. 11 Dec. 1786; m. 20 Mar. 1808, Amos Reynolds. | ||
| 2. | Ralph, b. 2 July 1789; d. 8 Jan. 1792. | ||
| 3. | George Washington, b. 17 Apr. 1791; m. Maria Sessions. | ||
| 4. | Lucy, b. 26 Aug. 1792; m. 6 Sept. 1813, Capt. Alvah Barber. | ||
| 5. | Merron, b. 24 Mar. 1795; m. 2 Mar. 1814, Daniel Leonard. | ||
| 6. | Ralph Phineas, b. 12 July 1796; m. Clarissa L. Gridley. | ||
| 7. | Olive, b. 5 Apr. 1798; d. aged 6 weeks. | ||
| 8. | Horace Dryden, b. 21 Aug. 1799; m. (1) Mary Ann (Netterville) Stewart; m. (2) Mary B. Stone. | ||
| 9. | Chauncey Seymour, b. 16 July 1801; m. Rebecca —. | ||
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