Elizabeth (Washburn) Seely (abt. 1660 - 1742)

Born about 16 Jan 1660 in Duxbury, Plymouth Colony, New England

Ancestors

Wife of James Howard — married 1684 (to 1690) in Plymouth, Massachusetts

Wife of Edward Seely — married 1693 in Plymouth Colony

Descendants

Died 27 Feb 1742 at about age 82 in Norton, Bristol, Province of Massachusetts Bay

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Biography

Name

Name: Elizabeth Washburn

Birth

Birth:

Date: 1660

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth Colony

Plymouth Colony and Massachusetts

• From John Maltby:

Elizabeth Washburn, second daughter of John and Elizabeth (Mitchell) Washburn, born probably in Bridgewater, Plymouth Colony, in ca. 1664,^[1] married:

1.) James Howard, son of John and Martha (Hayward) Howard/Haward, of Bridgewater,^[2] in ca. 1685.^[3] He was a grandson of Thomas Hayward, of Duxbury,^[4] and he died in the Sir William Phipps Expedition to Canada in 1690.^[5] His inventory was dated 6 Feb. 1690/1.^[6] She remarried to:

2.) Edward Selee/Seale/Sealley, of West Bridgewater, in ca. 1692.^[7]

Edward Sealley died testate in 1699 in Bridgewater. His will was dated 25 May 1698, and probated on 17 Apr. 1699. He mentioned his wife Elizabeth, and sons Benjamin and John both minors, and it was witnessed by Joseph Hayward and Jonathan Haward.^[8] (See appendix [C]^[9] for a full transcription of his will.) Elizabeth (Washburn) (Howard) Selee died on 27 Feb. 1741/2 in Norton, MA.^[10]

Elizabeth Washburn had 3 children by James Howard and 2 more sons by Edward Selee:^[11]

1. Elizabeth3 Howard, born on 16 Jan. 1685/6 in Bridgewater,[227] married Thomas Buck (Jr.), probably son of Thomas and Mary (Turner) Buck, of Scituate, MA,[228] on 18 Dec. 1712 in Bridgewater,[229] and they lived in Bridgewater. (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)
2. Mercy Howard, born on 27 Feb. 1687/8 in Bridgewater,[230] died on 26 Jan. 1704/5 in Bridgewater.[231]
3. Dr. James3 Howard (Jr.), born on 26 Jan. 1689/90 in Bridgewater,[232] married Elisabeth Wallis on 26 Jan. 1709/10 in Bridgewater,[233] and he moved Stoughton, MA, then to Cumberland, RI.[234] (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)
4. Benjamin Selee, born on 5 Mar. 1693 in Bridgewater,[235] settled in Easton, MA, and married Sarah Lane, possibly widow of John Lane, of Norton, MA, on 11 Dec. 1718 in Norton.[236] (Continued in Plymouth Generation 4.)
5. John Selee, born on 10 Apr. 1697 in Bridgewater,[237] married Hannah Briggs, daughter of Clement and Elizabeth (Field) Briggs,[238] of Easton, on 12 Jan. 1723/4 in Norton, MA,[239] and also lived in Easton.

Marriage

Husband: James Howard

Wife: Elizabeth Washburn

Marriage:

Date: ABT 1684

Place: , Plymouth, Massachusetts

Husband: Edward Seely

Wife: Elizabeth Washburn

Marriage:

Date: BEF 1693

Parents Marriage

Husband: @I2246@

Wife: @I2867@

1. Sarah Washburn
2. @I4998@
3. @I5226@
4. Jane Washburn
5. @I5229@
6. @I4665@
7. Elizabeth Washburn
8. @I728@
9. John (3)(XIV) Washburn
10. Thomas Washburn
11. @I3286@

Marriage:

Date: 06 DEC 1645

Place: Duxbury, Plymouth, Massachusetts

Death

Death:

Date: 27 Feb 1742

Place: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts

"Mayflower Births & Deaths" shows Death as 27 Feb 1742, Age: 82 in Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Burial

Burial:

Date: 1742

Place: Norton, Bristol, Massachusetts

Sources

1. ↑ Calculated from the date of her marriage, in ca. 1685.
2. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, pp. 191-192.
3. ↑ Calculated from the birth of their first child on 16 Jan. 1686 in Bridgewater.
4. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 176.
5. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 192.
6. ↑ Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #9802.
7. ↑ Calculated from the birth of their first child on 5 Mar. 1693 in Bridgewater.
8. ↑ Plymouth Co. Probate Docket #17769, Vol. 1, p. 303. The inventory was valued at £122 13s, and Elizabeth Sealley, relict and widdow of Edward Sealley, gave her oath to the inventory on 25 May 1699.
9. ↑ See appendix [C]
10. ↑ Norton VRs, p. 393, under “Silley.”
11. ↑ Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 192, says James Howard and Elizabeth Washburn had Elizabeth 1686, Mercy 1688, and James 1690; Mitchell, History of Bridgewater, p. 289, says Edward Sealy and Elizabeth Howard had Benjamin 1693, and John 1697.

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Acknowledgments

• master 11_12.ged on 21 October 2010
• grant2.ged on 07 February 2011.
• Joe South, Jun 20, 2013 Joe South
• Thanks to Cathy Gariety
• Chester Southworth Washburn & Family Rev. Daniel Washburn Jones