Mary (Godwin) Seeley (1653 - 1730)

Born 1653 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut

Ancestors

Wife of Joseph Jackson — married 1670 in Fairfield, Fairfield, Connecticut Colony

Descendants

Died 1730 at about age 77 in Cohansey, Cumberland, New Jersey

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Biography

Mary Godwin, dau. of George And Ellen (Smith) Godwin.

m1. Joseph Jackson, d. 1681 Fairfield, Conn.

Mary Goodwin married second Joseph Seeley.^[1][2] Torrey indicates some doubt whether her name was Mary or Sarah.

Sources

1. ↑ #S354 Page: p. 24
2. ↑ New England Marriages Prior to 1700, by Clarence Almon Torrey (Boston: New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011) Vol. II, p. 1349. SEELEY, Joseph & Mary/Sarah? (GODWIN) [JACKSON], w. Joseph; by 1684; Stratford, CT/Fairfield, CT/Cohansey, NJ {Ackley-Bosworth 235; Frame-Dana 201; Knapp Anc. 121, Seeley (ms) 22, 82; Crary-Dunham 101, 108; Fairfield Fam. 1:227, 322, 528; Fairfield 1:406; Startford 3:1217}

• Cemetery Transcriptions from the NEHGS Manuscript Collections: Title: New England Historic Genealogical Society: Publication: Name: www.newenglandancestors.org; New England Historic Genealogical Society (www.newenglandancestors.org)
• History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield|History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield]] (For the Eunice Dennie Burr Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, 1930) Joseph Seeley m. Mary Goodwin, widow of Joseph Jackson, d/o George Godwin. Children Ephraim, Samuel, Benjamin and others not listed.
• Butts, Knowles & Hills; The Seeleys, Turneys, Sturges & Barlows, by Larry Daniels (Privately printed, Bowie, MD 20715-1336, March 1993)
• Mills, Madeline & Olsen, Katherine. Descendants Of Robert Seeley, 1602-1667, & Obadiah Seeley, 1614-1657, Generations One Through Five (Seeley Genealogical Society, 1997) Page 7
• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=68017036&pid=244
• https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/2:2:33SF-G33
• Ancestry Family Tree http://trees.ancestry.com/pt/AMTCitationRedir.aspx?tid=68017036&pid=240
• Torrey, Clarence Almon. Torrey’s New England Marriages Prior to 1700 (Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc. Baltimore, 1985) Vol. 2, Page 1349.

• SEELEY, Joseph & Mary/Sarah? (GODWIN) [JACKSON], w. Joseph; by 1684; Stratford, CT/Fairfield, CT/Cohansey, NJ
• {Ackley-Bosworth 235; Frame-Dana 201; Knapp Anc. 121, Seeley (ms) 22, 82; Crary-Dunham 101, 108; Fairfield Fam. 1:227, 322, 528; Fairfield 1:406; Startford 3:1217}

• Parke, Nathan. The Ancestry of Lorenzo Ackley & His Wife Emma Arabella Bosworth (Elm Tree Press, Woodstock, Vt., 1960)

• Page 235: Joseph Jackson, d. at Fairfield in 1681; m. Mary Godwin, dau. of George. She m2. Joseph Seeley and removed to Cohansey, NJ.

• Bunce, Julia Locke Frame. Some of the Ancestors of Reverend John Selby Frame and His Wife Clara Winchester Dana (1948) Page 201
• Knapp, Alfred. The Ancestral Lines of Mary Lenore Knapp (Edwards Brothers, Inc., Peoria, Ill, 1947) Page 121

• Joseph Jackson, m. Mary Goodwin, dau.of Geo. Goodwin. She m. 2nd Joseph Seeley. His estate inventoried 10-31-1681

• Jacobus, Donald Lines. History and Genealogy of the Families of Old Fairfield (Genealogical Publishing Company, 1930) Vol. 1.

• Page 227: Mary Godwin m1. Joseph Jackson, m2. Joseph Seeley, and removed to Cohansey, NJ.
• Page 322: Joseph Jackson m. Mary Godwin, dau. of George. She m2. Joseph Seeley, and removed to Cohansey, NJ
• Page 528: Joseph Seeley m. Mary, widow of Joseph Jackson, and dau. of George Godwin.

• Schenck, Elizabeth Hubbell. The History of Fairfield, Fairfield County, Connecticut (J.J. Little & Co., Astor Place, New York, 1889)

• Page 406: "Lieut. Joseph s. of Lieut. Nathaniel Seeley m1. Sarah d. of ____, & settled at Pequonnock...."

• Frost, Josephine C., Ancestors of Jerry Crary and His Wife Laura Antoinette Dunham of Warren, Pennsylvania (Frederick H. Hitchcock, New York, 1924)

• Page 101: 2 MARY GODWIN, daughter of George and Elling (Smith) Godwin, married Joseph, son of Henry Jackson. He died in 1681 and before 1686 she married Joseph Seeley. The probate records of Fairfield, Ct., clearly established this fact, and give proof that she was not the Mary who married John Sturges.

• Bernhard, Beverly, A. Freezing Daniel (BabTech, 2007)

• Page 4: Mary Goodwin m. John Sturges (c.1670-c.1742). He also m. Abigail Wheeler

• U.S., Sons of the American Revolution Membership Applications, 1889-1970 Volume: 246; SAR Membership Number: 49082, Application Date: 29 Jun 1929

Name: Mary Goodwin

Spouse: John Sturgis

Children: Dorothy Sturgis

• The New York Genealogical and Biographical Record (New York Genealogical and Biographical Society, 1919) Vol. 50.

• Page 234: Mary Goodwin m. John Sturges.