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Seymour History Early Origins Early History Spelling Variations Early Notables World Ranking

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Early Origins of the Seymour family

The surname Seymour was first found in Burgundy (French: Bourgogne), an administrative and historical region of east-central France, where the family has held a family seat since very early times.

Early History of the Seymour family

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Seymour Spelling Variations

Spelling variations of this family name include: Semur, Semurs, Semure, Semures, Semmur, Semmurs, Semmure, Semmures, Semour, Semours, Semoure, Semoures, Semmour, Semmours, Semmoure, Semmoures, Semeure, Semeures, Semmeure, Semmeures, de Semur, du Semur, Saymer, Samour and many more.

Early Notables of the Seymour family

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Seymour World Ranking

In the United States, the name Seymour is the 1,152^nd most popular surname with an estimated 27,357 people with that name. 1 However, in Newfoundland, Canada, the name Seymour is ranked the 429^th most popular surname with an estimated 109 people with that name. 2 And in Australia, the name Seymour is the 618^th popular surname with an estimated 6,322 people with that name. 3 New Zealand ranks Seymour as 664^th with 1,063 people. 4 The United Kingdom ranks Seymour as 656^th with 9,987 people. 5

Seymour migration to the United States +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Seymour Settlers in United States in the 17th Century

Richard Seymour, who arrived in Virginia in 1607
Richard Seymour, who arrived in Hartford, Connecticut in 1639 6
William Seymour who settled in Virginia in 1653

Seymour Settlers in United States in the 18th Century

John Seymour, who arrived in Virginia in 1711 6
Nathaniel Seymour, who arrived in Virginia in 1724 6
William Seymour, who settled in Maryland in 1725
Edward Seymour, who arrived in Georgia in 1735 6
Hendk Seymour, aged 23, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1748 6
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Seymour Settlers in United States in the 19th Century

Mr. Seymour, who landed in Mobile, Ala in 1822 6
Lewis Seymour, who arrived in New York in 1836 6
Thomas Seymour, who landed in Allegany (Allegheny) County, Pennsylvania in 1838 6
George Seymour, who landed in Mississippi in 1840 6
James Seymour, who settled in Philadelphia in 1844
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Seymour migration to Canada +

Some of the first settlers of this family name were:

Seymour Settlers in Canada in the 19th Century

Miss. Margaret Seymour, aged 3 who immigrated to Canada, arriving at the Grosse Isle Quarantine Station in Quebec but died on Grosse Isle on 9th August 1847 7
Mrs. Margaret Seymour, aged 29 who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Corea" departing 2nd July 1847 from Liverpool, England; the ship arrived on 14th August 1847 but she died on board 8
Miss. Maria Seymour who was emigrating through Grosse Isle Quarantine Station, Quebec aboard the ship "Eagle" departing 12th May 1847 from Dublin, Ireland; the ship arrived on 25th June 1847 but she died on board 8
Mr. George Seymour, (b. 1872), aged 27, American miner returning from Cornwall, UK travelling aboard the ship "St Paul" arriving at Ellis Island, New York on 23rd December 1899 en route to Canada 9

Seymour migration to Australia +

Emigration to Australia followed the First Fleets of convicts, tradespeople and early settlers. Early immigrants include:

Seymour Settlers in Australia in the 19th Century

Mr. Henry Seymour, (b. 1793), aged 23, English convict who was convicted in Lancaster, Lancashire, England for life for stealing, transported aboard the "Fame" on 9th October 1816, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 10
Mr. Richard Seymour, English convict who was convicted in Oxford, Oxfordshire, England for life, transported aboard the "Dromedary" on 11th September 1819, arriving in Tasmania (Van Diemen's Land) 11
George Seymour, English convict from Middlesex, who was transported aboard the "Asia" on September 3rd, 1820, settling in New South Wales, Australia 12
Mr. Joseph Seymour who was convicted in Surrey, England for 7 years, transported aboard the "Bengal Merchant" on 4th August 1836, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 13
Mr. Henry Seymour, English convict who was convicted in Wiltshire, England for 14 years, transported aboard the "Emma Eugenia" on 2nd November 1837, arriving in New South Wales, Australia 14
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Seymour migration to New Zealand +

Emigration to New Zealand followed in the footsteps of the European explorers, such as Captain Cook (1769-70): first came sealers, whalers, missionaries, and traders. By 1838, the British New Zealand Company had begun buying land from the Maori tribes, and selling it to settlers, and, after the Treaty of Waitangi in 1840, many British families set out on the arduous six month journey from Britain to Aotearoa to start a new life. Early immigrants include:

Seymour Settlers in New Zealand in the 19th Century

John Seymour, aged 28, a millwright, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "London" in 1840
James Seymour, aged 48, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "London" in 1840
Frances Mary Seymour, aged 48, who arrived in Wellington, New Zealand aboard the ship "London" in 1840
Henry Seymour, who landed in Nelson, New Zealand in 1842
Henry Seymour, aged 48, who arrived in Nelson, New Zealand aboard the ship "Martha Ridgway" in 1842
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Seymour migration to West Indies +

