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====== 172. William Seymour ======
172. WILLIAM6 SEYMOUR (//[[083.thomas|Thomas]]//5,
//[[028.thomas|Thomas]]//4, //[[009.Thomas|Thomas]]//3,
//[[003.John|John]]//2, //[[001.Richard|Richard]]//1),
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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