Person:Florence Seymour (1)

DAR Volume 105 page 310 Miss Florence Elizabeth Seymour DAR ID Number: 104952 Born in Plymouth, Nebr. Descendant of Lieut. Moses Porter, Joseph Seymour and Asa Priest, as follows: 1. Silas Alonzo Seymour (b. 1843) m. 1868 Mary Elizabeth Porter (b. 1842). 2. David Tompkins Seymour (1813-88) m. 1835 Hannah Dodge (1814-1903); Nelson Baxter Porter (1812-70) m. 1841 Mary Fidelia Dixson (1819-70). 3. Silas Seymour (1785-1841) m. Hannah Tompkins (1788-1842); Hervey Porter (1786- 1857) m. 1812 Ruth Root (1794-1864); Thomas Wiley Dixon (1798-1887) m. 1st 1818 Pamelia Priest (d. 1823). 4. Josiah Seymour m. 1780 Dinah Doolittle (b. 1759); Moses Porter m. 1765 Sarah Killam (1742-1843); Asa Priest m. 1790 Mary Pamelia Littlejohn (1767-1821). Moses Porter (1738-1803) served as sergeant in Capt. John Perkins' company, Col. Jedediah Huntington's regiment, which responded to the Lexington Alarm. He was born in Mansfield, Conn.; died in Pawlet, Vt. Josiah Seymour (1759-1804) served as private in Capt. Eliphalet Lockwood's company of coast guards, Connecticut troops, 1780. He was born and died in Waterbury, Conn. [p.310] Asa Priest (1759-1844) served, 1775-80, as private in the Massachusetts Continental Line. He was born in Leominster, Mass.; die in Sanquoit, N. Y.