Stephen
Seeley
Born in Fairfield, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of Nathaniel Seeley IV
and Elizabeth (Jackson) Seeley
Brother of
Nathaniel Seeley V, Hezekiah Seeley Sr., Elizabeth Seeley, Sarah (Seeley) Hubbell, Ephraim Seeley, Samuel Isaac Seeley, Ann (Seeley) Lord, Elizabeth (Seeley) Jennings, Ezra Seeley and Nehemiah Seeley
Husband of
Ruth (Sanford) Wheeler
— married
[date unknown] [location unknown]
Died
at age 30
in Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut
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Biography
Stephen Seeley.
Born 25 Jul 1736. Fairfield, Connecticut
Died 30 Jan 1767. Easton, Fairfield, Connecticut
Buried Easton, Fairfield County, Connecticut
His will is dated 30 October 1766 and proved on 16 March 1767 in Fairfield. He leaves everything to his wife, Ruth.[1]
His inventory was taken on 20 January 1768. And his widow had remarried to John Wheeler.[2]
The estate distribution was recorded on 2 December 1776 and included Nathaniel Seeley, his father, and Elizabeth Seeley, his mother, his brothers, Nathaniel Seeley, Jr., Hezekiah Seeley, Samuel Seeley, and Ezra Seeley; his sisters, Elizabeth, wife of Nehemiah Jennings, Keziah, wife of Samuel Sherwood; Abigail Seeley, daughter of Ephraim Seeley decd., Tabitha Lacy, wife of Daniel Lacey (daughter to Sarah decd late wife of Jabez Hubbell, who was sister to Stephen), to Sarah Lord, Catherine Lord, Abigail Lord and Ebenezer Lord legal reps of Ann, wife of Ebenezer Lord who was a sister to the deceased.[3]
Sources
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y93D-H : 17 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 221-222, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 15, 1764-1767, Page 405-407.
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 15-16, 1764-1775”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L92K-Y934-1 : 20 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627304, image 321-322, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 16, 1767-1775, Page 123-125.
- ↑ “Probate Records, v. 17-18, 1767-1776”, database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QSQ-G92K-Y53W : 25 June 2022), FHL microfilm 007627294, image 258, Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut, Vol 17, 1767-1776, Page 487.
See also:
- https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/54825454/stephen-seeley
- Lacey, R.B. & Orcutt, Samuel. "The Inscriptions in the Cemetery at Easton, Conn., near the Baptist Church", Annual Report of the Fairfield Historical Society (Bridgeport, Feb. 19, 1892) Page 84
- Fairfield Historical Society, Reports and Papers (The Standard Assoc., Bridgeport, 1882) Page 84
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