American Seymour Genealogy

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====== 136. Asa Seymour ======

136. ASA<sup>6</sup> SEYMOUR (//[[069.Daniel|Daniel]]//<sup>5</sup>,
//[[022.Daniel|Daniel]]//<sup>4</sup>, //[[008.John|John]]//<sup>3</sup>,
//[[003.John|John]]//<sup>2</sup>, //[[001.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>l</sup>),
born at Hartford. Conn., 5 Feb. 1760, died there 28 Oct. 1810 aged 51; married
17 Dec. 1786. ELIZABETH<sup>6</sup> DENISON, born at New London, Conn., 7 Mar.
1766, died 26 May 1846, daughter of Thomas<sup>5</sup> (//Daniel//<sup>4</sup>,
//George//<sup>3</sup>, //John//<sup>2</sup>, //George//<sup>1</sup>) and
Catharine (Starr), and a descendant of Capt. George Denison, Capt. Daniel
Wetherell, and Elder William Brewster.

He served as a private in Capt. Selah Benton's Co., Col. Isaac Sherman's Regt.,
for three years and eight months, in the Revolutionary War.

Administration on his estate was granted to James Wells of Hartford. 2 Feb.
1811; estate insolvent. Dower of the widow Elizabeth was set off. 27 Apr. 1812.
William Seymour, a minor, aged about 15, son of Asa, chose his mother Elizabeth
Seymour as his guardian, 4 Sept 1813.

^ Children: ^^^^
| | i. | ELIZABETH<sup>7</sup>, b. 16 Feb. 1788; d. abt. 1831; m. 21 Mar. 1830, (as second wife), WILLIAM STEVENS WADSWORTH, b. 1783, d. 1855, s. of Reuben and Elizabeth (Stevens). No issue. ||
| | ii. | CATHERINE, b. 30 Aug. 1789; d. 6 Mar. 1865; m. 30 Mar. 1809, JOSEPH M.<sup>6</sup> BROWN (//Joseph//<sup>5</sup>, //Benjamin//<sup>4</sup>, //Peter//<sup>3</sup>, //Peter//<sup>2</sup>, //Peter//<sup>1</sup>), b. 24 Jan. 1784, d. 24 Feb. 1856. Nine children. ||
| | iii. | MARY, b. 21 May 1791; d. 28 Aug. 1860; m. at Hartford. 26 May 1840, (as second wife), ROGER SHERMAN<sup>6</sup> NEWELL, b. at Southington, Conn., 28 Mar. 1791, d. at Sodus Bay, N.Y., 1 Dec. 1863, s. of Simeon<sup>5</sup> (//Isaac//<sup>4</sup>, //Samuel//<sup>3</sup>, //Samuel//<sup>2</sup>, //Thomas//<sup>1</sup>) and Mercy (Hooker); no issue. ||
| 238. | iv. | [[238.Chester|CHESTER]], b. 10 Jan. 1793. ||
| | v. | MABEL, b. 22 May 1795; d. at Geneva. N.Y.; m. 5 May 1825, RUSSELL ROBBINS. ||
| | vi. | WILLIAM b. 26 May 1798; d. 21 Oct. 1850, unm. ||
| | vii. | ANNE, b. 29 Dec. 1801, d. at Hartford. Conn., 27 Oct. 1892; m. at Hartford. 22 Apr. 1823, DAVID FRANKLIN ROBINSON, b. at Granville, Mass., 7 Jan. 1801, d. at Hartford, 26 Jan. 1862, s. of David and Catherine (Coe), of Granville, Mass. ||
| | | Children: ||
| | | I. | Lucius Franklin<sup>8</sup>, b. 1 Feb. 1824; d. 11 Mar. 1861; m. 21 Oct. 1850, Eliza S. Trumbull |
| | | II. | Charles, b. 22 Dec. 1825; d. 2 Nov. 1827. |
| | | III. | Anne Catharine, b. 14 Sept. 1827; d. Apr. 1828. |
| | | IV. | Sarah Amelia, b. 26 Oct. 1829; d. 19 Jan. 1900; m. 6 Aug. 1855, (Hon.) J. Hammond Trumbull, Connecticut State Librarian. |
| | | V. | Henry Cornelius, b. 28 Aug. 1832; d. 14 Feb. 1900; m. 28 Aug. 1862, Eliza Niles Trumbull. b. 15 July 1833, d. 25 June 1916. See below. |
| | | VI. | Mary Caroline, b. 12 Aug. 1834; d. 24 May 1903; m. 25 May 1859, (Judge) Nathaniel Shipman, b. at Southbury, Conn., 22 Aug. 1828, d. 26 June 1906. See below. |
| | | VII. | Alfred S., b. 6 Apr. 1836; d. 26 Sept. 1878; m. 8 Dec. 1869, Emily Haynes. |
| 239. | viii. | [[239.ALBERT|ALBERT]] (twin), b. 29 Apr. 1804. ||
| | ix. | ALMIRA (twin), b. 29 Apr. 1804; d. Nov. 1866, unm. ||

