 1833 - 1885 (52 years)
Generation: 1
| 1. | Mary Catherine Seymour was born on 24 Feb 1833 in West Virginia, USA (daughter of Felix Renick Seymour and Elizabeth Ann Welton); died on 17 Jun 1885 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA; was buried in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, District 24, Hampshire, Virginia
- Residence: 1860, Frankfort, Hampshire, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1870, Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1 Mar 1885, Blue, Pottawatomie, Kansas, USA; Marital Status: Married
- Death: 16 Jun 1885, Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA
Mary married Isaac Van Meter Inskeep on 7 May 1850 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Isaac (son of Joseph Inskeep and Elizabeth Van Meter) was born on 22 Aug 1829 in Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA; died on 17 Apr 1911 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA; was buried in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:
- Isaac Lee Inskeep was born in Nov 1861 in West Virginia; died on 5 Jan 1931 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA; was buried in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA.
- Ann Elizabeth Inskeep was born on 2 May 1851 in Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA; died on 27 May 1921 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA.
- Edgar Seymour Inskeep was born on 10 Jul 1854 in West Virginia, USA; died on 7 Apr 1919 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA.
- David Gibson Inskeep was born on 3 Mar 1856 in Romney, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA; died on 6 Dec 1934 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA.
- Manch Inskeep was born in 1860 in West Virginia, USA.
- Joseph R Inskeep was born on 5 Apr 1867 in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 2
| 2. | Felix Renick Seymour was born on 1 Feb 1810 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA (son of James Seymour and Elizabeth Hutton); died on 7 Nov 1887 in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1860, Western, Hampshire, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1870, Frankfort, Mineral, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1880, Frankfort, Mineral, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Self
Felix married Elizabeth Ann Welton on 10 May 1832 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Elizabeth (daughter of Aaron Welton and Mary Stookey) was born on 17 Apr 1815 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; died on 17 May 1885 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 3. | Elizabeth Ann Welton was born on 17 Apr 1815 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA (daughter of Aaron Welton and Mary Stookey); died on 17 May 1885 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Residence: 1850, District 23, Hardy, Virginia
- Residence: 1860, Western, Hampshire, Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1870, Frankfort, Mineral, West Virginia, USA
- Residence: 1880, Frankfort, Mineral, West Virginia, USA; Marital Status: Married; Relation to Head of House: Wife
Children:
- 1. Mary Catherine Seymour was born on 24 Feb 1833 in West Virginia, USA; died on 17 Jun 1885 in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA; was buried in Manhattan, Riley, Kansas, USA.
- Aaron Welton Seymour was born in Sep 1842 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; died after 1900.
- Alice V. Seymour was born in 1850 in Virginia, USA.
- Caroline Welton Seymour was born on 17 Nov 1844 in Petersburg, Grant, West Virginia, USA; died on 31 Dec 1905 in Cumberland, Allegany, Maryland, USA; was buried in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA.
- Sarah Elizabeth Seymour was born in 1836 in Virginia, USA; died in 1854.
- Ann Rebecca Seymour was born about 1838 in Virginia, USA; died in 1908.
- Margaret Seymour was born about 1840 in Virginia, USA; died in 1906.
- Arabella Armstrong Seymour was born about 1847 in Virginia, USA; died on 2 Oct 1933 in Oakland, Carroll, Maryland, USA.
- Henrietta Seymour was born about 1849 in Virginia, USA.
- Jane Amelia Seymour was born in 1852 in Virginia, USA.
- Charles Clarence Seymour was born on 13 May 1856 in Virginia, USA.
- Felix Renick Seymour was born in 1837.
- James Seymour was born in 1847; died in 1848.
- William Renick Seymour was born in Jun 1860; died in Apr 1861; was buried in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA.
- Hannah Jane Seymour was born in 1839; died in 1839.
- John Welton Seymour was born in 1834; died in 1835.
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Generation: 3
| 5. | Elizabeth Hutton was born in 1764 in Moorefield, Hardy, Virginia, USA; died on 2 Jun 1846 in Petersburg, West Virginia. Children:
- John Seymour was born on 7 Aug 1800 in Petersburg, West Virginia; died in 1878 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
- 2. Felix Renick Seymour was born on 1 Feb 1810 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; died on 7 Nov 1887 in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA.
- Sarah Seymour was born on 16 May 1794; died in 1795.
- Rebecca Seymour was born on 29 May 1798.
- Catherine Seymour was born on 2 Apr 1796; died on 9 Mar 1801.
- Margaret Seymour was born on 18 Apr 1812 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; died on 9 Jun 1852 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA.
- Margaret Seymour was born on 21 Nov 1784.
- Caroline Seymour was born in 1816 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; died on 28 May 1852.
- Elizabeth Ann Seymour was born in 1818 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; died on 19 Jun 1852.
- Thomas Seymour was born on 17 Oct 1802.
- Jonathan Seymour was born in 1808 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA.
- Jane Seymour was born in 1814 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA.
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| 6. | Aaron Welton was born on 5 Oct 1776 in Petersburg, Hampshire, Virginia, USA; died on 27 Apr 1840 in Petersburg, Hampshire, Virginia, USA. Aaron married Mary Stookey on 29 Sep 1800 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA. Mary was born on 20 Aug 1781 in Augusta, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA; died on 3 Dec 1857 in Petersburg, Hampshire, Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 7. | Mary Stookey was born on 20 Aug 1781 in Augusta, Hampshire, West Virginia, USA; died on 3 Dec 1857 in Petersburg, Hampshire, Virginia, USA. Children:
- 3. Elizabeth Ann Welton was born on 17 Apr 1815 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; died on 17 May 1885 in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Mineral County, West Virginia, USA.
