American Seymour Genealogy

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====== Mary (Ledyard) Seymour (1735-1807), Wife of The First Mayor ======

{{mary_ledyard.jpg|Mary (Ledyard) Seymour (1735-1807), Wife of the First Mayor}}

**MARY (LEDYARD) SEYMOUR (1735-1807), WIFE OF THE FIRST MAYOR**

Daughter of John Ledyard, Esq., of New London and Hartford; wife of Thomas
Seymour, First Mayor of Hartford; sister of the gallant Col. William Ledyard,
the "Hero of Fort Griswold" in 1781; aunt of John Ledyard, the traveller;
mother of Capt. Thomas Youngs Seymour, the "Beau Sabreur of Saratoga"; mother of
Major Henry Seymour of Hartford; mother of Mary Juliana Seymour, the famous
beauty of Hartford of her time; grandmother of Thomas Hart Seymour, the "Hero of
Chapultepec," U.S. Minister to Russia, and Governor of Connecticut. The canvas
deposited in the Connecticut Historical Society, 1885, by her granddaughter,
Mary Ellery Seymour, of New Orleans. The companion picture of her husband, the
First Mayor, has long since disappeared.

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