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Personal data Henry Seymour 

  • He was born on May 30, 1780 in Litchfield, Litchfield Co., CT.Source 1
  • He died on August 26, 1837 in Utica, Oneida Co., NY, he was 57 years old.Source 1

    Leeftijd:57y 2m 27d
  • This information was last updated on March 27, 2017.

Household of Henry Seymour

He is married to Mary Ledyard Forman.

They got married on January 1, 1807 at Cazenovia, Madison Co., NY, he was 26 years old.Source 1


Child(ren):

  1. Mary Forman Seymour  1807-± 1837
  2. Horatio Seymour  1810-1886
  3. John Forman Seymour  ± 1814-± 1890 
  4. Helen Clarissa Seymour  1818-1894 
  5. Sophia A. Seymour  1822-????


Notes about Henry Seymour


Henry Seymour (May 30, 1780 – August 26, 1837) was an American merchant, banker and politician from New York.

Life:
Born in Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut, Seymour was the sixth child and fifth son of Major Moses Seymour (1742–1826), a politician who served as an officer in the American Revolution, and his wife Molly (Marsh) Seymour. Hisbrother, Horatio became a successful businessman and banker, and went on to serve two terms in the United States Senate.
In 1801 Henry Seymour left Connecticut with $300 from his father. Settling in Onondaga County, New York, he used the money to establish a general store in Pompey Hill. Seymour prospered with the arrival of new immigrants from the NewEngland region, and soon became a prominent member of the community. In January 1807 he married Mary Ledyard Forman (1785–1859), of Matawan, New Jersey, daughter of General Johnathan Forman and Mary (Ledyard) Forman. They had six children,two boys and four girls. Their son Horatio Seymour was twice Governor of New York and was the Democratic nominee for U.S. President in 1868, while their daughter Julia Catherine married U.S. Senator Roscoe Conkling.

Political career
Seymour began his political career in 1809 when he was selected as town clerk. He served in the War of 1812 as a quartermaster under the command of General Jacob Brown. In April 1815 he was elected to the New York State Senate, where heserved until 1818. While in the Senate, he became an integral part of the Albany Regency organization then being created by Martin Van Buren, and was regarded as his most effective lieutenant. In 1818 he was selected by the legislature to ayear-long term on the Council of Appointment, and afterward served for two terms in the New York State Assembly.
In March 1819 Seymour was elected by the Bucktails in the New York State Legislature to the Erie Canal Commission. He replaced Ephraim Hart, who had been a recess appointment made by Governor DeWitt Clinton after the resignation of JosephEllicott. Seymour's election was key to the Bucktails' capture of the canal commission, which was an integral part of the governor's power base. As a commissioner, Seymour addressed himself conscientiously to his job of ensuring thenavigability of the canal, even moving his family in 1820 to Utica in Oneida County, New York in order to supervise the construction of the canal's middle section. He continued as a commissioner until 1831, after which he served as mayor ofUtica in 1833 and as a member of a three-man commission tasked with arbitrating the boundary between New York and New Jersey.

Business career and death
Though mentioned as a possible candidate for governor, by the late 1820s Seymour focused his attention increasingly on his growing real estate and business interests. In 1835 he became the president of the Farmers' Loan and Trust Companyand moved to New York City. Though his interests flourished during the boom years of the early 1830s, the New York fire of 1835 followed by the financial panic of 1837 brought an end to prosperous times and left Seymour in a state of acutedepression. Returning to Utica in August 1837, he shot himself on August 26.

Family

Seymour had a number of successful family members in addition to his brother and children. State Engineer Horatio Seymour, Jr. was his grandson, Congressman Origen S. Seymour was his nephew, and Congressman Edward Woodruff Seymour was hisgreatnephew.

