American Seymour Genealogy

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====== 172. William Seymour ======

172. WILLIAM<sup>6</sup> SEYMOUR (//[[083.thomas|Thomas]]//<sup>5</sup>,
//[[028.thomas|Thomas]]//<sup>4</sup>, //[[009.Thomas|Thomas]]//<sup>3</sup>,
//[[003.John|John]]//<sup>2</sup>, //[[001.Richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>),
born at Hartford, Conn., 28 Dec. 1759, died at Bloomfield, Conn., 20 Dec. 1843,
unmarried.

He was graduated from Yale College in 1779. In 1781 he went to Groton to attend 
the wedding of his brother, Thomas Y. Seymour, to his cousin, Mary Ann Ledyard, 
and remained to visit his uncle, Colonel Ledyard. The British attack on Groton, 
led by the infamous Arnold, occurred at just this time, and young William 
Seymour led a company of hastily organized volunteers to the support of his 
uncle in defending Fort Griswold. He received a ball in the knee while repelling 
the assault, and afterwards seven wounds from the inhuman enemy, which crippled 
him for life. Miss Talcott received a tradition that he was the only American 
wounded at Fort Griswold who received attention from the British surgeon, and 
this was because he was recognized as belonging to a family of superior social 
position.

He became a merchant in Hartford, and lost his mind some years before his 
death.((See Dexter's //Yale Biographies//, 4th Series, p.126.))

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