Thomas Selden (bef. 1617 - 1655)

Born before 17 Mar 1617 in Wadhurst, Sussex, England

Ancestors

Husband of Hester (Wakeman) Warner — married [date unknown] in Bewdley, Worcestershire, England

Descendants

Died Nov 1655 after age 38 in Hartford, Connecticut

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Thomas Selden migrated to New England during the Puritan Great Migration (1621-1640). (See The Directory, by R. C. Anderson, p. 301) Join: Puritan Great Migration Project Discuss: pgm

Biography

Immigration

Immigration:

Date: BEF 1636

Per William R. Selden, 1973: Thomas is thought to have come with cousin, Thomas Hosmer on the Lion in 1633, to Roxbury, MA

In section on Seldens of LeRoy, NY, he says Thos. S went to CT with Thomas Hooker and Thomas Lord in 1636.

Thomas Selden was living in Hartford, Connecticut, in 1639, as in that year he was named in a "list of Original Proprietors, Holders by Courtesie, and Settlers in Hartford [Connecticut], copied from a Town Record made in 1639". ^[1]

Thomas' will proved at Hartford on 19 December 1655. ^[2]

"Thomas Selden of Hartford upon the river of Connecticutt being ill & weak in body", made his will on 14 August 1655, in which he:

• left bequests to his wife, Hester; his eldest son, Thomas Selden; and this other children, Mary, Joseph, Hanna and Sara Selden; the sons to be paid when they reached the age of 20 years, and the daughters when they reached 18.
• named his loving wife Hester sole executrix; and
• entreated his brother, Mr John Wakman, and his cousin, Thomas Osmer, to be overseers to his will;

Research Notes

See notes on Hester (Wakeman) Warner regarding the marriage date.

Marriage to Hester (Esther) Wakeman

Marriage:

Date: 1643/1644

Place: Bewdley, Worc, Eng

Sources

1. ↑ Historical Catalogue of the First Church in Hartford. 1633-1885 (First Church, Hartford, Conn., 1885) Page 12.
2. ↑ p 29, Thomas Selden's Will.

• Barbour, Lucius Barnes, 1982, Families of Early Hartford, Connecticut, Genealogical Publishing Co. Inc., Baltimore, Maryland and Connecticut Society of Genealogists, Inc., Glastonbury, Connecticut pp.500

Acknowledgements

• This person was created through the import of grant2.ged on 07 February 2011.

• WikiTree profile Selden-131 created through the import of PaulAncestry.ged on Jan 26, 2012 by Joyce Rosnel.

• WikiTree profile Selden-22 created through the import of Putnam2-1_2010-01-02_2011-02-16_2011-10-11.ged on Oct 12, 2011 by John Putnam.