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226. Captain Robert Seeley; b. circa 1600 England; baptized 4 Jul 1602 St. Johns, Huntington, England;^1970,1971 m. Mary Mason 15 Dec 1626 St. Stephens, Coleman St., London;¹⁹⁷² m. Mary (wid. of Walker) Manning 22 Dec 1666 NY;¹⁹⁷³ d. before 17 Nov 1668 NY;^1974,1975 The estate was probated 19 Oct 1668 New York, NY.

He migrated in 1630 to Watertown, Middlesex, MA, on Lady Arabella (named for Lady Arabella Johnson, widowed on same crossing) Founded Watertown, MA, to Wethersfield, 1635; to New Haven, 1638; set out for Delaware Riv. in 1651, turned back by Dutch at N.Y.; to Southold, 1652; to Huntington, 1662. (WF 91). He was a freeman as of 18 May 1631 Watertown, Middlesex, MA. He moved to Wethersfield, Hartford, CT, in 1636. He moved to New Haven, New Haven, CT, in 1639. He moved to Huntington, Suffolk, NY, in 1662. Cordwainer.

Known children of Captain Robert Seeley and Mary Mason were:

• 227. i. Nathaniel, b. 1629 London, Middlesex, England; m. Mary Turney; m. Elizabeth dtr. Jehu Burr.

227. Nathaniel Seeley (Robert); baptized 16 Sep 1627 St. Stephens, Coleman St., London;¹⁹⁷⁶ b. 1629 London, Middlesex, England; m. Mary Turney, daughter of Benjamin Turney and Mary Odell, 6 Oct 1649 New Haven Colony;¹⁹⁷⁷ m. Elizabeth dtr. Jehu Burr circa 1674 Fairfield, CT; d. 19 Dec 1675 Killed in the "Great Swamp Fight", Narragansett, RI.

Known children of Nathaniel Seeley and Mary Turney were as follows:

• 228. i. Joseph, b. circa 1659 Fairfield, CT; m. Mary Goodwin.

• 229. ii. John, b. 1662 Stratford, Fairfield, CT; m. Sarah Squires; m. Rebecca Sanford.

• 230. iii. Benjamin, b. 1658 Fairfield, Fairfield, CT; m. Deborah Sturges.

228. Joseph Seeley (Nathaniel, Robert); b. circa 1659 Fairfield, CT;¹⁹⁷⁸ m. Mary Goodwin, daughter of George Godwin and Ellen Smith, 1683;¹⁹⁷⁹ d. 16 Sep 1732 Bohemia Manor, Cecil, MD; he was buried N. Sassafras Parish 19 Sep 1732.

Captain, State Militia. He moved to Cohansey, Cumberland, NJ, in 1697.

Known children of Joseph Seeley and Mary Goodwin were as follows:

• 231. i. Ephraim, b. 9 Sep 1684 Fairfield, CT; m. Mary Seeley (Mrs.).

• ii. Joseph; b. circa 1682 prob., Fairfield, Fairfield, CT.

• iii. Samuel; b. 12 Apr 1686 Fairfield, Fairfield, CT.

• 232. iv. Henry, m. Mary (--?--).

• v. Martha; d. after 1732.

He and Rebecca Sanford lived Stratford, Fairfield, CT.

There were no known children of John Seeley and Sarah Squires.

• 233. i. David, b. 31 Jul 1707 Fairfield, Fairfield, CT; m. Tamar Ward.

Known children of Benjamin Seeley and Deborah Sturges were as follows:

• 234. i. Benjamin, b. 1681 Fairfield, Fairfield, CT; m. Christina (--?--).

• ii. John; b. 1684 Fairfield, Fairfield, CT; d. 20 May 1740 New Milford, Litchfield, CT.

• iii. Sarah; b. 1690 prob., Fairfield, Fairfield, CT.

231. Ephraim Seeley (Joseph, Nathaniel, Robert); b. 9 Sep 1684 Fairfield, CT; m. Mary Seeley (Mrs.); The estate was probated 10 Apr 1723 Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ.¹⁹⁸¹

Miller. He left a will on 9 Mar 1723 Fairfield Presb. Church (Old Stone Church), Fairfield Twp. (betw. Fairton & Cedarville), Cumberland, NJ.

