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====== 187. Erastus Seymour ======

187. ERASTUS<sup>6</sup> SEYMOUR (//[[090.Samuel|Samuel]]//<sup>5</sup>,
//[[031.joseph|Joseph]]//<sup>4</sup>,
//[[010.zachariah|Zachariah]]//<sup>3</sup>, //[[003.john|John]]//<sup>2</sup>,
//[[001.richard|Richard]]//<sup>1</sup>), born at Colebrook, Conn., 23 Sept.
1794, died there 9 Sept. 1854; married at Colebrook, 27 Nov. 1818, JERUSHA KING
PORTER, born 7 Aug. 1790, died at Colebrook, 7 Mar. 1874.

He was drafted at Colebrook, Aug. 1813, for service in the War of 1812, and was
in the Conn. Militia to Sept. 1815.

^ Children: ^^^^
| i. | CHARLES<sup>7</sup>, b. 3 Jan. 1821; unm. |||
| ii. | EDWARD PORTER, b. 11 Nov. 1822; d. at Colebrook, 8 Apr. 1908; a farmer; m. at Lenox, Mass., 16 May 1844, FRANCES M. CROSBY, b. 25 Feb. 1825, d. at Colebrook, 23 May 1908. Child: |||
| | I. | Charles Edward<sup>8</sup>, b. 23 May 1847; real estate dealer, res. (1919) Winsted, Conn.; m. at Torrington, Conn., 11 Nov. 1870, Harriet Amelia Reed, b. 6 May 1854. Children: ||
| | | (1) | Mary Frances<sup>9</sup>, b. 11 July 1876. |
| | | (2) | Florence Crosby, b. 13 May 1879; m. Guy E. Hood. |
| | | (3) | Edward Porter, b. 30 July 1881. |
| iii. | MARY E., b. 21 Jan. 1825; d. in 1841. |||
| iv. | SAMUEL, b. 14 Dec. 1829; d. at Rockford, 111., 7 Mar. 1906; in real estate and insurance business; m. (1) LAURA LEWIS; m. (2) at Davis Junction, 111., 18 Sept. 1902, FLORENCE E. KENNISH, b. at Rockford, 22 Feb. 1876.  Child by second wife: |||
| | I. | Porter Kennish<sup>8</sup>, b. 29 June 1903. ||
| v. | JOHN, b. 29 Sept. 1831; m. MARGARET L. WRIGHT, dau. of Alvin of Colebrook. |||

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