Seth Wyman (1686 - 1725)

Born 13 Sep 1686 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Ancestors

Husband of Sarah Estes (Ross) Wyman — married 26 Jan 1715 in Billerica, Middlesex, Massachusetts

Descendants

Died 5 Sep 1725 at age 38 in Woburn, Middlesex, Massachusetts

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Biography

He was in "Lovewell's Fight" and in command of the company after Captain Lovewell was killed.

Excerpt from "History of Billerica, Massacussetts With a Genealogical Register" by Henry Allen Hazen:

"Ensign Seth Wyman. of Woburn. He was b. 1686, Sept. 13, in Woburn. near Billerica line, the son of Seth. In the ill-fated Lovewell expedition of 1725. he killed the Indian who shot Ca])tain Lovewell, ami the lieutenant lieing disabled, the command devolved on him. B}' his bravery and skill he was mainly instrumental in saving as many as escaped. On return, he reeived a Captain's commission, and a silver-hilted sword as a testimonial for his good service. He did not long survive. Enlisting in an expedition against the Indians, the extreme heat and dysentery proved fatal to many. and he d. 1725, Sept. 5. His widow d. 1727. Nov. 5. They left ch. Seth. Hezekiah. Esther and Ross who m. 174:3. May 12, Elizabeth Jefts. dau. of Henrv. 4; she d. 1746. Seth, 5, b. 1699, July 14. Hannah, h. 1702. .Mav 13; iii. William Crosby, 9,"^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ History of Billerica, Massachusetts, with a Genealogical register by Hazen, Henry Allen, 1849-1900 Publication date 1883 Publisher Boston, A. Williams and Co. pg. 126. https://archive.org/details/historyofbilleri00hazen/page/126/mode/2up

• Johnson, Edward F., Woburn Records of Births, Deaths, and Marriages, from 1640 to 1873. Part I - Births (Woburn, Mass. : Andrews, Cutler & Co., Steam Book and Job Printers. 1890) (Free e-book. Available at archive.org)
• Manchester Historic Association Collections (J. B. Clarke Co., Manchester, N.H., 1897) Vol. 1, Page 122.
• Stearns, Ezra Scollay. Lovewell's Men, The New England Historical & Genealogical Register (NEHGS, Boston, 1909) Vol. 63, Page 292.

• "A few days after his safe return he was commissioned a captain. He died in the service, from disease, September 5, 1725."