First Generation 1. Capt. Samuel SEYMOUR was born on 21 JAN 1754 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. He signed a will on 15 DEC 1828 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. 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. 148. Will of Samuel Seymour of Litchfield, dated 15 Dec. 1828, proved 19 Dec. 1837, named wife Rebecca, and upon her decease the estate to be divided among all my children (not named), son Charles to be executor. Debts due to James Seymour, William H. Seymour and Ozias Seymour. James Seymour, William H. Seymour, Thomas R. Roby in behalf of his children, and Harriet Webster, are named as heirs of Samuel Seymour of Litchfield, in a document dated 11 Aug 1844. He died on 14 NOV 1837 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. Will was proved on 19 DEC 1837 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. 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. 146. Captain Samuel Seymour, as he was always called, made an application for a pension under the Act of Congress passed June 7, 1832, and there is on file in the Pension Office at Washington, an interesting affidavit made by him detailing his services in the Revolutionary War. That affidavit is too long to copied in full, but the substance of it is as follows: He says that on the 3d day of May, 1834, he was a resident of Litchfield and eighty years of age, having been born at Hartford, January 21, 1754; that in December, 1775, he enlisted in Hartford for two months' service to go to the City of New York in a company commanded by Capt. Abram Sedgwick, Lt. Joseph Skinner and Ensign Peleg Heath; that the regiment was commanded by Col. David Waterbury; that he marched immediately towards New York, and arrived at Stamford where they halted in consequence of information received that Gov. Tryon had threatened to burn the City of New York if the American troops attempted to enter it. A messenger was sent to Gen. Washington to know whether the troops should march on or return. Having received orders to march, they went to the City of New York where the Company remained two months and was then dismissed, and he returned to Hartford. In the Fall of '76, he removed to Litchfield, and in December of that year he again enlisted in a company of troops commanded by Capt. Nathaniel Goodwin, Lt. Alex. Waugh and Ensign Ozias Goodwin, commanded by Col. Hooker, Lt. Col. Jesse Root and Maj. Hills; that he marched from Litchfield with said Company to the lines in Westchester County where he was stationed at different places, and was engaged at the Battle of King's Bridge, was also stationed at Mamaroneck, New Rochelle, etc. When the term of enlistment of the Company had expired, they were requested by their superior officers to remain longer, which they did. in this service he was in New York for a period of two months and seven days; that he received no written discharge, but was dismissed by verbal discharge from the officer in command. In April, 1777, word having been received at Litchfield that the British had landed at Compo and were marching towards Danbury to destroy the stores there, Captain Seymour marched with a company under the command of Eaton Jones, who was formerly a Lieutenant in the Company, before daylight on the following morning after the alarm was given. When they arrived at Danbury, they found that the British had burned it and were retreating towards their ships. He with his company pursued them towards Ridgefield where he was under the personal command of Gen. Wooster until he was wounded; they pursued the enemy towards Long Island Sound and had quite a skirmish with them at a place called Chestnut Ridge in which two of the Litchfield Company were wounded; they then pursued them to Compo River and on Compo Hill had another skirmish with the British in which Paul Peck and another of the Litchfield company were killed. After the embarkation of the British, the company marched back to Litchfield and were dismissed; he was engaged eight days in this service at this time. Immediately after he was elected Sergeant of the company commanded by Capt. Miles Beach, and almost constantly thereafter he was called upon to go with a file of men to guard ammunition, provisions, etc., which were sent forward from Litchfield, which was then an important military depot of supplies, to the American Army on the lines near New York and the Hudson River; that in the year 1777, he was detached from his company and ordered to march in command of a guard of men to defend a trainload of ammunition sent from Litchfield to the North River; that almost constantly during the years 1777, 1778 and 1779 he was engaged in this business as commander of a company of guards. That in the Summer of 1778, an officer of the French Army deserted from the troops at Newport, R.I., and was pursued through Connecticut, and as Captain of a troop in pursuit of such officer, he (Seymour) pursued him across the Houstonic River and captured him, bringing him back as a prisoner. That in the forepart of July, 1779, at the New Haven Alarm, as an officer in Capt. Beach's Company, he marched to New Haven in defense of that town, but arrived too late to participate in any actual engagement. In June, 1780, he went as an officer under Capt. Ephraim Harrison to Peekskill on the North River to defend the country in that neighborhood from an apprehended attack by the British, who, it was supposed, were about to sail up the river for that purpose. In December, 1781, in command of guard, he marched with some deserters who had fled from the American Army to Litchfield back to West Point. Capt. Samuel SEYMOUR and Rebecca OSBORN were married on 20 JUN 1788 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. Rebecca OSBORN (daughter of John OSBORN and Lois PECK) was born on 11 OCT 1763 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 17 JUL 1843 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. Capt. Samuel SEYMOUR and Rebecca OSBORN had the following children: +2 i. Harriet SEYMOUR (born on 24 MAR 1789). 3 ii. James SEYMOUR was born on 20 APR 1791 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. 4 iii. Charles SEYMOUR was born on 13 MAR 1793 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 9 MAY 1884 in Reed City, Osceola, Michigan. 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. 149. In youth was Postmaster at Litchfield, Conn., and later followed his brothers James and William to Brockport, N.Y., where they were established as merchants. With his brother James, he founded the village of Flushing, Mich., and was active in its early development. He built the sawmill there, and was the first Supervisor of the town. He was elected County Commissioner in 1840, and in 1852 Register of Deeds. in 1855 he was elected Justice of the Peace, and in 1857, Assessor, at Flint, Mich., where he lived during most of the remainder of his life. He never married, and died at the home of his nephew Henry Seymour in Reed City, at the age of ninety-two. 5 iv. William SEYMOUR was born on 13 MAR 1794 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. He died on 30 SEP 1794 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. +6 v. Clarissa SEYMOUR (born on 23 JAN 1800). +7 vi. William H. SEYMOUR (born on 15 JUL 1802). Second Generation 2. Harriet SEYMOUR (Samuel-1) was born on 24 MAR 1789 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. She died on 4 MAY 1854 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. Harriet SEYMOUR and Anson WEBSTER were married in 1816 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. Anson WEBSTER (son of Isaac WEBSTER and Abigail WOODRUFF) was born in 1786. Marriage intention was recorded on 13 JAN 1816 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut He died on 13 MAR 1836 in West Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut. 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. 148. They lived in Litchfield, Conn. 6. Clarissa SEYMOUR (Samuel-1) was born on 23 JAN 1800 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. Clarissa SEYMOUR and Thomas R. ROBY were married on 22 OCT 1828. 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. 149. of Brockport, N.Y. 7. William H. SEYMOUR (Samuel-1) was born on 15 JUL 1802 in Litchfield, Litchfield, Connecticut. William H. SEYMOUR and Nancy PIXLER were married in 1833 in Hillsdale, Columia, New York. William H. SEYMOUR and Nancy PIXLER had the following children: +8 i. Ella SEYMOUR (born in 1851). 9 ii. James SEYMOUR. of Brockport, New York (1927). Third Generation 8. Ella SEYMOUR (William H.-2, Samuel-1) was born in 1851. She died in 1927. of Brockport, New York (1927)