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Thomas Seymour (bef. 1632 - aft. 1712)

Thomas Seymour aka Seamer
Born before in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, Englandmap
Ancestors ancestors
Husband of — married 5 Jan 1654 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticutmap
Husband of — married 1690 in Connecticut Colonymap
Descendants descendants
Died after after age 80 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut Colonymap
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Thomas Seymour migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640).
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Biography

Birth

Thomas Seymour was baptized on July 15, 1632, in Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England. He was the son of Richard Seymour and Mercy Ruscoe.[1][2]

Emigration

Thomas came to New England with his parents about 1638/39, at the age of six.[1][3]

Life in New England

Thomas was also a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut. He served as a deputy of the General Assembly of the Connecticut Colony from Norwalk in the May 1690 session. He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founders of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery. [4]

He lived in Hartford until about 1651, when he moved to Norwalk with his parents. In 1655, his father died, and he was the only one among his siblings who was of age. His mother soon remarried and removed to Farmington with her younger children.[1]

Thomas inherited his father's lands in Norwalk, where he lived until his death. Records show the family in Norwalk in 1673.[5]

Marriages

Thomas married first Hannah Marvin on 5 Jan 1654 in Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut.[1][6][7]

He married second Sarah (___), the widow of Thomas Wildman, between 1690-1697.[8]

Finally he married third, Elizabeth (___).[9]

Death

Thomas Seymour died between 22 Sep 1712, the date of his will, and 15 Oct 1712 when the inventory of his estate was taken.[1]

Will

Thomas made his will on 2 September 1712 in Norwalk Fairfield County, Colony of Connecticut.[1] In it, he names:

  • wife Elizabeth Seamer
  • son John
  • son Matthew
  • grandson Thomas Seamer
  • daughter Elizabeth Knap
  • other surviving daughter[s] not named individually

An inventory of his estate was made on 15 October 1712 in Norwalk.[1]

Children

Children with Hannah Marvin [1]

  1. Hannah, b. 12 Dec 1654
  2. Abigail, b. Jan 1655/56
  3. Mary, (twin) b. Sep 1658
  4. Sarah, (twin) b. Sep 1658
  5. Thomas, b. Sep 1660 (died in childhood)
  6. Mercy, b. Nov 1666
  7. Matthew, b. May 1669
  8. Elizabeth, b. Dec 1673
  9. Rebecca, b. Jan 1675/76
  10. John, b. unknown

Research Notes

Presidential Ancestor

Thomas Seymour is a 7x great-grandfather of President Gerald Rudolph Ford Jr., through his son, Capt Matthew Seymour.

LNAB

Name at birth may have been spelled SEAMER. Seymer

Sources

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 1.7 Donald Lines Jacobus, A History of the Seymour Family: Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut for Six Generations, (New Haven, Conn.: , Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1939), 28-33; images, Internet Archive, (https://archive.org/details/historyofseymour00jaco : accessed 8 Jan 2023).
  2. Seymour, George Dudley. The English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer Or Semer of Hartford, Conn. (Stanhope Press, Boston, 1917) Page 9
  3. Hall, Edwin, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut: With a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and of the Town in 1847. J. Mallory & Company, 1847 - Norwalk (Conn.) p182. NOTE: erroneous citation. The citation this page lists some of the children of Thomas and in no way references his arrival.
  4. Wikipedia for Thomas Seamer
  5. Connecticut, Compiled Census and Census Substitutes Index, 1790-1890
  6. Connecticut, Town Marriage Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
  7. Hall, Edwin, The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut: With a Plan of the Ancient Settlement, and of the Town in 1847. J. Mallory & Company, 1847 - Norwalk (Conn.) p 181
  8. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Errata, 1:7:717, (New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1939), image 137 of 210, p. 717 at HathiTrust.org.
  9. Donald Lines Jacobus, History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, Errata, 1:7:717, (New Haven: Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1939), image 137 of 210, p. 717 at HathiTrust.org.

See also:

  • Page 21: His will is dated Sept. 22, 1712 and was proved Nov. 7, 1712, by his second wife Elizabeth.
  • Page 181: "Thos. Seamer, the Sonne of Rich'd Seamer, of Norwake, tooke to wiffe, Hannaih Marvin, the daughter of Math. Marvin of the same, January, 1653."




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Donald Lines Jacobus, History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield, Vol 1. p. 717. See Errata. "...The second wife of Thomas Seymour was Sarah...." https://www.familysearch.org/library/books/viewer/426503/?offset=&return=1#page=381&viewer=picture&o=&n=0&q=
posted by Michael Stills
Thanks Michael. The inline citation has been added to both marriage 2 & 3.
posted by Scott Carles
Heather, I just got the book at archive.org (guess I got lucky when I signed up for it this AM, so I will check these things. Anything else to check on this family while I have it?
posted by T Stanton
Does A History of the Seymour Family list and/or provide details on his children? It's on archive.org but there's a waiting list at the moment (I joined it). https://archive.org/details/historyofseymour00jaco
posted by H Husted
His parents are first documented as established in New England 1639, it is probable the arrival was up to several years earlier. Some sources give arrival as early as 1635.
posted by T Stanton

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