Abraham (Sellen) Sell (1715-1786) | WikiTree FREE Family Tree

Capt Abraham Sell formerly Sellen

Born 1715 in Germantown, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Ancestors

Son of Heinrich Sellen and Margaret (Zellen) Sellen

Brother of Ann Maria Selle [half], Henry Sellen [half], Jacob Sellen [half], Peter Ludwick Sellen [half], Barbara Mary (Sellen) Tyson [half], John Sellen [half], Johan Adam Sell [half], Adam Soelle [half], Elizabeth (Sellen) Van Fossen [half], Anthony Sells, Esther Christina (Sell) Bankert, Catherine Sellen [half], Henry Sell Jr. and John Sell [half]

Husband of Maria Johanna (Zimmerman) Sell — married [date unknown] [location unknown]

Husband of Louisa Charlotte (Forney) Sell — married 11 Mar 1739 in Germany Twp., York Co., PA

Descendants

Father of Jacob Forney Sell, Eva Maria (Sell) Dill, Catharina (Sell) Meier and Maria Elizabeth (Sell) Hull

Died 16 Jun 1786 at about age 71 in Littlestown, Adams County , Pennsylvania

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Biography

Capt Abraham (Sellen) Sell served with the PensylvaniaColony during the French and Indian War.

Captain Abraham (Sellen) Sell served with York County Militia, Pennsylvania Militia during the American Revolution.

Abraham (Sellen) Sell is a DAR Patriot Ancestor, A134079.

He is the son of Hendrick Sells and Margaret Unknown.

He was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1715. During the French and Indian War, Abraham drove a wagon on the ill fated Braddock Campaign in 1755 to take Fort Duquesne from the French. Braddock was defeated and slain at the Battle of Monongahela. Abraham survived and went on to serve in the Revolutionary War as a Captain of the 8th Company, 6th Battalion of the York County Militia in 1778. His son Jacob Sell, served in the same York County, Pennsylvania Militia as his father. (The link below lists him in a different battalion.)'

Sources

Find A Grave created 26 March 2006 by Mike Hahn, currently maintained by Kenneth D. Sell; citing Christ United Church of Christ Cemetery, Littlestown, Adams County, Pennsylvania, USA.

https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Revolutionary-War-Militia-York.aspx

Pennsylvania, Land Warrants, 1733-1987 Warrant Date: 31 May 1762 Warrant Location: Germany, York. Abraham is listed as being 50 years old at the time

Family Tree files submitted by Ancestry members.

Research Notes

Using the link above, https://www.phmc.pa.gov/Archives/Research-Online/Pages/Revolutionary-War-Militia-York.aspx

Link leads to the York County Revolutionary War Militia listing the commanding officers. Captain Abraham SELL is listed in 1777, for Germany Township, as being in the 7th Battalion, 8th Company, and in 1780 as being in the 4th Company of that same Battalion. His commanding officers were: Lt. Col. Adam Winterode and Major Joseph Lilley.

Abraham and his father appear to have been Mennonites, who traced their origins to Swiss Anabaptists.

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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Abraham by comparing test results with other carriers of his Y-chromosome or his mother's mitochondrial DNA. However, there are no known yDNA or mtDNA test-takers in his direct paternal or maternal line. It is likely that these autosomal DNA test-takers will share some percentage of DNA with Abraham: