Zachariah Seymour (1684 - aft. 1754)

Born 10 Jan 1684 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

Ancestors

Husband of Hannah (Olmstead) Seymour — married 24 Nov 1709 in Hartford, Connecticut

Descendants

Died after 14 Feb 1754 after age 70 in Hartford, Hartford, Connecticut Colony

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Biography

Zachariah Seymour was born at Hartford January 10, 1684/5, living there Feb 14 1754. He married Hannah Olmstead, daughter of Deacon Joseph Olmstead and Elizabeth (Butler) Olmstead. ^[1][2]

They had 7 children born and baptized at Hartford:

1. Hannah b. Dec 17 1710 d. Harwinton, Conn May 25 1780. M. Capt. Jacob Hinsdale s. of Barnabas (Barnabas, Robert) and Martha (Smith)
2. Zachariah b. Sep 24 1712+
3. Rebecca Oct 2 1714
4. Joseph Nov 1717 d. young
5. Stephen Dec 27 1719 d. young
6. Anne Apr 1722, d. young
7. Joseph, bapt July 14 1728+

Zachariah was chosen Collector on the South Side of the Little River, 18 Dec. 1711. He was chosen, 20 Dec. 1720, one of the Inspectors to see that the act concerning the cutting of wood on the Commons be duly executed, and reappointed 1721, 1726, 1728, 1732, and 1739. He was chosen Selectman, 17 Dec. 1724. He was Surveyor of Highways, 6 Dec. 1743, and one of the Inspectors of Wood. He was Sergeant of the Hartford Train Band. He and his wife were admitted to the South Church, 23 June 1723. ^[1]

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} Jacobus, D. Lines. (1939). A history of the Seymour family: descendants of Richard Seymour of Hartford, Connecticut, for six generations ; with extensive amplification of the lines deriving from his son John Seymour of Hartford. New Haven, Conn.: [Printed by the Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor company]. pg 54-5. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=wu.89058583543;view=1up;seq=84
2. ↑ Waters, H. F. (Henry Fitz-Gilbert)., New England Historic Genealogical Society., . The New England historical and genealogical register. [Boston, etc.: New England Historic Genealogical Society, etc.]. pg. 219. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001920532x;view=1up;seq=269

• The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records (NEHGS, Boston, 2011) Vol. Hartford, Page 285. Birth record.
• Early Hartford Vital Records, Collections of the Connecticut Historical Society (The Connecticut Historical Society, Hartford, 1912) Vol. 14, Page 600. Birth record.