Matthew Seymour (also Matthew Seamer, and Matthew Seamore) (May 1669 – 1735) was a member of the

Connecticut House of Representatives The Connecticut State House of Representatives is the lower house in the Connecticut General Assembly, the state legislature (United States), state legislature of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The house is composed of 151 members representing an ...

from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1712, and October 1713. He was one of the founding settlers of

Ridgefield, Connecticut Ridgefield is a town in Fairfield County, Connecticut Connecticut () is the southernmost state in the New England region of the Northeastern United States. It is bordered by Rhode Island to the east, Massachusetts to the north, New York ...

. He was the son of

Thomas Seamer Thomas Seamer (also Seymour) (July 15, 1632 – 1712) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut, modern day United States. He served as a deputy of the General Assembly of the Connecticut Colony from Norwalk in the May 1690 session. He was ...

, the Norwalk settler and Hannah Marvin."Pedigree Resource File," database, FamilySearch (http://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.2.1/33GD-C48 : accessed 2014-05-16), entry for Matthew /Seymour/. He served as a selectman of Norwalk. On September 30, 1708, he, along with John Belding, Matthias St. John, and

Samuel Keeler Samuel Keeler (1656 – May 19, 1713) was a member of the House of Representatives of the Colony of Connecticut from Norwalk in the sessions of October 1701, October 1703, May 1704, May 1706, May 1709 and October 1709. He is listed as a foundi ...

entered into an agreement with the native leader Catoonah to purchase the land today known as Ridgefield.The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut
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/ref> At a Norwalk town meeting in 1718, Matthew, is picked as part of a 6-man committee to represent the town in a major political dispute. He was named as a lieutenant in 1710, and was named a captain of the North Company of Norwalk on May 26, 1729.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Seymour, Matthew 1669 births 1735 deaths Connecticut city council members Members of the Connecticut House of Representatives People from Ridgefield, Connecticut Politicians from Norwalk, Connecticut Settlers of Connecticut