Benjamin SEELEY
Birth:
Abt 1657/58
Fairfield, Connecticut
Death:
1695/96
New Jersey
Marriage:
1678
Connecticut
Father:
Nathaniel Sr SEELEY, CAPTAIN KING PHILIP'S WAR
Mother:
Notes:
Information received December 1993 from Ruth Goodrich of Route 2 Box 2932 in Cabot, Vermont 05647 (pnone 802-426-3388). WAS OF FAIRFIELD, CT, EAST HAMPTON, L.I. AND COHANSEY, NJ WHERE HE MAY HAVE DIED. ONE ACCOUNT SAYS THAT THE WIDOW LEFT HER ELDEST CHILD WITH HIS UNCLE JOSEPH SEELEY IN NJ WHILE SHE AND HER 2 YOUNGER CHILDREN RETURNED TO CT. TO HER PARENTS.
Deborah STURGES
Birth:
Abt 1662
Fairfield, Connecticut
Father:
Mother:
Notes:
Information received December 1993 from Ruth Goodrich of Route 2 Box 2932 in Cabot, Vermont 05647 (pnone 802-426-3388).
Children
Marriage
1
Birth:
Abt 1683
Fairfield, Connecticut
Death:
20 May 1740
New Milford, Connecticut
Notes:
Information received December 1993 from Ruth Goodrich of Route 2 Box 2932 in Cabot, Vermont 05647 (pnone 802-426-3388). one of first patentees of newtown, ct. REMOVED TO NEW MILFORD BY 1721 AND DIED THERE IN 1740. RECORDS SHOW THAT ON 4 MAR 1718/19, JOHN OF NEWTOWN CONVEYED TO HIS BROTHER JAMES REDFIELD JR. LAND IN FAIRFIELD. JOHN THEN APPARENTLY OWNED LAND IN NEW MILFORD AS EARLY AS 1712, BUT REMAINED IN NEWTOWN UNTIL 1721. AT THE TIME OF HIS DEATH, 1740 HE WAS A RESIDENT OF MILFORD. HE USED THE SPELLING SEELYE WAS FIRST OF FAIRFIELD CT. WHERE ON 10 MAY 1704 HE SOLD TO JOSEPH JENNINGS, HIS RIGHT IN HIS GRANDFATHER'S HOMELOT. HE WAS SGT. OF THE TRAINBAND IN FAIRFIELD. JOHN'S WILL DATED 2 MAY 1740; PROVED 17 JUN 1740; NAMES WIFE MARTHA, SONS JOHN, BENJAMIN, JOSEPH, EPHRIAM AND NATHANIEL, GRANDDAUGHTER ABIGAIL HAMBLIN DAU. OF RUTH; EXECUTORS: SON NATHANIEL SEELYE, WIFE MARTHA AND FRIEND SAMUEL CANFIELD Information received December 1993 from Ruth Goodrich of Route 2 Box 2932 in Cabot, Vermont 05647 (pnone 802-426-3388). (See notes for this person in C:\PAF\SEELEY\) HE WAS OF ROCKY HILL, STRATFORD PARISH, FAIRFIELD CO., CT
2
Birth:
Abt 1690
Fairfield, Connecticut
Death:
Notes:
Information received December 1993 from Ruth Goodrich of Route 2 Box 2932 in Cabot, Vermont 05647 (pnone 802-426-3388).
3
Birth:
1681
Fairfield, Connecticut
Death:
Abt 1721
Cohansey, New Jersey
Notes:
Information received December 1993 from Ruth Goodrich of Route 2 Box 2932 in Cabot, Vermont 05647 (pnone 802-426-3388). HE WAS A CARPENTER OF STRATFORD, CT AND COHANSEY, NJ IN 1701, STRATFORD, BENJAMIN BOUGHT A BAY MARE FROM ANDREW PATTERSON. THAT SOME YEAR HE SOLD A SORREL MARE TO BENJAMIN FAIRWEATHER. 20 MAR 1721/2 ESTATE OF BENJAMIN SEELEY CARPENTER OF COHANSEY NJ ADMINISTRATON OF ESTATE GRANTED TO HENRY JOYCE, PRINCIPAL CREDITOR
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Benjamin Seeley - Deborah Sturges
Benjamin Seeley
was born at Fairfield, Connecticut Abt 1657/58.
His parents were Nathaniel Sr Seeley, Captain King Philip's War and .
He married Deborah Sturges 1678 at Connecticut . Deborah Sturges was born at Fairfield, Connecticut Abt 1662 daughter of John Sr Sturges and Deborah I Barlow .
They were the parents of 3
children:
John Seeley
born Abt 1683.
Sarah Seeley
born Abt 1690.
Benjamin Seeley
born 1681.
Benjamin Seeley died 1695/96 at New Jersey .