Family:Whitney, Anna (1756-1835)

Anna⁵ Whitney (David⁴, Joseph³, John², Henry¹), daughter of David⁴ and Elizabeth (Hyatt) Whitney, was born 10 Apr 1756, Norwalk, CT,^[1] and died 14 Mar 1835, Walton, NY.

She married, 7 Feb 1774, Norwalk, CT, Samuel Seymour,^[2] son of Andrew and Sarah (Crissey) Seymour. He was born 21 Sep 1756, New Canaan, CT, and died 23 Jan 1834, Walton, NY.

Phoenix says the following:

They settled in New Canaan, Conn., and, in 1803, moved to Walton, Delaware Co., N.Y.

Children of Samuel and Anna⁵ (Whitney) Seymour:

i.	Lewis Seymour, b. 30 May 1774, New Canaan, CT; m.(1) Hannah North; m.(2) Eleanor Chatterton.
ii.	Thaddeus Seymour, b. 4 Jun 1776, New Canaan, CT; settled in the City of New York, where he was alderman of the Fourth Ward, in 1823, and one of the committee to receive Gen. La Fayette, in 1826; died, unmarried, 3 Feb. 1835, in New York, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery.
iii.	Polly Seymour, b. 11 Feb 1778, New Canaan, CT; m. Cook St. John.
iv.	William Seymour, b. 20 Mar 1780, New Canaan, CT; m. Catharine Reynolds.
v.	Samuel Seymour, b. 5 Sep 1782, New Canaan, CT; a teacher; m. 25 Oct 1803, near New Brunswick, NJ, Mary Myer, b. near New Brunswick, 10 June 1786, dau. of John and ----- (Flatt) Myers. They d. in New Brunswick (he, 25 Jan 1830; she, 27 Aug 1856), and were buried there. They had no children.
vi.	Anna Seymour, b. 1 Jul 1784, New Canaan, CT; m. William Gay.
vii.	Sally Seymour, b. 6 Jun 1787, New Canaan, CT; m. Dyer Brainerd.
viii.	Sophia Seymour, b. 25 Feb 1790, New Canaan, CT; m. Asahel Steele.
ix.	Andrew Seymour, b. 27 May 1792, New Canaan, CT; m. Mary Patterson.
x.	Hannah Seymour, b. 20 Sep 1794, New Canaan, CT; m. Thaddeus Hoyt.
xi.	Elizabeth Hyatt Seymour, b. 19 Aug 1797, New Canaan, CT; m. Amasa Hoyt.
xii.	Emma Lucretia Seymour, b. 14 Apr 1801, New Canaan, CT; m. Chauncey St. John.

References

• All data imported from Stephen Whitney Phoenix, The Whitney family of Connecticut, and its affiliations; being an attempt to trace the descendants, as well in the female as the male lines, of Henry Whitney, from 1649 to 1878; to which is prefixed some account of the Whitneys of England. (New York : Priv. Print. [Bradford Press] 1878), pp. 51-52 and pp. 144-149.

1.^  "Whitney, Ann, d. David & Elizabeth, b. 10 Apr 1756," according to Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Norwalk LR18:27.

2.^  "Anne [Whitney], m. Samuel SEYMORE, 7 Feb 1774," according to the Barbour Collection of Connecticut Vital Records, Norwalk LR18:46.

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