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-|  A HISTORY OF\\ THE SEYMOUR FAMILY  |
+==== Title Page ====
-|  Descendants of\\ RICHARD SEYMOUR\\ //OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT//\\ for Six Generations  |
-|  With extensive amplification of the lines deriving\\ from his son John Seymour of Hartford  |
-|  Compiled and arranged for publication under the direction of\\ GEORGE DUDLEY SEYMOUR\\ By\\ DONALD LINES JACOBUS  |
-|  Based primarily on the manuscript collections of\\ Mary Kingsbury Talcott and of Seymour Morris\\ Which the Author has augmented with an Introduction, various\\ Memorabilia and Appendices, and a Picture Gallery\\ of Seymour Family Portraits, Houses, Seals,\\ Chests and Family Memorials  |
-|  NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT\\ 1939  |
-|  TO THE HONORED MEMORY\\ OF MY FATHER\\ HENRY ALBERT SEYMOUR  |
-|  "Oh, call back yesterday, bid time return!"  |
-|  "We are in no danger of falling into too great a reverence for the things of antiquity."  |
-==== ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ====
+^  A HISTORY OF\\ THE SEYMOUR FAMILY  ^
+^  Descendants of\\ RICHARD SEYMOUR\\ //OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT//\\ for Six Generations\\ With extensive amplification of the lines deriving\\ from his son John Seymour of Hartford  ^
+^  Compiled and arranged for publication under the direction of\\ GEORGE DUDLEY SEYMOUR\\ By\\ DONALD LINES JACOBUS  ^
+^  Based primarily on the manuscript collections of\\ Mary Kingsbury Talcott and of Seymour Morris\\ Which the Author has augmented with an Introduction, various\\ Memorabilia and Appendices, and a Picture Gallery\\ of Seymour Family Portraits, Houses, Seals,\\ Chests and Family Memorials  ^
+^  NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT\\ 1939  ^
+==== Publisher ====
-The author desires
+|  Printed in the United States of America\\ The Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven, Connecticut((This text only appears in the original book.  Reprints by The Higginson Company contain their address, instead))  |
-to thank all those who have shown a helpful interest in the
-preparation of this History of the Seymour Family. Special
-acknowledgment is made for large collections
-of data to the following:
-To the late Seymour Morris, Esq., of Chicago, Illinois, for data
+==== Dedication 1 ====
-gathered with the assistance of Mrs. Lucy Hall Greenlaw, some part of
-which was published in 1918 and 1919 in the //New England
-Historical and Genealogical Register//, - and
-to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, to which Mrs.
-Seymour Morris presented this collection, for permission to utilize
-both the published and unpublished sections;
-To the late Miss
+^  TO THE HONORED MEMORY\\ OF MY FATHER\\ HENRY ALBERT SEYMOUR  ^
-Mary Kingsbury Talcott, of Hartford, Connecticut, who collected data
+^  "Oh, call back yesterday, bid time return!"  ^
-for many years, and to her cousin and legatee, Miss Katherine Seymour
-Day, of Hartford, for permission to use Miss Talcott's collection;
-And to Miss Anna Easton Crawford, of Lowville, New York, for the use
+==== Dedication 2 ====
-of her extensive collection of Seymour data.
-The author,
+|  "We are in no danger of falling into too great a reverence\\ for the things of antiquity."  |
-furthermore, cannot forbear acknowledging assistance rendered and
-courtesies extended by Mr. Albert C. Bates, Secretary and Librarian
+==== Acknowledgments ====
-of the Connecticut Historical Society, and his assistant, Miss Mary
-Helen Kidder; by the late Hon. George S. Godard; State Librarian of
+The author desires to thank all those who have shown a helpful interest in the
-Connecticut, and his successor, Hon. James Brewster; by Hon. Walter
+preparation of this History of the Seymour Family. Special acknowledgment is
-H. Clark, Judge of Probate of the Hartford District; and by Colonel
+made for large collections of data to the following:
-Clarence W. Seymour of Hartford, Conn. Also by Miss Lucie L. Oliver
-of the Yale Gallery of Fine Arts and Miss Anne S. Pratt, Research
+To the late Seymour Morris, Esq., of Chicago, Illinois, for data gathered with
-Assistant in the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University.
+the assistance of Mrs. Lucy Hall Greenlaw, some part of which was published in
+and 1919 in the //New England Historical and Genealogical Register//, - and
+to the New England Historic Genealogical Society, to which Mrs. Seymour Morris
+presented this collection, for permission to utilize both the published and
+unpublished sections;
+To the late Miss Mary Kingsbury Talcott, of Hartford, Connecticut, who collected
+data for many years, and to her cousin and legatee, Miss Katherine Seymour Day,
+of Hartford, for permission to use Miss Talcott's collection;
+And to Miss Anna Easton Crawford, of Lowville, New York, for the use of her
+extensive collection of Seymour data.
+The author, furthermore, cannot forbear acknowledging assistance rendered and
+courtesies extended by Mr. Albert C. Bates, Secretary and Librarian of the
+Connecticut Historical Society, and his assistant, Miss Mary Helen Kidder; by
+the late Hon. George S. Godard; State Librarian of Connecticut, and his
+successor, Hon. James Brewster; by Hon. Walter H. Clark, Judge of Probate of the
+Hartford District; and by Colonel Clarence W. Seymour of Hartford, Conn. Also by
+Miss Lucie L. Oliver of the Yale Gallery of Fine Arts and Miss Anne S. Pratt,
+Research Assistant in the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University.
 G.D.S.
-==== EDITOR'S NOTE ====
+==== Editor's Note ====
-The present volume is not a complete genealogy of the Seymour family.
+The present volume is not a complete genealogy of the Seymour family. It
-It contains a full account of the descendants of Richard Seymour the
+contains a full account of the descendants of Richard Seymour the Colonist on
-Colonist on all branches through the sixth generation. Beyond the
+all branches through the sixth generation. Beyond the sixth generation, it is
-sixth generation, it is limited to the branch of John<sup>2</sup>
+limited to the branch of John<sup>2</sup> Seymour, one of the colonist's sons.
-Seymour, one of the colonist's sons.
-Permission first
+Permission first having been granted to use the extensive Morris manuscripts,
-having been granted to use the extensive Morris manuscripts, our
+our account in the first instance was based on them. It was greatly amplified
-account in the first instance was based on them. It was greatly
+when the Talcott manuscripts became available, containing as they do family
-amplified when the Talcott manuscripts became available, containing
+records which Miss Talcott obtained over fifty years ago. Miss Crawford's
-as they do family records which Miss Talcott obtained over fifty
+collection, at many points necessarily duplicating data obtained from the first
-years ago. Miss Crawford's collection, at many points necessarily
+two sources, was helpful in
-duplicating data obtained from the first two sources, was helpful in
-The editor
+The editor appreciates the courtesies extended to him by Miss Day of Hartford,
-appreciates the courtesies extended to him by Miss Day of Hartford,
+and by Miss Josephine E. Rayne and other officials of the New England Historic
-and by Miss Josephine E. Rayne and other officials of the New England
+Genealogical Society.
-Historic Genealogical Society.
 D.L.J.
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