Nielsen Hayden genealogy
Samuel Wetmore
1775 - 1851 (76 years)1. Samuel Wetmore was born on 5 Oct 1775 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was christened on 8 Oct 1775 (son of Seth Wetmore and Mary Wright); died on 12 Dec 1851 in New York, New York; was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut. Samuel married Elizabeth Warner on 19 May 1804. Elizabeth (daughter of William Warner and Hope Phillips) was born on 22 Dec 1779; died on 22 May 1849 in New York, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
Children:- Samuel Wetmore was born on 3 May 1812 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 27 Mar 1885 in New York, New York; was buried on 30 Mar 1885 in Green-Wood Cemetery, Brooklyn, Kings, New York.
2. Seth Wetmore was born on 9 Oct 1743 (son of Seth Wetmore and Hannah Whitmore); died on 15 Apr 1810 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 1744, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Seth married Mary Wright on 14 Nov 1768. Mary (daughter of William Wright and Lucy Downing) was born on 1 Nov 1745 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 24 Dec 1790 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
3. Mary Wright was born on 1 Nov 1745 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut (daughter of William Wright and Lucy Downing); died on 24 Dec 1790 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Notes:
According to Wetmore Memorial, she was descended from the martyred Rev. John Rogers, and from Connecticut governor George Wyllys.
Some sources locate her as the daughter of a Joseph Wright of Middletown, but the Middletown records appear to clearly show her as the daughter of William Wright and his wife Lucy (or Lucia).Children:
- 1. Samuel Wetmore was born on 5 Oct 1775 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was christened on 8 Oct 1775; died on 12 Dec 1851 in New York, New York; was buried in Grove Street Cemetery, New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut.
Generation: 3
4. Seth Wetmore was born on 18 Nov 1700 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut (son of Izrahia Wetmore and Rachel Stow); died on 10 Apr 1778 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate death: 12 Apr 1778, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Notes:
He was a deputy to the General Court of Connecticut from Middletown from 1738 to 1771. He was also magistrate of Middletown and judge of the County Court of Hartford county. A stern man, he was known to put considerable energy into enforcing the Sabbath. He was a slaveowner. Wetmore Memorial, noting a family tradition that he eventually emancipated his slaves, shows that this was untrue. Slavery was abolished in Connecticut in 1784, six years after Judge Wetmore's death.
His second and third wives were both named Hannah. Hannah Whitmore was a descended of Francis Whitmore, the immigrant to Cambridge whose family has been frequently confused with that of the Wetmores. His third wife, Hannah Edwards (d. 1744), was a daughter of JTS's ancestors the Rev. Timothy Edwards (1669-1758) and Esther Stoddard (1672-1770), thus a sister of JTS's 6X-great grandfather Jonathan "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" Edwards and a great-aunt to Jonathan's grandson Aaron Burr. Wetmore Memorial says that the young Aaron Burr studied law under Judge Wetmore.Seth married Hannah Whitmore. Hannah (daughter of Joseph Whitmore and Mary Warner) was born on 11 Sep 1715; died on 1 May 1744; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
5. Hannah Whitmore was born on 11 Sep 1715 (daughter of Joseph Whitmore and Mary Warner); died on 1 May 1744; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Other Events and Attributes:
- Alternate birth: 25 Dec 1715, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut
Children:
- 2. Seth Wetmore was born on 9 Oct 1743; died on 15 Apr 1810 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
6. William Wright William married Lucy Downing. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
7. Lucy Downing Children:
- 3. Mary Wright was born on 1 Nov 1745 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 24 Dec 1790 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
Generation: 4
8. Izrahia Wetmore was born on 8 Mar 1657 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut (son of Thomas Wetmore and Sarah Hall); died about 1743. Notes:
Also spelled Israhiah.
Izrahia married Rachel Stow on 13 May 1692 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Rachel (daughter of Rev. Samuel Stowe and Hope Fletcher) was born on 13 Mar 1667 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 8 Jan 1722. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
9. Rachel Stow was born on 13 Mar 1667 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut (daughter of Rev. Samuel Stowe and Hope Fletcher); died on 8 Jan 1722. Children:
- 4. Seth Wetmore was born on 18 Nov 1700 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 10 Apr 1778 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.
10. Joseph Whitmore was born on 1 Aug 1687 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut (son of Lt. Francis Whitmore and Hannah Harris); died on 29 Apr 1727 in Lyme, New London, Connecticut. Joseph married Mary Warner on 16 May 1709 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Mary (daughter of Seth Warner and Mary Ward) was born in Dec 1687 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut; died on 2 May 1722 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]
11. Mary Warner was born in Dec 1687 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut (daughter of Seth Warner and Mary Ward); died on 2 May 1722 in Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut. Children:
- 5. Hannah Whitmore was born on 11 Sep 1715; died on 1 May 1744; was buried in Washington Street Cemetery, Middletown, Middlesex, Connecticut.