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Joseph SEELEY

Joseph SEELEY

Male 1728 - 1778  (49 years)

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  • Name Joseph SEELEY 
    Born 5 Apr 1728  Stratford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Joseph Seeley
      in the Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection)
      Name: Joseph Seeley
      [Joseph Seleey, Selee, Feely]
      Gender: Male
      Birth Date: 5 Apr 1728
      Birth Place: Stratford
      Parent: Joseph
      Parent: Hannah
      Ancestry.com. Connecticut Town Birth Records, pre-1870 (Barbour Collection) [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2006.
      Original data: White, Lorraine Cook, ed. The Barbour Collection of Connecticut Town Vital Records. Vol. 1-55. Baltimore, MD, USA: Genealogical Publishing Co., 1994-2002.
    • Joseph Seeley
      Connecticut Births and Christenings
      Name Joseph Seeley
      Gender Male
      Birth Date 05 Apr 1728
      Birthplace STRATFORD TWP,FAIRFIELD,CONNETICUT
      Father's Name Joseph Seeley
      Mother's Name Hannah
      "Connecticut Births and Christenings, 1649-1906," database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:F74T-4MN : 3 December 2014), Joseph Seeley, 05 Apr 1728; citing ; FHL microfilm unknown.
    Gender Male 
    Living 16 Mar 1762 
    • Joseph Seelye
      in the Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
      Name: Joseph Seelye
      Probate Date: 16 Mar 1762
      Probate Place: Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
      Inferred Death Year: Abt 1762
      Inferred Death Place: Connecticut, USA
      Item Description: Probate Records, Vol 15-16, 1764-1775
      Table of Contents 1 images
      Will Papers 1
      Probate Records, 1648-1916; Author: Connecticut. Probate Court (Fairfield District); Probate Place: Fairfield, Connecticut
      Volume 15 Page 443
      In the name of God. Amen. I Joseph Seelye of Stratford in Fairfield being sick in body but of sound mind, do make & ordain this my last Will & Testament. First and chiefly I recommend my soul to God who gave Me being. My body I will to decent Christian burial. My worldly Estate after my Just Debts & funeral Charges are paid I will them in manner following.
      Item. To my beloved wife Hannah Seelye I will & bequeath Two Cows and what provision there is in the house & 1/3 part of ym Moveables in the House. Also the use of the North End of my House & one End of the Barn & one third part of my Homestead during her natural Life.
      Item. To my eldest son John Seelye having given in his Life time the whole of his Portion, I now give his Children each of them twenty shillings Lawfull Money/
      Item. To my son Benjamin Seelye having heretofore given the value of two Hundred pounds old Tenor, I now give to him & to his heirs & assigns one Eighth part of my Real Estate, reckoning what I have before given him to make it.
      Item. To my son Joseph Seelye having already given him Eighteen Acres of Land, I now give him five shillings more which makes a whole of his Portion.
      Item. To my son David Seelye having given Seven Acres of Land by Deed, I give him so much more as shall make up one Eighth part of my Real Estate in ?
      Item. To my sons Seth Seleye & Micah Seelye & Judson Seelye & Elnathan Seelye & Justus Seelye & Israel Seelye to each of them & their Heirs & foreve I give One Eighth Part of my Real Estate Reckoning whaat I have given Seth as part of his Share.
      Item. To my daughter Rebeccah having already given Sundry moveables I now give her Twenty shillings Mony which makes the whole of her Portion.
      Item. To my daughter Hannah Lake having already given Sundry moveables I now give her Seven Pounds which makes the whole of her Portion.
      Item. To my daughters Ruth Seelye & Dinah Seelye I now give a tract of Land lying Back of the Land I gave to my son Joseph Seelye to be equally divided between them & their heirs & assigns. Also to each of them Six Pounds Money.
      All my Above Legacys to be paid by my Executor out of my movle Estate. Also my Will is that my Executors shall sell Nine Acres of my Land on the Soutwesterly part of my farm to pay my debts & Legacys.
      And I hereby constitute my wife Hannah Seelye & my Friend Joseph Nichols to be executors of this my Last Will, Declaring this to be my last Will which to confirm I have hereunto set my hand & Seal this 16th day of March 1762.
      Joseph Seelye
      Signed Sealed pronouced & declared to be the last Will of sd Testator in presence of us
      Theophs Nicholl, James Walker, David Beebee
      Proved 23 April 1766
    Residence 6 Oct 1777  Stratford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Will 6 Oct 1777 
    Died Between 6 Oct 1777 and 24 Feb 1778 
    • History and genealogy of the families of old Fairfield
      compiled and edited by Donald Lines Jacobus, for the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, Fairfield, Connecticut
      Authors: Jacobus, Donald Lines, 1887-1970 (Main Author) Daughters of the American Revolution. Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter (Fairfield, Connecticut) (Added Author)
      New Haven, Connecticut : Tuttle, Morehouse & Taylor, 1930-1932

