Aaron
Crossley Hobart
Seymour
Born in County Limerick, Ireland
Ancestors 
Son of John Crossley Seymour
and Catherine (Wight) Seymour
Brother of
Edward Wight Seymour, John Crossley Seymour RN, Matthew Cassan Seymour, Mary Anne (Seymour) Guinness, Frances (Seymour) Kane, Stephen Sheffield Seymour, Margaretta Eliza Seymour, William Hobart Seymour BA MA, Catherine (Seymour) Minchin, Richard Seymour and Charlotte Alicia Seymour
Husband of
Anne (Geale) Seymour
— married
3 Apr 1818 in Cheltenham, Gloucestershire, England
Descendants 
Father of
John Crossley Geale Seymour, Catherine Elizabeth Frances (Seymour) Kane, Emelia Olivia Anne Seymour and Letitia Anne Adelaide Seymour
Died
at age 80
in Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, United Kingdom
Profile last modified
| Created 13 Oct 2017
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Biography
Aaron Seymour was born in Ireland.
Aaron was born in 1789. He was the son of John Seymour and Catherine Wight.
He received most of his education at home.
Aaron was drawn in early life to the religious group formed by Selina Hastings, Countess of Huntingdon.
He was an Anglo-Irish religious author and hymn-writer. His first work was Vital Christianity, a series of letters on religion, addressed to young persons, it appeared in 1810; a second edition was published in 1819. This work contains his hymns, some of which became popular.
Aaron married Anne Geale (only daughter and heiress of John Geal, Esq. of Mt Gale, County Kilkenny, Ireland) on 3 April 1818 at Chelthenham, Gloucestershire, England.
They had 4 children.
In 1816 he published a memoir of Charlotte Brooke, prefixed to an edition of her Reliques of Irish Poetry. His Life and Times of Selina, Countess of Huntingdon appeared in 1839. He edited also The life of George Whitefield by John Gillies.
His wife passed away in 1825.
On 19 May 1831 he inherited from his father.
Interested in hymnology, he assisted Josiah Miller in preparing his Singers and Songs of the Church.
In about 1850 he went to live in Italy spending many years in Naples. In 1869 he returned to England where he retired to Bristol, Gloucestershire.
He passed away in 1870 at the age of 80.[1]
Sources
- ↑ "England and Wales Death Registration Index 1837-2007," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:2J2X-6C6 : 31 December 2014), Aaron Crossley H Seymour, 1870; from "England & Wales Deaths, 1837-2006," database, findmypast (http://www.findmypast.com : 2012); citing Death, Bristol, Gloucestershire, England, General Register Office, Southport, England.
- A Genealogical and Heraldic History of the Commoners of Great ..., Volume 3 By John Burke[[1]]
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