**ANNE<sup>7</sup> (SEYMOUR) ROBINSON** (1801-1892) was well known in
Hartford, and notable for retention of her strength of intellect up
to the last week of her life. She responded to wisdom and wit and
sentiment to the end, and died of no disease, but sank peacefully
to sleep. The portrait is reproduced herein.

**HON. HENRY CORNELIUS<sup>8</sup> ROBINSON** (1832-1900), son of David
Franklin and Anne<sup>7</sup> (Seymour) Robinson, was born in Hartford,
Conn., and was graduated from Yale College with high honors in
1853. He begun the study of law in the office of his elder brother,
Lucius Franklin Robinson, and after admission to the bar practiced
alone and later in partnership with his brother until the latter's death
in 1861. Thereafter he managed the business until 1888, and in that
year took his eldest son, Lucius F., into the firm, which enjoyed a
high repute.

In 1866 he was appointed Fish Commissioner of the State. The
breeding and propagation of fish was a field of study in which he
felt great interest, and he did all in his power to preserve and develop
the fish industry of Connecticut. He received in 1872 the Republican
nomination for Mayor of Hartford, and although the city was
usually Democratic, was elected by a wide margin. His administration
was efficient, and during it Hartford became the sole capital of
the state, largely through his influence. In 1879 he was a member
of the General Assembly, and chairman of the judiciary committee.

Mr. Robinson was an active member of the Republican party, and
thrice received the nomination by acclamation for the office of
Governor, but his large legal practice prevented acceptance of a number
of appointments which came to him unsolicited, including that of
U.S. Minister to Spain under President Harrison. In 1880 he was
a member of the Republican National Convention at Chicago, and
was the author of a large part of its platform; and in 1887 he was
Commissioner for Connecticut at the Constitutional Centennial
celebration in Philadelphia.

He was a director in the New York, New Haven & Hartford
Railroad Company: the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance
Company; the Pratt & Whitney Company: the Connecticut Fire
Insurance Company; and the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection and
Insurance Company; trustee of the Connecticut Trust and Safe Deposit
Company, the Wadsworth Athenaeum of Hartford, and of the
Hartford Grammar School.

He stood among the foremost members of the Connecticut Bar,
and in 1888 received from Yale College the honorary degree of
LL.D. He did an immense amount of work in behalf of various
charitable institutions of Hartford, and served as a trustee or
director of several ecclesiastical associations in the city and state. He
was a man of high character and finished scholarship, and was a
gifted orator.

**HON. LUCIUS FRANKLIN<sup>9</sup> ROBINSON** (1863-  ), son of the
above, and grandson of Anne<sup>7</sup> (Seymour) Robinson, was a native
of Hartford, Conn., and a graduate of Yale University (A.B., 1885),
which honored him with the degree of LL.D. in 1926. He entered
upon the practice of law in Hartford, after admission to the
Connecticut Bar in 1887; and attained a position of prominence among
the lawyers of the State, being President of the Connecticut State
Bar Association. 1924 to 1926. He is senior member of the firm of
Robinson, Robinson & Cole, and like his father a director of several
industrial and insurance companies; also a director of the First
National Bank of Hartford and of the Hartford Public Library, and
a trustee of the Watkinson Library. Republican; Congregationalist.

Mr. Robinson's chief public service has been as Chairman of the
Connecticut State Park and Forest Commission, a position he has
held since 1917, and to which he has devoted an executive talent of
high order. In 1932 he was president of the Connecticut Constitutional
Convention.

Appended is the public oration delivered when Mr. Robinson
received his honorary degree.

