American Seymour Genealogy

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====== 25. Zebulon Seymour ======

25. ZEBULON<sup>4</sup> SEYMOUR (//[[008.John|John]]//<sup>3</sup>,
//[[003.John|John]]//<sup>2</sup>, //[[001.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>), of
Hartford, Conn., joiner, born at Hartford 14 May 1709, died there 3 Feb. 1765,
in his 65th year.((Sic. Gravestone in Centre Burying Ground, Hartford.)) He
married at Hartford, 7 June 1733, KEZIAH<sup>4</sup> BULL, who died at New
Hartford, Conn., where her daughter Keziah was then living, 4 Jan. 1800, aged
87, daughter of Daniel<sup>3</sup> (//Joseph//<sup>2</sup>,
//Thomas//<sup>1</sup>) 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. | KEZIAH<sup>5</sup>, 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. | [[073.ZEBULON|ZEBULON]], b. 12 Sept. 1736. ||
| | iii. | MARGARET, b. 23 Apr. 1738; d. at Middletown, Conn., 9 Apr. 1778; m. July 1766, BARZILLAI<sup>5</sup> HUDSON, publisher and bookseller, b. at Bridgewater, Mass., 25 Dec. 1741, d. at Hartiord 1 Aug. 1823, aged 82, s. of William<sup>4</sup> (//Daniel//<sup>3</sup>, //Daniel//<sup>2</sup>, //Daniel//<sup>1</sup>) 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,((Her first husband, Ebenezer Watson, married (1) Margaret Seymour's first cousin. Elizabeth<sup>5</sup> Seymour (27, i), daughter of Richard<sup>4</sup> and Elizabeth (Wadsworth).)) 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. JOSEPH<sup>5</sup> HUMPHREY, bapt. at Hartford 16 Jan. 1739/40, d. there 18 Aug. 1821, aged 81, s. of Dositheus<sup>4</sup> (//Nathaniel//<sup>3</sup>, //John//<sup>2</sup>, //Michael//<sup>1</sup>) 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. | [[074.Aaron|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, JONATHAN<sup>6</sup> STEELE, b. 16 Feb. 1751, d. 13 Nov. 1844, s. of James<sup>5</sup> (//Jonathan//<sup>4</sup>, //James//<sup>3</sup>, //James//<sup>2</sup>, //George//<sup>1</sup>). 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 (---) Judd((Widow Melissa Cook, according to the Talcott MSS. Probably one was her maiden the other her married, name.)) |
| | x. | Lucy, b. l June 1759; bapt. 3 May [//sic//] 1759;((This child was baptized in the South Church, Hartford, by the minister of the West Hartford (Conn.) church, who recorded the baptism in his own church records. The church records of the South or Second Church of Hartford between 1730 and 1791 are missing. They must have contained the baptisms of many Seymour children during that period.)) d. at Winfield, N.Y., 19 Sept. 1839; m. abt. 1784, MARTIN<sup>5</sup> KELLOGG, b. at New Hartford 16 July 1758, d. at Winfield 14 Apr. 1840, s. of Abraham<sup>4</sup> (//Isaac//<sup>3</sup>, //Samuel//<sup>2</sup>, //Joseph//<sup>1</sup>) 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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