American Seymour Genealogy

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====== 77. Capt. Samuel Seymour ======

77. CAPT. SAMUEL<sup>5</sup> SEYMOUR (//[[026.moses|Moses]]//<sup>4</sup>,
//[[008.John|John]]//<sup>3</sup>, //[[003.John|John]]//<sup>2</sup>,
//[[001.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>), a hatter, born at Hartford, Conn., 21
Jan. 1754, died at Litchfield, Conn., 14 Nov. 1837 aged 84; married at
Litchfield, 20 June 1788, REBECCA<sup>5</sup> OSBORN, born at Litchfield, 11
Oct. 1763, died there 17 July 1843 aged 80, daughter of John<sup>4</sup>
(//Benjamin//<sup>3</sup>, //Benjamin//<sup>2</sup>, //Thomas//<sup>1</sup>) and Lois
(Peck).

Captain Samuel Seymour, as he was always called, made an application for a
pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and there is on file in
the Pension Office at Washington, an interesting affidavit made by him detailing
his services in the Revolutionary War. That affidavit is too long to be copied
in full, but the substance of it is as follows:

He says that on the 3d day of May, 1834, he was a resident of Litchfield and
eighty years of age, having been born at Hartford, January 21, 1754; that in
December, 1775, he enlisted in Hartford for two months' service to go to the
City of New York in a company commanded by Capt. Abram Sedgwick, Lt. Joseph
Skinner and Ensign Peleg Heath; that the regiment was commanded by Col. David
Waterbury; that he marched immediately towards New York, and arrived at Stamford
where they halted in consequence of information received that Gov. Tryon had
threatened to burn the City of N ew York if the American troops attempted to
enter it. A messenger was sent to Gen. Washington to know whether the troops
should march on or return. Having received orders to march, they went to the
City of New York where the Company remained two months and was then dismissed,
and he returned to Hartford.

In the Fall of '76, he removed to Litchfield, and in December of that year he
again enlisted in a company of troops commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin, Lt.
Alex. Waugh and Ensign Ozias Goodwin, commanded by Col. Hooker, Lt.-Col. Jesse
Root and Maj. Hills; that he marched from Litchfield with said Company to the
lines in Westchester County where he was stationed at different places, and was
engaged at the Battle of King's Bridge, was also stationed at Mamaroneck, New
Rochelle, etc. When the term of enlistment of the Company had expired, they were
requested by their superior officers to remain longer, which they did. In this
service he was in New York for a period of two months and seven days; that he
received no written discharge, but was dismissed by verbal discharge from the
officer in command.

In April, 1777, word having been received at Litchfield that the British had
landed at Compo and were marching towards Danbury to destroy the stores there,
Captain Seymour marched with a company under the command of Eaton Jones, who was
formerly a Lieutenant in the Company, before daylight on the following morning
after the alarm was given. When they arrived at Danbury, they found that the
British had burned it and were retreating towards their ships. He with his
company pursued them towards Ridgefield where he was under the personal command
of Gen. Wooster until he was wounded; they pursued the enemy towards Long Island
Sound and had quite a skirmish with them at a place called Chestnut Ridge in
which two of the Litchfield Company were wounded; they then pursued them to
Compo River and on Compo Hill had another skirmish with the British in which
Paul Peck and another of the Litchfield company were killed. After the
embarkation of the British, the company marched back to Litchfield and were
dismissed; he was engaged eight days in this service at this time.

Immediately after he was elected Sergeant of the company commanded by Capt.
Miles Beach, and almost constantly thereafter he was called upon to go with a
file of men to guard ammunition, provisions, etc., which were sent forward from
Litchfield, which was then an important military depot of supplies, to the
American Army on the lines near New York and the Hudson River; that in the year
1777, he was detached from his company and ordered to march in command of a
guard of men to defend a trainload of ammunition sent from Litchfield to the
North River; that almost constantly during the years 1777, 1778 and 1779 he was
engaged in this business as commander of a company of guards.

That in the Summer of 1778, an officer of the French Army deserted from the
troops at Newport, R.I., and was pursued through Connecticut, and as Captain of
a troop in pursuit of such officer, he (Seymour) pursued him across the
Housatonic River and captured him, bringing him back as a prisoner.

That in the forepart of July, 1779, at the New Haven Alarm, as an officer in
Capt. Beach's Company, he marched to New Haven in defense of that town, but
arrived too late to participate in any actual engagement.

In June, 1780, he went as an officer under Capt. Ephraim Harrison to Peekskill
on the North River to defend the country in that neighborhood from an
apprehended attack by the British, who, it was supposed, were about to sail up
the river for that purpose.

In December, 1781, in command of a guard, he marched with some deserters who had
fled from the American Army to Litchfield back to West Point.

Will of Samuel Seymour of Litchfield, dated 15 Dec. 1828, proved 19 Dec. 1837,
named wife Rebecca, and upon her decease the estate to be divided among all my
children (not named), son Charles to be executor. Debts due to James Seymour,
William H. Seymour and Ozias Seymour.

James Seymour, William H. Seymour, Thomas R. Roby in behalf of his children, and
Harriet Webster, are named as heirs of Samuel Seymour of Litchfield, in a
document dated 11 Aug. 1844.

^ Children: ^^^
| | i. | HARRIET<sup>6</sup>, b. 24 Mar. 1789; d. at Litchfield, 4 May 1854 ae. 65; m. (pub. 13 Jan. 1816) at West Hartford, ANSON WEBSTER, who d. at West Hartford, 13 Mar. 1836 ae, 50, s. of Isaac Jr. and Abigail (Woodruff). They lived in Litchfield. |
| 158. | ii. | [[158.James|JAMES]], b. 20 Apr. 1791. |
| | iii. | CHARLES, b. 13 Mar. 1793; d. at Reed City, Mich., 9 May 1884, unm. See below. |
| | iv. | WILLIAM, b. 13 Mar. 1794; d. 30 Sept. 1794. |
| | v. | CLARISSA, b. 23 Jan. 1800; m. 22 Oct. 1828, THOMAS R. ROBY, of Brockport, N.Y. |
| 159. | vi. | [[159.william_henry|WILLIAM HENRY]], b. 15 July 1802. |

**CHARLES<sup>6</sup> SEYMOUR** (1793-1884) in youth was Postmaster at Litchfield,
Conn., and later followed his brothers James and William to Brockport, N.Y.,
where they were established as merchants. With his brother James, he founded the
village of Flushing, Mich., and was active in its early development. He built
the sawmill there, and was the first Supervisor of the town. He was elected
County Commissioner in 1840, and in 1852 Register of Deeds. In 1855 he was
elected Justice of the Peace, and in 1857, Assessor, at Flint, Mich., where he
lived during most of the remainder of his life. He never married, and died at
the home of his nephew Henry Seymour in Reed City, at the age of ninety-two.

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