Some of this land and buildings were later sold to General David Humphreys, who used it for his woolen mill, for which Humphreysville became noted.

Sergeant Jabez Pritchard:
Jabez Pritchard was a Seymour man whose life was lost in the American Revolution but whose memory was long preserved by his fellow soldiers because of his generous nature. Pritchard resided on Mountain Road and served under Captain Bradford Steele in the Lexington Alarm. He served from May 7 to December 10,1775, as a Sergeant in the Third Company of General David Wooster's First Regiment. The company served at the Siege of Boston.
    He was apparently a competent soldier, as he received several promotions during his brief military life. On January 2, 1776 he was made Ensign and on June 18th of that same year he became 2nd Lieutenant.
    Pritchard was in command of the guard at Horseneck, a guard duty which was under the jurisdiction of the Derby Town Meeting. A list of those who served as guards at this site were preserved after his death by Deacon Bradford Steele, son of the Bradford Steele who marched to Lexington with Pritchard.
    Pritchard served near Fort Independence. William C. Sharpe described his capture, in Seymour, Past and Present, as follows:
    "In the conflict which occurred there Lieut. Pritchard, with others, was taken prisoner and confined, first at King's Bridge, then in New York, and afterward on a prison ship in the North River. His commission was taken from him, and in consequence he was not allowed the consideration accorded to other officers, and was so ill treated that, like most of the other prisoners on that infamous ship, he survived but a short time.
    "His generous character may be inferred from the fact that he might have escaped being taken prisoner but that he would not abandon a wounded comrade, and that he afterward divided his funds with a fellow prisoner, to which act of liberality Bradford Steele ascribed his own survival by means of the provisions which he was thus enabled to purchase."