 1756 - 1837 (81 years)
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| Name |
Ebenezer SEELEY |
| Born |
26 May 1756 |
| Gender |
Male |
| Residence |
2 Jun 1779 |
Litchfield, Litchfield, CT  |
| Residence |
1820 |
- Edinuen Seeley
in the 1820 United States Federal Census
Name: Edinuen Seeley
[Ebenezer Seeley]
Home in 1820 (City, County, State): Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania
Enumeration Date: August 7, 1820
Free White Persons - Males - 26 thru 44: 1
Free White Persons - Males - 45 and over: 1
Free White Persons - Females - 45 and over : 1
Number of Persons - Engaged in Agriculture: 1
Free White Persons - Over 25: 3
Total Free White Persons: 3
Total All Persons - White, Slaves, Colored, Other: 3
1820 U S Census; Census Place: Deerfield, Tioga, Pennsylvania; Page: 2; NARA Roll: M33_113; Image: 14
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| Military |
REV WAR |
| American |
- There seem to be two distinct Ebenezer Seeleys in the Connecticut muster rolls. One survives to be on the 1840 pension roll.
These are probably sons of Justus Seeley m Elizabeth Gibbs m Phoebe Bissell
Connecticut Men in the Revolutionary War
p 115
Captain Parmelee's Company
In Garrison at Fort Schuyler alias Fort Stanwix
David Sealey Enlisted 8 April 1777
John Sealey Enlisted 8 April 1777
Benjamin Sealey Enlisted 5 April 1777 Lame at Litchfield since 24 August 1776
Ebenezer Sealey Enlisted 5 April 1777
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| Died |
23 Jun 1837 |
Deerfield, Tioga, PA |
| Buried |
Quaker Burying Ground, Knoxville, Tioga, PA |
- Ebenezer Seelye
in the U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current
Name: Ebenezer Seelye
Birth Date: 27 Mar 1756
Birth Place: Litchfield County, Connecticut, USA
Death Date: 23 Jun 1837
Death Place: Knoxville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
Cemetery: Quaker Burying Ground
Burial or Cremation Place: Knoxville, Tioga County, Pennsylvania, USA
Has Bio?: Y
Spouse: Mehetable Seelye
Children: Sally Jane King
Elanson Seelye
Julius Seelye
Ancestry.com. U.S., Find A Grave Index, 1600s-Current [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=80504758&ref=acom
1897 Tioga County, PA. History, Chapter 61, Biographical Sketches of Deerfield Township and Knoxville Borough--Westfield Township and Borough--Brookfield Township.
EBENEZER SEELYE was born in Connecticut, and served throughout the Revolutionary War in Sheldon's Light Horse, a Connecticut company, a portion of the time under Washington. He was married in Connecticut to Mehetabel Todd, and later removed with his family to Lindley, Steuben county, New York, where he improved a large tract of land. In March, 1799, they removed from New York to what is now Deerfield township, Tioga county, Pennsylvania, and settled immediately east of Academy Corners. Here Mr. Seelye erected a saw-mill in 1810, one of the first in the Cowanesque valley. He died June 23, 1837, in the eighty-second year of his age. His wife died May 27, 1839, in her eighty-third year. their children were as follows: Mehetable, Anna, Lucina, Laura, Julius, Elanson, Harvey, Eleazer, and Sally, who was born May 4, 1800, the first female child born in Deerfield township, and married Prince King. Mr. Seelye was a Quaker in religion, an upright man, and a good neighbor and citizen. Many of his descendants are among the leading people of Tioga county.
1897 History of Tioga County, Pennsylvania, Chapter 14, page 206, -- Early Settlers Who Were Revolutionary Soldiers --
Ebenezer Seelye, a native of Connecticut, settled immediately east of Academy Corners in 1798, and resided there until his death, June 23, 1837, in the eighty second year of his age. He served throughout the Revolutionary War in Sheldon's Light Horse, a Connecticut company, and a portion of the time under Washington. Before coming to Tioga county he became a Quaker, and was a consistent adherent of that faith during the remainder of his life. He lies buried in the old Quaker burying ground at Knoxville.
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| Person ID |
I44421 |
4 February 2018 |
| Last Modified |
11 Feb 2017 |
| Family |
Mehitable TODD |
| Married |
2 Jun 1779 |
First Congregational Church, New Milford, Litchfield, CT |
- http://www.rockvillemama.com/nmmarr.htm
TOWN OF NEW MILFORD
LITCHFIELD COUNTY
CONNECTICUT
EARLY MARRIAGES PRIOR TO 1800
Records of The Congregational Church
Ebenezer Seelye of Litchfield Mabel Todd June 2, 1779
Ebenezar Seelye
in the Early Connecticut Marriages
Name: Ebenezar Seelye
Gender: Male
Spouse's Name: Mabel Todd
Spouse Gender: Female
Marriage Date: 2 Jun 1779
Marriage Place: New Milford, Litchfield
Ancestry.com. Early Connecticut Marriages [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations, Inc., 2012.
Original data: Bailey, Frederic W. Early Connecticut Marriages as Found on Ancient Church Records Prior to 1800. Baltimore, MD: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1997.
Volume 3 Page 116
Ebenezar Seelye of Litchfield & Mabel Todd 2 June 1779
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| Children |
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| Family ID |
F13322 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Notes |
- Revolutionary War Pension: Nil
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