      Joseph, b. 5 Apr. 1728, d. at Stratford in 1778; m. Jerusha Hubbell, dau. of Andrew, b. 19 May 1729. Will 6 Oct. 1777, proved 24 Feb. 1778; wife Jerusha; seven sons, Michael, Ephraim, Gideon, Ezra, Agur, Lyman, John; five daus. Sarah, Jerusha, Hannah, Naomia, Beulah.
    • Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
      Name Joseph Seelye
      Probate Date 6 Oct 1777
      Probate Place Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
      Inferred Death Year Abt 1777
      Inferred Death Place Connecticut, USA
      Item Description Probate Records, Vol 24-25, 1787-1798
      p 445
      In the Name of God Amen
      I Joseph Seelye of Stratford now in perfect reason and soundness of mind being apprehensive of my approaching death knowing that God has appointed for all men to die now think my Duty to dispose of all those worldly goods which God in his goodness has given me. My precious and immortal soul I commend to God who gave it thro Jesus Christ my body to the dust in hopes of a resurrection with the just. What of those worldly goods to be disposed of is now my last Will and testament after all my just debts and funeral Charges are paid the rest I dispose of follows.

      Imprimis- I give to my beloved wife Jerush Seelye the use of my house and the use of half my lands adjoining to said house during her natural life and after her death to be equally divided among my five sons Michael, Ephraim, Gideon, Ezra, Agur, Liman & John.

      In the next place I give my beloved sons Michael, Ephraim, Gideon, Ezra, Agur, Liman & John all the rest of my lands to be equally divided amongst them enjoining all of my aforementioned sons to pay a dowry to my five daughters Sarah, Jerush, Hannah, Neaomia & Bulah all my well beloved daughters they are to be pd the sum of Forty Shillings lawful money at the time of age or marriage

      Lastly my beloved wife Jerush Seelye and my beloved son Michael Seelye I make my Executors of this my last Will and testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 6th day of October AD 1777

      In presence of David Booth
      Hannah Sundeling? [Her mark]
      Noadiah Warner

      Joseph Seeley [Seal]

      Fairfield County
      Stratford Feby 24th 1778 personally appeared Messrs Noadiah Warner and David Booth witness to the within and made solemn oath that they saw the within names testator sign the within will in each of their presents and that the witness signed as such in this and each their presents and they say they understood it to be his last Will and testament and that they judges him to be of a sound disposing mind and memory at the time.

      Sworn before me Daniel Fairchild Jus of Peace Str Court of probate held at Fairfield April the 6 1778. Then the above and foregoing Will was exhibited to this Court for probate and being proved was by said Court approved and ordered to be recorded. Just Hezekiah Stillman Clerk
      True copy of ? Just J Rowland Regr Recorded in 1797 by ? of heirs ?
    Will Proved 24 Feb 1778 
    Residence Trumbull?, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    • Wife lived in Trumbull

      Towns created from Stratford

      Stratford was one of the two principal settlements in southwestern Connecticut, the other being Fairfield. Over time it gave rise to several new towns that broke off and incorporated separately. The following towns were created from parts of Stratford:
      -Shelton (originally Ripton) in 1789. In 1789 Ripton Parish separated from Stratford and became the Town of Huntington.
      -Monroe created from Huntington in 1823
      -Nichols (originally Unity in 1725, then North Stratford in 1744)
      -Long Hill, (merged with Unity to form North Stratford in 1744)
      -Trumbull, North Stratford separated from Stratford and became the town of Trumbull in 1797
      -Bridgeport (also partly from Fairfield) in 1821
    Person ID I46168  4 February 2018
    Last Modified 11 May 2020 

    Father Joseph SEELEY,   b. 22 Dec 1704, Stratford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 16 Mar 1762 and 25 Apr 1766  (Age 57 years) 
    Mother Hannah PEET,   b. 22 Dec 1704, Stratford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1790 CENSUS 
    Married 22 Dec 1723  Stratford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location 
    Family ID F13324  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