**LUCIUS FRANKLIN ROBINSON, '85, LL.D.**

//Mr. Robinson belongs to a family long eminent in the annals of Yale, every
member of whom has done good service to his town, state, and country. Taking
his B.A. at Yale in 1885, he entered the law office of his distinguished father,
and advanced by native ability plus conscientious work. He is to-day recognized
as one of the leading lawyers of Connecticut, and became president of the
State Bar Association. His Presidential address attracted wide attention, both
by its definite conclusions and by the sincerity and earnestness with which they
were set forth. He has helped to restore Connecticut to the position she held
a hundred years ago, as champion of state rights. Apart from his special
services and successes in his chosen profession, Mr. Robinson will long be
remembered for the permanent results he achieved as Chairman of the State
Park and Forest Commission. Thousands of acres of woodland and mountain
are, by his supervision, coming under state control, which will be of inestimable
value to future generations. A certain incurable modesty has made Lucius
Robinson ambitious for the welfare of everyone except himself, and to-day it is
fitting that such success and such unselfishness should receive public recognition.//

**HON. JOHN TRUMBULL<sup>9</sup> ROBINSON** (1871-1937), B.A. (Yale,
1893), a younger son of Henry Comelius<sup>8</sup> Robinson, was a prominent
lawyer of Hartford, Conn. In 1903, he became Town Chairman of
the Republican Party, serving till 1906. From 1901 to 1903, he had
served as Secretary to Gov. George P. McLean. In 1904, he was a
delegate-at-large to the Republican National Convention. He was
elected President of the Hartford County Bar Association in 1930.
A daughter is wife of Prof. John H. G. Pierson, of Yale University.

**HON. NATHANIEL SHIPMAN** (1828-1906), son of Rev. Thomas
Leffingwell and Mary Thompson (Deming) Shipman, was a native
of Southbury, Conn., prepared for college at Plainfield (Conn.)
Academy, and was graduated from Yale College in 1848. He first
studied law in the office of Judge Thomas B. Osborne (Yale, 1817)
at Fairfield, and later in the Yale Law School. He settled in
Hartford, Conn., was admitted to the bar, and became prominent in his
profession.

He served in the Connecticut General Assembly in 1857, and was
Executive Secretary to Governor William A. Buckingham during the
critical period from 1858 to 1862. In 1875, he was appointed Judge
of the United States District Court, and in 1892 to the United States
Circuit Court of Appeals, where he served with conspicuous ability
until his retirement in 1902. In 1884 he received the honorary
degree of LL.D. from Yale University.

His wife was Mary Caroline<sup>8</sup> Robinson, daughter of Anne<sup>7</sup>
(Seymour) Robinson. They had five children, one of whom, Thomas,
died in infancy. The others were: Rev. Frank Robinson Shipman
(1863-1934), B.A. (Yale, 1885), B.D. (1889); Arthur Leffingwell
Shipman, below; Mary Deming (Shipman) Penrose (1868- );
and Henry Robinson Shipman (1877-1935).

**HON. ARTHUR LEFFINGWELL<sup>9</sup> SHIPMAN** (1864-1937), son of
the above, and grandson of Anne<sup>7</sup> (Seymour) Robinson, was born
at Hartford, Conn., 19 Nov. 1864, graduated from Hartford Public
High School in 1882, and from Yale University (B.A., 1886, LL.B.,
1888). While in college he was editor of the Yale Literary Magazine,
and a member of Skull and Bones. He worked for two years
in New York in the office of Seward, DaCosta & Guthrie. In 1890,
he formed a pa,rtnership with William F. Henney. He joined, in
1894, the firm of Hyde, Gross & Hyde, whith became Gross, Hyde &
Shipman. In 1919, Shipman & Goodwin was formed. He was a
member of the Hartford Common Council in 1891, and served three
terms as Corporation Counsel, from 1904 to 1908, and from 1910 to
1912. He was a member of the City Plan Commission in 1935.

He was married, 27 June 1901, to Melvina, Van Kleeck, and had
children: Mrs. Natalie (Shipman) Worcester; Anne V. K. Shipman
(deceased); Arthur Leffingwell Shipman. Jr.; and Mrs. Mary C.
(Shipman) Howard.

For many years he was one of the first, most useful and influential
citizens of Hartford, and delivered many addresses on historic
occasions. From the time of its creation, he was secretary of the State
Commission of Sculpture, and rendered invaluable services in that
connection for a period of thirty-five years. He was much interested
in matters of family history and very proud of his Seymour blood,
as well as of the Shipman and Leffingwell strains. He was devoted
to the memory of his father, Judge Shipman.

He was succeeded as secretary of the Commission of Sculpture by
his son and namesake. Arthur L. Shipman, Jr., B.A. (Yale, 1928),
LL.B. (1931).

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