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Whitney Family.
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145
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Cemetery. He married (2d), 30 June 1804, in New York City, Eleanor Chatterton, who was born 3 Ap. 1775, and died 15 March 1808, in New York City, and was there buried. He died in Yonkers, N.Y., 10 Nov. 1857, and was buried in Greenwood Cemetery. He was a teacher for many years; and, in 1816, commenced the hardware business, in New York City, which has been continued by his son, William North Seymour, at 4 Chatham Square and 6 Catharine St., till the present time.
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II. Thaddeus Seymour, b. in New Canaan, Norwalk, Conn., 4 June 1776; settled in the City of New York, where he was alderman of the Fourth Ward, in 1823,1 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.
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III. Polly Seymour, b. in New Canaan, Norwalk, Conn., 11 Feb. 1778; married, 21 (town-record says 22) Dec. 1796, at her father's house in New Canaan, by Rev. Justus Mitchell, Congregational, to Cook St. John, a carpenter and joiner, born in Wilton, Conn., 1 June 1773, son of Peter and Rebecca (Crofut) St. John,2 of Wilton. They settled in New Canaan, and removed, in 1802, to Walton, N. Y., where she died, 2 July 1804, and was buried in East Brook Cemetery. He married (2d), 7 Jan. 1805, at her father's house in Walton, Anna Benedict, born in Norwalk, Conn., 31 Dec. 1774, dau. of Lieut Ezra and Mary (Benedict) Benedict, g. dau. of Caleb and Mehetabel (Hoyt) Benedict, g. g. dau. of John and Mary (Haite) Benedict, g. g. g. dau of John and Phoebe (Gregory) Benedict, and g. g. g. g. dau. of Thomas and Mary (Bridgum) Benedict3 She died in Walton, 9 June 1850, and was buried in East Brook Cemetery. He died at Walton, 11 Oct 1876, in the fourth year of his second century, and the first-born son in each of four generations of his descendants lives in the same town.
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1960
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IV. William Seymour, b. in New Canaan, Norwalk, Conn., 20 March 1780; a tailor; married, 17 Oct 1802, in Walton, N. Y., Catharine Reynolds, born in Orange Co., N.Y., 6 Jan. 1783, dau. of ----- and ----- (Lockwood) Reynolds. They settled at Walton, and there died (he, 10 March 1849; she, 22 Feb. 1870), and were buried in Walton Cemetery.
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V. Samuel Seymour, b. in New Canaan, Norwalk, Conn., 5 Sept 1782; a teacher; married, 25 Oct 1803, near New Brunswick, N. J., Mary Myer, born near New Brunswick, 10 June 1786, dau. of John and ----- (Flatt) Myers. They died in New Brunswick (he, 25 Jan. 1830; she, 27 Aug. 1856), and were buried there. They had no children.
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1 Valentine's Manual of The Common Council of New York, for 1865, p. 491.
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2 See pedigree, opposite page 146.
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3 See Benedict Genealogy.
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