Person:Seth Wetmore (1)
Judge Seth Wetmore
b.18 Nov 1700 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
d.10 Apr 1778 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Parents and Siblings
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m. 13 May 1692
  1. Izrahiah Wetmore1693 - 1728
  2. Stow Wetmore1694/95 -
  3. Rev. James Wetmore1695 -
  4. Ichabod Wetmore1698 - 1714/15
  5. Judge Seth Wetmore1700 - 1778
  6. Jeremiah Wetmore1703 - 1753
  7. Caleb Wetmore1706 - 1788
  8. Josiah Wetmore1709 - 1751
Spouse and Children
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m. 30 Sep 1730
Spouse and Children
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m. Bef 1742
  1. Jerusha Wetmore1741/42 - 1749
  2. Seth Wetmore1743 -
Spouse and Children
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m. 15 Jan 1745/46
  1. Lucy Wetmore1748 - 1826
  2. Oliver Wetmore1752 -
  3. Hannah WetmoreAbt 1764 - 1766
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Facts and Events
Name Judge Seth Wetmore
Gender Male
Birth[1][2] 18 Nov 1700 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Christening[3] 20 Nov 1700 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United StatesFirst Congregational Society
Marriage 30 Sep 1730 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United Statesto Margaret Southmayd
Marriage Bef 1742 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States (probably)Estimate based on date of birth of eldest known child (Jerusha).
to Hannah Whitmore
Marriage 15 Jan 1745/46 East Windsor, Hartford, Connecticut, United StatesRecorded at Middletown.
to Hannah Edwards
Will? 7 Nov 1771 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Death[1] 10 Apr 1778 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Alt Death[4] 12 Apr 1778 Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Burial[3][4] 13 Apr 1778 Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut, United States
Probate[5] 4 May 1778 Will not proved.
Estate Inventory[5] 18 Sep 1778 £14535-04-00, taken by Ebenezer Johnson, Elijah Hubbard.
References
  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Judge Seth Wetmore, in Wetmore, James Carnahan. The Wetmore Family of America, and its Collateral Branches: with Genealogical, Biographical, and Historical Notices. (Albany, N. Y.: Munsell & Rowland, 1861)
    282-86.

    "Judge Seth Wetmore, Was the fifth son of Izrahiah and Rachel (Stow) Whitmore, born in Middletown, Ct., November 18, 1700 (o. s.). … Of the early history of Judge Wetmore, we are ignorant. At what institution, or from whence he received his education, we have been unable to discover, further than that he studied law, and became a lawyer by profession, and that he was celebrated as a practitioner in his time. He was a deputy to the General Court of Connecticut from his native town, forty-eight terms, running from 1738 to 1771; magistrate of the town of Middletown; judge of the County Court of Hartford county; he (together with Jabez Hamlin), was Justice of the Quorum for the same county, from 1761 to 1768. … Judge W. resided, during the last half of his life on his farm at Staddle Hill, near Middletown. The two story double mansion, which he erected in 1746, is still standing. The house and grounds are now owned and occupied by his grandson, Chauncey Wetmore, Esq., and the widow of his grandson, Elisha Wetmore. He died April 10th, 1778. His remains rest in the old grave yard west of the city. A flat, brown free stone slab, horizontally elevated some three feet above the ground, and supported by six columns, marks the spot. The following is a copy of the inscription upon the stone, written by his pastor, the Rev. Enoch Huntington.

    'In memory of Seth Wetmore, Esq
    Who died of the small pox.
    April 10th A D. 1778, Æ 78.
    Formed for public usefulness improved in various
    stations of civil life, an able Lawyer, a just
    judge, an affectionate head of his family,
    a faithful friend; having outlived most
    of his acquaintance of early life, was gathered
    to his Fathers in a good old age.'"

  2. ↑ Middletown Vital Records [NEHGS], in Connecticut, United States. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records
    486.

    "Wetmore, … Seth, son of Izrakiah (Izrahiah) & Rachell, b Nov 18, 1700 [LR1:8]"

  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 Volume 070 Part 2 Middletown, in Connecticut, United States. Church Record Abstracts, 1630-1920. (Ancestry.com (database on-line), 2013)
    625.

    "Wetmore, … Seth, s. Izrahiah & Rachel, bp. Nov. 20, 1700 [1:24]"
    "Wetmore, … Seth, [bp. or adm. com.] … 24-9-1700 [1:116]"
    "Wetmore, … Seth & w., conf. Sept. 13, 1741 [1:70]"
    "Wetmore, … Seth & w., [bp. or adm. com.] 21-1-1748 [1:127]"
    "Wetmore, … Seth, Esq., bd. Apr. 13, 1778 Æ 78 [2S-1:82]"

  4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 Seth Wetmore, in Find A Grave.
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Connecticut State Library (Hartford, Connecticut). Probate files collection, early to 1880. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Genealogical Society of Utah, 1977-1979)
    Viewable at FHC Middletown District, film 7628550, "Wetmore, Joseph-Williams, John", Image 186.

    Will of "Seth Wetmore of Middletown in the County of Hartford", dated 7 Nov 1771, adm bond given 4 Apr 1778, will not proved 4 May 1778, names:
    Wife Hannah
    Sons: Seth (oldest), Oliver (second son)
    Daughter: Lucy, (wife of Chauncy Whittlelsy by 4 Apr 1778 when he acted as surety to admin bond, signed agreement of heirs 29 Oct 1778)
    Sons Seth and Oliver to be executors.
    18 Sep 1778: Inventory of Seth Wetmore Esq late of Middletown deceased: £14535-04-00, by Ebenezer Johnson, Elijah Hubbard.

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