DOB/DOD: unknown date in 1740 (Norwalk, CT) – unknown date in 1777; about 37 years old
MARITAL STATUS: Married to Anna Benedict (1739-1794)
CHILDREN: Four sons, Seth (1764-1849), Nathaniel (1767-1863), Levi (1770-1860), and John (1773-1855). Two daughters, Almira (1771-1863) and Anna (1772-1848).
UNIT: Assigned to Colonel Meade’s 9th Regiment
CIRCUMSTANCES: Captain Seymour died as a prisoner of war in The Sugar House prison in New York.
OTHER: His will was recorded on June 16, 1777. He was one of only two Norwalkers to die in the Revolutionary War. The other is Private John Street.
From The Book “A Record of the Seymour Family in the Revolution”
Seth Seymour — A Captain in Colonel Meade’s 9th Regiment, and served in the New York campaign of 1776. He was taken prisoner at the capture of Fort Washington, and died while a prisoner in the old sugar house of camp fever. His body fills an unknown grave.
The first time that General Washington and his troops passed through Norwalk, by the personal command of General Washington, as the troops passed the house of Captain Seymour, the arms of the soldiers were reversed and the drums muffled out of respect for his memory.
There is a memorial stone is in Norwalk Union Cemetery, Ward Street & Union Avenue, Norwalk, Connecticut.
Captain Seymour was likely buried in a mass grave.
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