Jacob
Selleck
Born in Stamford, Connecticut
Ancestors 
Son of David Selleck
and Mercy (Waterbury) Selleck
Brother of
Sarah Selleck, David Selleck, Nathaniel Selleck, Ebenezer Selleck, Gershom Selleck, Ezra Selleck, Samuel Selleck, Thaddeus Selleck, James Selleck and Mary Selleck
Husband of
Hannah Fitch
— married
[date unknown] (to 10 Apr 1764) [location unknown]
Husband of
Sarah (Fitch) Selleck
— married
1776 [location unknown]
Descendants 
Died
at about age 77
in New Canaan, Connecticut
Profile last modified
| Created 19 Oct 2010
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Biography
Jacob married Hannah Fitch 10 April 1764 in the Congregational Church of New Canaan (organized from the churches of Stamford and Norwalk).[1]
Jacob married Sarah Fitch 2 May 1776, also in the Congregational Church of New Canaan in Norwalk, Connecticut Colony.[2][3]
Their children were (all entered in Norwalk):[4]
- Hannah, born 23 Jan 1778
- Jacob, born 5 October 1780
- Anna, born 7 October 1782
- Lydia, born 14 April 1785
- Polly, born 6 April 1787
- Samuel, born 24 May 1791
Research Notes re possible identities of Hannah and Sarah
Since surnames for both wives was Fitch, this writer assumed they were sisters, as it was not unusual for a sister to marry the husband of a deceased sister. No Hannah and Sarah had the same parents.
- Hannah. Do not find a marriage record for Jacob and Hannah. Searched for possible Hannah Fitch. Found two, one more likely than the other.
- Hannah, daughter of Mathew and Lydia, born 24 August 1742 in Norwalk. Right age and right town of birth. This one is more likely, but there is no evidence to prove this.
- Hannah, daughter of Joshua (wife not named), born 10 August 1741 in Norwich. Right age, but not best town. Both husband and wife from same town is most likely scenario.
- Sarah.
- Sarah, daughter of Ebenezer and Lydia, born 11 August 1753 in Norwalk. Right age and town.
- Sarah, daughter of Benjamin & Zipporah, born 27 July 1754. Right age, not best town.
- Sarah, daughter of James and Ann, born 24 December 1751. Right age and town.
Of course, none of these possibilities may be correct. Much more investigation is required.
Sources
- ↑ Bailey, Frederic W. Editor; Early Connecticut Marriages as found on Ancient Church Records prior to 1800 (New Haven, Conn.; Bureau of American Ancestry; 1896). Available through Internet Archive: (https://archive.org/details/cu31924092205842) Volume 4, page 24.
- ↑ Connecticut Vital Records to 1870 (Barbour Collection), (Online Database: AmericanAncestors.org, New England Historic Genealogical Society, 2011.) From original typescripts, Lucius Barnes Barbour Collection, 1928. Volume: Norwalk, page 118.
- ↑ Bailey, Volume 4, page 26.
- ↑ Ibid., pages 118-119.
- Family Records
- Selleck Researchers
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DNA Connections
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob 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 Jacob:
It may be possible to confirm family relationships with Jacob 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 Jacob:
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~1.56%
David Selleck
:
AncestryDNA, Ancestry member David_Selleck
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~0.78%
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