Asa Seymour (1760 - 1810)

Born 5 Sep 1760 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony

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Died 28 Oct 1810 at age 50 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut, United States

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Biography

Private Asa Seymour served with 5th Connecticut Regiment (1781), Continental Army during the American Revolution.

Asa Seymour is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A102389.

Asa Seymour was born in 5 September 1760 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut Colony to parents Daniel Seymour and Lydia King.

Determining Asa Seymour's service in the American Revolution was a challenge! Using sources from "U.S. Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783", it appears he served as follows. Note that he is listed on the rosters of the 5th and 2th regiments, which merged:

• 1776: Col. Andrew Ward's Regiment, Connecticut State Troops^[1]
• 1777: Col. John Chandler's 8th Regiment, Continental Line (Captain Mattocks' Company)^[2]
• 1781-1783: Col. Isaac Sherman's 5th Regiment, Continental Line ^[3]
• 1783: Col. Heman Swift's 2nd Regiment, Continental Line (previously 5th Regiment)^[4]

After the war, he married Elizabeth Denison of New London, on 17 December 1786. Their children were:

1. Elizabeth "Betsey" Seymour, b. 16 Feb 1788; married William Wadsworth
2. Katherine (or Catherine) Seymour, b. 30 May 1789; married Joseph Brown
3. Mary Seymour, b. 27 May 1791; married Roger Newell
4. Chester, b. 10 Jan 1793; married Florilla Mather
5. Mabel Seymour, b. 22 May 1795; married Russell Rollins
6. William Seymour, b. 26 May 1798; d. Oct 1850
7. Ann Seymour, b. 29 Dec 1801; married David F. Robinson
8. Albert Seymour (twin), b. 29 Apr 1804; married Jerusha Ensign
9. Almira Seymour (twin), b. 29 Apr 1804; d. Nov 1866

Asa died in Hartford on 28 October 1810. James Wells of Hartford was appointed Administrator of his insolvent estate 2 February 1811.^[5]

Secondary Re-Sources

Seymour, Asa Ancestor #: A102389 Service: Connecticut Rank(s): Private Birth: 3-5-1760 Hartford Connecticut Death: 10-28-1810 Hartford Connecticut Service Description: 1) Capt. Mattock Spouse: Elizabeth Denison. ^[6]

Note

The Donald Lines Jacobus work used as a source in this profile contains additional data that will be quite helpful in building profiles for his children.

Sources

1. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3XV-5?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 405 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
2. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3ZT-9?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 255 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
3. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3F9-W?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 366 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
4. ↑ "United States Rosters of Revolutionary War Soldiers and Sailors, 1775-1783," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3Q-C3ZJ-T?cc=2546162&wc=WD6Q-RM3%3A1588792203 : 24 January 2018), Connecticut > image 382 of 977; citing various published state rosters, United States.
5. ↑ Jacobus, Donald Lines; Seymour, George Dudley; Talcott, Mary Kingsbury; Morris, Tyler Seymour; A History of the Seymour family : Descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, for Six Generations (New Haven, Conn.; Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor Company, Printers; 1939); Available through Internet Archive (for loan only): (https://archive.org/details/historyofseymour00jaco). Pages 229-230.
6. ↑ Daughters of the American Revolution, DAR Genealogical Research Databases, database online, (http://www.dar.org/), "Record of Seymour, Asa", Ancestor # A102389.

• Denison Genealogy: Ancestors and Descendants of Captain George Denison; E. Glenn Denison, Josephine M. Peck and Donald L. Jacobus; Gateway Press, Inc. Baltimore, MD 1993 [Originally published, Pequot Press 1963; Reprinted, Baltimore, MD 1978, 1982, 1993], no. 803: https://archive.org/details/denisongenealogy00deni/page/64/mode/1up

Acknowledgments

Thank you to Kitty Smith for contributions to this profile.