Abby Anne Seymour is a link in the chain that ties our family to the Pilgrims who landed in Massachusetts in 1620. She is a 4th great-granddaughter of William Bradford, who led Plymouth Colony after the death of its first governor.

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Both Gertrude Electa Ward and Samuel Lawrence Ward wrote about their mother Abby Ann Seymour. Their work is included in Family History of Ward, Briggs, and Allied Lines (informally called “The Blue Book”). Samuel Lawrence Ward remembered his mother on pages 142 - 147. Gertrude Electa’s reminiscences appear on pages 162 - 165.