Individual Details

Honorable Henry SEYMOUR

(30 May 1780 - 26 Aug 1837)

Events

Birth30 May 1780Litchfield, Litchfield County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous1801left Litchfield with $300 and established a store - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Occupation1804merchant at Butler's (aka Pompey Hill) - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Marriage1 Jan 1807Cazenovia, Madison County, New York - Mary Ledyard FORMAN
Miscellaneous7 May 1810sold a single-bladed, book-horn handled knife to 7-year-old Elizur Seymour - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
MiscellaneousBet 1810 and 1812erected a windmill on Pompey Hill near the Baptist Church - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Miscellaneous4 Oct 1810established a blacksmith business in a shop formerly occupied by R. & S. Tousley - Manlius, Onondaga County, New York
Miscellaneous10 Jul 1811Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Miscellaneous15 Aug 1811made payment on judgement with Adolphus Sweet through D Williams - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Military21 Apr 1812served as Quarter Master of the Fifth Brigade during the War of 1812 - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
MiscellaneousFrom 6 Oct 1813 to 10 Jan 1821was treasurer of the Pompey Academy - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
Miscellaneous2 Dec 1813and others intended to apply to the state legislature to incorporate as "The Onondaga Bank" - Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York
Miscellaneous30 Mar 1815was nominated as a candidate for Senator at an adjourned meeting of the Western District Convention - Onondaga, Onondaga County, New York
Election7 Jun 1815as a New York State Senator representing the Western District (included Onondaga County) - Albany, Albany County, New York
Occupation24 Mar 1819appointed canal commissioner (the first in the state) - Pompey, Onondaga County, New York
ResidenceAbt 1820and supervised the building of the middle portion of the canal - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Election1821State Senator - Oneida County, New York
ResidenceApr 1824and was a canal commissioner - Utica, Oneida County, New York
MiscellaneousOct 1825was aboard the 2nd boat that took the first trip down the Erie Canal following Gov. DeWitt Clinton - New York
OccupationOct 1825canal commissioner of the Erie Canal - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Miscellaneous12 Oct 1831Syracuse, Onondaga County, New York
Miscellaneous1833appointed mayor - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Miscellaneous30 Oct 1833gave his resignation as trustee of the Pompey Academy and it was accepted - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Occupation28 Sep 1835president of the New York Farmers' Loan and Trust Company - New York City, New York County, New York
Will31 Dec 1836Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut
Miscellaneous28 Apr 1837was one of the first trustees of the Utica Female Academy - Utica, Oneida County, New York
MiscellaneousBef 4 Jul 1837had returned to Utica extremely depressed and a letter sent by Samuel P. Lyman was redirected there - New York City, New York County, New York
MiscellaneousAbt 6 Jul 1837received a letter from Samuel P. Lyman of Utica informing him that Lyman couldn't pay his note - Utica, Oneida County, New York
Death26 Aug 1837after he shot himself while in a state of acute depression (due to Panic of 1837?) - Utica, Oneida County, New York

Families

SpouseMary Ledyard FORMAN (1785 - 1859)
ChildMary Forman SEYMOUR (1807 - 1897)
ChildHonorable Horatio SEYMOUR (1810 - 1886)
ChildSophia A SEYMOUR (1812 - )
ChildJohn F SEYMOUR (1814 - 1893)
ChildHelen Clarissa SEYMOUR (1818 - )
ChildJulia Catherine SEYMOUR (1827 - 1893)
FatherMajor Moses SEYMOUR (1742 - 1826)
MotherMolly "Mary" MARSH (1752 - 1826)
SiblingClarissa SEYMOUR (1772 - 1865)
SiblingMoses SEYMOUR Jr (1774 - 1826)
SiblingOzias SEYMOUR (1776 - 1851)
SiblingHoratio SEYMOUR (1778 - 1857)
SiblingEpaphroditus "Epaphro" SEYMOUR (1783 - 1854)