{{Infobox officeholder | name = Thomas Seamer | office = Deputy of the General Assembly of the Connecticut Colony from Norwalk | term_start = May 1690 | term_end = October 1790 | predecessor = Samuel Hayes | alongside = Christopher Comstock | successor = Samuel Smith | birth_date = July 15, 1632 | birth_place = Sawbridgeworth, Hertfordshire, England | death_date = October 1712 | death_place = | occupation = | spouse = Hannah Marvin, daughter of Matthew Marvin, Sr. (m. January 1653),<ref name="ahr">[https://books.google.com/books?id=vwYCAAAAYAAJ&q=seamer&pg=PA181 The Ancient Historical Records of Norwalk, Connecticut]</ref> Sarah Wildman, Elizabeth Betts (daughter of Thomas Betts) | children = Hannah Seamer (b. December 12, 1654), Abigail Seamer Picket (b. January 1655), Mary Seamer (b. September 1658), Sarah Seamer,(b. September 1658), Thomas Seamer (b. September 1660), Mercie Seamer (b. November 1666), Matthew Seymour (b. May 1669), Elizabeth Seamer (December 1673), Rebecka Seamer (b. January 1675)<ref name="ahr"/> }}

'''Thomas Seamer''' (also '''Seymour''') (July 15, 1632 – 1712) was a founding settler of Norwalk, Connecticut, modern day United States. He served as a deputy of the General Assembly of the Connecticut Colony from Norwalk in the May 1690 session.

He was the son of Captain Richard Seamer and Mercy Ruscoe,<ref name="eng">[https://books.google.com/books?id=T4E_AAAAYAAJ&dq=thomas+seamer+deputy+connecticut&pg=PA9 The English Home and Ancestry of Richard Seamer]</ref> who were founding settlers of Hartford. Thomas came to New England with his parents about 1638, at the age of six.<ref name="eng"/> He lived in Hartford until about 1651, when he moved to Norwalk with his parents.<ref name="eng"/> In 1655, his father died, and he was the only one among his siblings who was of age.<ref name="eng"/> His mother soon remarried and removed to Farmington with her younger children.<ref name="eng"/> Thomas inherited his father's lands in Norwalk, where he lived until his death.<ref name="eng"/>

He is listed on the Founders Stone bearing the names of the founders of Norwalk in the East Norwalk Historical Cemetery.

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{{Founding settlers of Norwalk, Connecticut}}

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