The British first settled the British West Indies around 1604. They made many attempts but failed in some to establish settlements on the Islands including Saint Lucia and Grenada. By 1627 they had managed to establish settlements on St. Kitts (St. Christopher) and Barbados, but by 1641 the Spanish had moved in and destroyed some of these including those at Providence Island. The British continued to expand the settlements including setting the First Federation in the British West Indies by 1674; some of the islands include Barbados, Bermuda, Cayman Island, Turks and Caicos, Jamaica and Belize then known as British Honduras. By the 1960's many of the islands became independent after the West Indies Federation which existed from 1958 to 1962 failed due to internal political conflicts. After this a number of Eastern Caribbean islands formed a free association. 15

Seymour Settlers in West Indies in the 17th Century

George Seymour, who settled in Barbados in 1679

Contemporary Notables of the name Seymour (post 1700) +

Ruth Seymour (1935-2023), née Epstein, an American broadcasting executive known for her innovative work with public radio
Richard Vershaun Seymour (b. 1979), American former professional football player who was a defensive tackle in the National Football League (NFL), inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame Class of 2022
Robin Henry Seymour (1926-2020), American radio personality and disc jockey who worked at CKLW and WKMH; he started in radio as a child actor on the Lone Ranger Show
Whitney North "Mike" Seymour Jr. (1923-2019), American politician and attorney, United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York (1970-1973)
Paul Christopher Seymour (b. 1950), former professional American football player
David Lowrey Seymour (1803-1867), American lawyer and politician, Member of the U.S. House of Representatives from New York
James Bentley "Cy" Seymour (1872-1919), American center fielder and pitcher in Major League Baseball
Charles Seymour (1885-1963), American academic, President of Yale University from 1937 to 1951
Lynn Seymour CBE (1939-2023), born Berta Lynn Springbett, a Canadian ballerina, choreographer, and director from Wainwright, Alberta
Mr. Douglas Stephen Seymour M.B.E., British Chair of Governors for Frank Wise School in Banbury, was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire on 29th December 2018 for services to Education and to the community in Oxfordshire and North Devon 16
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Historic Events for the Seymour family +

HMS Repulse

Mr. William John Henry Seymour, British Band Corporal, who sailed into battle on the HMS Repulse (1941) and died in the sinking 17

HMS Royal Oak

Andrew M. Seymour, British Lieutenant with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he survived the sinking 18
Albert E. Seymour, British Petty Officer with the Royal Navy aboard the HMS Royal Oak (1939) when she was torpedoed by U-47 and sunk; he survived the sinking 18

Mount Mulligan Mine

Sydney Seymour, Australian coal miner who was killed in the Mount Mulligan Mine explosion in 1921

Citations +

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The order of Common Surnames in 1955 in Newfoundland retrieved on 20th October 2021 (retrieved from Family Names of the Island of Newfoundland by E.R. Seary corrected edition ISBN 0-7735-1782-0)
"Most Common Last Names in Australia." Forebears, https://forebears.io/australia/surnames
"Most Common Last Names in New Zealand." Forebears, https://forebears.io/new-zealand/surnames
"UK surname ranking." UK Surname map, https://www.surnamemap.eu/unitedkingdom/surnames_ranking.php?p=10
Filby, P. William, Meyer, Mary K., Passenger and immigration lists index : a guide to published arrival records of about 500,000 passengers who came to the United States and Canada in the seventeenth, eighteenth, and nineteenth centuries. 1982-1985 Cumulated Supplements in Four Volumes Detroit, Mich. : Gale Research Co., 1985, Print (ISBN 0-8103-1795-8)
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 54)
Charbonneau, André, and Doris Drolet-Dubé. A Register of Deceased Persons at Sea and on Grosse Île in 1847. The Minister of Canadian Heritage, 1997. ISBN: 0-660-198/1-1997E (p. 95)
Cornwall Online Parish Clerks. (Retrieved 3rd May 2018). Retrieved from http://www.opc-cornwall.org/Resc/pdfs/emigration_ellis_island_1892_on.pdf
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Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 16th July 2021). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/dromedary
State Library of Queensland. (Retrieved 2016, October 27) Asia 1 voyage to Van Diemen's Land, Australia in 1820 with 192 passengers. Retrieved from http://www.convictrecords.com.au/ships/asia/1820
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 7th October 2020). Retrieved from https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/bengal-merchant
Convict Records Voyages to Australia (Retrieved 29th March 2022). https://convictrecords.com.au/ships/emma-eugenia
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"Birthday and New Year Honours Lists (1940 to 2019)." Issue 62507, 28 December 2018 | London Gazette, The Gazette, Dec. 2018, www.thegazette.co.uk/honours-lists
HMS Repulse Crew members. (Retrieved 2014, April 9) . Retrieved from http://www.forcez-survivors.org.uk/biographies/listrepulsecrew.html
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