    Family Jerusha HUBBELL,   b. 19 May 1729,   d. Between 5 Aug 1809 and 11 Oct 1809, Trumbull, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 80 years) 
    Married C 1746 
    Children 
     1. Eunice SEELEY,   d. Bef 1777 WILL
     2. Jerusha SEELEY,   b. [BEFORE 1755],   d. Bef 1821 WILL
     3. Michael SEELEY,   b. [1754],   d. [FEBRUARY 1826], Rocky Hill, Hartford, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     4. Ephraim SEELEY,   b. [1757], [Fairfield, CT] Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Between 30 July 1823 and 14 Jan 1824, [Digdeguash, Saint Patrick, Charlotte, NB] Find all individuals with events at this location
     5. Gideon SEELEY,   b. 1760,   d. Bef 1800 CENSUS?
     6. Naomi SEELEY,   b. [BEFORE 1765],   d. Bef 1810 CENSUS?
     7. Ezra SEELEY,   b. [1760],   d. February 1835, Trumball, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location
     8. Hannah SEELEY,   b. 13 Jan 1865,   d. 1 Feb 1817
     9. Agur SEELEY,   b. 1766,   d. 30 Mar 1835, Stratford, Fairfeld, CT Find all individuals with events at this location  (Age 69 years)
     10. Lyman SEELEY,   b. 1768, Stratford, Fairfield, CT Find all individuals with events at this location,   d. Bef 1820 CENSUS?
     11. John SEELEY,   b. 1770/1771,   d. Bef 1830 CENSUS?
     12. Sarah SEELEY,   b. [BEFORE 1765],   d. Aft 1809
     13. Beulah SEELEY,   b. 1777,   d. Bef 1809  (Age 31 years)
    Family ID F13896  Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  • Notes 
    • Descendants Of Robert Seeley ( 1602 1667) And Obadiah Seeley ( 1614 1657) Generations One Through Five
      by The Seeley Genealogical Society - Compiled by Madeline M. Mills & Katherine M. Olsen
      Published 1997
      p 48
      Joseph Seeley [Joseph, John, Nathaniel, Robert] b 5/25 April 1728 Stratford d 1777/1778 Stratford will proved 24 February 1778

      m Jerusha Hubbell b 19 May 1728/1729 d 1809 Trumball d Andrew Hubbell. [Andrew Hubbell mentioned his daughter Jerusha Seeley in his will dated 3 July 1777.]

      Joseph was of Stratford. His will 6 October 1777 proved 24 February 1778. The will mentioned his wife Jerusha nad 12 children

      1. Michael/Mikel Seeley b 1756 Stratford d 24 October 1826 m c 1775 Amy Beardsley. See Note in 6th Generation Book.
      2. Ephraim Seely b 1758 m unnamed
      3. Gideon Seeley b 1760 m Bettie Wheeler d David Wheeler
      4. Ezra Seeley b 1764 Stratford
      5. Agur/Augar Seeley b 1766 Stratford d 30 March 1835 m 7 July 1784/1786 Stratford Charity Hall b 1765 d July 1831 d William Hall r Weston
      6. Lyman/Lymon Seeley b 1768 Stratford bapt 20 November 1769 m unnamed
      7. John Seeley b 1770/1771 d PA m1 Stratfield 8 July 1792 Anna Gilbert (b 2 May 1762 d 1848 bur Coventry , NY d John Gilbert m Sarah Marchant) Divorced. After divorce Anna Gilbert m as 1st wife Salmon Curtis. m2 Bainbridge, NY Polly Newton
      8. Sarah Seeley
      9. Jerusha Seeley
      10. Naomi Seeley
      11. Beulah Seeley
      12. Hannah Seeley

      References
      Christ Church Stratfield
      Esther S Houtz research
      Families of Old Fairfield by Donald L Jacobus
      St John's Church Bridgeport
      Stratford Huntington records
      Elizabeth S White research
    • Church Records Stratford
      I checked the Stratford records for Christ Church and the Congregational Church. There were several Seeley entries in the records of Christ Church, one pertaining to the family of Joseph Seeley and Jerusha, a before unmentioned daughter Eunice baptised in 1747. This puts the marriage of Joseph and Jerusha back a few years earlier than before thought. No marriage record or burial record was found for anyone else in this family.

      The Congregational records of Stratford are very poorly filmed and difficult to read. I did not identify one Seeley record. Although I searched them the best I could, I can't guarantee that I didnt miss any records.

      * * *
      Stratford Land Records
      I have photos of the Stratford Land Records Index on file.
    • This is probably Joseph Seeley m Thankful Bartlett. Abner Seeley was in the same company.