Known children of Ephraim Seeley and Mary Seeley (Mrs.) were as follows:

• 235. i. Ephraim, b. 1712 Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ; m. Hannah Fithian.

• ii. Sarah; b. circa 1717; d. 1806.

• 236. iii. Phebe, b. circa 1718; m. Samuel Fithian.

• iv. Elizabeth; b. 11 Apr 1710; m. Rev. Nathaniel Jackson; d. 1769.

Known children of Henry Seeley and Mary (--?--) were as follows:

• i. Henry; b. 20 Nov 1743; m. Hannah Dare, daughter of John Dare, 6 Oct 1762 Cumberland, NJ.^1982,1983

• ii. Hannah; baptized 18 Oct 1745; m. (--?--) Bateman.

Known children of David Seeley and Tamar Ward were as follows:

• 237. i. Enos, b. circa 1732; m. Naomi Petty; m. Hannah (--?--); m. Hope Fithian.

• 238. ii. Jesse, b. between 27 Dec 1735 and 1736 NJ; m. Mary Husted.

• 239. iii. Jediah, b. circa 1740; m. Ruhama =Ruhanna Husted.

Known children of Benjamin Seeley and Christina (--?--) were as follows:

• 240. i. David, m. Mary Richman.

• ii. Sarah; b. circa 1717; m. Mounce Keen; d. 24 Feb 1790.

235. Ephraim Seeley (Ephraim, Joseph, Nathaniel, Robert); b. 1712 Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ;¹⁹⁸⁷ m. Hannah Fithian, daughter of Josiah Fithian and Sarah Dennis, circa 1736; brd. 22 Jun 1774 and was buried Old New England Bur. Grd., Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ;¹⁹⁸⁸ he was buried Fairfield Presb. Church (Old Stone Church), Fairfield Twp. (betw. Fairton & Cedarville), Cumberland, NJ.¹⁹⁸⁹

Fuller.

Known children of Ephraim Seeley and Hannah Fithian were as follows:

• 241. i. Ephraim, b. Jan 1744 Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ; m. Elizabeth Fithian; m. Elizabeth Newkirk.

• ii. Sarah; b. 1738; m. Rev. William Ramsey 20 Feb 1759;¹⁹⁹⁰ m. Rev. Robert Smith 1779; d. 9 Aug 1801.

• iii. Darkes; b. 1740; d. 1755.

• iv. Esther; b. 1742; m. John Gibbon circa 1761.

• v. Mary; b. 1746; m. Jonathan Elmer 1769; d. 9 Oct 1809.

• vi. Rachel; b. 1748; m. Col. Abijah Holmes 18 May 1767.

• vii. Hannah; b. 1750; d. 1752.

• viii. Elizabeth; b. circa 1752; d. circa 1753.

• 242. ix. Josiah, b. 12 Aug 1755; m. Rebecca Gibbon; m. Sarah Eva Potter wid. Champneys.

• x. Hannah; b. 1757; m. Dr. Ebenezer Elmer 1784; d. 11 Nov 1832.

Known children of Phebe Seeley and Samuel Fithian were:

• 243. i. Elizabeth, b. 13 Dec 1750 Greenwich, Cumberland Co., NJ; m. Ephraim Seeley.

Shipowner, Cmdr.

Known children of Enos Seeley and Naomi Petty were as follows:

• 244. i. Ebenezer, b. 27 Sep 1761; m. Mary Clark.

• 245. ii. David, b. 1754 Fairfield Twp, Cumberland, NJ; m. Mary dtr. Peter Marcellus; m. Nancy (Ann) Seeley.

• iii. Ruth; b. 15 Nov 1763 Fairfield Twp, Cumberland, NJ;¹⁹⁹⁹ m. Capt. Joseph Buck 19 Mar 1783; brd. 24 Mar 1837 and was buried Broad St. Pres. Chyd., Bridgeton, Cumberland, NJ.²⁰⁰⁰

Known children of Jesse Seeley and Mary Husted were as follows:

• i. Joseph; b. 9 Jul 1760; d. 13 Oct 1790 at age 30.

• ii. John; b. 17 Nov 1761; d. 27 Mar 1764 at age 2.

• 246. iii. John, b. 12 Mar 1766 Fairfield Twp. (betw. Fairton & Cedarville), Cumberland, NJ; m. Lydia Garrison; m. Mary Doughty.

