American Seymour Genealogy

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102. JONATHAN<sup>5</sup> SEYMOUR (//[[035.eliakim|Eliakim]]//<sup>4</sup>,
//[[013.jonathan|Jonathan]]//<sup>3</sup>,
//[[005.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>2</sup>,
//[[001.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>), born at Kensington Parish, Farmington,
Conn., 27 Aug. 1759, died at Otsego, N.Y., 26 July 1819; married at Kensington
Parish, Farmington, Conn., 15 Feb. 1787, ABIGAIL<sup>6</sup> HART, born at New
Britain, Conn., 27 Oct. 1761, died at Hartford, Pa., 2 Jan. 1833, buried at
Otsego, N.Y., daughter of Thomas<sup>5</sup> (//Elijah//<sup>4</sup>, //Thomas//<sup>3</sup>,
//Thomas//<sup>2</sup>, //Stephen//<sup>1</sup>) and Mehitabel (Bird).

He served as a soldier at Saratoga and with the Connecticut reserves at
Yorktown. He was a blacksmith, and settled first at Kensington, Conn.; in Jan.
1794 removed to Otsego, N.Y., where he was a deacon in the church; "a very
industrious man, honest, liberal, and faithful in all the relations of life."

^ Children: ^^
| i. | NABBY<sup>6</sup>, b. at Berlin, Conn., 31 Jan. 1788; d. at Amherst, Mass., 23 Aug. 1844; m. 16 Nov. 1809, JOAB TYLER, b. at Attleboro, Mass., 23 July 1784, d. at Amherst, Mass., 11 Jan. 1869, s. of John.((Three sons (//Tyler//): William S., a professor in Amherst College; Wellington R., principal and proprietor of the Young Ladies Institute at pittsfield, Mass.; and Edward G., principal and proprietor of the Young Ladies Seminary at Canandaigua, N.Y.)) |
| ii. | RUTH, b. 25 Aug. 1789; d. 6 Mar. 1875; m. WILLIAM A. BOYD, of Hartwick and Ovid, N.Y., and Monroe, Mich.((A son, Erasmus J. Boyd, was principal and proprietor .of the Young Ladies Institute at Monroe, Mich.)) |
| iii. | JOHN, b. 17 July 1791; d. 27 Mar. 1881; res. Harford, Pa., and Lyme, Ohio; m. 5 Jan. 1820, SARAH ATHERTON THACHER, b. at Attleboro, Mass., 30 Oct. 1797, dau. of Moses<sup>6</sup> (//Peter//<sup>5</sup>, //Peter//<sup>4</sup>, //Peter//<sup>3</sup>, //Thomas//<sup>2</sup>, //Peter//<sup>1</sup>) and Sarah (Read). Six children. In 1876, Mr. Seymour supplied a remarkably accurate and detailed account of his branch of the family, going back to Richard<sup>2</sup>, to Chief Justice O. S. Seymour of Litchfield, from whom Miss Talcott obtained a copy. |
| iv. | NANCY, b. 24 Apr. 1794; d. //s.p.// 11 Oct. 1831; m. in the Spring of 1831, REV. WILLIAM BRIDGEMAN. |
| v. | GEORGE, b. 20 June 1796; d. at Otsego, 16 June 1825. He was educated at Auburn Theological Seminary, entered the ministry, and was preaching in Susquehanna Co., Pa., when his labors were arrested by a severe cold, which terminated in consumption .. |
| vi. | HART, b. 18 Jan. 1798; d. 18 Aug. 1868; occupied his father's farm, later lived in Franklin, N.Y., and Plymouth, Ohio; m. MERCY NORTH. Five daughters. |
| vii. | MEHITABEL, b. 22 July 1800; d. 17 Apr. 1854; m. DR. CHARLES SMITH, of Lyme, Ohio. |
| viii. | ALONZO, b. 19 Jan. 1805; d. 11 Mar. 1861; a tinner and merchant of Geneva, N.Y.; m. HULDAH ROSE. Two children. |

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