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The first record found of this
SEAGER family in Connecticut is at
Simsbury, as follows: "Richard
Segar and Abigail Griffin were joyned together
in marriage March the twentieth one
thousand six hundred eighty-two." This is
followed by : "Richard Segar dyed March 19,
1697-8, and his wife Abigail dyed March 31,
1697-8." The next entry is: "John Segar,
Richard Segar's son, was born March 1687-8.
Joseph Segar, Richard Segar's son, was born
in the year 1692." The Cattaraugus county
family descends from Joseph ( 1 ) Seager, who
was a brother of Richard and uncle of the
Joseph born 1692. There is no record of him
found further than that of the birth of his
son Joseph (2). His wife was Mehitable,
daughter of John Parsons. She was born
1682, died November 27, 1725.
(II) Joseph (2), son of Joseph (1) and
Mehitable (Parsons) Seager, was born in
Simsbury, Connecticut, December 30, 1704.
He married, March 26, 1730, Dorothy Alford.
Children: Joseph (3), born March 23, 1731;
Dorothy, January 27, 1734; Mica (Micah)
(of further mention). (Perhaps others.)
(III) Micah, son of Joseph (2) and Dorothy
(Alford) Seager, was born in Simsbury,
Connecticut, April 22r 1736. He married and
had a son Micah (2) (of further mention).
(IV) Micah (2), son of Micah (1) Seager,
was born in Simsbury, Connecticut, about
1765. He married (first) Lois Graham; (second
) Susan . He settled in Phelps,
Ontario county. New York, about 1812, with
his family. His sons became land owners of
that town and his descendants yet possess the
lands they cleared. Orestes, Hector and Anson
Seager later settled in Cattaraugus county.
Children, order of birth not known: 1.
Aurora. 2. Anson, born 1805 : settled in 1833
in Conewango, Cattaraugus county, New
York, where he was a land owner and justice
of the peace ; married Aurora Harmon ; children
: Caroline, Charlotte, Delia, William H.
and Micah (3). 3. Schuyler. 4. Hector. 5.
Orestes, married Lucinda Ashley : children:
Rachel A.. Schuyler, Adeline and Edward.
6. Maria. 7. Michael. 8. Levi, married
Sophia Streeter. 9. Philomena.
(V) Hector, son of Micah (2) Seager. was
born March 14, 1793. in Simsbury, Connecticut,
died in Conewango, Cattaraugus county,
New York, 1859. He came with his father
to Phelps, New York, where he remained until
183 1, then in company with his brother
Orestes, came to Cattaraugus county, settling
in the Conewango valley. Hector owned a
farm of two hundred acres and became an influential
man of his day. He was a warm
friend of the cause of education, taught school,
did conveyancing and served in a high official
position in the county school board of education,
and as supervisor. He was a Democrat
in politics, and a member of the Methodist
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Episcopal church, serving as class leader for
many years. He married, November 14, 181 1,
Sarah, daughter of Captain Woodward. Six
of their children were born in Phelps, two
in Conewango. 1. David, born 1815, died
1832. 2. Fidelia, married Jason Gould ; two
children : i. Frank, married Lewis Carr ; his
son Jason married Olive Mason, ii. George
Green, married Aurilla Saunders. 3. Julia
Ann, married Edwin Pinney ; one child, Eliza,
died aged seventeen years. 4. William Norton,
married (first) Sophia Eldred ; three children:
i. George, married Elizabeth Gage;
four children : Grover Cleveland, Earl, Alida
and Mabel, ii. Foster V. iii. Elizabeth. He
married (second) Caroline Crum ; three children:
iv. Lida. v. Harriet, vi. Cora. 5. Lois.
6. Alvina, married Daniel Bowen ; one child.
Hector M., married Etta Woodworth, and has
Hester. 7. George E. (of further mention).
8. Charlotte, married Darwin Carl ; one child,
Nettie C, married Edwin Payne, and has
Florence and Darwin.
(VI) George E., son of Hector and Sarah
(Woodward) Seager, was born in Conewango,
Cattaraugus county, New York, February
6, 1833. He was educated in the public
schools and during the winter terms of 1850-
51 attended Chamberlain Institute. He worked
on the homestead farm until he became of
legal age, then purchased a farm for himself.
After the death of his father he purchased the
interest of the other heirs and became owner
of the old- homestead. This property he still
owns and has cultivated for him on the share
plan. In 1870 he became a manufacturer and
purchaser of cheese and butter, a business that
developed to immense proportions. Although
now seventy-eight years of age, Mr. Seager
is in daily management of a business upwards
of $200,000 yearly, and in earlier days it exceeded
$300,000. He is a thorough man of
business and gives little evidence that years
are upon him. In 1874 he located his residence
in the village of Randolph, where he
now lives (1911). He was made a Mason
in 1871 and is a past master of Elk Creek
Lodge, No. 359, Free and Accepted Masons.
He has taken the degrees of Capitular
Masonry, but the charter of his chapter being
surrendered he never affiliated with any other.
He organized the fire department of Randolph
and was chief for many years. He was president
of the village corporation five years and
a member of the school board nine rears. He
was chiefly instrumental in organizing, financing
and building the water works system of
Randolph, and in every way furthers the interests
of his town. He is also a director of
the State Bank of Randolph. In politics he
is a Democrat, and in religion a Congregationalist.
For business activity and intense
public spirit Mr. Seager may well be styled
Randolph's "grand old man."
He married (first) Ruth Myers, born 1836,
died 1859. He married (second) Nettie Bigelow,
born September 17, 1839, daughter of
John (2) and Caroline (Wells) Bigelow, and
granddaughter of John (1) and Temperance
(Spencer) Bigelow. Caroline Wells was a
daughter of Asa and Betsey Wells. Children
of first wife: 1. Minnie L.. born March ifi.
1868; graduate of Allegheny College, of
Meadville, Pennsylvania ; married Leland Van
Rensselaer. 2. Frank L., born in Conewango,
New York, March 23, 1876 : was educated'in
the public schools and Chamberlain Institute.
He began business life as a clerk, then entered
the State Bank of Randolph, as messenger
and clerk, and is now assistant cashier and a
director. He has served as president and trustee
and treasurer of the village corporation,
trustee of the fire department and treasurer
of the school board. He is a member of the
Congregational church, and of Elk Creek
Lodge, No. 359, Free and Accepted Masons.
He is a public-spirited citizen, a "worthy son
of a worthy sire." He married Elizabeth
Crowley. Child, Kate Crowley, born August
31, 1907.
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