Sergt Samuel SEYMOUR

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He inherited the homestead (North's Hist. of Berlin, p. 20), and was made Constable, Dec 1, 1715. He owned the Covenant in the Farmington Church, May 11, 1707; and he and his wife were among the ten original members of the Kensington Church which was formed Dec. 10, 1712. In 1743, he joined the Deacon Thomas Hart and others of Kensington Parish presenting a memorial to the General Assembly "setting fourth the great disorder and confusion in said parish," and praying for relief.

Samuel married Hannah NORTH on 10 May 1706. Hannah (daughter of Thomas NORTH and Hannah NEWELL) died after 19 Apr 1758. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. Hannah SEYMOUR was born on 28 Mar 1706/7.
2. Mary SEYMOUR was born on 13 Nov 1708; died on 2 May 1791.
3. Samuel SEYMOUR died on Prob. Feb 1749.
4. Rebecca SEYMOUR was born on 25 Jun 1711; died on 2 May 1792.
5. Sarah SEYMOUR was born on 2 Dec 1712; died on 20 Aug 1781.
6. Mercy SEYMOUR was born on 11 Sep 1715; died in Lenox, Massachusetts.
7. Ruth SEYMOUR died on 23 Nov 1799.

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He was Freeman at Farmington, 1669; one of the 84 proprietors of Farmington in 1672; Selectman of the Great Swamp at Christian Lane; he made there about 1686, a fort of palisades or logs sixteen feet long, sharp at the top and closely and firmly set in the ground. Within it were cabins where the settlers took refuge at night for safety against the Indians; "at the center was a well which still exists and furnishes the best water." (Andrews' New Britain.) He was killed by the fall of a tree in 1710 and administration upon his estate was granted Dec. 4, of that year. He was one of the wealthiest men in the settlement, the inventory of his estate being L426, 13s. 3d.

Andrew says: "the prudent liberality of the old town of Farmington was shown in voting to Captain Richard Seymour, in full town meeting, L1 as compensation or gratuity for planting this colony."

He gave the plot for the old cemetery at Christian Lane and was the first person interred there.

Richard married Hannah WOODRUFF about 1674. Hannah (daughter of Matthew WOODRUFF and Hannah ?) was born in Oct 1648; died on 16 Sep 1713 in Farmington, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Fact: Daughter of Matthew Woodruff