John SEELEY

                   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