      Joseph Seeley
      in the Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62
      Given Name: Joseph
      Surname: Seeley
      Page #: 280
      Location: Connecticut
      Regiment: Second
      Regt.Command: Whiting, Nathan Colonel & Captain
      Company: Eleventh
      Co.Command: McNeale, Archibald Captain
      Campaign Year: 1761
      Source List: Muster Roll
      Guertin, Iris, Rose, comp. Connecticut Soldiers, French and Indian War, 1755-62 [database on-line]. Provo, UT, USA: Ancestry.com Operations Inc, 2000.
    • https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/338993?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Probate records, 1782-1917
      Authors: Connecticut. Probate Court (Stratford District) (Main Author)
      Probate records v. 1-2 1782-1795
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      5792
      7627132
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007627132?cat=338993
      Volume 2 Page 20
      [239/466]
      At a Court of Probate held January 28th 1789
      Michael Seely of Stratford was appointed guardian to John Seely a Minor of Stratford and the sd Michael hath given Bond as the Law Directs
      Just Robert Walker Clerk Probate
    • Will 1777 Proved 1778

      wife Jerush
      sons Michael, Ephraim, Gideon, Ezra, Agur, Lyman, John
      daughters Sarah, Jerush, Hannah, Neaomia, Bulah

      https://www.familysearch.org/search/catalog/359148?availability=Family%20History%20Library
      Probate records, 1648-1916
      Authors: Connecticut. Probate Court (Fairfield District)
      Probate records v. 24-25 1787-1798
      Family History Library
      United States & Canada Film
      4281
      7627289
      https://www.familysearch.org/search/film/007627289?cat=359148
      [479/523]
      Volume 25 Page 443


      Connecticut, Wills and Probate Records, 1609-1999
      Name Joseph Seelye
      Probate Date 6 Oct 1777
      Probate Place Fairfield, Connecticut, USA
      Inferred Death Year Abt 1777
      Inferred Death Place Connecticut, USA
      Item Description Probate Records, Vol 24-25, 1787-1798
      p 445
      In the Name of God Amen
      I Joseph Seelye of Stratford now in perfect reason and soundness of mind being apprehensive of my approaching death knowing that God has appointed for all men to die now think my Duty to dispose of all those worldly goods which God in his goodness has given me. My precious and immortal soul I commend to God who gave it thro Jesus Christ my body to the dust in hopes of a resurrection with the just. What of those worldly goods to be disposed of is now my last Will and testament after all my just debts and funeral Charges are paid the rest I dispose of follows.

      Imprimis- I give to my beloved wife Jerush Seelye the use of my house and the use of half my lands adjoining to said house during her natural life and after her death to be equally divided among my five sons Michael, Ephraim, Gideon, Ezra, Agur, Liman & John.

      In the next place I give my beloved sons Michael, Ephraim, Gideon, Ezra, Agur, Liman & John all the rest of my lands to be equally divided amongst them enjoining all of my aforementioned sons to pay a dowry to my five daughters Sarah, Jerush, Hannah, Neaomia & Bulah all my well beloved daughters they are to be pd the sum of Forty Shillings lawful money at the time of age or marriage

      Lastly my beloved wife Jerush Seelye and my beloved son Michael Seelye I make my Executors of this my last Will and testament. In witness whereof I have set my hand and seal this 6th day of October AD 1777

      In presence of David Booth
      Hannah Sundeling? [Her mark]
      Noadiah Warner

      Joseph Seeley [Seal]

      Fairfield County
      Stratford Feby 24th 1778 personally appeared Messrs Noadiah Warner and David Booth witness to the within and made solemn oath that they saw the within names testator sign the within will in each of their presents and that the witness signed as such in this and each their presents and they say they understood it to be his last Will and testament and that they judges him to be of a sound disposing mind and memory at the time.

      Sworn before me Daniel Fairchild Jus of Peace Str Court of probate held at Fairfield April the 6 1778. Then the above and foregoing Will was exhibited to this Court for probate and being proved was by said Court approved and ordered to be recorded. Just Hezekiah Stillman Clerk
      True copy of ? Just J Rowland Regr Recorded in 1797 by ? of heirs ?
    • Revolutionary War

      Jerusha m Vinson Sherman: Nothing found
      Michael: Nothing found
      Gideon: Continental. Who was Gideon in DeLancey's Brigade?
      Naomi m David Newton: Nothing found
      Ezra: Nothing found
      Hannah m Jeremiah Bull: Nothing found
      Agur: Nothing found
      Lyman: Nothing found
      John: b 1770
      Sarah m Andrew Hawley: Nothing found
      Beulah: Nil