Timothy Seymour

Ensign Timothy Seymour (June 17, 1696 - September 8, 1749) was a citizen of the West Division of Hartford and the founder of the Sarah Whitman Hooker House in Elmwood. His house was located on the top of the hill in Elmwood at the corner of New Britain Avenue and South Main Street.

Life and Death
Timothy Seymour was born on June 17, 1696 in Hartford to John Seymour and Elizabeth Webster. He lived in the West Parish of Hartford, now West Hartford, where he became a member of the Congregational Church of West Hartford in 1730, where his children were baptized. Construction of a "manor house on Four Mile Hill" in Elmwood was started between 1715 and 1720. He built one room "with chamber above" and a large soon-to-be central fireplace-and-chimney complex on the east side of the two room house.

On April 27, 1727, he married the Hartford woman, Rachel Allyn (1694- c. 1756), and had five children from 1728 to 1738. He held the following town offices: surveyor of highways on the west side (1729); on the committee of inspectors concerning Staddle wood (1731); surveyor of highways (1734); a selectman in West Hartford (1739), fenceviewer (1741, 1743-1748); inspector of wood (1747-1749); and a member of the committee that supervised the construction of the second church building in West Hartford (1741-42). He was chosen Ensign of the Fourth Company of Militia on October 13, 1743.

On September 8, 1749, Timothy Seymour died at his home in West Hartford. He was survived by his widow, Rachel Allyn, and his children: Administration of his estate was granted on October 3, 1749 to his widow and his eldest son, Timothy. On April 23, 1751, distribution of the estate was ordered between the widow and her other children.
 * Captain Timothy Seymour (February 1, 1728 - December 21, 1782)
 * Allyn Seymour (April 30, 1729 - March 9, 1760)
 * Charles Seymour (February 14, 1731 - infant)
 * Rachel Easton (September 23, 1733 - October 2, 1751)
 * Charles Seymour (January 29, 1738 - May 16, 1802)