Background and Personal Life
Isaac D. Seyburn was born in Wales in March 1824. He was 5 ft 6 in (1.68 m), 135 lb (61 kg). had blue eyes and dark hair. By profession, he was a "Master Mariner."
On March 15, 1848, he was married in Pittston, Maine, to Mary Ann Rogers who was born in New York City on November 20, 1828. She was a daughter of John Rogers (1800–1863) and Elizabeth Carroll Reynolds (1806–1871). Elizabeth C. Reynolds’ family is descended from Christopher Reynolds who settled in what is now Isle of Wight County, Virginia (on the south shore of the James River about 10 miles (16 km) west of Newport News), before 1630 and received a land grant of 450 acres (1.8 km2) in 1636. Her grandfather, Bernard Reynolds (1763–1833), served in the Continental Army during the American Revolutionary War.
Isaac and Mary Ann Seyburn had five children, Emily Williamson Seyburn (1853–1934), Mary Catharine Seyburn (1854–1893), Stephen Young Seyburn (1856–1923), Edward Isaac Seyburn (1860–1931) and John Rogers Seyburn (1867–1905) who were all born in Maine.
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