All the cemetery stones I know of use the Seger spelling. I do believe the state of Connecticut is responsible (as much as government can be). In 1849 Heman Seger was representative for Kent and they rewarded him by spelling his name wrong in the register for that year. I think he represented Kent only the one year. Unlike today, there was apparently not as much feeding at the public trough and he could probably only bear the expense, with a sense of public duty, for a year. This is my summary judgement. I found a copy of the Connecticut 1878 State Register in a used book shop.