• iv. Daniel; b. 22 Sep 1769.

• v. Jeremiah; b. 14 Jun 1772; d. 14 Sep 1814 at age 42.

• vi. Elias; b. 27 Mar 1775.

• vii. Samuel; b. 14 Sep 1777.

• viii. Ann; b. 7 Sep 1784.

Known children of Jediah Seeley and Ruhama =Ruhanna Husted were as follows:

• i. Hannah; b. 24 Oct 1774; d. 21 Jan 1858 at age 83.

• ii. Aaron; b. 1 Jan 1777.

• iii. Tamsin; b. 1781;²⁰⁰⁷ d. 13 Dec 1824 Fairfield Twp., Cumberland, NJ;²⁰⁰⁸ she was buried Old Stone Church, Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ, 15 Dec 1824 (æ44).²⁰⁰⁹

Known children of David Seeley and Mary Richman were as follows:

• i. Deborah; baptized 31 May 1747.

• ii. Banjamin; baptized 6 May 1750.

• 247. iii. Ephraim (maybe), b. 16 Jun 1754; m. Deborah Lock.

241. Ephraim Seeley (Ephraim, Ephraim, Joseph, Nathaniel, Robert); b. Jan 1744 Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ; m. Elizabeth Fithian, daughter of Samuel Fithian and Phebe Seeley, circa 1774; m. Elizabeth Newkirk after 1793; d. Apr 1799 at age 55; he was buried Broad St. Presb. Church, Bridgton, N.J, 28 Apr 1799;²⁰¹⁰ Inventory was taken 24 May 1799 Bridgeton, Cumberland, NJ;²⁰¹¹ Ephraim died intestate. The Cumberland Co. Orphan's Court ordered a division of his land for his children on 25 Nov 1799 (p. 289), noting some "were minors under 21" and it was executed on 19 Sep 1800 (p. 338-47). The division names the children in the following order:

Ephraim Seeley

Mary [wife of Charles] Woodruff

Samuel Seeley

Sarah Seeley (who signed estate settlement "Sally Seeley".

Elizabeth Seeley.

Sarah and Elizabeth both received, in addition to their lots, each a share in the Bridgeton Harmony School House.

Sarah's lot description is as follows:

Lots marked 7 and 8 situated in the township of Deerfield.

Lot 7 begins at a stake at the edge of the saw mill pond near a black oak bush marked for a corner, said stake is a corner of Lot 4.

running n. 33'15" west, 42 rods to a stone;

thence n. 4'15" west, 5 1/4 rods to a stone corner of lot # 5;

thence n. 79 ' east, 49 1/2 rods to the line of lot # ?;

thence by the same south (?) 4'45"east, 26 rods to a stake nr. the edge of the pond;

thence along the edge of the pond (it being on a direct line 36 rods or thereabouts) to the starting point;

the above containing 9 1/4 acres

Lot 8 begins at a black oak tree marked for a corner, being the corner of john Ballard's land;

thence running along a line of Lot #6, north 85' east, 115 rods to a stone in the line of wm. Dare's land

thence along Dare's land south 4' east, 36 rods to a stone;

thence north 86' east, 72 1/2 rods to a stone in a road;

thence south 7' east bounding on the road and lot #9, 32 rods to a stone;

thence south 85' west, 204 rods to a stone set in the old road leading from the sawmill to Burnbridge;

thence along the road north 88' east, 35 rods to a black oak tree marked for a corner of Seeley and Merseilles land;

thence bounding thereon north 38' west, 23 1/4 rods, to the beginning black oak;

the above containing 66 3/4 acres.

Is there a connection with this:

Will of James Diament, 9 Jan 1841 prob. 5 Sep 1845, authorises sale of "land near Michael Emmel's, adj. to Wm. Smith." (Abstracts of Wills, Cumb. Co., 1826-1855, ed. by Mrs. C. H. White, Greenwich DAR Chapter, 1941, p. 69).^2012,2013

Judge, Cumb. Co.

Known children of Ephraim Seeley and Elizabeth Fithian were as follows:

• i. Mary (Polly); b. circa 1776; m. Charles Woodruff before 1800.

