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-==== Title Page ====+[[frontispiece|(<-- Frontispiece)]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[contents|(Table of Contents -->)]]
  
-|  A HISTORY OF\\ THE SEYMOUR FAMILY  | 
  
-----+==== Title Page ====
  
- Descendants of\\ RICHARD SEYMOUR\\ //OF HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT//\\ for Six Generations  |+^  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  ^
  
-|  With extensive amplification of the lines deriving\\ from his son John Seymour of Hartford  |+==== Publisher ====
  
-----+|  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))  |
  
-||  Compiled and arranged for publication under the direction of\\ GEORGE DUDLEY SEYMOUR\\ By\\ DONALD LINES JACOBUS  |+==== Dedication 1 ====
  
-----+^  TO THE HONORED MEMORY\\ OF MY FATHER\\ [[296.henry_albert|HENRY ALBERT SEYMOUR]] 
 +^  "Oh, call back yesterday, bid time return!"  ^
  
-Based primarily on the manuscript collections of +==== Dedication 2 ====
-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+
  
-----+|  "We are in no danger of falling into too great a reverence\\ for the things of antiquity."  |
  
-|  NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT\\ 1939  |+==== Acknowledgments ====
  
-----+The author desires 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 HONORED MEMORY\\ OF MY FATHER\\ HENRY ALBERT SEYMOUR  | +To the late Seymour Morris, Esq., of Chicago, Illinois, for data gathered with  
-|  "Ohcall back yesterdaybid time return!"  |+the assistance of Mrs. Lucy Hall Greenlawsome 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 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;
  
-"We are in no danger of falling into too great a reverence for the things of antiquity."+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  
-=== ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS === +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  
-The author desires +Hartford District; and by Colonel Clarence W. Seymour of Hartford, Conn. Also by  
-to thank all those who have shown a helpful interest in the +Miss Lucie L. Oliver of the Yale Gallery of Fine Arts and Miss Anne S. Pratt,  
-preparation of this History of the Seymour Family. Special +Research Assistant in the Sterling Memorial Library of Yale University.
-acknowledgment is made for large collections +
-of data to the following: +
- +
-To the late Seymour MorrisEsq., of Chicago, Illinois, for data +
-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 +
-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. G.D.S.
  
-----+==== Editor's Note ====
  
-=== EDITOR'S NOTE ===+The present volume is not a complete genealogy of the Seymour family. It  
 +contains a full account of the descendants of Richard Seymour the Colonist on  
 +all branches through the sixth generation. Beyond the sixth generation, it is  
 +limited to the branch of John<sup>2</sup> Seymour, one of the colonist's sons.
  
-The present volume is not a complete genealogy of the Seymour family. +Permission first having been granted to use the extensive Morris manuscripts,  
-It contains a full account of the descendants of Richard Seymour the +our account in the first instance was based on themIt was greatly amplified  
-Colonist on all branches through the sixth generationBeyond the +when the Talcott manuscripts became available, containing as they do family  
-sixth generationit is limited to the branch of John<sup>2</sup> +records which Miss Talcott obtained over fifty years ago. Miss Crawford's  
-Seymourone of the colonist's sons.+collectionat many points necessarily duplicating data obtained from the first  
 +two sourceswas helpful in
  
-Permission first +The editor appreciates the courtesies extended to him by Miss Day of Hartford,  
-having been granted to use the extensive Morris manuscripts, our +and by Miss Josephine E. Rayne and other officials of the New England Historic  
-account in the first instance was based on them. It was greatly +Genealogical Society.
-amplified when the Talcott manuscripts became available, containing +
-as they do family records which Miss Talcott obtained over fifty +
-years ago. Miss Crawford's collection, at many points necessarily +
-duplicating data obtained from the first two sources, was helpful in +
- +
-The editor +
-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 Genealogical Society.+
  
 D.L.J. D.L.J.
 +
 +\\ [[frontispiece|(<-- Frontispiece)]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[contents|(Table of Contents -->)]]
  
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