'Seymour07'Index links to: Lead / Letter
Families covered: Seymour of Castletown, Seymour of Limerick, Seymour of Marwell

                               
Sir Henry Seymour of Marwell, Hampshire (d 1578)
Sir Henry is reported in BP1934 ('Somerset') to have had issue "extinct in the male line". BLG1846-7 identifies his wife as Barbara "called, by some authorities, dau. of Thomas Morgan, Esq. of Tredegar, and by others, dau. of Morgan Wolfe, Esq.". HoP ("John Seymour") identifies her father as Morgan Wolfe. Provisionally, we follow BP1934 which identifies her as ...
m. Barbara Morgan (dau of Thomas Morgan)
1. Sir John Seymour of Marvell (Marwell or Merwell), Sheriff of Southamptonshire (b 25.01.1560, d 10.08.1618, MP)
  m. (c1581) Susan Paulet (dau of Chideock Paulet or Powlett of Wade, son (by Elizabeth Capel) of William, Marquess of Winchester)
  A. Edward Seymour (b c1591, to Limerick)
  m. ?? Onley (dau of Edward Onley of Catesby)
  i. Edward Seymour - continued below
  m. _ Hartwell (dau of William Hartwell, Mayor of Limerick)
  ii.+ other issue
  B. Elizabeth Seymour apparently of this generation
  m. Sir William Paulet (base son of William, 3rd Marquess of Winchester)
  C.+ other issue (dsp) - Henry, Thomas
2. Jane Seymour probably of this generation
  m. Sir John Rodney of Rodney Stoke (b c1561, d 08.1612)
3.+ "several daughters"

 

 