• ii. Ephraim; b. circa 1774; m. Charlotte Wood 1st; m. Hannah Roonan Reeves after 1815; d. 1848.²⁰¹⁴

• iii. John; b. between 26 Feb 1776 and 10 Mar 1776;^2015,2016 he d.s.p. ae.21 Dec 1797.²⁰¹⁷

• iv. Nancy (Ann); b. 13 Mar 1778;²⁰¹⁸ m. David Seeley, son of Enos Seeley and Naomi Petty, 15 Nov 1800; d. 28 Mar 1849 at age 71.²⁰¹⁹

• v. Samuel; b. after 1779 (Minor on 23 Sep 1799 and born after Ann(Nancy)); d. 1846.²⁰²⁰

• vi. Sarah; b. after 1780 (Minor on 23 Sep 1799, listed after Samuel and Nancy in guardianship proceeding, but before Elizabeth); d. after 1800.

• vii. Elizabeth; b. after 1781 (Order in guardianship proceeding is after all other children).

• i. Hannah; b. Aug 1795; d. Dec 1798 at age 3.

Known children of Josiah Seeley and Rebecca Gibbon were as follows:

• i. Mary Gibbon; b. 5 Sep 1779; d. 21 Jul 1853 at age 73.

• ii. Richard; b. 1 Nov 1782; d. 1 Nov 1846 at age 64.

• iii. Mason Gibbon; b. 12 Dec 1784; d. 23 Mar 1821 at age 36.

• iv. Robert; b. 7 May 1787; d. 5 Aug 1833 at age 46.

• v. Charles; b. 12 Dec 1789; d. 13 Jul 1827 at age 37.

• vi. Harriet; b. 1791; brd. 13 Jan 1812 and was buried Greenwich, Cumberland, NJ.

• vii. Leonard; b. 11 Feb 1794; d. 14 Feb 1795 Deerfield, Cumberland, NJ, at age 1.²⁰²¹

• viii. Ephraim; b. 14 Feb 1794; d. 15 Oct 1795 Deerfield, Cumberland, NJ, at age 1.²⁰²²

Known children of Elizabeth Fithian and Ephraim Seeley were as follows:

• i. Mary (Polly), b. circa 1776; m. Charles Woodruff. (see previous).

• ii. Ephraim, b. circa 1774; m. Charlotte Wood; m. Hannah Roonan Reeves. (see previous).

• iii. John, b. between 26 Feb 1776 and 10 Mar 1776. (see previous).

• iv. Nancy (Ann), b. 13 Mar 1778; m. David Seeley. (see previous).

• v. Samuel, b. after 1779. (see previous).

• vi. Sarah, b. after 1780. (see previous).

• vii. Elizabeth, b. after 1781. (see previous).

Known children of Ebenezer Seeley and Mary Clark were:

• i. Gov. Elias Petty; b. 10 Nov 1791 Fairfield, Cumberland, NJ;²⁰²⁹ m. Jane E. Champneys 6 Mar 1816; d. 23 Aug 1846 Bridgeton, Cumberland, NJ, at age 54;²⁰³⁰ he was buried Broad St. Presb. Church, Deerfield, N.J.

  Gov. NJ, 1833.

Known children of David Seeley and Mary dtr. Peter Marcellus were as follows:

• i. David; d. at sea.

• ii. Eden Marcellus; b. 25 Sep 1788; d. 9 Aug 1864 at age 75.

• iii. James Marcellus; b. 3 Sep 1790; d. 28 Jan 1852 at age 61.

• iv. Mary; b. 18 Oct 1792; d. 14 Apr 1794 at age 1.

• v. Molly; d. after 1802.

Known children of John Seeley and Lydia Garrison were as follows:

• i. Zalika; b. 12 Dec 1785 Cumberland, NJ;²⁰³⁵ m. Eli Dare; d. 1883.²⁰³⁶

• ii. Sarah; b. circa 1786; m. Joseph Henry 28 Dec 1802 Cumberland, NJ.²⁰³⁷

He and Deborah Lock lived Repopo, Gloucester, NJ.

Known children of Ephraim (maybe) Seeley and Deborah Lock were as follows:

• i. Susannah; b. 20 Sep 1782.

• ii. Esaja; b. May 1785.

• iii. Sarah; b. circa 1786; m. Andrew Steelman 16 Mar 1803.