First Generation 1. Henry Franklin SEYMOUR was born on 16 DEC 1845 in Morrisville, Madison, New York. Second Generation 2. Myranda SEYMOUR was born on 12 SEP 1806 in Lebanon, Columbia, New York. He died on 16 SEP 1882 in Eaton, Madison, New York. Myranda SEYMOUR and Melona MARTIN were married on 4 OCT 1843 in Morrisville, Madison, New York. 3. Melona MARTIN was born on 2 MAR 1809 in , Franklin, Massachusetts. She died on 9 OCT 1886 in Morrisville, Madison, New York. Myranda SEYMOUR and Melona MARTIN had the following children: i. Charles Martin SEYMOUR was born on 26 JUL 1844 in Morrisville, Madison, New York. 1 ii. Henry Franklin SEYMOUR. Third Generation 4. Silas SEYMOUR was born on 7 MAY 1777 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 2 AUG 1845 in Lebanon, Columbia, New York. Silas SEYMOUR and Sarah GILBERT were married on 2 NOV 1800 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York. 5. Sarah GILBERT was born on 1 APR 1779 in Pomfret, Windham, Connecticut. She died on 5 OCT 1850 in Lebanon, Columbia, New York. Silas SEYMOUR and Sarah GILBERT had the following children: i. Fanny SEYMOUR was born on 19 DEC 1801 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York. She died on 6 MAY 1881 in Cherry Valley, Harrison, Ohio. ii. Eleazer SEYMOUR was born on 3 MAY 1803 in Lebanon, Columbia, New York. He died on 20 FEB 1864 in New Woodstock, Madison, New York. iii. Lucy Ann SEYMOUR was born on 26 JAN 1805 in Lebanon, Columbia, New York. She died on 15 MAY 1806 in Lebanon, Columbia, New York. 2 iv. Myranda SEYMOUR. 6. Marriage intention was recorded on 21 MAR 1808 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts Vital Records of Leverett, Franklin County, Mass. "First Book of Records" of Leverett, Mass. Eluna MARTIN and Persis PAYNE were married on 28 MAR 1808 in Leverett, Franklin, Massachusetts. 7. Persis PAYNE was born on 1 OCT 1785 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts. Marriage intention was recorded on 21 MAR 1808 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts She died on 30 MAR 1834 in Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts. She was buried in Dry Hill Cemetery, Montague, Franklin, Massachusetts. Vital Records of Montague, Massachusetts To The End of The Year 1849. Published by the Essex Institute Salem Mass. 1934. p 94. of Montague, Mass. Vital Records of Leverett, Franklin County, Mass. "First Book of Records" of Montague, Mass. Eluna MARTIN and Persis PAYNE had the following children: 3 i. Melona MARTIN. Fourth Generation 8. William SEYMOUR was born on 18 AUG 1728 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. He died on 18 MAY 1782 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. Inventory of estate was completed on 7 JAN 1783 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. Administration of estate granted on 9 JUN 1783 A History of The Seymour Family - Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, Compiled by George Dudley Seymour & Donald Lines Jacobus, printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven Connection, 1939. p. 122. Administration upon the estate of William Seymour late of New Hartford granted to Mehitable Seymour and Noah Seymour, both of New Hartford, 9 June 1783. Inventory taken 7 Jan. 1783. Amount, 243 pounds, 15 shillings, 0 pence. A History of The Seymour Family - Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, Compiled by George Dudley Seymour & Donald Lines Jacobus, printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven Connection, 1939. p. 122. William Seymour was a farmer, and appears to have led an uneventful life. William SEYMOUR and Mehitabel MERRILL were married on 27 DEC 1753 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. 9. Mehitabel MERRILL was born on 25 MAY 1734 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 29 JUN 1810 in Stillwater, Saratoga, New York. A History of The Seymour Family - Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, Compiled by George Dudley Seymour & Donald Lines Jacobus, printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven Connection, 1939. p.122. After the death of her husband, she and her family, moved in 1782 to New York State and settled near Stillwater. She is buried in the "Yellow Meetinghouse Cemetery" there. Just when this exodus from New Hartford to Stillwater took place is not known to the writer, but I am led to believe the removal took place about 1785. Probably these Seymours were in the vanguard of that large group of Connecticut men and women who moved from their rocky farms in the Connecticut hills to the far more fertile land in "York State," where the name "Seymour" is legion: so many, alas, that all who bore it cannot be recorded in this book. William SEYMOUR and Mehitabel MERRILL had the following children: i. William SEYMOUR was born on 15 NOV 1754 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 22 DEC 1841 in Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York. He was buried in Old Fredonia Cemetery, Pomfret, Chautauqua, New York. A History of The Seymour Family - Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, Compiled by George Dudley Seymour & Donald Lines Jacobus, printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven Connection, 1939. p. 201. He enlisted Mar. 1776 under Capt. Aaron Austin, Col. Burrell's Regt. Conn., and was discharged for illness, Oct. 1776; drafted Apr. 1777 under Capt. John Strong, Col. Burrell's Regt. and served as fifer; drafted Aug. 1778 under Capt. Nehemiah Lawrence, Col. Burrell's Regt. He removed to Canaan, Conn., in 1778, and remained there about one year, then removed to Stillwater, N.Y. In 1780 he enrolled as a volunteer in Capt. John Thomson's Co., Col. John McCrea's Regt., N.Y. Militia, serving until the Fall of 1783. He lived near the "Yellow Meeting House" in Stillwater many years, was a blacksmith by trade, Town Clerk, 1803, 1806-7, 1821-4, 1826, and was for ten or fifteen years Clerk of the Congregational Society there. In 1836 he removed to Pomfret, Chautaugua County, N.Y. ii. Mehitabel SEYMOUR was born on 18 OCT 1756 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 25 OCT 1756 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. iii. Mehitabel SEYMOUR was born on 3 NOV 1757 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died in 1827. A History of The Seymour Family - Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, Compiled by George Dudley Seymour & Donald Lines Jacobus, printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven Connection, 1939. p. 122. Five surviving children by first husband; ten other children died in infancy. iv. Noah SEYMOUR was born on 10 NOV 1759 in New Hartford, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 26 MAR 1832 in Sodus, Wayne, New York. He was buried in Huron Evergreen Cemetery, near Wolcott, Wayne, New York. A History of The Seymour Family - Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, Compiled by George Dudley Seymour & Donald Lines Jacobus, printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven Connection, 1939. p. 203. Noah Seymour March 26, 1832 AE 72 yrs 4 mo. 16 ds. A History of The Seymour Family - Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, Compiled by George Dudley Seymour & Donald Lines Jacobus, printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, New Haven Connection, 1939. p. 202. He served as a Private in 1777 in Capt. Abel Pettibone's Co., Brig. Gen. Wolcott's Regt., Peekskill Campaign, and in 1778 for nine months as Orderly Sergeant in Capt. Amasa Mill's Co., Col. Rogert Enos' Regt., serving on the Hudson afterwards he enlisted in Capt. Elijah Seymour's Co. of Dragoons and served as Orderly Sergeant for six months. He removed about 1812 to Sodus, Wayne Co., N.Y. The author well remembers that when he was a young man his father made a brief visit to his relatives in Wayne County, and was impressed with the beauty and fertility of their fine farms. The made a "sentimental journey" in 1936 to the burial place of his great-grand-father and great-grandmother, and could not help feeling that they had done well in participating in the westward movement as so many families did after the Revolutionary War. Noah and his wife are buried in Huron Evergreen Cemetery, next to the Town of Wolcott, N.Y.