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Ancestors (and descendant) of Henry Seymour

Henry Seymour
1780-1837

1807

Mary Ledyard Forman
1785-1859

Mary Forman Seymour
1807-± 1837
Horatio Seymour
1810-1886
John Forman Seymour
± 1814-± 1890
Helen Clarissa Seymour
1818-1894
Sophia A. Seymour
1822-????
Julia Catherine Seymour
1827-1893

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Birthday May 30, 1780

  • The temperature on May 30, 1780 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly northeast. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
  • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
  • In the year 1780: Source: Wikipedia
    • April 16 » Franz Friedrich Wilhelm von Fürstenberg founds the University of Münster.
    • May 29 » American Revolutionary War: At the Battle of Waxhaws, the British continue attacking after the Continentals lay down their arms, killing 113 and critically wounding all but 53 that remained.
    • August 16 » American Revolutionary War: Battle of Camden: The British defeat the Americans near Camden, South Carolina.
    • September 21 » American Revolutionary War: Benedict Arnold gives the British the plans to West Point.
    • October 10 » The Great Hurricane of 1780 kills 20,000–30,000 in the Caribbean.
    • December 14 » Founding Father Alexander Hamilton marries Elizabeth Schuyler Hamilton at the Schuyler Mansion in Albany, New York

Day of marriage January 1, 1807

  • The temperature on January 1, 1807 was about 3.0 °C. Wind direction mainly north-northwest. Weather type: zeer betrokken. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1807: Source: Wikipedia
    • May 22 » A grand jury indicts former Vice President of the United States Aaron Burr on a charge of treason.
    • June 29 » Russo-Turkish War: Admiral Dmitry Senyavin destroys the Ottoman fleet in the Battle of Athos.
    • July 5 » In Buenos Aires the local militias repel the British soldiers within the Second English Invasion.
    • July 9 » The Treaties of Tilsit are signed by Napoleon I of France and Alexander I of Russia.
    • August 17 » Robert Fulton's North River Steamboat leaves New York City for Albany, New York, on the Hudson River, inaugurating the first commercial steamboat service in the world.
    • December 22 » The Embargo Act, forbidding trade with all foreign countries, is passed by the U.S. Congress, at the urging of President Thomas Jefferson.

Day of death August 26, 1837

  • The temperature on August 26, 1837 was about 19.0 °C. Wind direction mainly southwest. Weather type: half bewolkt regen onweer. Source: KNMI
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    De Republiek der Verenigde Nederlanden werd in 1794-1795 door de Fransen veroverd onder leiding van bevelhebber Charles Pichegru (geholpen door de Nederlander Herman Willem Daendels); de verovering werd vergemakkelijkt door het dichtvriezen van de Waterlinie; Willem V moest op 18 januari 1795 uitwijken naar Engeland (en van daaruit in 1801 naar Duitsland); de patriotten namen de macht over van de aristocratische regenten en proclameerden de Bataafsche Republiek; op 16 mei 1795 werd het Haags Verdrag gesloten, waarmee ons land een vazalstaat werd van Frankrijk; in 3.1796 kwam er een Nationale Vergadering; in 1798 pleegde Daendels een staatsgreep, die de unitarissen aan de macht bracht; er kwam een nieuwe grondwet, die een Vertegenwoordigend Lichaam (met een Eerste en Tweede Kamer) instelde en als regering een Directoire; in 1799 sloeg Daendels bij Castricum een Brits-Russische invasie af; in 1801 kwam er een nieuwe grondwet; bij de Vrede van Amiens (1802) kreeg ons land van Engeland zijn koloniën terug (behalve Ceylon); na de grondwetswijziging van 1805 kwam er een raadpensionaris als eenhoofdig gezag, namelijk Rutger Jan Schimmelpenninck (van 31 oktober 1761 tot 25 maart 1825).
  • In the year 1837: Source: Wikipedia
    • The Netherlands had about 2.9 million citizens.
    • February 8 » Richard Johnson becomes the first Vice President of the United States chosen by the United States Senate.
    • June 5 » Houston is incorporated by the Republic of Texas.
    • June 20 » Queen Victoria succeeds to the British throne.
    • July 1 » A system of civil registration of births, marriages and deaths is established in England and Wales.
    • November 17 » An earthquake in Valdivia, south-central Chile, causes a tsunami that leads to significant destruction along Japan's coast.
    • November 22 » Canadian journalist and politician William Lyon Mackenzie calls for a rebellion against the United Kingdom in his essay "To the People of Upper Canada", published in his newspaper The Constitution.


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