Edward Seymour - continued above
m. _ Hartwell (dau of William Hartwell, Mayor of Limerick)
1. John Seymour, Mayor of Limerick (d 1735)
  m. Jane Wroughton (dau of Seymour Wroughton of Heskett)
  A. John Seymour of Dublin (d 1734)
m. Frances Crossley (d 04.1700, dau/coheir of Aaron Crossley (son of Abraham son of John) by Abigail, dau of Pierre Andre Perscheau of Saumur by Gabrielle Fonnereau)
  i. Aaron Crossley Seymour of Castletown, Queen's Co. (d 1787)
m. (08.06.1754) Margaret Cassan (b c1731, d 25.01.1812, dau of Matthew Cassan of Sheffield, Queen's Co.)
  a. John Crossley Seymour (d 19.05.1831, vicar of Cahirelly)
  m. (01.1789) Catherine Wight (dau of Rev. Edward Wight of Meelick)
  (1) Aaron Crossley Seymour of Castletown Hosue (b 19.12.1789, d 22.10.1870) had issue
  m. (03.04.1818) Anne Geale (d 28.02.1825, dau/heir of John Geale of Mount Geale)
  (2) Edward Wight Seymour (b 25.01.1791, d 03.11.1879) had issue
  m. (04.06.1822) Margaret Roe (d 16.02.1878, dau of Peter Roe of Rockville)
  (3) John Crossley Seymour of Coolnagower, Queen's Co. (b 18.01.1793, d 1884, Commander RN) had issue
  m1. (11.05.1818) Frances Maria Seymour (d 04.12.1870, dau of Aaron Crossley Seymour) @@ below
  m2. (11.10.1877, sp?) Harriet Eccles (dau of Cuthbert Eccles of Dublin)
  (4) Matthew Cassan Seymour (b 1794, dsp 1855)
  m. (1842) Elizabeth Osborne (dau of Admiral Edward O. Osborne)
  (5) Stephen Sheffield Seymour (dsp)
m. Selina Harte (dau of Edward Harte of Dunow)
  (6) Michael Hobart Seymour (b 09.1800, d 06.1874, Rev., 7th son)
  m. (01.1844) Maria Elizabeth Thomas (dsp 23.10.1881, dau of Gen. _ Thomas, widow of Baron Mill)
  (7) Richard Hobart Seymour
  m. (21.06.1848) Frances Nina Impey (dau of Admiral John Impey)
  (8) Frances Seymour
  m. (28.11.1816) Joseph Thomas Jane
  (9) Mary Anne Seymour
  m. (02.11.1822) Robert Rundell Guinness of Stillorgan Park
  (10)+ other issue (d unm) - William Hobart, Jane, Margaretta Eliza (d 19.06.1819), Catherine, Eliza, Charlotte Alicia (d 19.04.1819)
  b. Matthew Cassan Seymour of Lodge, near Drogheda
  m1. Frances Smith (d 1811, niece of Graves Cholmley of Platten)
  (1)+ issue (dsp) - Aaron Crossley, Graves Chamney, Matthew, John
m2. (sp) Maria Curtis (dau of Rev. Roper Curtis)
  c. Aaron Crossley Seymour (d 1828)
  m1. Maria Hogarth (d 31.07.1816, dau of Dr. _ Hogarth)
  (1) Frances Maria Seymour (d 04.12.1870)
  m. John Crossley Seymour of Coolnagower (cousin) @@ above
  m2. Margaret Brown
  (2)+ other issue - Charles Crossley, Samuel Francis, Jane Helen, Margaret Moore, Elizabeth Maria
  d. Stephen Seymour (d unm, Captain RN)
  B. William Seymour
m. Jane Wight (dau of Edward Wight (not Wrightt, Mayor of Limerick, by ?? Hawkesworth)
  i. John Seymour (d 07.1795, rector of Palace in co. Limerick)
  m. Grizel Hobart (dau/coheir of William Hobart of High Mount)
a. Sir Michael Seymour, 1st Bart (b 08.11.1768, d 09.7.1834, Admiral)
  m. (20.01.1798) Jane Hawker (d 12.03.1852, dau of Capt. James Hawker)
  (1) Sir John Hobart Seymour, later Culme-Seymour, 2nd Bart (b 24.03.1800. d 17.09.1880, canon of Gloucester, chaplain to Queen Victoria) had issue
  m1. (12.04.1833) Elizabeth Culme (d 06.03.1841, dau/coheir of Rev. Thomas Culme of Tothill)
  m2. (10.02.1844) Maria Louisa Smith (d 24.07.1887, dau of Charles Smith of Suttons, sister of Sir Charles)
  (2) Sir Michael Seymour (b 03.12.1802, d 23.02.1887, Admiral, 3rd son) had issue
  m. (22.06.1829) Dora Knighton (d 1875, dau of Sir William Knighton, 1st Bart)
  (3) Richard Seymour (b 02.03.1806, d 06.07.1880, rector of Kinwarton, canon of Worcester, 5th son) had issue
  m. (30.10.1834) Frances Smith (d 27.04.1871, dau of Charles Smith of Suttons)
(4) William Hobart Seymour (b 11.08.1820, d 03.03.1857) had issue (1 dau)
  m. Sarah Mary Avory of Sydney, N.S.W. (d 17.02.1859, m2. Henry Pleydell-Bouverie)
  (5) Frances Anne Seymour (d 22.02.1897)
  m. (03.09.1836) Spencer Smith of Brooklands (d 02.05.1882)
  (6) Dora Seymour (b 1809-10, d 05.02.1888)
  m1. (29.08.1837) Rev. William H. Clinton Chester (son of Gen. _ Chester)
  m2. (03.09.1845) Arthur Currie of High Elms (d 1875)
  (7) Mary Dorothea Seymour (d 31.03.1900)
  m. (22.06.1830) Orlando G. Gunning-Sutton (d 05.05.1852, Captain, son of Sir George Gunning, 2nd Bart of Eltham)
  (8) Caroline Seymour (d 1843)
  m. (15.03.1841) George Carr (Captain, son of Robert James, Bishop of Worcester)
  (9) Elizabeth Seymour (d 04.12.1892)
  m. (29.08.1839) Howard Vyse (d 29.05.1890, Colonel)
  (10) Ellen Seymour (d 28.01.1903)
  m. (15.03.1841) Henry B. Forster (d 1890, canon of Gloucester)
  (11)+ other issue - James (b 17.07.1801, d 1827, Captain), Edward (b 05.10.1804, d 13.06.1837, Captain RN), Jane Ward (d 30.08.1862)
  C. James Seymour, Sheriff of Limerick (a 1728, dsps)
  m. _ Holland (dau of Ezekiel Holland of Limerick)
  D. Richard Seymour, Sheriff of Limerick (a 1730)
  E. Walter Seymour, Sheriff of Limerick (a 1742, dsp)
  m. Margaret Bindon (dau of David Bindon of Limerick)

Main source(s):
(1) For upper section (uploaded 10.04.17) : BLG1846-7 ('Seymour of Castletown')
(2) For lower section (uploaded 03.10.11) : BLGI1912 ('Seymour of Limerick'), BP1934 ('Culme-Seymour') with support from BLG1846-7 ('Seymour of Castletown')
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