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Generation: 4
| 8. | Felix Seymour was born in 1725 in Coleraine, Londonderry, Northern Ireland (son of George Seymour); died in Feb 1798 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA. Other Events and Attributes:
- Military Service: Between 26 May 1776 and 8 Feb 1780, Moorefield, Hardy County, WV; under Captain Casewell in the Fifth Company of North Carolina troops
Notes:
From a writing of Dudley S. Seymour, Chicago, Illinois, May 30, 1903:
Colonel Felix Seymour was born in the North of Ireland in 1725. At the age of 12, he accompanied his father to America on an expedition to "spy" out the land. The father left Felix with a Virginia gentleman named Renick, ancestor of the late Sciota Valley (House of that name), while he returned to Ireland for the rest of the family. He was never heard from again, and was presumed lost at sea. Felix settled near Moorfield, Virginia, (now W. Virginia) and married the eldest Renick daughter. They had eleven children. He served with distinction in the Continental Army and was rewarded with the commission of Colonel.
(From a Able Seymour biography) SEYMOUR FAMILY
The origins of the Seymour family lie deep in history, dating from about 710, in the French village of Saint-Maur-Sur-Loire in Touraine, France. One Wido St. Maur accompanied William the Conqueror to England in 1066, when the Normans took the island. He was the progenitor of the Seymour family in England. The Seymour line continued to the accession of Lady Jane Seymour as wife of King Henry VIll. Thereafter, the Seymours were major nobility, continuing today to the Dukes of Somerset at Berry Pomeroy and the Marquess of Hertford at Ragley Hall near Stratford upon Avon.
On the American side the Seymours were early settlers in Hampshire County, Virginia, a frontier region in the 18th century. They worked large and fertile acreages, fought the indians, served as county officials, and with large families, helped populate the county. They were active in both the French and Indian and the Revolutionary Wars.
Felix, the first of the Virginia Seymours, was born in Coleraine County, northern Ireland in 1725. He was the son of Sir George Seymour, the second son of the sixth Earl of Hertford, according to family records. Sir George brought Felix to Virginia in 1737 to consider settlement. Having decided favorably Sir George left Felix with William Renick, an old friend, also from North Ireiand. His return to Ireland was tragic. He was presumed lost at sea.
Felix lived with the Renicks and eventually married Margaret, daughter of William Renick in 1753. They had eleven children. Felix accumulated a sizeable estate in what is now Grant and Hardy counties. His home site was Seymoursville, now Grant County, where he built one of the first grist mills in the area. Felix's original log home, covered by siding, was inhabited until a few years ago when it was torn down and the logs used to construct a store in Petersburg. A brick home now stands on the original site. near Route 42.
At some point, prior to 1760. the family moved near Moorefield and built an house now destroyed, close to the currently known home site, on the South Branch of the Potomac River, called Mill Island, formerly named Locust Grove.
Felix was a successful farmer and served in various county offices, such as that of sheriff. In that capacity, and as colonel of militia Felix wrote to Virginia Governor Botetourt in 1768, warning of possible war with the Indians. He then called out the Hampshire Militia. (it was not until 1786 that Hardy County was carved out of Hampshire.) Felix was also appointed Justice of the Peace, and served as assessor for the Lunice Creek area as well as the west side of the Potomac River.
In 1776, at age 51, he enlisted in the 5th Company of North Carolina troops and served until 1780, He died in 1798.
Felix married Margaret Renick in 1754 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA. Margaret (daughter of Thomas Renick and Mary Ann Hamilton) was born in 1733 in Paxtang, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA; died in Feb 1798 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
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| 9. | Margaret Renick was born in 1733 in Paxtang, Lancaster, Pennsylvania, USA (daughter of Thomas Renick and Mary Ann Hamilton); died in Feb 1798 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA. Children:
- 4. James Seymour was born on 3 Dec 1766 in Moorefield, Hampshire, Virginia, USA; died on 5 Dec 1842 in Petersburg, West Virginia.
- John Seymour was born on 7 May 1754 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died in 1754 in West Virginia.
- Richard Seymour was born on 25 Aug 1755 in Moorefield, Hardy County, West Virginia USA; died in 1811 in Hardy, West Virginia, USA.
- Thomas Seymour was born on 28 Jan 1758 in Hampshire County Virginia, USA; died on 15 Apr 1831 in Madison, Licking, Ohio, USA; was buried in Cedar Hill Cem., Newark, Licking County, OH.
- Abel Renick Seymour was born on 5 May 1760 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died on 26 Aug 1826 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA; was buried in Hardy County, West Virginia, USA.
- George Seymour was born on 11 Aug 1762 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died on 5 May 1839 in Madison, Franklin, Ohio, USA.
- Catherine Seymour was born on 29 Nov 1764 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died in Jun 1826 in Hardy, West Virginia, USA.
- William James Seymour was born on 29 Nov 1764 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA.
- Elizabeth Seymour was born on 22 Sep 1769 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died in Jun 1822.
- Aaron Seymour was born on 25 Mar 1773 in Grant, Grant, West Virginia, USA; died on 23 Dec 1839 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA.
- Mary Seymour was born on 8 Jul 1775 in Moorefield, Hardy, West Virginia, USA; died on 14 Jun 1827.
- Ann Seymour was born on 25 Mar 1773 in Grant, Grant, West Virginia, USA; died on 23 Dec 1839.
- John Seymour was born on 7 May 1774; died in 1774.
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