Capt Richard SEYMOUR

Abt 1645 - Bef 1710  (65 years)

• Name	Richard SEYMOUR  [1, 2]
  	He was Freeman at Farmington, 1669; one of the 84 proprietors of Farmington in 1672; Selectman of the Great Swamp at Christian Lane; he made there about 1686, a fort of palisades or logs sixteen feet long, sharp at the top and closely and firmly set in the ground. Within it were cabins where the settlers took refuge at night for safety against the Indians; "at the center was a well which still exists and furnishes the best water." (Andrews' New Britain.) He was killed by the fall of a tree in 1710 and administration upon his estate was granted Dec. 4, of that year. He was one of the wealthiest men in the settlement, the inventory of his estate being L426, 13s. 3d. Andrew says: "the prudent liberality of the old town of Farmington was shown in voting to Captain Richard Seymour, in full town meeting, L1 as compensation or gratuity for planting this colony." He gave the plot for the old cemetery at Christian Lane and was the first person interred there. [1]
  Prefix	Capt
  Birth	Abt 1645  [1, 2]
  Gender	Male
  Death	Bef 29 Nov 1710	Farmington, Connecticut   [1, 2]
  Person ID	I49244	Main Tree
  Last Modified	6 Mar 2016

  
  

  Father	Richard SEYMOUR,   b. 27 Jan 1604/5, England d. 1655, Norwalk, Fairfield, Connecticut, USA (Age 49 years)
  Relationship	Birth
  Mother	Mercy RUSCOE,   b. Abt 1610
  Relationship	Birth
  Marriage	18 Apr 1631	Sawbridgeworth, co. Hertford, England   [1, 2]
  Family ID	F22649	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Hannah WOODRUFF,   b. Oct 1648   d. 16 Sep 1713, Farmington, Connecticut (Age 64 years)
  Marriage	Abt 1674  [1]
  Children	+ 1. Sergt Samuel SEYMOUR,   b. Abt 1678   d. Prob. Apr. 1749 (Age 71 years)  [Birth]
  Family ID	F22655	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart
  Last Modified	12 Mar 2016

  
  

• Event Map

  Death - Bef 29 Nov 1710 - Farmington, Connecticut  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Sources

  [S3597] Ernest Flagg, "Genealogical Notes on the Founding of New England" My Ancestors Part in that Undertaking. [S01785] Donald Lines Jacobus, Ancestry.com: History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield, (Name: Name: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc.;;).