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33. Richard Seymour
33. LIEUT. RICHARD4 SEYMOUR (Ebenezer3, Richard2, Richard1), born at Farmington, Conn., 16 Oct. 1716, died at Watertown, Conn., 14 Aug. 1796, aged 80 years. He married first, at Waterbury, Conn., 20 May 1740, MARY4 HICKOX, born at Waterbury 30 Oct. 1721, died at Watertown 15 July 1744, daughter of Capt. Samuel3 (William2, Samuel1) and Mary (Hopkins);1) and secondly, at Waterbury, 27 Apr. 1747, JOANNA BROWN, who died at Watertown 5 Nov. 1813, aged 88 years, daughter of Samuel and Joanna.
Richard Seymour settled in the Westbury Parish of Waterbury, which was incorporated as the town of Watertown in 1780. He was chosen Lieutenant of the Second Company, Tenth Regiment of Militia, at Waterbury, 1 May 1769, and in 1772, “on Account of His Age & also His Infirmity of Body,” he requested to be dismissed from that office. In his will, dated 30 July and proved 10 Oct. 1796, he names his wife Joanna, children of his son “Joseph,”2) deceased, the three children of his oldest daughter, deceased, viz., Stephen, Deborah, and Lydia, his oldest daughter living, viz., Lucy, his two sons Samuel and Josiah, his three daughters Joanna, Huldah, and Anna, and his grandchildren, Miranda and James, children of his daughter “Vaodisa,” deceased.
| Children by first wife, born at Waterbury: | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| 92. | i. | 092.JOASH5, b. 1 May 1742. | |
| ii. | MARY, b. 15 July 1744; d. 7 Feb. 1768; m. at Waterbury, 3 June 1761, LEVI4 WELTON, b. at Waterbury 6 Mar. 1741/2, s. of Stephen3 (Richard2, John1) and Deborah (Sutliff). He m. (2) Molly Hall. | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | Deborah, b. 28 Mar. 1762. | ||
| 2. | Lydia, b. 28 Oct. 1763; m. 12 Feb. 1782, Aaron Warner. | ||
| 3. | Stephen, b. 1 Oct. 1765. | ||
| Children by second wife, born at Waterbury: | |||
| 93. | iii. | SAMUEL, b. 5 June 1748. | |
| iv. | Lucy, b. 6 Apr. 1751; d. unm., of influenza, 1 Mar. 1826, aged 75; non compos mentis. | ||
| v. | JOANNA, b. 19 May 1753; d. 10 Oct. 1756. | ||
| vi. | HULDAH, b. 4 Oct. 1755; d. 29 Sept. 1756. | ||
| vii. | JOANNA, b. 1 Sept. 1757; d. 5 Oct. 1833; m. at Watertown, 10 Sept. 1777, ALLYN SOUTHMAYD6 JUDD, b. at Waterbury 5 Oct. 1756, d. at Windsor, Broome Co., N.Y., s. of Timothy5 (William4, Thomas3, William2, Thomas1) and Milicent (Gaylord). They lived in Northfield Parish, Litchfield, Conn., and removed to Windsor, N.Y., in May 1803. | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | Fanny, b. 24 Feb. 1778; m. 13 Oct. 1805, Joel Garnsey. | ||
| 2. | Polly, b. 22 Mar. 1779; d. in 1793. | ||
| 3. | Timothy, b. 13 Sept. 1780; m. 20 Feb. 1823, Lucy Lounesbury. | ||
| 4. | Milicent, b. 21 Apr. 1782; living unm. in 1850. | ||
| 5. | Gaylord, b. 7 Oct. 1784; m. (1) 24 June 1805, Sally Higley; m. (2) 16 Jan. 1825, Jane M. Mather. | ||
| 6. | Joanna (or Anna), b. 17 Dec. 1786; m. (1) 30 Nov. 1812, Chauncey Atwater; m. (2) 9 Apr. 1839, Minor Hill. | ||
| 7. | Susanna, b. 30 Nov. 1788; m. 2 Aug. 1810, Ezra G. Bennett. | ||
| 8. | Althea, b. 13 Dec. 1790; d. unm. 25 Dec. 1819. | ||
| 9. | Elizabeth, b. in Aug. 1793; m. 26 Mar. 1832, Lemuel Beardsley. | ||
| 10. | Allyn S., b. 23 Apr. 1796. | ||
| 11. | Frederic, b. 4 May 1799. | ||
| 94. | viii. | JOSIAH, b. 11 Oct. 1759. | |
| ix. | HULDAH, b. 23 Dec. 1761; m. DANIEL5 GARNSEY, b. at Waterbury 18 July 1760, d. at Blue Lick, Ind., 28 Apr. 1840, s. of Jonathan4 (Jonathan3, Joseph2, Joseph1) and Desire (Bronson). | ||
| Children: | |||
| 1. | William, m. Hannah French. | ||
| 2. | Seymour, m. — Blakeslee. | ||
| 3. | Grey. | ||
| 4. | Mellicent, m. Isaac Townsend. | ||
| 5. | Anna, m. — Briggs. | ||
| 6. | Polly, m. Jacob Lane. | ||
| 7. | Bronson, m. — Kelly. | ||
| x. | ANN, b. the last day of Feb. 1764; d. at Watertown 2 Jan. 1807, aged 43; m. AMOS6 FOOTE, b. at Waterbury 15 Jan. 1763, d. at Watertown 4 May 1834, s. of Thomas5 (Thomas4, John3, Robert2, Nathaniel1) and Rebecca (Doud). He m. (2) Eunice (Woodward) Daley. | ||
| Children: | |||
| Six bapt. at Watertown 16 May 1800 (names not given). | |||
| 7. | Anna Mariah, bapt. in July 1805. | ||
| Perhaps others. | |||
| xi. | VODICE (or BOADICE), b. in Mar. 1766; d. at Watertown 8 July 1796, aged 31; m. SAMUEL WILLIAMS. She was probably the “Boadina” Seymour who had “Meranda,” b. at Waterbury 29 July 1787. | ||
| Children, named in the will of their grandfather, Richard Seymour: | |||
| 1. | Miranda. | ||
| 2. | James. | ||
| xii. | MILES, b. in July 1769; d. 12 Dec. 1773. | ||
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